| Wed 8 Feb 2012 |
Tainted brew kills 22 in east India, sickens more
Yahoo Daily News | BHUBANESWAR, India (AP) — Officials say at least 22 people have died and more are sick after drinking toxic bootleg liquor made from cough medicine in eastern India. | A hospital administrator in Orissa state said the farm laborers fell ill in th... |
US, Japan pave way to send Marines to Guam
Yahoo Daily News | TOKYO (AP) — Japan and the United States have agreed to review a pact linking the closure of a major U.S. Marine base on Okinawa with the transfer of thousands of troops to the U.S. territory of Guam. | The allies are seeking to break a stalemate... |
Tarheel Canine Training Offers Grant for Free Trained Police Dog
Yahoo Daily News | Tarheel Canine Training, Inc in Sanford NC is providing a grant to a police department with demonstrable financial need, for a free dual purpose narcotic K9, including the dog, training, handler course, and housing during the handler course. Tarhee... |
Meryl Streep Oscar email angers voters, but it's legal
Yahoo Daily News | LOS ANGELES, Feb 7 (TheWrap.com) - A Weinstein Company email that appears to skirt AMPAS campaign rules by using a third party to reach Oscar voters has stirred up anger among Academy members and rival campaigners. | But the email does not violate ... |
Ruff still sidelined
Philadelphia Daily News | DAILY NEWS WIRE REPORTS options BUFFALO SABRES coach Lindy Ruff is still in severe pain, and it's unclear when he'll be able to resume coaching a day after breaking three ribs during an on-ice collision with defenseman Jordan Leopold. | General man... |
Leonard recalls Dundee's zest for life
Philadelphia Daily News | By Lance Pugmire | Los Angeles Times | options Villanova 74, Providence 72 Islanders 1, Flyers 0 (SO) SportsRadio WIP's Wing Bowl XX LOS ANGELES - It wasn't just the words - "You're blowing it, son!" - that Sugar Ray Leonard heard as he peered into... |
Pastrami sandwich just like at old haunt
Review Journal | Reader Ray Duncan asked a few weeks ago for a hot pastrami sandwich like that served at the former Foxie's, and only one reader who responded remembered the place. | "Wow, does that bring back memories," emailed Fred Jones, who recommended Sammy's ... |
How Kennedy bought 1,200 hand rolled Cuban cigars just hours before he ordered blockade of ...
The Daily Mail | President John F Kennedy ordered an aide to buy him as many Cuban cigars as he could just hours before he authorised the U.S. trade embargo - which subsequently made them illegal. | Kennedy asked his head of press and fellow cigar smoker Pierre Sal... |
Barnes to lead Waratahs in warm-up
Orange News | Berrick Barnes will lead the Waratahs out for the first time in 2012 as they take on Samoa in the first of two trial matches against Pacific Island opposition. | First-choice captain and flank Rocky Elsom is sidelined by a hamstring issue that will... |
India auto sales climb 7.2% in January: industry
Yahoo Daily News | New car sales in India climbed 7.2 percent year-on-year in January as the sector showed further signs of recovery from its slump in 2011, an industry body said on Wednesday. | The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said domestic pass... |
U.S. to move Marines to Guam despite Futenma delay
Yahoo Daily News | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the United States said on Wednesday they have started talks to transfer U.S. Marines to Guam from the southern Japan island of Okinawa despite little progress being made on the planned relocation of a U.S. airbase on Oki... |
Russia: Assad wants his VP to speak to opposition
Yahoo Daily News | MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister says that Syrian President Bashar Assad wants his vice president to hold talks with the opposition forces. | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Assad "delegated the responsibility of... |
Saudi 'pledges secure energy supply' to S. Korea
Yahoo Daily News | Saudi Arabia has pledged to ensure a stable supply of oil to South Korea, which is under pressure from the United States to reduce purchases from Iran, a report said on Wednesday. | The assurances came as South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak held ... |
RBS boss considered resigning over bonus row
Yahoo Daily News | Stephen Hester, the chief executive of Britain's state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland, said on Wednesday that he underestimated a row over his huge bonus and had considered resigning. | Hester bowed to public anger last month and waived his annual ... |
Daily Mail ad decline accelerates
Yahoo Daily News | LONDON (Reuters) - British newspaper group Daily Mail & General Trust said a decline in advertising revenues at its national titles accelerated to 9 percent in January from an underlying 2 percent in the quarter to January 1, pushing its shares dow... |
FTSE up 0.38% at open
Yahoo Daily News | London equities rose in initial trade on Wednesday amid growing hopes that Greece will reach a bailout deal with creditors on its massive debt, and avoid a potentially disastrous default. | The FTSE 100 index of leading shares advanced 0.38 percent... |
Hopes fade for dozens buried in Philippines quake
Yahoo Daily News | MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine rescue officials say they are losing hope of finding anyone alive among 71 people still buried in landslides set off by a powerful earthquake. So far, 26 bodies have been recovered and identified. | President... |
Video of Chinese boy crying in snow sparks uproar
Yahoo Daily News | A home-filmed video showing a four-year-old Chinese boy being forced by his parents to run almost naked through the snow in bitterly cold New York has gone viral and sparked an online uproar. | The father was trying to train his son to be strong, h... |
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