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    Sky News: Consumer Confidence At Record Low

Huge job losses among Britain's workforce has sent consumer confidence plunging to a new record low, the latest research shows.

2009-01-06 01:30: read more...   

    BBC News: Missing the driver

Concern for Steve Jobs amid the Macworld buzz

2009-01-06 01:11: read more...   

    Reuters: U.S. groups seen in talks to save Waterford Wedgwood

LONDON (Reuters) - Three U.S.-based parties are in talks to save china-maker Waterford Wedgwood after the Irish company called in receivers, the Financial Times said on Tuesday.

2009-01-06 01:03: read more...   

    Yahoo!: AP Source: Bradley, Cubs agree to $30M, 3-yr deal (AP)

In this June 27, 2008 photo, Texas Rangers designated hitter Milton Bradley during an at-bat in a Major League baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Arlington, Texas. The Chicago Cubs and free agent Bradley reached a preliminary agreement Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, on a $30 million, three-year contract, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The deal is subject to a physical scheduled for Thursday, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been finalized. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)AP - The Chicago Cubs and free agent Milton Bradley reached a preliminary agreement Monday on a $30 million, three-year contract, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The deal is subject to a physical scheduled for Thursday, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been finalized.


2009-01-06 01:01: read more...   

    BBC News: Obama says US economy 'very sick'

US President-elect Barack Obama says that America's economy is very sick and that the situation is worsening.

2009-01-06 00:52: read more...   

    Yahoo!: Boy, 4, shoots babysitter for stepping on his foot (AP)

AP - Police say a 4-year-old boy in southern Ohio shot his babysitter because the sitter accidentally stepped on his foot. Police said 18-year-old Nathan Beavers and several other teenagers were babysitting several young children in a mobile home in Jackson on Sunday when the shooting occurred.

2009-01-06 00:48: read more...   

    BBC News: Nine get Queen's bravery awards

Nine people, including a police officer killed during an anti-terror raid, are awarded bravery awards by the Queen.

2009-01-06 00:44: read more...   

    Sky News: Obama Chooses New US Spy Boss

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to lead the CIA.

2009-01-06 00:30: read more...   

    Sky News: Jett Travolta Autopsy Carried Out

Officials in the Bahamas have completed an autopsy on John Travolta's teenage son, who died there during a family holiday over New Year.

2009-01-06 00:30: read more...   

    Sky News: Israeli PM: No Ceasefire In Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has defied international calls for a ceasefire as the death toll from his country's assault on Gaza mounts.

2009-01-06 00:30: read more...   

    Sky News: Web Chat Room Bans Radical Cleric

An internet chat room has banned the radical Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed from using the site to deliver lectures to his UK followers.

2009-01-06 00:30: read more...   

    Sky News: Guards In Court Over Iraq Deaths

Five security guards charged with manslaughter after a deadly attack in Iraq have been ordered to appear in a US court.

2009-01-06 00:30: read more...   

    BBC News: Females 'less physically active'

Females are less physically active at all ages than their male counterparts, two studies suggest.

2009-01-06 00:26: read more...   

    BBC News: Mountain aid call treated as hoax

A call for help in County Down which saw a major rescue operation in the Mourne Mountains is treated as a hoax.

2009-01-06 00:24: read more...   

    BBC News: NI links up to underwater cable

Northern Ireland is to be linked to an underwater transatlantic communications cable for the first time.

2009-01-06 00:19: read more...   

    Reuters: Consumer morale worsens in December

LONDON (Reuters) - Consumer morale sank lower in December as worries about job losses resulting from the economic downturn soured the Christmas spirit.

2009-01-06 00:14: read more...   

    Yahoo!: Heavy fighting in Gaza as Israel shuns calls for truce (AFP)

Smoke billows as an Israeli flare lights up the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. The heaviest fighting of Israel's war on Hamas raged in Gaza City early on Tuesday as the Israeli government parried appeals to stop the death toll from mounting further.(AFP/Patrick Baz)AFP - The heaviest fighting of Israel's war on Hamas raged in Gaza City early on Tuesday as the Israeli government parried appeals to stop the death toll from mounting further.


2009-01-06 00:13: read more...   

    BBC News: Year of change?

Mugabe's exit and other forecasts for Africa in 2009

2009-01-06 00:13: read more...   

    Reuters: Marks & Spencer seen cutting over 1,000 jobs

LONDON (Reuters) - Marks & Spencer is set to cut more than 1,000 jobs in stores, its head office and support functions following disastrous Christmas trading, The Times web-site reported on Monday.

2009-01-06 00:13: read more...   

    Yahoo!: Pat Burrell agrees to $16M, 2-year deal with Rays (AP)

In this Oct. 12, 2008, Philadelphia Phillies' Pat Burrell tosses his bat after striking out during the fourth inning in Game 3 of the National League baseball championship series against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles. The Tampa Bay Rays added a big bat for the middle of their batting order, agreeing to a $16 million, two-year contract with Pat Burrell. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - Pat Burrell went from one World Series team to the other. The Tampa Bay Rays added a big bat to the middle of their lineup, agreeing Monday on a $16 million, two-year contract with Burrell.


2009-01-06 00:05: read more...   

    Reuters: Iceland's Kaupthing administrators to sue UK govt

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland said Monday state-controlled Kaupthing Bank was suing Britain over a decision to place the bank's British arm in administration, potentially reigniting a simmering diplomatic row.

2009-01-06 00:02: read more...   

    Yahoo!: Obama plunges into econ talks, predicts approval (AP)

President-elect Barack Obama meets with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring the national economy was "bad and getting worse" and embracing tax cuts now expected to reach $300 billion. He predicted lawmakers would approve a mammoth revitalization package within two weeks of his taking office.


2009-01-05 23:55: read more...   

    BBC News: French TV ditches prime-time ads

State-run French TV stations stop showing ads in prime time as part of President Sarkozy's plans to reform public broadcasting.

2009-01-05 23:50: read more...   

    The Register: Sun offers free GlassFish education

Repeats download model

The secret to business according to Sun Microsystems' chief executive Jonathan Schwartz is to first build volume and then figure out how to make money from the audience you've created.…

2009-01-05 23:49: read more...   

    Yahoo!: Gaza civilian toll rises; diplomats seek truce (AP)

Palestinians carry the bodies of three toddlers Ahmed, Mohamed, and Issa Samouni, who according to Palestinian medical sources were killed in an Israeli strike, during their funeral in Gaza City, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Israeli forces pounded Gaza Strip houses, mosques and smuggling tunnels on Monday from the air, land and sea, killing at least seven children as they pressed a bruising offensive against Palestinian militants. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - GAZA CITY, Gaza — Israel ignored mounting international calls for a cease-fire Monday and said it won't stop its crippling 10-day assault until "peace and tranquility" are achieved in southern Israeli towns in the line of Palestinian rocket fire.


2009-01-05 23:46: read more...   

    BBC News: UK short-selling ban to be lifted

A ban on the short-selling of financial shares is to be lifted, the UK's financial regulator confirms.

2009-01-05 23:46: read more...   

    The Register: VCs still pump dough into green tech, renewable energy

Q4 takes a bit of a haircut

The economic meltdown has put a damper on a lot of things, but it seems to have been less of a wet blanket for investors in startups in the green technology and renewable energy in 2008 - if you exclude the final quarter of the unusually dismal year.…

2009-01-05 23:43: read more...   

    Reuters: U.S. seeks to jail Madoff

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors asked a judge to jail accused swindler Bernard Madoff on Monday, saying he sent jewellery and other items worth more than $1 million (681,000 pounds) to family and friends in violation of his bail.

2009-01-05 23:42: read more...   

    Yahoo!: Burris says he's senator — but Dems won't seat him (AP)

Illinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris arrives at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport in Linthicum, Md., Monday, Jan. 4, 2009. Burris will face a showdown on Capitol Hill about whether he'll succeed President-elect Barack Obama in Congress after being appointed last week by embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)AP - Senate Democrats struggled to avert a showdown steeped in race and corruption Monday as a defiant Roland Burris declared, "I'm a United States senator" and flew to the capital to claim President-elect Barack Obama's old seat in Congress.


2009-01-05 23:36: read more...   

    Yahoo!: Prosecutors seek to jail Madoff (Reuters)

Bernard Madoff is escorted from Federal Court in New York January 5, 2009. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. prosecutors asked a judge to jail accused swindler Bernard Madoff on Monday, saying he sent jewelry and other items worth more than $1 million to family and friends in violation of his bail.


2009-01-05 23:36: read more...   

    The Register: PS2 the most played console of 2008

Xbox beats PS3 to second slot

Nintendo may have cleaned up in console sales in 2008, but more US gamers spent their free time time playing Sony's "last-gen" Playstation 2, according to Nielsen Media Research.…

2009-01-05 23:36: read more...   

    Reuters: Apple's Jobs reassures investors about his health

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs sought to soothe investor concerns about his health on Monday, saying his weight loss was caused by a hormone imbalance that is relatively simple to treat.

2009-01-05 23:36: read more...   

    Yahoo!: AP source: Twins owner Pohlad dead at age 93 (AP)

In this Jan. 20, 1988, file photo, Carl Pohlad, owner of the Minnesota Twins, looks at three views of the World Series rings in Minneapolis following the Twins' World Series win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Pohlad has died at age 93, a baseball official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, because the family had not yet announced Pohlad's death. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, file)AP - Carl Pohlad, a billionaire banker whose Minnesota Twins won two World Series titles during nearly his nearly quarter-century as owner, died Monday, a baseball official said. He was 93.


2009-01-05 23:21: read more...   

    Reuters: Guatemalans dig for bodies after landslide kills 34

SAN CRISTOBAL VERAPAZ, Guatemala (Reuters) - Rescue workers dug with shovels and their bare hands to recover bodies on Monday after at least 34 coffee workers were killed by a landslide as they walked along a road in northern Guatemala.

2009-01-05 23:19: read more...   

    BBC News: Minnesota recount confirms winner

A recount in the US state of Minnesota confirms its Senate seat was won by a Democrat but the result is still contested.

2009-01-05 23:15: read more...   

    Yahoo!: Heavy fighting in Gaza City as Israel opposes truce calls (AFP)

Smoke billows as an Israeli flare lights up the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Israel ignored growing international demands for a ceasefire and took its war against Hamas into Gaza's main city on Monday as dozens more bodies were taken to the enclave's hospitals.(AFP/Patrick Baz)AFP - The heaviest fighting of Israel's war on Hamas raged in Gaza's main city early on Tuesday as the Israeli government fended off appeals to stop the death toll from mounting further.


2009-01-05 23:12: read more...   

    Sky News: Obama Selects New Spy Boss For US

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to lead the CIA.

2009-01-05 23:00: read more...   

    Deutsche Welle: Dozens killed by rockfall in Guatemala

2009-01-05 23:00: read more...   

    Reuters: Pink iguanas unseen by Darwin offer evolution clue

LONDON (Reuters) - Pink iguanas unknown to Charles Darwin during his visits to the Galapagos islands may provide evidence of species divergence far earlier than the English naturalist's famous finches, researchers said Monday.

2009-01-05 22:59: read more...   

    Reuters: U.S. seeks to revoke Madoff bail

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors asked a judge to revoke the bail terms for alleged swindler Bernard Madoff and detain him on Monday, claiming he was a flight risk.

2009-01-05 22:58: read more...   

    Yahoo!: Obama says his plan with tax cuts to get quick OK (AP)

Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner, left, looks on as President-elect Barack Obama meets with members of his economic team at his transition office in Washington, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President-elect Barack Obama plunged into rare pre-inaugural crisis talks with congressional leaders Monday, declaring the national economy was "bad and getting worse" and embracing tax cuts now expected to reach $300 billion. He predicted lawmakers would approve a mammoth revitalization package within two weeks of his taking office.


2009-01-05 22:57: read more...   

    Yahoo!: Congressmen sound off against SEC in Madoff affair (AP)

In this Dec. 17, 2008 file photo, Bernard Madoff, chairman of Madoff Investment Securities, returns to his Manhattan apartment after making a court appearance in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow,File)AP - Republican and Democratic House members said Monday that the alleged $50 billion fraud involving Wall Street figure Bernard Madoff reflects deep, systemic problems at the Securities and Exchange Commission.


2009-01-05 22:51: read more...   

    Yahoo!: Milky Way — the galaxy — not snack-sized anymore (AP)

This undated hand out artist rendering provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows the latest view of the Milky Way's structure. Our Milky Way galaxy may not be the snack-sized collection of stars astronomers have long thought it was. (AP Photo/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Robert Hurt, Mark Reid)AP - Take that, Andromeda! For decades, astronomers thought when it came to the major galaxies in Earth's cosmic neighborhood, our Milky Way was a weak sister to the larger Andromeda. Not anymore. The Milky Way is considerably larger, bulkier and spinning faster than astronomers once thought, Andromeda's equal.


2009-01-05 22:44: read more...   

    Reuters: Israel deaf to truce calls as Gaza battles rage on

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops backed by air strikes fought to seize ground from Hamas militants deep inside the Gaza Strip on Monday despite international calls for a cease-fire in a conflict that has killed more than 540 Palestinians in 10 days.

2009-01-05 22:38: read more...   

    Yahoo!: Israel deaf to truce calls as Gaza battles rage on (Reuters)

Israeli soldiers stand atop an armoured personnel carrier (APC) just outside the northern Gaza Strip January 5, 2009. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)Reuters - Israeli troops backed by air strikes fought to seize ground from Hamas militants deep inside the Gaza Strip on Monday despite international calls for a ceasefire in a conflict that has killed more than 540 Palestinians in 10 days.


2009-01-05 22:36: read more...   

    Reuters: Guatemala landslide kills 34

SAN CRISTOBAL VERAPAZ, Guatemala (Reuters) - Rescue workers were digging to recover bodies on Monday after at least 34 coffee workers were killed by a landslide as they walked along a road in northern Guatemala.

2009-01-05 22:31: read more...   

    BBC News: Pink iguana rewrites family tree

A type of iguana missed by Darwin during his Galapagos trip promises to rewrite the animal's history in the islands.

2009-01-05 22:26: read more...   

    BBC News: A pink iguana missed by Darwin prompts evolutionary rethink

A type of iguana missed by Darwin during his Galapagos trip promises to rewrite the animal's history in the islands.

2009-01-05 22:26: read more...   

    BBC News: Congress launches Madoff inquiry

The US Congress begins an inquiry into a suspected $50bn (£32bn) fraud allegedly run by the American hedge fund manager, Bernard Madoff.

2009-01-05 22:25: read more...   

    BBC News: Family of four is robbed in house

A family, including two children aged under five, are robbed by an armed gang in their County Antrim home.

2009-01-05 22:24: read more...   

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