News Archive for September 14 2007

OJ Simpson questioned over armed robbery at Las Vegas casino

San Francisco - Former American football star OJ Simpson was questioned by police in Las Vegas Friday in connection with an armed robbery reported at a hotel casino, police said. The alleged robbery involved sports memorabilia taken from a room at th...

White House report shows little progress

A new White House report on Iraq shows slim progress, moving just one more political and security goal into the satisfactory column: efforts to let former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party to rejoin the political process, a senior administration official told The Associated Press.

Customer data hacked from TD Ameritrade database

Online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding said Friday that it has eliminated unauthorized computer code that allowed hackers to get access to a company database.

Fmr PM Bhutto To Return To Pakistan October 18

Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will return to Pakistan from an eight-year exile on Oct. 18 to campaign for office, her party said Friday. The government said she was free to come back but would have to face corruption cases against her. Makhdoom Amin Fahim, vice president of Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, said she would land in Karachi and [...]

Arctic ice shrinks to lowest level, exposes Northwest Passage

The level of sea ice in the Arctic has shrunk to its lowest levels exposing the Northwest Passage, which is an ancient trading route connecting Europe and Asia, according to satellite images provided by the European Space Agency (ESA).

August retail sales, industrial output soft

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retail sales and industrial output eked out smaller-than-expected gains in August, according to data on Friday that kept in place expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week.

MLB: San Diego 5, San Francisco 1

Jake Peavy struck out 10 over 7 1/3 innings for his career-best 18th win of the season, Sunday afternoon as the San Diego Padres beat San Francisco, 5-1. Josh Bard homered and drove in two runs for San Diego, which defeated the Giants for the eighth strai...

Iraqis file class action against AWB

Two victims of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq have begun legal action in the United States, seeking compensation from the Australian wheat trader AWB.

Martha Stewart plans line of wine

Martha Stewart, the homemaking guru, plans to sell her first line of wine early next year, it was reported Friday. Dubbed Martha Stewart Vintage, the wine is expected to be available in Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and perhaps rose later, va...

Troubled Mindy McCready Sentenced to One Year in Jail

Troubled country singer,Mindy McCready was sentenced to a year in prison on a probation violation on Friday after being charged in a domestic dispute in Florida.The singer has been in jail since July following an altercation with her mother.The singer cried openly in court as she asked for leniency from Circuit Judge Jeff Bivins saying: "Your honor, [...]