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U.S Dollar Advances on Stocks Weak Performance
The dollar gained versus most of the 16 main traded currencies today as speculations surged that current levels for stocks are not backed by fundamental evidences, forcing equities down and bringing investors to purchase Treasur...
(i.e., Just Another Week In Music News)
Miley Cyrus usually makes headlines for fairly fluffy reasons--quitting Twitter, pole-dancing at awards shows, dating underwear models, posing for eyebrow-raising Vanity Fair photo spreads, etc. But this week she was, sadly, in the news over a far...
Israeli aircraft strike Gaza targets
JERUSALEM – Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel. The airst...
Indonesian passenger ferry sinks with 242 aboard
JAKARTA, Indonesia – An Indonesian passenger ferry with almost 250 people aboard sank in rough waters off Sumatra island Sunday, killing at least one, police said, while a second ferry ran aground in nearby waters. Rescue teams had ...
Sizing up the Kennedy dynasty\'s next generation
WASHINGTON – Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-r...
Kennedy says RI bishop banned him from Communion
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman's support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a newspap...

