Sourav Ganguly registered his seventh fifty against South Africa, which is his 34th in Tests, on the second day of the third Test at Green park here Saturday.

BEIJING - China's president met with the incoming vice president of Taiwan yesterday, signaling a possible thaw in a frosty relationship between the rival governments that has lasted nearly six decades.

If "experience" is truly the pivotal factor in a presidential race, then George H.W. Bush should have cruised to reelection in 1992. He already had four years at the helm, plus eight years as vice president, several years as a U.N. ambassador, several years as U.S. emissary to China, a couple of years running the CIA, and several terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Sourav Ganguly registered his seventh fifty against South Africa, which is his 34th in Tests, on the second day of the third Test at Green park here Saturday.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.----Office Depot, Inc. , a leading global provider of office products and services, reported today that Institutional Shareholder Services , an institutional proxy advisory service, recommends that Office Depot stockholders vote to reject the two dissident directors nominated by Alan Levan and his company Woodbridge at this year's Annual Meeting of Stockholders currently ...

A Lebanon woman's song could be the championship tune on this year's American Idol finale. Mendy Shaw's song "Stronger", co-written by Cincinnatian Jason Phelts, was selected as one of 20 potential songs in the American Idol song writing contest.

Presidential candidates' positions on Iraq war ... Chelsea Clinton deflects question about No. 2 spot for her mom ... Clinton vows to produce more military equipment in the United States ...

April 10, 2008 David Freel Executive Director Ohio Ethics Commission 8 East Long Street 10th Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 Dear Mr. Freel: The Butler County Democratic Party is requesting your office to investigate several situations in Butler County govern

Coast Guard investigation documents have shed new light on the mysterious and tragic voyage of the Albatross, a sailboat that foundered in a tropical storm off Bermuda in November, killing the Brooklyn skipper's wife and best friend...

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office calls it a tool to fight crime and boost its gang-prevention efforts.

Coast Guard investigation documents have shed new light on the mysterious and tragic voyage of the Albatross, a sailboat that foundered in a tropical storm off Bermuda in November, killing the Brooklyn skipper's wife and best friend...

In a competitive and youth-obsessed business, most everyone gets The Call sometime. For ex-CNN daytime anchor Daryn Kagan, it came in January 2006. She was brought into an office and told that CNN would not renew her contract when it expired at the end of the year. Kagan was lucky in one sense - she wasn't escorted out that day by security - but by the first of September, she was gone. Left with ...

John Bowker didn't know exactly what to do with his glee. He'd had the Major League Dream No. 1 and 1A - the First Hit and the First Home Run party pack - and yet he had to bite his tongue to keep from ruining the foul mood. "I guess I'm just trying to keep...

Legal The law firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone announced that it has opened an office in downtown Toronto and expanded its presence in Canada. Miller Canfield was the first Michigan-based law firm to open an office in Canada in 2002 when it merged with Windsor's largest firm, Wilson Walker Hochberg Slopen LLP.

With a little discipline, pet owners can keep vet costs on a short leash Veterinarian Gregory Hammer laughed as he recalled the average price his clients paid for an office visit in 1973, when he started out in rural Kansas. ¶ "It was $6," said Hammer, now president of the American Veterinary Medical Assn. ¶ Good luck getting so much as a torn nail clipped for that these days. ¶ Americans ...

Why a corporate “user anthropologist” is spending so much of his time in the shantytowns of the world.

Why a corporate “user anthropologist” is spending so much of his time in the shantytowns of the world.

When most people think of construction jobs, they do not usually think of people operating computers to ensure that materials and workers will be at the construction sites when they are needed.

While ordinary citizens cherish the right to shield their personal financial records from public view, presidential candidates are expected to make disclosures.

One evening, as my wife and I frolicked out back with the nipper, Angela glanced up at the eaves of our home and said, quot That wood looks like it's got cancer. The paint has peeled, and there are holes in it. quot

A race against the clock is under way in the Vanderburgh County Voter Registration Office, where workers showed up this morning to chip away at processing thousands of new voters in time for Indiana’s May 6 primary election.

If you'd like a relatively concise filmic treatise on the rise and fall of the American Film Musical, especially MGM-style, this lavish boxed set will give you a doctoral-level thesis on what made film musicals the reigning genre of the 30s and 40s, and also, sadly, what led to their decline in the 50s.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Horror flick "Prom Night" howled its way to the top of the North American box office at the weekend, according to preliminary figures released by Exhibitor Relations Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 films at the North American box office for the three-day weekend beginning April 11, led by the new release "Prom Night," according to studio estimates compiled Sunday by Reuters.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Horror flick "Prom Night" howled its way to the top of the North American box office at the weekend, according to preliminary figures released by Exhibitor Relations Sunday.

IN THE HEADLINES Presidential candidates' positions on Iraq war ... Chelsea Clinton deflects question about No. 2 spot for her mom ... Clinton vows to produce more military equipment in the United States ...

The TV celebrity's poll numbers have been dropping since she endorsed and campaigned for her fellow Chicagoan. Most of the attention on the effect of Double O -- Obama and Oprah -- has been focused on how much the daytime television diva helped her home-state senator by endorsing him and appearing at all those rallies in Iowa and South Carolina with him.

Horror flick "Prom Night" howled its way to the top of the North American box office at the weekend, according to preliminary figures released by Exhibitor Relations Sunday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The teen horror movie "Prom Night" was the belle of the ball at the weekend box office in North America, earning an estimated $22 million during its first three days, distributor Sony Pictures said Sunday.

As far as Detroit's music fans are concerned, it's one of rock's most enduring mysteries. Why won't Radiohead play here anymore? More than a decade has passed since the celebrated English band played a stage in the Motor City, a place that has been regarded as one of the country's premier concert markets.

When Peggy Blake was 12 years old, she declared she was going to have a big family. "I wanted six children. I was so lonesome as an only child," Peggy said. "I even had names for the first two … Gary, for Gary Cooper, and Kathy was from 'Wuthering Heights.'"

This week the father and daughter who play father and daughter in Disney's Hannah Montana will bring home the chemistry that drives the national phenomenon, as they serve as co-hosts of the sold-out 2008 CMT Music Awards in Nashville on Monday.

Halina Laster, who co-founded the Century Village/Pembroke Pines Holocaust survivors' group, guided Hollywood's Holocaust Documentation and Education Center and Museum as a board member, and inspired youngsters at countless Student Awareness Days, has died.

The TV celebrity's poll numbers have been dropping since she endorsed and campaigned for her fellow Chicagoan. Most of the attention on the effect of Double O -- Obama and Oprah -- has been focused on how much the daytime television diva helped her home-state senator by endorsing him and appearing at all those rallies in Iowa and South Carolina with him.

In a competitive and youth-obsessed business, most everyone gets The Call sometime. For ex-CNN daytime anchor Daryn Kagan, it came in January 2006.

Audiences made a date with "Prom Night" as the remake slasher flick takes in $22.7 million to debut as the weekend's No. 1 movie.

Kanpur, April 13 (IANS) India struck two vital blows in South Africa's second innings after taking a 60-run lead on the third day of the third and final Test at the Green Park Stadium here Sunday.

Think back to when you were a kid waiting around somewhere with your mother – in the doctor's office, perhaps, or on a train or airplane trip, or during one of those midweek dinners in the church basement that seemed to drag on forever. "Think-ets" is a simple game that will help children pass the time during long trips.

Personal data has been lost or wrongly revealed by 13 London councils in the last year, a BBC survey finds.

One evening, as my wife and I frolicked out back with the nipper, Angela glanced up at the eaves of our home and said, quot That wood looks like it's got cancer. The paint has peeled, and there are holes in it. quot

You can catch fitness trainer Bob Harper on the season finale of "The Biggest Loser" Tuesday night, or you can meet him in person when he comes to the Phoenix area on Friday.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A horror-film remake of a high-school spring ritual propelled "Prom Night" to the top of the weekend box office, according to early estimates.

Personal data has been lost or wrongly revealed by 13 London councils in the last year, a BBC survey finds.

You can catch fitness trainer Bob Harper on the season finale of "The Biggest Loser" Tuesday night, or you can meet him in person when he comes to the Phoenix area on Friday.

This week the father and daughter who play father and daughter in Disney's Hannah Montana will bring home the chemistry that drives the national phenomenon, as they serve as co-hosts of the sold-out 2008 CMT Music Awards in Nashville on Monday.

Members of the Mohegan Park Jewish Center and their supporters will hold a rally at 2 p.m. today in a show of respect for all religions after vandals defaced their synagogue.

CARBONDALE - In the simplest terms, Jeff Myers works in the "innovation" business.

With the intent of finding a lost American Indian path, about 20 interested residents gathered at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum in Laporte early Saturday afternoon to hear an author who is knowledgeable on the subject.

Personal data has been lost or wrongly revealed by 13 London councils in the last year, a BBC survey finds.

Halina Laster, who co-founded the Century Village/Pembroke Pines Holocaust survivors' group, guided Hollywood's Holocaust Documentation and Education Center and Museum as a board member, and inspired youngsters at countless Student Awareness Days, has died.

With the intent of finding a lost American Indian path, about 20 interested residents gathered at the Sullivan County Historical Society Museum in Laporte early Saturday afternoon to hear an author who is knowledgeable on the subject.

Members of the Mohegan Park Jewish Center and their supporters will hold a rally at 2 p.m. today in a show of respect for all religions after vandals defaced their synagogue.

Kanpur, April 13 (IANS) Following is the scoreboard at lunch on the third day of the third and final Test between India and South Africa at the Green Park Stadium here Sunday:

The number of divorces has doubled since the conflict began. Sectarian tensions and joblessness are among the reasons. For years, most of the solemn young couples who sought out Sayid Rafid Husseini were looking for a marriage certificate. Now, the robed cleric says, many who make their way to his office near a revered Shiite Muslim shrine want a divorce.

Audiences made a date with "Prom Night," the remake of the 1980 slasher flick that took in $22.7 million to debut as the weekend's No. 1 movie, according to studio estimates Sunday.

A 5-year-old Texas girl who survived a freak cement truck accident that killed her mother was out of the hospital Sunday.

April 13 (Bloomberg) -- ``Prom Night,'' a horror film starring Brittany Snow, was the top film at U.S. and Canadian theaters this weekend, selling $22.7 million for Sony Corp.

Senior Nick Laughlin will have two makeup artists assigned to him throughout the entire production of "Phantom of the Opera" when it premiers today, April 10.

BY JOHN DECOSTE The Advertiser/NovaNewsNow.com Some exciting changes are in store for minor baseball in our area, according to a recent Kentville Minor Baseball Association (KMBA) newsletter. The association has made application to the provincial Health Promotion and Protection office for a grant to help cover the cost of installing lights on the peewee field in Kentville and a new canteen ...

How's this for scary: Ushers could be the key to making your movie No. 1. An in-theater publicity stunt that became a viral ad campaign helped propel the horror film Prom Night to the top spot at theaters this weekend.

PLEASANTON -- A man in a white tank top and jeans told a 68-year-old grandmother he was with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office and reportedly punched her in the face in Pleasanton Saturday night, police announced Sunday.

A man in a white tank top and jeans told a 68-year-old grandmother he was with the Alameda County Sheriff's Office and punched her in the face in Pleasanton Saturday night, police say.

Five young British women were killed in a bus crash in Ecuador while the 15 other people on board were injured, Britain's Foreign Office said Sunday.

Johnson County can boast about being the home of famous musicians, rodeo champions and announcers and Olympic athletes.

Big Brother is about to go online in Pembroke Pines to catch drivers who zip through red lights. Three traffic cameras, installed at Pines Boulevard and Northwest 19th Street, will begin recording this week.

"Prom Night," a remake of the 1980 slasher flick, is a box office hit. The fright flick, which stars Brittany Snow as a teen terrorized by a psycho killer on prom night, took in $22.7 million to debut as the weekend's number one movie. "Street Kings," a police drama starring Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker, opened in second place with $12 million.

Johnson County can boast about being the home of famous musicians, rodeo champions and announcers and Olympic athletes.

"Prom Night," a remake of the 1980 slasher flick, is a box office hit. The fright flick, which stars Brittany Snow as a teen terrorized by a psycho killer on prom night, took in $22.7 million to debut as the weekend's number one movie. "Street Kings," a police drama starring Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker, opened in second place with $12 million.

Booted American Idol contestant Michael Johns chatted with reporters Friday, following his unexpected ouster Thursday night. USA TODAY listened in on the conference call.

American Idol delivered its first shocker Thursday when Michael Johns, who had ascended to front-running heartthrob status recently, was eliminated.

How's this for scary: Ushers could be the key to making your movie No. 1. An in-theater publicity stunt that became a viral ad campaign helped propel the horror film Prom Night to the top spot at theaters this weekend.

"Prom Night," a remake of the 1980 slasher flick, is a box office hit. The fright flick, which stars Brittany Snow as a teen terrorized by a psycho killer on prom night, took in $22.7 million to debut as the weekend's number one movie. "Street Kings," a police drama starring Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker, opened in second place with $12 million.

You never know what you are going to learn from the women's magazines, and this week's issues don't let us down.

Prom Night was the belle of the ball at the box office this weekend, far outpacing all other new releases and holding off two-time winner 21 to go home with the crown.

Booted American Idol contestant Michael Johns chatted with reporters Friday, following his unexpected ouster Thursday night. USA TODAY listened in on the conference call.

EDITOR'S NOTE -- This is another story in an occasional series following the efforts of Salva Dut, a Sudanese refugee in the U.S. and one of the former "lost boys,'' who has devoted himself to bringing water wells to his impoverished homeland.

EDITOR'S NOTE -- This is another story in an occasional series following the efforts of Salva Dut, a Sudanese refugee in the U.S. and one of the former "lost boys,'' who has devoted himself to bringing water wells to his impoverished homeland.

Why a corporate “user anthropologist” is spending so much of his time in the shantytowns of the world.

The teen horror movie "Prom Night" was the belle of the ball at the weekend box office in North America, earning an estimated $22 million during its first three days, distributor Sony Pictures said on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES - The teen horror movie "Prom Night" was the belle of the ball at the weekend box office in North America, earning an estimated $22 million during its first three days, distributor Sony Pictures said on Sunday.

How's this for scary: Ushers could be the key to making your movie No. 1. An in-theater publicity stunt that became a viral ad campaign helped propel the horror film Prom Night to the top spot at theaters this weekend.

Hundreds celebrated the grand opening of Obama's office at the Old Casey's, located on the 200 block of Broadway in Billings in Saturday.

CHANNING, Texas (AP) - The century-old office building of a once-famous Texas Panhandle ranch will soon have a new home in Lubbock. The XIT Ranch office was completed in 1899. It served as the site of financial transactions for what was the world's largest range under fence.

Associated Press - April 13, 2008 1:05 PM ET CHANNING, Texas (AP) - The century-old office building of a once-famous Texas Panhandle ranch will soon have a new home in Lubbock.

Associated Press - April 13, 2008 1:05 PM ET CHANNING, Texas (AP) - The century-old office building of a once-famous Texas Panhandle ranch will soon have a new home in Lubbock.

OWOSSO - Recounting a story of cruelty and death that she could never talk of with her own family, Erna Gorman asked her audience to not feel sympathy for her - but to instead learn to love one another.

Associated Press - April 13, 2008 1:05 PM ET CHANNING, Texas (AP) - The century-old office building of a once-famous Texas Panhandle ranch will soon have a new home in Lubbock.

OWOSSO - Recounting a story of cruelty and death that she could never talk of with her own family, Erna Gorman asked her audience to not feel sympathy for her - but to instead learn to love one another.

Every day, Manut Ngor Koot leads his family's cow for miles across the southern Sudan plains to a murky swamp that serves as his village's chief source of water. The cow is balky and has a limp. Looking after her is time-consuming, often frustrating.

CHANNING, Texas -- The century-old office building of a once-famous Texas Panhandle ranch will soon have a new home in Lubbock. The XIT Ranch office, completed in 1899, was the...

[With the coming of spring time in Arkansas also comes seasonal allergies that lead to sinus infections. Every year between about March 20 and May 20, I have to go to the doctor for a round of antibiotics, sometimes a steroid shot and usually some sort of antihistamine on top of what I already take year round for allergies. I seem to be allergic to practically anything and everything one can be ...

Sunday afternoon will see sunny skies and a lower humidity than Saturday with a high around 70 degrees, according to the National Weather Service office in Wilmington, N.C.

Why a corporate “user anthropologist” is spending so much of his time in the shantytowns of the world.

HONG KONG: Historical epic "The Warlords" dominated the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday scooping eight gongs including best film and best actor.

Every day, Manut Ngor Koot leads his family's cow for miles across the southern Sudan plains to a murky swamp that serves as his village's chief source of water. The cow is balky and has a limp. Looking after her is time-consuming, often frustrating.

LOS ANGELES, April 13 - Following are the top 10 films at the North American box office for the three-day weekend beginning on April 11, led by the new release "Prom Night," according to studio estimates compiled on Sunday by Reuters.

LOS ANGELES, April 13 - Following are the top 10 films at the North American box office for the three-day weekend beginning on April 11, led by the new release "Prom Night," according to studio estimates compiled on Sunday by Reuters.

Local supporters for presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama stood elbow to elbow yesterday while they cheered during the grand opening of the Obama for America Guam office.

Dozens of reality show star wannabes flocked to the Shops at Midtown Miami to try and convince a casting director they would be a perfect addition to the next season of Big Brother.

Dozens of reality show star wannabes flocked to the Shops at Midtown Miami to try and convince a casting director they would be a perfect addition to the next season of Big Brother.

Dozens of reality show star wannabes flocked to the Shops at Midtown Miami to try and convince a casting director they would be a perfect addition to the next season of Big Brother.

BY JOHN DECOSTE The Advertiser/NovaNewsNow.com Some exciting changes are in store for minor baseball in our area, according to a recent Kentville Minor Baseball Association (KMBA) newsletter. The association has made application to the provincial Health Promotion and Protection office for a grant to help cover the cost of installing lights on the peewee field in Kentville and a new canteen ...

AUBURN - Phil Disher showed Auburn that it's not smart to get in a home-run hitting contest with South Carolina. He blasted two home runs, including a two-run shot that gave the Gamecocks a lead in the eighth, to help Carolina to an 8-6 victory in front of 2,567 fans in Plainsman Park on Saturday.

AUBURN - Phil Disher showed Auburn that it's not smart to get in a home-run hitting contest with South Carolina. He blasted two home runs, including a two-run shot that gave the Gamecocks a lead in the eighth, to help Carolina to an 8-6 victory in front of 2,567 fans in Plainsman Park on Saturday.

For a while, it was not clear whether the videos of the “McCain Girls,” a trio of singing and dancing campaign supporters, were meant to be sincere or ironic.

Why a corporate “user anthropologist” is spending so much of his time in the shantytowns of the world.

Mark Gold, president of Heal the Bay, has been with the nonprofit environmental group in Southern California for almost 20 years. He has seen many celebrities come and go, and then come back again to stay. He has seen some show up once and disappear.

Italians went to the polls Sunday in general elections likely to return conservative Silvio Berlusconi to the prime minister's office for a third time at the expense of new centre-left flagbearer Walter Veltroni.

Mayor Michael A. Nutter of Philadelphia has raised eyebrows by endorsing Hillary Rodham Clinton in a city where Barack Obama is wildly popular.

Office vacancy rates in Annapolis rose in an economic slowdown and landlords offered deals, but experts say businesses are leasing space even as rents remain higher.

In his book, Charles Handy reports that he has also seen the future of the workplace: ''The office of the future will often be more like a traditional city club.''

HONG KONG (AFP) - Historical epic "The Warlords" dominated the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday scooping eight gongs including best film and best actor in martial arts star Jet Li.

Historical epic "The Warlords" dominated the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday scooping eight gongs including best film and best actor in martial arts star Jet Li.

Historical epic "The Warlords" dominated the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday scooping eight gongs including best film and best actor in martial arts star Jet Li.

A shooting at Orlando's Wet n Wild water theme park has left two teenage brothers injured, and they're from South Florida.

The wreckage of a private plane that crashed into two Compton homes was still sticking out of one of the homes Sunday as investigators tried to determine why the plane went down. Meanwhile, one of the people injured when that plane crashed into her home, spoke exclusively with CBS 2 News.

A shooting at Orlando's Wet n Wild water theme park has left two teenage brothers injured, and they're from South Florida.

The Davidson County Juvenile Court clerk's office is again being hit with complaints of long delays in the handing of crucial court records. Members of a volunteer board that reviews foster care cases fired off an angry letter to the court in early April, saying their case reviews had been repeatedly delayed by missing or mislaid files, documents in such bad condition they were falling apart, ...

*Allen Harris, a Conestoga Valley graduate, helped Penn State win the Big Ten gymnatics team championship last weekend at Rec Hall