Archive for June, 2010
Free agent extravaganza: NBA’s shopping spree gets underway
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
With the door officially wide open for NBA free agency, the three biggest names have headed home.
NATO’s new commander in Afghanistan briefs alliance on escalating war
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Gen. David Petraeus, NATO's newly appointed commander of the Afghanistan war, is briefing alliance officials about his plans for the escalating conflict.
Rockets waste little time, make pitch to free agent Chris Bosh
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey sure knows how to make a first impression.
China’s Xinhua News Agency launches international English TV network this week
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010China's biggest national news agency launched its global, English-language television news network on Thursday as part of efforts to expand the communist government's influence abroad. ...
NY Spanish-language columnist, husband suspected in Russian spy ring shared leftist views
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Before Vicky Pelaez became a columnist for one of the United States' best-known Spanish-language newspapers, she was a scrappy television reporter in her native Peru who turned her kidnapping by...
Tapes at trial reveal Blagojevich hopeful, angry, unsure in days after 2008 election
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Wiretap recordings played at Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial depict the former governor as furious one minute, then optimistic and other times unsure about his chances for success in his alle...
Official: Turkey, Israel Hold Secret Talks
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Turkey's foreign minister and an Israeli cabinet minister met secretly in Brussels to discuss ways of overcoming the deep crisis in bilateral ties, a Turkish official said Thursday.
SAFrican police: American robbed and shot in Johannesburg street en route to hotel
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010A 35-year-old American was shot and robbed while walking to his hotel but his life is not in danger, a police spokeswoman said Thursday.
Scientist studying Indonesia’s last glacier says it will disappear in years, not decades
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Lonnie Thompson spent years preparing for his expedition to the remote, mist-shrouded mountains of eastern Indonesia, hoping to chronicle the affect of global warming on the last remaining glaci...
Clinton visiting former Soviet states to reassert US interests in Russia’s neighborhood
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010On the heels of a sensational Russian spy scandal, Hillary Rodham Clinton is making her first visit as secretary of state to four post-Soviet states, each with a direct stake in the Obama admini...
Clinton visiting former Soviet states to reassert US interests in Russia’s neighborhood
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010On the heels of a sensational Russian spy scandal, Hillary Rodham Clinton is making her first visit as secretary of state to four post-Soviet states, each with a direct stake in the Obama admini...
Quick kicks: A look at the highs and lows at the World Cup
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
South Africa has offered plenty of reasons to celebrate a historic World Cup. But there have been moments of apology and drama as well. USA TODAY's ...
As trade deadline nears, ace Cliff Lee could be top target
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Cliff Lee lit a fire under baseball's annual midseason trade market this week not with a deal but by doing what he's been doing all season: pitching ...
Guerrero hits grand slam, solo HR to power Rangers past Angels
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Vladimir Guerrero hit a grand slam and another homer during a four-hit performance against his former teammates, leading the Texas Rangers to ...
New Zealand greenhouse gas pricing system takes effect, immediately lifts gas, power prices
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010New carbon-trading laws intended to reduce climate-changing pollution emissions took effect Thursday in New Zealand, immediately sending gas prices higher.