NEW YORK – With games airing live on cell phones and computers, the World Cup will get more online coverage than any major sporting event yet. Watching highlights the next day on TV or YouTube will suddenly seem a downright ancient way to keep up with the action.
Jun 9, 2010
American historian receives Norway's Holberg Prize - Yahoo! News
OSLO, Norway – American historian Natalie Zemon Davis accepted Norway's 4.5 million kroner ($680,000) Holberg Prize Wednesday for her narrative approach to history.
Bonnaroo spreads the festival experience online - Yahoo! News
AP - It's often joked that more people like to claim that they were at Woodstock in 1969 than were actually there.
Benigno Aquino III proclaimed Philippines' 15th president - USATODAY.com
MANILA (AP) — The Philippine Congress proclaimed Benigno Aquino III the country's new president Wednesday amid high hopes he will fulfill his campaign promise to eliminate corruption and poverty and restore trust in government.
UN approves new sanctions against Iran - Yahoo! News
UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday approved new sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear program that target Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard, ballistic missiles and nuclear-related investments.
AP sources: FBI paid money in van der Sloot sting - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON – U.S. authorities paid Joran van der Sloot at least $15,000 in a sting operation and delayed arresting him because they were trying to help build a murder case against him in the 5-year-old disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba, two federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
Cancer wins may be bigger than they seem - Yahoo! News
CHICAGO – Doctors reported gains against nearly every form of cancer at a conference that ended this week. Yet when Will Thomas heard about an advance against prostate cancer, he wanted to know just one thing: "Is it a cure?"
Year of the political woman redux? Looks that way - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON – Coast to coast, women ruled.
In an election year filled with female candidates, Tuesday turned out to be a big night as two businesswomen captured the Republican nominations for Senate and governor in California, a female state lawmaker prevailed in the GOP Senate primary in Nevada and a South Carolina legislator brushed aside allegations of infidelity to grab the commanding spot in the GOP gubernatorial runoff.
This Weekend's G-20 Meeting Won't Bring Any Answers on Financial Regulation
Finance ministers from the Group of 20 (G-20) nations this weekend will attempt to reach a compromise on the implementation of stricter banking regulations at a meeting in Busan, South Korea. However, significant changes to financial regulation will come slow, if at all.
Siemens scandal probed | Athens News
TESTIMONY suggesting there was both a political and judicial coverup in the Siemens slush fund scandal in Greece marked the first week of a parliamentary probe that is expected to run until mid-March.
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