By Bob Tourtellotte
LOS ANGELES | Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:52pm BST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Lindsay Lohan was led away from a Beverly Hills courtroom in handcuffs on Friday and taken back to jail where she is expected to spend nearly a month awaiting a hearing for violating her probation.
Sep 24, 2010
HSBC power struggle forces top team overhaul | Reuters
LONDON/HONG KONG | Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:21pm BST
LONDON/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dramatic change swept through HSBC on Friday as Europe's biggest bank named a new chairman, chief executive and finance director to repair its reputation after a shock boardroom bust-up.
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- Obama, at UN, eyes Sudan, Southeast Asia tensions (AP)
- AP-GfK Poll: Dems disliked, but GOP just as bad (AP)
- '50s pop singer Eddie Fisher dies at age 82 (AP)
- Va. inmate 1st woman in 5 years executed in US (AP)
- AP Interview: Hiker talks of year in Iran prison (AP)
- Soviet coup plotter Yanayev dies at 73 (AP)
Stocks slide and bonds rise as data fails to inspire | Reuters
(Reuters) - Global stocks fell and bond prices rose on Thursday as lacklustre U.S. and euro zone economic data rekindled worries over growth prospects in the developed world.
Heavyweight panel considers bank break-ups | Reuters
LONDON | Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:51pm BST
LONDON (Reuters) - Banks are facing a hard-hitting probe that will examine the break-up of retail and investment banks after the financial crisis forced taxpayers to pour billions of pounds into the sector.
HSBC power struggle forces top team shake-up | Reuters
(Reuters) - A dramatic upheaval among HSBC's top management after a boardroom row has left the bank scrambling to limit damage to its reputation but unlikely to alter its increasing focus on Asia.
It's nice Jennifer Lopez wants to give kids free health care, but why not help out your old block
It's nice to know Jennifer Lopez has snagged a $12 million deal with "American Idol." It would be a heck of a lot nicer if she'd finally give some of her millions to her old school in the Bronx.
Teresa Lewis dies by lethal injection, executed in Virginia despite thousands of appeals to save her
Helber/APDeath penalty protestors rally against the execution of Teresa Lewis on Thursday. A Virginia woman met her fate Thursday night.
Teresa Lewis, who in 2002 stood by while her husband and stepson were brutally murdered as they slept, was executed thanks to a lethal cocktail of chemicals shortly after 9 p.m. at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va.
Crime pays for world-famous organist
Who says crime does not pay?
It is fair to say Carlo Curley has gone to extraordinary lengths to break into the music scene.
Like many musicians, the 58-year-old flamboyant and popular classical concert organist got his introduction to music from his grandmother, who taught him to play piano when he was 4.
Later, he joined his grandmother in the local church choir in North Carolina, where he discovered the organ.
Franklin speaks out over assault on son
Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is speaking out on the beating her adult son took from three men at a Detroit gas station this week.
Franklin said in a statement some early reports had some innaccuracies.
Franklin said through a public relations firm that Eddie Franklin underwent surgery after arriving at a hospital emergency room earlier this week. She said his jaw was wired shut.
Franklin also said her son's girlfriend gave the wrong location of the attack.
Pop idol Eddie Fisher dead
Eddie Fisher, whose huge fame as a pop singer was overshadowed by scandals ending his marriages to Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor, has died. He was 85.
His daughter, Tricia Leigh Fisher, of Los Angeles, said Fisher died of complications from hip surgery at a hospital in BerkeleyBeckham to sue over allegations in US magazine
David Beckham's management company says it is taking legal action against a US magazine which published claims the former England captain slept with prostitutes.
The company said in a statement the allegations in the weekly In Touch are "completely untrue and totally ridiculous as the magazine was clearly told before publication."
"Sadly we live in a world where a magazine can print lies and believe they can get away with it. We are taking legal action against the magazine," the statement said.
The company said in a statement the allegations in the weekly In Touch are "completely untrue and totally ridiculous as the magazine was clearly told before publication."
"Sadly we live in a world where a magazine can print lies and believe they can get away with it. We are taking legal action against the magazine," the statement said.
How to separate without hurting the children | Life and style
Children are used as "ammunition" during separation. Photograph: Getty
Sir Nicholas Wall, Britain's most senior family judge, warned this week that parents are harming children during divorce proceedings, by using them as "the battlefield, [and] the ammunition".
Fired for being openly gay
After serving for 11 years in the US navy, Rhonda Davis openly admitted to being gay, and was thrown out. Photograph: Guardian
Campaigners against the Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy, which bans openly gay people from serving in the US armed forces, were offered hope when Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, said he would schedule a vote on it next week.....
How a catwalk show at London Fashion Week brought my memories back to life
Memories come alive . . . Models walk the runway at the Topshop Unique show. Photograph: Danny Martindale/WireImage
Long ago, in a far-off land called the 1970s, the fashion spreads in magazines for young teens used to be drawn, not photographed. I loved those drawings, of tall, slender, elegant creatures, all with exactly the same faces, figures and hair, in perfectly fitting, perfectly draping clothes.
Long ago, in a far-off land called the 1970s, the fashion spreads in magazines for young teens used to be drawn, not photographed. I loved those drawings, of tall, slender, elegant creatures, all with exactly the same faces, figures and hair, in perfectly fitting, perfectly draping clothes.
Why women shouldn't be campaigning for equal pay
Made in Dagenham, based on the strike by women machinists at the Ford car plant. Photograph: Guardian
Rip off your pinny, reach for the Biba frock, get that asymmetric bob: it's the 60s all over again. Feminism's second wave is brewing, Barbara Castle is first secretary of state and the 187 women who sew car seats at the Ford Dagenham plant are out on strike.
Bono: the celebrity who just keeps giving
Forgive the reheating of old chestnuts, but it seems appropriate to begin with a classic urban myth starring Bono, recently described with due reverence by Viz as ....
Bulldozers prepare as deadline on West Bank settlement freeze looms
Giant bulldozers churn up the ground, turning the air a dusty red. Further off, the clack of building machinery and tools punctuate the tranquillity of a warm West Bank morning.
Iran and Iraq remember war that cost more than a million lives
Nostalgia is not the right word to describe how Iranians and Iraqis feel when they look back at the epic war they fought – one of the longest and bloodiest of the 20th century.
Pakistan neuroscientist given 86 years for shooting at US agents
Aafia Siddiqui, a US-trained Pakistani neuroscientist who was named as one of the FBI's most wanted terrorists, was today sentenced to 86 years in prison by a New York court, in a case that has prompted outrage in Pakistan.
Japan to free Chinese fishing boat captain | World news | guardian.co.uk
Japanese prosecutors are to release the captain of a Chinese fishing boat, two weeks after a collision in disputed waters sparked a dramatic deterioration in ties between Beijing and Tokyo.
Ireland's crisis shows folly of cuts, warns Labour
Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen came under renewed pressure after figures showed the economy shrank 1.2% in the second quarter of 2010. Photograph: Reuters
Ireland's beleaguered economy was held up by Labour as a stark warning to the UK of austerity overkill after the Irish government announced that national output had taken a fresh dive in the second ....
Prada shows Milan a flash of colour | Life and style
Bold colour shot straight to the top of the fashion agenda tonight as Miuccia Prada showed her new collection at Milan fashion week.
Soldiers honoured for bravery in Afghanistan
A soldier who has cleared twice as many roadside bombs as any other bomb disposal specialist in history is among more than 100 service personnel honoured for bravery in Afghanistan.
James Cameron tops Guardian Film Power 100
If there were any doubts that money talks loudest in the movie business, they have been dispelled.
The expert panel behind the Guardian's inaugural Film Power 100, published in today's Film & Music section, have chosen James Cameron, director of the two ...
Commonwealth Games boycott threat recedes
The first English athletes have arrived in Delhi for the Commonwealth Games as the threat of a mass boycott over safety and facilities recedes.
The Indian prime minister was holding crisis talks last night, as armies of cleaners and ...
Ahmadinejad accuses US of 'orchestrating' 9/11 attacks to aid Israel
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has accused the US government of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks to prop up Israel.
Speaking at the UN general assembly, just a few miles away from the still open ....
England to attend Commonwealth Games | Reuters
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By Alan Baldwin
LONDON | Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:03pm BST
LONDON (Reuters) - England committed to the troubled Commonwealth Games on Thursday after all 17 member sports agreed to go amid signs of improvement on the ground in India.
Teresa Lewis executed in Virginia despite protests | World news | guardian.co.uk
Teresa Lewis died early today after being given a lethal injection at the Greensville correctional centre, the first woman to be executed in Virginia in almost a century.
The execution went ahead despite protests from lawyers, international celebrities and ...
Executions of women are rare because they kill less often, researchers say - latimes.com
Virginia put to death a 41-year-old woman Thursday night, the first execution of a female in the country in five years and the first in that state for nearly a century.
Sep 23, 2010
Crime Scene - Teresa Lewis to be executed tonight
Teresa Lewis, who plotted the killings of her husband and stepson, is scheduled to die by injection in Virginia's death chamber Thursday night. She would be the first woman the state has executed in nearly 100 years.
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Microsoft To Offer Free Security Software For Small Businesses | SmallBusinessNewz
Microsoft said today that beginning in early October, it will offer Microsoft Security Essentials for free to small businesses with up to 10 PCs.
“Small-business owners just want to concentrate on running the business, without worrying about PCs going down,” says Jeff Smith, director of Marketing for Microsoft Security Essentials.
“Small-business owners just want to concentrate on running the business, without worrying about PCs going down,” says Jeff Smith, director of Marketing for Microsoft Security Essentials.
Katy Perry dropped from Sesame Street show | Reuters
U.S. singer Katy Perry smiles during an interview for the television show 'etalk' in Toronto June 18, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Mike Cassese
NEW YORK | Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:26pm BST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Producers of the hit children's TV show Sesame Street have cancelled an appearance by pop singer Katy Perry following feedback from parents.
Silver is Emerging From Under Gold's Shadow
By Peter Krauth, Contributing Editor, Money Morning
Gold surged to an all-time record high of $1,298 an ounce yesterday (Wednesday) after a U.S. Federal Reserve plan to jump-start the American economy triggered a slump in the U.S. dollar.
The yellow metal has now rallied for five straight trading sessions and is up about 18% for the year. Investors are waking up to the fact that the central bank's plan to use U.S. Treasury purchases as a means of injecting another $2.3 trillion into the U.S. economy is only going to further debase the greenback.
The yellow metal has now rallied for five straight trading sessions and is up about 18% for the year. Investors are waking up to the fact that the central bank's plan to use U.S. Treasury purchases as a means of injecting another $2.3 trillion into the U.S. economy is only going to further debase the greenback.
Obama urges new ways to tackle poverty | Reuters
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By Patrick Worsnip and Lesley Wroughton
UNITED NATIONS | Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:48pm BST
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for new ways to tackle global .....
Brothers fight it out to lead Labour Party | Reuters
David Miliband, who last week announced his intention to run for the leadership of the Labour Party, speaks to party members at his constituency in South Shields, northern England May 17, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Nigel Roddis
By Adrian Croft
LONDON | Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:06pm BST
LONDON (Reuters) - The Labour Party ....
Teams delay departures in Commonwealth Games fiasco | Reuters
An athlete heading to the Commonwealth Games arrives to check-in for her flight to India at Heathrow airport in London September 23, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Luke MacGregor
By Paul de Bendern
NEW DELHI | Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:54pm BST
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - More nations delayed their departure for the Commonwealth Games in India as ....
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By Paul de Bendern
NEW DELHI | Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:54pm BST
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - More nations delayed their departure for the Commonwealth Games in India as ....
Five government depts agree spending cuts | Reuters
Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, arrives to speak at a news conference at the Treasury, in central London July 20, 2010.
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By David Milliken
LONDON | Thu Sep 23, 2010 6:07pm BST
LONDON (Reuters) - Five government departments have agreed budget cuts with the country's finance ministry as part of a ....
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By David Milliken
LONDON | Thu Sep 23, 2010 6:07pm BST
LONDON (Reuters) - Five government departments have agreed budget cuts with the country's finance ministry as part of a ....
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US Supreme Court clears way for execution of Virginia woman
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block the state of Virginia from executing Teresa Lewis, a 41-year-old grandmother. Barring an unlikely last minute stay-of-execution from Governor Robert McDonnell, Lewis will be injected with a lethal poison on Thursday, becoming the first woman put to death by Virginia since 1912.info@als-alexander.org or interalex1@yahoo.com
Virginia to go ahead with execution of woman
The first woman in almost 100 years is to be executed in the US after the Supreme Court earlier this week refused to grant a last-minute reprieve.
Teresa Lewis, 41, is due to die by lethal injection.
Teresa Lewis, 41, is due to die by lethal injection.
Virginia to go ahead with execution of woman
The first woman in almost 100 years is to be executed in the US after the Supreme Court earlier this week refused to grant a last-minute reprieve.
BBC News - US Supreme Court allows execution of Virginia woman
Teresa Lewis was convicted of plotting to kill her husband and stepson
The US Supreme Court has refused to halt the Virginia execution of a woman who admitted conspiring to kill her husband and stepson.
On Thursday Teresa Lewis, 41, is set to become the first woman to be executed in the US for five years and in Virginia since 1912.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad points finger at US over woman's execution | The Australian
PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is trying to blunt international outrage by focusing attention instead on tomorrow's scheduled execution of a woman in the US.
Teresa Lewis "is to be executed . . . while her physician believes that she was suffering from mental disorder at the time of her husband's murder - but nobody pays any attention to this issue", the Iranian President complained during an interview in New York.
Virginia governor declines to stay woman's execution - CNN
Virginia's governor has rejected a clemency request from a death row inmate scheduled to be the first woman executed in the United States in five years.
Teresa Lewis, a 41-year-old grandmother, is now set to die by lethal injection Thursday evening. She pleaded guilty to her part in the 2002 slayings of her husband and son-in-law in their rural home...
Teresa Lewis, a 41-year-old grandmother, is now set to die by lethal injection Thursday evening. She pleaded guilty to her part in the 2002 slayings of her husband and son-in-law in their rural home...
US supreme court upholds Virginia woman's planned execution | World news | guardian.co.uk
The US supreme court has refused to block the state of Virginia's first execution of a woman in nearly a century, clearing the way for Teresa Lewis's death by lethal injection tomorrow.
Nations delay departure in Commonwealth Games fiasco | Reuters
A girl carrying a child stands outside her makeshift tent in front of the athletes village of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, while surrounded by flood waters of the river Yamuna in New Delhi September 23, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds
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