Hurricane Dolly slams South Texas, but levees hold
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-07-23
Edge of Hurricane Dolly lashes Texas coast
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Hurricane Dolly strengthened early Wednesday as its leading edge lashed the Gulf Coast near the Texas-Mexico border with heavy rain and powerful winds.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AP)
2008-07-23
'Dark Knight' sets weekend record with $155.34M
LOS ANGELES - Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box-office superheroes.
Nations:Brazil Mexico Australia People:Christopher Nolan Heath Ledger Colin Firth Christian Bale Meryl Streep Pierce Brosnan
2008-07-20
"Dark Knight" breaks preview record
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," grossed a record $18.5 million from midnight preview screenings ahead of its official opening on Friday, according to box office tracking service Media By Numbers.
Nations:Canada People:Heath Ledger Christian Bale Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-18
UBS drops offshore banking services for Americans
WASHINGTON (AFP) - An official of the Swiss bank UBS announced that it was halting its offshore banking services for US citizens after it came under scathing criticism for facilitating massive tax evasion.
Nations:U.S. Liechtenstein People:Carl Levin Source:(AFP)
2008-07-17
Video of interrogation of Gitmo prisoner released
TORONTO - Lawyers for a Canadian prisoner at Guantanamo Bay released excerpts of videotaped interrogations Tuesday, providing a first-ever glimpse into the secretive world of questioning enemy combatants at the isolated U.S. prison in Cuba.
Nations:Afghanistan Canada People:Stephen Harper Activities:CIA Prison Scandal Source:(AP)
2008-07-15
Bush lifts oil drilling ban, wants Congress to act
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday lifted an executive ban on offshore oil drilling and challenged Congress to follow suit, aiming to turn the enormous public frustration about gasoline prices into political leverage. Democratic lawmakers rejected Bush's plan as a symbolic stunt.
Nations:Mexico People:Nancy Pelosi Barack Obama John McCain Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis Bush Admin. Source:(AP)
2008-07-14
Anheuser-Busch being sold to InBev for $52B
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The maker of the King of Beers has agreed to go to work for the Belgian brewer InBev SA.
Nations:U.S. Argentina Brazil Mexico Russia Activities:InBev Buys Anheuser Source:(AP)
2008-07-14
Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008
NHA TRANG, Vietnam - Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 on Monday in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row.
Nations:Venezuela Colombia Mexico El Salvador Argentina Russia People:Riyo Mori Melanie Brown Donald Trump Activities:2008 Miss Universe Source:(AP)
2008-07-14
InBev agrees to buy Anheuser for $50 billion
PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc (BUD.N) agreed to a $50 billion takeover by Belgium-based InBev NV (INTB.BR), a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday, creating the world's largest beer maker.
Nations:Brazil Mexico U.S. People:Barack Obama Activities:InBev Buys Anheuser Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-13
Canadian model's murder raises questions in China
SHANGHAI, China - In the two short weeks the 22-year-old Canadian model was in China, she found only disappointment, and then a violent death during a robbery.
Nations:Canada Italy France China Activities:2008 Model Murder Case Source:(AP)
2008-07-11
Developing economies don't back G-8 climate goal
TOYAKO, Japan - A joint gathering of major developed and developing nations on Wednesday agreed that climate change was "one of the great global challenges of our time" and pledged to back a United Nations effort to conclude new climate pact by 2009. The major economies said they supported longterm and midterm goals for greenhouse-gas reductions, but endorsed no targets.
Nations:India Japan China Germany Italy Russia People:Ban Ki-moon George W. Bush Source:(AP)
2008-07-09
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