Toyota pulls out of F1 racing
TOKYO Toyota is pulling out of Formula One racing, the world s largest automaker announcing today that it needs to cut costs and focus on its core business. Based on the current economic environment, we realize we have no choice but to withdraw fro...
 3.9K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 83.0 Two women found alive in quake's rubble
PADANG, Indonesia Rescuers pulled two women alive from a collapsed college, nearly two days after a powerful earthquake devastated western Indonesia, as cries for help from a flattened hotel spurred the frantic search for more survivors today. The ...
7.0K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 83.0 New era of street food
LOS ANGELES Peruvian rice, steaming Greek falafels, satay dripping with peanut sauce, doughy Salvadoran pupusas, slippery Thai noodles. In much of the world, they are just on-the-go eats for the masses. But in the U.S., a growing cadre of chefs and...
7.1K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 83.0 New era of street food
LOS ANGELES Peruvian rice, steaming Greek falafels, satay dripping with peanut sauce, doughy Salvadoran pupusas, slippery Thai noodles. In much of the world, they are just on-the-go eats for the masses. But in the U.S., a growing cadre of chefs and...
10.1K - Sep. 22, 2009; scored 83.0 Sports Briefs: Bears lose star linebacker
LAKE FOREST, Ill. Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery to repair his dislocated right wrist a major blow for a team with high expectations. Urlacher, a 10-year veteran, apparently was i...
5.8K - Sep. 15, 2009; scored 83.0 Arrest exposes Iran arms smuggling
WASHINGTON The arrest of a reputed arms dealer known as The Field Marshal is the latest success in a global cat-and-mouse game between federal agents and a network of shadowy business figures trying to smuggle weapons and equipment to Iran from ...
4.0K - Sep. 4, 2009; scored 131.0 World airlines seen losing $9 billion
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - The world's airlines will collectively lose $9 billion this year - nearly double the previous projections - and face a slow recovery as the economic crisis saps air travel and cargo demand, an industry body warn...
1.0K - Jun. 8, 2009; scored 333.0 Racing Briefs: Red Bull captures first Formula One win
SHANGHAI Sebastian Vettel gave Red Bull its first ever Formula One victory after leading throughout to win a soggy Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday. For Vettel, who beat Australian teammate Mark Webber by 10.9 seconds, it was his second career victory....
2.6K - Apr. 20, 2009; scored 83.0 Undeterred, pirates hijack four more ships
MOMBASA, Kenya - Undeterred by U.S. and French hostage rescues that killed five bandits, Somali pirates brazenly hijacked four more ships in the Gulf of Aden, the waterway at the center of the world's fight against piracy. Pirates have vowed to retal...
5.8K - Apr. 14, 2009; scored 83.0 Navy enlists FBI in rescue of U.S. ship captain
WASHINGTON (AP) - The piracy crisis over a lone hostage in the Indian Ocean took on the familiar air of a cops-and-robbers standoff, with the U.S. Navy seeking advice today from seasoned FBI negotiators. Their goal: Resolve the incident without milit...
5.4K - Apr. 9, 2009; scored 83.0 Racing Briefs: Ferrari boss blames 2008 for slow start
Luca di Montezemolo believes Ferrari s struggles in Formula One s season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday can be attributed to the title fight with McLaren that went down to the final race of last season. There s no doubt that we re paying for...
5.3K - Apr. 4, 2009; scored 131.0 Philippines taking steps to remove tax haven tag
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippines said Friday it will take needed steps to be stricken from a list of four nations blacklisted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development as uncooperative tax havens. At the behest of the Gro...
4.3K - Apr. 4, 2009; scored 131.0 Plenty of turbulence as F1 heads to Malaysia
MELBOURNE, Australia Formula One heads to Malaysia this week after a season-opener where the natural order of the sport was turned on its head and doubts were raised about whether the result will be allowed to stand. England s Jenson Button won the...
4.1K - Apr. 4, 2009; scored 635.0 Hamilton disqualified from Formula One race
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton was disqualified from the Australian Formula One Grand Prix today for giving misleading evidence to race stewards. The McLaren driver was awarded third place after the season-opening GP ...
3.6K - Apr. 2, 2009; scored 83.0 Malaysia's Islamic party leader supports non-Muslims in their fight to use 'Allah'
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) The leader of Malaysia s Islamic opposition party says non-Muslims should be allowed to use the word Allah to refer to God, questioning a government ban that has been criticized by Christians as a blow to freedom of re...
2.0K - Mar. 7, 2009; scored 553.0 Thousands of lizards escape Malaysia cooking pot threat
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Malaysian wildlife authorities rescued 2,300 endangered lizards headed for restaurants that offer exotic meat, an official said today. The clouded monitor lizards were found in cages at a storage facility holding live an...
1.2K - Jan. 13, 2009; scored 1000.0 World stock markets climb as U.S. rally, stimulus hopes boost sentiment; Nikkei up 2.1 percent
HONG KONG (AP) Asian stock markets rose strongly Monday, with benchmarks in Hong Kong and Shanghai gaining more than 3 percent, as Wall Street s rally and government stimulus plans buoyed investor hopes for 2009. European markets also opened higher...
1.3K - Jan. 5, 2009; scored 83.0 World bids a relieved adieu to a rocky year
SYDNEY, Australia Fireworks exploded in a kaleidoscopic shower of light over Sydney s shimmering harbor today, as the world s first major city to ring in 2009 celebrated the end of a decidedly rocky year with cheers, beers and a sense of relief. Sp...
3.0K - Dec. 31, 2008; scored 83.0 China sends ships to Somalia
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) Chinese warships headed toward Somali waters Friday to combat piracy, the first time the communist country has sent ships on a mission that could involve fighting so far beyond its territorial waters. The deployment to the Gul...
5.1K - Dec. 27, 2008; scored 83.0 Don t stop kissing those frogs
Attracting business investment great or small is a strenuous undertaking in a rural area like ours. So this week s news that the Japanese mega-firm Tokuyama will build its silicon plant in Malaysia isn t surprising. It s easy to speculate why the com...
2.7K - Dec. 4, 2008; scored 131.0 | 
