GM plant's closing like death bell
The folks working at Jamestown Industries' Moraine Plant 2 near Dayton, Ohio, have the weary, haunted look of terminally ill patients, only it's their livelihoods that are about to die.
Ex-mayoral aide pleads guilty in Detroit scandal
Christine Beatty, chief of staff for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, pleaded guilty Monday to charges stemming from their text-messaging sex scandal case and will serve four months in jail, according to the Wayne County prosecutor's office.
Cairo film festival shows city's divisions
'I think that all films are political,' says Susan Sarandon in a tone that suggests she's expressed such sentiments before. 'The ones that reinforce stereotypes are just as political as those that do not. The good news and bad news is that Hollywood is
UK Government Eyes Trial Of New Technology To Cut Power Demand, CO2
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The U.K. government is looking at the use of new technology that an independent report published Tuesday said could save millions of pounds and millions of tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year by adjusting the electricity
Virgin Media mobile UK chooses Yahoo's OneSearch
Yahoo OneSearch has been tapped as the default search engine for Virgin Media's mobile portal in the UK. The partnership will roll out on December 8. In early 2009 Yahoo and Virgin plan to deliver mobile sponsored search results and contextually served
HSBC to cut 500 British jobs
HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's largest bank by market value, said on Monday it is cutting 500 jobs, or just under 1 per cent of its work force, in Britain after a review of the business and current economic conditions. HSBC UK managing director Paul
Nov. 30 airpower summary: A-10s perform shows of force
- SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Nov. 30, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In
Pakistan rejects "unsubstantiated" Mumbai allegations
Enlarge Photo Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani speaks during an interview with Reuters in Istanbul, October... Pakistan rejected on Monday what it called unsubstantiated allegations of complicity in the militant assault on Mumbai and sought
Nov. 29 airpower summary
SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) -- Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations Nov. 29, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here.
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