 Motorola snares Qualcomm's Jha for handset unit August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Motorola Inc. snagged Sanjay Jha, the chief operating officer of Qualcomm Inc. and a star of the wireless industry, to head its handset division as that unit prepares to become an independent company. | |
Verizon, unions for 65,000 workers continue talks August 04, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. is back in talks with two unions about new labor contracts for 65,000 workers. | |
Study: Restaurant kids' meals loaded with calories August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Parents looking for healthy meal choices for their children are likely to find slim pickings on the menus of the nation's top restaurant chains, according to a report released Monday by a nonprofit public health ... | |
 It's pelican vs. trout in Idaho predator conflict August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- A cunning predator that hunts in packs, corners prized game species and devours them whole is angering sportsmen in this eastern Idaho RV hamlet on the Blackfoot Reservoir's wind-whipped shores. | |
Invasive species bills stuck in Congress August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Tiny foreign mussels assault drinking water sources in California and Nevada. A deadly fish virus spreads swiftly through the Great Lakes and beyond. Japanese shore crabs make a home for themselves in Long Island ... | |
Verizon, unions extend contract negotiations August 04, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. and two unions representing some 65,000 of its workers remained in talks after agreeing to "stop the clock" on contracts that were set to expire at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. | |
IOC being grilled on Internet censorship August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- IOC president Jacques Rogge was accused of backtracking on promises of press freedoms Saturday and some Internet sites remained blocked less than a week before the Beijing Games begin. | |
Lax oversight risks millions of Medicare dollars August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fictitious sellers of wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies to submit reimbursement claims with only limited review, congressional ... | |
 Grass-roots effort in Egypt fights 'cutting' girls August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- In this small Nile River farming village, Maha Mohammed has started to doubt whether she should circumcise her two daughters. A year ago, she had few qualms about female genital mutilation, the practice ... | |
Abbott faces more litigation over AIDS drug August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- When Abbott Laboratories Inc. hiked up the price of a popular AIDS drug by 400 percent in 2003, executives prepared for the inevitable public relations hit, but assured themselves the backlash would be brief. Nearly ... | |
With automated tagging, Web links can surprise August 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(AP) -- It wasn't what anyone expected to see while perusing a news article. But there, in the final paragraph of an online story about the call girl involved in the Eliot Spitzer scandal, Yahoo's automated system was inviting ... | |
FBI investigates new attacks on Calif. scientists August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- The FBI is investigating two firebombings targeting scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, as the latest in a rash of attacks against biomedical researchers who experiment on animals, authorities ... | |
 Clinton in Africa says nutrition key to AIDS fight August 04, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Former President Clinton said Sunday that keeping HIV-infected children in the developing world well-fed amid the pressures of skyrocketing global food and fuel prices will be crucial to fending off ... | |
Low-cost SpaceX rocket launch test fails August 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(AP) -- SpaceX engineers are investigating the cause of Saturday's failed flight of the Falcon 1, a low-cost, light-lift rocket developed by the Southern California-based company. | |
 Pollution curbs turn Beijing into urban laboratory August 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Like everything else done for the Olympics, China's quest to clear up notoriously polluted skies in time for opening ceremonies this week has been marked by gargantuan effort. | |
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