Craig - Instablogs
Apr 20 2009
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has gone abroad and gored an ox _ the deeply held belief that the United States does not make mistakes in dealings with either friends or foes.
Apr 16 2009
NEW DELHI, April 16 (Reuters) - The following is a snapshot of recent developments in India’s general election campaign. (The sources are mentioned in brackets). * Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the Congress could patch up with its...
Dec 27 2008
Estimates for the amount of thick sludge that gushed from a Tennessee coal plant this week have tripled to more than a billion gallons, as cleanup crews try to remove the goop from homes and railroads and halt its oozing into an adjacent river.
Dec 17 2008
In a surprise move, Apple said it is to abandon its annual tech gathering Macworld after this January’s event.Meanwhile news that the keynote address will not be given by ceo Steve Jobs has reignited speculation about his health following cancer...
Dec 12 2008
The Illinois corruption scandal is an unwelcome opportunity for President-elect Barack Obama to prove he can manage a crisis that threatens to detract from his new administration’s bid to confront the economy and other challenges.If inquiries and...
Dec 11 2008
With the global financial slowdown dragging on Central American economies, eight heads of state came together in Honduras Friday to discuss how to head off the effects of the credit crisis. Presidents and vice presidents of the seven Central American...
Oct 29 2008
In the midst of Google’s Android mobile phone rollout, the company seems to be in lockstep with its new competitor, iPhone-maker Apple. The companies have been collaborating to get more Google features on the iPhone than ever before, and they’ve...
Oct 29 2008
To the great surprise of parents, kidney stones, once considered a disorder of middle age, are now showing up in children as young as 5 or 6.
Oct 23 2008
A smelly rotten-egg gas in farts controls blood pressure in mice, a new study finds.The unpleasant aroma of the gas, called hydrogen sulfide (H2S), can be a little too familiar, as it is expelled by bacteria living in the human colon and eventually...
Oct 23 2008
This time of year traditionally offers many things for me to look forward to—voting booths, Superbowl parties, Fall foliage, a break from hot temperatures, a colorful and delicious pallet of root vegetables, warm casseroles and stews, spooky costumes,...