The driver of a Toyota Prius says he was taken on a wild ride Monday after the car's accelerator became stuck, reaching speeds in excess of 90 mph on a winding, hilly portion of a southern California interstate.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With shrinking audiences, deep layoffs and two management shake-ups, MySpace, the one-time leader in Internet social networking, has had a rocky year.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is studying whether it can legally challenge Chinese Internet restrictions that hurt Google and other U.S. companies operating in China, but direct talks with Beijing might yield faster results, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A coalition of cable and satellite companies will this week call on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to create a new process to resolve increasingly bitter disputes over carriage fees paid to broadcasters.
SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 3 mobile phone maker, on Wednesday launched a smartphone based on Google's Android operating system in South Korea, as it seeks to boost its relatively weak smartphone line-ups.
MIAMI (Reuters) - The NFL has signed a four-year agreement with Verizon Wireless to show live games and highlights on mobile phones in a deal U.S. media reported was worth $720 million.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station.
Washington Post'Jihad Jane' indictment alleges threat from within USLos Angeles TimesAmerican Colleen R. LaRose, 46, is accused of using the Internet to recruit and assist Muslim terrorist operations in Europe and Asia. By Richard A. Serrano Reporting from Washington - Using e-mail, YouTube videos, phony travel documents and a burning ...Pennsylvania Woman Tied to Plot on CartoonistNew Yo
ABC NewsChief justice unsettled by Obama's public criticism of Supreme CourtLos Angeles TimesJohn G. Roberts Jr. tells law students that the president's rebuke of a ruling on corporation campaign funding and the subsequent cheering at the State of the Union address were 'very troubling.' By David G. Savage Reporting from Washington - Chief ...Roberts: Presidential address is '
The HinduIsrael to start formally monitoring Palestinian incitementHa'aretzIsrael is to begin officially monitoring incitement in the Palestinian Authority and will periodically issue a report on it, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee ...US slams new J'lem homes approvalJerusalem PostBiden condemns new Israel settlement planReutersAn Evict
ABC News'Bachelor No. 1' wins date with executionerCNN(CNN) -- A California jury recommended Tuesday that a man who once appeared on "The Dating Game" be executed for the murders of four women and a child. The jury deliberated an hour before deciding that Rodney Alcala, 66, ...Calif. jury recommends death for serial killerThe Associated PressAlcala sentenced to death in Californ
ABC NewsSame-sex wedding bells toll around Washington, DCLos Angeles TimesMayor Adrian M. Fenty attends the ceremonies for three of the first gay couples to legally marry in the district. By Clement Tan Reporting from Washington - As a cellist and soloist performed Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are," Darlene Garner and ...Gay marriages expected to create wedding-related jobs in DCW
Washington PostJury hears case in murder of former Bronco Darrent WilliamsUSA TodayBy Brian Bahr, Getty Images DENVER (AP) — A man accused of firing the shots that killed Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams (FSY) lived in a gang culture where an insult following a confrontation in a nightclub proved to be enough to send him ...Dismissed juror would have voted guiltyDenver PostDarrent Willi
WSAURedwood City School Board to consider issuing more than 100 pink slip noticesSan Jose Mercury NewsBy Shaun Bishop About 100 teachers in the Redwood City School District may be told this week they could be out of a job at the end of the school year. The district's board of trustees tonight is expected to authorize sending layoff ...Whitesboro schools weighing cuts of teachers, staffUtica O
New York Daily NewsBusinesses to fight health bill with huge ad campaignSeattle TimesWASHINGTON — A coalition of organizations led by the US Chamber of Commerce plans to spend as much as $1 million a day on advertisements designed to pressure lawmakers to vote "no" on health-care legislation. By Seattle Times news services Supporters ...Why Obama Can't Move the Health-Care NumbersWa
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