Canadian PM to visit China next week
(AP)
- AP - Canada's prime minister heads to China next week where he'll discuss Canada's vast oil reserves in a visit that's being viewed as an "open warning" to the United States, which rejected a pipeline from Canada to Texas.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:16:50 GMT
AP - "Crucial" issues remain to be resolved in Greece's critical negotiations over a second multibillion euro international bailout, and talks would continue into the weekend, the country's Finance Minister said early Saturday.
AP - A confident Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of failing to do enough to create jobs as he campaigned Friday ahead of GOP presidential caucuses this weekend in a state with sky-high unemployment and foreclosure rates. Newt Gingrich, who is fighting for a respectable showing here, rolled out a fresh line of criticism by comparing the former Massachusetts governor to Obama.
AP - Luke Ridnour made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:23 left, Nikola Pekovic scored a career-high 27 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the New Jersey Nets 108-105 on Friday night.
AP - Dwyane Wade scored 26 points, and LeBron James had 19 points and 12 rebounds to lift the Miami Heat to a 99-79 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:41:38 GMT
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Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands critics
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Reuters - Canada will set up a new environmental monitoring system for the northern Alberta oil sands as it seeks to fend off harsh international criticism following revelations that oversight of the huge petroleum development has been insufficient.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:10:28 GMT
Russian Scientists Poised to Reach Ice-Buried Antarctic Lake
(LiveScience.com)
- LiveScience.com - At a tiny outpost in the middle of Antarctica, Russian scientists are poised to become the first humans to reach a massive liquid lake that has been cut off from the sunlit world for millennia, and may house uniquely adapted life forms that are new to science.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:35:00 GMT
NASA Awash In Astronaut Applications, But Still Lacks Spaceships
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- SPACE.com - NASA may not have space shuttles to launch people into the final frontier anymore, but that hasn't stopped Americans from lining up in droves for the chance to join the agency's iconic astronaut corps during the latest recruitment drive.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:15:00 GMT
AP - The final day of Paris's spring-summer haute couture week saw Jean Paul Gaultier serve up a cigarettes-and-all homage to late singer Amy Winehouse and Valentino show off the dazzling couture work of seamstresses who toiled for thousands of hours to create a lavish white collection.
AP - Lea Michele is moving from a locker to a much bigger closet. She's the star of the new Candie's ad campaign, dubbed "Hanging at Home," shot at a private mansion in Beverly Hills, Calif. The images show her poolside, in the kitchen, in a bed with satin sheets and in a walk-in closet, wearing a new outfit and pair of shoes in each one.
AP - Actor Jason Segel has been honored as Man of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:56:48 GMT
Actor Ben Gazzara dead at 81
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Actor Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, television shows and stage productions over his long career, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday at a Manhattan hospital, his lawyer said. He was 81.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:50:59 GMT
Video: NFL Stars Attempt English Accents
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omg! - At the EA Sports Super Bowl party, Arian Foster, Brandon Marshall, Roddy White and Maurice Jones-Drew attempt to speak with an English accent to reporter Martin Rogers.
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:28:53 GMT
