People flee to bush in African conflict UNITED NATIONS ?More than 25,000 terrified people have fled their homes in the Central African Republic, the world’s second poorest nation, and are living in the bush to try to avoid government forces, armed groups and bandits, a U.N. official said Monday. Deputy humanitarian chief Catherine Bragg, who spent five
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More than 25,000 terrified people living in bush in Central African Republic, UN official says
Commodities prices fall as dollar extends gains NEW YORK ?Commodities mostly fell for a second day as a stronger dollar weighed on prices. Commodities are priced in dollars, so when the currency increases in value, futures become more expensive and less attractive for foreign buyers. Gold for December delivery slid $12.60 to $946.90 an ounce on the New
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Commodities prices mostly fall as dollar adds to strength after rally Friday; oil, gold fall
AZ jail: Polygamous church leader off feeding tube SALT LAKE CITY ?Arizona jail officials say polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs is eating normally and no longer needs to be force-fed through a tube. Mohave County sheriff’s spokeswoman Trish Carter says a feeding tube that had provided Jeffs with liquid nutrition for about a week was removed Friday.
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Arizona jail says polygamous church leader Jeffs is off feeding tube, eating regular meals
McDonald’s, Dynegy, Merck are big movers NEW YORK ?The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange: NYSE: McDonald’s Corp., up $1.07 at $56.27 Same-store sales climbed 4.3 percent in July, as the hamburger chain benefited from budget-conscious consumers and wide promotion of new coffee drinks. Dynegy Inc., up 30
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McDonald?s, Dynegy, Merck, Dish Network, Barnes & Noble are among big market movers Monday
Fox network to air two-hour ‘Octomom’ special NEW YORK ?The Fox network said Monday it will air a two-hour special on the life of “Octomom” Nadya Suleman, based on footage bought from an online company that paid for access to her life. Called “Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage,” Fox has scheduled the show for 8 p.m. EDT
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Fox network to air two-hour documentary with exclusive ?Octomom? footage later this month
First novel ‘Short Girls’ a modern immigrant tale “Short Girls” (Viking, 292 pages, $25.95), by Bich Minh Nguyen: Bich Minh Nguyen enriches her first novel with such incisive personal and cultural observations that she creates a whole much greater than its parts. “Short Girls” draws on some of the same experiences and imagery as Nguyen’s well-reviewed memoir,
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Review: A deftly written post-9/11 tale of refugee and immigrant life in Middle America
Facebook buys social media aggregator FriendFeed SAN FRANCISCO ?Facebook is buying a Web service called FriendFeed that gives users a view of what their friends are doing on all sorts of social media sites, including Facebook’s rivals. In an interview, FriendFeed co-founder Bret Taylor said the two services will eventually merge, though FriendFeed will operate separately for
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Facebook acquires Web site that lets users see friends? activities across the Web
Croatia’s Marin Cilic out in 1st round in Montreal MONTREAL ?Croatia’s Marin Cilic failed to take advantage of his booming serve, losing to Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 Monday in the first round of the Rogers Cup. The 6-foot-6 Cilic, seeded 14th, made only 50 percent of his first serves against Youzhny, who is ranked
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Croatia?s Marin Cilic loses in 1st round to Russia?s Mikhail Youzhny in Montreal
5 Jamaican athletes cleared of doping KINGSTON, Jamaica ?Five Jamaican athletes were cleared Monday of doping at their national championships two months ago after the country’s anti-doping panel failed to determine whether the banned substance was on the prohibited list. The athletes reportedly tested positive for the stimulant methylhexanamine.
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Jamaican anti-doping panel says it is unable to prove 5 athletes used drugs at national champs
Nuggets lose Kleiza to Europe DENVER ?Restricted free agent forward Linas Kleiza of the Denver Nuggets is taking his game to Europe. Nuggets executive Mark Warkentien says Kleiza has chosen to play for Olympiakos, agreeing to a two-year deal worth more than $12 million. Warkentien said Kleiza’s agent, Bill Duffy, informed him of the signing Monday.
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Denver Nuggets restricted free agent forward Linas Kleiza opts to take his game to Greece
Old-fashioned Waterloo panoroma still entertains WATERLOO, Belgium ?It’s hard to believe anyone would choose the crackle of distant cannon fire and a very dated 360-degree wall painting over in-your-face kinetic effects of movies and theme parks. But annually more than 200,000 people visit the Waterloo Panorama for the thrill of seeing a vast, dilapidated, century-old painting showing
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In multimedia age, old-fashioned panorama of Waterloo battle quietly holds its own
Financial difficulties snare B’way ‘Spider-Man’ NEW YORK ?Has “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark” been caught in a web of financial difficulties? Hello Entertainment, one of its producers, says work on the lavish Broadway-bound musical has been suspended until the resolution of an “unexpected cash flow problem.” Yet in a statement, Hello said: “Plans necessary for this correction are
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Financial difficulties snare the Broadway-bound musical ?Spider-Man?
County north of NYC to market housing to nonwhites WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. ?The suburban county just north of New York City agreed Monday to create hundreds of affordable homes in heavily white communities and encourage nonwhites to move in. The agreement, reached with the help of the federal department of Housing and Urban Development, settles a $180
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County north of NYC to build affordable homes in white communities, market them to minorities
Climate talks resume with new emissions pledges AMSTERDAM ?Wealthy countries are not going far enough to control greenhouse gas emissions, activists said Monday as delegates from 180 nations resumed talks on a global climate change pact. Beginning a five-day meeting in Bonn, Germany, negotiators began trying to whittle down a 200-page draft into a workable treaty that
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Korea, New Zealand pledge emissions cuts as climate talks reconvene; activists rap low goals
Israel says Lebanon accountable for Hezbollah JERUSALEM ?Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that his country would hold the Lebanese government responsible for any attacks on Israeli targets by the country’s Hezbollah militia. It was the latest shot in a war of words that has been escalating since a July 14 explosion at a suspected Hezbollah
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Israel?s Netanyahu says Lebanese government will be held responsible if Hezbollah attacks
Sarkozy working for release of Frenchwoman in Iran PARIS ?French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office says he is working to secure the release of a Frenchwoman among the accused in a mass trial in Iran. A presidential aide says Sarkozy is following the case of Clotilde Reiss “extremely attentively.” Reiss, who had been teaching in Iran for five months,
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Official: Sarkozy working to secure release of French scholar imprisoned in Iran
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s White House has launched a website http//www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck to win public support for the administration’s health reform package as also support for the other initiatives it is taking. According to Politico, the site incorporates lessons learned from http://fightthesmears.com, the Obama campaign’s “Learn The Truth About Barack Obama” site,
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Obama?s White House launches website to win support for health reform
AT&T and union district reach tentative deal NEW YORK ?AT&T Inc. has reached a tentative deal on a new three-year contract for 23,000 employees in California and Nevada, the telecommunications company said Monday. The previous contract with the Communications Workers of America expired four months ago, along with other four contracts together covering nearly 80,500 workers in
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AT&T and union reach tentative deal for 23,000 workers after long negotiations
French police: Jewel heist suspect detained PARIS ?French police say Belgian authorities have detained and handed over a man accused of stealing jewels worth several million euros (dollars) from a luxury Paris jewelry house. They say the 52-year-old suspect was detained in the Belgian port city of Antwerp in mid-July at the request of French justice authorities.
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French police: Suspect in Paris theft of euro6.5 million in jewels handed over from Belgium
Politicians, energy leaders convene in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS ?A high-profile cast of politicians and alternative energy leaders is meeting in Las Vegas to talk about prospects for the fledgling industry. Quick hopes for employment in alternative energy went bust quickly over the past year as credit markets seized up, major projects were canceled and workers in
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Politicians, energy leaders meet in Las Vegas to talk jobs for fledgling industry