Iraq PM bolsters chances of retaining post (AFP)
2010-03-14 21:57:27
AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's chances of retaining his post appeared strong on Monday, more than a week after a general election that has seen his bloc claim leads in several key Iraqi provinces.

House Democrat says still short on health votes (Reuters)
2010-03-14 21:44:50
Reuters - White House officials on Sunday confidently predicted quick final passage of healthcare reform but a top Democratic vote-counter said the party still needs to line up more support in the House of Representatives.

UN boss reassures Haiti victims
2010-03-14 21:44:41
Ban Ki-moon tells Haiti the world will continue to support them as they recover from the devastating earthquake.

Readers Are Devouring Apple Book Apps
2010-03-14 21:43:00
Demand for digital book applications on Apple devices gives developers and publishers fresh ways to make money—a mixed blessing for Amazon

Mexico gunmen kill American consulate staff (Reuters)
2010-03-14 21:34:16
Reuters - Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local U.S. consulate and President Barack Obama expressed outrage at the attack.

MPs criticise equalities chairman
2010-03-14 21:23:44
A parliamentary committee raise concerns over the leadership of UK equalities chief Trevor Phillips and questions his reappointment.

Inmate stabbing inquiry launched
2010-03-14 21:02:40
An inquiry is launched to find out how an inmate at high-security Frankland jail managed to stab three officers.

Scamville Marches Onto The iPhone, Sneaks Back Into Facebook
2010-03-14 21:01:41
In our Scamville series of posts last October we exposed the massive user fraud occurring Facebook and MySpace social games. Fake quizzes tied to long term mobile subscriptions, malware-laden toolbar downloads and other scams were the center of the controversy. The industry did a lot of talking in the wake of those posts and some long term changes have been made. For the most part, for example, Fake quizzes and the Video Professor scam are off Facebook (but see below on what's still there). But now we're seeing the same old scams hit the iPhone. And the same players, particularly OfferPal Media and SuperRewards and now Google, are powering those scams. Specifically we're seeing SMS-subscription offers, which trick users into putting long term subscriptions on their mobile phones (or their parent's mobile phones). New Offerpal CEO George Garrick promised to take a leadership position in cleaning up scammy ads. He said 'It will be a fundamental part of the Offerpal culture that any offers we distribute meet stringent standards of integrity and quality, as specified by our partners, credible industry experts, and good old common sense.'

Whale of a crime?
2010-03-14 20:59:13
Greens can't get Japan to blubber for dead whales

Record fall in UK air passengers
2010-03-14 20:46:38
UK airports have suffered their biggest decline in passenger numbers since records began at the end of WWII.

Foursquare And Gowalla In A Dead Heat In The Location War
2010-03-14 20:37:11
The SXSW festival in Austin, Texas is currently ground zero for a war, the location war. While over a dozen services have launched new products or features around location, two still seem to stand above all others in terms of use here: Foursquare and Gowalla. Earlier today, Business Insider ran a report suggesting that Foursquare was dominating the battle — unfortunately, that's simply not true. In fact, Foursquare and Gowalla are basically in a statistical dead heat, at least in Austin. Multiple sources confirmed this information, and one actually showed me proof (which I was asked not to share). In other words, the war is still raging.

GB debutants impress in Whistler
2010-03-14 20:34:48
Kelly Gallagher and Anna Turney are the pick of Britain's slalom skiers as Paralympic action gets under way a day late in Whistler.

UN chief urges donors to keep Haiti funds flowing (Reuters)
2010-03-14 20:25:27
Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon vowed on Sunday to work to keep donor funds flowing for Haiti's recovery and reconstruction following the devastating January earthquake in the poor Caribbean state.

Dodd seeking middle ground on new financial rules (AP)
2010-03-14 20:19:10
AP - The senator trying to rewrite the nation's financial industry rules is dropping plans to create a stand-alone consumer financial protection agency and to give a single regulator the power to oversee all banks, according to people familiar with the evolving proposal.

New deal for rape victims urged
2010-03-14 20:03:12
Rape victims should have a specialist adviser to support them after an attack, a major review recommends.

Google Is Working On Letting Users Link Their Gmail And Google Apps Accounts
2010-03-14 20:02:34
Many people (including myself) have come to the conclusion that Gmail, with its threaded messages, spam filtering, and vast storage space, is one of the web's best webmail providers. In fact, we like it so much that we use it for both our personal accounts and work accounts using Google Apps. But that also poses a problem: many of us wind up having to maintain two separate Google accounts, which means we have to swap logins whenever our Gmail, Reader, or other data is stored under the other account. Fortunately, there may be an end in sight for this juggling act. As today's SXSW panel on Gmail came to a close, the panelists revealed one last juicy tidbit: they're working to resolve the problems with multiple namespaces that users have to deal with. The team didn't get specific — they simply repeated that they have to deal with the same problems, as they have '@google.com' accounts for work and standard Gmail accounts for personal use. And they know it's a pain.

No quick fix for diabetes risk
2010-03-14 20:01:05
Exercise and diet are key to prevent diabetes in high-risk people, say researchers who found two drug treatments offer no benefit.

Skin cancer battle
2010-03-14 20:01:00
'They believe Mummy is an angel watching them'

Road travel 'needs big overhaul'
2010-03-14 20:00:48
There needs to be a 'radical overhaul' of road travel in the UK to avoid future gridlock, the CBI warns.

Questions Arise in Prius Case - Wall Street Journal
2010-03-14 19:54:13
CNETQuestions Arise in Prius CaseWall Street JournalAn investigation of the Toyota Prius involved in a dramatic incident on a California highway last week is raising questions about the driver's version of the event. The investigation by federal officials along with engineers from ...Lawyer rebuts doubts about runaway Prius driverThe Associated PressTests fail to duplicate acceleration problem in PriusWashington PostToyota, US Can't Replicate Prius AccelerationBusinessWeekCNET -Reuters -Los Angeles Timesall 1,193 news articles »