Recently added articles from AP Worldstream:
US author Littell wins Bad Sex in fiction prize
Dec 01, 2009; ... A cringe-inducing passage which compares a sexual encounter to battle with an one-eyed mythological monster was awarded Britain's Bad Sex in Fiction Prize on Monday. The editors of the Literary Review magazine said best-selling American author Jonathan Littell won the prize ...
Defense official communicated with WH crashers
Dec 01, 2009; EILEEN SULLIVAN ... The couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner communicated with a senior Pentagon official about going to the event, but the official denies that she helped the couple get in. Michele Jones, a special assistant to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, said ...
Woods withdraws from own golf tournament
Dec 01, 2009; ... Tiger Woods withdrew Monday from his own golf tournament, citing injuries from a car crash near his Florida home. He said he would not compete again until next year. Woods said in a statement on his Web site that his injuries prevented him from playing in the Chevron World ...
US author Littell wins Bad Sex in fiction prize
Dec 01, 2009; ... A cringe-inducing passage which compares a sexual encounter to battle with an one-eyed mythological monster was awarded Britain's Bad Sex in Fiction Prize on Monday. The editors of the Literary Review magazine said best-selling American author Jonathan Littell won the prize ...
Dec 01, 2009; The Associated Press ... Today is Tuesday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2009. There are 23 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1776 - George Washington's retreating army crosses the Delaware River from New Jersey to Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. ...
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Dec 01, 2009; The Associated Press ... Today is Tuesday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2009. There are 23 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1776 - George Washington's retreating army crosses the Delaware River from New Jersey to Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. ...
Demjanjuk trial opens on Nazi death camp charges
Dec 01, 2009; DAVID RISING ... John Demjanjuk sat in a wheelchair wrapped in a light blue blanket, his eyes closed and his face pale as his trial opened on charges he helped kill 27,900 Jews as a Nazi death camp guard. Lawyers for the retired Ohio autoworker portrayed him as a victim _ of the Nazis and ...
Obama to reveal war plan, bids to sell Americans
Dec 01, 2009; STEVEN R. HURST ... President Barack Obama on Tuesday reveals his plan for winning an unpopular 8-year-old war in Afghanistan, embarking on a mission to sell skeptical Americans on the need to put thousands more troops in harm's way and to spend additional billions of taxpayer dollars. After ...
Demjanjuk trial opens on Nazi death camp charges
Dec 01, 2009; DAVID RISING ... John Demjanjuk sat in a wheelchair wrapped in a light blue blanket, his eyes closed and his face pale as his trial opened on charges he helped kill 27,900 Jews as a Nazi death camp guard. Lawyers for the retired Ohio autoworker portrayed him as a victim _ of the Nazis and ...
Obama to reveal war plan, bids to sell Americans
Dec 01, 2009; STEVEN R. HURST ... President Barack Obama on Tuesday reveals his plan for winning an unpopular 8-year-old war in Afghanistan, embarking on a mission to sell skeptical Americans on the need to put thousands more troops in harm's way and to spend additional billions of taxpayer dollars. After ...
Rights watchdog hints Swiss minaret ban could go
Dec 01, 2009; FRANK JORDANS ... A Swiss ban on minarets could violate fundamental liberties, Europe's top human-rights watchdog said in an indication that the heavily criticized vote could be overturned. The Council of Europe said Monday that banning "new minarets in Switzerland raises concerns as to ...
Rights watchdog hints Swiss minaret ban could go
Dec 01, 2009; FRANK JORDANS ... A Swiss ban on minarets could violate fundamental liberties, Europe's top human-rights watchdog said in an indication that the heavily criticized vote could be overturned. The Council of Europe said Monday that banning "new minarets in Switzerland raises concerns as to ...
GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices
Dec 01, 2009; DAVID TWIDDY ... The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go. Manufacturers of standalone GPS products will have to move quickly and smartly to ...
2 Guantanamo detainees arrive in Italy
Dec 01, 2009; NICOLE WINFIELD ... Two Tunisians who had been detained at Guantanamo have arrived in Italy and will be tried on international terrorism charges for having allegedly recruited fighters for Afghanistan, officials said. Adel Ben Mabrouk, 39, and Mohamed Ben Riadh Nasri, 43, are suspected of being ...
Wynton Marsalis thanks fans with free concert
Dec 01, 2009; CHARLES J. GANS ... Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis offered thanks over the holiday weekend to fans who have stuck with him through the years by presenting a free concert in the intimate setting of Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center. About 130 tickets to Marsalis' Fan Appreciation ...
GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices
Dec 01, 2009; DAVID TWIDDY ... The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go. Manufacturers of standalone GPS products will have to move quickly and smartly ...
2 Guantanamo detainees arrive in Italy
Dec 01, 2009; NICOLE WINFIELD ... Two Tunisians who had been detained at Guantanamo have arrived in Italy and will be tried on international terrorism charges for having allegedly recruited fighters for Afghanistan, officials said. Adel Ben Mabrouk, 39, and Mohamed Ben Riadh Nasri, 43, are suspected of being ...
Honduras ballot divides Latin American leaders
Dec 01, 2009; BARRY HATTON ... Latin American countries are split over their response to the weekend presidential election in Honduras, with most of the continent's heavyweights refusing to grant the ballot legitimacy. Leaders attending the 22-nation Iberoamerican summit in Portugal sought a joint position on ...
Honduras ballot divides Latin American leaders
Dec 01, 2009; BARRY HATTON ... Latin American countries are split over their response to the weekend presidential election in Honduras, with most of the continent's heavyweights refusing to grant the ballot legitimacy. Leaders attending the 22-nation Iberoamerican summit in Portugal sought a joint ...
Actor-comedian Tom Arnold weds for 4th time
Dec 01, 2009; ... Tom Arnold is married again. Arnold's spokeswoman, Staci Wolfe, said the "True Lies" and "Happy Endings" actor-comedian wed Ashley Groussman on Saturday in Maui. It is Arnold's fourth marriage. He was first married to actress-comedian Roseanne Barr ...
