China Pressed for Action on North Korea  © The Associated Press Hawaiians Recover From Strong Earthquake  © The Associated Press Beltran, Mets Even NLCS With Cardinals  © The Associated Press CBGB Hosts Last Concert Before Eviction  © The Associated Press UVM Senior Eulogized in Solemn Ceremony  © The Associated Press
Oil Prices Rise Ahead of OPEC Meeting Oil prices rose Monday following a weekend announcement that OPEC would meet later this week to discuss production quotas, including the possibility of cutting output by 1 million barrels a day to stop falling prices. more Samsung's Profit Rises 16 Percent in 3Q  © The Associated Press Fujitsu, Toshiba, Hitachi Mull Redress  © The Associated Press UnitedHealth CEO McGuire to Step Down  © The Associated Press HSAs Have Tax Benefits for Retirees Health savings accounts, often thought to be for the young and healthy, can also be a tax-efficient way to save for the worrisome cost of retiree health care. more
|
CBGB Hosts Last Concert Before Eviction  © The Associated Press Murray Parties With Scottish Students  © The Associated Press 'Grudge 2' Scares Up $22M at Box Office Early Halloween spirit gripped movie audiences as the fright flick "The Grudge 2" debuted at No. 1, taking in $22 million during its first weekend. more Kidman Takes on U.N. Kosovo Envoy Role  © The Associated Press Suicide Bomb Film Wins Woodstock Award Actors Matt Dillon and Rosie Perez handed out Woodstock Film Festival awards Saturday night, while a story about a suicide bombing in the heart of Manhattan won Best Feature Film. more
Agency Told to Aid Mentally Ill Inmates A judge threatened the state Department of Children and Families with thousands of dollars a day in fines if it does not begin taking in mentally ill jail inmates, as required by law. more AIDS Activist Jeff Getty Dies at 49  © The Associated Press Hospital Mistake Paralyzes New Mom A hospital that gave lethal doses of a drug to three premature babies has made another medication mistake, giving a new mother a painkiller 10 times faster than intended and making her temporarily unable to walk. more WHO: Plague Outbreak in Congo Kills 42 Pneumonic plague is suspected to have broken out in two areas in Congo, causing a reported 42 deaths, the World Health Organization said Friday. more Diabetics Warned About Fake Test Strips The government warned diabetics Friday to watch for counterfeit versions of test strips commonly used to monitor blood sugar levels. The test strips, for use in glucose monitors made by a Johnson & Johnson company, were distributed nationwide, the Food and Drug Administration said in a public alert. more
|
Lenovo Introduces Newly Secure ThinkPads ThinkPad notebooks from Chinese computer-maker Lenovo Ltd., which already let the user log on with a thumbprint instead of a password, will now allow users to encrypt their hard drives at the press of a finger. more Yahoo Adds CBS News to Video Lineup Yahoo Inc. this week will begin showing news clips supplied by 16 CBS Corp. television stations scattered across the country, providing the Internet's most trafficked Web site with another online video magnet. more U.N. Report: Sharp Rise in China Patents Patent filings in China increased by more than six times in a decade, helping the Asian country make a dramatic leap in catching up to the world leaders in patent activity, the U.N. agency that oversees intellectual property said Monday. more Nich Cellular Companies Stay Optimistic It sounded like a can't-miss idea: An ESPN-branded cell phone that brims with scores and video highlights for sports fanatics. more Teen Questioned for Online Bush Threats Upset by the war in Iraq, Julia Wilson vented her frustrations with President Bush last spring on her Web page on MySpace.com. She posted a picture of the president, scrawled "Kill Bush" across the top and drew a dagger stabbing his outstretched hand. She later replaced her page on the social-networking site after learning in her eighth-grade history class that such threats are a federal offense. more
|
