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KEVIN Rudd's promise to reinstate unfair dismissal laws for small business will cause employment growth to stall before this year's federal election and could even lead to sackings, employers have warned.

THE US denies it has a legally binding agreement with Australia to swap up to 200 refugees a year between the two countries.

FEDERAL Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the commonwealth's Murray-Darling Basin plan can work without Victoria. Video: Howard's announcement Your say: Time to pull the plug on prevarication

THE $11.1 billion bid for Qantas took another hit today after consortium Airline partners Australia revealed another fall in acceptances by institutions.

THE South Australian town of Penola was last night confirmed as the location for a massive $1.5 billion pulp mill after the project owners confirmed it will walk away from a smaller mill north of Heywood in western Victoria.

AUSTRALIA's biggest independent regional airline fears it will be locked out of lucrative Defence Department business by a federal Government decision to award a $900 million travel and accommodation contract to Qantas without putting it out to tender.

MACQUARIE Bank has continued its spending spree on British communications assets, adding the $4.8 billion Airwave digital radio business to its recent $6.1 billion acquisition of mobile phone and broadcast towers.

CLIMATE change is being treated as a reality by the Government despite its doubt that global warming has caused the unprecedented "dangerous situation" in the Murray-Darling Basin.

THERE is not enough information to prove the motorcycle death of a Sydney schoolboy was directly linked to an argument with another teenager, a coronial inquest has found.

A FOURTH man has been charged with child sex offences at a remote West Australian Aboriginal community where the young girls allegedly abused by paedophiles include a three-year-old.

AUSTRALIA'S controversial Collins submarines are just reaching maturity but a strategic thinktank says it's already time to think about their replacements.

PRIME Minister John Howard has officially opened Australia's new $400 million nuclear research reactor in Sydney.

BABCOCK & Brown (B&B) chief executive Phillip Green increased his earnings by about 38 per cent in calendar 2006, taking his total package to $17.03 million.

A BRISBANE retirement village has shut its dining room and other community facilities following an illness which hospitalised three people and left four others sick.

RADIO broadcaster Alan Jones has been handed a nine-month good behaviour bond and a $1000 fine for naming a juvenile witness in a murder trial.

A PRESTIGIOUS international medical journal has launched an attack on John Howard and called on readers to vote against the government at the upcoming election. Read The Lancet's editorial

Bhojpuri superstar Ravi Kishen will dub for the Bhojpuri verison of the Hollywood film Spider-man 3. The star of Bhojpuri films Ravi Kishen says he has come out of Sony TV's reality show Bigg Boss looking lean and sexy.

Salman with whom Subhash Ghai once had a major run-in, is back in Ghai s ambit. Ask the seasoned filmmaker about it, and he explains, It s like this. I ve a sister who spent her childhood with me.

Mumbai, Apr 19: In a first of its kind recording in the world, the city of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO), an elite 80 member outfit, has joined hands with leading playback singer Sonu Nigam, to create a unique album, 'Rafi Resurrected'.

BRIDGE-BUILDER: Lebanon director Jocelyne Saab smiles before the screening of her movie 'Dunia: Kiss Me Not on the Eyes' at the Singapore International Film Festival April 13.

CRICKET Australia says it is contractually bound to tour Zimbabwe this year, but acknowledges that the federal Government could take the decision out of its hands.

CARLTON midfielder Nick Stevens' AFL season is over.

A woman who was pulled over on suspicion of DUI turned out to have a blood-alcohol level that was six times greater than the legal limit, police said. KOMO 4 News has confirmed that the woman used to be a Seattle police officer.

CRICKET Australia today announced its 2007-08 home season schedule which includes two Tests in November against Sri Lanka and four in December-January against India followed by a tri-series which runs into March.

TWO straight losses may have taken the shine off Souths' fairytale start to the NRL season, but captain Peter Cusack believes his side is ready to return to its winning ways.

IRELAND made the World Cup's lowest score and went on a lap of honour.

THE Olyroos' hopes of qualifying for the Beijing Olympics rest on a knife-edge after a disappointing 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia today.

ROCKY Elsom will captain the NSW Waratahs for the first time with Adam Freier relegated to the bench for the Super 14 match against the Highlanders on Saturday night.

The Washington State Patrol says a Woodinville woman arrested for investigation of drunken driving had a blood alcohol level of 0.47, apparently a state record.

BJP MP from Gujarat, Babubhai Katara, 50, was arrested today from the Indira Gandhi International Airport, minutes before he was to board a Toronto-bound Air-India flight along with a woman and a teenager.

BJP MP from Gujarat, Babubhai Katara, 50, was arrested today from the Indira Gandhi International Airport, minutes before he was to board a Toronto-bound Air-India flight along with a woman and a teenager. Katara (50), who was elected to the Lok Sabha for a second consecutive term in 2004 from Dahod, allegedly accepted nearly Rs 30 lakh from the families of the woman, 26-year-old Paramjeet Kaur, ...

When Aishwarya Rai breezed in for our meeting on Tuesday afternoon, dressed in a white shirt, jeans and leather boots, her bright and cheerful smile almost made me forget about the two-and-a-half hour wait for the interview.

SINGAPORE : The Singapore International Film Festival is asking the Censorship Board to reconsider its decision about the film "Solos".

SINGAPORE : The Singapore International Film Festival is asking the Censorship Board to reconsider its decision about the film "Solos".

SINGAPORE : The Singapore International Film Festival is asking the Censorship Board to reconsider its decision about the film "Solos". The board had passed the film, but made three cuts and gave it an R21 rating.

GM Holden has hit back at claims its not looking to the future and has spoken of its desire for a diesel Commodore and petrol-electric hybrid model.

EMPLOYERS fear billions of dollars in extra costs if Kevin Rudd implements his proposed rollback of the Government's workplace laws, as companies are forced into paying penalty rates and accepting union-negotiated wage deals.

THE holy grail of new media, cross-platform integration, will receive another kick along with a partnership between PBL Media and Sony Tropfest.

NEW DELHI: Startling new figures on the extent to which India's booming economy is being hamstrung by crippling power shortages were disclosed last night as much of the country faced soaring seasonal demand caused by torrid temperatures peaking above 40 degrees.

THE illustrious French theatre company Comedie-Francaise has had to cancel a play amid a row over its choice of a white actor for the role of an Arab. The controversy, which has underlined the lack of opportunities for members of ethnic minorities on stage and television in France, was sparked by a production of playwright Bernard-Marie Koltes's Return to the Desert.

FKP Property Group has completed a $233 million institutional capital raising, the bulk of which will fund last December's $215 million purchase of the Cbus retirement village portfolio.

STUDENTS from poor backgrounds are just as likely as those from wealthy families to finish university, once they make it into tertiary education.

IRANIAN security services have made at least 10 attempts in the past two years to recruit Israelis of Iranian descent asspies, Israeli officials said yesterday.

A REFUGEE-exchange program between Australia and the US would encourage more unauthorised boat arrivals to Australia, Labor said yesterday.

PROFITS at IBM, the world's second-biggest IT group, met Wall Street expectations for the first quarter in spite of rising costs and a relatively weak performance in the US.

TALKS between ABN AMRO and Barclays are set to continue until the end of the week as the two banks race to finalise an agreement that would see the British bank buy its Dutch counterpart and create the world's fifth-largest bank.

GPT Group has emerged as the new lead bidder in the expected $400 million-plus sale of Myer's flagship Melbourne store.

THE High Court has rejected the Howard Government' move to impose a limit on the length of time refugees and migrants have to appeal their cases.

INTEL, the world's biggest chip maker, said it had achieved solid results in its first quarter as prices for its processors held up and margins improved above 50 per cent.

LONDON'S share of global hedge fund assets has more than doubled over the past five years, while New York's share is declining, according to a City of London think tank.

MACQUARIE CountryWide has joined the flood of Australian trusts rushing to the northern hemisphere by paying $600 million to buy seven shopping centres in Poland and Germany.

GOOGLE is set to complete its online alternative to Microsoft's widely used Office suite of software with the addition of a presentation tool similar to its rival's Power Point, according to company executives.

AUSTRALIA'S pioneering student loan scheme HECS should be made available to 1.6 million TAFE students to ensure the viability of the nation's biggest education sector. Read the report

COCA-COLA said it would go "back to basics" and re-introduce Coke signs in its home market to reverse declining sales as it reported a 14 per cent rise in first-quarter profits.

TEST captain Darren Lockyer has anointed Johnathan Thurston as his successor, insisting the North Queensland Cowboys halfback was the type of player who would thrive on the pressure and responsibility of leading the national team.

Manchester United 2 Sheffield United 0 ALEX FERGUSON is confident his Manchester United squad will hold its nerve to close out the Premiership title battle after watching it edge closer to the finishing line with a clinical win over struggling Sheffield United.

MATTHEW HAYDEN yesterday had the ultimate sporting day: he watched England get smashed on television then caught a 136kg marlin.

PAUL Little and Mark Rowsthorn's two-headed freight empire got a tick from the competition watchdog yesterday, after agreeing to new undertakings just in time to name its new infrastructure group and the board that will govern it.

THE Qantas board has rejected calls for another profit upgrade, saying a continued review of the company's outlook had produced no material change since a guidance announcement last month.

AUSTRALIA'S most expensive home could soon be built in an exclusive Perth suburb after an Indian family paid $22.7 million for a series of prized riverfront blocks.

WASHINGTON: Coalition forces have intercepted Iranian-made mortars and explosives in Afghanistan destined for the Taliban, the top US military chief said yesterday, indicating an expanding Iranian challenge to US forces in the region.

AUSTRALIA's players are headed for a showdown with their employers over their desire to pursue personal sponsorships.

EXPLOSIVES, paint and chemicals giant Orica is expected to reassess options to sell assets and focus on its booming explosives business in a possible strategy to stave off a $10 billion private equity takeover bid.

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou yesterday conceded the league is considering buying the Kangaroos but denied claims the move would guarantee the struggling club was relocated to the Gold Coast.

COCA-Cola Amatil is considering building a brewery to fuel a further push into the alcoholic beverage sector in Australia and New Zealand, and has confirmed plans to sell its underperforming South Korean soft drink bottling unit.

COMMERCIAL property will post another strong year, while Sydney's median house price is set to rebound by 10.5 per cent in 2007 - after three years of falling prices.

SMALL business could stop hiring in the lead-up to the election because of uncertainty over Kevin Rudd's industrial relations policy, and many new jobs would be casual rather than full-time if the new regime were implemented.

THE federal Government's national Do Not Call Register is under pressure just six weeks from its launch with direct marketers warning cracks are already appearing in the system, rushed into service in time for the federal election.

THE Australian Rugby Union board of directors today accepted the resignation of managing director and CEO Gary Flowers.

TELSTRA'S Next G service and the system it is replacing will be locked out of a trial of mobile-phone use on Qantas flights.

THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given its blessing to the takeover of Rural Press by Fairfax Media ahead of a crucial meeting of Rural Press's ordinary shareholders today.

PORT ADELAIDE has re-signed one of its key defensive players, Domenic Cassisi, for three years.

A 12-year-old boy has died after sniffing petrol in a remote Northern Territory community.

THE adman who gave Kerry Packer's cricket circus its anthem, and whose agency partner filled the Sydney Opera House with its strains at the mogul's memorial service, is to have his own Opera House send-off.

FORMER Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld will contest perjury charges and other allegations arising from his attempt to avoid paying a $77 speeding fine.

I HAVE received a contingency planning report on the water shortages in the Murray-Darling Basin.

ABORIGINAL disadvantage was no one's fault in particular, but it was everybody's responsibility to pursue reconciliation, ANZ Bank chief executive John Macfarlane said yesterday.

A PLANE has crashed and burst into flames at a private runway north of Brisbane, police say.

SHAREHOLDERS of Rural Press have approved the regional publisher's planned merger with Fairfax Media to create a $9 billion media group.

IRRIGATORS in the Murray-Darling Basin face having water allocations cut completely in 2007-08 unless there is heavy rain in the next six weeks.

AUSTRALIA'S next wine vintage could be crippled if no water is allocated to Murray-Darling Basin irrigators, winemakers say.

MACQUARIE Airports has experienced an almost across the board monthly traffic increase for all its airports, scattered around the world.

HORMONE replacement therapy, a contested treatment for post-menopausal women that has already been linked to breast cancer, is also associated with ovarian cancer, a study in The Lancet said today. Read The Lancet study (pdf)

SOUTH Australia's Opposition Leader Martin Hamilton-Smith yesterday committed to a three-year election campaign to topple the popular Rann Government, telling his new shadow cabinet that winning the 2010 election was within their grasp if they worked harder and targeted "hit lists" of Government ministers.

Jocelyne Saab uses art to make statement against violence in native Lebanon, conflicts everywhere.

THE AFL has denied a meeting between the league and Kangaroos shareholders last night plotted the club's relocation to the Gold Coast.

AUSTRALIA'S reign as world under-19 rugby champions is over after a 32-18 loss to South Africa in the semi-finals in Belfast.

THE Gold Coast Titans have suspended NRL bad boy Chris Walker indefinitely for an off-field misdemeanour.

ROGER Federer made a difficult start to his claycourt season with a 7-6 7-6 second round victory over Italian qualifier Andreas Seppi at the Monte Carlo Masters Series today, while Marat Safin slumped to a surprise defeat.

THE Brumbies have received a boost ahead of Friday night's crucial Super 14 clash with the Western Force with lock Mark Chisholm re-signing with the ACT province and the Australian Rugby Union for another two years.

MARK Philippoussis will make his long-awaited comeback to competitive tennis next month alongside Pete Sampras at a Champions Series event in Athens.

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Military Synthetic Training and Simulation Markets in Europe" to their offering.

The Sandiganbayan yesterday sentenced retired Col. Reynaldo Jaylo and three other former police officers to 14 years in prison for killing two former military officials and a civilian who were allegedly involved in drug trafficking 17 years ago.

EXPLOSIVE, paint and chemicals group Orica has rejected a non-binding takeover offer from private equity firms valuing the target at almost $10 billion.

CHARGES against a US marine allegedly involved in the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha have been dropped, the military said in a statement today.

AUSTRALIA'S pioneering student loan scheme HECS should be opened up to 1.6 million TAFE students to ensure the viability of the nation's biggest education sector. Read the report (pdf)

NIGERIAN opposition parties today threatened to boycott Saturday's presidential election, adding to the turmoil that has surrounded one of the most closely watched elections here since independence.

AN ACT politician who painted over a mural as part of an anti-graffiti stunt was told beforehand that it was a commissioned artwork, a community art spokesman says.

NATIONAL coach Brian Goorjian has warned fans not to count on Andrew Bogut playing in the important Olympic men's basketball qualifying series against New Zealand in August.

SHADOW health minister Nicola Roxon is calling for more incentives to recruit doctors to Adelaide's southern suburbs, where some areas are struggling to provide one general practitioner for more than 5500 residents.

INDONESIA should punish drug traffickers severely, but the crime doesn't meet the international test to allow the death penalty, an international law expert said today.

FORMER Guantanamo Bay inmate Mamdouh Habib has lost his appeal against a jury's rejection of his defamation claim involving a Sydney newspaper.

FORMER NSW Minister Milton Orkopoulos has been refused bail for a second time by a Newcastle court after being charged earlier this week with 21 new child-sex and drug related offences.

It started out as a disappearance. By the time the Portland Oregonian was done chronicling the story nearly three weeks later, the paper had uncovered a human error that led to the very preventable death of a father of two in a heartbreaking story that captured the nation's attention.

AIIMexpo -- eCopy Inc., a leading provider of solutions that integrate paper documents into business software applications, today announced that eCopy ShareScan supports Ricoh's Embedded Software Architecture Version 2.0. With the support of Ricoh's "Next Generation" ESA, eCopy continues to set the standard for simple, secure, and cost-effective electronic distribution and integration of ...

AIIMexpo -- eCopy™, Inc., a leading provider of solutions that integrate paper documents into business software applications, announced today Scan to eCopy Desktop™ software for HP LaserJet multifunction printers.

In a first of its kind recording in the world, the city of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, an elite 80 member outfit, has joined hands with India's leading vocalist, Sonu Niigaam (not a spelling error), to create a unique first of its kind album, "Rafi Resurrected..."

The album originated from a discussion that composer / arranger for the Orchestra, Tim Pottier had with an Indian friend over two years ago.

Is a car running on biofuel really greener than fuel-efficient petrol or hybrid alternatives, asks DAVID WILKINS. Let's do a reality check...

How does it feel to complete 26 years in the industry? Exciting. The industry has been good to me. I’ve had great teachers. I’ve learnt a lot here. Every day has been a new experience.

CAMDENTON - A full agenda will greet newly elected officials as they face a number of decisions including the possibility of forming a Community Improvement District to help fund the construction of a proposed retail facility.

FAIRFAX, Va.--Further exemplifying the exceptional performance of its flagship Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil, ExxonMobil is proud to announce that Peter Gilbert of Glendale, Wisconsin, completed an ambitious goal of driving one million miles in his 1989 Saab SPG, with the help of Mobil 1 motor oil.

A 25-year-old man is behind bars today after police say he ran several times while driving drunk early this morning and crashed his car at the entrance to Cincinnati State University.

Further exemplifying the exceptional performance of its flagship Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil, ExxonMobil is proud to announce that Peter Gilbert of Glendale, Wisconsin, completed an ambitious goal of driving one million miles in his 1989 Saab SPG, with the help of Mobil 1 motor oil.

Two alumni - one often identified as “the youngest,” the other as “the first” - were inducted into the Bartow High School Hall of Fame on Tuesday. This year's inductees were Congressman Adam H. Putnam and the late George H. Gause.

Cricket World Cup: Australia strolled to a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka to maintain their 100% record at the tournament.

Bollywood's GenNow directors are getting younger: savvier and luckier than ever. Princy Jain profiles a few.

Unlike the passengers flying in and out of Lebanon Airport, David Gobin, the new airport boss, doesn't have any baggage.

The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered a halt to a controversial practice in Memphis that allowed arriving aircraft to fly directly over planes on another runway. The procedure, disclosed by USA TODAY on Friday, had nearly led to midair collisions.

Get off the Paris subway, push open the heavy doors of the Porte de Versailles Convention Center and you're hit by the thick, rich stench of hundreds of cows, sheep, goats and pigs. That's right: A few stops from Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower is the Salon International de l'Agriculture, the biggest and most passionate agricultural fair in the world.

DRIVING the 2,000-plus miles to Andorra and back was always going to be an ambitious journey for the McKay family, because they had never taken a car abroad before, writes Teresa Hunter.

As Tulsa City in the US confers Key of the City Award on him, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan tells us why a confluence between the east and the west is so important.

-- U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton laid out a detailed plan yesterday to increase the federal government's accountability and transparency, declaring the need to restore Americans' faith in Washington after what she described as the Bush administration’s “stunning record of cronyism and corruption, incompetence and deception.”

Saab’s Approved Used Car Scheme has been named the best in Britain by weekly magazine Auto Express . Saab’s scheme came top in the prestigious Auto Express Used Car Honours 2007, thanks to the added features it offers to buyers, over and above what rival car manufacturers offer.

FREMONT — Two people were recovering Friday from wounds they received a day earlier in a gang-related shooting in front of Irvington High School, police said.

FREMONT — Two people were recovering Friday from wounds they suffered a day earlier in a gang-related shooting in front of Irvington High School, police said.

Taciana Ribeiro Saab said yesterday she was there to wipe the tears from the face of her firstborn son, Cristian Giambrone. She was there to console him when a mother's touch was the only balm that could ease his troubles. And she expected her 19-year-old-year old son to be there for her.

Two people were recovering Friday from wounds they suffered in a gang-related shooting in front of Fremont's Irvington High School, police said.

Nathan O’Neill sesongdebuterer. Pressemelding fra he Health Net Pro Cycling Team: O'Neill will debut at home-state Tour de Georgia; squad will be almost identical to Redlands championship team.

A junkie who stabbed a 19-year-old CVS worker to death by plunging a knife into the boy's neck three years ago over stolen toothpaste was found guilty of first-degree murder yesterday. Daniel "Danny"...

FREMONT — Two people were recovering Friday from wounds they suffered a day earlier in a gang-related shooting in front of Irvington High School, police said.

SUMMER is approaching and many Scots will be thinking of buying a new car to make it easier to flee to the countryside and enjoy the sun.

Kiran Deshpande: Where Are You From? I have lanced many boils, but none pained like my own. INDIAN ADAGE I’m never sure what people want to know when they ask me: “Where are you from?”

Two alumni - one often identified as “the youngest,” the other as “the first” - were inducted into the Bartow High School Hall of Fame on Tuesday. This year's inductees were Congressman Adam H. Putnam and the late George H. Gause.

Colgan Air officials said the airline is on track to begin serving airports in Parkersburg, Clarksburg and Morgantown on May 1.

The Department of Transportation has finalized procedures for FBOs in the Washington area to be reimbursed for business losses associated with the restrictions imposed on general aviation after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack.

Matt Worthington was playing "Guitar Hero" and making some Easy Mac with his roommates when the SA elections committee chair, Maher Saab, called with the election results.

Matt Worthington, Daniel-Paul Watkins and Kevan Kirksey won their respective positions for next year by large margins after voting ended Wednesday.

1947: A time for change

Just before he turned 30, just before his first novel was published, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. moved to Cape Cod to concentrate on writing.

The Steinbright Career Development Center has begun expanding international co-op opportunities to Greece, India, Italy and Ireland Executive Director Peter Franks said Monday. "What we are in the process of doing is developing at more jobs for Drexel students to give them more options," Franks said.

"Mr. Chairman, my fellow shareholders, I am proud of Saab ( Nachrichten ) and proud to again stand before you to talk about our company.

"Saab ( Nachrichten ) has developed in close cooperation with the Swedish defence through Sweden's decision to remain neutral," he said.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden----"Saab has developed in close cooperation with the Swedish defence through Sweden's decision to remain neutral," he said.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden----"Mr. Chairman, my fellow shareholders, I am proud of Saab and proud to again stand before you to talk about our company. There is a lot to say about what we have accomplished historically, what we are doing today, and, not least, what Saab can do to ensure that all of us live more securely in the future.

A controversial air traffic procedure has nearly caused midair collisions during takeoffs and landings around the nation and brought a stern warning from U.S. safety investigators, who this month ordered the practice halted at Memphis International Airport, according to federal records, controllers and pilots.

Colgan Air officials said the airline is on track to begin serving airports in Parkersburg, Clarksburg and Morgantown on May 1.

Kurt Vonnegut, writer: born Indianapolis 11 November 1922; married 1945 Jane Cox (deceased; one son, two daughters, three adopted sons; marriage dissolved 1979), 1979 Jill Krementz (one daughter); died New York 11 April 2007.

Novelist Kurt Vonnegut, who died April 11, responded to his times with anger, despair, stoicism, laughter and kindness.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden----The purpose of the plan is to encourage good performance by employees and increase the Group's attractiveness as an employer. The plan comprises a maximum of 1,000,000 Series B shares.

Kurt Vonnegut, who died on Tuesday aged 84, was a science fiction novelist who emerged as one of America’s greatest literary satirists and a guru of the counterculture during the 1970s; his best-known book, Slaughterhouse-Five, based on the Allied bombing of Dresden, became an anti-war classic ranked with Joseph Heller’s Catch-22.

Saab seems to be building a small crossover 9-4X, based on the 9-3, with a 2.8L V6 engine, producing around 290 HP; and of course aimed directly at BMW X3, Volvo XC60,...

Darrell Todd Maurina Pulaski County Clerk Diana Linnenbringer sent certified election results to city councils and school board members on Monday, and some of those bodies have already held their re-organizational meetings and elected their new officers Monday night.

UNDATED Author Kurt Vonnegut had several connections to Massachusetts over the years. Vonnegut -- who died last night in Manhattan at the age of 84 -- managed the nation's first Saab dealership on Cape Cod in the 1950s.

PARKERSBURG -- Colgan Air officials say the airline is on track to begin serving airports in Parkersburg, Clarksburg and Morgantown on May 1. The Manassas, Virginia-based airline will offer three nonstop flights each weekday and two flights during the weekend to Pittsburgh International Airport.

Colgan Air officials said the airline is on track to begin serving airports in Parkersburg, Clarksburg and Morgantown on May 1.

UNDATED Author Kurt Vonnegut had several connections to Massachusetts over the years. Vonnegut -- who died last night in Manhattan at the age of 84 -- managed the nation's first Saab dealership on Cape Cod in the 1950s.

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. Colgan Air officials say the airline is on track to begin serving airports in Parkersburg, Clarksburg and Morgantown, West Virginia on May...

Kurt Vonnegut, author of "Cat's Cradle," "Slaughterhouse-Five," and nearly 20 other works of fiction that helped define the sensibility of the 1960s, died yesterday in Manhattan. He had homes in New York and Sagaponack and was 84.

M.L. New York, N.Y. (AP) -- Author Kurt Vonnegut had several connections to Massachusetts over the years. Vonnegut -- who died Wednesday night in Manhattan at the age of 84 -- managed the nation's first Saab dealership on Cape Cod in the 1950s.

PARKERSBURG — A spokesman for Colgan Air Inc. said Wednesday the airline is on schedule for a May 1 takeoff from Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport. Dennis Burnett, director of development for Colgan Air, told the Wood County Area Roundtable the airline likes to work with the communities it serves.

Kurt Vonnegut, the great American satirical novelist, died on Wednesday at the age of 84 as a result of head injuries sustained in a fall at his home in New York last week.

Kurt Vonnegut Jr., whose blend of absurdist humor, science fiction, and antiestablishment politics made his novels "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle" campus classics in the '60s and '70s, died last night in Manhattan. He was 84.

Legendary film personalities Pran saab and BR Chopra are two of the many celebrities who are being honored by Punjabi Kala Sangam.

Kurt Vonnegut, author of "Cat's Cradle," "Slaughterhouse-Five," and nearly 20 other works of fiction that helped define the sensibility of the 1960s, died yesterday in Manhattan. He had homes in New York and Sagaponack and was 84.

HANOVER TWP. | A US Airways partner will end service to Pittsburgh from Lehigh Valley International Airport effective May 1, prompting LVIA to search for a replacement.

Women approach designing clothes differently compared to male designers. WOMEN know what other women want to wear, right? At least, you would expect so.

BUCHAREST – Black Sea Defense & Aerospace – Exhibition & Conference (BSDA) is the leading exhibition in aeronautics, defence and national / private security in Romania and intended to become one of the most important such events in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region.

Darrell Todd Maurina Pulaski County Clerk Diana Linnenbringer sent certified election results to city councils and school board members on Monday, and some of those bodies have already held their re-organizational meetings and elected their new officers Monday night.

The radiator was leaking. Heating apparatus did not work. Engine was pissing out oil. The fourth cylinder had a bad habit of not joining the others. Some minor electrical trouble.

Daniel-Paul Watkins coined his opponent's campaign slogan.

Five-hundred and thirty seven ACU Facebook protesters can put their worries on hold - the McGlothlin Campus Center bowling alley is here to stay.

The third annual eCopy Paper Connection Forum will bring together office equipment dealers, multifunction peripheral manufacturers, software vendors, and industry experts to collaborate on document imaging strategies for integrating paper-based information with business applications or other electronic workflows.

Green Hills Software, Inc., the technology leader in device software optimization and real-time operating systems, announced today that Saab Bofors Dynamics AB has selected the Green Hills Software INTEGRITY RTOS, networking middleware and AdaMULTI integrated development environment for the next phase of its RBS15 project.

Lockheed Martin today announced its intention to pursue the mid-life modernization program of the Canadian Patrol Frigate as prime contractor for the Canadian Navy. Making the announcement at the annual CANSEC trade show in Ottawa, Lockheed Martin's team will include SAAB, IBM Canada, xwave and CAE Professional Services.

BEIRUT - On the fourth floor of Elie Saab's polished ivory-colored fashion house in central Beirut a big screen television plays his latest Paris fashion shows.

BRATTLEBORO -- A man involved in a drag race that killed three people was ordered to spend three months in prison Tuesday, disappointing the families of two victims, who said it wasn't enough. ... - By John Curran Associated Press

(Le 10 avril 2007) Saab réalise en ce moment les premiers essais de soufflerie dans le cadre du programme nEUROn. Les tests sont menés à grande vitesse pouvant atteindre celle du son.

Mesaba Airlines on Tuesday announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota has confirmed the company's Plan of Reorganization (POR), setting the stage for Mesaba to emerge from Chapter 11 in the latter part of April.

(Le 10 avril 2007) Saab réalise en ce moment les premiers essais de soufflerie dans le cadre du programme nEUROn. Les tests sont menés à grande vitesse pouvant atteindre celle du son.

SYDNEY: Jockey Greg Childs gets his chance for redemption when he is reunited with Vanquished in the Group One Sydney Cup at Randwick on Saturday.

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -- A man involved in a drag race that killed three people was ordered to spend three months in prison Tuesday, disappointing the families of two victims, who said it...

A man involved in a drag race that killed three people was ordered to spend three months in prison Tuesday, disappointing the families of two victims, who said it wasn't enough.

Around the time Shah Rukh Khan arrived, someone else too had. While the Baazigar went about gathering stardust, in a small town of Gujarat, Hasmukh Parmar was busy gathering bits of cinema history. More than twenty years later Parmar may not be the King of cinema but he has what perhaps even the biggest Bollywood stars don t. A gallery filled with a great many hand-painted cinema posters, prints, ...

(Le 10 avril 2007) Saab réalise en ce moment les premiers essais de soufflerie dans le cadre du programme nEUROn. Les tests sont menés à grande vitesse pouvant atteindre celle du son.

Darrell Todd Maurina Although Tuesday’s Waynesville R-VI School Board election attracted four candidates, incumbents Janice Roam Dye and Lori A. Laughlin easily won re-election over challengers Andy Anderson and Robert Saab Jr.

(Le 10 avril 2007) Saab réalise en ce moment les premiers essais de soufflerie dans le cadre du programme nEUROn. Les tests sont menés à grande vitesse pouvant atteindre celle du son.

The Mondeo seats attract dirt very quickly and can look well used. The alloy wheels on the Zetec model are not the best in the world, probably due to the balances being on the outside of the wheel rather than the inside.

MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL, Minn.----Mesaba Aviation, Inc., a subsidiary company of MAIR Holdings, Inc. , today reported capacity and traffic for March. Mesaba Aviation flew 72.1 million available seat miles in March, which was down 63.2% year over year.

MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL, Minn.----Mesaba Airlines today announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota has confirmed the Company's Plan of Reorganization , setting the stage for Mesaba to emerge from Chapter 11 in the latter part of April.

A rash of car burglaries has led Lawrence police to a 29-year-old Topeka man. Learn what charges he could face.

GREATER Peterborough firms are being urged to use the ninth annual Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival as a team-building event while raising much-needed funds for charity. (10/04/2007)

Saab is using the SuperDerivatives real-time derivatives pricing and risk management platforms, to implement the company’s hedging strategy and to optimise the returns of its treasury pension trust.

Britain's premier global defence and aerospace company, BAE Systems is gearing to compete with the world's leading makers of combat jets to secure orders from India and Japan worth up to USD 15 billion, media reported today.

(April, 10, 2007) The first nEUROn wind tunnel testing carried out by Saab is currently in progress. The testing involves high speed testing up to the speed of sound.

eCopy Inc., a leading provider of solutions that integrate paper documents into business software applications, today announced BERTL Inc. has awarded its prestigious "Best MFP Workflow Software Solution" Award for 2007 to eCopy ShareScan® document imaging software.

Jockey Greg Childs gets his chance for redemption when he is reunited with Vanquished in the Group One Sydney Cup at Randwick on Saturday.

A call of an auto burglary in progress led Lawrence police on Monday to arrest a Topeka man suspected of committing at least two western Lawrence auto thefts and eight auto burglaries in recent days.