♦ Street Fighter Alpha coming to PSN this week

Street Fighter fans have been spoiled recently. In addition to the launch of the latest iteration of the series, Street Fighter IV, fans can also look forward to the gorgeous Super Street Fighter II HD Remix. If that wasn't enough...	1 vote

♦ Jay-Z Gives A Shout-Out To Barack Obama On New Kanye West-Produced Song, 'Jockin' Jay-Z'

Jay-Z gave a shout-out to Barack Obama on his new Kanye West-produced track, "Jockin' Jay-Z (Dope Boy Fresh)," some of which was premiered in concert in New York last week.	1 vote

♦ Members on Rise at Border Complex

Bay Malton Angling Club are reaping the reward of taking on the Border Fishery complex at Balterley, with bumper membership of more than 3,000 anglers now on their books.	1 vote

♦ FBI arrest 'child snatch father'

A father who is accused of snatching his seven-year-old daughter during a supervised visit to the US is now in custody in Baltimore, the FBI has said. Clark Rockefeller, 48, was arrested by FBI agents and Baltimore police after a tip-off by a member of the public. His London-based daughter Reigh Storrow Boss, who went missing on Sunday, was found safe and well in an apartment. Her mother Sandra...	1 vote

♦ Lydon faces second race claim

Sex Pistol John Lydon is facing another racism allegation after been accused of singing racist songs to staff in a London bar. The 52-year-old punk singer allegedly sang "bloody Arabs" and "towel heads"with his friends during a seven hour drinking binge in a west London pub onWednesday.	1 vote

♦ Family ties unbind in Haigh's 'The Condition'

Jennifer Haigh's third novel, The Condition , is about a foundering New England family. The ties that bind — those anchoring, strangling threads — are the fabric of The Condition , Jennifer Haigh's new novel about a foundering New England family. Haigh's third novel opens in 1976. Paulette McKotch arrives at her family's retreat in Cape Cod, with her three children in tow.	1 vote

♦ iPhone, App Store problems causing more than just headaches

It has been a couple weeks since Apple deemed iPhone OS 2.0 to be ripe enough for us to pluck from its digital tree. While third-party software (albeit from a walled garden) is indeed an appetizing treat, widespread reports of drastically reduced battery performance, buggy software, and crashing phones are cropping up like too many worms in a bad apple. Top that off with app update problems...	1 vote

♦ Senate passes housing aid bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress passed the most significant housing legislation in decades Saturday, offering help to struggling homeowners and seeking to stabilize a troubled housing market that has dragged down the economy. President Bush will sign it quickly, the White House said, despite reservations over $3.	1 vote

♦ Batman star stays silent in Spain

Batman star Christian Bale has greeted fans at The Dark Knight's Spanish premiere, but refused to comment about being questioned over assault claims. He spent half an hour signing autographs at the Barcelona gala, but only spoke to the press about the film. The actor smiled and looked relaxed before the movie was screened.	1 vote

♦ Karadzic's secret life enthralls his fellow Serbs (AP)

Radovan Karadzic sent word he plans to defend himself against U.N. genocide charges, but his fellow Serbs were more enthralled with details that emerged Wednesday about his secret life: a mistress, a bogus family in the U.S....	1 vote

♦ Film trailer: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

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♦ Tainted jalapeno found in Texas

The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it found a jalapeno pepper contaminated with the same strain of salmonella driving an outbreak that's sickened thousands and mystified investigators for two months. The agency also said all consumers should avoid eating fresh jalapeno peppers and foods made with them, including fresh salsa...	1 vote

♦ Iraq PM did not back Obama troop exit plan: government

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki did not back the plan of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq and his comments to a German magazine on the issue were misunderstood, the government's spokesman said on Sunday. Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement that Maliki's remarks to Der Spiegel were translated incorrectly.	1 vote

♦ 2 French aid workers kidnapped in Afghanistan

PARIS (AP) — Two French humanitarian workers were kidnapped Friday in Afghanistan, spirited at gunpoint out of the house they were sleeping in, aid group Action Against Hunger and the French Foreign Ministry said. The two are believed to be alive, the Paris-based group said in a statement. The kidnappers burst into the house where the two were staying in Nili...	1 vote

♦ Christians in TN want quota scrapped

When a batch of public interest litigation (PIL) both supporting and opposing quota for minorities came up for final hearing before the First Bench comprising Chief Justice A K Gangully and Mr Justice F M Ibrahim Kalifulla yesterday...	1 vote

♦ Scientists Creates Touch-based Illusion

ScienceDaily (July 17, 2008) Anyone who has seen an optical illusion can recall the quirky moment when you realize that the image being perceived is different from objective reality. Now, a team of scientists from MIT, Harvard and McGill has designed a new illusion involving the sense of touch...	1 vote

♦ Novel computational model describes the speed at which HIV escapes the immune response

Researchers from Utrecht University, The Netherlands, have developed a model that illustrates how HIV evades the immune system. The study, published July 18th in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology, incorporates detailed interactions between a mutating virus and the immune system.	1 vote

♦ Tax cheats cost Americans $100 billion

Senate report says offshore tax abuses may cost U.S. $100 billion a year. Copyright 2008 Associated Press All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. 2008 Cable News Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2008 BigCharts.com Inc. All rights reserved. Please see our Terms of Use. MarketWatch, the MarketWatch logo...	1 vote

♦ BRIEF: Police Seek Troy Hill Woman, 19-Month-Old Daughter

By The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Jul. 17--City police are searching for a 19-month-old Troy Hill girl and her mother, who were last seen on June 3. Nevada Azen is bi-racial, 2 feet...	1 vote

♦ Democrats, Paulson fight to keep housing bill moving

Congressional Democrats and the Bush administration scrambled on Wednesday to shore up support for a major housing market rescue bill, as Republican backing for it faltered on doubts about attaching a plan to bolster Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Some conservative Republicans were balking at a proposal unveiled over the weekend by the Treasury Department to prop up Fannie and Freddie...	1 vote