School building quality to be probed in quake-hit Sichuan - Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, May 17 -- A top housing official said on Friday that the construction quality of collapsed school buildings will be investigated once rescue work is completed in quake-hit areas. "If quality problems do exist in the school buildings, those found responsible will be dealt with severely ...
Big Brown trainer Dutrow confident of Preakness win - Washington Post
Resize Text BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The only way undefeated Kentucky Derby champion Big Brown can lose the Preakness Stakes is by stumbling at the start, his trainer said Friday. Richard Dutrow, Jr.'s confidence has returned following a brief spell of doubt following his colt's dominating 4 3/4-length ...
Political storm over Bush comments spills into US presidential race as Obama, McCain spar - International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON : Democrat Barack Obama lumped Republican John McCain in with the unpopular Bush administration on Friday for advancing a "naive and irresponsible" foreign policy, attempting to turn the tables in a presidential election battle in which his own national security credentials have been ...
Bodies found inside NJ home; foul play suspected - International Herald Tribune
TENAFLY, N.J. : Police found at least three bodies inside a home Friday night, and authorities were treating the case as possible homicides, an official with the prosecutor's office said. "They appear to be the victims of foul play," Joseph Macellaro, chief of detectives for the Bergen County ...
Ten Questions Yahoo! Shareholders Want Answered - Forbes
Corporate raider extraordinaire Carl Icahn launched his strategy to push Yahoo! back into Microsoft 's arms. In a letter delivered Thursday to Yahoo! (nasdaq: YHOO - news - people ) Chairman Roy Bostock , Icahn presented an alternative slate of board members to be voted on at the company's annual ...
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