Metalico Inc. MEA is one of the greatest heavy metal bands of our time. No, wait -- it's a steel company that recycles scrap metal and is reaping the benefits of rising demand.
LOS ANGELES AFP — The US Department of Justice announced Thursday they arrested a man over his alleged fundraising for a foundation authorities say backs Hamas, the Palestinian organization Washington has designated a terrorist group. Akram Musa Abdallah, also called Abu Saiaf, 54, of Mesa, Arizona, was arrested...
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Telik, Inc. announced today that its novel small molecule proteasome inhibitor program met a preclinical development milestone by demonstrating anticancer activity in preclinical models of human leukemia. The proteasome is an important cellular structure necessary for the growth and function of cancer...
LIFE SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY has emerged as the new growth sector attracting and arresting the attentions and investments of government, academia and businesses from the start of this millennium. This sector is fast changing the economic and financial landscape of countries which had invested its human and financial resources to...
Police have arrested a parolee in connection with the slaying of 19-year-old Troy Lancaster, who was found shot early Monday morning at the Esperanza housing complex in the city's West End. While investigators did not disclose what led to the shooting, they said they believe that Michael...
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] A Gabrielle Union strikes a pose at the Los Angeles premiere of Meet Dave. She co-stars in the film with Eddie Murphy. B NFL player Chad Johnson talks with VJ Damlen Fahey during an appearance on MTV's "Total Request Live" at MTV Studios in New York....
“We are overloaded with money, crazy amounts of money.” Russian economics professor Mikhail Bergen, contrasting the surging growth of once fragile developing economies like Russia ’ s with the deepening financial crises in the world ’ s richest nations “He...
Rossen Ivanoff, 32, developed an entrepreneurial spirit after he left his native Bulgaria and became a Canadian citizen. With homes in Toronto and Miami, he was doing well, buying cars and shipping them to Europe for resale, among other business transactions. That is, until last year, when he began discussions...
MIPS OKs 22 research projects The Maryland Industrial Partnerships program announced the approval of 22 research projects partnering Maryland companies with university researchers to develop high-tech products. Worth $3.6 million, the projects combine $1.8 million from participating companies and $1.8 million from MIPS,...
The Golden State Warriors will sign high-scoring free agent Corey Maggette to a five-year contract worth about $50 million, the Associated Press reported last night. Maggette apparently will be the second big-name star to leave the Los Angeles Clippers today, with the 76ers expected to sign Elton Brand ....
BERLIN, July 8, 2008 AFP — Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana, a former UN employee wanted over his alleged role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, has been arrested in Frankfurt, a prosecutor in the German city said Tuesday. "He was arrested on Monday afternoon at...
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- RedXDefense announces new Strategic Advisory Board Member, Major Chris Hunter. Major Hunter retired from the British Armed Forces in 2007 as their senior worldwide IED intelligence analyst. In 2005, he was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for his actions in Iraq. He has written...
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's prime minister said Monday his country wants some type of timetable for a withdrawal of American troops included in the deal the two countries are negotiating. It was the first time that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has explicitly and publicly...
WASHINGTON -- The problems do not get any easier as President Bush attends his final summit with leaders of industrialized democracies. Disputes over global warming, worries about soaring oil prices and uncertainty about Iran and North Korea's nuclear ambitions pose daunting challenges for...
ISTANBUL AFP — A Turkish court has charged two retired generals in connection with a shadowy grouping that allegedly planned to oust the government, the Anatolia news agency reported Sunday. Hursit Tolon and Sener Eruygur, former four-star generals, were charged with "setting up and leading an...
The great and good of Anglicanism are in York for what could be the most explosive General Synod for centuries. Paul Vallely explains the issues that are at stake Anglicanism at the crossroads Big words are being...
FILM OF THE WEEK The Visitor (15) Thomas McCarthy (108 mins) *** STARRING Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira Is there still room for tact and gentleness in movies that deal with a post-9/11 New York? Tom McCarthy's The...
SHANGHAI AFP — A US citizen has been released from a jail in China after serving 10 years of a 16-year term for violating tax laws, a US official and rights groups said Thursday. Jude Shao was released from a Shanghai jail on parole on Wednesday,...
BEIJING AFP — In a small courtyard building a stone's throw from Tiananmen Square and the political centre of China, veteran rights lawyer Mo Shaoping dreams of the day his nation will be ruled by law and not by men. Mo, 50, only has a tiny...
NEW YORK -- She has been a serial killer, a crusading miner and a harried police detective. But a cinematic shrinking violet? Not so much. So you might wonder how Oscar winner Charlize Theron wound up as glorified eye candy in Will Smith's Hancock. ...
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