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- Carmakers falling short on EU emissions targets: report
- BRUSSELS AFP — Car makers are not doing enough to meet proposed EU targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions, according to a report Tuesday, with some German and Japanese brands facing the biggest challenge to make the grade. The European Commission wants all carmakers to reduce average emissions to...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- Montgomery pleads guilty to heroin charges
- NORFOLK, Virginia AFP — Former US track and field star Tim Montgomery pleaded guilty to heroin distribution charges at a federal court hearing here on Thursday. Montgomery, who was once dubbed "the world's fastest man," appeared briefly before American judge Jerome Friedman. The Olympic gold medallist was charged...
- Research articles 2008-07-03
- Aurizon Reports Further Results From Its Joanna Property Including 3.1 Grams of Gold Over 51.2 Metres and 4.7 Grams of Gold Over 29.5 Metres
- Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSX: ARZ)(AMEX: AZK) is pleased to announce additional drill results from the East Block of its Joanna project, located 20 kilometres from Rouyn-Noranda, in north-western, Quebec. To date, one hundred and eighty six (186) holes totalling 70,980 meters have been completed by Aurizon at Joanna with...
- Research articles 2008-04-22
- Unfair disparity in cocaine sentencing
- MOVEMENT toward more rational U.S. drug policies took two small steps this month with sound rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Now, the larger fix for sentencing disparities for crack and powder cocaine rests with Congress, which has sole authority to alter minimum sentences. ...
- Research articles 2007-12-31
- US Supreme Court confronts sentencing controversy
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US Supreme Court Tuesday grappled with federal sentencing rules that are accused of throwing a disproportionate number of blacks behind bars for drug crimes. The top court deliberated over two cases in which appeals courts threw out sentences given by judges that were lighter than...
- Research articles 2007-10-02
- EU automakers reject 2012 deadline for CO2 cuts
- FRANKFURT AFP — European automakers demanded more time on Wednesday to meet mooted CO2 emissions targets but stressed they were on board and working hard to produce cleaner cars. The European Automobile Manufacturers Association agreed with a European Commission plan to cut CO2 emissions to 120 grams per kilometre,...
- Research articles 2007-09-12
- EU automakers reject 2012 deadline for CO2 cuts
- FRANKFURT AFP — European automakers demanded more time on Wednesday to meet mooted CO2 emissions targets but stressed they were on board and working hard to produce cleaner cars. The European Automobile Manufacturers Association agreed with a European Commission plan to cut CO2 emissions to 120 grams per kilometre,...
- Research articles 2007-09-12
- Stardust memories: Space, the final frontier in funerals
- PARIS AFP — Pioneering and poetic -- or borderline macabre, according to your view -- burials in space seem set for a rosy future. Since the cremated remains of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of the TV sci-fi series Star Trek, rocketed into the cosmos a decade ago, the ashes...
- Research articles 2007-06-11
- Ground beef facts
- What is it? Ground beef comes from the tougher and less popular cuts of beef, and the trimmings left over when sides of beef are carved into steaks and roasts. Grinding tenderizes the meat. You can also ask your butcher to grind meat from a particular cut of beef, such...
- Research articles 2007-03-28
- Monster toad found in Australia
- SYDNEY AFP — A cane toad the size of a small dog has been captured in the Australian tropical city of Darwin, the largest ever recorded in the country's remote Northern Territory, environmentalists said Tuesday. Green group FrogWatch said the monster male was 20.5 centimetres (8.1 inches long and...
- Research articles 2007-03-27
- Golden Star Announces the Commencement of Mining of the Pampe Gold Project.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-21 March 2007-Afternoon Movers: Golden Star Announces the Commencement of Mining of the Pampe Gold ProjectC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21032007 Golden Star (AMEX:GSS) holds a 90 equity interest in the Bogoso/Prestea and Wassa open-pit gold mines in Ghana. In addition,...
- Research articles 2007-03-21
- Aurizon Discovers New Gold Bearing Quartz Zone at Casa Berardi
- Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSX: ARZ)(AMEX: AZK) is pleased to announce the most significant discovery of mineralization to date outside of the Casa Berardi fault, 350 metres south and 900 metres east of the existing West Mine infrastructure, at its Casa Berardi project, located in Northwestern, Quebec. Two surface master...
- Research articles 2007-02-01
- Japanese baseball star Ichiro to wear lightest ever spikes
- TOKYO AFP — Ichiro Suzuki, the fleet-footed Japanese outfielder and leadoff hitter for the Seattle Mariners, is set to go still faster this season with a pair of ultra-light baseball spikes. Japanese sportswear maker Asics Corp., which has shod Ichiro since 1995, said Monday it has developed the lightest...
- Research articles 2007-01-29
- Committee backs limits on sales of ephedrine
- A Senate bill that would limit the amount of over-the-counter medications containing the drug ephedrine passed committee Tuesday. SB112 would limit the purchase of certain cold and allergy medications to about two packages, or 3.6 grams, per purchase and limits total possession of those drugs to about 9...
- Research articles 2007-01-24
- Algerian fisherman nets 62 year-old lobster
- ALGIERS AFP — A 62 year-old lobster was drawing the crowds in the northern Algerian coastal town of Jijel after a local fisherman landed an unusually elderly catch. Abdelkader, who goes by one name, netted the sexagenarian shellfish and six others who the fisherman estimates have accumulated, at a pinch,...
- Research articles 2006-12-03
- Oilseeds acreage declines 8%.
- Nov. 27--NEW DELHI -- The shift in the sowing area of mustard to wheat and chana gram has led to a 8 percent decline in the oilseeds acreage to 74.79 lakh hectares in the on-going rabi season till November 23. The oilseeds acreage in...
- Research articles 2006-11-27
- Truffle fever hits Croatia's Istria peninsula
- MOTOVUN WOODS, Croatia AFP — It's 5:00 am and dawn is still far off, but Keti and Bela are already at work and don't seem to mind the cold autumn mist shrouding the Motovun woods in the heart of the Istria peninsula. "Come on Bela! Shoo, shoo! Where is it?...
- Research articles 2006-10-27
- Is it Dr Pepper or cream soda?
- Dr Pepper Berries & Cream. Diet and Regular. $1.09 per 2-liter bottle or $3.99 per box of twelve 12-ounce cans. Bonnie: Dr Pepper is an acquired taste that I have never acquired. So to be extra fair to this new flavor, I tested it with a number of...
- Research articles 2006-07-12
- Feds track cold pill sales to crack down on meth
- STOCKTON -- The same day Pres. Bush directed the Department of Justice to be more aggressive and collaborative, a sting operation involving federal agencies netted stores in Manteca and Stockton for selling too much over-the-counter medications containing pseudoephedrine, a main ingredient in methamphetamines, a source with knowledge of the investigation...
- Research articles 2006-06-16
- Officials step up fight against meth
- STOCKTON -- The same day President Bush directed the Department of Justice to be more "aggressive and collaborative," a sting operation involving federal agencies netted stores in Manteca and Stockton for selling too many over-the-counter medications containing pseudoephedrine, a main ingredient in methamphetamine, a source with knowledge of the investigation...
- Research articles 2006-06-17
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