LABOR leader Kim Beazley has fended off criticism of his suggestion new arrivals in Australia sign a values pledge, saying visitors should know what is expected of them.

NEWS Corporation has held talks to swap its controlling stake in DirecTV Group Inc for Liberty Media's stake in News Corporation, according to a CNBC report overnight.

Minera Andes Inc. (TSX-V: MAI and US OTC: MNEAF) is pleased to announce the remaining results of the exploration drill holes at the Kospi silver/gold vein discovered last year at its San Jose project in southern Argentina. Drill hole SJD-226

Groove Mobile, the world's leading mobile music commerce platform, announced today it received the Top App Award from Fierce Mobile Content for its Sprint Music Store application. The award recognizes Groove Mobile's music platform as one of the best wireless

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq GS: VRTX) today announced the pricing of its public offering of 9,100,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $33.00 per share. The gross proceeds, before commissions and expenses, of the public offering will

Investigators on Thursday were on the scene of a murder in a place that rarely sees violent crime. CBS 2's Katie McCall reports that the victim was found inside his car after crashing in suburban Bartlett.

Team USAwon five more medals today at the 2006 UCI World Masters Track CyclingChampionships: two world titles, two silver medals, and one bronze medal. The U.S. still leads in the medals table just aheadof Great Britain and Australia.

Russia has called on Ukraine to avoid action that could aggravate the situation in the Black and Azo...

Nicholas Thompson, a 2005 qualifying school graduate who is181st on the money list, took advantage of an early starting timeon a course soaked by 1.5 inches of overnight rain for an 8-under64.

Intermec will soon ship a vehicle-mount computer said to be less than half the size of competing devices. The compact, ruggedized CV30 boasts a 6.4-inch VGA LCD screen, packs a built-in heater, and comes with a choice of Windows CE

Friends of friendsXenSource, the server virtualization company, has added a second former Microsoft staffer to its management ranks, recruiting the exec responsible for leading a number of big Windows products....

VATICAN CITY, Sept. 14 - Pope Benedict XVI did not intend to offend Muslim sensibilities with remarks about holy war, the Vatican said Thursday night, scrambling to defend the pontiff as anger built in the Islamic world over some of

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 - Religious conservative leaders, sensing declining alarm over same-sex marriage, are warning that the debate over homosexuality has prompted attacks on religious freedom.

BEIJING, Sept. 14 - China on Thursday denounced a decision by the U.S. Congress to award the Dalai Lama a Congressional Gold Medal, its highest honor.

An outbreak of E. coli in eight states has left at least one person dead and 50 others sick, federal health officials said Thursday in warning consumers not to eat bagged fresh spinach.

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