: Category one
Yahoo homepage to get make-over
16.05.2006 04:29 - source: BBC News
Search giant Yahoo is revamping its home page to introduce customisation tools for visitors. Read more…
Marley bassist loses royalty bid
16.05.2006 04:28 - source: BBC News
Aston Barrett, the bassist from Bob Marley's band The Wailers, loses his legal battle for £60m in unpaid royalties. Read more…
Rove Blames Iraq War for Low Bush Numbers (AP)
16.05.2006 02:57 - source: Yahoo politics
AP - Presidential adviser Karl Rove blamed the war in Iraq on Monday for dragging down President Bush's job approval ratings in public opinion polls. "People like this president," Rove said. "They're just sour right now on the war." Read more…
Analysis: Bush Aims to Step Right, Left (AP)
16.05.2006 02:56 - source: Yahoo politics
AP - President Bush stepped to the right and left at the same time on immigration: courting conservatives with tough talk of sending the National Guard to the border and seeking to reassure moderates that a guest-worker program will be part of the mix. Read more…
Cell-Phone-Only Crowd May Alter Polling (AP)
16.05.2006 02:56 - source: Yahoo politics
AP - Justin Globus is part of a fast-growing group — approaching one in 10 Americans — who have given up traditional telephones and depend only on their cell phones. That trend is making pollsters uneasy. Read more…
Rove Said Unfazed by Chance of Charges (AP)
16.05.2006 02:55 - source: Yahoo politics
AP - President Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, arrives at the White House every day wearing a jovial smile that masks his boss' political troubles and his own legal woes. Read more…
Bush Jump-Starts Speech Thanks to Miscue (AP)
16.05.2006 02:55 - source: Yahoo politics
AP - President Bush was briefly caught in the floodlights Monday night when NBC News, which was operating the television camera in the Oval Office, gave him the cue to begin his speech too early. Read more…
Pa. Voters to Set Stage for Senate Race (AP)
16.05.2006 02:55 - source: Yahoo politics
AP - Pennsylvania voters Tuesday are expected to seal state Treasurer Bob Casey's nomination to run against conservative Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, and they may also show whether they are still mad at lawmakers for giving themselves a big pay raise in the middle of the night. Read more…
Chic Hecht, Former Senator From Nev., Dies (AP)
16.05.2006 02:54 - source: Yahoo politics
AP - Chic Hecht, a Republican known as much for his verbal miscues as his upset victory in a U.S. Senate race over two decades ago, died of cancer Monday in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 77. Read more…
Schwarzenegger's Travels Lead to Criticism (AP)
16.05.2006 02:54 - source: Yahoo politics
AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been out of state all or part of 163 days since his inauguration in November 2003 — nearly one of every five days he's been in office. Read more…