Zidane Sent Off in Extra Time for Headbutt
Houston Chronicle - 25 minutes agoBy JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer. BERLIN To the very end of his career, Zinedine Zidane could dictate the flow of play with rare skill and elegant control of the ball. In the World Cup final, Zidane lost control of his temper. ...

4 More Soldiers Accused of Rape and Murder in Iraq
New York Times - 6 hours agoBAGHDAD, July 9 American military investigators have formally accused four more soldiers of the rape and murder of a teenage Iraqi girl and the murder of her parents and younger sister south of Baghdad, the American military said in a statement today. ...

Is an alliance with Nissan and Renault on deck?
U.S. News & World Report - 6 hours agoBy Kit R. Roane. There's been a lot of talk about how little power most shareholders have over America's CEOs. But sometimes shareholders, and what they want, matter quite a lot. Witness billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's recent muscle flexing at GM. ...

Bush breaches law for concealing intelligence
Ninemsn - 41 minutes agoThe Bush administration concealed at least one "major" intelligence operation from Congress in possible violation of the law and briefed lawmakers only after they had learned about it from independent sources, a ranking congressman said. ...

LA County sheriff's deputy dies in freeway traffic accident
San Jose Mercury News - 19 hours agoANAHEIM, Calif. - A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy was killed on the 91 Freeway in Anaheim in a collision with a big rig caused by a stove in the roadway, authorities said. David Stan Piquette, 34, of ...

China conjoined twin critical after separation
Reuters.uk - 20 hours agoSHANGHAI (Reuters) - A conjoined twin girl was in critical condition on Sunday, three days after an operation to separate her from her sister, Xinhua news agency said. The 11-month-old girls, Hu Jingxuan and ...

Fire Island faced with E. coli water taint fears
New York Daily News - 14 hours agoBY FAIGI ROSENTHAL and PAUL HB SHIN. A water-contamination scare on Fire Island forced thousands of vacationers and residents to boil tap water and buy large supplies of bottled water yesterday. The possible ...

Governor Signs $30B New Jersey Budget
ABC News - 23 hours agoPedestrians enter the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, NJ, after the gaming areas were re-opened early Saturday, July 8, 2006. Lawmakers worked through the night Friday until a state budget was approved, effectively ...

Federer Wins His 4th Title at Wimbledon
New York Times - 3 hours agoRoger Federer became became the third player in the Open era to capture four successive Wimbledon championships. WIMBLEDON, England, July 9 Frankly, there were a few moments today, with the rallies extending ...

Private Service Held for Enron Founder
Houston Chronicle - 33 minutes agoBy CHASE SQUIRES Associated Press Writer. ASPEN, Colo. Ex-Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling was among scores of people Sunday at a private memorial for company founder Kenneth Lay, who died in this mountain ...

Woman, 62, becomes UK's oldest mum
Monsters and Critics.com - Jul 8, 2006A 62-year-old woman has become Britain's oldest mother after undergoing fertility treatment overseas, a newspaper has reported. Patti Farrant from Lewes, East Sussex gave birth to a 6lb 10oz baby boy on Wednesday, according to today's Daily Mail. ...

Pope met by million as Zapatero stays away from Mass
Times Online - 46 minutes agoMORE THAN a million pilgrims gathered in Valencia yesterday to hear the Pope mount a staunch defence of the traditional family in an implicit rebuke of the Spanish Government s liberal social policies. Speaking ...

India to launch heaviest satellite
NDTV.com - 19 hours agoPreparations are in the final stages for the launch of India's heaviest communications satellite INSAT 4C on Monday. The satellite weighing 2.2 tons would take from the space centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. ...

This mob story works the old-fashioned way
calendarlive.com - Jul 8, 2006By Robert Lloyd, Times Staff Writer. An 11-part series that begins Sunday night on Showtime, "Brotherhood" tells the story or rather gathers together the small stories that make up a big story of two ...

My take on Mexico's close election, from this weekend's National ...
National Review Online Blogs - 9 hours agoMexico's cliff-hanger presidential election and the threat by loser Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to fight the result in the streets has disappointed Mexico's friends around the world. But what else is new? ...