Brad Pitt hopes to build 'green' in New Orleans
Reuters AlertNet - 17 hours agoActor Brad Pitt speaks during a press briefing about the "Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans" in New Orleans July 14, 2006. Pitt is a juror in the competition in which architects are designing ...

Remarks by Bush, Putin at news conference
Houston Chronicle - 6 hours agoBy The Associated Press. Text of President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin at their news conference Saturday in St. Petersburg, Russia, as transcribed by the White House. PUTIN (As translated): Dear ...

India, Pakistan should not fall into discord, says US
Daily News & Analysis - 44 minutes agoNEW YORK: The United States watched high-level peace talks between India and Pakistan come under a cloud and urged both countries to avoid the 'discord of the past' by working together to really get to the group behind the Mumbai blasts. ...

Mumbai police detain and questin more than 100
Sydney Morning Herald - 11 hours agoPolice searching for clues in Mumbai's deadly serial bombings swept through a number of neighbourhoods overnight, detaining and questioning more than 100 people, news reports said on Saturday. The sweeps were ...

Gov. Takes Control Over Big Dig Probe
CBS News - 15 hours ago(AP) Massachusetts' governor took control of inspections of a troubled Boston highway project, pledging that he would not reopen a tunnel where a woman was killed until engineers resolve problems with heavy concrete ceiling panels that collapsed. ...

Study: Protein Created By Fat Cells Causes Breathing Problems In ...
The Common Voice - 2 hours agoIt turns out obesity has yet another negative side effect and it can take your breath away...LITERALLY! This WebMD story is about a new study from Australian researchers who were growing lung cells in a test ...

UK troops bid to secure Afghan town
Guardian Unlimited - 6 hours agoHundreds of British troops were involved in a major operation to secure the town of Sangin in southern Afghanistan from the Taliban. An Army spokesman in Afghanistan said that about 300 British troops were ...

Conflict sends oil price to new high
Times Online - 19 hours agoBy Carl Mortished and Gabriel Rozenberg. TURMOIL in the Middle East sent the price of oil to a new high yesterday, threatening motorists with further price increases and prompting share- price falls on both sides of the Atlantic. ...

Suspicious NYT powder likely corn starch
Houston Chronicle - 17 hours agoNEW YORK A suspicious powdery substance found Friday in an envelope sent to The New York Times likely is corn starch, the newspaper said. Police were called after an employee in the mailroom opened a business-sized envelope containing a beige powder. ...

Here they come: Intel unveils Core 2 Duo processors
engadget - 3 hours agoThe reign of Core Duo has dominated 2006, but now is the time for a line of desktop processors to take the stand for justice. Or something like that. Announced in June, Intel's Core 2 Duo is officially "out ...