Inter are favourites: Ranieri
ROME (AFP) – Following a fifth straight victory under new boss Leonardo, Inter Milan must be considered the favourites to win the Italian league title, according to Roma coach Claudio Ranieri.The 3-2 success over Cesena on Wednesday moved Inter above Roma on goal difference in fourth place in the league.They trail leaders and arch city…
Massey CEO will testify about deadly W.Va. blast
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The chief executive of the company that operated the West Virginia mine where 29 men were killed this year is expected to testify in a probe on the explosion.Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship is scheduled to testify Dec. 14 to the state Office of Miners' Health, Safety and Training.The federal Mine Safety…
U.N. atom agency head "solidly in U.S. court": WikiLeaks
VIENNA (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano suggested before he took office last year that he was "solidly in the U.S. court" on key issues including Iran, U.S. diplomatic cables cited by the Guardian newspaper said.The report may worsen tension between Amano, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Iran at…
UEFA probes Real Madrid 'time-wasters'
PARIS (AFP) – UEFA announced on Thursday it had started disciplinary proceedings against Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho and two of his players, Xabi Alonso and Sergi Ramos, over a 'time-wasting' controversy.The pair are suspected of deliberately time wasting to get sent off in the closing minutes of Tuesday's 4-0 Champions League win at Ajax…
Ex-Israel PM hits at Netanyahu over settlements
JERUSALEM – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert took a rare public jab at his successor on Thursday, saying that Israel should agree to the U.S. demand to halt settlement construction in the West Bank in order to restart Mideast peace talks.Olmert suggested the current prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Obama administration are wasting…
Ground Zero tower to be completed in 2013: officials
NEW YORK (AFP) – The centerpiece tower in the vast reconstruction project at the World Trade Center in New York will be complete in 2013, officials said Tuesday in an upbeat assessment of the site's future.Days ahead of the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers, city officials say that…
LittleFin's Chronicle tracks monthly bills
Mac users of personal finance software tend to fall into two categories-those who use , and those who hate Quicken with the red-hot passion of a thousand suns. No finance management alternative has yet captured the mindshare of the Mac market, but LittleFin Software steps up to the plate with the release of . (Note:this…
Jordin Sparks Remains Sidelined at 'In the Heights' Aug. 31
Jordin Sparks, the "American Idol" finalist who recently made her Broadway debut as Nina in In the Heights, will miss a fourth performance in the hit show Aug. 31. Sparks injured her hip at the evening performance Aug. 28 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.The injury occurred in Act One, a spokesman said. Sparks finished the…
Eminem leads singles chart, Lil Wayne top debut
NEW YORK (Billboard) – Eminem's "Love The Way You Lie" led Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a sixth week on Thursday, while incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne scored the top debut as "Right Above It" entered at No. 6.The tune, with Drake as featured artist, is also Lil Wayne's highest debuting single as a lead…
Tiger's reign in danger as Mickelson, Stricker eye PGA win
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) – Tiger Woods was in danger of losing his five-year grip on golf's world number one ranking to Phil Mickelson or Steve Stricker in Monday's last round of the PGA Deutsche Bank Championship.Woods fired a two-under par 69 on Sunday to share 23rd place and trail leader Jason Day of Australia by…