Headlines – Friday 21st May, 2010
Headlines — By ken on May 21, 2010 at 2:14 pmWAR-VIOLENCE
Cautious White House Reacts to Warship Sinking
- Kim’s ‘all-out war’ threat over sinking charge
- West condemns N Korea over ship sinking
- Calls for calm in South Korea ship row
AssociatedPress
U.S. officials reacted cautiously Thursday to a report blaming North Korea for sinking a South Korean warship, refusing to call the attack an act of war or state-sponsored terror.
Calm returns to Bangkok
NewsOnABC
Thai troops have restored order to most of Bangkok after a deadly crackdown on protesters.
CRIME
- Girls held captive in basement rescued after a year
- Matisse, Picasso works nabbed in Paris heist
- Customs get power to search for porn
- Police warn teens about Facebook
- Professor jailed for swinging
- Malawi under fire for jailing gay couple
- International Cricket Council confirms Sydney Test fixing probe
- Film shows dangers of DNA dependence
POLITICS
- Protesters take to Athens streets
- Union cuts down Forrest over mining stance
- Coalition defends education spending cuts
- Karzai weighs up key security deal for brother
- Euthanasia Bill angers Christians
- Obama fires intelligence chief after lapses
- Obamas honor Mexico at state dinner
- Tea Party Pick Causes Uproar on Civil Rights
- Musharraf plans return to Pakistan, politics
- Asylum seekers may be housed in caravan parks
- Royal Mail privatisation set for delivery next week
NSW MP hid secret life
NewsOnABC
Kristina Keneally: It’s appalling that David Campbell had to keep his sexuality a secret for 20 years.
NATURE
- Cyclone hits Indian coast
- Farmers worry about NSW drought
- New York abuzz with rooftop farming
- Male antelopes deceive females in mating games
ACCIDENTS
- 28 workers found dead in Turkish mine
- Pilot dies after chopper hits powerlines
- Man shot dead after police mistake drill for Uzi
- One month on, oil slick hits US wetlands
- BP told to cut down on toxic oil dispersant
- Crews fight high-rise fire in Brisbane
FINANCE
Stocks Dive, Dow Off 376 on World Economic Woes
- Panic as Wall St plummets
- Market dives into the red amid global slump
- Stocks Extend a Steep Slide on Concern Over Europe
- Shock US jobs data reignites global sell-off
- Dollar dive mirrors crisis conditions
- Decline worsens on global markets
- Shares slump amid investor jitters
AssociatedPress
Stocks plunged again Thursday as more investors woke up to the possibility that economic problems such as Europe’s debt crisis might spread around the world and stop the growing recovery in the U.S.
TECHNOLOGY
- Japan launches sun-powered space yacht
- Facebook exodus on the cards
- MySpace simplifies settings as Facebook criticised
- Google debates introducing facial recognition technology
- More Countries Question Google on Privacy
- Achieve online privacy
- Google unveils WebM royalty-free video codec
- The blimp’s back, BIG time
- Swedish political party steps in to save Pirate Bay
- Pretty poly or toxic legacy?
- Robots could be military lifesavers
- Profits may not equal success
- How to calibrate your HD TV
Scientists Make Synthetic Cell Using Manmade DNA
AssociatedPress
A team from J. Craig Venter’s research institute says it has produced a living cell powered by manmade DNA. Venter, a genome mapping pioneer, describes the cell as “the first self-replicating species…on the planet whose parent is a computer.”
Pakistan Blocks YouTube As Web Bans Expand
AssociatedPress
Pakistan blocked YouTube and 450 other Internet pages Thursday in a widening crackdown against online content deemed offensive to Islam.
ENTERTAINMENT
- Gyllenhaal living childhood dream
- ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’
- The new ‘A-Team’ hopes to avoid B-remake status
- Stars or Not, Cannes Finds Glamour
- A Star Sells the Goods at Cannes
- Packed to the Rafters with too rude scenes
- Mick Jagger mouths off
- Bollywood film gives Avatar a box office scare
- From Dame to Madam: Mirren’s brothel turn
- Lingerie-clad Kerr in steamy shoot
- A Sci-Fi Love Story
- What’s Up, Doc? New Looneys
- Men in Tights – A Brief History
- Rob the Rich? Give to the Poor?
- Cannes Critical Consensus: ‘Robin Hood’
- ‘Iron Man 2’ Beats ‘Robin Hood’ at Box Office
- A Nod to History in Tale of a Hawaiian Aristocrat and Romance
- The Kings of Mykonos: Wog Boy 2
AssociatedPress
A judge issued an arrest warrant Thursday for Lindsay Lohan after she missed a mandatory probation hearing.
ShowBiz Minute: Lohan, Fox, Travolta
AssociatedPress
Lindsay Lohan stranded in Cannes, misses court appearance; Megan Fox will not appear in third ‘Transformers’; John Travolta and Kelly Preston’s baby joy.
Lost’ Producers Talk Finale, Fans, Stephen King
AssociatedPress
‘Lost’ producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse talk Sunday’s finale, Stephen King and share a favorite fan story.
Introducing the Playmate of the Year
AssociatedPress
Longtime model Hope Dworaczyk, who also hosts a fashion show on E! Canada, was named Playboy’s Playmate of the Year last week. She talks about her career goals and the face she makes when prepping for photo shoots.
Bret Michaels Hospitalized After Warning Stroke
The Poison frontman’s Bret Michaels has suffered what doctors call a “warning stroke” and been diagnosed with a hole in the heart.
On April 12, 2010, Michaels was rushed to the hospital after suffering intense stomach pains, and an emergency appendectomy was performed, then ten days later he was again rushed to the hospital, this time with an “excruciating” headache. Doctors discovered that he had suffered a massive and potentially fatal brain (subarachnoid) haemorrhage.
Michaels is best known as the lead vocalist of the glam metal band Poison, though also has several solo albums to his credit, as well as one chart single. He starred in the VH1 reality show “Rock of Love with Bret Michaels” and its sequels, and as a judge on the talent show Nashville Star. He is a contestant on NBC’s reality show Celebrity Apprentice 3 and was expected to appear at Sunday’s live finale of in New York.
It is not immediately clear if he will be well enough to attend.
Meanwhile the 47-year-old’s heart condition is operable but for now will receive blood thinners and outpatient treatment.
AssociatedPress
Rocker Bret Michaels has suffered what doctors call a “warning stroke” and has been diagnosed with a patent forum ovale, or hole in the heart, according to a report Thursday on his website.
HEALTH
- Drugs to lift female libido
- Perils of mixing prescriptions
- Has one in three women really had an abortion?
- Alzheimers sufferers to quadruple
- Life-saving MS treatment praised
- Most carers have disabilities of their own
Girl exposed to hendra virus
NewsOnABC
A girl is among nine people exposed to the deadly hendra virus on a property north of Brisbane.
RELIGION
- Police hunt religious leaders over weapon stash
- End-of-world believers ‘had gun stash’
- I’m a Marxist: Dalai Lama
ODDITY
- Nicholas Cage’s animal sex diet
- Kim Kardashian embarrassed by breasts
- McCune flashes boob in back-to-front dress
- Blackadder’s codpiece for sale
- George Washington book case closed after 221 years
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