Tag: United States
Fertility clinic raffling human egg
A fertility clinic in Britain said it was raffling off a human egg this week to promote its "baby profiling" service which it insists is legal under UK law.[MORE]
Pacquiao retains WBO crown
Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao has easily defeated Ghanaian Joshua Clottey by a unanimous 12-round decision to retain his World Boxing Organisation welterweight title Saturday at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas.[MORE]
Nadal cruises, Djokovic toils
Twice champion and holder Rafael Nadal has eased into the third round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament with a commanding 6-4, 6-4 victory over Germany's Rainer Schuettler.[MORE]
Allenby still in contention
Australian Robert Allenby endured a frustrating day on the greens but still remained in contention, two strokes from the lead after the third round of the CA Championship at Doral in Miami.[MORE]
Kuznetsova crashes out, Clijsters through
Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova was bundled out of the Indian Wells WTA tournament on Sunday (AEDT), piling up unforced errors in a 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 loss to Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro in the second round.[MORE]
Iran arrests 30 on cyber spy charges
Iran has arrested 30 people suspected of belonging to a US-linked cyber network gathering information on Iranian nuclear scientists and sending people abroad for training.[MORE]
Ancient sarcophagus back in Egypt
A 3,000-year-old ornately painted coffin has arrived back in Egypt, 125 years after it was smuggled out the country.[MORE]
Astronauts angry as moon plans on hold
Two United States astronauts have criticised president Barack Obama's shelving of American lunar missions. [MORE]
Toyota hit with US consumer lawsuit
US prosecutors in southern California have filed the first consumer protection lawsuit against Japanese carmaker Toyota, alleging it knowingly sold hundreds of thousands of defective vehicles.[MORE]
Lehmans accused of disguising insolvency
A report on the collapse of the American investment bank, Lehman Brothers, has found that it disguised its true financial position before it filed for bankruptcy in September 2008. [MORE]
US confident Australia will stick with strike fighter
The chief weapons buyer for the United States Pentagon says he is confident Australia and seven other countries will all stick with the F-35 joint strike fighter project, despite cost blowouts and delays.[MORE]
Molik reaches third round in California
Alicia Molik is through to the third round of the Indian Wells tennis tournament in California, beating 29th-seeded Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3).[MORE]
Haim's death linked to prescription drug ring
The California Attorney General has opened an investigation into a drug ring linked to the death of actor Corey Haim.[MORE]
Healthy Nadal keen to get back to work
Rafael Nadal says the worst thing about the injury that forced him out of the Australian Open quarter-finals was that it came just as he was playing great tennis.[MORE]
Els anoints Schwartzel as next star
Charl Schwartzel is set to become South Africa's next golfing "superstar", triple major winner Ernie Els said.[MORE]
Allenby trailing by a shot in Florida
Robert Allenby made a three-putt bogey at his final hole to slip one stroke behind second-round leader Ernie Els at the $US8.5 million WGC-CA Championship on Saturday (AEDT).[MORE]
Obama to delay Australia trip
Barack Obama will delay his trip to Australia and there is a possibility he could cancel it altogether.[MORE]
Djokovic in no rush for top spot
Novak Djokovic climbed to a career-high second in the world rankings last month but the Serbian is reluctant to dream about usurping Roger Federer at the top.[MORE]
Top US senator's wife, daughter hurt in car crash
The wife of Democratic Senate majority leader Harry Reid has suffered a broken back and broken neck, and his daughter a neck injury and facial cuts in a car accident in Washington.[MORE]
Schwartzel seizes first-round lead at Doral
South African Charl Schwartzel survived Doral's Blue Monster to earn a one-stroke lead after the opening round at the USPGA Tour event .[MORE]
Conan takes his show to theatres
Former late night talk show host Conan O'Brien has unveiled plans to poke fun at being barred from television in a live comedy show that will tour US and Canadian theatres starting next month.[MORE]
Golden Girl to host Saturday Night Live
After weeks of speculation, octogenarian actress and Golden Girl Betty White has confirmed she is taking her motherly brand of humour to Saturday Night Live.[MORE]
Iraq war movies in the Zone
Matt Damon's Green Zone is banking on audiences' new-found hunger for Iraq war movies.[MORE]
US weighs black boxes for cars
US safety regulators are considering whether to make "black boxes" mandatory for all new vehicles in response to recent unintended acceleration problems in Toyota vehicles.[MORE]
Obama gives Nobel prize money to charity
US president Barack Obama will give his $US1.4 million ($1.5m) Nobel Peace Prize award money to 10 charities, including groups working on Haiti relief and supporting military families.[MORE]
