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Jim McIsaac/Getty Images When you look at Phil Hughes’ numbers on the surface, things look good.  He’s got 15 wins.  He&rs...

msnbc.comTREASURIES-Bernanke delivers blow to bond-buying hopesReutersNEW YORK, Aug 27 (Reuters) - US Treasuries prices fell sharply on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled no new bond buying by the US central bank was imminent, tri...

Just three months ago everyone was happy. Lithium Technologies, which has a suite of social CRM solutions, picked up Scout Labs for a reported (by us) million. Minor Ventures, which incubated Scout Labs, was able to take a nice, if small, liquidity event...

A Beverly Hills judge ordered Lindsay Lohan on Wednesday to undergo rigorous outpatient therapy for the next three months that will require regular counseling and keep her in Los Angeles. ...

CBC.caBHP Bond Risk Rises on Possible Billion Potash Corp. Hostile OfferBloombergThe cost of protecting BHP Billiton Ltd. bonds from default rose the most in more than three months after the company made an unsolicited billion takeover offer for Potash ...

Telegraph.co.ukCancer expert questions Lockerbie bomber caseThe Associated PressLONDON — A cancer expert who said Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi had only three months to live before his release from prison was quoted Sunday as saying he should ha...

Los Angeles TimesOil rigs' safety net questioned as governments rely on private inspectionsWashington PostTo ensure that oil rigs, tankers and other commercial ships are in safe operating condition, governments around the world, including the US gover...

CBC.caTamils seeking asylum in Canada may be traumatizedThe Associated PressVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Hundreds of Tamil asylum seekers from war-ravaged Sri Lanka who spent a grueling three months at sea in the belly of a cramped, ramshackle cargo ship...

The Guardian22 superbug cases in just one hospital...Times of IndiaMUMBAI: Twenty-two patients in three months in a single hospital. This statistic should serve as an answer to anyone who wants to understand why the NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase...

Kansas City StarCanada's options for preventing asylum ships limitedCTV.caVANCOUVER — As hundreds of illegal Tamil immigrants stepped ashore for the first time in three months and requested asylum, many Canadians were asking: Why didn't the govern...