Adebiyi avails self as solution to Nigeria's energy crunch Modern Ghana …Says he attended same college with President Yar'Adua | Professor George Adebiyi is a seasoned University doyen in Mississippi State University (USA); his research interests largely focus on Solar/Renewable Energy/Fuel Cell applications, Mathematical modelling of advanced energy systems including T...
Opposition calls Iran's government illegitimate San Fransisco Chronicle | (07-02) 04:00 PDT Tehran -- | Opponents of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad went on the offensive Wednesday, proclaiming his government "illegitimate." They vowed to continue disputing his re-election despite a violent crackdown on their protests and dire warnings against challenging the vote...
McNair found dead Nashville Tennessean | NASHVILLE — Former Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair was killed in an apparent murder-suicide with a young woman who worked at a local restaurant and who’d been dating him for at least a few months. | McNair, the hometown hero who did exten...
Steve Mcnair 1973-2009 San Fransisco Chronicle | (07-05) 04:00 PDT NASHVILLE -- Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was shot multiple times, including once in the head, and a pistol was discovered near the body of the 20-year-old woman found dead with him Saturday in a downtown condominium. | Nas...
Saturday Evening Post reinvents itself San Fransisco Chronicle | (07-05) 04:00 PDT Indianapolis -- | The Saturday Evening Post, a centuries-old publication that helped make illustrator Norman Rockwell a household name and showcased some of America's greatest writers, is returning to its roots to show readers the...
Sorrow is great because McNair was one of us Nashville Tennessean | He was one of us. | That's how we'll remember Steve McNair. Yes, he was a star NFL quarterback, but he was also a regular guy who called Nashville home. | That's what makes this such a sad, sad story. Regardless of the circumstances, this is a prof...
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Hawaii does well in obesity study Syracuse | (AP) - HONOLULU - A new study says Hawaii had one of the lowest rates of adult obesity in the country at 21 percent. | The report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robe...
John Grisham marks 20th anniversary of 'A Time to Kill' USA Today Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Lisa W. Buser for USA TODAY John Grisham returns to the DeSoto County Courthouse in Hernando, Miss., where he tr...
Shrimp season to close in Zone 2 The Examiner Comments BATON ROUGE, La. (Map, News) - The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says the 2009 spring inshore shrimp season will close on Monday in Zone 2, the middle of ...
Hancock names new chairman The Examiner Comments GULFPORT, Miss. (Map, News) - Gulf Coast businessman James B. "Jim" Estabrook Jr. has been named chairman of the board of Hancock Holding Co., the parent of Hancock Bank. | Estabrook succeeds former Hancock chairman and retired chief executi...
4 decades later, freedom rider returns to Miss. The Examiner Comments JACKSON, Miss. (Map, News) - Corey Carter could hear snippets of music in his head - a calm and subtle melody that hadn't found its shape. The 19-year-old college student simply needed a hero to visualize before he could finish his compositi...
Four decades later, freedom rider returns to Mississippi The Salt Lake Tribune | By Emily Wagster Pettus | Associated Press WriterUpdated: 07/03/2009 07:15:52 AM MDT | Click photo to enlargeCivil rights activist Joan Trumpauer Mulholland discusses May 12, 2009 in Jackson, Miss., the events that surrounded her being photogr...
Joe Biden promises Iraq still a top priority The Australian | VICE-PRESIDENT Joe Biden has denied Washington will put Iraq on the "bottom shelf", even as the US military ramps up operations in Afghanistan and crises rumble on in North Korea, Iran and Pakistan. | Speaking after his departure from Baghdad, Mr Biden said yesterday that Iraq's political leaders were "very concerned that ... they would be o...
Holmes to perform on `So You Think You Can Dance' The Examiner Comments NEW YORK (Map, News) - So Katie Holmes thinks she can dance - and in few weeks, she'll display her moves before a discriminating audience. | Nigel (NY'-juhl) Lythgoe (LIHTH'-goh), who is the producer of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance," confirms the 30-year-old actress will perform for the reality contest's 100th episode, airing July 23....
