27/08/2008,
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A rapid response service will be set up to help trap and kill grey squirrels across southern Scotland.
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23/06/2008,
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Outraged Seattlites put up fuss to keep NBA team, but history not on their side.
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27/05/2008,
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Icelandic investment group Baugur scraps its takeover approach for menswear firm Moss Bros.
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14/08/2008,
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The next three days could make or break British sport as television audiences
across the nation hope for a weekend “gold rush” in Beijing. Far more is at
stake, though, than a feeling of national pride.
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12/08/2008,
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Parts of the UK were braced for flooding today as torrential rain soaked much
of the country, evoking memories of last summer’s deluges which saw hundreds
of thousands of people stranded.
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26/08/2008,
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Reuters - Thornburg Mortgage Inc , a
specialist in jumbo home loans, said its survival remained in
doubt following additional margin calls, but it is on track to
complete a restructuring and avoid collapse.
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27/08/2008,
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Laptops taken to the International Space Station were infected with a computer virus, Nasa confirms.
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27/08/2008,
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AP - New data show New York City residents are contracting the virus that causes AIDS at three times the national rate.
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27/05/2008,
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Mexico gives its poorest citizens a monthly cash payment to help them cope with rising food prices.
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25/08/2008,
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In 1988 a small group of museum workers in Kabul carefully culled their most precious objects, packed them, sealed the boxes, and hid them in a vault, and took a vow of silence. Now they have been unveiled for the first time.
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23/07/2008,
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Urban Meyer calls him the greatest player of our era. He rolls with a mini entourage and treated the Winfrey Hotel to one of the wildest days in its history. Like most everyone else, Dennis Dodd is star struck by the maturity of Tim Tebow.

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30/05/2008,
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Not everyone believes Denver man's "authentic" footage is the real thing.
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18/07/2008,
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Scaled back would be putting it mildly. Compared to E3s of the past, this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in the Los Angeles Convention Center was like a ghost town. I've been attending for several years (though admittedly I missed last year when it nearly disappeared off the map altogether). Now that I've had a little time to digest the event from earlier in the week, I have mixed feelings.
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23/08/2008,
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11/06/2008,
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Space shuttle Discovery pulled away from the international space station on Wednesday and began its journey home, ending a nine-day visit highlighted by the installation of a new Japanese lab.
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09/06/2008,
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Sen. Kennedy returns home after being released from Duke hospital.
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28/08/2008,
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AP - National Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles sold briskly, and one small-town mayor spent a sleepless night worrying. The New Orleans area watched as a storm marched across the Caribbean on the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary.
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13/08/2008,
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Frank Morgan lives 300m from a composting site. “You can end up being stuck in
your house like a prisoner,” he says. Morgan, 57, from Publow, near Bristol,
and his neighbours are complaining about what they say is the site’s
unbearable smell. It began operating in 2000 and there was no problem until
2002 when Bath & North East Somerset Council and the Environment Agency
allowed the site to expand massively. “Nobody knows what the health impact
is,” Morgan says.
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