Jumat, 17 Oktober 2008

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Drinking mom asks daughter, 9, to drive

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 06:23 AM CDT

TORONTO – An Ontario woman was charged with a traffic violation after having her nine-year-old daughter drive her home following a night of drinking. "The woman was concerned that she was unable to drive having consumed some alcohol at a social function," police said on Thursday. The child was driving the car slowly along country roads in southeastern Ontario on October 12 when police noticed

Spike Lee`s film is no miracle says Vatican newspaper

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 06:21 AM CDT

Vatican City (ANTARA News/dpa) - The Vatican's newspaper has panned Spike Lee's Miracle at St Anna as "confused," saying that the film's story of black US soldiers in Italy during World War II, "slides into sentimentalism and superficiality." The daily Osservatore Romano, in its edition published Monday, says US director Lee, maker of "noteworthy films like 25th Hour" in 2002 "fails to convince"

French bank loses 600 mln euros in `trading incident`

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 06:20 AM CDT

Paris (ANTARA News) - The French bank Caisse d'Epargne lost around 600 million euros (800 million dollars) in a derivatives trading "incident" during last week's market turmoil, the company said Friday in a statement. "Because of the extreme volatility in the markets and the stock market crash of the week of October 6, the Caisse d'Epargne group underwent a major incident in the derivatives

Madonna divorce deal could break all records, British reports say

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 06:19 AM CDT

London (ANTARA News/dpa) - A day after pop-star Madonna and film director Guy Ritchie announced the end of their seven-year marriage British newspapers launched into feverish speculation Thursday about how much the split could cost the "Material Girl" superstar. Figures ranged from 50 million pounds (86 million dollars) to 150 million pounds, based on the up to 400-million pound fortune Madonna

Woman gets back lost wallet - and a court appearance

Posted: 17 Oct 2008 06:18 AM CDT

Wellington (ANTARA News/dpa) - A New Zealand woman who went to a police station to collect her lost wallet that a passer-by found on the road was arrested - police had discovered her stash of drugs inside, a newspaper reported on Friday. The woman, from Masterton, north of Wellington, was charged with possessing cannabis and will appear in court, the Dominion Post reported. Source