Archive for March, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The highest-ranking North Korean functionary ever to have defected to South Korea is fabrication a rare visit to Washington this week. Hwang Jang Yop met Wednesday through academics and reporters at a reason reservoir. Hwang is the North's prior parliamentary discourser and was considered a mentor to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. He ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Justice Department audit has rest the FBI's long-delayed computer upgrade is getting slower and costing more. The FBI'session Sentinel program was launched to raise a paperless case control order, costing $425 million. It was supposed to be completed through last December. The scheme has faced made up of many delays and extra costs ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Telephone fundraisers who duped consumers well-nigh their donations to police and firefighters must pay a record fine worth $18.8 million, including surrender of pricey Picasso paintings, gratification cars and a guitar collection. The Federal Trade Commission announced the fine Wednesday against two New Jersey-based companies accused of misleading consumers wanting to donate to charities with ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Too little is known in various places how to care long-term with a view to veterans with a traumatic brain injury, the most common damage among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, the Institute of Medicine said Wednesday. It urged the Veterans Affairs Department to conduct research into developing protocols towards caring for these veterans as they ...

CAKE decorators will experience their secrets at the time they pick next month, SARAH HUDSON reports By day, Sue Schreiber dabbles in chemistry, working in the pharmacy and applied learning department at La Trobe University in Bendigo.By night, Sue is a concrete decorator.She says it's expressions of gratitude to her career that her hobby, specifically working ...