LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Las Vegas judge has scheduled a September trial for entertainer Flavor Flav on felony charges he chased and threatened his longtime girlfriend's 17-year-old son with a butcher knife. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Ian Mackenzie EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland will hold an independence referendum on September 18, 2014, to decide if its five million people should end a 300-year-old union and leave the United Kingdom. First Minister Alex Salmond, announcing the... [Full Article]
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Prime Minister Julia Gillard surprised Australians on Wednesday by announcing that elections will be held Sept. 14, in a country where governments have traditionally given the opposition little more than a month's noti... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Single-family home prices rose in September in a further sign that the housing market is on the mend, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday. The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.4 percen... [Full Article]
Reuters Market Eye - Shares in Ashok Leyland gain as much as 6.4 percent a day after India's second-biggest bus and truck maker posted July-September earnings that were above forecasts. IDFC upgrades Ashok Leyland to 'outperform', reta... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Lending to Britain's consumers rose at the fastest pace in more than 4-1/2 years in September and mortgage approvals for house purchase also beat forecasts, official data showed on Monday. The figures boost hopes of a sustaina... [Full Article]
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has been tinting his beard red by rubbing it with fruit juice and crushed berries from his breakfast, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday. Mohamm... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales rose in September as Britons bought the new winter clothing collections and school uniforms, data showed on Thursday, raising chances that consumers may help keep the economy on track for recovery. Sales volume... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Inflation fell to its lowest in almost three years in September flattered by sharp price rises for gas and electricity a year earlier, official data showed, but factory gate prices rose at a faster pace. Consumer price inflation ma... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday the social media company reached the 1 billion active monthly users threshold last month. At the end of June, Facebook had 955 million active monthly users. Facebook, based in ... [Full Article]