Mercedes off the pace, says Brawn Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:27 PM PST Ross Brawn admits his Mercedes team are struggling for pace with the start of the new season fast approaching.  
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Tunisia interim president calls July 24 election Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:39 PM PST TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia will hold an election on July 24 to choose a "constituent council" that will rewrite the constitution and chart the country's transition after the ousting of its veteran leader, the interim president said.  
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In Price of Farmland, an Echo of Last Boom Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:45 PM PST Regulators are warning that a new real estate bubble may be forming as farmland prices surge across the Midwest.  
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Motherlode: Not About Charlie Sheen Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:08 PM PST How to save the child of an unstable parent?  
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The New Old Age: Elder Abuse on the Rise Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:10 PM PST A rising number of elder abuse cases threatens to overwhelm inadequately staffed adult protective service agencies in many states, according to a report released on Wednesday by the federal Government Accountability Office  
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Movie Review | 'The Adjustment Bureau': Creepy People With a Plan, and a Couple on the Run Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:15 PM PST Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, in a metaphysical mess, in George Nolfi's "Adjustment Bureau."  
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U.K. Economic Data Turn Negative as More Cuts Loom Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:59 PM PST U.K. economic data turned negative Thursday after a brief positive spell, offering more glum news for a country whose closely watched exercise in aggressive deficit-cutting still has the vast majority of its belt-tightening measures to come.  
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Egypt's Prime Minister Resigns Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:21 PM PST Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq resigned and was succeeded by a U.S.-educated engineer, a bid by the country's military rulers to placate a protest movement that continues to demand deeper change after the ouster of the former president, Hosni Mubarak.  
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T Magazine: Photos of the Moment | Balmain Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:28 PM PST Scenes from the Paris Fashion Week photo diary of Kava Gorna.  
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Wall Street Focuses on Upbeat Jobs Data Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:09 PM PST A day ahead of the government's report on the February jobs market, the Labor Department said that first-time claims for unemployment benefits dropped to 368,000.  
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Judge Stays Own Ruling Against Health Care Law Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:59 PM PST A federal judge who struck down the Obama health care law issued a stay while it is being appealed, eventually to the Supreme Court.  
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U.S. Tried to Help Protect Slain Pakistani Minister Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:10 PM PST The Obama administration, concerned for the safety of Shahbaz Bhatti, tried to beef up protection for him recently, an American official said.  
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LSE chief quits over Libya links Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:24 PM PST The director of the London School of Economics resigns over the university's links to Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.  
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Shi'ites stage protests in Saudi oil province Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:07 PM PST QATIF, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Shi'ites staged protests in two towns in Saudi Arabia's oil-producing Eastern Province on Thursday, demanding the release of prisoners they say are being held without trial.  
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Green: A Big Surprise Beneath the Ice Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:54 AM PST A new study shows that ice melts far more extensively at the base of the Antarctic ice sheet, miles below the surface, than scientists had thought. The findings raise the possibility that melt water may even help govern the behavior of glaciers.  
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Motherlode: Depression After Miscarriage Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:31 AM PST Aftereffects that can last for years.  
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U.S. sending aircraft to help Libya refugees Posted: 03 Mar 2011 12:19 PM PST Nearly 180,000 people, mainly foreign workers, have fled the violence in Libya into the neighboring nations of Tunisia and Egypt, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday.  
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Tunisia president calls election Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:05 PM PST Tunisia's interim president Fouad Mebazaa says elections for an assembly to rewrite the constitution will take place by 24 July.  
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Assange makes extradition appeal Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:55 AM PST Lawyers for Wikileaks's Julian Assange appeal against a UK ruling that he should be extradited to Sweden to face sex offence charges.  
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Final budget agreed by Executive Posted: 03 Mar 2011 11:58 AM PST The Stormont Executive agrees a final budget package which will be presented to a special session of the Assembly on Friday.  
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