Study: Our Mates Look Like Mom and Dad

Just read this first:"Men like women who resemble dear old mom, and women like men who look like dear old dad, a computer analysis now shows. Scientists in Hungary investigated 52 university students and their parents. They also looked at the significant others of the...

Bush to urge Congress to allow offshore drilling

" President Bush plans to make a renewed push Wednesday to get Congress to end a long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, echoing a call by GOP presidential candidate John McCain. Congressional Democrats have opposed lifting the prohibitions on energy...

American bourses bouncing back

After a couple of month's bearish trend, American stock market is slowly recovering and even junks bonds are rallying. " Main Street may be struggling, but Wall Street is on a bit of a roll.Despite a drumbeat of bad economic news, the stock market is up — almost 11 percent...

Archbishop attacks growing debt culture

Like in the US, the British have become additcted to borrowing. Today the utspoken and controversial leader of the Anglican church decried the creation of a debt culture that encourages people to spend what they don't have even in times of prosperity."Archbishop of Canterbury...

Kibaki and Odinga meet for first time in Kenya crisis

"Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki met opposition leader Raila Odinga on Thursday for the first time since a disputed election triggered weeks of bloodshed, a major breakthrough brokered by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan. The two leaders had not talked since the December 27 polls...

Pope's Midnight Mass ushers in Christmas

Get your Pope on..."VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI urged the faithful to set aside time in their lives for God and the needy, as he ushered in Christmas early Tuesday by celebrating Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. Echoing a theme he has raised about an increasingly...

US stocks mirror world share rise

"US stocks edged up at the start of the week, echoing the pattern of other world shares after the US Federal Reserve cut a key bank lending rate."