On October 26, a court in the Netherlands will decide whether 13-year-old Laura Dekker is allowed to fulfill her dream of sailing around the world — solo.
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A Brief History of Columbus Day
Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. On Oct
Snippet of Jackson’s new song apparently leaked
A snippet of the new Michael Jackson song, “This Is It,” was apparently leaked online before its planned release on the late singer’s Web site early Monday. About 45 seconds of the song made the rounds online Sunday
Cilic stuns Nadal to reach Beijing final
Marian Cilic will face second seed Novak Djokovic in the final of the China Open on Sunday after handing world No. 2 Rafael Nadal his first defeat in Beijing
Round-up of qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup finals
Qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals is reaching its climax, with footballing heavyweights such as Italy, Germany, Argentina, France and Portugal still battling to be in the hat when the draw is made in Cape Town on December 4. Top seed Nadal, who won the tournament in 2005 and also claimed the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics, lost 6-1 6-3 to the eighth-seeded Croatian wildcard entry to end his 14-match winning run in the Chinese capital
Amazon’s Kindle e-reader to go international
Amazon said it would begin selling an international version of its popular e-reader that will work in more than 100 countries on October 19. The world’s largest online retailer also said it was lowering the price of the Kindle 2 in the US from $299 to $259, a move likely to spur sales ahead of the holiday season.
Amanpour exclusive interview with Clinton, Gates
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S
Chief: Yale slaying an instance of ‘workplace violence’
New Haven Police Chief James Lewis on Thursday described the killing of Yale graduate student Annie Le as an instance of “workplace violence,” but he did not elaborate. Raymond J.
Windows Mobile 6.5 phones coming Oct. 6
Microsoft is hoping that a new crop of phones this fall will help the company in its quest to stay relevant in the cell phone market. The software maker said that the first phones running Windows Mobile 6.5 will launch worldwide on October 6 and will include phones running on AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon Wireless.
As Oil Explodes, Why Natural Gas Prices Stay Low
If Best Buy had a big sale on Blu-ray discs, would you go out and buy a Blu-ray player? The energy markets are kind of like that — natural gas is really cheap, for now, but does that does mean we should build infrastructure for a natural gas-fueled economy?