Provides the latest RSS feeds for General Editorials. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Irish Sun.com http://www.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/45d771c7290844e9/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:05:04 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:05:04 -0400 30 Joyce McMillan, ever the Establishment creep, secures her recurring invite to the royal garden party at Holyroodhouse.A North Brit to her fingernails. And has been since Day One of her 'journalistic' ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857559/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:11:57 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857559/ TEHRAN: A senior Iranian official warned Friday that detained British Embassy staff would face trial for their alleged role in postelection unrest, and EU countries summoned Iranian envoys to protest ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857341/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:42:36 -0400 Arab News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857341/ We haunted the quarterly record fairs held in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow for rare imports, such as Jailbreak '74, on which Scott sang the mournful Ride On, and those bootlegs, muffled illegal rec... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855634/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:47 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855634/ IT is probably just as well that talk of a broader-based unity government has remained just that since the country is not in a situation where no group is able to govern alone, or where war or other c... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857350/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:53:47 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857350/ mmit (the brown is named for its earthen embankments).After a gentle climb of some minutes, we reached the top of the White Caterthun, which offered fine views all around. Here, arguably bearded chaps... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855632/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:51 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855632/ THE pictures of Prince Philip laughing with the Company of Archers this week made me reflect that we have not embellished Scotland's honours system with any imagination since Sir Walter Scott created ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855633/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:48 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855633/ Reuters LONDON: Syrian President Bashar Assad has issued an informal invitation to President Barack Obama to visit Damascus for talks, in a sign that relations between the two countries may gradually ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857344/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:42:32 -0400 Arab News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857344/ Peter Graff | Reuters SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan: Hundreds of British troops have seized key canal crossings in a Taleban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, military officials said Friday, part of a new U... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857345/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:42:31 -0400 Arab News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857345/ Louis Charbonneau | Reuters NAYPYIDAW: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had a rare meeting with Myanmar junta supremo Than Shwe on Frid ay but left with no clear answer to his request to see detained ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857342/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:42:35 -0400 Arab News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857342/ This editorial first appeared in the July 4, 1873, issue of the Minneapolis Tribune under the headline "Our Oration.'' It's reprinted here, in all of its unique glory, as a reminder of how much a... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855732/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:08:16 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855732/ Despite the drizzly weather, high wire daredevil Nik Wallenda completed his Guinness World Record-setting walk over the Allegheny River tonight as part of the weekend's Three Rivers Regatta. Headlini... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25856631/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:07:04 -0400 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25856631/ AFP ANCHORAGE, Alaska: In a surprise move, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin seen as a potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate said Friday she was stepping down and would not seek re-election.Palin, wh... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857343/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:42:33 -0400 Arab News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857343/ Azhar Masood | Arab News ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani helicopter crashed on Friday in Orakzai, in the northwest tribal belt, killing at least 26 peeople, an official said.&#34An MI-17 (military) helicopter ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857346/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:42:30 -0400 Arab News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857346/ Shahid Raza Burney | Arab News PUNE: Bickering within the Democratic Front government in Maharashtra has begun anew over a new issue. Minister of State for Rural Home Affairs Nitin Raut triggered the ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857347/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:42:28 -0400 Arab News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857347/ M. K. Bhadrakumar | Arab News Twitter can now revert to the plan to shut down its Iran services and attend to maintenance work. Twitter goes into recess pleased that it probably embarrassed a resurgen... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857348/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:42:25 -0400 Arab News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857348/ Tariq Al-Maeena | Arab News Our press has over the past few years carried many a story on instances relating to domestic help abuse. The dastardly deeds on these defenseless individuals who had left t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857349/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:42:24 -0400 Arab News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25857349/ July 3, 2009 · Commentator John McDonough recalls the last great reunion of Civil War veterans from the North and South. It took place July 3-5, 1938, on the 75th anniversary of Gettysburg &mda... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25853308/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:26:11 -0400 NPR http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25853308/ (Information collected by NPR will be used solely for internal NPR or NPR member station purposes and only if you selected 'yes' above. See NPR's http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25853309/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:26:10 -0400 NPR http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25853309/ Indignation at "gold-plated" public sector pensions is the latest wave in the Conservative campaign to create a groundswell of support for spending cuts and shrinking the size of the state. Rightwing ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855390/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:20:07 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855390/ By Lidia Okorokova / Special to The Moscow Times A Sberbank security guard accused of stealing a record 250 million rubles ($8 million) after holding up his own armored truck has been captured in an u... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855384/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:42:58 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855384/ Iran is a land of recurrence. In the Middle East, it is a unique country. In 1905, Iran was the first country in the region where a revolution for democracy and freedom, the constitutional revolution,... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855389/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:20:05 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855389/ By Nabi Abdullaev, Alexander Rose / Special to The Moscow Times On his first trip to Russia four years ago, Barack Obama, a junior Democratic senator from Illinois, was detained for several hours at t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855383/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:43:00 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855383/ By Nadia Popova / The Moscow Times Rusnano, the state nanotechnology giant, hopes to press President Barack Obama for tax breaks for Russian technology as it wraps up plans to create a $1 billion vent... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855385/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:42:58 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855385/ The Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania is offering July 4 discounts on pet adoptions in an effort to relieve overcrowding at the shelter. As part of the special, dog adopters will receive... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855387/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:40:50 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855387/ Pittsburgh police this afternoon said a Crafton police officer has been charged in a fatal hit-and-run accident that occurred on the South Side in 2007. Patrolman Donnie L. Breeden, 38, of Green Tree... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855386/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:40:50 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855386/ The pristine present moment is continuously adulterated by this distortion. The mind is therefore never still. The thoughts keep flowing relentlessly, almost involuntarily. And thoughts are entirel... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855382/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:21:17 -0400 Times of India http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25855382/ One is a member of the Malkangiri District Cricket Association and custodian of its cricket kit. Another, a minor contractor in a public works project. A third runs a tiny shop. They’re all pret... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25851197/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:56:01 -0400 The Hindu http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25851197/ MANDAN, N.D. -- Authorities say a Mandan man is accused of making a telephone threat to Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. Mandan Deputy Chief Paul Leingang says the man was interviewed on Tuesday, ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852935/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:18:10 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852935/ A Westmoreland County man is in jail awaiting a preliminary hearing on charges that he solicited sex last month from a 12-year-old girl after he first posed as a female in text messages to the child. ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852934/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:18:10 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852934/ At last we can torpedo that ugly bromide about politics being the last refuge of unsavoury characters. Not because it is a scurrilous distortion of Samuel Johnson's dig about patriotism the jingois... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852928/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:59:28 -0400 Times of India http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852928/ As surprises go, news that David Cameron is planning a West Wing-style reorganisation of Downing Street, should he win the election, is up there with the revelation that Michael Jackson's Caucasian ki... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852938/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:55:19 -0400 The Guardian http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852938/ Given the short lead time available for presenting the budget for 2009-10, it is understandable that Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee decided to keep the focus on passenger amenities and early impleme... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25851195/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:56:02 -0400 The Hindu http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25851195/ The mysterious shrinking sheep on the island of St Kilda far off the west coast of Scotland, sounds like a job for Sherlock Holmes. A rare herd of wild Soay sheep on the remote island are refusing to ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25851199/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:56:01 -0400 The Hindu http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25851199/ known as Haflong Hindi. At least five of the 10 tribes belong to the broader Kuki family, though under the poisonous impact of ‘homeland’ politics and ‘identity’ mongering, int... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25851196/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:56:02 -0400 The Hindu http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25851196/ Standing beside the dirty Gomti river in Lucknow, looking at the structures Mayawati has built on its banks in her quest for immortality, is enough to make you weep. Not over the hubris behind the ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852929/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:59:27 -0400 Times of India http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852929/ Wimbledon, of course, is not a beauty contest. But All England Club spokesman Johnny Perkins has admitted that good looks are a factor in scheduling Centre Court matches, adding "it's not a coincid... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852930/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:59:25 -0400 Times of India http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852930/ When the world's premier tennis competition reportedly decides to schedule matches on its hallowed Centre Court to feature not the most talented women in tennis but the most attractive women on the... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852931/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:59:24 -0400 Times of India http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852931/ Steve, sitting on the davenport with legs crossed like folded spectacles in its case, was tucking into the canary-yellow lemon-rice, setting aside the sauteed green curry leaves that had done their... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852933/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:59:22 -0400 Times of India http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852933/ Former President of India O Rama, there is no intellect, no nescience, no mind and no individual soul (jiva). They are all imagined in Brahmn. To one who is established in what is infinite, pure... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852932/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:59:20 -0400 Times of India http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25852932/ The Penguins made a couple of front-office moves today, appointing Tom Fitzgerald to the new position of assistant to the general manager and Dan MacKinnon their director of player personnel. Fitzger... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25850919/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:19:27 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25850919/ HARRISBURG -- A conservative think tank has gotten support from 81 state legislators -- all Republicans, so far -- in its petition campaign to oppose an increase in the state income tax. Matthew Brou... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25850920/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:19:27 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25850920/ Dave Chekan, 31, project manager of Wizzard Software, works at the company in Shadyside. Wizzard Software boasts that it is the world''s largest podcasting network, with 20,000 podcasters providing pr... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25850918/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:19:26 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25850918/ The Obama administration wants to ‘reset' the relationship with Russia, and that means a new opening. We hope President Obama will make full use of the summit to send a strong message that, no matt... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25848740/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:55:57 -0400 Human Rights Watch http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25848740/ On July 4, remember Solzenhitsyn's words: 'Art serves to battle lies and preserve the moral history of a society without the transitory and debasing rhetoric of bureaucrats.' http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25848454/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:24:59 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25848454/ Ishmael had a knack for knowing when it was time to go back to sea. For the protagonist of "Moby-Dick," the clue was an overwhelming desire to knock peoples' hats off as he walked down the street. ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25848455/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:24:58 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25848455/ All week long, I've been thinking to myself "I wonder what Brian Monteith thinks of Michael Jackson's contribution to popular music." And now I know. Nice to see that Our Brian regards Chuck Berry (bo... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25846373/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:09:25 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25846373/ McKees Rocks buried Billy Mays today -- a native son who reigned as the black-bearded king of infomercials, proclaiming the wonders of lotions, potions, gadgets and gizmos to insomniacs who picked up ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25847594/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:47:27 -0400 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25847594/ EBENSBURG, Pa. -- A man faces up to 40 years in prison for twice raping a 6-year-old girl in his home, holding a pillow over her face when she cried and then forcing her to bathe to get rid of evidenc... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25848452/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:47:26 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25848452/ BEDFORD, Pa. -- A man has pleaded guilty but mentally ill to fatally bludgeoning his father with a long-handled, wood-splitting hammer last year. Yesterday's plea to third-degree murder means 30-year... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25848453/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:47:26 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25848453/ Delana Jerry, 15, stood enthralled, watching Michael Jackson's last video playing on a TV screen inside an East Liberty funeral home. She turned to grin at a friend now and then, her braces flashing,... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25848451/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:47:26 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25848451/ Pyongyang plans fourth of July fireworks By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON - American officialdom from the White House to the Pentagon is primed for July 4 fireworks this weekend in the form of the tes... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25844325/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:59:37 -0400 Asia Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25844325/ By M K Bhadrakumar In the annals of Russian-American summitry, Moscow has never before choreographed a welcoming ceremony for the visiting United States president in this fashion. The dramatic ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25844327/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:59:38 -0400 Asia Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25844327/ July 2, 2009 · Waterboarding is the interrogation technique employed during the Bush Administration on some suspected terrorists. Some NPR listeners take issue with NPR's policy to not explicit... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841535/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:38:15 -0400 NPR http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841535/ WILDLIFE continues to decline around the world. In Scotland, this pattern of decline is the same, despite the recent recovery of species such as ospreys and otters. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841503/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:12:46 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841503/ I'M not a Yankee Doodle Dandy. Not born on the 4th of July. But I can't recall when I last missed an American Independence Day celebration in Edinburgh and this has been no exception. http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841504/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:12:45 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841504/ As anyone with an ounce of political sense can tell you, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday in a case involving white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., will affect more than just promotions to... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841536/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:59:32 -0400 Deseret News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841536/ He remained married to the same woman for more than 70 years. He died surrounded by his appreciative family. He lived and loved with care.Those aren't things that keep the tabloid press buzzing, but ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841538/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:59:31 -0400 Deseret News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841538/ Politically speaking, July and August are considered the dog days of summer.Little appears to be going on.But in state politics this summer, a lot is happening. It's just behind the scenes.Lt. Gov. ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841537/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:59:31 -0400 Deseret News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841537/ Ever since I was a kid, I have been an advocate for plants, animals and nature. I have always been more impressed by nature's works than by anything mankind has done. As a Mormon, I was taught to re... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841540/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:59:29 -0400 Deseret News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841540/ Sto-Rox receiver Andrew Carswell had more than a dozen Division I scholarship offers and planned on taking some visits this summer and into the fall before making a decision about where he would play ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25843488/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:50:21 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25843488/ Beirut - For some mysterious reasons the March 14 majority alliance which won the parliamentary elections with a comfortable margin Last June 7 is allowing itself to be pressured by the opposition( wh... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25839628/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:20:55 -0400 Ya Libnan http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25839628/ Trillion dollar stimulus packages, environmental plans and socialized medicine can't be debated because there is no detailed plan to them. Ruinous environmental legislation is passed under the cover... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841539/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:59:28 -0400 Deseret News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841539/ Interdependence Day. We don't get a holiday for Connections.Our allegiance to independence as a nation is Yankee doodle dandy. But I'm wondering whether our ode to independence as a people is a bit ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841541/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:59:30 -0400 Deseret News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841541/ The Declaration of Independence sets forth a worldview that, back in the 18th century, served as the foundation of our new nation. This foundation was composed of the principle of human equality and t... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838947/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:15:44 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838947/ Roadside fireworks stands are in full swing in small towns around the San Francisco Bay Area. Buyers from places that forbid backyard pyrotechnics are loading up on the likes of Piccolo Pete, the Scre... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838948/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:15:42 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838948/ Part of the reason that apparel titan Donald Fisher scrapped his plans to build an art museum at the Main Post of San Francisco's Presidio was because of the sensitivity of the location. But the other... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838949/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:15:36 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838949/ You know how it feels to work really hard day in and day out, in serving others, and you think nobody has noticed.Then one day when people do take note, you just feel so good about what you're doing. ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841088/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:12:58 -0400 News-Review http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841088/ FOR the past 20 years, the EU-wide marketing standards have restricted over 36 types of fruit and vegetables – with only the "finest" looking produce being permitted to sit on our grocery shelves. T... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838926/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:48:14 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838926/ In San Luis Obispo County, a 20-year-old drug abuser who was the sole caretaker for his seriously disabled father provided such poor care that, according to the grand jury in that county, the father f... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841091/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:42:53 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841091/ But some sellers don't bother to do the calculation, leaving it instead to you, the buyer, to add up the 9.75% (in most of Los Angeles County; the state remits amounts over 8.25% to the counties) and ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841089/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:42:55 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841089/ Enter our caption competition and tell us. Just log on to edinburghnews.com and post your caption.We'll feature our favourite suggestions for today's picture in tomorrow's paper. At the end of the wee... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838925/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:48:11 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838925/ To look at Adam LaRoche, one never could imagine he had nearly lived out a baseball player's fantasy. It was LaRoche who took exception a month ago when New York's Carlos Beltran called it "embarrass... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841087/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:25:18 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841087/ The ghost of failed computer projects past reared its head again as the state unemployment system slowed to a crawl earlier this week, leaving Coloradans seeking benefits frustrated and confused. The... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841086/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:10:26 -0400 Denver Post http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25841086/ If today's children are going to succeed tomorrow, high expectations must be set for them. And if our country is going to thrive in the 21st century, high school graduation rates hovering around 50 p... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25840711/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:10:24 -0400 Denver Post http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25840711/ SETTLERS in Federal Land Development Authority schemes now constitute thriving communities enjoying a high standard of living. Their lifestyles have changed and their living standards are on a par wit... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25836120/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:57:54 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25836120/ As the lived-in VW van of a young German photographer drove into the Selkirk Mountains of northern Idaho, this Yank learned a new lesson in why the United States is a global beacon. Florian Schulz be... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25836394/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:40:23 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25836394/ Just a few feet away from Tina Scalise's family plot in Hazelwood's Calvary Cemetery, headstones lay cracked in the grass, remnants of vandalism that occurred Tuesday night. Luckily, the graves of he... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838480/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:11:32 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838480/ Anthony Kim hits his second shot from the rough on the 16th hole during the first round of the AT&T National golf tournament at Congressional Country Club, Thursday, July 2, 2009, in Bethesda, Md.... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838481/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:11:32 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838481/ Allegheny County sheriff's deputies said they caught a "Most Wanted" fugitive last night when they arrested a man who, they said, failed to register as a sex offender under Megan's Law. Spencer Spike... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838479/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:11:32 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838479/ After one of the closest elections in recent history and eight months of protracted legal appeals, Minnesota finally has a new junior senator -- Democrat Al Franken. The race ended officially this we... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838484/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:11:31 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838484/ June's job creation and unemployment figures released yesterday represent another disastrous month for the American economy. The unemployment rate rose again, this time to 9.5 percent, the highest in... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838482/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:11:31 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838482/ Pittsburgh firefighter Vincent Manzella hasn't been convicted of a crime yet, but he has already admitted to investigators that he phoned in several false alarms to make it easier to burglarize empty ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838483/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:11:31 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838483/ For nearly two decades, I've lived in Swisshelm Park, a quiet neighborhood in the southeast corner of Pittsburgh abutting the Monongahela River and Frick Park. Most people have no sense of where it i... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838485/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:11:30 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25838485/ Launch of petition against the scandalous DIAGEO decision to close their Kilmarnock operation. 3pm Friday July 3rd at the Park Hotel, Rugby Park. Please attend and offer your support as this great tow... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25834106/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:15:27 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25834106/ TOKYO, July 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (IHT/Asahi as translated from the Japanese- language Asahi Shimbun's editorial published J... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25834611/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:36:33 -0400 Breitbart http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25834611/ The rampant bonus culture that so distorted banking operations would be a thing of the past. And a new recovery and regulatory regime would light the way to recovery. Six months on and the signs of a ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25830670/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:37:06 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25830670/ FAMILY law experts said yesterday the Radmacher case will have little impact on the way Scotland's courts view pre-nuptial agreements, arguing that the ruling shows England and Wales are simply "catch... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25830672/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:36:59 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25830672/ The Moscow Times The government has drafted a bill that will oblige foreign teachers to get work permits to work at educational establishments, ostensibly to root out those who promote ethnic hatred ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833684/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:13:55 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833684/ The Pirates frittered away an early five-run lead, fought back to tie it on an Adam LaRoche two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth, but Ryan Church's RBI single in the 10th gave the New York Mets... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833692/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:11:02 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833692/ The Moscow Times Train cars with air conditioning and extra doors will start operating on the circle line of the Moscow metro on Friday in an upgrade made at passengers’ request, metro chief Dm... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833682/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:13:53 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833682/ The Clyde still means shipbuilding to a workforce of thousands. When a leaked memo earlier this week revealed that 3500 jobs were in danger at the last two major Glasgow yards, those belonging to the ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25830089/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:13:37 -0400 The Herald http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25830089/ The American marines have the same mission Nato troops have had for years: the doctrine of "clear, hold, build" is nothing new. But until now, it has been impossible. Helmand is Afghanistan's most vio... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25830673/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:37:00 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25830673/ ISLAMABAD: At least two people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up after ramming his motorcycle into a bus carrying workers from a nuclear facility in the garrison town of Rawalpindi yes... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833685/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:27 -0400 Arab News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833685/ Agencies TEHRAN: Iranian hard-liners pressed yesterday for legal action against moderate leaders accused of inciting postelection turmoil that has dimmed Western hopes of engaging Tehran on its disput... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833686/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:42:23 -0400 Arab News http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833686/ The July 4 weekend is often a time for great summer fun -- trips to the cabin or the beach and festive back-yard barbecues. Yet too often the good times are marred by youthful overindulgence. Car and ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25830795/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:12:35 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25830795/ The Moscow Times A soldier appeared on Georgian national television to ask for political asylum Thursday, becoming the second Russian soldier to do so this year. Private Dmitry Artemyev told Rustavi... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833681/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:13:55 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833681/ Two people were killed this afternoon in a collision on Route 130 in Penn Township, Westmoreland County. Emergency dispatchers said the crash, between an SUV and a van, happened about 3:15 p.m. near ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833691/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:11:02 -0400 Post-Gazette http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833691/ By Nadia Popova / The Moscow Times Russia and the United States will celebrate the anniversary next week of the first “capitalist food product” to appear in the Soviet Union, 50 years aft... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833683/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:13:54 -0400 Moscow Times http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25833683/ "Even if the article was not accurate, shutting down the newspaper for three weeks is totally disproportionate and a serious attack on press freedom...This can only further intimidate news organi... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25830548/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:44:52 -0400 Human Rights Watch http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25830548/ THE Scottish Government published a report on 20 June about the state of the Scots language and announced it was setting up a working party under culture minister Michael Russell to consider the next ... http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25830671/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:37:02 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/45d771c7290844e9/id/25830671/