SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Navy says it will kick out 64 sailors from the San Diego-based U.S. Third Fleet who have been caught for illegal drug use or distribution, mostly involving a synthetic drug that mimics marijuana.
The Navy said in a statement Thursday that the sailors worked aboard the USS San Francisco, the floating dry dock Arco and the USS Carl Vinson, the …
ITMA 2007 w�l be held from September from 13th to 20th in Munich, Germany, and when this leading trade fair for the textile machinery industry opens its gates, visitors will find more than 1,380 exhibitors presenting numerous industry innovations and products in 16 halls.
Especially, manufacturers of machines and accessories for nonwovens production have significantly increased by about 50% with 64 exhibitors and 9,300 square meters compared to ITMA 2003 (6,359 square meters). Suppliers from this segment will be represented in two halls (A3 and B3) in Munich.
The growth in the area of machinery and accessories for the making-up industry is even somewhat higher, which has …
Results in the Serie A, the Italian first-division soccer league (home teams listed first):
Sunday, May 11
Fiorentina 3, Parma 1
Genoa 0, Lazio 2
Inter Milan 2, Siena 2
Juventus 1, Catania 1
Livorno 0, Torino 1
Napoli 3, AC Milan 1
Palermo 0, Sampdoria 2
Reggina 2, Empoli 0
AS Roma 2, …
Martin Prado hit a grand slam, Tommy Hanson got plenty of run support in eight scoreless innings and the scuffling Atlanta Braves snapped a power drought in an 8-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night.
Atlanta had gone 253 games without a grand slam before Prado's in the sixth. The Braves had also gone four days without a homer before Troy Glaus led off the inning with a shot off Brewers starter Doug Davis (1-4).
The Braves also scored on an error by second baseman Rickie Weeks in the sixth to make it 3-0 before Davis walked Omar Infante to load the bases with two outs. Prado, who had a career-high five RBIs, then hit reliever Manny Parra's fastball …
Bank regulators Thursday shot down a proposed deal byGore-Bronson Bancorp to acquire struggling Water Tower Bank ofChicago.
The Federal Reserve Board said the rejection was based on theinadequate records of community lending at Gore-Bronson's two banksand at Water Tower. Gore-Bronson owns Irving Bank in Chicago andBronson-Gore Bank in Prospect Heights.
Although Gore-Bronson said the deficiencies were beingaddressed, the Fed said its policies require the improvements be "inplace and working well" before an application is submitted. Theagency noted the community lending record of Bronson-Gore Bankactually declined after it was acquired by Gore-Bronson.
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MOSCOW (AP) — The Afghan leader called the Russian president Wednesday to discuss the fight against drugs, the Kremlin said, days after complaining that his government hadn't been warned about a Russian participation in a recent drug bust.
President Dmitry Medvedev's phone conversation with Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai comes a week after a drug raid conducted jointly by U.S., Afghan and Russian agents near the border with Pakistan.
The unprecedented joint drug bust reflected an improvement in relations between the former Cold War foes, two decades after U.S.-financed Afghan militias chased the Soviet military out of the country.
But Karzai complained over the weekend that …
Police say they believe divers have found the bodies of two teenagers and are looking for a third in a western Pennsylvania pond where a car was found submerged.
Police in Zelienople (zee-lee-uh-NOH'-pul) say three teens were reported missing Tuesday night. They confirmed divers and other crews recovered two bodies Wednesday …
