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Beckham emotional over looming United match-up »
England veteran David Beckham said on Wednesday he was delighted to be back in Milan and looking forward to pitting his wits against former club Manchester United in the Champions League.
NKorea to ban use of foreign currency »
North Korea will ban the use of foreign currency for purchases among both its citizens and foreigners beginning on January 1, Chinese state television reports.
Tweets, sexting "unfriended" in U.S. banned word list »
KANSAS CITY (Reuters) – If you recently tweeted about how you were chillaxin for the holiday, take note: Fifteen particularly over- or mis-used words and phrases have been declared “shovel-ready” to be “unfriended” by a U.S. university’s annual list of terms that deserve to be banned.
Radio host Limbaugh hospitalized in Hawaii: report »
HONOLULU (Reuters) – Top conservative U.S. radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was rushed to a hospital in Hawaii on Wednesday with chest pains, a local television station reported.
Treasury to dole out $3.8 billion to GMAC, raise stake »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. is injecting another $3.8 billion into GMAC Financial Services to help cover mortgage losses, in a bailout that makes the government the majority owner of the auto and home finance company.
Dutch, Nigerians to use full-body scans for flights »
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The Netherlands and Nigeria said on Wednesday they would use full-body scanners at airports after a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound plane by a 23-year-old Nigerian suspect who passed through both countries.
Last orders for storied NY Tavern on the Green »
Diners will give last orders Thursday at Tavern on the Green, the storied New York restaurant known as much for its opulent decor of Tiffany murals and etched mirrors as for the food.
British hostage held in Iraq since 2007 freed »
Peter Moore, a Briton kidnapped with four others in Iraq in 2007, has been released, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday.
Strauss hails ‘emphatic’ win over South Africa »
England captain Andrew Strauss said on Wednesday that his team’s win by an innings and 98 runs in the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead had been outstanding.
Hugo Chavez mocks Venezuela coup, Fidel Castro death forecast »
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez scoffed on Wednesday at U.S. magazine Newsweek’s predictions that he would be toppled by a military coup and his Cuban mentor Fidel Castro would die in 2010.