Washington: Mitt Romney clinched the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday with a win in the Texas primary, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up short four years ago and had to fight hard this year as voters flirted with a carousel of GOP rivals. According to the Associated Press count, Romney surpassed the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination by winning at least 88 delegates in...
08:03 AM, May 30, 2012
Houston: The parents of Houston-area sextuplets born in April said on Wednesday one of their daughters continues to battle some health problems but is a "fighter," and they are looking forward to the day she and her siblings can go home, possibly in a couple of months. Lauren and David Perkins said their three boys - Andrew, Benjamin and Levi - and two of their girls - Allison and Caroline...
08:30 AM, May 03, 2012
San Antonio, Texas: Arjun Atwal's poor run continued as he carded a five-over 77 in the second round of the Valero Texas Open to miss the cut, his 10th in the last 11 starts, on Friday. His two-round aggregate read nine-over 153. Atwal had five bogeys and no birdies and through the two rounds, he had just one birdie in the first round. Ben Curtis, the 2003 British Open champion,...
09:57 AM, Apr 21, 2012
Washington: An Indian-origin woman in the US set her husband on fire and locked him in a bathroom, after promising him a hot oil massage, police said. Shriya Biman Patel, 25, has been arrested on charges of first-degree felony aggravated assault and arson and booked into the Travis County Jail in Austin, Texas. An Austin police statement said officers answering a family disturbance call at a north Austin apartment on...
08:40 AM, Apr 21, 2012
New Delhi: Former cricketer and financier Allen Stanford was convicted on Tuesday for the biggest investment fraud ever. A whopping sum of $7 billion fraud investment landed Allen Stanford in the Texas court where he was declared found guilty on 13 counts of a 14-count criminal indictment. Having spend 3 years in jail followed by ill health and unfit for trial, Stranford has earlier tried to have his case completely...
08:46 AM, Mar 07, 2012
Houston, Texas: US Congress members from the largest rice-growing states are on warpath, asking Iraq to resume buying US long-grain rice, instead of from India. "We liberated their country for one thing," said Texas representative Ted Poe. "We would think they would consider the US in trade since we spent billions of dollars not only to liberate their country, but to rebuild their infrastructure." Twelve congressmen have fired off a...
07:01 AM, Feb 26, 2012
Houston: A prominent Indian-American researcher at University of Texas is under scanner for alleged falsification and fabrication in various publications regarding cancer fighting properties of plants. According to the University's M D Anderson Cancer Center officials, Dr Bharat B Aggarwal's studies are being reviewed following federal notification alleging fraud by academic whistle-blowers in what has grown to 65 published papers, one of which has been retracted by the journal that...
04:52 PM, Feb 25, 2012
Dallas: Texas Instruments will close two of its older computer-chip factories, one in Houston and one in Hiji, Japan, and lay off about 1,000 workers to cut costs. The company announced the cutbacks Monday in its fourth-quarter earnings report. Its results topped analyst estimates, but the company offered tepid forecast for the first quarter of this year. Texas Instruments shares gained $1.11, or more than 3 per cent, to $34.30...
01:03 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Texas: Seven people believed to be related had opened their Christmas gifts and started cleaning up the wrapping paper when they were shot to death in an apartment near Fort Worth, Texas, police said on Sunday. Authorities said they believe the shooter is among the dead, but got a warrant before doing a full search on the small chance that it was otherwise. Four women and three men, aged 18...
10:50 AM, Dec 26, 2011
Washington: Police in several US cities confronted Occupy protests aimed and shutting down port facilities as part of a nationwide day of protest in the aftermath of efforts to clear demonstrators against corporate greed from public parks. Several arrests were made, while ports reported only minor hindrances on Monday in protest against efforts by cities across the country - including New York, Boston and Oakland - to clear the Occupy...
11:39 AM, Dec 13, 2011
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has given organisers of next year's US Grand Prix another week to save the Texas race by proving they have the finances in place. Ecclestone had wanted organisers to sign a contract by Wednesday, but extended his deadline to next Wednesday when the World Motor Sport Council will ratify the 2012 calendar. "The deadline hasn't been met, so we are still trying to make it...
07:48 PM, Dec 03, 2011
Sao Paulo: Organisers of a planned US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, have told Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone that they will pay a sanctioning fee for next year's race if he revises an "unrealistic and unfeasible" contract. The 81-year-old Briton responded on Thursday by casting further doubt on the event going ahead. Ecclestone has already made clear that he has lost patience and last week gave the city's Circuit...
06:36 PM, Nov 25, 2011
Austin: Texas promoter Tavo Hellmund said he remains hopeful that Austin can still host next year's planned US Grand Prix, despite losing the rights to the race and the apparent support of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone. Ecclestone said he canceled his original contract with Hellmund's Full Throttle Productions because of a breach of contract and may axe the race altogether. The 81-year-old Briton was left dealing with the track...
07:06 PM, Nov 19, 2011
London: Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone gave the organisers of the US Grand Prix until the end of next week to sign a contract or the 2012 race in Texas will be called off. Ecclestone wants the dispute with Circuit of the Americas officials in Austin settled before the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on November 27. "It's all very simple " they don't have the money," Ecclestone told The Associated...
01:41 AM, Nov 18, 2011
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