Samsung in record quarterly profitFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:05AMSAMSUNG Electronics has reported record quarterly profits thanks to increased sales of smartphones and memory chips. The South Korean firm's net profit in the three months to the end of June was 4.28 trillion won (£2.3bn). That reprsented an 83 per rise on the same period a year earlier.
Power remains out for 150 after San Leandro crash, arrestFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:01AMChase that reached 120 mph started in Hayward
Astro-graphFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:01AMToday's birthday Endeavors in which you have a say about how they are handled are likely to be quite beneficial for you in the year ahead. Don't waste your time with any involvement in which another is calling the shots without input from you. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): You're not likely to have much patience with others, so take care that you don't respond in an unseemly manner should someone ...
State to Aunt Aggie's niece: StopFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:00AMState officials have told the niece of a 100-year-old Monee woman known as "Aunt Aggie" to stop trying to sell the woman's 70-acre farm. A cease and desist order was issued against Bridget Gruzdis and her firm, Phoenix Horizon LLC to immediately stop marketing and attempting to sell the home of her aunt, Agnes Albinger.
Rise of independent groups influencing JudaismFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:57AMCAMBRIDGE, Mass. - They gather blocks from Harvard Square to greet the Sabbath with communal prayer, their eyes winced closed, hands clapping as they sing in fervent Hebrew. The group worships in the Jewish Orthodox tradition, but it's not traditional.
Students cope with parents' addictionsFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:57AMGrowing up with a parent who has an addiction is difficult, and not as uncommon as we may think. According to the Web site, "Children of Addicted Parents," more than 28 million Americans are children of alcoholics.
Rapist gets 39 years for attack on teen in East VillageFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:56AMWorker at Long Beach coffeehouse was beaten; DA had asked for 71-year sentence. Photo Gallery
PMI loss steeper than anticipated, shares nose-diveFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:55AMWalnut Creek mortgage insurer sees increase in claims
Zimbabwe president Mugabe's sister diesFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:54AMZimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's sister and political ally Sabina Mugabe has died, aged 80, after years of failing health.