US city schools locked down after online threat (AFP)AFP - A vague threat apparently posted by an Australian on two social networking sites led to the lockdown on Wednesday of all schools in the busy midwestern US city of Minneapolis, officials said. Full text |
Reuters - A sharp drop in classified advertising sales brought on by free Internet listings and a cooling real estate market helped push U.S. newspaper publishers' financial results lower in the first quarter.
Reuters - Bob Geldof and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) are planning to set up a Web site they say will be a definitive guide to mankind.