In Florida-Georgia rivalry, players are aware of the upset history
St. Petersburg Times
Yet anyone who knows the history of "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" knows one thing: None of that matters when Florida and Georgia get together in Jacksonville. Many times, one team entered with a not-so-stellar record only to ...
Bolivia says lithium plant on track for 2014
Reuters
Although Uyuni, in the central Potosi region, may hold the largest reserves of lithium in the world, analysts have questioned the quality of the deposit and have said the high degree of magnesium in the brine of the salt lake could make lit...
New York Yankees Compete in World Series
Voice of America
The New York Yankees are America's World Series again this year. It is one of two professional baseball teams in the country's largest city. The players who wear the Yankee's famous "pinstripes" are part of a winning tradition that dates ba...
CDC reports largest one-week increase in swine flu deaths of children ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
ATLANTA - Swine flu has caused at least 19 more children's deaths — the largest one-week increase since the pandemic started in April, health officials said Friday. At least 114 children have died from swine flu complications since the spri...
Largest cruise ship launched, complete with ice rink
Chicago Tribune
The world's largest cruise liner began its first voyage Friday, leaving a shipyard in Finland bound for Florida with an amphitheater, basketball courts and an ice rink on board. The 16-deck Oasis of the Seas spans 1,200 feet from bow to ste...
As US looks for exit in Afghanistan, China digs in
Forbes
WASHINGTON -- At a former al-Qaida stronghold southeast of the Afghan capital, a state-owned Chinese company is at work on a $3 billion mine project to tap one of the world's largest unexploited copper reserves, a potential financial boon f...
Weird Web Stories: Friday, Oct. 30
ESPN.com
... on "SportsNation" (4 p.m. ET and midnight ET, this week on ESPNEWS), hosts Colin Cowherd and Michelle Beadle (with special guest Bill Simmons!) run down the weirdest Web stories submitted by viewers. Friday's Web stories include the wor...
SBI Q2 Net up 10 per cent on good earnings
Hindustan Times
Bolstered by a healthy growth in net interest income and core fee income, India's largest lender State Bank of India on Saturday posted a 10.19 per cent jump in its standalone net profit at Rs 2,490 crore for the second quarter of current f...
IU off to hot start against sloppy Hawks
ESPN.com
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa has built its reputation on rallying, and the Hawkeyes need to live up to it again. The Hawkeyes fell behind 14-0, which marked their largest deficit of the season, before responding with an impressive drive. Indiana...
Fans in Rocky Horror record bid
BBC UK News
The fans were lead by Richard O'Brien, creator of the cult musical the Rocky Horror Show More than a thousand fans of the cult musical The Rocky Horror Show have taken part in a bid to break the world record for the largest Time Warp dance....
Banco Brasil wants $5.7 bln US share sale -paper
Forbes
Banco do Brasil, also Latin America's largest bank by assets, wants to sell American depositary receipts Level 1 and Level 2 in New York, which help it boost liquidity of its stock and raise additional funds to pay for recent acquisitions, ...
Rub pitching elbows with Tigers legends at camp
Detroit Free Press
Not that they need help beating the world's largest drum, but did you know the three undefeated teams in the NFL all have Purdue QBs? Kyle Orton and Drew Brees start for Denver and New Orleans, respectively, and Curtis Painter backs up Peyt...
The day Philly stopped being a joke
Philadelphia Daily News
Everyone said the real problem was that Philadelphia -- the nation's sixth largest city and fourth largest TV market, birthplace of both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution -- was a victim of a strange condition: low c...
