Washington - Americans formed long lines Wednesday to buy souvenir newspapers after Barack Obama's ground-breaking election as the nation's first black president.
But many went disappointed after the Washington Post, the New York Times, Chicago Tribune and other papers failed to raise their press runs enough to meet the demand.
New York/Los Angeles - She was one of his earliest and most prominent supporters.
So when Barack Obama's final moment of victory came, it was no real surprise that Oprah Winfrey, the hugely influential cultural arbiter and queen of daytime television, let the tears stream down her face.
Women who opt for silicon breast implants have an increased risk of developing a rare form of lymphoma. About 0.1 to 0.3 per 100,000 women with implants each year are susceptible to the disease, according to the Dutch authors of a study published in the Nov. 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Recently, it was announced by AT&T that they would introduce data caps for its internet customers.
The company plans to begin capping users of its slowest at 768 kilobits per second DSL service at 20Gb per month. As the speed of the plan increases up to 150 gigabytes per month at the 10 megabits-per-second level, the limit would increase too.
In an FCC filing, the company said, "AT&T plans to initiate a broadband Internet access usage trial in Reno, Nevada beginning in November."
With the help of an elaborate system to ensure their ballots remain confidential, two American astronauts, International Space Station Commander Edward Michael Fincke and ISS Flight Engineer and Science Officer Greg Chamitoff, who are orbiting the Earth at 17,500 miles an hour on the International Space Station voted in the US presidential election. They used their right to vote through secure digital transmission.
Wellington - New Zealand's Maori Party, which could hold the balance of power after a general election on Saturday, was buoyed by Barack Obama's victory in US presidential elections, party co-leader Tariana Turia said on Thursday.
"Barack Obama not only represents the strength of black liberation - he represents an impressive commitment to the power of the people," she said.
"The US election results have demonstrated the will of the American people to acknowledge and accept the contribution that African-American people make to their nation," Turia said.