insoMIAH, insomnia, insomniac... http://www.insomiah.com insomniac's Latest News and Updates on the World Wide Web... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Manny takes Air Pacquiao to Dallas http://www.insomiah.com/pacquiao-clottey-fight/manny-takes-air-pacquiao-to-dallas/ http://www.insomiah.com/pacquiao-clottey-fight/manny-takes-air-pacquiao-to-dallas/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:46:54 +0000 insomiah http://www.insomiah.com/?p=365

Manny takes Air Pacquiao to Dallas and is ready to fight Joshua Clottey. Watch the Pacquiao Clottey Fight on March 13 at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

]]> http://www.insomiah.com/pacquiao-clottey-fight/manny-takes-air-pacquiao-to-dallas/feed/ Officers: Pakistan arrests American-born al-Qaida (AP) http://www.insomiah.com/news/officers-pakistan-arrests-american-born-al-qaida-ap-2/ http://www.insomiah.com/news/officers-pakistan-arrests-american-born-al-qaida-ap-2/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:35:32 +0000 insomiah http://www.insomiah.com/news/officers-pakistan-arrests-american-born-al-qaida-ap-2/ This image from video released by IntelCenter Sunday, March 7, 2010, shows Adam Gadahn, featured in a video posted Sunday, coincidentally the day that his arrest by Pakistani intelligence officers in the southern city of Karachi was announced. In the video the 31-year-old American al-Qaida spokesman called for Muslim violence, praising the U.S. Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas, as a role model for other Muslims. (AP Photo/IntelCenter)AP - The American-born spokesman for al-Qaida has been arrested by Pakistani intelligence officers in the southern city of Karachi, two officers and a government official said Sunday as video emerged of him urging U.S. Muslims to attack their own country.


]]> http://www.insomiah.com/news/officers-pakistan-arrests-american-born-al-qaida-ap-2/feed/ Iraqi voters undaunted by attacks that kill 36 (AP) http://www.insomiah.com/news/iraqi-voters-undaunted-by-attacks-that-kill-36-ap-2/ http://www.insomiah.com/news/iraqi-voters-undaunted-by-attacks-that-kill-36-ap-2/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:35:32 +0000 insomiah http://www.insomiah.com/news/iraqi-voters-undaunted-by-attacks-that-kill-36-ap-2/ Zahiya Kadim, who is blind, displays her inked finger after casting her vote in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Under a blanket of tight security designed to thwart insurgents attacks, Iraqis went to the polls on foot Sunday in an election testing the ability of the country's still-fragile democracy to move forward at a time of uncertainty over a looming U.S. troop drawdown and still jagged sectarian divisions. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Iraqis defied insurgents who lobbed hand grenades at voters and bombed a polling station Sunday in an attempt to intimidate those taking part in elections that will determine whether their country can overcome deep sectarian divides as U.S. forces prepare to leave.


]]> http://www.insomiah.com/news/iraqi-voters-undaunted-by-attacks-that-kill-36-ap-2/feed/ 3 Dems unsure about changing votes for health care (AP) http://www.insomiah.com/news/3-dems-unsure-about-changing-votes-for-health-care-ap/ http://www.insomiah.com/news/3-dems-unsure-about-changing-votes-for-health-care-ap/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:35:32 +0000 insomiah http://www.insomiah.com/news/3-dems-unsure-about-changing-votes-for-health-care-ap/ President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about health care reform, Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - A top House Democrat said Sunday he believes Congress will pass a health care bill, but three fellow Democrats who opposed overhaul legislation last fall aren’t committing themselves to backing President Barack Obama’s late push.


]]> http://www.insomiah.com/news/3-dems-unsure-about-changing-votes-for-health-care-ap/feed/ `Avatar,’ `Hurt Locker’ lead expanded Oscar parade (AP) http://www.insomiah.com/news/avatar-hurt-locker-lead-expanded-oscar-parade-ap/ http://www.insomiah.com/news/avatar-hurt-locker-lead-expanded-oscar-parade-ap/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:35:32 +0000 insomiah http://www.insomiah.com/news/avatar-hurt-locker-lead-expanded-oscar-parade-ap/ Final flower preparation takes place along the walkway to the Kodak Theatre, awaiting the start of the 82nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)AP - Academy Awards voters are expected to go very big or very small on their best-picture winner at Sunday’s Oscars.


]]> http://www.insomiah.com/news/avatar-hurt-locker-lead-expanded-oscar-parade-ap/feed/ Iran begins production of cruise missiles (AP) http://www.insomiah.com/news/iran-begins-production-of-cruise-missiles-ap-2/ http://www.insomiah.com/news/iran-begins-production-of-cruise-missiles-ap-2/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:35:32 +0000 insomiah http://www.insomiah.com/news/iran-begins-production-of-cruise-missiles-ap-2/ This photo released by the Iranian Defense Ministry, alledgedly shows a Nasr1 (Victory) missile in a factory in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi announced on state TV Sunday a new production line of highly accurate, short range cruise missiles capable of evading radar. The missile named Nasr 1 (Victory) will be capable of destroying targets up to 3,000 tons in size according to Vahidi. Iran frequently makes announcements about new advances in military technology that cannot be independently verified. (AP Photo/Iranian Defense Ministry, Vahid Reza Alaei, HO)AP - Iran announced Sunday that it has started a new production line of highly accurate, short range cruise missiles, which would add a new element to the country’s already imposing arsenal.


]]> http://www.insomiah.com/news/iran-begins-production-of-cruise-missiles-ap-2/feed/ Karzai gets an earful in town seized from Taliban (AP) http://www.insomiah.com/news/karzai-gets-an-earful-in-town-seized-from-taliban-ap/ http://www.insomiah.com/news/karzai-gets-an-earful-in-town-seized-from-taliban-ap/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:35:32 +0000 insomiah http://www.insomiah.com/news/karzai-gets-an-earful-in-town-seized-from-taliban-ap/ Afghan President Hamid Karzai talks to locals in Marjah, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Afghan President Hamid Karzai heard a litany of complaints Sunday from residents of Marjah, the town in the south that thousands of U.S., NATO and Afghan troops just seized from the Taliban. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, Pool)AP - Elders in a former Taliban stronghold berated and challenged Afghanistan’s president Sunday, delivering a litany of complaints about government corruption and NATO’s military operations on the Afghan leader’s first visit to Marjah.


]]> http://www.insomiah.com/news/karzai-gets-an-earful-in-town-seized-from-taliban-ap/feed/ Database can crack missing person cases — if used (AP) http://www.insomiah.com/news/database-can-crack-missing-person-cases-%c2%97-if-used-ap/ http://www.insomiah.com/news/database-can-crack-missing-person-cases-%c2%97-if-used-ap/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:35:32 +0000 insomiah http://www.insomiah.com/news/database-can-crack-missing-person-cases-%c2%97-if-used-ap/ FILE- In a photo made March 17, 2007, Janice Smolinski poses in her Cheshire, Conn., home where a photo of her son, Billy, is visible in the foreground. Billy disappeared from his Waterbury, Conn. home in Aug. 2004 and Smolinski believes a Justice Department database program will someday help find her son who was 31 when he vanished. (AP Photo/Michelle McLoughlin, File)AP - A new online database promises to crack some of the nation’s 100,000 missing persons cases and provide answers to desperate families, but only a fraction of law enforcement agencies are using it.


]]> http://www.insomiah.com/news/database-can-crack-missing-person-cases-%c2%97-if-used-ap/feed/ 3.1M customers face Oscar night without broadcast (AP) http://www.insomiah.com/news/31m-customers-face-oscar-night-without-broadcast-ap/ http://www.insomiah.com/news/31m-customers-face-oscar-night-without-broadcast-ap/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:35:32 +0000 insomiah http://www.insomiah.com/news/31m-customers-face-oscar-night-without-broadcast-ap/ FILE - Bob Iger, president and CEO of the Walt Disney Company, delivers a keynote speech during the TelecomNEXT convention in Las Vegas on in this March 20, 2006 file photo. Cablevision Systems Corp. said early Sunday March 7, 2010 the stall in negotiations should be blamed on Disney CEO Bob Iger. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)AP - Cablevision subscribers were scrambling Sunday to hook up antennas or find live TV on the Internet in order to watch the Academy Awards after ABC’s parent company Walt Disney Co. switched off its signal in a dispute over fees.


]]> http://www.insomiah.com/news/31m-customers-face-oscar-night-without-broadcast-ap/feed/ Researchers: AIDS virus can hide in bone marrow (AP) http://www.insomiah.com/news/researchers-aids-virus-can-hide-in-bone-marrow-ap/ http://www.insomiah.com/news/researchers-aids-virus-can-hide-in-bone-marrow-ap/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:35:32 +0000 insomiah http://www.insomiah.com/news/researchers-aids-virus-can-hide-in-bone-marrow-ap/ AP - The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease.

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