Serena Williams, Simone Biles and Ted Ligety were among the finalists for United States Olympic Committee (USOC) male and female athletes of year honours announced on Thursday.
The exit, widely rumoured for some time, became official when Tom Ridge formally submitted his papers to Bush Tuesday.
Professor M S Ananth, director, IIT-Madras, tells Aziz Haniffa he does not expect tangible deliverables from the conference.
A man was arrested outside White House for attempting to scale a bicycle barrier at the main fence.
'It's important to keep this on the level of a rational friendship and not look at it as a love affair, because that always carries the risk of disappointment.'
Tiger Woods has registered to play in June's US Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania but has not set a timetable for his return to the PGA Tour.
Bush said the "enemy" had themselves also viewed Iraq as the "central front."
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last month, in 14 images.
He said Clinton takes 'all those days off' and then 'she can't even make it to her car'.
The couple celebrated the president's birthday with dinner at award-winning Rasika restaurant near the White House in Washington's West End neighbourhood on Thursday.
Fighter aircraft and a Black Hawk helicopter forced the Cessna, which had taken off from a Pensylvannia airport, to land at an airport in Frederick, Maryland, about 40 miles from Washington.
A new study found that it was very difficult for those with diabetes who were using insulin pumps to maintain good glucose values when they ate pizza.
For the third year, the Wharton Infosys Business Transformation Awards will 'salute' corporations and leaders who bring about real, lasting change through information technology, an Infosys statement said.\n\n\n\n
'We cannot give in to those who would divide us. We cannot react in ways that erode the fabric of our society,' he said.
The text of US Congressman Joe Pitts' letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice requesting that Modi be denied permission to enter the country.
Companies can save thousands of dollars by outsourcing the development of custom-software projects to low-cost, offshore locations such as India and China, say researchers.
Kerry is expected to announce this at a rally in Pennsylvania later today, but will have to formally nominate Edwards---who fought against him for the presidential nomination--at the Democratic National Convention at the end of July.
Erdogan has long accused Gulen, a former ally, of trying to overthrow the government.
World number one Vijay Singh has had to withdraw from this week's WGC-American Express Championship in Kilkenny, Ireland, after becoming a victim of Hurricane Jeanne.
Doctors call it the 'weekend effect'.
An American gun store owner has put up a controversial sign and published an advertisement in a daily refusing to sell arms to Muslims and Hillary Clinton backers, saying "we do not feel safe selling to terrorists".
