Oil jumps $3 after US gasoline supplies drop

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 20:19

Oil prices jumped more than $3 a barrel Wednesday, halting a three-day slide after the government reported a bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. gasoline supplies. But more signs of dwindling U.S. demand cast doubt on the rally's longevity. Light, sweet crude for September delivery rose $3.39 to $116.40 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after earlier falling as low as $112.87 and after dropping about $7 in the last three sessions. Oil's advance has for the time being stopped a monthlong slide that took crude $35 below its July 11 high ...

Sean Paul Busy With Swedish Cops

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:17

Los Angeles (E! Online) - This year it was the cops who got busy at the Uppsala Reggae Festival. Sean Paul was arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession Friday after getting swept up in a police raid at the annual Swedish music fest, which takes place in the town of Uppsala, about 110 miles north of Stockholm. Kinda like shooting fish in a barrel, though, isn't it? Anyway, per TMZ, the Jamaican artist was one of 200 to 300 people—including 10 performers—who were hauled off to a local police station for questioning. Police said ...

Flying piece of art causes museum chaos in Switzerland

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:51

GENEVA (AFP) - A giant inflatable dog turd by American artist Paul McCarthy blew away from an exhibition in the garden of a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a greenhouse window before it landed again, the museum said Monday. The art work, titled "Complex S(expletive..)", is the size of a house. The wind carried it 200 metres (yards) from the Paul Klee Centre in Berne before it fell back to Earth in the grounds of a children's home, said museum director Juri Steiner. The inflatable turd broke the window ...

US NBA stars crush Angola but Africans find small glory

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 20:15

Dwyane Wade scored 19 points to lead the US team of National Basketball Association stars past Angola 97-76 on Tuesday but the African champions found a way to put the "feat" in defeat. With a flamboyant fast-paced attack that featured crisp passing and plenty of acrobatic slam dunks, the NBA wizards overwhelmed the African champions as US teams had by 68, 36 and 33 points in three prior Olympic meetings. "Our goal was to work hard and keep our pressure," US coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "The main thing was to keep some consistency. ...

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