President Bush is in the Mid-East on a peace quest and oil quest.
President Bush say that the Saudis' modest increase in oil production is "something but it doesn't solve our problem" of soaring gas prices. No kidding. News that Saudi Arabia had boosted its oil output by 300,000 barrels a day was greeted as a non-event on oil markets as the barrel closed at $128.
Meanwhile, in the US., average gas prices are hovering around $4/gal. That's around $1 more than a year ago.
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Lucky winner.
Check your ticket if you purchased in Ohio.
A lucky lottery player who stopped into a suburban Cincinnati liquor store has a Mega Millions ticket worth $196 million. The ticket was purchased from Main Street Wine & Spirits in Amelia in southwest Ohio. Lottery officials say just one ticket won the jackpot. Seventeen players who matched five numbers but not the Mega Ball number will receive second-place prizes of $250,000 each. Still works for me.
The numbers were 6, 11, 39, 46 and 47. The Mega Ball number was 26.
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Did you ever go to a carnival and wonder how safe the ride your were on actually was?
A carnival ride spinning with people collapsed at a county fair Friday night, injuring all 24 people aboard it. The carnival ride, called the Yo-Yo, has metal arms, each with a seat at the end attached by a chain, that swing outward as the ride picks up speed. The arms rise and fall as they spin around a center pole, putting the seats horizontal to the ground.
The pole apparently collapsed, causing the arms to crash back toward the center.
The riders — mostly children — were hurt when their seats struck the ground or other parts of the machine , according to authorities. Scroll down for video.
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A pear-shaped blue diamond has sold for 5.2 million Swiss francs ($4.93 million), setting a new world record price per carat for any gemstone, according to Sotheby.
AP Photo: In this May 7, 2008 file photo, a Sotheby's employee displays a vivid blue 3.7-carat...
The buyer of the 3.73 carat blue stone was British jeweler Laurence Graff, who also picked up a light pink diamond weighing 6.26 carats for 1.67 million francs, the auction house said. Such a bargain.
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Updates:
In China- Thousands of Chinese fled to the hills amid fears a lake formed near the epicenter of this week's earthquake would burst its banks.
Myanmar-France criticized Myanmar's military junta on Friday for refusing to allow a French Navy ship with 1,500 tons of aid for victims of Cyclone Nargis to deliver food and medicine with small boats and helicopters. Diplomats witnessed "huge" devastation in the Irrawaddy delta on Saturday and the toll of dead and missing from the cyclone rose above 133,000 people, making it one of the most damaging to hit Asia.
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A protest by pensioners, which disrupted traffic in Melbourne against the Rudd government's lack of support for seniors. The protesting pensioners brought traffic to a stand still in Australia's second largest city on Friday when some stripped to demand more money from the government.
The scantily-clad seniors braved the autumn weather in a 150-strong protest against this week's federal budget, which offered them little despite a 21.7 billion dollar (20 billion US) surplus.
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