Picasso portrait sells for $95.2 million

Picasso portrait sells for $95.2 million
MSNBC - 58 minutes agoPablo Picasso's 1941 painting "Dora Maar au Chat," depicts the woman who influenced him in the period leading up to World War II. It had been expected to fetch around $50 million. NEW YORK - A portrait by ...

US pushes for Darfur deal before third deadline
Reuters.uk - 29 minutes agoBy Estelle Shirbon. ABUJA (Reuters) - The Sudanese government and rebels from the Darfur region face a third deadline to make peace on Thursday with uncertainty surrounding US attempts to wrangle a few last-ditch concessions from both sides. ...

Trade winds weaken with global warming
Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours agoTrade winds that sweep around half the globe are weakening as global warming disrupts normal atmospheric circulation, scientists report today. The winds, which bring rains to the west and churn up the oceans ...

Russia air crash relatives identify bodies
Reuters.uk - 1 hour agoBy Sergei Karpukhin. SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Relatives began the grim task on Thursday of identifying bodies of some of the 113 passengers and crew killed when their Armenian airliner crashed into the Black Sea off Russia's coast. ...

Apple renews flat-rate iTunes music contracts
Reuters.uk - May 2, 2006By Adam Pasick. LONDON (Reuters) - Apple Computer has renewed contracts with the world's four largest music companies to sell songs through its iTunes Music Store, after blocking their attempts to end iTunes ...

NBA: Cleveland 121, Washington 120 (OT)
Monsters and Critics.com - 48 minutes agoCLEVELAND, OH, United States (UPI) -- LeBron James scored on a base-line drive in the final second of overtime, giving the Cleveland Cavaliers a 121-220 victory over the Washington Wizards. The dramatic victory ...