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Davis' World Cup double impresses USA TODAY panel
Former Olympic speedskating gold medalist Shani Davis scored a pair of wins over the weekend in the Netherlands to capture this week's USA TODAY Olympic Athlete of the Week award.
USA Today  –  Nov 18, 2008 9:27 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Sports: Olympics
Editor wins first-ever PKR Live main event
The poker magazine editor walks away with a $20,000 first-place prize after 20 hours of play over two days. The playing field was seeded with players from all over the world who made their way to London's Loose Cannon Club to play for more than $90,000 in prizes. According to PKR, the event was ... more »
PokerListings.com  –  Nov 18, 2008 8:08 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Sports: Poker
New Biomarkers For Brain Tumor Discovered
Researchers in the US and The Netherlands have discovered that cancer cells from a deadly type of human brain tumor called glioblastoma release tiny sacs containing proteins that traverse the brain-blood barrier and contain genetic material that could be used as biomarkers in new diagnostic tools an ... more »
Medical News Today  –  Nov 18, 2008 7:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Health: Cancer
Ministers meet to define the role of space in delivering global objectives
SA PR 44-2008. Ministers in charge of space activities within the now 18 ESA Member States and Canada will meet in The Hague (the Netherlands) on 25 and 26 November to implement the European Space Pol... [WebWire - Tuesday, November 18, 2008]
WebWire  –  Nov 18, 2008 5:06 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Top Stories: Press Releases
Dutch Treat? Aegon Aims for TARP Funds
Netherlands-based company, which owns U.S. insurer Transamerica, eyes buying Maryland's Suburban Federal Savings Bank to qualify for as much as $1b of Treasury bailout money.
CFO.com  –  Nov 18, 2008 4:32 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Business
Injury-plagued Netherlands takes on Sweden
Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt is hoping to take his Premier League scoring form into the Netherlands side that takes on Sweden in an international friendly on Wednesday.
Canoe.ca  –  Nov 18, 2008 3:53 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Sports: Soccer
Sport: Hoy v Hamilton - the greatest sporting mismatch of all time?
At least Brian Habana got a head start against the cheetah. According to a press release circulated this morning, Lewis Hamilton and Chris Hoy have agreed to race against each other as part of the build-up to the Race of Champions on December 14. Formula one world champion Hamilton will be driving a ... more »
The Guardian  –  Nov 18, 2008 1:05 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Sports
International court to prosecute Congo's Lubanga
Associated Press - November 18, 2008 5:43 AM ET AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - The International Criminal Court in The Hague has cleared the way to begin its first trial in January.
KHQ Right Now  –  Nov 18, 2008 10:43 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Local: Washington: Spokane
Barcode Your Clothes to Get Web Traffic
Don't talk to strangers — scan them instead. That's the idea behind the so-called ShotCodes on clothing by W-41, a Netherlands-based online apparel company. If you spot one of these unique logos in the wild (bar, club, methadone clinic, DMV), you surreptitiously snap a photo of it w ... more »
Wired News  –  Nov 18, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Technology
NeuroNexis Technologies and Philips partner to research next-generation deep brain stimulation devices for the treatment of central nervous system dis
Eindhoven, the Netherlands — NeuroNexus Technologies and Philips Research today announced that they have signed a joint research agreement to develop next-generation deep brain stimulation devices wit... [WebWire - Monday, November 17, 2008]
WebWire  –  Nov 17, 2008 3:37 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
found in Top Stories: Press Releases