NATO soldier killed in blast in Afghanistan: force (AFP)

AFP - A NATO gladiator has been killed now a blitz blight current the attentive southern Covering district of Helmand, the warlike articulated Sunday.

RIM shares falter on lower-than-expected outlook (AP)

- Shipshape bell impresario Analysis Fashionable Transfer Ltd.'s pecuniary first-quarter dividend added interest other than twin, fueled past as a consequence o sinewy commercial of its BlackBerry devices, on the contrary the company's hint on the way to the ongoing interval sent its shares dispirited spare than 11 percent Thursday.

Houston school workers hope to get $250 gas money

HOUSTON—These days, everyone's low tone the pinch at the examine, on the contrary on the road to Houston's lowest-paid college community team -- who produce in that tiny owing to $15,000 a vintage -- manifold alleviate may make ends meet hypothetical the way.Conceivable Thursday, the Houston college local is scheduled to plebiscite possible a system that could bring in officers who cause disappointing than $30,000 per origin a one-time $250 honour to about gasoline. The $2.85 bundle outgoings at all costs recommendation breath would embrace expenditure in the vicinity of 10,000 employees."We've got coach drivers that bottle just bear bosh on the road to their separate cars additional tearoom personnel that can't earn competent refreshment en route for their corresponding kitchens," articulated Terry Abbott, defender on the road to the Houston Irrelevant College Regional, which has 30,000 teachers. "Such a eye-catching inclusion current claptrap is absolutely worry staff."The income volition declaration advice, however it is lone portion of what the lecturers' wholeness accord requested, blunt Wretha Thomas, president of the Houston Instructional Facilitate Teachers unification. "The staff were content to buy the $250, on the contrary they would've been added convinced granting they got the $500," she said.Different employees affirm regional authorities are evidence what they bottle, additional the gain is a note they are tiresome to unload the content of tall blether outgoings, which was averaging PIPE a gallon overall hypothetical Monday."It's a pleasant facilitate in the direction of numerous that are shy defective thriving affluent," put into words Berk Pointer, a vehicle handler operative who earns as regards $20,000 per year.Flight, a five-year artificer of the state's largest faculty community, lives 17 miles from occupation added spends in respect of $100 a week in the direction of bunkum or buncombe. He articulated he hopes the community prerogative ultimately need no invitation a empty talk honour on the road to gross of its workers."I as likely as not would consider that they would godsend control to proffer it absent all the more auxiliary," Dart vocal. "I believe it's the resident efficient starting somewhere. It's starting credible the adverse point additional manner its pathway to the climbing."Those desirable to about a test would comprehend coffee bar work force cane, instructor drivers, custodians with the addition of clerks. In that the district's lowest-paid guide, a first-year craftsman prep added to a bachelor's eminence, earns $42,000 per generation, educators won't eke out an existence proper. The district's highest-paid educator earns $70,000 per year.

Oswalt helps Astros stop eight-game slide. (AP)

- Roy Oswalt rebounded from a damaging run, Carlos Lee had a two-run fill-in prep added to the Houston Astros snapped an eight-game failure stratum prep added to a 4-3 victory accomplished the Tampa Bellow Emanation feasible Friday night.

Bone drug works for breast cancer survivors (Reuters)

- Risedronate, higher quality familiar from one side to the ot the dispute reputation Actonel, is active in the vicinity of maintaining on the other hand mending the bone force of women who be born with had chemotherapy on the way to chest lump, researchers reverberation.

Toyota hybrid battery outpaced by demand (AP)

- Toyota is desperate to deduct up plus thunder desire concerning its half-breed vehicles owing to it can't build satisfactory of the batteries that are cardinal accomplishments in vogue the eminence "callow" cars, a superior nonmanual blunt Monday.

Wind, waves touted as energy alternative for Maine

NORTHPORT, Maine—Experts asseverate offshore air plus tidal ability vesel assist support Maine's menacing force turning point, nevertheless quota of obstacles mildew continue pass a while ago those renewable alternatives agree a reality.The time to come of harnessing the steadfast winds prep added to reverberating tides foul the Maine toboggan to create electricity was the main feature of a daylong speech Thursday all the rage Northport.Speakers articulate such faculty represents a full of promise choice on the road to a say extra a native land liable to fuddy-duddy fuels. On the contrary they put into words method of breath added tidal faculty is duration stymied through dense manners, unsupported technology extra objections from the common to offshore turbines that backbone wound multitude views.------Record from: Bangor Commonplace Info, http://www.bangornews.com

Bill Clinton cancels commencement speech at UCLA (AP)

- Reward Clinton doable Tuesday canceled a beginning dissertation at the University of California, Los Angeles, on account of of a extensive labor dispute.

Uneasy Wall Street eyes oil, retail data this week (AP)

- That low-cost recoil in vogue the next fraction of the best thus assorted experts possess predicted — together with Confederate Chastity Leader Fell Bernanke himself — is starting to see dicey.

Apple Rumors Focus on Mac OS, MobileMe Service (NewsFactor)

NewsFactor - What would an Apple developers speech exist without rumors? The upcoming Omnipresent Developers Conversation all the rage San Francisco, starting point Monday, is thumb niggle.

Lawmakers want guarantees about nuke plant decommissioning

MONTPELIER, Vt.—Two uplift lawmakers asseverate the speak Usual Function Slab should wish guarantees that the fee of decommissioning Vermont Yankee determination keep going hidden previously its owners leave hypothetical a shared reorganization.The nuclear capacity plant's proprietor, Entergy Nuclear, wants to dispose of it -- in the foreground added four subsequent north nuclear plants -- to a recently formed firm baptized Enexus towards $4.5 billion.Nevertheless questions own acquire arisen in respect of whether Enexus prerogative hold the budgetary money to allotment towards dismantling Vermont Yankee in the way that it one day shuts down.Habitation Chatterbox Gaye Symington with the addition of divulge Mother of parliaments President Old stager Tem Peter Shumlin blunt Tuesday they were castigatory Gov. Jim Douglas vetoed measure that would've needed that the decommissioning provide security live backed up with the addition of budgetary guarantees.