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Azharuddin wants Pak 'spot-fixers' punished

Ranaghat, West Bengal: Former India cricket skipper Mohammad Azharuddin, who was himself banned by BCCI for fixing matches, said the 'spot-fixing' allegations concerning Pakistani cricketers should be investigated properly by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Look who's talking "It is a sensitive issue and matter of investigation by the ICC," Azharuddin told reporters here. "The ICC is investigating the matter and the guilty, if found, should be punished," he added. Azhar was in the town to attend a Congress party meeting. World cricket was rocked by the spot-fixing scam last Sunday after 'News of the World' posted a 'sting operation' video showing an alleged fixer Mazhar Majeed making bowlers Mohammad Aamir and Mohammad Asif bowl deliberate no-balls during the fourth Test against Engla...

Facebook post gets Detroit-area juror in hot water

AFP/File – The logo of social networking website 'Facebook' is displayed on a computer screen in London … Slideshow: Facebook MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – A judge removed a juror from a trial in suburban Detroit after the young woman wrote on Facebook that the defendant was guilty. The problem? The trial wasn't over. Hadley Jons, of Warren just north of Detroit, could be found in contempt when she returns to the Macomb County circuit court Thursday. Jons, 20, was a juror in a case of resisting arrest. On Aug. 11, a day off from the trial and before the prosecution finished its case, she wrote on Facebook that it was "gonna be fun to tell the defendant they're guilty." [ Photos: http://yhoo.it/9AWznl ">Latest Facebook updates ] The post was discovered by defense lawyer Saleema Sheikh's son. Circuit Judge Diane Druzinski confronted Jons the next day and replaced her with an alternate. "You don...

CAPITAL CULTURE: Obamas dish on daughters' doings

AP – President Barack Obama, walking with daughter Sasha, and first lady Michelle Obama, walking with daughter Malia Slideshow: Malia and Sasha Obama http://news.yahoo.com/video/politics-15749652/21694497 " class="media media1">   http://news.yahoo.com/video/politics-15749652/21694497 " class="media media1"> Play Video http://news.yahoo.com/video/politics-15749652/21694497 "> Barack Obama Video: Obama, Netanyahu condemn Hebron 'slaughter' AP http://news.yahoo.com/video/politics-15749652/21694419 " class="media media1">   http://news.yahoo.com/video/politics-15749652/21694419 " class="media media1"> Play Video http://news.yahoo.com/video/politics-15749652/21694419 "> Barack Obama Video: Analysis of Obama's Speech FOX News WASHINGTON – Twelve-year-old Malia Obama wears braces, toots a flute and is after her father to save the ...

CAPITAL CULTURE: Obamas dish on daughters' doings

AP – President Barack Obama, walking with daughter Sasha, and first lady Michelle Obama, walking with daughter Malia Slideshow: Malia and Sasha Obama Play Video Barack Obama Video: Obama, Netanyahu condemn Hebron 'slaughter' AP Play Video Barack Obama Video: Analysis of Obama's Speech FOX News WASHINGTON – Twelve-year-old Malia Obama wears braces, toots a flute and is af...

Ex-wife of Tiger Woods breaks silence

Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren watch Game 4 of the NBA Finals basketball game in Orlando, in Florida in this June 11, 2009 file photo. The world's No. 1 golfer Woods and his Swedish wife Nordegren have divorced following the sex scandal that embroiled Woods late last year, a statement from their lawyers said on August 23, 2010.  NEW YORK  - The now ex-wife of Tiger Woods has broken the silence she maintained through the torrid sex scandal that engulfed their marriage, saying she has been through "hell." Elin Nordegren spoke to People magazine in an interview published on Wednesday, two days after she and Woods issued a statement confirming their divorce, which had been widely anticipated for months after his public confession of infidelity. "I've been through hell," the Swedish-born former nanny told the publication. "It's hard to think you have this life, and then all of a sudden -- was it a lie? You're struggling b...

Ex-wife of Tiger Woods breaks silence

Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren watch Game 4 of the NBA Finals basketball game in Orlando, in Florida in this June 11, 2009 file photo. The world's No. 1 golfer Woods and his Swedish wife Nordegren have divorced following the sex scandal that embroiled Woods late last year, a statement from their lawyers said on August 23, 2010.  NEW YORK  - The now ex-wife of Tiger Woods has broken the silence she maintained through the torrid sex scandal that engulfed their marriage, saying she has been through "hell." Elin Nordegren spoke to People magazine in an interview published on Wednesday, two days after she and Woods issued a statement confirming their divorce, which had been widely anticipated for months after his public confession of infidelity. "I've been through hell," the Swedish-born former nanny told the publication. "It's hard to think you have this life, and then all of a sudden -- was it a lie? You're struggling b...