Honda Motor Co. has halted production at one of its car assembly plants in China because a strike has caused a shortage of auto parts.
Japan's No. 2 automaker said production was halted Wednesday at one of two plants run by Honda joint venture Guangqi Honda …
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Two men who refused to testify before a federal grand jury investigating a Cuban militant pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice charges, authorities said.
Osvaldo Mitat and Santiago Alvarez, both Cuban exiles, were initially indicted on criminal contempt charges for refusing to testify before the grand jury even after being granted immunity. On Friday, they pleaded guilty to a superseding indictment charging them with obstruction, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
Mitat, 65, and Alvarez, 66, each face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine when they are sentenced Feb. 1.
Both are already serving prison sentences in unrelated …
The ''win'' is for the future of college basketball in Chicago.
''The bottom line is we have to be our brothers' keepers,'' UIC coach Jimmy Collins said. ''Basketball dies if we don't generate interest, and when we play each other, it doesn't matter what [the team] records are. Everyone is interested. You don't have to work to get the kids up for the game.''
DePaul coach Jerry Wainwright echoes that sentiment. In fact, it has become a point of consensus among all the area coaches, including Loyola's Jim Whitesell and …
Located in the heart of Wisconsin's vegetable farming community, Renewable Oxygenates Industries (ROI) has started to turn some of the area's food processing residuals into fuel grade ethanol. Operational since July, 1996, ROI originally utilized cheese whey and beets as feedstocks. The. company has turned its attention to potato residuals, and with the help of a $367,000 grant from the U.S. Dept. of Energy, has recently doubled its production capacity.
The ROI facility currently has a total capacity of 225,000 gallons at its ten acre site in Plover, with 80,000 gallons of …
UNITED NATIONS - President Bush will address the U.N. General Assembly this morning at 9:45 a.m. EDT. Bush wants the U.N. to uphold its pledge to fight for freedom in lands of poverty and terror, and plans to punctuate his challenge by promising new sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar.
Bush is expected to mention Iran in his speech - but only briefly, citing Iran in a list of countries where people lack freedoms and live in fear. The White House wants to avoid giving any more attention to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose splash of speeches and interviews has dominated the days leading to the U.N. meeting.
Instead of Iran, the Southeast Asian …
Banned Belgian rider Tom Boonen is appealing to French sports authorities for permission to ride in the Tour de France after a court west of Paris said it didn't have jurisdiction in the case.
Boonen is seeking to overturn a ban by Tour organizers after he tested positive twice for cocaine in less than a year. The race starts Saturday.
Boonen's Quick Step team said in a statement released Tuesday that they had sought a ruling from the French Arbitration Chamber for Sport, which falls under France's national Olympic committee.
A French court in Nanterre opened a hearing last week into an appeal by Boonen, but the …
