Dutch crime reporter to unveil result of undercover Natalee Holloway investigation

A Dutch crime reporter on Sunday was revealing the results of a five-month undercover investigation he claims will solve the mysterious May 2005 disappearance of American teen Natalie Holloway on the Caribbean island of Aruba.

Holloway vanished just before she was due to fly home to Mountain Brook, Alabama, at the end of her high school graduation trip. No trace of her has been seen since.

Peter R. de Vries will outline his version of events in a two-hour show that includes hidden camera recordings of Dutch student Joran van der Sloot, a former suspect who denies any involvement in Holloway's disappearance. American network ABC has bought the rights to the …

Student president resigns after DUI: ; WVU leader arrested over the weekend

West Virginia University's Student Government Associationpresident has resigned after being arrested for driving under theinfluence over the weekend.

"I cannot let my defense against those charges interfere with thegoals and missions" of student government, David Kirkpatrick said ina letter he hand delivered Tuesday to The Daily Athenaeum, WVU'sstudent newspaper.

Current Vice President Jason Parsons will become president. Vice-chair Milisa Cutlip will be the new vice president. The judicialboard was to swear them in this morning during a closed ceremony.

The DUI charge could have consequences inside and outside theuniversity. An SGA member said Kirkpatrick …

Korea's Daewoo buys SsangYong Motors

Daewoo acquired a majority stake in debt-ridden SsangYong Motors. The deal could signal the start of a major shakeout of the Korean motor industry. The departure of SsangYong reduces the number of automakers in Korea to four, but analysts say even that could be too many. The sale has also been criticized because of the favorable terms granted by the government, which gives Daewoo 10 years to pay off SsangYong Motors' $1.6 billion of debt.

The deal, however, is a perfect fit, giving Daewoo a range of different vehicles including 4x4s, vans, trucks and the new Chairman limousine, based on the old Mercedes E-Class. Daewoo is keeping the businesses separate for now, but will likely …

Sanofi, AstraZeneca paths diverge in 2nd quarter

Two of Europe's largest drug firms Thursday issued brighter forecasts for earnings growth this year despite reporting second quarter results that highlighted their diverging fortunes in the face of competition from generics and the weakening of the U.S. dollar.

France's Sanofi-aventis SA lifted its forecast for earnings per share growth this year to 8 percent from its previous target of around 7 percent, while rival British drug maker AstraZeneca PLC upped its target range for core 2008 EPS to between US$4.60 and US$4.90. Britain's second-largest drug maker behind GlaxoSmithKline PLC had previously forecast 2008 EPS between US$4.40 and US$4.70.

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'30 days of hell' for US victim of German E. coli

ATLANTA (AP) — In early May, John Meyer stayed at a lakeside hotel in Hamburg, Germany. He attended a business conference. He went sailing. And he became one of the few U.S. victims in one of the worst food poisoning outbreaks in recent world history.

Meyer went to the hospital a week later with what turned out to be a rare and deadly strain of E. coli bacteria that caused thousands of illnesses, mostly in Germany. He would spend the next month in a Massachusetts hospital, much of the time a delirium, while doctors worked around the clock to save his life.

Meyer is one of six U.S. cases linked to the German outbreak and he's the first to talk about his terrible experience, …

Manolo Martinez, 50, famous matador

MEXICO CITY Manolo Martinez, 50, the champion of Mexicanbullrings in the 1960s and 1970s, died Friday while awaiting a kidneytransplant, Mexican news media said. He was 50.

Mr. Martinez, one of the greatest Mexican matadors of all time,was known at the height of his career as "the Chief of the BraveFestival."

In the Plaza Mexico, the world's biggest bullring, Mr. Martinezwon 10 bull tails …

Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon parents of twins

NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon celebrated their third anniversary with another milestone — becoming parents to a baby girl and boy.

Carey's representative, Cindi Berger, confirmed the births to The Associated Press. The singing superstar gave birth Saturday at 12:07 p.m. EDT (1607 GMT) at an undisclosed hospital in Los Angeles. Berger says the baby girl was born first, weighing 5 pounds, 3 ounces (2.35 kilograms), and was 18 inches (45.7 centimeters) tall; her brother was next, at 5 pounds 6 ounces (2.44 kilograms), and was 19 inches (48.3 centimeters).

Berger says the couple has not named the children yet. Cannon drove Carey to the hospital in their Rolls-Royce …