International Business News - Wrong http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Bermuda's plan to feature a local bird on its new currency has become an ornithological faux pas. They put the wrong bill on the bird on the $50 bill. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/bermuda-puts-nonnative-bird-on-new-bill.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:15:03 EST A Florida man stopped because of his windshield tinting was arrested for murder and released hours later--when fingerprint comparisons showed he wasn't the wanted man. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/man-stopped-for-tinting-wrongly-held-for-murder.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:26:14 EST One of the latest political attack ads is a real blast from the past. Republican state Sen. Diane Black's re-election campaign says it inadvertently ran a repeat of a 2004 ad from when the Gallatin Republican was running against then-incumbent Jo Ann Graves. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/attack-ad-inadvertently-targets-wrong-candidate.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:23:40 EDT The Santa Fe Opera and the estate of an employee have reached a settlement with relatives of a family killed in a drunken, wrong-way interstate crash triggered by the worker, who was returning from a business trip. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/santa-fe-opera-settles-suit-over-wrong-way-crash.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:14:50 EDT Unlike Goldilocks, a man who stumbled into the wrong suburban Washington, D.C., home after drinking too much found the bed there just right. Bob and Joanne Breiner returned home from a night out to find a man with a white beard nestled in their bed, sound asleep. Once police showed up and the drunken stranger realized what had happened, he apologized profusely and complimented the couple on their comfortable bed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/drunken-man-finds-his-way-home-_-just-not-his-home.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:55:24 EDT In the end, the financial markets didn't stand a chance against voter antipathy, partisanship and election year politics. The defeat of the extraordinary $700 billion financial rescue package represented a perfect collision of the forces of modern politics--a fast-moving Internet campaign, vulnerable incumbents, a weakened and unpopular president, and a roiling presidential campaign--all working against the so-called Titans of the Universe. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/an-array-of-forces-lined-up-against-bailout.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:25:40 EDT In the end, the financial markets didn't stand a chance against voter antipathy, partisanship and election year politics. The defeat of the extraordinary $700 billion financial rescue package represented a perfect collision of the forces of modern politics--a fast-moving Internet campaign, vulnerable incumbents, a weakened and unpopular president, and a roiling presidential campaign--all working against the so-called Titans of the Universe. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/an-array-of-forces-lined-up-against-bailout.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:43:31 EDT A New Hampshire couple are trying to figure out what to do with a homing pigeon that came to the wrong home--theirs. From an identification band, Don and Fran Roy of Manchester have traced the bird--which they have named "Trouble"--to a Pennsylvania man who races pigeons. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/homing-pigeon-takes-up-wrong-home-in-n-h.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:05:37 EDT Do Washington policymakers listen too much to Wall Street? A possible bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, on the heels of similar action involving investment firm Bear Stearns, seems to send a loud signal to financial companies that the government will clean up their messes. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/114922-bernanke.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080823/wall-street-bailout-aid-questioned-at-fed-event.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080823/wall-street-bailout-aid-questioned-at-fed-event.htm Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:38:44 EDT A Kentucky sheriff drove 4,100 miles to California to pick up a fugitive, then realized when he got back he had the wrong guy. Butler County Sheriff Joe Gaddie and a deputy took the trip to find a man named Joe Orus, who was wanted on charges of fleeing and evading police and drunken driving. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/ky-sheriff-picks-up-wrong-man-in-calif.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:46:30 EDT Authorities say a suburban Atlanta woman died while waiting for an ambulance that a 911 operator sent to the wrong address. Fulton County 911 director Alfred Moore says Darlene Dukes called 911 on Saturday for help because of difficulty breathing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/georgia-woman-dies-after-911-address-mistake.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:25:45 EDT Some Democratic campaign buttons made for distribution in Idaho show an unlikely pair: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican Sen. Larry Craig. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080727/oops-wrong-larry-shown-on-idaho-campaign-buttons.htm Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:56:38 EDT A Grammy-nominated gospel singer from New York City remains in critical condition three weeks after a car crash that killed his wife and grandson. Family members say the Rev. Timothy Wright is conscious and alert but still on a respirator at the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080726/gospel-singer-wright-still-in-critical-condition.htm Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:08:47 EDT Gospel singer Timothy Wright was critically injured in a crash in central Pennsylvania that killed his wife and a wrong-way driver who hit their vehicle, police said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/gospel-singer-wright-hurt-in-pa-car-accident.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:26:20 EDT Looking for work in all the wrong places? That's what happened to job seekers who dialed a phone number listed on the state's Family Health Administration's Web site--which actually was a phone number for women looking for sex. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/wrong-number-job-hotline-was-sex-line.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:53:07 EDT Wherever the nation should be headed, this isn't it. The number of Americans who believe the country is moving in the wrong direction has risen sharply, to nearly eight in ten, amid soaring food and gas prices, falling home values and unending war. Just 17 percent say the country is going in the right direction, according to an AP-Ipsos poll. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/75810-economy.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/ap-ipsos-poll-most-say-us-on-wrong-track.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/ap-ipsos-poll-most-say-us-on-wrong-track.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:30:29 EDT The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on the direction of the country was conducted June 12-16, 2008, and is based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,000 adults from all states. The sample included 522 people who identified themselves as Democrats or who lean toward the Democratic Party, and 352 people who identified themselves as Republicans or who lean toward the Republican Party. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/polling-method-for-right-track-wrong-track.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:14:25 EDT Wherever the nation should be headed, this isn't it. The number of Americans who believe the country is moving in the wrong direction has risen sharply, to nearly eight in ten, amid soaring food and gas prices, falling home values and unending war. Just 17 percent say the country is going in the right direction, according to an AP-Ipsos poll. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/ap-ipsos-poll-most-say-us-on-wrong-track.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:36:18 EDT While the Topps Meat Co. churned out millions of frozen hamburgers a month, beef ground one day was often stored and "reworked" with meat from another production cycle, government documents show. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080608/usda-papers-burger-recall-followed-riskier-procedures.htm Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:16:44 EDT Police say a woman is charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated after she drove across the three-mile Tappan Zee (TAP'-uhn-zee) Bridge going the wrong way. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/police-woman-drove-wrong-way-on-ny-bridge.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:34:33 EDT