ALKMAAR (ANP) - AZ heeft zich versterkt met aanvallende middenvelder Nick van der Velden. Dat meldde de club dinsdag. De 26-jarige Amsterdammer komt komende zomer over van eerstedivisionist FC Dordrecht en tekent in Alkmaar een contract tot en met 2012.
In a return to the public stage, John Edwards has confirmed plans to talk politics a month after admitting to an extramarital affair. But his wife won't be at his side.
AFP - Australian police have cleared an Indian doctor of involvement in failed bomb attacks in Britain last year after a bungled 14-month probe that is now the subject of a judicial inquiry.
Reuters - Personal income tumbled unexpectedly
in July and inflation-adjusted spending shrank as government
economic stimulus waned, but consumer spirits rose this month,
a hint the economy may muddle through its woes.
