What Happened on Apr 28

FDA Approves Amylin's Byetta

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus BYETTA is indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes... Read more

Guild Wars Launches

Guild Wars is an episodic series of multiplayer online role-playing games developed by ArenaNet and published by NCsoft. Although often defined as... Read more

71 Die in a Train Crash in Shandong, China

The 2008 Shandong train collision (Chinese: “4·28”胶济铁路特别重大交通事故) was a major train collision that occurred on the morning of April 28, 2008, near... Read more

Apple Releases iMac with Intel Penryn Processor

Apple has updated the iMac with Intel's more efficient Penryn processor, which has a larger level 2 cache and includes the SSE4 instruction set.... Read more

Atlanta Hawks defeat Boston Celtics, 97-92

ATLANTA - NBA commissioner David Stern's itinerary called for him to make an appearance at an Atlanta Hawks playoff game last night. (We trust this... Read more

FDA Approves Medtronic's OneTouch UltraLink Meter

Medtronic, Inc. today announced that the FDA has cleared the OneTouch® UltraLink™ Meter as the new wireless meter exclusively certified by... Read more

Shandong Train Collision

Train T195 was an express passenger train from Beijing to Sifang railway station in Qingdao. It derailed at 04:38 China Standard Time (CST) on the... Read more

Boston Celtics defeat Chicago Bulls, 106-104

The Celtics' Big Three were reduced to one last night. But it was the Bulls who ended up staggering at the end of the game, the finishing blows a... Read more

Bruce Springsteen in concert at Philadelphia Spectrum

"Is there anybody alive out there?" Bruce Springsteen asked the sold-out crowd toward the end of his show-opening "Badlands" at the Spectrum last... Read more

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Briefing on the Investigation of Swine Flu

Before I start, I wanted to call the media's attention to three new e-mail addresses that we have brought online today to help us manage, as you... Read more

Cleveland Indians defeat Boston Red Sox, 9-8

CLEVELAND - Both Jonathan Papelbon and Javier Lopez were warming. The easy choice would have been the closer, at least for most teams. But Red Sox... Read more

Cuba and Argentina Suspend Flights From Mexico

Cuba suspended flights to and from Mexico on Tuesday for the next 48 hours, becoming the first country to impose a travel ban in face of the... Read more

Los Angeles Angels defeat Baltimore Orioles, 7-5

Nonstarters With the loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday, the Orioles' rotation again failed to notch a win. After winning five of the... Read more

Milwaukee Brewers defeat Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-5

This time, there would be no five-run cushion for new Milwaukee Brewers closer Trevor Hoffman.   This time, it really was "Trevor Time," and... Read more

Minnesota Twins defeat Tampa Bay Rays, 4-3

On Tuesday night at the Metrodome, he turned to lefthander Jose Mijares to protect a one-run lead -- and watched him walk the leadoff batter --... Read more

Rascal Flatts Donates Steinway Piano To McGavock High School

The Nashville Alliance for Public Education, with the help of Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus and the Country Music Association, surprised music... Read more

Red Sox lose game 20 of season, 9 - 8 to Cleveland Indians

Red Sox - 142 000 100 - 8 14 3 Indians - 124 000 101 - 9 13 0 Bill James would not approve. Tie game, bottom of the 9th. Who should you put... Read more

Taylor Swift Gives A Free Concert To Students From Bishop Ireton High School

On April 28, 2009, Swift gave a free, private concert to students at Bishop Ireton High School, a small Catholic school in Alexandria, Virginia... Read more

Thomas H. O'Leary Dies

O'Leary, Thomas H. 19 March 1934 - 28 April 2009 Thomas H. O'Leary of Saratoga, WY died peacefully on April 28, 2009 at the Eisenhower Medical... Read more

World Health Organization - Swine influenza - Update 4

The situation continues to evolve rapidly. As of 19:15 GMT, 28 April 2009, seven countries have officially reported cases of swine influenza A/H1N1... Read more

Milwaukee Bucks defeat Atlanta Hawks, 91-87

Atlanta — Keep counting 'em out, all you National Basketball Association experts. These Milwaukee Bucks will just keep fighting to the... Read more

Pittsburgh Pirates defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 6-5

It didn't matter that Trevor Hoffman put the pitch exactly where he wanted it. When you're a closer, all that matters is the outcome. When... Read more

Reports Surface of Government Regulator's Poor Record and Oil Rig's Lack of Safety Measure Following Disastrous Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

(NEWSER) – As the oil spill off Louisiana threatens to become one of the biggest in US history, Pro Publica would like to remind everyone that the... Read more

Texas Rangers defeat Chicago White Sox, 6-5

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Leading up to Wednesday's fifth start of the season, Jake Peavy was saying all the right things. Deemed the staff ace in the... Read more

Washington Nationals defeat Chicago Cubs, 3-2

Hey, where did the Brewers go? Cubs hitters look lost without them. Without Doug Davis and Dave Bush in the house, the Cubs barely can hit,... Read more