Ballina (Irish: Béal an Átha) is the largest town in County Mayo in the Republic of Ireland. It lies at the mouth of the River Moy near Killala Bay, in the Moy valley, with the Ox Mountain range to the east and the Nephin Beg Mountains to the west. Ballina is in north Mayo, in the province of Connacht. The name is derived from Béal an Átha (mouth of the ford) or Béal Átha an Fheadha in Irish.According to the 2001 census, Ballina is the largest town at 1,451 hectares, compared to Castlebar at 1,099 hectares. The recorded population of Ballina's urban area is 9,478. Figures released by the Central Statistics Office in September 2007 showed that Ballina had the highest rate of unemployment amongst large towns in the Republic of Ireland. Some 15.8% of Ballina's population was out of work when the 2006 census was taken.

El próximo 21 de noviembre, se estrenará de manera oficial en E.E.U.U la última película de los hermanos Coen: “No Country for Old Men”. El filme, que fue estrenado el pasado 19 de mayo en el festival de Cannes, no llegará a las pantallas españolas hasta el 28 de marzo de 2008.

the boy was taken by helicopter to a local hospital and later transferred to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where he underwent 15 hours of surgery on Monday.

It is an argument that nobody relishes. Not Jessica Mayo-Swimeley, who says that all she wanted to do was breast-feed her 17-month-old twin son Tobin after his surgery for a brain tumor.

Doctor Raghavakaimal was charged with making terroristic threats against his estranged wife. In early February he threatened to cut his 11-year old son's throat with a butcher knife. F.B.I. found olive oil and potassium cyanide in his possession. The combination of olive oil and cyanide is mentioned in the Mujaheddin poison handbooks.

Five-month-old conjoined twins Abygail and Madysen Fitterer, of Bismarck, N.D., will undergo separation surgery at the Mayo Clinic on Wednesday, the clinic announced Tuesday.