NEW YORK - THE New York Times has won five Pulitzer Prizes for journalism, including one for breaking the news of a prostitution scandal that destroyed the political career of New York Gov Eliot Spitzer.

The Las Vegas Sun won the Pulitzer Prize for public service on Monday for exposing a high death rate among construction workers on the Las Vegas Strip.

OF THE 5.1 million US jobs that have evaporated since the recession began, men have lost nearly 80% of them, the Financial Times reports.

This has resulted in the widest gap between unemployment rates for men and women since recordkeeping began a half-century ago.

DUBAI - DUBAI's airport chief said on Monday a new airport envisioned as the world's biggest passenger and freight hub could see its first flight pushed back further than planned.

In addition, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths said the number of runways at the colossal Al Maktoum International Airport has been scaled back to five from the six slated originally.