By Chris Melzer Pompano Beach/New York (dpa) – An unflappable 20-year-old sales woman in Florida kept her cool during a robbery, turning away a robber by discussing Jesus, a broadcast report said Friday. ABC broadcaster […]
By Scott Collins and Joe Flint Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES _ Amid a storm of personnel and producing changes, “American Idol” has been thrown into chaos, with the fate of the nation’s […]
Paris (dpa) – Investigators in northern France dug up the remains of eight infants in a garden, after a tip from the new owner of a house, justice sources said Wednesday. The grisly find came […]
Washington (dpa) – President Barack Obama has not received an invitation to former first daughter Chelsea Clinton’s wedding, and he said on a daytime talk show Thursday that he agrees with that decision. This weekend, […]
By John Grafilo Manila (dpa) – Philippine police have arrested three men for allegedly stealing bones from a public cemetery, a police report said Thursday. The suspects were transporting 10 sacks when police accosted […]
By Jeff Black dpa BONN, Germany – A 90-year-old man has been charged with taking part in the murder of some 430,000 Jews at a Nazi-run death camp during World War II, prosecutors said Wednesday. […]
By Noelle Phillips McClatchy Newspapers You do it. Your co-workers do it. Heck, even Russ Pate does it. And he runs marathons. “You send an e-mail to someone two doors down at the office,” Pate […]
Wellington (dpa) – Patrick Lam had never seen, let alone eaten, a pie when he arrived in New Zealand as a refugee from Cambodia 13 years ago. Today, he is the nation’s undisputed Pie King […]
By Phil Willon and Dan Weikel LOS ANGELES _ Two brothers were found shot to death Tuesday in a ravine near their family’s mobile home in a remote area of Chino Hills, San Bernardino […]
By Shabtai Gold Cairo (dpa) – A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced a man to 80 lashes for drink driving and causing damage to another vehicle while under the influence, media reported […]
Berlin (dpa) – German police have withdrawn permission for a planned techno dance party in a closed-off motorway tunnel, in the wake of the 20 deaths at Saturday’s Love Parade, local media reported Wednesday. The […]
Jan-Uwe Ronneburger Rio de Janeiro (dpa) – Indigenous Brazilians protesting against the construction of a power station have freed five hostages. The captives, released Monday, were managers involved in the building of a hydroelectric […]
By Julia Yeow Kuala Lumpur (dpa) – Malaysian police believe they have crippled an international drug ring with the seizure of 200 kilograms of methamphetamine worth 40 million ringgit (12.5 million dollars) and the arrest […]
By Borzou Daragahi Los Angeles Times BEIRUT, Lebanon – The European Union formally adopted harsh and unprecedented restrictions on trade with Iran on Monday in an effort to pressure Tehran to comply with international demands […]
The American Cancer Society recently reported some good news: Cancer is still on the run. Although men and women continue to get the disease in large numbers, the big change is found in cancer deaths. […]
By Michael A. Memoli Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – As campaign foils go, George W. Bush was a very effective one for Democrats in 2006 and 2008, even though his name never appeared on a […]
By Jo Napolitano Chicago Tribune CHICAGO – A life-size statue of Elvis Presley is among a trove of Rod Blagojevich’s belongings in an Illinois storage facility that the warehouse owner says he will sell at […]
By Ken Ellingwood Los Angeles Times MEXICO CITY – Prison inmates allowed to leave their cells with weapons borrowed from guards carried out last week’s killings of 17 people in northern Mexico, federal authorities said […]
Manila (dpa) – Three strong earthquakes rocked the southern Philippines early Saturday but the origins of the tremors were too deep below the sea to cause damage or injuries, a government agency […]
Mexico City (dpa) – Officials recovered 38 bodies of apparent victims of drug-cartel wars in northern Mexico and said the toll would likely increase during the search through the weekend. Police and […]
By Sandy Kleffman SAN FRANCISCO _ Emergency room visits linked to abuse of prescription painkillers have jumped 111 percent in five years, straining the nation’s public health system, a recent study revealed. Urgent […]
By Anne Blythe RALEIGH, N.C. _ Someone accused of killing a white person in North Carolina is nearly three times more likely to get the death penalty than someone accused of killing a black […]
Phnom Penh (dpa) – On Monday morning a man known to millions as Comrade Duch will sit in a Phnom Penh courtroom and learn his fate. Watching him in the 500-seat courtroom will be […]
By Paul Richter Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – A federal watchdog blasted U.S. agencies on Thursday for squandering taxpayer money on facilities in Afghanistan that are too complex and costly for the Afghan government to […]
Hong Kong (dpa) – A 15-year-old Hong Kong youth has been arrested after allegedly stabbing his mother and sister to death Thursday. Police said the teenager called them around 3:30 am and said he […]
By Khaled al-Madhi Sana’a, Yemen (dpa) – Five policemen were killed after al-Qaeda gunmen attacked a patrol vehicle in south-eastern Yemen on Thursday, a security source said. The source told the German Press Agency dpa […]
Kathmandu (dpa) – The death toll and number of missing continued to rise as the monsoon caused havoc across Nepal, local media reported Thursday. Ten people from a single family went missing in Nepal’s […]
By David Barber Wellington (dpa) – A retired New Zealand doctor dying from a terminal illness has launched a campaign for voluntary euthanasia to be legalized as a basic human right. Dr John Pollock, 61, […]
Bangkok (dpa) – Thai police have concluded that monitor lizards were the prime suspects in the mutilation of the body of a 74-year-old man whose legless corpse was discovered near a pond, a […]
By Andy Goldberg Los Angeles (dpa) – A judge in Los Angeles granted Sandra Bullock a temporary restraining order Monday against a man accused of stalking the Oscar-winning actress since 2003. Thomas James Weldon, 41, […]
By Jan-Uwe Ronneburger Buenos Aires (dpa) – At least 175 people have died in the coldest winter in South America in recent years, officials in six affected countries said. The cold was worst in […]
By Michael Kieffer Wiesbaden, Germany (dpa) – Five people were killed and five others injured in a farmhouse fire in Limburg in western Germany, police said Tuesday. The farmer, his wife and their three adult […]
By Gina Smith NEWBERRY, S.C._ Pumping fists in the air and hoisting signs that read “Black Power” and “Justice for Anthony Hill,” a hundred or so demonstrators marched Saturday from a Newberry neighborhood […]
By Christine Pirovolakis Athens (dpa) – Firefighters battled to contain three major forest fires which were being fanned by strong winds near the Greek capital on Saturday, forcing officials to evacuate camps, monasteries and homes. […]
Moscow (dpa) – A Russian pianist charged with raping a 14- year-old boy in Thailand returned to the South-East Asian country on Saturday, his spokeswoman said. Mikhail Pletnev flew back from Moscow, where he was […]
By Boris Babic Tirana (dpa) – Ten people were killed and 20 others injured Saturday when a bus plunged into a ravine in northern Albania, local media reported. At least eight of the injured were […]
Mexico City (dpa) – An estimated 7,048 people have been killed in Mexico’s drug wars this year, the government said Friday. About 24,826 have died in incidents related to organized crime since President Felipe […]
By Lesley Clark WASHINGTON _ A confessed spy for Cuba was sentenced to life in prison and his wife to 81 months Friday after telling a judge that their “overriding objective” for 30 […]
By Shari Roan LOS ANGELES _ Disrupted sleep patterns seem to contribute to the risk of obesity and diabetes, according to numerous studies. Researchers have theorized that disrupted circadian rhythms throw off various […]
By Ned Parker and Raheem Salman BAGHDAD _ A fire swept through a hotel in northern Iraq filled with foreigners, killing at least 28 people as some desperate guests jumped from windows in attempts […]
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