Back to news index
Youngest solo round-the-world sailing set to begin
(AP)
AP - Teen sailor Laura Dekker says she will leave the Netherlands on Wednesday in her quest to become the youngest to circumnavigate the globe alone. But it won't yet be the first leg of the 14-year-old's solo voyage.
The Most Dangerous Things in a National Park
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - A fatal bear attack in a Montana campground near Yellowstone National Park prompted a flurry of concerned phone calls to the park this week, but bear attacks are far from the most common danger to park visitors.
Many in Gulf are outraged at reports of vanishing oil
(The Upshot)
The Upshot - Now that BP engineers have managed to place a cap on the company's bleeding well in the Gulf, the sprawling oil slicks seem to have retreated from the water's surface, claimed many media reports this week. "Where is all the oil?" an AFP headline asked. Time magazine ran a piece suggesting that the environmental impact of [...]
Chelsea Clinton weds at exclusive New York estate
(AP)
AP - Chelsea Clinton married her longtime boyfriend Saturday night at an exclusive estate along New York's Hudson River.
Police: Ex-NBA player Wright shot to death
(AP)
AP - Former NBA big man Lorenzen Wright, whose body was found in the woods outside Memphis, was shot to death and the case is being investigated as a homicide, police said Thursday.
Woman with broken leg calls 911; Suspect collapses
(AP)
AP - Livingston Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a man who passed out while allegedly trying to break into a mobile home where an 82-year-old woman was calling 911, crowbar in hand. Deputies said 24-year-old Derrick Gauthreaux of Denham Springs was checked at a hospital Thursday, then booked into the parish jail on one count of attempted burglary.
LeBron's Heat jersey gets fan booted from ballpark
(Newsnet5.com)
Newsnet5.com - Cleveland fans have not been quick to forgive LeBron James for the way he left his hometown team for the Miami Heat, and Wednesday night’s Indians game is the most recent example of the city’s disdain for its former “King.”
Brazil offers asylum to Iranian woman facing stoning
(Reuters)
Reuters - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to allow a woman sentenced in Iran to death by stoning to accept an offer of asylum in Brazil, local media reported.
Istanbul landmark seeks return to glory era
(AP)
AP - It was the last stop on the Orient Express, a grand hotel with Istanbul's first electric elevator where artists and aristocrats sipped champagne beneath chandeliers as the Ottoman Empire dissolved and the world drifted toward war.
NM governor considers pardon for Billy the Kid
(AP)
AP - The showdown between Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid has fascinated the American public for nearly 130 years with its classic, Old West storyline of the frontier lawman hunting down the notorious gunslinger.
Informant says WikiLeaks suspect had civilian help
(AP)
AP - An Army private charged with leaking classified material to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks had civilian help, a key figure in the case said Saturday.
Obama slips behind wheel of a Volt in Motor City
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - DETROIT — Out to convince voters that the bailout of the U.S. auto industry has been a success — and to build buzz for its controversial poster child, Chevy's Volt electric car — President Barack Obama on Friday drove a car publicly for the first time in more than three years and implored consumers, "Don't bet against the American people."
Pakistan spy scraps UK talks after PM's comments
(AP)
AP - A diplomatic spat with implications for international counterterrorism escalated Saturday after Pakistan's spy chief canceled a visit to London following comments by the British leader suggesting Pakistan exports terrorism.
Colombia denies hostile intent toward Venezuela
(AP)
AP - Colombia's government says it has never considered attacking Venezuela, saying Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is deceiving his people by claiming Bogota may have such designs.
Pakistan spy chief scraps UK trip on "terror" remarks
(Reuters)
Reuters - Pakistan's spy chief has canceled a trip to Britain, a spokesman said on Saturday, but Islamabad played down a row over remarks by British Prime Minister David Cameron suggesting Pakistan was not doing enough to fight terrorism.
Congress OKs overhaul of airline pilot rules
(AP)
AP - Congress on Friday approved far-reaching aviation safety legislation developed in response to a deadly commuter airline crash in western New York last year.
Great white shark sightings close Cape Cod beach
(AP)
AP - Officials have closed five miles of a Cape Cod beach after a spotter pilot saw three more great white sharks, including one swimming about 100 yards from a party on the sand.
Inmate sues man he's convicted of burglarizing
(AP)
AP - A Florida inmate is suing the man he's convicted of burglarizing, claiming the man and two others roughed him up during a citizen's arrest. Michael Dupree is serving a 12-year sentence for burglary and cocaine possession stemming from a 2007 break-in of a van in St. Petersburg. Dupree allegedly stole a bicycle locked inside and was apprehended after the owner, Anthony McKoy, saw him with the bike down the street.
Dems hope for first lady's stardust in campaign
(AP)
AP - She's not a political animal, Michelle Obama is quick to say.
Chelsea Clinton tying the knot in lavish, secretive wedding
(AFP)
AFP - After weeks of secrecy, the marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton's only daughter Chelsea to her Wall Street banker beau finally got underway Saturday at a lavish, A-list bash in rural New York.
