Calif. condor deaths shows lead still a problem
(AP Photo/Pinnacles National Monument, File)FILE - This 2003 file photo provided on March 13, 2009 by Pinnacles National Monument shows a California Condor who was brought to the Los Angeles Zoo on Fr...
Feds give $2B more for Mich. recovery
Kalamazoo -- More federal relief came to Michigan on Friday when Vice President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. Treasury is offering the state $2 billion in recovery zone bonds to attract jobs and p...
Meghan McCain wants Hillary Duff to play her in a movie
New York, July 1 : Senator John McCain's daughter Meghan wants Hillary Duff to play her in a movie version of her first book - still to be released.
Chinese ventriloquist can imitate 50 different bird sounds!
New Delhi, Jun 19 : A Chinese ventriloquist has developed the skill to imitate the sounds of 50 different birds.
American Airlines, American Eagle May traffic down
-1.89% ) said late Wednesday that May traffic declined at both American Airlines and regional carrier American Eagle. May traffic at American Airlines fell 11.7% to 10.38 billion revenue passenger m...
GOP stages a coup in New York Senate
The Senate Chamber remains dark and locked at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Republicans say that Senate session may resume this afternoon after they regained control of the ch...
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 640
(AP) As of Monday, June 29, 2009, at least 640 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, acc...
Boy wrote threatening note before school shooting
(AP Photo/Bill Haber)Police and emergency officials arrive at Larose-Cut Off Middle School in Larose, La., Monday, May 18, 2009. Authorities say a student shot himself in the head at the middle school...
Russia won't participate in Jewish documents suit
By NEDRA PICKLERASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER WASHINGTON -- Russia told a U.S. court on Friday that judges have no authority to tell the country how to handle sacred Jewish documents held in its state li...
Miami Airport Center receiver appointed
is in receivership, following an attempt by lenders to foreclose on the 597,901-square-foot office and warehouse complex. Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Maxine Lando appointed Andrew Hellinger, chief...
Reward increased to $7,500 for arrest of Miami-Dade cat killer
NBC 6 reports. Although Crime Stoppers has received almost 30 tips, no arrests have been made in the mutilations and killings of 26 cats in the past few weeks. Cat owners in the area have been u...
Long a Driver’s Curse, Chicago Parking Gets Worse
Miss the diagonal markings on your spot? That’s a $50 violation. More than 12 inches from the curb? $25, payable to the city. Two overdue tickets? You’re getting a boot. But while every...
Firm Selected to Restore, Operate and Maintain Westchester Golf Course Near Los Angeles International Airport
LOS ANGELES, CA -- 06/22/09 -- Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners awarded today a 10-year lease to Westchester Golf Partners LLC (WGP), calling for the restoration of Westchester Golf Cours...
John Brown's spears get top dollar
A spear-like pike used in John Brown's raid on the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, W.Va. in October 1859 sold through Heritage Auction Galleries of Houston for $13,000 in June 2007.
US warns NKorea amid reports of rocket launch preparations
(AFP)
AFP - Unfazed by international anger at its second nuclear bomb test, a defiant North Korea was said Saturday to be preparing to launch a long-range missile.
Kidnap father 'mad', says defence
An alleged fantasist had descended into "pure madness" when he kidnapped his seven-year-old daughter, a US court has been told.
Obama Tells Hispanic Prayer Breakfast America is 'Nation of Christians and Muslims and Jews and Hindus and Non-Believers'
President Barack Obama was the keynote speaker at the 2009 National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast on Friday in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Penny Starr/CNSNews.com)
Knox takes stand for second day
Prosecutors are cross-examining an American woman, accused of killing UK student Meredith Kercher in Italy.
General Motors to file for bankruptcy
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)FILE - This April 21, 2009 file photo shows General Motors world headquarters in Detroit. A congressional official says General Motors Corp. will file for bankruptcy protec...
Mexico president says future of democracy at stake
(AP)
AP - President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday the future of Mexican democracy is at stake in the government's fight against official corruption and organized crime, and he criticized politicians who he said want to return to the era when gangs were tolerated.
ipoque Appoints Intello Technologies as New Distributor for Its DPI Solutions in North America
BOSTON, MA -- 06/18/09 -- ipoque, the leading European provider of Internet traffic management solutions, today announced a new North American distribution agreement with Canadian company Intello T...
Prince Harry tours WTC site in 1st US visit
(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, Pool, File)FILE - In this June 5, 2008 file photo, Britain's Prince Harry arrives at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, Wales, to open an exhibition of tapestries ...
NISCA Begins Posting All-American Applications Processed, Staggering Number of All-Americans Expected, More Likely to Come with NFHS Ruling
WINETKA, Illinois, June 17. THE National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association has begun posting 2008-09 All-American applications that have been processed, and the numbers are staggering.Click
Emotional Castroneves scores 500 hat-trick
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Pole-sitter Helio Castroneves captured his third Indy 500 Sunday to give team owner Roger Penske a record 15th trip to Victory Lane.
Liberty U. pulls plug on campus Democratic club
(AP)
AP - Liberty University has banned its fledgling College Democrats club, saying the group stands against the conservative Christian school's moral principles.
Trial begins in NH weapons and conspiracy case
In this courtroom sketch by Matt Sell, U.S. Marshal Stephan Monier is on the witness stand as U.S. District Judge George Singal listens during the trial of Ed and Elaine Brown in U.S. District Court i...
An American Renaissance Begins
Fredericksburg, VA, June 30, 2009 /EIN News/ -- A decade in the making, the plan for reforming the government of the United States is ready, but the members of Ops Populi know they may have only one c...
L.A. employers face immigration audits
Federal agency targets hiring practices in a nationwide inquiry. Federal officials Wednesday notified more than 650 businesses around the country, including nearly 50 in Los Angeles, that their records will be audited as part of a widening effort to find companies that hire illegal immigrants.
In Venezuela, Land 'Rescue' Hopes Unmet
LAS VEGAS, Venezuela -- Dreaming of a new life, Ramón Barrera came to El Charcote, a vast farm here in northwestern Venezuela, several years after President Hugo Chávez's populist government had expropriated the property from its longtime owners and begun distributing parcels to small farmers like...
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