(CNN) — A massive earthquake struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami alert for the Indian Ocean.
The quake struck about 430 kilometers from Banda Aceh, the capital of Indonesia’s Aceh province, and had a magnitude of 8.7, the U.S. Geological Survey said. It took place at a [...]
Wednesday April 11th, 2012 | No comments »
www.wtsp.com – (AP) LONDON – A cruise ship retracing the route of the Titanic had to interrupt its journey on Tuesday because of a medical emergency on board, organizers said.
The Titanic Memorial Cruise – on its way to the North Atlantic site where the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank 100 years ago – had [...]
Wednesday April 11th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Sanford, Florida (CNN) — Now that the grand jury that was scheduled to convene Tuesday in the Trayvon Martin case has been canceled many are wondering when a decision will be made.
The special prosecutor assigned to oversee the investigation, Angela Corey, announced Monday that she would not present the controversial shooting case to a grand [...]
Tuesday April 10th, 2012 | No comments »
sfgate.com – Augusta, Ga. — In a game rife with conservative thinking and cautious strategy, at a storied club not sure whether to remain stuck in the early 20th century or steam into the 21st, here comes a tall, funky, left-handed golfer with a pink-shafted driver and a penchant for hitting curveballs.
Bubba Watson, Masters champion.
Safe [...]
Monday April 9th, 2012 | No comments »
globegazette.com – The hotel room where Whitney Houston died bore the hallmarks of a traveler suitcases and room-service food and drinks. But it also contained something tragically familiar for the singer: signs of cocaine and its paraphernalia.
The drug was found throughout Houston’s body, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday that gave the most detailed [...]
Thursday April 5th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
www.wtsp.com- NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Doron Lamb scored 22 points, and Kentucky won its eighth national championship, holding off Kansas for a 67-59 victory Monday night.
The Wildcats (38-2) led by as many as 18 points in the first half and were still up 15 with 5:13 to play. Kansas (32-7), a team which rallied from [...]
Tuesday April 3rd, 2012 | No comments »
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(AP) MOSCOW – A passenger plane crashed in Siberia shortly after taking off Monday morning, killing 32 of the 43 people on board, Russian emergency officials said. The 11 survivors were hospitalized in serious condition.
The ATR-72, a French-Italian-made twin-engine turboprop, operated by UTair was flying from Tyumen to the oil town of Surgut with 39 [...]
Monday April 2nd, 2012 | No comments »
huffingtonpost.com – OMAHA, Neb. — A world-record $540 million Mega Millions jackpot has lottery players lining up for tickets early Friday and many wondering if there’s any way to guarantee becoming an overnight multimillionaire.
The answer: Not unless you already are one and own a magic wand.
The jackpot is so large, someone could theoretically buy up [...]
Friday March 30th, 2012 | No comments »
huffingtonpost.com – MIAMI — From the T-shirt and hoodie sales to trademarking slogans like “Justice for Trayvon” to the pass-the-hat rallies that bring in thousands, the case of an unarmed black teenager killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer is quickly turning into an Internet-fueled brand.
Websites are hawking key chains bearing Trayvon Martin’s likeness. His parents [...]
Thursday March 29th, 2012 | 2 Comments »
www.washingtonpost.com - If yesterday was a surprise to the liberal defenders of Obamacare, today must have been a shocker. Judging from today’s oral argument, five Supreme Court justices seem fully prepared to strike down the entire statute if the individual mandate fails. In this regard, the justices seem to have largely accepted the argument that [...]
Wednesday March 28th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
