LONDON – Amy Winehouse gave her jailed husband loving glances when he appeared in an east London court on charges of assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Winehouse sat in the front row during Blake Fielder-Civil’s appearance on Monday. The 24-year-old singer smiled at him repeatedly and patted the empty …
Read More »Missing Girl's Uncle Named 'Person of Interest' in Her Disappearance
CHELSEA, Vt. – A probe into the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl zeroed in Monday on her uncle’s alleged involvement in a child sex ring, with police searching his home while he was being arraigned on sex charges in a case authorities said was unrelated to the missing girl. Michael …
Read More »Baby to Be Born Free of Breast Cancer After Embryo Screening
A woman has conceived Britain’s first baby guaranteed to be free from hereditary breast cancer. Doctors screened out from the woman’s embryos an inherited gene that would have left the baby with a greater than 50 percent chance of developing the cancer. The woman decided to have her embryos screened …
Read More »Catholic Priest Facing Sex Abuse Inquiry Commits Suicide in Maine
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine – Maine’s Roman Catholic diocese says a priest committed suicide after he was informed that he would be suspended pending an investigation of his alleged sexual abuse of a minor 29 years ago. The body of the Reverend James Robichaud was found in the rectory of Our Lady …
Read More »Kibo Lab Anchored to Outside of Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A team of astronauts working inside and out anchored a giant billion-dollar Japanese lab to the international space station Tuesday, making it the biggest room there. The long-awaited moment of contact came as two of the crew were winding up a spacewalk. Spacewalkers Michael Fossum and …
Read More »Colorado Man Accused of Buying Gallon of Date Rape Drug GHB
DENVER – A 33-year-old man has been accused of buying a gallon of the date-rape drug GHB with the intent to distribute it. Brian Furer was arrested May 30 after Denver narcotics detectives received a tip and intercepted the shipment of gamma-hydroxybutyrate. Denver district attorney spokeswoman Lynn Kimbrough said Furer …
Read More »Senate Republicans Put Up Roadblock to Extending Unemployment Benefits
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans blocked an attempt to put new Democrat-backed unemployment benefits up for a vote on Tuesday, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he’ll attach the benefit extension to the upcoming war supplemental spending bill. Last week the House passed the 13-week extension of unemployment benefits, and …
Read More »Engineer Becomes First Sentenced Under Economic Espionage Act
SAN JOSE, Calif. – An engineer who admitted he tried to sell fighter-pilot training software to the Chinese Navy was sentenced Wednesday to 24 months in federal prison, in the first sentencing for a newly defined intellectual property crime. Xiaodong Sheldon Meng, 44, was sentenced on the rare charge of …
Read More »Severe Storms Across Country Blamed for Three Deaths
ANNANDALE, Va. – Severe storms that downed power lines and trees across a large swath of the country Wednesday were blamed for three deaths. A woman died Wednesday afternoon when a tree fell on a vehicle in Annandale, a Washington, D.C., suburb, a fire department spokesman said. Earlier Wednesday, authorities …
Read More »Elton John Is Belle of This Year's Oscar Party Circuit
LOS ANGELES – With Vanity Fair sitting out this year’s celebrations, the belle of the Oscars parties was a piano playing Elton John. The 60-year-old singer’s 16th annual viewing dinner and after-party benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation topped other bashes Sunday, with 750 guests and a bevy of A-list …
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