ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – When a house fire scared Miko, it really scared Miko. The black and white cat ended up in Pueblo, Colo., some 240 miles north of her Albuquerque home. She was returned Sunday to her owner, Jade Schulte. Miko’s adventure began after Schulte’s home burned in December. The …
Read More »First-Person Shooting Games Win Top Honors
LAS VEGAS – Three critically acclaimed first-person shooters won top honors at the video game industry’s most prestigious awards show. “BioShock,” “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” and “The Orange Box” garnered four prizes apiece Thursday night at the 11th annual Interactive Achievement Awards. “Call of Duty,” praised for its …
Read More »'Freakish' Duckbilled Dinosaur Discovered in Mexico
SALT LAKE CITY – A Mexican paleontologist was cleaning up after lunch with a group of schoolchildren she’d been teaching to dig for bones in northeastern Mexico when she found the dinosaur bone. “I was basically collecting trash,” Martha Carolina Aguillon Martinez recalled at a news conference Tuesday. Twelve years …
Read More »New York Subpoenas Comcast on Internet Blocking
NEW YORK – The New York attorney general’s office has requested information from Comcast Corp. on the company’s handling of Internet traffic. Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company, is the subject of several complaints to the Federal Communications Commission and has been sued by customers over its throttling of file-sharing …
Read More »Saudi Men Busted for Flirting With Women in Public
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia began interrogating 57 men Saturday who were arrested after allegedly flirting with women in front of a shopping mall in the holy city of Mecca, a local newspaper reported. The country’s religious police arrested the men Thursday night, alleging behavior that included dancing to …
Read More »Fresh Cow's Milk to Be Used to Heat Castle in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Fresh milk from 1,100 cows will help heat up the historic salons of an 18th century castle in southwestern Sweden, a spokesman for the estate dairy producer said Saturday. Although the 7,900 gallons of milk per day is still destined for consumers, the heat that it releases …
Read More »Police Raid Exhibitors at German Tech Fair
BERLIN – Police and customs officials investigating suspected patent violations seized dozens of boxes of mobile phones, navigation devices and other gadgets from exhibitors in a technology fair, authorities said Thursday. Police in Hanover said more than 180 officials were involved in the searches Wednesday at the annual CeBIT trade …
Read More »Midwife Mistake Leaves Mom Cradling Stillborn Baby
An English midwife who failed to realize the baby was dead handed over the stillborn to the mother, the Daily Mail reported. Elizabeth Reader told an inquiry this week of the moment her stillborn daughter Scarlet was placed on her chest. The mistake followed a string of errors made by …
Read More »Defending Champion Lance Mackey Wins Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
NOME, Alaska – Defending champion Lance Mackey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The 37-year-old throat cancer survivor from Fairbanks and 11 dogs crossed the finish line under Nome’s burled arch at 2:45 a.m. ADT Wednesday. He yelled “Yeah, baby!” as he drove his team down Nome’s Front Street. …
Read More »CIA Director: Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Is 'Clear and Present Danger'
WASHINGTON – The situation in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan where Al Qaeda has established a safe haven presents a “clear and present danger” to the West, the CIA director said Sunday. Michael Hayden cited the belief by intelligence agencies that Usama bin Laden is hiding there in …
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