ORLANDO, Fla. – If government can’t do it, business will. Once the domain of government and charitable relief groups, hurricane response and preparedness are a booming billion-dollar business — from the self-heating food packets to the souped-up cell phone towers on wheels. Call it Hurricanes Inc. “Private industry is the …
Read More »Russian Cargo Drone Reaches International Space Station
MOSCOW – An unmanned Russian cargo ship arrived Wednesday at the international space station, bearing supplies and Easter gifts from the families of the American and Russian crewmen. The Progress M-56 ship, which was launched from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan two days ago, hooked up with the orbiting …
Read More »Five Marines Killed in Vehicle Accident
BAGHDAD, Iraq – A U.S. military truck rolled over in a flash food in western Iraq’s Anbar province, killing five U.S. Marines, injuring another and leaving three other troops missing, the military said Monday. The military said it was “using all the resources available” to find the two Marines and …
Read More »Mother of Japanese Girl Kidnapped by North Koreans to Meet Bush
WASHINGTON – After pleading with U.S. lawmakers that time is running out to save her daughter, the mother of a Japanese girl kidnapped nearly 30 years ago by North Korean agents planned to share her story Friday with President George W. Bush in a White House meeting. Sakie Yokota, whose …
Read More »'Ice Age' Stays Hot at Box Office With $34.5 Million
LOS ANGELES – Score one for the prehistoric animals. The 20th Century Fox family tale “Ice Age: The Meltdown” took in $34.5 million to remain the No. 1 movie for a second straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. The animated sequel fended off Sony’s Rob Schneider-David Spade baseball comedy …
Read More »Five Female Iraqi Prisoners Freed by U.S.
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Five Iraqi women detainees were released Thursday by the U.S. military, FOX News has confirmed. They were among hundreds of Iraqi prisoners released after officials found no reason to continue their detention. Major Gen. Rick Lynch said Thursday the women were released along with more than 400 …
Read More »Activists Seek to Evict Souter From Home
CONCORD, N.H. – Angered by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sided with a Connecticut city that wanted to seize homes for economic development, a group of activists is trying to get one of the justices who voted for the decision evicted from his own home. The group, led by …
Read More »High Winds Cause Troubles in Northeast
NEW YORK – High winds knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of customers in the Northeast on Wednesday and wreaked havoc for commuters, blowing trees across railroad tracks, overturning tractor-trailers, and making for wild ferry rides. More than 380,000 homes and businesses across the region lost power, and several …
Read More »January 12
See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight… “The O’Reilly Factor” is on! We’ll have the latest on the Vermont judge who gave a confessed child rapist just 60 days in prison! Will the judge do the right thing and step down? …
Read More »IBM Sued for Not Paying Overtime
SAN FRANCISCO – A group of workers is suing International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) in federal court for allegedly not paying overtime to tens of thousands of rank-and-file employees. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court Tuesday on behalf of three current and former workers, and seeks class-action status …
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