Greeks have gotten a bad rep in recent times … Greeks as in fraternity boys and sorority girls. With movies like “Old School” reinforcing negative stereotypes set forth in the original frat-boy flick “Animal House,” the question remains: how are these supposedly booze-drenched students getting any work done? Video: Jenna’s …
Read More »Bin Laden Rumors Just Hot Air
He was blown up in the caves of Tora Bora. He was on dialysis and dying of kidney disease. He was in the hands of Pakistani intelligence and about to be turned over to the United States. Rumors of Usama bin Laden’s death or capture go back years, and they …
Read More »Suspect Arrested for Attempting to Board Plane with Knife
ROMULUS, Mich. – A man with a one-way ticket to Yemen attempted to board a plane with a knife hidden in a book, authorities said. Mohammed Ghanem, 21, of Hamtramck, was jailed Saturday on $500,000 after being arraigned on a charge of possessing a weapon in the sterile area of …
Read More »Fire at Department Store in China Kills 14
BEIJING – A pre-dawn fire at a commercial building in eastern China killed at least 14 people on Thursday, state media said. The blaze in a five-story department store in Zhejiang province’s Huzhou city started at about 4:30 a.m. (2030 GMT Wednesday), the official Xinhua News Agency said. The building …
Read More »RealNetworks, SanDisk Pair Up to Make Rhapsody-Based Portable Music Player
SEATTLE – RealNetworks Inc. (RNWK) is teaming up with SanDisk Corp. (SNDK) to release a portable music player that more closely links with RealNetworks’ Rhapsody online music service, in the latest attempt to take on Apple’s iPod and iTunes stronghold. Analysts see the deal, to be announced Monday, as a …
Read More »West Virginia Man Who Won HGTV Dream Home Says It's Too Costly to Live In
LAKE LURE, N.C. – Donald P. Cook, who won HGTV’s 5,700-square-foot Dream Home on April 29, plans to sell the house because of the high taxes and maintenance costs. Cook, an auditor for the state of West Virginia who has been disabled since childhood by multiple sclerosis, said the electricity …
Read More »Turkish Lawmakers Debate Lebanon Troops
ANKARA, Turkey – A key member of parliament warned against deploying Turkish peacekeepers to Lebanon as government ministers met Tuesday to hammer out details of a parliamentary resolution to deploy troops. The Cabinet in Turkey, NATO’s only Muslim member and a country with close ties to Israel and Arab states, …
Read More »2 Dogs Owned By Steeler's Linebacker Joey Porter Escape, Kill Miniature Horse
WEXFORD, Pa. – Two dogs owned by Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Joey Porter got off his fenced property and killed a miniature horse on a nearby farm, leading to citations that carry several hundred dollars in potential fines. Porter’s dogs, a pit bull and a mastiff, got loose Tuesday and killed …
Read More »Police: D.C. Sniper Malvo Confessed to Killing Man on Arizona Golf Course
TUCSON, Arizona – Cheryll Witz wrote convicted Washington-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo a letter in June, imploring him to talk to Arizona detectives about her father’s 2002 death. She got her wish. Police said Friday that Malvo tearfully confessed that he and John Allen Muhammad were responsible for killing 60-year-old …
Read More »Southern California Blaze Now 85 Percent Contained
BEAUMONT, Calif. – Firefighters aided by dying winds appeared to be winning the battle Sunday against a 63-square-mile wildfire that killed four of their own and destroyed more than 30 homes. The blaze, which burned 40,200 acres, was 85 percent contained four days after blowtorch gusts overran a U.S. Forest …
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