By JOAN LOWYAssociated PressWASHINGTONDriving in America has stalled, leading researchers to ask: Is the national love affair with the automobile over? After rising for decades, total vehicle use in the U.S. _ the collective miles people drive _ peaked in
Russia will “over the next few days” be sending an anti-submarine ship and a missile cruiser to the Mediterranean as the West prepares for possible strikes against Syria, the Interfax news agency said on Thursday.
By MICHELLE RINDELSAssociated PressLAS VEGASIt turns out that even in Sin City, some sins are hard to overlook. The Palazzo hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip is trying to evict a 10-month-old nightclub for shows it says are so raunchy
In a Thai village, homes are raided, property is pinched and locals are attacked by dastardly gangs operating beyond the law — but the perpetrators are not men, but monkeys. Around 150 households in the shrimp farming community in Chachoengsao
At least 41 people were killed Thursday in a bus crash west of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the Kenyan Red Cross said. The Kenyan Red Cross said it had confirmed 41 deaths and 27 others with “multiple injuries”. The bus
A three-year-old girl was killed by a bulldozer during a land dispute in China, her father told AFP Thursday, the latest case highlighting the human cost of the country’s breakneck urbanisation. Hong Xiaorou died under the tracks of the construction
(AP) Obama: US action would send Assad ‘strong signal’By JULIE PACE and DEB RIECHMANNAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is vowing that American retaliation for Syrian chemical weapons use would send a “strong signal,” as U.S. intelligence officials readied briefings for Congress
(AP) Hagel wraps up defense talks with Asian alliesBy ROBERT BURNSAP National Security WriterBANDER SERI BEGAWAN, BruneiWith the Syria crisis shadowing his weeklong Asia tour, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is wrapping up talks on ways of deepening defense ties
I am barely able to restrain myself from writing a blasphemy, just out of complete drop-the-jaw exasperation. If you don’t know this story: In Montana, a teacher raped a 14 year old girl. She then committed suicide two years later.
(AP) Landon Donovan re-signs with Los Angeles GalaxyBy GREG BEACHAMAP Sports WriterCARSON, Calif.Just a few months after Landon Donovan thought he might be finished with soccer, he re-signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday with his passion rekindled. Donovan
(AP) Bolt plans to defend all 3 Olympic sprint titlesBy GRAHAM DUNBARAP Sports WriterZURICHWhat’s left for a man who has won three sprint titles at the last two Olympics? Win all three again, of course. Usain Bolt said Wednesday he
(AP) Dodgers beat Cubs 4-0 with Nolasco and 2 homersBy BETH HARRISAP Sports WriterLOS ANGELES UPDATE: Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said he pulled Puig because he was not ready on defense. Puig, who was seen visibly contesting the decision in
(AP) Soldier sentenced to death for Fort Hood shootingBy MICHAEL GRACZYK and NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated PressFORT HOOD, TexasA military jury on Wednesday sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, handing the Army psychiatrist the
Robert Davi is prepping for his latest role in Expendables 3, but he’ll spend part of his weekend bringing the Frank Sinatra songbook to New Yorkers free of charge. The singer/actor’s Davi Sings Sinatra event will be held at 7
(AP) Lindsey Vonn nearing return to snowBy PAT GRAHAMAP Sports WriterVAIL, Colo.Lindsey Vonn dropped into a skier’s tuck as if she were trying to gain a little extra speed on a downhill course. Only, this was simply while balancing on
(AP) VENICE, Italy–Actor George Clooney says a satellite project over Sudan that he helped found has curbed violence, at least during daylight. Clooney said Wednesday at the Venice Film Festival that the Satellite Sentinel Project, which uses satellite imagery to
The lawyer for former Fox News vice president of communications Brian Lewis sounded off in a statement on Tuesday, stating that he was “still plotting our course of action.” He added, “two things are very clear to me. First, Brian
While over 100,000 people were expected to show up at today’s ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, late estimates put the crowd numbers at 20,000. Mike Levine of ABC News reported
A woman who said she was brutally attacked by a group of black teenagers in Pittsburgh’s North Side Sunday said the girls savagely beat her while calling her racial slurs. Ginger Slepski said she suffered multiple injuries, including torn shoulder
(AP) Fidel Castro pens new essay on Syria, SnowdenBy PETER ORSIAssociated PressHAVANAFidel Castro can’t stay away. Despite a vow to retire from his second career as a columnist last year, the 87-year-old revolutionary whose interests range from the nutrition benefits
Two of the biggest stars from Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, are joining the March on Washington today to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic civil rights protest. Whitaker and Winfrey, who has been peddling, and
(AP) NEW YORK–A spokeswoman for Catherine Zeta-Jones says the actress and her husband, Michael Douglas, “are taking some time apart to evaluate and work on their marriage.” Publicist Cece Yorke said in an email to The Associated Press on Wednesday
(AP) A golfer with a 3rd heart and plenty of gritBy DOUG FERGUSONAP Golf WriterNORTON, Mass.More than any other PGA Tour player, Erik Compton can do without the additional stress. But there he was again last Friday, two shots over
(AP) NFL to study hits to knees; rule change possibleBy BARRY WILNERAP Pro Football WriterNEW YORKThe NFL will keep a close eye on hits to the knees of defenseless players this season, with the possibility of extending the rules protecting
One of the people attending this week’s ceremonies marking the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s March on Washington will be Leron Issac Lee, a huge fan of President Obama busted for allegedly exposing himself to a female shopper
