NEW YORK – A landlord has been indicted after prosecutors say he planted a homemade bomb to try to kill a tenant he wanted to evict from a commercial building in Brooklyn. The tenant lost a leg in the blast. Prosecutors say 38-year-old Yung Tang placed the bomb in a …
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Aid Group Warns 1.5 Million at Risk as Some Aid Reaches Survivors in Burma
YANGON, Burma – More food reached Myanmar’s hungry cyclone victims as roads were cleared of fallen trees, but a British aid group warned that up to 1.5 million face death if they do not get clean water and sanitation soon. “It’s really crucial that people get access to clean water …
Read More »Wesley Snipes Must Surrender to Authorities If He Isn't Granted Bail to Appeal
OCALA, Fla. – Wesley Snipes must surrender to prison authorities June 3 if he isn’t granted bail to appeal three federal tax convictions, defense lawyers said in a court filing. Snipes’ attorneys plan to argue before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the trial judge erred in several …
Read More »Will the Supreme Court Play Ball With Fantasy Baseball Leagues?
A fantasy sports league is facing a very real lawsuit from Major League Baseball, and the U.S. Supreme Court is deciding right now whether it wants to play ball. At issue is a big case roiling the sports world: Can MLB and its players charge fantasy leagues for the right …
Read More »John McCain Discusses Obama, Taxes, Gas Prices, Illegal Immigration and Health Care With Bill O'Reilly
This is a rush transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” May 8, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: We have an extensive …
Read More »Animal Attacks Boy, 5, in New Mexico Mountains
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A large animal attacked a 5-year-old boy hiking with his family, seriously injuring him with puncture wounds to the head, neck and back, authorities said. Jose Salazar Jr. was hiking near Sandia Peak east of Albuquerque and had run ahead of his parents on Saturday evening when …
Read More »Parents Anger Over Schools Destroyed by Quake Escalate
WUFU, China – The rubble-strewn streets of Wufu are lined with wreaths, and white flowers made of folded paper hang from bushes. Among the symbols of grief are signs openly directing roiling anger at the government. Almost three weeks after an earthquake shattered central China, anger is seething that corrupt …
Read More »TMZ Identifies Alleged Teen Sex Crime Victim
NEW YORK – Breaking with standards widely followed by the mainstream news media, the celebrity Web site TMZ posted a story Wednesday about a 14-year-old who’s a movie star’s son and an alleged sex crime victim, and it ran the boy’s picture. The story said the boy was in a …
Read More »Texas Officials: 15 Polygamist Mothers Thought to Be Underage Are Adults
SAN ANGELO, Texas – At least half the mothers taken from a polygamist sect’s ranch and put in child foster care have now been declared adults, significantly chipping at agency statistics that seemed to demonstrate the widespread sexual abuse of underage girls. Attorneys for the state’s Child Protective Services agency …
Read More »Burma Opposition Leader Remains Detained, But Cyclone Aid Continues
RANGOON, Myanmar – The party of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi denounced the extension of her house arrest and said Wednesday it would launch an appeal, while foreign donors said aid for cyclone victims in military-ruled Burma, also known as Myanmar, will continue. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace laureate …
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