Downtown Yoakum YOAKUM, Texas (AP) — With a serial rapist on the loose, Cassandra McGinty has developed a new routine when she arrives home: search room to room, a handgun or stun gun drawn. The predator has been assaulting older women in central Texas over the past year, terrifying residents and frustrating investigators who have [...]
HOUSTON — Former Border Patrol Agent Ignacio Ramos says new evidence has surfaced since he went to prison over the 2005 shooting of a Mexican drug smuggler and he wants a retrial. “I know I’m rolling the dice,” said Ramos, adding that a new trial could result in additional charges. Ramos said his attorney would [...]
Fox News: Sen. Ben Nelson’s popularity in Nebraska has plummeted in the course of the health care debate, with a new survey putting the Democratic senator’s approval rating at 42 percent. According to the latest poll from The Omaha World-Herald, 48 percent disapprove of Nelson. Forty-four percent said his support for health care reform would [...]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Troops, doctors and aid workers flowed into Haiti on Monday even while victims of a quake that killed an estimated 200,000 people still struggled to find a cup of water or a handful of food. European nations pledged more than a half-billion dollars in emergency and long-term aid, on top of [...]
(AP) – Taliban militants wearing explosives vests launched a brazen assault on the heart of Kabul on Monday, as suicide bombings and gunbattles near the presidential palace and other government buildings paralyzed the capital for hours. Afghan police and NATO troops managed to restore security after at least three blasts and machine-gunfire that echoed across [...]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran vowed Monday to take revenge on Israel and the United States for the slaying last week of a physics professor in a mysterious bomb attack, the official news agency reported. Iranian officials have blamed the bombing on an exiled opposition group known as the People’s Mujahedeen, accusing it of acting [...]
NewsBusters: Joe Scarborough has expressed serious doubts as to his Republican affiliation, and made clear that House GOP whip Eric Cantor “is not my friend.” But caution to those who assume Joe has gone left: he has clarified to this NewsBuster that his critique of the GOP comes from the Ron Paul-esque right . . [...]
Boston Herald: President Obama swooped down on Massachusetts yesterday to take on an obscure state senator threatening his entire White House agenda, in a dramatic 11th hour dash to rescue Democrat Martha Coakley as she battles surging Republican Scott Brown in the race for U.S. Senate. “What Martha’s opponent is preaching, we’ve already tried and [...]
BOSTON (AP) – A panicky White House and Democratic allies scrambled Sunday for a plan to salvage their hard-fought health care package in case a Republican wins Tuesday’s Senate race in Massachusetts, which would enable the GOP to block further Senate action. The likeliest scenario would require persuading House Democrats to accept a bill the [...]
Houston Chronicle: Family members told KHOU that they believe a son was involved in the killings of his mother, father, brother, pregnant sister and 2-year-old niece. BELLVILLE, Texas (AP) – Authorities say five people have been found slain in a home in southeast Texas. Sgt. Paul Faircloth with the Austin County Sheriff’s Department says in [...]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) – The science-fiction blockbuster “Avatar” has won best drama at the Golden Globes and picked up the directing honor for James Cameron, raising the “Titanic” filmmaker’s prospects for another Academy Awards triumph. Winning the dramatic-acting honors were Sandra Bullock for the football tale “The Blind Side” and Jeff Bridges for the [...]
Agencie France Faggay: Science-fiction blockbuster “Avatar” ruled the North American box office for the fifth consecutive week to maintain its charge towards an all-time record, estimated figures showed Sunday. Oscar-winning director James Cameron’s groundbreaking 3-D spectacular, which is already the second-highest grossing film in history, added to its haul with another 41.3 million dollars, box [...]
BBC: Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera has won Chile’s presidential run-off, ending two decades of centre-left rule. Social Democrat Eduardo Frei conceded defeat after results from 60% of polling stations showed Mr Pinera with 52% of the vote to Mr Frei’s 48%. Mr Pinera promised a tough law-and-order programme and vowed to use his business know-how [...]
BBC: Pope Benedict XVI has defended the Vatican against accusations of indifference towards the Nazis’ annihilation of Europe’s Jews in WWII. On a landmark visit to Rome’s main synagogue, the Pope said the Vatican helped Jews and “provided assistance, often in a hidden and discreet way”. The pontiff responded after an Italian Jewish leader spoke [...]
BOSTON (AP) – His agenda at risk, President Barack Obama fought Sunday to save a struggling Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and the critical 60th vote needed for his health care plan. The White House and congressional Democrats scrambled to find a way to pass the bill quickly if Martha Coakley loses a special election Tuesday. [...]
