Man wins Lamborghini, crashes it hours later
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A truck driver who won a Lamborghini worth about $300,000 in a convenience store contest crashed the sports car six hours after he got it, and he now plans to sell the 640-horsepower convertible because…
Eight US soldiers charged in death of bullied comrade
NEW YORK (AP) — Even before the Army sent him to Afghanistan, supporters say, Pvt. Daniel Chen was fighting a personal war. Fellow soldiers at a base in Georgia teased him about his Chinese name, crying out “Chen!” in an…
Wave of bombings across Iraqi capital kills 60
BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of at least 14 bombings ripped across Baghdad Thursday morning, killing at least 60 people in the worst violence in Iraq for months. The apparently coordinated attacks struck days after the last American forces left…
Officials step up efforts to find missing toddler
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — As the FBI stepped up its efforts to find a 20-month-old girl who disappeared from her father’s home over the weekend, investigators combed through trash bins, drained a stream and pored over more than 100 leads…
Five killed in plane crash on major NJ highway
HARDING, N.J. (AP) — A small plane headed for Georgia crashed Tuesday on one of the New York City area’s busiest highways, spiraling out of control and losing a section of the aircraft before hitting the wooded median strip and…
‘The Iron Lady’ shows Thatcher still divides Brits
LONDON (AP) — With hairdo, handbag and hubris, she dominated — and divided — Britain for a decade. Now a film about Margaret Thatcher is doing it all over again. “The Iron Lady” stars Meryl Streep as Britain’s first female…
LSU’s Miles wins AP coach of the year
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU’s 2011 season will be remembered for challenging Les Miles’ crisis-management skills over and over again. It could also go down as the greatest season in the history of a program that has been around…
CNN’s Piers Morgan rejects phone hacking claims
LONDON (AP) — A tense and sometimes hostile Piers Morgan refused to disclose details Tuesday about the most damning link between himself and Britain’s phone hacking scandal — his acknowledgment that he once listened to a phone message left by…
Downey’s ‘Holmes’ wins weekend with $39.6M debut
LOS ANGELES (AP) — There was no mystery at the weekend box office. Robert Downey Jr.’s “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” debuted as the clear favorite with $39.6 million. The family sequel “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” opened a…
Larsson’s partner chides ‘Dragon Tattoo’ marketing
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The longtime partner of late Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson says he wouldn’t have approved of merchandise being linked to this week’s release of a Hollywood adaptation of his bestselling novel, “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.”…
