Grief-stricken Djokovic into Monte Carlo quarters
(AP) — Novak Djokovic dropped to a crouch, his hands on his knees. He then appeared to wipe away tears with his forearm before pointing with both hands to the sky. Alexandr Dolgopolov, his beaten opponent, stood at the net…
Latest Rasmussen USA reports
The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. 92% Favour Strict Limits on Government To Protect the Individual…
New hurdle in British bid to deport cleric
(AP) — Radical Islamist Abu Qatada has appealed to Europe’s human rights court to challenge Britain’s move to deport him to Jordan, a court spokeswoman said Wednesday. The move raised another potential hurdle to long-standing efforts to expel the terror-linked…
Norway gunman wants freedom or death for massacre
(AP) — The right-wing fanatic on trial for massacring 77 people in Norway says he wants either freedom or death, calling the country’s prison terms “pathetic” and arguing for the return of capital punishment, which was last used here to…
Usain Bolt says London 2012 can make him a “living legend”
Jamaican Bolt, 25, is the reigning Olympic champion and world-record holder over both distances, with times of 9.58secs and 19.19secs. “People are looking forward to me running 9.4, 19 seconds, anything that’s amazing,” Bolt told the UK media recently. “So…
Jamaican lottery scams spread despite US crackdown
(AP) — The 88-year-old retired Coast Guard officer hadn’t been outside the U.S. in decades. Yet phone calls started pouring in from Jamaica, dangling the prospects of huge winnings from an international lottery that he had won. There was a…
Police handcuff Georgia kindergartner for tantrum
(AP) — A kindergartner who threw a tantrum at her small-town Georgia school was taken away in handcuffs, her arms behind her back, in an episode that is firing up the debate over whether teachers and police around the country…
Norway killer expounds on fanatical views at trial
(AP) — In a scene unimaginable in many countries, Norway’s worst mass killer got the chance to explain his fanatical views to the court and the world, unrepentant and dressed in a business suit. Prosecutors and lawyers for the families…
Prostitution scandal ricochets through Washington
(AP) — The Secret Service prostitution scandal escalated Tuesday with the disclosure that at least 20 women had been in hotel rooms with U.S. agents and military personnel just before President Barack Obama arrived for a summit with Latin American…
Future of famous UK Grand National Horse race in jeopardy
Twenty horses have died in races over Grand National fences since 2001. 10 have died in the race itself in the last 12 years with two more deaths last Saturday (14). And now, for the second year running, the ever-emotive…
