Nigerian underwear bomber gets life in prison
DETROIT (AP) — Defiantly declaring “a day of victory,” a Nigerian man was given a mandatory life sentence Thursday for trying to blow up a packed jetliner with a bomb sewn into his underwear. People aboard the flight testified that…
Rupert Murdoch: No defense for tabloid wrongdoers
LONDON (AP) — News Corp. chief executive Rupert Murdoch on Friday told staff at his scandal-hit British tabloid The Sun that executives will continue to give police any evidence of wrongdoing and won’t protect reporters found to have broken the…
Amanda Knox has deal with HarperCollins for memoir
NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Knox has a book deal. The young exchange student whose conviction in Italy and eventual acquittal on murder charges made headlines worldwide has an agreement with HarperCollins to tell her story. The 24-year-old Seattle resident,…
Most Honduras fire inmates awaited trial
COMAYAGUA, Honduras (AP) — The prisoners whose scorched bodies were carried out piece by piece Thursday morning from a charred Honduran prison had been locked inside an overcrowded penitentiary where most inmates had never been charged, let alone convicted, according…
China’s vice president shows personal side in Iowa
MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — China’s vice president remembered the popcorn he’d received as a parting gift — and the strong Chinese liquor he left behind. He recalled one young girl asking whether he’d seen American movies, and being shocked when…
Arsenal’s Champions League defeat a disaster – Arsene Wenger
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger described his side’s 4-0 last-16 first-leg hammering by AC Milan as “shocking” and the result as “a disaster”. Wenger admits his side are all-but out of the Champions League following their worst defeat in European competition….
Counterfeit drugs becoming big business worldwide
WASHINGTON (AP) — The discovery that a fake version of the widely used cancer medicine Avastin is circulating in the United States is raising new fears that the multibillion-dollar drug-counterfeiting trade is increasingly making inroads in the U.S. The criminal…
London watchdog slams secrecy around Oly ticketing
LONDON (AP) — A London city watchdog has slammed the committee organising the 2012 Olympics for its ticket policy, arguing that the secrecy surrounding the allocation of Olympic tickets has undermined public confidence. The 25-member London Assembly, which acts as…
Surgeons place pacemaker in 15-minute-old newborn
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The name Jaya in Hindi means victorious. And little Jaya Maharaj was just that, when she became one of the smallest recipients of a pacemaker when she was just 15 minutes old. A team of doctors…
Redknapp says part-time England role possible for Euros
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp believes somebody could take the England job on a part-time basis for Euro 2012, but not in the long term. Redknapp, 64, is the favourite for the post but insists “it wouldn’t be fair” to walk…
