Chelsea Subway Killing

More details have emerged about the Saturday murder of German Cabrera at the West 18th Street 1/9 station. Cabrera and his girlfriend were confronted on the subway platform, and Cabrera was shot in the chest. It turns out that one of the suspects is Cabrera's girlfriend's...

Mud Forces School Closure (KOAT TheNewMexicoChannel.com via Yahoo! News)

A flood of mud has canceled classes for the rest of the week at Tseyigai High School.

NEW: Flash flood watch canceled, but scattered storms could continue (San Ant...

The worst appears to be over after a stormy night and early morning, but scattered showers are still likely to fall throughout the day. An earlier flash flood watch for the area has been canceled as the heaviest rain has moved east.

BBC reveals physical, sexual abuse at asylum detention centre in Britain (AFP...

An undercover BBC documentary will show how private security guards in Britain's immigration system have assaulted and sexually abused asylum-seekers and immigrants.

Mobster's son shot in South Phila. hotel

Philadelphia Inquirer reports  Rocco Marinucci was wounded in a drug deal gone bad, police say. His father died in the '80s mob wars.  

Tokyo court rules doomsday cult guru mentally fit to stand trial

AFP reports that  a Tokyo court has refused to suspend the trial of the founder of a cult that spread deadly nerve gas throughout the subway system in 1995 despite reports that his behavior was increasingly erratic.

CIA Agrees in Principle to Disclose Nazi Records (Reuters)

Reuters - The CIA, under pressure from Congress, has agreed in principle to release new documents detailing its ties to former Nazis who aided U.S. Cold War espionage against the Soviet Union, officials said on Sunday.

Former Toronto mayor honored (The Herald-Star Online)

TORONTO - Former Mayor Bob Wilson was presented with a lifetime achievement award for his service to the city during Thursday's luncheon meeting at the North River Avenue Church of Christ.

Army Destroyed Mock Execution Pictures (AP)

AP - Pictures of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan posing with hooded and bound detainees during mock executions were destroyed after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal in Iraq to avoid another public outrage, Army documents released Friday by the American Civil Liberties Union show.

Jammers vs. Cameraphones

It seems there is a movement afoot to stifle communication. But this time its not from Big Brother. This time it could be your fellow citizen that wants to keep you incommunicato. According to a piece in the NY Post, cell phone jammers are all the rage. According to...

'Idol' winner Clarkson going on tour (USA Today)

Kelly Clarkson is hitting the road on her first solo headline tour. Clarkson, winner of the first American Idol competition, will open The Breakaway Tour March 30 in Tulsa The tour will end in Vancouver, British Columbia, May 29.

City Workers Digging Out After Flood Waters Recede (KVBC)

All this rain makes employees with the city work harder. Public works has had to put some projects on hold to take care of flood clean up.

Residents fume over 'overzealous traffic wardens' (South London Press)

AN EMERGENCY meeting between a borough's head of parking and fuming residents who claim they are being victimised by "overzealous traffic wardens" was due to be held today.

Lower East Side Shooting Prompted By Goading and Happiness

One of the teens involved in the shooting of Nicole duFresne told police that duFresne was targeted because she and her friends looked happy. It seems that Ashley Evans and another female were being bothered by the guys in the groups about the girls didn't "fight or do...