Fugitive's wife jailed for money-laundering scam

"The wife of a fugitive traveller and a pub landlord have been jailed for their involvement in a £1.6m money laundering fraud used to buy a controversial piece of land in Northampton, UK. Mary Connors, aged 40, had £1.3m in cash and properties confiscated which she and her...

People driving themselves to distraction with text messages

Statistics into the amount of time that young drivers have their eyes off the road may be exaggerated if observations of non-drivers sending text messages is any indication."Research for Australia's National Roads and Motorists Association found that young drivers had their...

Transcript: Cheney's Speech to AIPAC

Cheney tells AIPAC that Congressional antiwar strategy is 'undermining' US troops"VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. If Karl Rove finds out about this, he won't let me out again. (Laughter.) Well, thank you very much for that warm welcome. And...

My letter to the editor was so good they just stole the idea and even used my...

Here they go again, making criminals out of people who actually do have common sense."Vermont may drive distraction from drivers"BARRE -- Put down the flute and keep your eyes on the road.And forget about sipping that cup of coffee on the way to work, or smoking a cigarette...

Caught on Camera: $12,000 Distraction Robbery - Video

FT. LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale police are asking for the public’s help in finding distraction thieves who were caught on camera stealing from a convenience store in a heist that netted the thieves up to $12,000 dollars. The theft took place in October at the convenience...