1 Shot in Conn. Playstation Waiting Line

"PUTNAM, Conn. (AP) - Two armed thugs tried to rob of line of people waiting to buy the new Playstation 3 gaming console early Friday and shot one who refused to give up the money, authorities said. The two confronted a "bunch of people who were in line" outside a Wal-Mart...

Bush: Vietnam war offered lessons for Iraq

"HANOI, Vietnam - President Bush, on his first visit to a country where America lost a two-decade-long fight against communism, said Friday the lesson from the Vietnam War is that it will take time for freedom to trump hatred in Iraq."

Gamers line up for coveted PlayStation 3

"NEW YORK - Die-hard gamers and entrepreneurs prepared to shell out $500 or more for the new PlayStation 3 console that goes on sale Friday, many of them after waiting in line for days despite the likelihood they'd go home empty-handed."

Eye of the Storm: The thumpin' as seen from the Middle East

"It may take months before the full impact of the mid-term elections on American foreign policy may be gauged. However, one thing is already certain: radical elements throughout the Middle East see the defeat of President George W Bush's Republican Party as a victory for...

Girl forced into flesh trade by mother for political gain

"An 18-year-old girl here on Friday accused her mother of forcing her into prostitution and using her to fulfil her political aspirations, police said. The final curtain for Mumbai's dancing girls Mumbai dance bar owners to petition High Court against ban Mumbai's bar show...

Brazilian wacks wife, fails

"A woman was released from the hospital a day after she was shot in the head six times in an attack police blamed on her ex-husband, Brazilian media reported Saturday. Patricia Goncalves Pereira, a 21-year-old housewife, was shot Friday after an altercation with her...

Hit-and-run driver hits stroller; mom, 2 kids killed

"A hit-and-run driver struck a couple crossing a street with a stroller, killing a woman and her two young children and injuring the youngsters' father, police said. Two men were arrested early Saturday. Wreckage from the stroller was strewn across the busy intersection...

Woman shot six times in head lives

"A Brazilian woman who was shot six times in the head after an altercation with her ex-husband was out of the hospital and talking to the media on Saturday. "I know this was a miracle," 21-year-old housewife Patricia Goncalves Pereira told Globo TV. "Now I just want to...

A Jerusalem Gay-Pride Clash Is Averted

"It was billed as an apocalyptic showdown: A band of scared but stubborn gay Israelis who wanted to celebrate their sexuality on a march through Jerusalem, versus 100,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews who vowed to tear the gays into confetti-sized pieces for turning the Holy City into...

'Gay parade' in Jerusalem becomes 'rally' in university stadium

The 'gay pride' parade, the prospect of which in Jerusalem had raised such violent opposition from the radical Orthodox, and opposition also from Muslims and Christians, including the Holy See, has been converted into a rally at the Hebrew University stadium, according to...

Jerusalem and 'gay pride'

The 'gay pride' demonstration that is scheduled, still, for Friday in Jerusalem, may be postponed until next Friday due to the continuing violence in Gaza, Haaretz reports.  The Jerusalem Post, citing an Army Radio broadcast, reports that a 'march of beasts' is planned...

Activist Protesting the Iraq War Burns Himself Alive

This story has really slipped through the cracks. It sounds like Chicago 's local media blew off the story because they thought the man was mentally ill. Even, so, a man lighting himself on fire in front a packed Expressway seems like a pretty big story, locally speaking. ...