Medical emergency at JFK Airport; American Airlines Flight 834

American Airlines Flight 834, flying from Cibao Airport in the Dominican Republic to JFK Airport in New York, requested help for a medical emergency on board the plane as they were approaching JFK. Emergency services from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey...

First Web reporter to cover White House, Washington Post takes lead

Media outlets in the US have started preparing to cover the new Presidency. President elect Obama had harnessed the power of the internet and it has proved one of the key to his success. The Obama campaign has...

Al-Qaeda's 'mild' message to Obama

"Al-Qaeda's 'mild' message to Obama By Frank Gardner ...

Cockrel Debuts as Detroit Mayor

Ken Cockrel Jr. became Mayor of Detroit, Michigan, as of 12:01am, though he has already been taking steps to shape city government."Ken Cockrel Jr. announced the appointment Thursday, less than 12 hours before he becomes mayor. ""The 57-year-old Barren is Cockrel's second...

Tuesday's gossip column | BBC Football

"BREAKING GOSSIP Aston Villa are on the verge of agreeing a £4.5m deal for Chelsea midfielder Steve Sidwell. (Press Association, 2002 BST) Germany striker Lukas Podolski has revealed Juventus and Tottenham are interested in signing him and that he would be willing...

EU cell phone consumers to pay for calls - incoming and outgoing

" The European Union will not oppose plans by telecommunications companies to have mobile phone users begin paying for calls they receive. But politicians warned that consumers could oppose the move. Some European telecommunications companies would like to begin charging...

Smoke chokes Buenos Aires

Smoke is hanging over Argentina's capital Buenos Aires, causing major disruption to daily life after farmers apparently set brush fires to clear their land. "The smoke, from about 300 fires, is blamed for at least...

Heathrow Terminal 5 already experiencing chaos - check-in suspended

UPDATE: 1:55PM ESTCheck-in has now been suspended at Heathrow's new Terminal 5"All luggage check-in has been suspended at Heathrow's new £4.3bn Terminal 5, after cancelled flights and baggage delays blighted...

Obama Advisers To Media Figures: Remember Provisional Ballots In Ohio!

"Obama campaign advisers are privately urging the networks and media figures to consider, as they evaluate the incoming results, that in Ohio there are areas where as much as 15% of the vote is provisional...

Phishers Move into New Waters: Your Phone

Whenever my bank calls me, I call them back on a number that I have for them. this is due to paranoia, and it is evidently not misplaced: phishers have moved in on our phones."Victims are told to confirm their...

Police issue letter bomb advice online

"POLICE are warning people to be extra vigilant after the recent spate of letter bomb attacks. There is no intelligence to suggest Hampshire is a target, but police are urging people to take extra care when handling mail. Officers are in contact with local companies and...

Matrix Cam Spies Flying Bullets

I used to be secure in the knowledge that, if I was driving fast enough, traffic cameras would be unable to capture my license plate. This is a troubling development indeed!"An Air Force contractor has developed the first high-speed camera that can follow speeding bullets...

Fowl odors emanating from the Conyers swamp

"Just last week, I speculated that incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi could not politically afford to abandon yet another Black democrat after deciding to throw Alcee Hastings and Bill Jefferson under the bus . With his quiet admission of ethics violations, and in the spirit of...

The Importance of a Single Vote - Senator Johnson and the Fate of the Republi...

"Governor Mike Rounds may not know it yet, but if he is called upon to appoint an interim Senator to fill a vacancy created by the death or resignation of Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), the decision he makes will...

The Eye Opening Ignorance Of The Democrats’ New Intelligence Chairman [an ...

"Forty years ago, Sgt. Silvestre Reyes was a helicopter crew chief flying dangerous combat missions in South Vietnam from the top of a soaring rocky outcrop near the sea called Marble Mountain. After the war, it...

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