" LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A Metrolink engineer driving a commuter train sent a text message about 22 seconds before the train collided with a Union Pacific freight train last month, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday....
" Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson has married fellow actor Ryan Reynolds, their publicists have confirmed. US magazine Us Weekly reported the small wedding took place at a remote wilderness resort just...
"Remarks last weekend by the British finance minister Alastair Darling that the economy was in its worst state for 60 years, sent the pound sterling into free fall this week. House prices are also down by more than 10 per cent over the past year, and open to offers lower than...
Frustrated workers in Argentina revolted Friday after a commuter train was delayed, costing them a day of pay. Militant members of the Workers Party are said to have orchestrated the destructive chaos by sabotaging...
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"The man accused of last month's mass shooting in a Tennessee church was indicted yesterday on two counts of first-degree murder and eight other counts. It seems likely that Jim David Adkisson's public defender will seek an insanity defense. He wants the case in Knox County's...
"With gold prices skyrocketing, the Mayans of Guatemala find themselves caught up in a new rush for the precious metal. Tema sits across from me, a Mayan with a mission. We are in the town of Sipacapa in the Western Highlands of...
"John Dane III (sailing):“Right when we got in the tunnel, we began the chant of “USA, USA” and there was an amazing energy and excitement. It helped me appreciate what each of those athletes had sacrificed to reach that moment. When the chant started we all quit...
As the FBI and the US Justice Department try to close the anthrax investigation, some members of Congress are not so quick to do so. An opinion crossing the aisle holds that the released documents are woefully incomplete, and that errors during the investigation caused it to...
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More bad behavior by youths in the UK. In thsi instance, two teenagers threw a woman into the railroad tracks for telling them to stop smoking earlier in the week."A female commuter was thrown on to a live railway...
People are already paying a lot more for gas, and now the citizens of San Francisco may have to pay for driving. During daily congested driving periods, drivers have to pay $1 to $4 to drive in or out of busy...
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Opinion-Editorial by Chuck Norris Despite the fact that a recent poll found that Americans now believe (by a 3-1 ratio) gas prices are a bigger problem than global warming, The Washington Post noted that House...
We all come across as patronizing at times. That's human nature. Yet to suggest in this day and age that "a certain type of liberal intellectual elitist" is responsible for the division between left and right is...
" The First 10 Amendments to theConstitution as Ratified by the StatesDecember 15, 1791 Preamble Congress OF THE United Statesbegun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesdaythe Fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. THE...
Let's see if Drudge Report is right on this breaking news." The American broadcast industry is rocked, realigned and blasted into a new orbit, yet again, by Rush Limbaugh, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. In what is being described as an unprecedented radio contract,...
"SEX workers are bracing themselves for a rush of business next month - when thousands of devoted Catholic pilgrims flock to Sydney to see the Pope. From July 15-20, over 200,000 pilgrims will descend on the...