Military jet crash in San Diego kills 3; 1 missing

"Residents near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar are accustomed to loud, low-flying military jets, but they immediately knew something was wrong when they heard the skies thunder. The explosions came moments...

Australia A thump India A in final

"India A’s batting line-up failed miserably as the hosts crashed to a humiliating 156-run defeat against Australia A in the final of the triangular cricket tournament here on Friday. Much was expected from the Indian team, after its three consecutive wins in the league...

Headless Hitler - Man attacked Waxwork on a bet

And Now for more on the saga of the headless Hitler...."The man who tore the head off the Adolf Hitler wax figure at Berlin's new Madame Tussauds on Saturday said he did so to protest war and fascism – and to win a bet. “Politically, I lean to the left, but I'm not an...

Ukrainian Mine Blast: 37 Missing

So far, only unmanned gondolas have been sent down to find any survivors of a gas explosion that collapsed a mine in Yenakiyevo, Ukraine. Previously, the mine had beem lited as unsafe."Thirty-seven miners were missing after a gas explosion tore through a pit in Ukraine's...

Cyclone Death Toll Soars Past 22,000

" YANGON, Myanmar - The death toll from the cyclone that battered Myanmar last weekend rose above 22,000 Tuesday as the international community prepared to rush in aid, state radio reported.A...

Cuba Puts Computers on Sale to Public

As Raul moves Cuba into the 21st Century many continue to wonder where its all headed. Salaries continue to put the luxury of a home PC or a weekend at a hotel resort clear out of reach for most Cubans. "Cubans...

Canuck's Taylor Pyatt Injury Update: 25 Stitches and a Mouth Splint

Yesterday afternoon, Taylor Pyatt was hit in the face with a puck. News of the extent of his injury has just been released on the Canucks website. "Pyatt was struck in the face by the puck on a clearing attempt...

Explosion rocks Beirut, four killed

UPDATE: See story by Kuwait for situation update.  Violence erupts yet again in Beirut as a bomb explodes at a seafront amusement park. "An explosion rocked Beirut's seafront corniche on Wednesday, killing at least four people near a military beach club, security sources...

Flood Watch in New York as Storm Heads East

"A severe weather system blamed for two deaths plowed eastward Saturday, rattling the Gulf states with strong thunderstorms as the Northeast prepared for possible coastal flooding. The storm blew across the southern Plains on Friday, piling snow a foot deep in Kansas and...

Artifact: A Chilling Tale of Global Warming

From Reason Magazine (h/t FR)"The United Nations has ventured into children’s publishing with a scary story about a small boy who loses a dogsled race because of global warming. In November the odd little picture book cum policy brief, Tore and the Town on Thin Ice, made...

34,452 Iraq civilians said killed in '06

I don't even know how to categorize this story.  Politics seems too trite.  Environment seems to encompass the calamity but emergency seems the best fit:"BAGHDAD, Iraq - Twin car bombs tore through a leading Baghdad university as students left classes Tuesday in the...

New Years Eve Fire In East Orange Displaces 65

"New Jersey - A four alarm fire tore through a four story apartment building on New Years Eve, leaving two people hospitalized, many injured, and sixty five residents without a place to live on New Years Day. At...

10 dead in Moscow market blast

"MOSCOW — A bomb blast tore through a Moscow market Monday morning, news agencies quoted the city’s deputy mayor as saying. Officials said the blast killed 10 people and injured 31. Deputy Mayor Vladimir Resin said a homemade bomb caused the blast, which hit a two-storey...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from