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Authorities: Corey Haim had illegal prescription (AP)

AP - Authorities say actor Corey Haim had a fraudulent prescription when he died that was linked to a major drug ring.[Read more...]

March 13, 2010 | Posted in Entertainment | Read More »

6 people killed in bus crash south of Phoenix (AP)

AP - Six people were killed Friday when a passenger bus hit another vehicle and rolled over on the interstate south of Phoenix, authorities said.[Read more...]

March 5, 2010 | Posted in U.S. | Read More »

‘Heart risk’ at football stadiums

Football grounds across Europe were surveyed Too many football grounds in Europe do not have the right equipment and plans to save the lives of fans who have heart attacks, a study has found.The poll of 187 stadiums found over a quarter did [...]

March 3, 2010 | Posted in health | Read More »

Authorities bust 3 in infection of 13M computers (AP)

AP - Authorities have smashed one of the world’s biggest networks of virus-infected computers, a data vacuum that stole credit cards and online banking credentials from as many as 12.7 million poisoned PCs.[Read more...]

March 2, 2010 | Posted in Technology | Read More »

Chile struck by one of strongest earthquakes ever (AP)

AP - One of the largest earthquakes ever recorded tore apart houses, bridges and highways in central Chile on Saturday and sent a tsunami racing halfway around the world. Chileans near the epicenter were tossed about as if shaken by a giant, and the head of the emergency agency said authorities believed at least 300 [...]

February 28, 2010 | Posted in Top Stories | Read More »

Marjah Reaches Turning Point

MARJAH, Afghanistan—Afghan officials unfurled the country’s green, red and black flag over the new government offices here, further evidence that U.S. and Afghan troops have reached a turning point in the offensive to reclaim this town from the Taliban. Ghulab Mangal, governor of restive Helmand province, and Brig. Gen. Shir Mohammed Zarzai, commander of [...]

February 25, 2010 | Posted in Top Stories, World | Read More »

2 teens injured in Colo. middle school shooting (AP)

AP - Teachers tackled and subdued a man armed with a high-powered rifle just after he shot two teenage students Tuesday at a suburban Denver middle school that’s just miles from Columbine High School, the site of one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings, authorities said.[Read more...]

February 24, 2010 | Posted in U.S. | Read More »

U.S. Accounts Probed in Hamas Killing

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates are probing five U.S.-issued credit-card accounts, which officials say were used by five of the 11 suspects in last month’s killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai, according to a person familiar with the situation. The credit cards, issued by a U.S.-based financial institution, were used to buy [...]

February 18, 2010 | Posted in U.K. | Read More »

Alabama Professor Killed Brother in ‘86

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The professor accused of killing three colleagues during a faculty meeting was a Harvard-educated neurobiologist, inventor and mother whose life had been marred by a violent episode in her distant past. View Full Image Associated Press Amy Bishop is detained by police in Huntsville, Ala., on Feb. 12, 2010. More [...]

February 14, 2010 | Posted in U.S. | Read More »

Police: Wife of slain Olympian arrested in Calif. (AP)

AP - Authorities say they have arrested the wife of an Olympic medalist who was gunned down in his Southern California back yard last summer.[Read more...]

February 14, 2010 | Posted in U.S. | Read More »