Sydney Morning Herald Teen remains critical after New Year's Eve assault in Kings CrossThe AustralianA TEENAGER remains in a critical condition after being punched in a random attack in Sydney on New Year's Eve. As the first fireworks display crackled over Sydney Harbour at 9pm AEDT last night, police say the 18-year-old was knocked to […]
San Francisco Chronicle Barbara Bush Hospitalized for Pneumonia in TexasNew York TimesHOUSTON — Barbara Bush, the former first lady, has been admitted to a hospital here for treatment of pneumonia. She is recuperating at the same hospital where her husband, former President George Bush, spent weeks overcoming bronchitis-related …Former First Lady Barbara Bush is hospitalizedLos Angeles […]
San Francisco Chronicle Utah appeal may force Supreme Court to take up gay marriage questionLos Angeles TimesWASHINGTON — With an emergency appeal filed Tuesday by Utah, the U.S. Supreme Court is again facing a difficult decision on whether gays and lesbians have a constitutional right to marry — a question the justices carefully dodged last […]
Campbell Soup Company is voluntarily recalling approximately 300 cases of 24-ounce jars of Prego Traditional Italian sauce because of a risk of spoilage. The affected product was manufactured on December 15, 2013 and can be identified by the Best By date of June 16, 2015 and a four-digit, military time code ranging from CT BJ […]
The Cultured Kitchen of West Sacramento, CA is voluntarily recalling all flavors of their non-dairy cashew cheese product due to a risk of contamination from Salmonella. The non-dairy cashew cheese was distributed in Northern California and Nevada at various natural foods stores and farmers markets in the Sacramento Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, and Reno. […]
CNN Russian terror attacks could be chilling prelude to Olympic violenceFox NewsA pair of suicide bombings that left 31 dead in Russia could be a chilling tune-up for the Olympic Games, where a Muslim terrorist leader has vowed to put Chechnya's long-standing grievance with Moscow in the international spotlight, according to terrorism …Sochi Winter Olympics: Travel […]
ABC News Court order to keep brain-dead girl on ventilator is extendedLos Angeles TimesOAKLAND — A court order was extended late Monday that will keep a 13-year-old girl deemed brain-dead on a ventilator for another week, while the facility pledged to work with the family to transfer Jahi McMath elsewhere if certain conditions could be […]
TIME Fiery oil train collision forces evacuation of North Dakota townReutersFARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) – Residents of a small town in North Dakota were urged to evacuate after a BNSF train carrying crude oil collided with another train on Monday, setting off a series of explosions and fires, the latest in a string of incidents […]
ABC News At least 16 killed, scores injured by train station explosion in Russian city of …ABC OnlineA suicide attacker has set off a bomb in a Russian train station, killing at least 16 people in the second deadly attack in the space of three days as the country prepares to host the Winter Olympics. […]
San Francisco Chronicle Texas Billionaire Tycoon Harold Simmons Dead At 82: ReportsForbesHarold Simmons, who built a $10 billion fortune from buyouts and more recently focused on bankrolling the Republican party, reportedly died Saturday night in Dallas, according to the Dallas Morning News. He was 82. His wife, Annette, told the paper that …Harold Simmons Dies at […]