FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Fourteen people have been charged with illegally purchasing 77 million contraband cigarettes from undercover agents in Virginia and smuggling the cigarettes to New York. Two are also accused of paying an agent posing as a hit man to kill a husband and wife whom they believed …
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GOLDSBORO, N.C. – A middle school in North Carolina is selling test scores to students in a bid to raise money. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that a parent advisory council at Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro come up with the fundraising plan after last year’s chocolate …
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WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from a group of Native Americans who think the name of the NFL’s Washington Redskins football team is offensive. The high court on Monday turned away an appeal from Suzan Shown Harjo. That ends the latest round in the 17-year court …
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SAO PAULO – The Brazilian navy says one person died in a fire of “large proportions” on a Turkish-flagged ship off the country’s southern coast. In a statement, the navy says 22 people were safely rescued from the cargo ship “Duden” after the fire broke out about 160 miles off …
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OKLAHOMA CITY – A former Marine was charged Friday with six counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a burning home, including a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series “Cathouse.” David Allen Tyner, 28, of Locust Grove, is accused of …
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Director Roman Polanski was arrested by Swiss police for possible extradition to the United States for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, authorities said Sunday. Polanski, a French citizen, was flying in to receive an honorary award at the Zurich Film Festival when he was apprehended Saturday at …
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LONDON – England’s top prosecutor unveiled new guidelines that could decriminalize many forms of assisted suicide, saying Wednesday that most people who help close friends or family kill themselves aren’t likely to face charges. Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions, warned that there were no guarantees but said those …
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Many moons ago I wrote about how environmentalists use their so-called ethical beliefs to justify asinine behavior. Examples abound: A socialite rails against plastic bags, as she boards her private jet to eat bat testicles with a shaman; a scabby rock star condemns us for not helping the poor, as …
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Now it’s Eric Cantor — against health care reform and the target of a nut. Just like it was Bart Stupak — for health care reform and the target of a lot of nuts. Nuts don’t distinguish. So, I’m wondering, why should we? I want to make three things very …
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The State Department is tacitly supporting the right for opposition parties in Pakistan to assemble in public and express their views — something which has been banned in Sindh province and Punjab by the government in recent days in order to prevent a protest march heading for Islamabad. The multi-party …
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