Friday, 25 July 2008 @ 06:39
Arrest made in Phoenix community college shooting (AP)
AP - A former student shot three people Thursday in a computer room at a Phoenix community college, injuring one of them critically, authorities said. The gunman fled but a suspect was arrested nearby.
Friday, 25 July 2008 @ 06:06
Prosecutor: Escaped convict, wife, daughter slain (AP)
AP - A convicted spammer fatally shot his wife and young daughter in an apparent murder-suicide Thursday while being sought after escaping prison last weekend, authorities said.
Friday, 25 July 2008 @ 05:13
911 calls released in case of missing Orlando girl (AP)
AP - The grandmother of a missing 2-year-old Orlando girl told an emergency dispatcher that a car driven by the girl's mother smelled like there had been a dead body inside, according to recordings of 911 calls released Thursday.
Friday, 25 July 2008 @ 03:07
Texas officials urge residents to stay home (AP)
AP - Residents across south Texas slogged through knee-deep muddy waters, tiptoed around downed power lines and dug through debris Thursday, but were thankful that Hurricane Dolly didn't pack the wallop they had feared.
Friday, 25 July 2008 @ 03:03
What it means to be black in America
Sonya Freeman, an iReporter from New York, says the black community is still struggling with the legacy of slavery. "It's not just bad decision-making. It was a whole set of values that were not learned, so they can't be passed down," she said. Georgian Vince Priester said CNN's "Black in America" documentary shows "things really haven't changed" for black people.
Friday, 25 July 2008 @ 02:13
Prosecutor: Bring molester into custody
A convicted South Florida child molester who has avoided serving a 43-year prison sentence may soon be taken back into custody, according to a court document filed Thursday afternoon.
Friday, 25 July 2008 @ 00:49
Feds blame Utah mine operator for collapse
The U.S. government today announced its highest penalty for coal mine safety violations, $1.85 million, for a collapse that killed six miners in Utah last year. The mine's owner had insisted that earth movement detected at the time had caused the collapse. But federal investigators found instead that the collapse caused the earth movement.
Thursday, 24 July 2008 @ 23:37
Housing, jobs send stocks down
Renewed fears about the battered housing market and rising unemployment sent stocks into a tailspin today. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 283 points, tumbling 2.4 percent. Dour economic indicators led investors to fear the nation's credit crisis would linger for the long haul, CNNMoney.com reports.
Thursday, 24 July 2008 @ 19:29
South Texas gets first look at Dolly's damage (AP)
AP - Residents across south Texas slogged through knee-deep muddy waters, tiptoed around downed power lines and dug through debris Thursday, but were thankful that Hurricane Dolly didn't pack the wallop they had feared.