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- PNG woman lashed to pole and burnt to death-media Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:07PM Source: Reuters PORT MORESBY, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A young Papua New Guinea woman was lashed naked to a pole and burnt to death in what authorities fear may be another sorcery killing in the jungle interior of the ...
- Bernalillo Fire Sparks Neighbors Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 7:46PMA damaging fire in Bernalillo challenged firefighters and had neighborhood residents fuming Tuesday.
- 1,000 Gallons of Gas Giveaway this Friday Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 7:18PMBAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The Bakersfield Condors return to the Mercy & Memorial Hospitals Home Ice at Rabobank Arena for back-to-back home games on Friday and Saturday against the Alaska Aces. Doors open at 6 p.m., puck drops at 7 p.m., both nights.
- Gun Permit Demand Up for Middle-Class Pakistanis Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 7:08PMModern assault rifles and handguns have come into vogue among middle-class Pakistanis, and gun registration has jumped.
- East Valley developer Barney dies at age 62 Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 6:43PM T. Dennis Barney, an influential East Valley developer and businessman who played a key role in improving the neighborhood around the Mesa Mormon temple, died Monday at the age of 62.
- Taqueria La Hacienda completes remodel Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 6:40PMJUAN SAHAGUN (left), owner of Taqueria La Hacienda, and staff Omar Castellon, Noe Placensia, Karina Castellon, Delia Sahagun and Eduardo.
- Bahrainis set for crucial Oman clash Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 6:20PMBAHRAIN take on Oman tonight in a must-win for both teams in the basketball competition of the 19th Gulf Cup, taking place in Muscat, writes PATRICK SALOMON.
- Martin Amis & Friends: Intimate early photos Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 6:14PM Martin Amis, Christopher Hitchens and James Fenton are lined up against a balcony, high up in Paris – the rooftops are visible. It is 1980 and they are young, wearing dark suits. Fenton is well groomed, although Hitchens and Amis have unkempt hair that hangs down to their shirt collars. They look handsome, bohemian and intellectual. Each man takes on the lens with confidence, a direct and ...
- Wall collapses on firefighter Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 10:14PMThe Conneaut firefighter injured in a fire on Sandusky Street Saturday is doing well after a burning wall collapsed on his foot.
- Balanced Effort Keys Big-Time Win Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 9:59PMThe Harvard men’s basketball team opened 2009 in the best way possible, besting Santa Clara 73-68 at Lavietes Pavilion on Friday. The Crimson (7-6) got balanced scoring production, as four players were in double figures. Junior guard Jeremy Lin led the way with 17 points, and junior forward Doug Miller scored a career-best 15 points. Senior guard Drew Housman had 16, and freshman forward Peter ...
- Stay off the roads: Vancouver Police warning Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 9:18PM High winds and blizzard-like conditions snarled traffic and caused power outages in many areas of the Lower Mainland and Vancouver island as well as the interior of B.C.
- Popular Tags Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 8:48PMEditor’s note: We are calling Cynthia McKinney the people’s secretary of state not only because she braved an attack by Israeli gunboats on her way to Gaza to bring relief and investigate the current genocidal assault - the journey she describes here - but for repeatedly shining the light of truth to penetrate the U.S. government’s fog of lies hiding its complicity in genocide in the Congo, in ...
- Israeli forces invade Gaza, civilians suffer Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 8:31PM The death toll in the Gaza Strip has increased to more than 500.
- TEHRAN, Iran Mob harasses Nobel laureate Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 7:15AMScores of young men gathered around theTehran home-office of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi, shouted slogans against her and vandalized her home in the latest episode by hard-line political groups close to the government to intimidate the human rights lawyer.
- No injuries in farm house fire Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 7:08AMWASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - No injuries were reported in a structure fire that happened Friday night.
- The eight day war Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 6:59AMITS leaders are in hiding, its buildings have been blasted to rubble and its militants are tracked by Israeli aircraft, but Hamas still appears to be keeping its grip on the battered Gaza Strip.
- Two injured in blaze at Oxnard house Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 6:54AMTwo people were injured, one critically, when a fire tore through an Oxnard home Friday morning.
- Around the Atlantic Coast Conference Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:20PMAround the Atlantic Coast Conference
- UK says help needed to shut Guantanamo Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 9:14PMLONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday that the United States would need help to close down the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for terrorism suspects but refused to say if it would agree to resettle inmates with no links to Britain.
- Festive atmosphere at Wrigleyville for hockey, no less Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 8:59PMCHICAGO -- In many ways, it was a typical Wrigleyville game day. The sidewalks were crowded with excited fans who celebrated in neighborhood bars in the morning, then returned to them later to drown the sorrows of yet another disappointing loss.
- Taleban kills 20 police in Helmand province Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:26PMTaleban militants launched an assault on the home of a district governor in southern Afghanistan, killing 20 police in one of the deadliest insurgent raids in months.
- 20 cops killed in attack on district chief’s home Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:18PMKANDAHAR: Taliban militants attacked the home of a district governor in Afghanistan’s volatile southern Helmand province, killing around 20 police guards, government officials said yesterday.
- Protesters target home of Iran Nobel laureate Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:11PM Dozens of protesters demonstrated outside the home of Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Thursday, chanting slogans accusing her of supporting US and Israeli "crimes," she told AFP.
- Britain says US needs help to shut Guantanamo Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:04PMLONDON: Britain said yesterday that the US would need help to close down the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for terrorism suspects but refused to say if it would agree to resettle inmates with no links to Britain.
- Vehicles torched, hundreds arrested in French suburbs Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:04PMPARIS: French police said yesterday that 288 people had been detained and 445 vehicles torched, most of them in the troubled suburbs where car burnings have become a fixture of New Year celebrations.
- Border Patrol shifting from voluntary return policy Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:00PMTUCSON, Ariz. - The Border Patrol experienced a turning-point year in Arizona in 2008, with increased manpower, resources and technology bringing dramatic drops in illegal immigrant arrests, top officials say.
- Taliban kill 20 police in Afghanistan Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 7:53AMKANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents killed 20 Afghan police in an ambush in one of the single worst raids in months in the country where foreign forces suffered their highest combat death toll in 2008 in the war.
- Winter brings Yellowstone wildlife close to road Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 5:48AMYELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- We were expecting to see plenty of wildlife on a winter outing to Yellowstone National Park, but — silly us — we thought we might have to get through the entrance first.
- Of Interest: Jan. 1, 2009 Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 3:47AMElection commissioner appointments tabled ELIZABETHTOWN — The Essex County Board of Supervisors wants to wait until January before reappointing its two election commissioners.
- Notre Dame - Team Notes Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 3:41AMZach Hillesland is often the forgotten man for Notre Dame, playing in the same lineup as stars Luke Haragody and Kyle McAlarney.
- Big East Conference Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 3:41AMBig East Conference-Around the Big East
- Ole Miss Lineman Leaps Off the Page Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 4:09AMIt is only fitting that as Mississippi prepares to play Texas Tech in the Cotton Bowl, one of the linchpins behind the Rebels? storybook turnaround is a literary star himself.
- Lawsuit targets Bush on species Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 4:03AMSACRAMENTO — California has filed suit against the Bush administration to block last-minute endangered species regulations that are intended to reduce input from federal scientists, Attorney General Jerry Brown announced Tuesday.
- FYI 12/31/08 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 3:20AMCentral Appraisal District holds its board meetings at 3 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at 111 E. First Ave.
- Refinery fire’s Interior impact unknown Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 2:57AMFAIRBANKS — Petro Star officials say it could be three weeks before they know the extent of the damage to a Valdez refinery following a major blaze Sunday night.
- Israel mulls truce offer on Day 4 of Gaza assault Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 6:06PMGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel, under international pressure, is considering a 48-hour halt to its punishing four-day air campaign on Hamas targets in Gaza to see if Palestinian militants will stop their rocket attacks on southern Israel, Israeli officials said Tuesday.
- Cease-Fire? Israel Considers Halting Gaza Bombing Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 5:52PMIsrael is considering suspending its Gaza offensive for 48 hours to give Hamas militants an opening to halt their rocket fire, but the threat of a ground offensive remains if the truce does not hold, Israeli officials said Tuesday.
- Maine man faces OUI charge atop Zamboni Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 5:47PMA Portland man faces a drunken driving charge after police found him aboard an idling Zamboni inside the Cumberland County Civic Center.
- Israel Mulls 48-Hour Halt To Gaza Strikes Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 5:41PMIsrael is considering halting its Gaza offensive temporarily to give Hamas militants an opening to halt rocket fire on Israel, but coupled with the threat of a ground offensive if such a cease-fire does not hold, an Israeli defense official said.
- Israel presses on with Gaza air attacks, 10 dead Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 7:37PM Source: Reuters * Israeli warplanes attack Hamas buildings, 10 dead * Five Gaza ministerial buildings flattened * Israeli ground forces mass on border By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Israeli ...
- ON DEADLINE: Appointive seats not best game around Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 7:25PMAppointed senators have gone on to become election-winning party leaders, powerful committee chairmen, a vice president and presidential nominee. But others who got to the Senate by appointment have been short-timers, losing election bids far more often than senators who were elected to their seats in the first place.
- Israel expands Gaza campaign Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 7:23PMGAZA (Reuters) - Israel on Monday expanded its fiercest air offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in decades and prepared for a possible ground assault, after a three-day bombardment which has killed more than 300 Palestinians.
- Israel vows ‘war to the bitter end’ with Hamas Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 6:26PMIsrael has vowed "war to the bitter end" with the militant Islamist movement Hamas as it wages a sustained assault on the Gaza Strip.
- Israel bars journalists from Gaza buffer zone as troops prepare for ground assault Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 7:41AM Palestinian militants today fought back against a new wave of air raids pounding the Gaza strip by firing rockets deeper into Israel than ever before.
- Athletes fix up Boys and Girls Club Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 2:29AMMUNCIE -- Standing in the midst of some of the best high school basketball players in the country, 16-year-old Larry Flake watched as they spruced up what has been his after-school home for the past three years.
- Israel mounts third day of Gaza raids, 307 killed Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 2:15AMGAZA (Reuters) - Israeli warplanes pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for a third consecutive day on Monday and the Jewish state prepared to launch a possible invasion after killing 307 Palestinians in the air raids.
- Philadelphia mom preaches fire safety Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 2:09AMThe mother of three children killed in a fast-moving house fire held up their morgue photographs at a ...
- ‘Trick My Truck’ offers to replace overhauled van Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 2:08AMA senior producer with cable television show “Trick My Truck” contacted The Potpourri Dec. 19 and made a public offer to replace a handicapped man’s van which the show’s mechanics had tricked-out to the owner’s dislike.
- USC, Penn State Dec. 28 Press Conference Quotes Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 6:57PMTrojan offense and Nittany Lion defense meet the media at the Los Angeles Downtown Marriott.
- Noles’ big interior concerns small Hilltoppers Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 5:53PMSUNRISE, Fla. — If some guy named John Smith can hurt Western Kentucky inside, Hilltopper coach Ken McDonald wonders what Florida State’s post is capable of doing to WKU today.
