BOLIGEE, Ala. – Flames were visible near the pulpit of Morning Star Baptist Church and smoke was pouring out its windows when Johnny Archibald arrived to a grimly familiar scene in Alabama. Archibald, who lives near the Boligee church, said that when he saw his church in flames Tuesday he …
Read More »London's Mayor Suspended Over Nazi Remark
LONDON – London Mayor Ken Livingstone was suspended from office for four weeks on Friday for bringing his office into disrepute by comparing a Jewish reporter to a Nazi concentration camp guard. “His treatment of the journalist was unnecessarily insensitive and offensive,” said David Laverick, chairman of the Adjudication Panel …
Read More »FOX Facts: Iraqi Security Forces
BAGHDAD – — 250,000 Iraqi security forces are trained and equipped. — 95,500 Iraqi police and highway patrol are trained and equipped. — Iraq’s Army service members: 113,700. — Iraq’s Air Force service members 600. — Iraq’s Navy service members 800. — Iraq’s Defense Forces total 115,100. — Iraq’s Interior …
Read More »Harvard Teen's Hit Novel Under Investigation
BOSTON – The debut novel of a Harvard University sophomore includes several passages that are similar to a work by another author published in 2001. Kaavya Viswanathan’s “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life” was published in March by Little, Brown and Co., which signed her …
Read More »Harvard Telescope to Look for Extraterrestrial Life
BOSTON – A new telescope at an observatory outside Boston will become a key tool in the search for extraterrestrials as scientists try to detect light signals from distant civilizations. An optical telescope dedicated Tuesday at the Oak Ridge Observatory, about 35 miles west of Boston, is the first to …
Read More »Ford Recalling 135,365 SUVs for Safety Adjustment
DETROIT – Ford Motor Co. (F) is recalling 134,365 Escape and Mercury Mariner sports utility vehicles to adjust the padding on the driver’s side to prevent injuries during a collision, according to U.S. safety regulators. The vehicles affected by the recall are from the 2005 model year, National Highway Traffic …
Read More »U.S. Diplomat: No Agreement in Talks Over Iran
MOSCOW – A U.S. diplomat said Tuesday that envoys from the five permanent Security Council members plus Germany discussed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, but failed to agree on how to proceed. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns told The Associated Press after nearly three hours of talks that …
Read More »Hamas Says its Ready for 'Two-State' Solution with Israel
Hamas is ready for a “two-state” solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a senior official said Friday, in what would appear to be a softening of Hamas’ position and imply recognition of the Jewish state. The official said Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas would discuss the idea with Palestinian President …
Read More »Clarkson Refuses to Let 'Idol' Use Her Songs
PASADENA, Calif. – Singer Kelly Clarkson, who vaulted to fame as the first “American Idol” winner in 2002, is now apparently refusing to let any of her songs be used by new contestants on the show. A spokesman for Clarkson insisted it’s nothing personal, but the stance prompted a public …
Read More »British Man on Trial for Killing Wife, Baby in Massachusetts Denied Bail
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A British man charged with killing his wife and baby must remain locked up without bail, a judge ruled Tuesday, denying Neil Entwistle‘s request to return to his parents’ home in England pending his trial in the double slaying. Entwistle, 28, is accused of shooting his wife, …
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