AUSTIN, Texas – Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong (search) and rock star Sheryl Crow (search) are engaged. The cyclist announced the engagement in a statement Monday, and said he asked Crow on Wednesday while they were in Sun Valley (search), Idaho. No wedding date has been set, although …
Read More »Rwandan General Arrested for Genocide
KIGALI, Rwanda – A Rwandan general has been arrested on suspicion of playing a key role in the 1994 genocide in which more than half a million Tutsis (search) and moderates from the Hutu (search) majority were killed, officials said Tuesday. A community court investigating and trying suspects in the …
Read More »W. House Economist: Gas Costs Will Drop Eventually
WASHINGTON – White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke (search) said on Thursday U.S. gasoline prices will likely rise further because of system disruptions following Hurricane Katrina, but will drop when supply lines return to normal. “There is a supply problem; there’s been a reduction in the amount of gasoline available. …
Read More »Northwest's Chapter 11 Risk Rising, Analysts Say
CHICAGO – Northwest Airlines (NWAC), severely battered by soaring fuel costs, is facing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing this year if oil prices don’t recede soon, analysts said on Friday. The outlook is darkening for the No. 4 U.S. carrier, which already is coping with a mechanics strike and …
Read More »Car Bomber Kills 21 in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq – A car bomber killed 21 people in northern Iraq on Tuesday after insurgents lured police to the scene by shooting an officer, officials said. The U.S. command said three more U.S. soldiers have been killed, pushing the American military death toll for the conflict to 2,100. Elsewhere, …
Read More »Thousands Head to New Orleans Zoo on Day of Reopening
NEW ORLEANS – Thousands of people, some in tears, streamed into the Audubon Zoo on Friday, the first day it was open since Hurricane Katrina. “It’s a city without kids and families, and a city without kids and families is a city without soul and heart,” said Ron Forman, president …
Read More »Ads Invade Online Games
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Here you are, one of the millions of Americans who like to play casual games on the Internet, ready to log on for some fun. So you go to a gaming Web site and try to ignore the ads on the page. Then you wait as …
Read More »Teen Charged in Murder of Lawyer's Wife Pleads Innocent
MARTINEZ, Calif. – A teenager accused of killing a prominent attorney’s wife pleaded not guilty to murder Wednesday. Scott Dyleski, 17, who appeared briefly in Contra Costa County Superior Court, is accused of killing his neighbor, Pamela Vitale. Vitale, wife of defense attorney and television commentator Daniel Horowitz, was found …
Read More »Methodist Bishops Repent Iraq War 'Complicity'
WASHINGTON – Ninety-five bishops from President Bush’s church said Thursday they repent their “complicity” in the “unjust and immoral” invasion and occupation of Iraq. “In the face of the United States administration’s rush toward military action based on misleading information, too many of us were silent,” said a statement of …
Read More »Vatican Releases Papers on Gay Clergy
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican published its long-awaited document on gays in the clergy Tuesday, saying men with “deep-seated” homosexual tendencies should not be ordained but those with a “transitory problem” could be if they had overcome them for three years. The official release of the “Instruction” from the Congregation …
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