FLORENCE, S.C. – Liv Tyler says when she first saw the title of the script for her new film, “The Strangers,” she thought it was a comedy. Turns out it was a thriller about a couple trying to survive when three masked strangers invade their home. “I had stacks of …
Read More »Nasdaq's $5.1 Billion Bid for London Stock Exchange Shot Down
LONDON – Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. (NDAQ) shrugged off a swift rejection of its $5.1 billion bid to take over the London Stock Exchange Monday, saying it will make its offer directly to stockholders until the LSE board agrees to negotiate a deal. The London exchange, which has fought off …
Read More »Ambulance Shortage Blamed for Boy's Death
A shortage of ambulances may have contributed to the death of an 11-year-old Australian boy who died after having an asthma attack, an inquest into the boy’s death was told Thursday. Jake Hindhaugh, of Yarra Glen, Australia, had just returned home from his football game last year when he had …
Read More »Byrd Resigns Leadership Post
WASHINGTON – Sen. Robert Byrd, the longest-serving senator in history, is stepping down from his cherished post as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Byrd, 90, has become increasingly frail in recent years, and the move didn’t come as a surprise. The West Virginia Democrat is a Senate icon and …
Read More »Civil Rights Group Sues Ku Klux Klan in Kentucky Teen's 2006 Beating
DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. – The 28-acre compound that the nation’s second-largest Ku Klux Klan outfit calls home features a high gate with armed guards, a stage for the group’s annual gatherings and an open field for burning crosses. The Southern Poverty Law Center wants to take it all away. On …
Read More »Karolina Kurkova Named World's Sexiest Woman
Karolina Kurkova beat out the hottest actresses, models, and singers in the world for the title of “World’s Sexiest Woman.” E! Entertainment Television bestowed the lofty honor on the leggy Czech lingerie model, noting the globalization of sexiness represented by its World’s Sexiest Top 10 List. “Far from being a …
Read More »Officials: Israel to Free 250 Palestinian Prisoners
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday promised to release 250 Palestinian prisoners, a goodwill gesture to the moderate Palestinian president at a summit overshadowed by ongoing violence in Gaza that threatens a cease-fire. Even as Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met in Jerusalem, Gaza militants were …
Read More »Dead Patient's Mother Stands Up for 'Pill Mill' Doctor
WINCHESTER, Tenn. – Investigators who traced 13 fatal painkiller overdoses to a rural doctor in Winchester hauled her into court in handcuffs and call her a heartless “pill mill” operator. Dr. Elizabeth Reimers has an unlikely advocate as she fights those charges — the mother of one of the dead …
Read More »Marine's Remains Returned to Family … 40 Years Later
LOS ANGELES – The remains of a Marine who disappeared 40 years ago after his helicopter crashed during the Vietnam War have been identified and returned to his family in Southern California. The Department of Defense said Wednesday that Lance Cpl. Luis Palacios will be buried Friday in Bellflower, about …
Read More »Blood Tests May Show Inherited Diseases in Fetuses
HONG KONG – Doctors may soon be able to diagnose inherited diseases such as cystic fibrosis, thalassemia and sickle cell anemia in fetuses by simply testing a blood sample taken from the mother. Until now, prenatal diagnoses of such disorders have been possible only through invasive procedures like amniocentesis, which …
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