NEW YORK – A memoir by a white woman who claimed she was raised in poverty by a black foster mother and sold drugs for a gang in a tough Los Angeles neighborhood has turned out to be pure fiction, a newspaper report says. In “Love and Consequences,” published last …
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – John Glasgow had a healthy salary, with an opportunity to pick up stock in the construction company where he worked. He was the kind of guy who paid back a $500 bonus he got for completing an anti-smoking program because he started to light up again. …
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BEIJING – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao denounced supporters of the Dalai Lama as separatists and instigators of violent anti-Chinese riots in Tibet’s capital, taking a hard stance Tuesday as a deadline for protesters to turn themselves in passed without apparent surrenders. Wen’s remarks were the highest-level response to last week’s …
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Icebreakers left idle in ports. Insects crawling out of forest hideouts. Daffodils sprouting up from green lawns. Winter ended before it started in Europe’s north, where record-high temperatures have left people wondering whether it’s all a fluke or an ominous sign of a warming world. “It’s the …
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ANAHEIM, Calif. – Those UCLA Bruins keep finding more drama and ways to win in the closing seconds. Darren Collison scored the go-ahead basket on a one-handed layin with 9 1/2 seconds remaining, Josh Shipp blocked Donald Sloan’s final drive and the West Region’s No. 1 seed held on for …
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BOSTON – A jetliner with a landing gear problem touched down safely at Logan International late Tuesday after circling the airport for about two hours. Sparks could be seen coming from an area near the right landing gear as the aircraft landed just before 10 p.m., but the plane rolled …
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This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” December 2, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: In the “Back of the Book” segment tonight, as we told …
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Santa’s not gonna be sliding down this chimney come Christmas Eve! Firemen didn’t have to rescue the Grinch from the chimneys of Whoville — but Jeremy Brownrigg needed them to yank him out of the pipe atop the J&E Barbecue in Skiatook, Okla., after a Christmas crime attempt went wild, …
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The brains of children with autism may be bigger than those of children who do not suffer from the disorder, according to a new study. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), researchers found evidence of brain enlargement in a number of children with autism. Autism is a complex disorder that leads …
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Women who get radiation during treatment for breast cancer are more likely to be alive 15 years later, compared with those who don’t get radiation. So says an international team of researchers who reviewed 78 studies of more than 42,000 women with breast cancer. Their key findings: —15-year survival was …
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