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Guilty Plea In Pa. Duck Boat Crash
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia say a tug pilot who steered a huge barge into a small duck boat has agreed to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Two Hungarian tourists were killed in last year's collision on the Delaware River. According to court documents, tug pilot Matt Devlin was consumed by a family … Continue reading
Work on part of PCH to be halted for ‘Carmageddon’ weekend
A part of southbound Pacific Coast Highway in Los Angeles currently reduced to two lanes will be returned to three lanes for the upcoming "Carmageddon" weekend, according to the Los Angeles Department of Public Works. Concrete protective barriers, erected to protect workers during a construction project, have reduced the highway to two lanes between Temescal … Continue reading
McCourt continuing to drag his feet: A fan’s view
To use a baseball analogy, this feels like a baseball season where a team is in dead last, and there is no way for them to come back. I suppose that is a sadly familiar analogy given the current state of the Dodgers club. Unfortunately, the fan base has to watch them plod through the … Continue reading
Maher Claims Libs Never Talk About Nationalizing Oil Industry Before Calling Palin and Bachmann Know-Nothings
It seems these days Bill Maher puts his foot in his mouth virtually every time he's in front of a camera. On Friday's "Real Time," the holier than thou host actually said liberals never talk about nationalizing the oil industry minutes before calling former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) a couple … Continue reading
Yao Ming Retiring? Chinese Fans Hope Not Yet
In recent years, Yao Ming has struggled with foot and ankle injuries. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Yao's agent tells CNN he will hold news conference on July 20 to discuss his future Yao Ming was the NBA's top overall draft in 2002 One Chinese media outlet says Yao did not announce his retirement The 30-year-old basketball … Continue reading
US Economy: What's At Stake With The Debt Ceiling
1. We've Been Here Before... and We'll Be Here AgainThis may strike you as very familiar: "Because of today’s terrific speed-up of information moving, we have a chance to apprehend, predict and influence the environmental forces shaping us — and thus win back control of our own destinies. The new extensions of man and the … Continue reading
Emma Watson Will Miss Playing Hermione
12:06, Thursday, 7 July 2011 As millions of Harry Potter fans round the world come round to the realisation that the last Potter movie is upon us, it seems the actors themselves could miss the saga the most. Speaking at a press conference last night, actress Emma Watson, who plays Hermione in the films, says … Continue reading
Why women hardly ever get caught up in sex scandals
Comments 141 comments so far Tonight I got some news that disturbed me. It was about the fall out of my affair 10 years ago and the impact it has had on my daughters. One of them has decided that I no longer exist. I just feel so drained when I think of where things … Continue reading
Singer Glen Campbell suffering from Alzheimer's disease
22 June 2011 Last updated at 17:07 ET Share this page Mr Campbell was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease six months ago US country music star Glen Campbell has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, the 75-year-old and his wife have told People magazine. Kim Campbell said if her husband "flubs a lyric or gets confused on … Continue reading
Gazette-Journal
The Friends of the Mathews Memorial Library is gearing up to turn the old Radio Shack building on Main Street—first constructed as a Ben Franklin in 1959, and later housing the Mathews Five and Dime—into a major addition to the library. The group has had the architectural firm Hopke and Associates design a floor plan … Continue reading