The days when you could just turn up and walk straight into an airport arrival hall could soon be history, analysts warn. Airports around the world are boosting security in their arrivals areas in response to yesterday’s airport bombing in Moscow that killed at least 35 people, reports CNN . Arrivals…
Continue reading …Seven young men were killed when gunmen traveling in three vehicles opened fire on a soccer game in Ciudad Juarez. At least one player was among the dead. Police say they haven’t determined a motive for the shooting, which took place at a park opened last year as part of…
Continue reading …Long Island police fear they are facing a Craigslist killer, after identifying the skeletal remains of three women found dumped on a local beach last month —all were prostitutes, less than 5 feet tall, and about 100 pounds, and all three advertised on the popular online advertising site. One of…
Continue reading …A senior official at an Ohio Air Force base who says he was “caught up in a cycle of sin” faces a dishonorable discharge and a long sentence in a military prison. Chief Master Sgt. William Gurney pleaded guilty yesterday to 13 charges of adultery and sexual misconduct stemming from…
Continue reading …Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are in favor of changing the rules to allow cash-strapped states to seek bankruptcy protection but House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has dismissed the idea. Cantor says states already have the power to balance their books through cutting spending, raising taxes, or renegotiating…
Continue reading …Egyptian authorities are braced for one of the biggest opposition demonstrations in years today. An alliance of youth activists, political Islamists, industrial workers and even soccer fans are promising to turn today’s national holiday to celebrate the police force into a day of “revolution against torture, corruption, poverty, and unemployment….
Continue reading …After a decade at the helm of one of the world’s most powerful companies, departing Google CEO Eric Schmidt plans to seek new challenges on the talk show circuit, sources at CNN say. Schmidt—who will be replaced by Google co-founder Larry Page in Apri l—wants to host his…
Continue reading …Japan’s most notorious monkey is back in custody after a daring zoo breakout. Keepers raised the alarm after Lucky, a macaque that bit around 120 people in resort towns in central Japan last fall, was found missing from her cage, AP reports. Locals feared another biting spree would ensue, but…
Continue reading …Queue the inevitable jokes about a full house, but there’s a new Olsen in town, reports People. Elizabeth Olsen, at age 21 she’s three years younger than her famous twin sisters, is rolling out a pair of indie movies at Sundance that are causing a stir. “It’s hard for independent…
Continue reading …If environmentalists were really serious about cutting carbon, they’d just go out and slaughter about 40 million people. Or one might deduce that from a new study that finds Genghis Khan’s murderous invasion actually sucked about 700 million tons of carbon from the atmosphere, reports Mother Nature Network. The trick?…
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