Two games, two wins, two clinches for Yankees
NEW YORK (AP) — All is well with the New York Yankees — at least for the next week. Bubbly was spilling on the dark blue clubhouse carpet, some players wearing goggles to protect themselves from the spray. Jorge Posada’s…
Anne – Part 52
We continue our serialisation of Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson “I could not help coming, sir, because Annet is going away” As the last words were spoken it was Rast who had tear-dimmed eyes; it was Rast’s voice that faltered….
Disney hopes game character makes it to big screen
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. has used mobile games to promote its movies, but now it’s trying something new: launching a cuddly character in a game in the hope he makes it to the big screen someday….
Adjustable Beds
Sleep is essential for our existence; it is the state of natural rest to re-energise the body. During sleep the body regains much needed strength, and relieves the tiredness brought about by daily activities. A third of a person’s life…
Ophelia strengthens but is expected to stop strengthening as the weekend draws near
Ophelia has strengthened more than what was expected over the last 36 hours and as of yesterday (22) morning, the storm has 65 mph maximum winds (9 mph weaker than hurricane strength). The strengthening is expected to stop as a…
UK holds 1st Olympic safety exercises since riots
LONDON (AP) — British authorities are holding their first major planning exercise for the 2012 London Olympics since riots in the capital last month forced police to reassess their security plans for the games. The government’s emergency committee, known as…
“Please, sir, I want some more?” “That boy will be hung.”
The quotes are famous and come from Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” about an orphan boy who has a miserable existence in a workhouse and then an undertaker. He escapes and joins a gang in London although he is unaware of the…
Pa. man gets 2 DUI arrests in 1 night
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Police have charged a man in western Pennsylvania with driving drunk twice in the same night — the second time about 15 minutes after they released him into the custody of a friend. Online court records…
HELP! We need somebody RCIPS to ask Merseyside cops for aid
Police Commissioner David Baines has written to a top UK force asking for help to curb the recent spate of senseless violence that yesterday claimed its fifth life. Asher McGaw was shot dead in the early hours of Thursday morning…
Dudus begs for mercy
Confessed Jamaican drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke has written a letter to a New York judge asking for leniency, according to a report in the New York Times. Coke is facing a maximum 23 years behind bars following a guilty…
