Capello quits as England manager
England coach Fabio Capello dramatically quit just four months before the European Championship after publicly challenging the Football Association’s decision to remove John Terry as captain. The FA says that “in a meeting for over an hour, Fabio’s resignation was…
The Warrior Celtic Queen
It is very much in vogue today for Hollywood to portray beautiful women as ferocious barbarians who can fight men (mostly evil) and dispatch them either maimed or dead to all points of the compass. It’s unbelievable but fun. In…
Giants lauded as Super Bowl champs in NYC parade
NEW YORK (AP) — Eli Manning hoisted the Lombardi Trophy from a glittering blue-and-white float, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg joked that New York City should now be nicknamed the “Big Blue Apple,” as thousands of fans crowded lower Manhattan on…
The Editor Speaks: More on Frankenstein mosquitoes, transparency and accommodating
My Editorial at the weekend (4-6 February) headlined “Frankenstein mosquitoes and transparency” prompted an email from Dr. R. Guy Reeves of the Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionsbiologie whom I had quoted. This is what he wrote: “Dear Editor “I am the author…
Hopes fade
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine rescue officials say they are losing hope of finding survivors among 71 people still buried in landslides set off by a powerful earthquake. So far, 26 bodies have been recovered and identified. President Benigno Aquino…
Planes grounded
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s Qantas Airways said Wednesday it was temporarily grounding one of its A380 superjumbos after discovering dozens of hairline cracks in its wings during a maintenance inspection. The Australian flagship carrier said the 36 small fissures posed…
Prosecutors describe teen as thrill killer
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri teenager who confessed to murdering a 9-year-old girl faces the possibility of life in prison when she’s sentenced. Prosecutors described Alyssa Bustamante, 18, as a thrill killer who lacked remorse. Defense attorneys said…
