Lunch-goers by the hundreds bust a move in Sweden
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Some workers in Sweden have found a rather offbeat way to spend their lunch hour. Actually, on beat is more like it. Dripping with sweat and awash in disco lights, they dance away to pulsating club music…
JetBlue captain: ‘They’re going to take us down!’
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Screaming “They’re going to take us down!” a JetBlue pilot stormed through his plane rambling about a bomb and threats from Iraq Tuesday until passengers on the Las Vegas-bound flight tackled him to the ground just…
David Moyes says Everton are underdogs for Wembley derby
Everton manager David Moyes says Liverpool will be favourites for the FA Cup semi-final when the derby rivals meet at Wembley next month. The Toffees reached the last four with a sixth round replay win at Sunderland. But Everton have…
Boat sinks, Texas man survives 30 hours in Gulf
HOUSTON (AP) — For hours after their boat sank, Ken Henderson and Ed Coen treaded water in the Gulf of Mexico, talking about life and death while struggling to survive. For more than 30 hours, it worked. Then Henderson was…
Harry Potter adventures go on sale in e-book form
LONDON (AP) — At last, Harry Potter’s adventures are available electronically. The seven novels about J.K. Rowling’s boy wizard are for sale as e-books and audio books on the author’s Pottermore website, the site’s creators announced Tuesday. The books are…
Granger scores 25 as Pacers beat Heat 105-90
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Danny Granger scored 25 points to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Miami Heat 105-90 on Monday night. Darren Collison added 20 points, and Paul George had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Pacers, who have…
Afghan security forces kill three NATO troops
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan security forces shot and killed three international troops Monday, one of them an American, in two attacks. They were the latest in a rising number of attacks in which Afghan forces have turned their weapons…
Brains! London exhibition looks inside our skulls
LONDON (AP) — A new exhibition in London is putting the brain under a microscope — literally. “Brains: The Mind as Matter” asks not what brains have done for us but what, in the name of science, we have done…
UK aims to halt trafficking of nuclear material
LONDON (AP) — Britain plans to share previously secret expertise on detecting the illegal trafficking of radiological material and halting potential nuclear terrorism, the country’s deputy prime minister told a security summit Tuesday. Speaking at an international nuclear security conference…
Martin Jol says his side should have had penalty
Fulham manager Martin Jol says everyone inside Old Trafford expected his side to be awarded an 87th-minute penalty in the 1-0 defeat by Manchester United. The Cottagers appealed for a spot-kick after United’s Michael Carrick appeared to trip Danny Murphy…
