Man’s childhood comic collection fetches $3.5M
DALLAS (AP) — Billy Wright plunked down dime after dime for comic books while growing up in the late 1930s and early 1940s, caring for the collection he started around the age of 9 until his death more than half…
Shelling kills 2 Western journalists in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense morning barrage killed her and a French photojournalist —…
Philippine militant blamed for beheadings captured
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine police commandos captured an alleged Abu Sayyaf militant Tuesday who has been implicated in several atrocities, including the beheadings of marines, a major jailbreak and deadly attacks. Police served more than a dozen arrest warrants…
Ibanez agrees to $1.1M deal with Yanks
NEW YORK (AP) — A day after trading A.J. Burnett, the New York Yankees used some of the salary they saved to add Raul Ibanez as their left-handed designated hitter. Ibanez and the Yankees agreed to a $1.1 million, one-year…
Relatives storm Honduras morgue demanding remains
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Hundreds of relatives of inmates who burned or suffocated to death when a fire raged through a Honduran prison forced their way into a morgue Monday to demand the remains of loved ones. The group of…
Chicago school draws scrutiny over student fines
CHICAGO (AP) — A sense of order and decorum prevails at Noble Street College Prep as students move quickly through a hallway adorned with banners from dozens of colleges. Everyone wears a school polo shirt neatly tucked into khaki trousers….
Hong Kong court hears appeal on maids’ residency
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government argued Tuesday against a landmark ruling that could let foreign maids gain permanent residency as it appealed a case that has raised concerns about ethnic discrimination and strains on social services. In the…
David Haye has no plans to fight again
Britain’s former heavyweight world champion David Haye has no plans to fight again professionally, his trainer Adam Booth has told BBC Sport. Booth said that Haye, who brawled with Dereck Chisora in Munich on Saturday, would only come out of…
Oil jumps to 9-month high after Iran cuts supply
Oil prices jumped to a nine-month high above $105 a barrel on Monday after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in an escalation of a dispute over the Middle Eastern country’s nuclear program. By Monday afternoon,…
15,000 die each year crossing rail tracks in India
NEW DELHI (AP) — About 15,000 people die every year trying to cross the tracks of India’s mammoth rail network, a “massacre” that a government committee said was being ignored by railway authorities. The safety panel said new bridges and…
