IndyCar: Wheldon killed when head hit fencing post
Dan Wheldon was killed when his head hit a post in the fencing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway — contact that created a “non-survivable injury” to the two-time Indianapolis 500 winner. The cause of death was revealed Thursday when IndyCar…
Nigeria’s potholed roads among world’s most deadly
MOWE, Nigeria (AP) — The tractor-trailer lay alongside the busy Nigeria expressway like a child’s forgotten toy, its cargo of cosmetics smashed on the hot, uneven strip of asphalt road and its driver left bleeding with a head wound. Burned-out…
Census shows 1 in 2 people are poor or low-income
WASHINGTON (AP) — Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income. The latest census data depict…
Severe weather warning for UK
Weather warnings are in place for most of the UK, as forecasters say another storm system could hit this week. The Met Office issued yellow “be aware” warnings for wind and rain for all regions except Eastern England and Orkney…
Hard-line Indonesian police shave punkers’ mohawks
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Police in Indonesia’s most conservative province raided a punk-rock concert and detained 65 fans, buzzing off their spiky mohawks and stripping away body piercings because of the perceived threat to Islamic values. Dog-collar necklaces and…
Father kills family then himself
A father stabbed his wife and two young sons before killing himself, police believe. The bodies of Richard Smith, 37, wife Clair, 36, and their sons Ben, nine, and 13-month-old Aaron, were found lying next to each other on a…
No cellphones, no texting by drivers, US urges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Texting, emailing or chatting on a cellphone while driving is simply too dangerous to be allowed, federal safety investigators declared Tuesday, urging all states to impose total bans except for emergencies. Inspired by recent deadly crashes —…
Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry sells for $115 million
NEW YORK (AP) — Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry collection fetched a record-setting $115 million — including more than $11.8 million for a pearl necklace and more than $8.8 million for a diamond ring given to her by Richard Burton —…
A lazy police constable
I was handed a very unusual piece of news by a visitor the other day to the iNews Cayman office. It was an article written by journalist Paul Keogh appearing in the free UK newspaper called METRO – described as…
Sandusky waives hearing, vows to fight charges
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky opted against a preliminary hearing in his child molestation case, sparing his accusers from making their claims in a packed courtroom Tuesday but still vowing, in his attorney’s…
