Davis, Dujardin win lead honours at SAG awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer were the maids of honour at Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, where their Deep South drama “The Help” won them acting prizes and earned the trophy for overall cast performance. Davis…
Jury finds Afghan family guilty in honour killings
KINGSTON, Ontario (AP) — A jury on Sunday found three members of an Afghan family guilty of killing three teenage sisters and another woman in what the judge described as “cold-blooded, shameful murders” resulting from a “twisted concept of honor,”…
Florida highway pileup kills at least 10 people
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A long line of cars and trucks collided one after another early Sunday on a dark Florida highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were instantly blinded. At least 10 people were killed. When…
Seagulls prove too much for Magpies
A Mike Williamson own goal handed Championship side Brighton a place in the FA Cup fifth round at the expense of Premier League Newcastle. Will Buckley’s 76th-minute shot struck the defender and looped over the helpless Tim Krul. It means…
London Olympic travel plan: Be patient, drink beer
LONDON (AP) — Olympic organisers have some travel advice for the millions of people who work and live in London: Be patient. Have a beer. Work from home. Rejecting suggestions of possible transport chaos during the July 27-Aug. 12 games, they…
Djokovic has that unbeatable feeling
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has that unbeatable feeling. And well he should. The Serb outlasted Rafael Nadal to defend his Australian Open title in the longest ever Grand Slam final and become the fifth man to win three…
Haiti and Dominican Republic may be facing big quake period
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic could be in for a period of periodic powerful earthquakes, according to a scientific study released Thursday. The study says Haiti’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake two years ago is likely to be…
Muslims call for NYPD chief to resign over movie
NEW YORK (AP) — Muslim groups are calling for New York’s police commissioner to step down because of his appearance in a film they say puts their religion and its adherents in a bad light. About 20 activists held a…
Costa offers $14,460 per person for ruined cruise
ROME (AP) — Costa Crociere SpA is offering uninjured passengers euro11,000 ($14,460) apiece to compensate them for lost baggage and psychological trauma after its cruise ship ran aground and capsized off Tuscany when the captain deviated from his route. Costa,…
Nine killed in violence-plagued northern Mexican city
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Nine people were shot to death early Thursday in the center of Monterrey, the third-largest city in Mexico and the scene of rampant drug violence in recent years. The bodies of eight men between ages 25…
