Scotland asks new Libyan rulers for Lockerbie help
LONDON (AP) — Scotland said Monday it has asked Libya’s new authorities for help to catch those responsible for the 1988 Lockerbie airplane bombing, Britain’s worst terrorist attack. The Scottish prosecutors’ office said it has written to the National Transitional…
No nudes is bad news
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Several dozen men and at least one woman took part in a naked protest Saturday in an area of the Castro District neighborhood that has become known for its nude visitors. Several carried signs that read,…
Thousands run in underwear to protest
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thousands of people stripped to their underwear and ran through Salt Lake City to protest what they called the “uptight” laws of Utah. Undie Run organiser Nate Porter says the goal of the event Saturday…
Woman decapitated in Mexico for web posting
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police found a woman’s decapitated body in a Mexican border city on Saturday, alongside a handwritten sign saying she was killed in retaliation for her postings on a social networking site. The gruesome killing may be…
Golding resigns over Dudus connection
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s governing party announced Sunday that Prime Minister Bruce Golding will step down as leader in the coming weeks, possibly averting a rebellion from ruling party members that could have led to his ouster. Golding would…
Freed US hikers describe harrowing ordeal in Iran
NEW YORK (AP) — Two American hikers being held in an Iranian prison got a big surprise one day after their exercise routine: Instead of being blindfolded and led back to their cell, they suddenly heard the words, “Let’s go…
Michael Jackson saw salvation in dangerous drug
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson was physically exhausted from a day of grueling rehearsals for his marathon 50-night comeback tour. But his nightly battle with insomnia had just begun. After showering and getting into bed, he called for his…
Looters plunder $8.5M from Ivory Coast museum
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Looters stormed Ivory Coast’s national museum during the country’s bloody political crisis earlier this year, plundering nearly $8.5 million worth of art including the institution’s entire gold collection. Five months later, the museum’s gates still…
Roll over Einstein: Pillar of physics
GENEVA (AP) — A startling find at one of the world’s foremost laboratories that a subatomic particle seemed to move faster than the speed of light has scientists around the world rethinking Albert Einstein and one of the foundations of…
Obama rolling back Bush-era education law
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama, trying to energize school performance at the local level, wants to give states the flexibility to opt out of provisions of the No Child Left Behind law, a Bush-era education initiative that has grown…
