Rescuers in choppers reach Himalaya quake villages
GANGTOK, India (AP) — Rescue workers in helicopters and earth movers raced Monday to reach Indian villages cut off by mudslides after a powerful earthquake killed 53 people and damaged more than 100,000 homes in the remote Himalayan region, officials…
World eating champ defends title at Ohio contest
CINCINNATI (AP) — The top-ranked competitive eater in the world and reigning king of the World Bratwurst Eating Championship has defended his title in Cincinnati, washing down 35 brats in 10 minutes. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that Joey “Jaws” Chestnut…
No jet lag for 120 donkeys after Hawaii-LA flight
TEHACHAPI, Calif. (AP) — Most people have been on a plane with a few jackasses before. But 10 dozen donkeys on one flight? One hundred and twenty donkeys have arrived at a sanctuary in California on a plane from Hawaii…
3-D ‘Lion King’ feels the love with $29.3M opening
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s 1994 all over again, with a re-release of “The Lion King” opening at the top of the box office. A 3-D version of the wildly popular Disney animated musical earned a surprising $29.3 million in…
Chinese Vice Premier arrives in Kingston
The vice-premier of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Hui Liangyu has arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport for several official engagements. Hui arrived in Montego Bay Sunday (18) to start his four-day working visit to Jamaica. At…
Princess Margaret sewage system concerns MP
Dr. Fenton Ferguson, Jamaica’s Opposition Spokesman on Health, has asserted that the Princess Margaret Hospital’s non-functioning sewage system poses a serious health risk and needs to be addressed immediately. Ferguson, who is also the Member of Parliament for eastern St….
Jamaican Government to set up child treatment centre
Youth minister Olivia Grange disclosed the Government is intensifying efforts to establish a Child Assessment and Treatment Centre. The centre will provide acute trauma treatment, specialised evaluations, psychotherapy, behavioural modification as well as counselling services for children. Grange said the…
Grandparents with webcam become new online stars
McMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — It slowly began to dawn on Esther and Bruce Huffman that perhaps they were being filmed. “Warning,” the gray-haired, bespectacled grandmother reads off the screen. “You must stop recording before trying to close cyber link.” Pause….
Texas execution halted amid Supreme Court review
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A black man convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago was at least temporarily spared from lethal injection when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review his lawyers’ claims that race played an…
Jamaican PM’s mother passes
Enid Louise Golding, the mother of Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding, died this week at age 91. Dr Trevor Golding, the eldest of her three children said his mother died from pneumonia. An educator who taught at the elementary and…
