Oregon man looking for Neb. casino gets detox stay
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An Oregon man pressed his luck one too many times and spent the night in a Nebraska detox cell after twice mistaking a police station for a casino and asking authorities for blackjack chips. The Lincoln…
Concern for missing teenager
Police are looking to the public for assistance in finding missing 16 year old Shandi Sandoval. Shandi ran away from the Frances Bodden Girls Home on 6 September 2011. Shandi is approximately 5ft tall with light brown complexion and black…
Facebook page for Preston
Tributes have been pouring in for one of the slain victims of the gun war that has seen four people killed in a week. A specialist Facebook page in memory of Preston Rivers has been created to allow friends to…
Four shot dead, one critical injured – a week in Cayman
The peace and tranquility usually associated with the Cayman Islands was shattered seven nights ago in West Bay. Robert Bush was sat in a car at the junction of Captain Joe Osbert Road and Birch Tree Hill when two gunmen…
Spanish schools hit by strike over staffing cuts
MADRID (AP) — Thousands of public school teachers went on strike Tuesday in Madrid to protest staff cuts as anger over government austerity measures spread to Spain’s education system. The work stoppage in some 300 schools for youths ranging in…
Invest 98L becomes better organised
Invest 98L is becoming better organised, and is forecasted to become Tropical Storm Ophelia within the next 24 to 36 hours (if it has not been upgraded by the time of print). The system is currently tracking to the west,…
Death toll at 81 for quake in India, Nepal, China
GANGTOK, India (AP) — Thousands of terrified survivors of a Himalayan earthquake that killed 81 people and rattled parts of India, Nepal and China crowded Tuesday into shelters and relatives’ homes or stayed out in the open for fear of…
Information is key to an effective democracy
During “Right to Know Week 2011” (RTK), the public will be reminded that the Freedom of Information Law (FOI Law) not only provides them with a right and means to access government records, but is essential to ensuring that we…
Bear of a burglary nets stuffed Pa. bruin
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police are searching for some thieves who pulled off a bear of a burglary at a western Pennsylvania bar. Uniontown police say five patrons pushed an 8-foot mounted bear over a second-floor railing at the Eagle’s…
Obama to propose $1.5 trillion in new tax revenue
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will propose $1.5 trillion in new taxes as part of a plan to identify more than $3 trillion in long-term deficit reduction and slow the nation’s escalating national debt. Obama’s tax plan is aimed…
