Archive for April 28th, 2008
Three tornadoes rip through Virginia; 200 injured
SUFFOLK, Va. — Three tornadoes ripped through Virginia on Monday, with one hop-scotching across the southeastern part of the state and leaving behind a 25-mile trail of gutted homes, tossed cars and more than 200 injured residents.
Residents of some of the hardest hit neighborhoods in this town outside Norfolk […]
U.S. Rep. McDermott pays $1 million to Rep. Boehner
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott has paid more than $1 million to House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, ending a decade-long dispute over an illegally taped telephone call.
McDermott, a Seattle Democrat, paid $1,093,297 to Boehner’s campaign committee earlier this month, spokesmen for the two men said Monday.
The payment […]
`Cutter’ convicted in plot to carve up cadavers
NEW YORK — A judge on Monday convicted a man of secretly cutting up corpses — including that of “Masterpiece Theatre” host Alistair Cooke — as part of a multimillion-dollar body parts scheme.
Chris Aldorasi was found guilty of enterprise corruption and other criminal counts at a trial in Brooklyn. Aldorasi, who chose […]
Soulja Boy brows not so cool, school says
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland high school is raising eyebrows with its brow grooming policy: shave ‘em or go home.
Some students at Centennial High School have shaved vertical lines into their eyebrows in a trend recently made popular by hip-hop star Soulja Boy. […]
Police: Austrian man kept daughter in basement, fathered seven children with her
AMSTETTEN, Austria — The children locked in the basement never saw the light of day for years.
A retired electrician has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering seven children with her in a windowless cell sealed by an electronic keyless-entry system, police said Monday.
One of the children died in infancy […]
Great pass judgment: LeBron finds wide-open West, who delivers clutch 3-pointer as Cavaliers down Wizards
WASHINGTON — LeBron James passed the basketball, but his teammates, coach and playoff opponent passed the credit right back to him. James penetrated and kicked the ball to a wide-open Delonte West for a 3-pointer from the left corner with 5.4 seconds to go, propelling the Cavaliers to a 100-97 […]