Archive for July 16th, 2008
U.S. unveils new rule on airplane fuel tanks
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Federal transportation officials announced a new rule Wednesday aimed at preventing fuel tank explosions like the one that destroyed TWA Flight 800 almost exactly 12 years ago.
The new rule, unveiled by Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, applies to new passenger and cargo planes that have center wing fuel tanks like […]
Officer’s squad car wrecked 29 minutes into job
HOBART, Ind. (AP) — Police officer Tim Pochron’s first day on the job went poorly: Less than a half-hour into it, his squad car was wrecked in a crash.
Pochron was inside his house at 12:29 a.m. Monday when someone hit his new squad car parked outside, as well as […]
Fla. cancer survivor wins dream wedding
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Tampa bride-to-be who defied doctors’ expectations after being told she had a year to live four years ago has celebrated another victory — she and her fiancee won a $100,000 dream wedding.
Courtney Dempsey, 33, and Gary Courtney, 37, were among 40,000 couples who entered […]
All-Star Game: AL stars finally prevail in 15 innings
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball’s All-Stars came to say goodbye to Yankee Stadium — and what a long, long goodbye it was. In a game that started Tuesday night and faded well into today, Justin Morneau slid home just in time on Michael Young’s sacrifice fly in the 15th inning, giving the American […]
All-Star Game: Lee sharp in start; Sizemore scores tying run
Both Indians representatives, Cliff Lee and Grady Sizemore, made their presence felt in the 79th All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night. Lee, the AL starting pitcher, tossed two scoreless innings, striking out three of the seven batters he faced, with only Atlanta’s Chipper Jones collecting a hit off him — a one-out […]
All-Star Game: Hall of Famers mix with new stars in special moment
NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez cut across the diamond to third base, then warmly embraced Chipper Jones, Brooks Robinson, Mike Schmidt, George Brett and Wade Boggs. Now that’s some hot corner. Baseball blended its past and present Tuesday, starting with Yogi Berra leading a red-carpet parade through midtown Manhattan. Hours later, […]