Famous orchestra leader dies at 99
03 August 2010NEW YORK – Mitch Miller, the goateed orchestra leader who asked Americans to Sing Along With Mitch on television and records, has died at age 99. Read More
Emirates to crack down on BlackBerry
03 August 2010DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United Arab Emirates’ looming crackdown on BlackBerry services will extend to foreign visitors using roaming, putting the government’s Read More
Fox mum about Idol changes
02 August 2010BEVERLY HILLS, California – Fox executives are remaining quiet about possible changes on American Idol amid reports that television’s favourite show was about to welcome Read More
Doubly happy by DNA
01 August 2010SAO PAULO – Two years back, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didn’t know of each other’s existence. Then they learned they had been accidentally switched at birth more than 20 years ago. Read More
Gore cleared of allegations
01 August 2010PORTLAND, Oregon – The case of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and the massage therapist has been closed. Read More
Child killer suing prison
01 August 2010LONDON – One of Britain’s most notorious murderers is suing prison authorities for failing to protect him after his throat was slashed by another inmate. Read More
Siblings in love can't have sex
31 July 2010FIFE, Scotland – As Nick Cameron and Danielle Heaney hold hands and kiss lovingly, Karina Cameron looks away uncomfortably. Read More
Floods kill 430 in Pakistan
31 July 2010PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Boats and helicopters struggled to reach hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by floods in northwest Pakistan yesterday as the government said 430 people had been killed in the deadliest such disaster to hit the region since 1929. Read More
Man freed after 27 years
31 July 2010HOUSTON, Texas – Imprisoned for 27 years for a rape he didn’t commit, Michael Anthony Green walked out of jail a free man yesterday and in the process was able to leave behind Read More
Priest charged with baby's accidental drowning
31 July 2010RASCANI, Moldova – A priest has been accused of drowning a baby as he baptised the tiny tot. Read More
Five-foot snake found in washing machine
31 July 2010DEVON, England – A woman unloading her laundry from the washing machine was given a huge scare after finding a five-foot snake curled up in her clothes. Read More
Woman dies after being left in recliner a month
30 July 2010BOSTON – A woman hospitalised in critical condition after sitting for a month with deep bedsores in a recliner soaked with her waste, died yesterday on her 81st birthday, prosecutors said. Read More
Little protester
30 July 2010Dominic Chavez, one, accompanies his mother, Monica Chavez and other protesters who rallied at the intersection of Wilshire and Highland in Los Angeles Read More
$3m on Clinton wedding
30 July 2010RHINEBECK, New York – Weddingexperts say Chelsea Clinton’s gala this weekend could cost between $2 million to $3 million. Read More
al-Qaeda condemns veil ban
29 July 2010CAIRO – al-Qaeda’s No. 2 has slammed France’s push to ban the Islamic full-face veil and urged Muslim women to be "holy warriors" in the defence of Read More
152 killed in Airbus crash
29 July 2010ISLAMABAD – A passenger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan’s capital Read More
Outcry over 'rape' verdict
28 July 2010JERUSALEM – Lying for sex. It happens all the time. Read More
Utah court reverses polygamy verdict
28 July 2010SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Supreme Court yesterday reversed the convictions of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and ordered a new trial, s Read More
American to take charge of BP
28 July 2010LONDON – BP’s much-criticised CEO Tony Hayward will be replaced by American Robert Dudley on October. 1, the company said yesterday as it Read More
al-Qaeda condemns veil ban
28 July 2010CAIRO – al-Qaeda’s No. 2 has slammed France’s push to ban the Islamic full-face veil and urged Muslim women to be "holy warriors" Read More
Guilty pleas in racist video case
28 July 2010BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa – Four white former students pleaded guilty yesterday to charges surrounding a video they made humiliating black Read More
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