Archive for September, 2008
Singer Corinne Bailey Rae’s Husband Dies
The husband of singer Corinne Bailey Rae was found dead Saturday of a suspected drug overdose, according to Sky News sources.
The body of Jason Rae, a saxophonist with the Haggis Horns, was discovered in an apartment in Leeds, England.
“At 3:15 p.m. yesterday [Saturday], the body of a 31-year-old man was found at a flat […]
Czech shooter claims first gold of Olympics
BEIJING, China (AP) — Chinese athletes won two gold medals on Saturday on a first day of Olympic competition marred by the stabbing death of an American volleyball coach’s relative and two doping controversies.
Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic celebrates Saturday with her husband after winning gold.
Matt takes gloss off Kostelic homecoming
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) Austria’s Mario Matt won a men’s World Cup slalom on Sunday, spoiling Ivica Kostelic’s homecoming.
Mario Matt of Austria scored an outstanding victory at a new venue for slalom.
Kostelic learned to ski on the Sljeme hill outside Zagreb and had hoped to win the first men’s World Cup slalom to be held […]
Scientists Find Way to Shake Viruses to Death
Scientists may one day be able to destroy viruses in the same way that opera singers presumably shatter wine glasses.
New research mathematically determined the frequencies at that simple viruses could be shaken to death.
“The capsid of a virus is something like the shell of a turtle,” said physicist Otto Sankey of Arizona State University.
Bush: U.S. Can Calm Afghan Border; UK Sanctions Iran
LONDON President George W. Bush said Monday that Washington can help calm the “testy situation” between Afghanistan and Pakistan, but refused to endorse Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s threat to send troops across the border as an means to target terrorists.
Bush called for leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan to hold talks and share intelligence as both […]
Tropical Storm Edouard Makes Landfall on Texas Coast
GALVESTON, TEXAS Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall on the upper Texas coast early Tuesday morning, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
A tropical storm warning remained in effect from Grand Isle, La., westward to Sargent, Texas, while a hurricane watch was in effect from west of Intracoastal City, La.
McAfee CFO Eric Brown Leaving To Join Electronic Arts
SAN FRANCISCO — McAfee Inc. said late Thursday its Chief Financial Officer and COO Eric Brown is leaving to become chief financial officer at Electronic Arts . McAfee has begun the search for a new chief financial officer search and plans to complete the search soon. “The search will include both internal and external candidates,” […]
German Archaeologist on Trail of Ark of the Covenant
BERLIN It is only a breathless Hollywood script: treasure-hunter Indiana Jones races with German archaeologists to track down the fabled Ark of the Covenant, the chest that held the stone tablets on that the Ten Commandments were etched.
Now German researchers claim to have found the remains of the palace of the Queen of Sheba — […]
Mississippi Remains Most Obese State, CDC Reports
ATLANTA Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reported Thursday.
More than 30 percent of adults in each of the states tipped the scales enough to ensure the South remains the nation’s fattest region.
Colorado was the least obese, with about 19 percent fitting that category in a […]
High-School ‘Hackers’ in Court for Arraignment
Two California teenagers accused of hacking into school computers to steal exams and change grades were in court Tuesday for their arraignment, the Orange County Register reports.
Omar Khan and Tanvir Singh, both 18, both pleaded not guilty at the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach.
Khan, who lives in the ritzy Coto de Caza gated […]
