Man Slits Throat During City Hall Hearing
TAUNTON, Mass. A horrible scene played out in Taunton where an man cut his own throat during a City Hall hearing.
Robert Feltmate, 54, slit his throat during a hearing Monday about filing an complaint against an animal control officer, the Taunton Gazette reports.
Feltmate was apparently upset that his dog, that had broken its leg, was […]
New Orleans at Risk if Category 2 Hurricane Strikes
BATON ROUGE, La. Despite a massive effort to repair and upgrade flood defenses since Hurricane Katrina, storm surge could pour over levees in New Orleans if a strong Category 2 or higher hurricane strikes the city, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday.
While the forecast uses what officials say is the most accurate and […]
Pilot, 19, Forced to Make Emergency Landing on Busy Road
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. A single-propeller airplane made an emergency landing on a Scottsdale road Monday after experiencing mechanical problems shortly after takeoff.
Scottsdale police Officer Dave Pubins says the pilot landed on Lone Mountain Road in the northern part of the city because it is less-traveled than other streets in the area.
McCain Fights Anti-Iraq Onslaught
Campaigning in Ohio on Monday, John McCain continued to try to shore up his credentials as the tough on terror candidate, earning a 30-second ovation at a town hall outside Cleveland for promising to stand strong against Al Qaeda.
“We will never surrender and they will. And I want to assure you of that,” McCain […]
Bodies of Man, 2 Children Found in House
BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. Police are investigating the deaths of an man and two children whose bodies were found Monday in a home in Barboursville.
Barboursville police say a family member discovered the bodies around 6 p.m. Monday. The victims’ names were not released.
Police said the mother is believed to be out of the country.
Woman Dead After Day in California Sun
PARKER, Calif. An elderly woman is dead and her husband severely burned after they wandered from their car in eastern San Bernardino County on a day when area temperatures reached 116 degrees.
The couple from Oracle, Ariz., was driving Monday near the California side of the Colorado River when Virgil Sanders, 90, stopped their car, got […]
Arsonists Sought in Fla. Wildfires; 100 Homes Burned
A police chief says investigators are searching for one or more arsonists who apparently started nine fast-moving wildfires around a city on Florida’s Atlantic coast, destroying or damaging about 100 homes.
Palm Bay, Fla., officials say they suspected arson after they received word of fires starting every 45 minutes Monday, beginning around 1:30 p.
Bombs targeting Iraqi security kill 18
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) American soldiers in northern Iraq found a mass grave containing 14 bodies, all believed to be Iraqi security forces or anti-insurgent Iraqis, the U.S. military said Monday.
Iraqis inspect damage to a house caused by an explosion Monday at an Iraqi army checkpoint in Baghdad.
All were shot in the head and had […]
Tech Problems Knock Out Netflix Site
LOS GATOS, Calif. Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. suffered an technology breakdown that knocked out its Web site for about 11 hours Monday, inconveniencing its 7.5 000 000 subscribers.
The outage could mean some customers will have to wait longer than usual for their next rentals.
The trouble blocked access to Netflix’s Web site about from […]
Global Markets Rise on Waning U.S. Economic Worries
BANGKOK, Thailand — Asian and European markets surged Tuesday as investors returned from the Easter holiday in a mood to buy, encouraged by upbeat U.S. housing numbers and overnight gains on Wall Street.
Investors also were heartened by news that JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) raised its offer for Bear Stearns (BSC) fivefold to USD […]
