NEWARK, N.J. -- The man believed to have caused a security breach that resulted in major delays last weekend at Newark Liberty Airport when he took advantage of a guard's absence to sneak past a checkpoint and walk arm-in-arm with a woman was arrested Friday night at his home, authorities said ... read more »
242 Comments Add this link to... Bury
242 Comments Add this link to... Bury
KABUL (AP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is presenting a second slate of nominees to fill his Cabinet after parliament rejected 70 percent of his first picks. The new lineup is being submitted to parliament Saturday. Lawmakers will review the candidates over the next several days ahead of a vote ... read more »
2 Comments Add this link to... Bury
2 Comments Add this link to... Bury
LISBON - Portugal’s Parliament passed a bill yesterday that would make the predominantly Catholic nation the sixth in Europe to permit gay marriage. President Anibal Cavaco Silva is thought unlikely to veto the Socialist government’s bill, which won the support of all left-of-center parties. His ... read more »
1 Comment Add this link to... Bury
1 Comment Add this link to... Bury
BISMARCK – Developers of a coal-to-liquid fuel factory proposed for western North Dakota say a decision on whether to build the $4 billion plant depends on a change in political climate. And backers are asking for a second extension of state aid to study the project. “We still see the project as ... read more »
1 Comment Add this link to... Bury
1 Comment Add this link to... Bury
SYDNEY -A conservationist group that lost one of its ships in a clash with Japanese whalers off Antarctica has filed a piracy complaint in the Netherlands against the captain and crew of the whaling vessel, one of the group's leaders said Saturday. The filing comes after the bow of the Sea Shepherd ... read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office and leaders of the state Legislature refused Thursday to share the names of lawmakers who lunched with the governor a day earlier after he delivered his State of the State address. Legal experts said the information is central to ... read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
LOS ANGELES - Casey Johnson, heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune and daughter of the owner of the New York Jets, lived a Hollywood lifestyle. She partied with Paris Hilton and got engaged to bisexual reality TV star Tila Tequila. And like her idol Marilyn Monroe, Johnson died young. The coroner ... read more »
3 Comments Add this link to... Bury
3 Comments Add this link to... Bury
Obama called that unacceptable. "I will not tolerate it," he said. The accused attacker, 23-year-old Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, has claimed ties to al-Qaida. Witnesses said he ignited an explosive mixture but it failed to do serious damage to the Northwest jetliner or its passengers, and he ... read more »
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
Discuss Add this link to... Bury
