Source: Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines — 18th May 2012 at 02:18 (about 31 minutes ago)
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who was robbed in February at his Caribbean vacation home by a man armed with a machete, recently was the victim of a burglary at his residence in Washington. #
Source: Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines — 18th May 2012 at 02:18 (about 31 minutes ago)
Gov. Sam Brownback apologized to blacks for segregation in his state in the last century as he marked the anniversary of a ruling that struck down segregation in schools. #
Source: Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines — 18th May 2012 at 02:18 (about 31 minutes ago)
A crowded bus plunged into a river bank in central Vietnam, killing 34 people and injuring 21 others in one of the country's deadliest road accidents. #
Source: Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines — 18th May 2012 at 02:17 (about 32 minutes ago)
Hundreds of firefighters worked to combat a growing blaze that was scorching terrain around a scenic canyon in northern Colorado. #
Source: NYT > Crime and Criminals — 18th May 2012 at 02:16 (about 33 minutes ago)
A man accused of stealing a $20,000 diamond and swallowing it is being held in custody in Windsor, Ontario, until it passes through his system, the police say. #
Source: NYT > Crime and Criminals — 18th May 2012 at 02:16 (about 33 minutes ago)
A court convicted three Mexican brothers and two other people on Thursday and sentenced them to be hanged for drug trafficking. #
Source: Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines — 18th May 2012 at 00:48 (about 2 hours ago)
Soft drink maker Pepsi said on Thursday that it was dropping sponsorship of a prestigious national horse show, one day after ABC News broadcast footage of a horse in training for a show being beaten by a trainer. The Walking Horse National Celebration said that Pepsi had been a sponsor since 2010 of the nation's leading competition for Tennessee Walking Horses, a breed known for its high-stepping gait. "We have ended our sponsorship of the event," Pepsi spokesman Vincent Bozek said on Thursday without elaborating. ... #
Source: Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines — 18th May 2012 at 00:48 (about 2 hours ago)
Plans to turn Wayne Newton's sprawling Las Vegas estate into a celebrity museum have shifted into an ugly legal battle citing mismanagement, animal abuse and sexual harassment. #
Source: Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines — 18th May 2012 at 00:48 (about 2 hours ago)
A drug dealer who got his start during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and was so good at hiding his whereabouts that he was known as "the ghost" has been arrested along with dozens of others on new charges. #
Source: Yahoo! News - Latest News & Headlines — 17th May 2012 at 21:48 (about 5 hours ago)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time, there are more black, Hispanic and other minority babies being born in the United States than white babies, according to government data released on Thursday that confirm a long-growing trend. U.S. Census Bureau data show the United States is on its way to becoming "majority minority," with almost half of all young children currently from minority groups, including Hispanic, black and Asian. As of July 1, 2011, 50.4 percent of babies younger than age 1 were minorities or of more than one race, up from 49.5 percent in 2010, the data showed. ... #