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Most popular news on 23 June 2009 |
DC transit train smashes into another, killing 6
AP - One Metro transit train smashed into the rear of another at the height of the capital city's Monday evening rush hour, killing at least six people and injuring scores of others as the front end of the trailing train jackknifed violently into the air and fell atop the first.
Analysis casts doubts on Ahmadinejad's victory
AP - An analysis by a British think tank highlights profound differences between voting patterns in Iran's recent election and hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first victory in 2005, casting doubt on whether they could have occurred without manipulation.
TV's Jon and Kate Gosselin say they're divorcing
AP - Celebrity parents Jon and Kate Gosselin say they plan to divorce.
Spokesman: SC governor hiking Appalachian Trail
AP - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has been hiking along the Appalachian Trail, a spokesman said Monday night, explaining a dayslong absence that perplexed fellow state leaders.
Obama signs tobacco regulation bill into law
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, who still struggles with his own addiction to cigarettes, on Monday signed into law the most sweeping federal anti-tobacco legislation to pass Congress in decades.
Tropical Storm Andres strengthens off Mexico
AP - A strengthening Tropical Storm Andres roared toward Mexico's Pacific coast Monday, prompting emergency preparations for a storm that forecasters predicted would become the season's first hurricane.
Sorry, Paul Simon, Kodak's taking Kodachrome away
AP - Sorry, Paul Simon, Kodak is taking your Kodachrome away.
Official: N. Korea ship carries weapons to Myanmar
AP - A North Korean-flagged ship under close watch in Asian waters is believed to be heading toward Myanmar carrying small arms cargo banned under a new U.N. resolution, a South Korean intelligence official said.
Riot police use tear gas to halt protest in Iran
AP - Riot police cracked down anew on demonstrators in Iran's capital on Monday hours after the feared Revolutionary Guard threatened to crush any further post-election protests. A witness described an "air of sadness" marked by people wailing prayers into the night.
Work begins on world's deepest underground lab
AP - Far below the Black Hills of South Dakota, crews are building the world's deepest underground science lab at a depth equivalent to more than six Empire State buildings — a place uniquely suited to scientists' quest for mysterious particles known as dark matter.
Obama, citing his smoking woes, signs tobacco law
AP - Lamenting his first teenage cigarette, President Barack Obama ruefully admitted on Monday that he's spent his adult life fighting the habit. Then he signed the nation's toughest anti-smoking law, aiming to keep thousands of other teens from getting hooked.
Chris Brown pleads guilty to felony assault
AP - Chris Brown pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting Rihanna and the two were ordered to stay away from each other, in a deal that keeps the singer out of prison but requires him to clean up graffiti or roadside trash.
Sarkozy says burqas are 'not welcome' in France
AP - President Nicolas Sarkozy declared Monday that the Islamic burqa is not welcome in France, branding the face-covering, body-length gown as a symbol of subservience that suppresses women's identities and turns them into "prisoners behind a screen."
Taliban commander rival to Mehsud killed in Pakistan
Reuters - A gunman shot dead a rival of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud on Tuesday, dealing a potential blow to a government plan to defeat al Qaeda ally Mehsud.
French village on alert after crocodile sightings
Reuters - A French village is on the alert after several sightings of a crocodile were reported in a local pond and police and local anglers have joined the hunt for the elusive creature dubbed the "Loch Ness monster of the Vosges."
Simon Cowell Admits Mistakes on Susan Boyle
E! Online - Susan Boyle may have earned a pair of standing ovations this weekend, but Britain's Got Talent's head honcho and resident curmudgeon, Simon Cowell, has been humbled by the singer's fast-tracked plight.
Ryan O'Neal says he plans to marry Farrah Fawcett
AP - Ryan O'Neal says he plans to marry Farrah Fawcett, who is struggling to overcome cancer. The 68-year-old actor says in an interview with Barbara Walters for ABC's "20/20" that he asked his longtime companion to marry him and "she's agreed." O'Neal says they will tie the knot "as soon as she can say yes."
Polish city ravaged by Nazis to cut Hitler's tree
AP - The towering tree is believed to have been Adolf Hitler's gift to the occupied town of Jaslo — planted to the sound of a Nazi band during World War II.
U.S. reality TV stars Jon & Kate to split
Reuters - The stars of the reality television show "Jon & Kate Plus Eight" said on Monday's episode that they had decided to split up after 10 years of marriage.
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