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Most popular news on 24 October 2007 |
500,000 flee raging California wildfires
AP - Faced with unrelenting winds whipping wildfires into a frenzy across Southern California, firefighters conceded defeat on many fronts Tuesday to an unstoppable force that has chased more than 500,000 people away.
Foxy Brown put in punitive segregation
AP - Rapper Foxy Brown has received 76 days in punitive segregation after she scuffled with another inmate at Rikers Island jail, authorities said Tuesday.
Castro claims Bush could spark WWIII
AP - Fidel Castro wrote Tuesday that President Bush is threatening the world with nuclear war and famine — an attack on Washington a day before the White House was to announce new plans to draw Cuba away from communism.
Low testosterone in men linked to earlier death
Reuters - Older men with low levels of
the hormone testosterone may die sooner than other men their
age with normal testosterone levels, a study suggests.
Contested French immigration bill passes
AP - French lawmakers adopted a hotly contested bill on Tuesday that would institute language exams and potential DNA testing for prospective immigrants, making it more difficult for families to join loved ones in France.
Blackwater: Fallujah deaths unavoidable
AP - Heavier guns and sturdier trucks would not have saved a team of Blackwater USA guards brutally killed in March 2004 after being lured by corrupt Iraqi forces into a well-planned ambush, the embattled private security contractor contends in a report to Congress.
Looking for attractive people? Don't go to...
Reuters - Philadelphia is home to the least
attractive people in the United States, a survey of visitors
and residents showed on Friday.
NY 'Preppie Killer' nabbed in drug sting
AP - The so-called "Preppie Killer," who served 15 years in prison for strangling a woman in Central Park during what he said was rough sex, was in jail Tuesday after police said he repeatedly sold undercover officers cocaine out of his apartment.
White House cut warming impact testimony
AP - The White House severely edited congressional testimony given Tuesday by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the impact of climate change on health, removing specific scientific references to potential health risks, according to two sources familiar with the documents.
Wis. man finds 3.92-ct white diamond
AP - A Wisconsin man digging at an Arkansas diamond park with his fiancee Tuesday found a 3.92-carat white stone, but the rock will go into his collection because his betrothed already has a ring and a setting.
California wildfires force historic evacuation
Reuters - Fierce wildfires raged across
Southern California on Tuesday, threatening more than 60,000
homes as night fell and forcing half a million people to flee
in the state's largest evacuation.
Fires Torch Penn's Land, Threaten Celeb Homes
E! Online - Private beaches, a fleet of luxury cars, 24-hour private security and sweeping ocean views are no match for Mother Nature, especially on a windy day in SoCal after a hot, dry summer.
'Sopranos' creator defends famous finale
AP - Just when we had made our peace with "The Sopranos" finale and moved on with our lives, David Chase has stirred things up again.
Goulet sedated while awaiting transplant
AP - Singer and actor Robert Goulet is heavily sedated and breathing through a respirator in a Los Angeles hospital while he awaits a lung transplant, his wife told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "He can hear me but he can't respond," Vera Goulet said of the 73-year-old crooner.
Men, Menopause and the Proverbial Red Sports Car
Dear Margo - DEAR MARGO: I am 55 and have been married to a wonderful 62-year-old man for 20 years. I have always felt our marriage was strong. However, during the last nine months he has been corresponding by e-mail with a 40-year-old woman he met through work a year ago.
MOMS WHO PLAN AHEAD CAN RELIEVE SEPARATION ANXIETY
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: After reading your response to "Desperate Mom in Miami" (Aug. 10), who was being married and wasn't sure if she should take her 4-year-old son on her honeymoon because she was afraid he'd be traumatized if he was left for 12 days, I have to respond. Of course he will be traumatized if his mother leaves him for that long!
Woman stabs tied-up lover to drink blood
AP - A woman who stabbed her tied-up lover so she could drink his blood has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Tiffany Sutton told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge David Udall that she was sorry for the incident and said she never meant to hurt anyone, but received the stiff sentence anyway after he called the crime especially heinous.
Red Sox leave Wakefield off WS roster
AP - Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is being left off Boston's roster for the World Series because of a bad shoulder. The 41-year-old Wakefield fought through back problems late in the season and was kept off the roster for the first-round series against the Los Angeles Angels.
Democrats unyielding on health plan cost
AP - House Democrats, convinced that President Bush blundered by vetoing an expansion of a children's health care program, plan to approve a very similar bill this week even as the administration offered new concessions Tuesday.
Amazon margins raise concern
Reuters - Amazon.com Inc reported on
Tuesday a drop in profit margins from the previous quarter,
unpleasantly surprising investors betting on continued
improvement at the world's largest Web retailer, and its shares
fell 9 percent.
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