LONGWOOD, Fla. – Family and friends gathered at a private candlelight vigil Sunday to mourn a 15-year-old they knew as a friendly boy who shockingly led police on a deadly chase through his middle school with a pistol. Christopher Penley was pronounced dead early Sunday, according to the Seminole County …
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LOS ANGELES – They lurk in bushes, camp out in cars and hover in helicopters. Some are brazen enough to openly brandish their cameras, like old Western gunslingers. They may be hated, but their work — candid pictures of celebs in unguarded moments — is coveted. They are the paparazzi, …
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WASHINGTON – Embattled White House adviser Karl Rove vowed Friday to make the war on terrorism a central campaign issue in November. He also said Democratic senators looked “mean-spirited and small-minded” in questioning Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. “Republicans have a post-9/11 view of the world. And Democrats have a …
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – A U.S. military commission began a pretrial hearing Wednesday for a Yemeni man who was Usama bin Laden’s bodyguard and is charged with conspiracy. U.S. prosecutors allege Ali Hamza Ahmad Sulayman al Bahlul made a videotape on bin Laden’s orders to glorify Al Qaeda‘s …
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WASHINGTON – America has embraced Alan Greenspan with irrational exuberance. The slight, aging economist with the supersize glasses and claymation facial expressions has inspired a symphonic overture, a country music paean and a red-hot gallery exhibition of “Alan as Art.” Queen Elizabeth awarded him honorary knighthood. “Our contemporary Greek oracle,” …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – The U.S. military on Friday announced the deaths of six more American troops killed in the recent barrage of violence that has swept Iraq, bringing to 11 the number of troops slain on the same day. A U.S. Marine and soldier died in the attack by a …
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WASHINGTON – The number of Americans who volunteer to mentor students, beautify neighborhoods and pitch in after disasters is at a 30-year high, fueled in part by a boom in teen participation, a new study says. The report by the Corporation for National and Community Service tracked volunteer rates since …
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NEW YORK – U.S. stocks rose for a second straight session Tuesday as investors took a report showing unexpected strength in the key services sector as signaling that profit growth would withstand the housing market’s slowdown. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 47.75 points, or 0.39 percent, to end at …
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NEW YORK – She’s only been on “The View” for three months and already there are published rumors that Rosie O’Donnell wants out. She tried to shoot them down on Thursday. O’Donnell, during Thursday’s show, said she had answered an audience member’s question during a commercial break the day before …
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“In war there is no substitute for victory.” – General Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1880. He graduated from West Point in 1903. During World War I he served in France, attaining the rank of brigadier general. MacArthur was chief of staff of the …
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