SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Key evidence that’s gone missing in the child pornography case against John Mark Karr could set the one-time JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect free from criminal charges for a second time. Karr’s lawyers argued Wednesday that the five misdemeanor charges against their client should be dropped amid …
Read More »Overweight Girls Show Poorer Test Scores, Social Skills, In School
Being overweight may affect girls academically as well as socially as early as in elementary school. A new study shows girls who became overweight between the time they started kindergarten and finished the third grade suffered a decline in test scores and social skills and scored lower than girls who …
Read More »Chinese Zoo Panda Gives Birth to Twins
BEIJING – A giant panda in southwest China has given birth to a pair of twins, state media said, the latest additions in a baby boom for the endangered animals. Ya Ya, who lives in the Chongqing Zoo, delivered the babies about an hour apart early Tuesday, China News Service …
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Read More »Eight GIs Face Court Martial Over Rape, Murder of Iraqi Civilians
EVANSVILLE, Indiana – Eight soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 101st division will be court-martialed for murdering Iraqi civilians, including two who face the death penalty for allegedly raping an Iraqi girl and killing her and her family, the military ordered Wednesday. Military authorities said they would seek the death penalty …
Read More »'Bully' Video Game Features Boys Fighting and Kissing
LOS ANGELES/TORONTO – The video game maker that sparked uproar over a hidden sex scene in “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas,” is courting new controversy with its latest schoolyard title “Bully” — featuring boys kissing. That sexual twist came to light only after Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (TTWO) released the …
Read More »Chinese Elite Watching President Hu Jintao Closely
BEIJING – President Hu Jintao will be watched closely by China’s political elite for signs that he plans to further consolidate his power at an annual policy-making meeting following the ouster of a prominent Communist Party leader for corruption, analysts said. Although the party has said its four-day Central Committee …
Read More »Jerry Springer Voted Off 'Dancing With the Stars'
LOS ANGELES – Jerry Springer, gamely carrying the banner for gray-haired hoofers on “Dancing With the Stars,” was ready to surrender it after seven weeks. “Thank you for having me. And thank you for letting me go home,” the talk-show host said Wednesday after he received the lowest score from …
Read More »'DVD Jon' Says He's Cracked Apple's iTunes Copy Restrictions
SAN JOSE, Calif. – A hacker known for cracking the copy-protection technology in DVDs claims to have unlocked the playback restrictions of Apple Computer Inc.’s (AAPL) iPod and iTunes music products and plans to license his code to others. The move by Jon Lech Johansen, also known as “DVD Jon,” …
Read More »Nortel: Internet Approaching Existing Bandwidth Limits
TORONTO – Soaring demand for games, video and music will stretch the Internet to its limits, Canada’s Nortel Networks Corp. (NT) says, and it expects service providers will make big investments in its technology to avoid a crunch. But the telecom equipment giant, still struggling to turn its fortunes round …
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