LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who shot four people, killing two, at a utility office east of Los Angeles before turning the gun on himself was a 48-year-old company employee from Southern California, authorities said Saturday. RELATED: Round Up Of Gene Marks “Poor Black Kid” Critiques Investigators identified the shooter as Andre Turner of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The killing of Osama bin Laden during a raid by Navy SEALs on his hideout in Pakistan was the top news story of 2011, followed by Japan’s earthquake/tsunami/meltdown disaster, according to The Associated Press’ annual poll of U.S. editors and news directors. SEE ALSO: Man Steals His Date’s Car The death […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police say the rapper Slim Dunkin was gunned down Friday evening in a city music studio as he was preparing to record a video. RELATED: Round Up Of Gene Marks “Poor Black Kid” Critiques Police Maj. Keith Meadows said the rapper, whose real name is Mario Hamilton, was fatally shot in […]
WASHINGTON — In the ultimate cap to a year of last-minute, half-loaf legislation, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for a two months, with the chamber’s leaders and the White House proclaiming victory, even as they pushed the issue of how to extend the tax cut and unemployment benefits […]
ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s wife, who stood by her husband when he was charged with sexual assault in 2003, filed for divorce on Friday from the Los Angeles Lakers star, citing irreconcilable differences after a decade of marriage. SEE ALSO: Sandusky Accuser: I SAW Sex Abuse Happening Vanessa Bryant signed the papers on […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI seems worn out. SEE ALSO: Man Steals His Date’s Car People who have spent time with him recently say they found him weaker than they’d ever seen him, seemingly too tired to engage with what they were saying. He no longer meets individually with visiting bishops. A few […]
