Coyote attacks girls in New York
A coyote has attacked a three-year-old girl playing in her back garden in suburban New York, the second such attack on a child in the same area in four days.
Officers and wildlife experts have been authorized to shoot the coyotes on sight and to kill any that are trapped, Rye Police Chief William Connors [...]
CNN’s Larry King to retire this fall
CNN’s Larry King says he’ll hang up his suspenders after 25 years of his prime time show. But who will replace him?
King told CBS News shortly after the announcement, “If it was up to me, I’d have Ryan Seacrest do it.”
“He wants to take some time for himself and his family. So he [...]
Benigno Aquino inaugurated as Philippines president
Benigno Aquino III was inaugurated Wednesday after a solid win in May’s Philippines election enshrined him as one of the country’s most popular leaders. A larger task will be to emerge from his parents’ shadow.
Mr. Aquino took the oath of office of president of the Philippines before a supreme court justice at a Manila’s [...]
World Cup 2010: Spain rules over Portugal to meet Paraguay in quarterfinals
Spain beat Portugal 1-0 in a close-fought game in Cape Town on Tuesday. Vincente del Bosque’s side goes on to a quarterfinal date with Paraguay, who beat Japan in a penalty shootout earlier in the day.
The white-hot spotlight was on Cristiano Ronaldo as the star striker led Portugal onto the pitch for Tuesday’s highly anticipated [...]
Former NFL star Randall Cunningham’s son, 2, drowns in hot tub
The 2-year-old son of former NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham drowned in a backyard hot tub in Las Vegas that his father, who is now a minister, used to perform baptisms, authorities said today.
Christian Cunningham died after being found floating in the hot tub, police said.
A woman at Cunningham’s house was with several [...]
Manhunt continues in Tampa police officer murders: $95,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect
Law enforcement officers resumed their search Wednesday morning for the man who shot and killed two Tampa police officers.
Dontae Morris has been on the loose since Officers Jeffrey Kocab and David were shot and killed after they stopped a car Morris was in at 2:15 a.m. ET Tuesday, according to the report.
Cortnee Brantley, a suspected [...]
Sandra Bullock single again, finalizes divorce
A court clerk in Austin, Texas, confirmed that the divorce between the Oscar-winning actress, Sandra Bullock and celebrity biker Jessie James was finalized Monday. Bullock filed to end the marriage in April after reports surfaced that James had been unfaithful.
Citing “discord or conflict of personalities” as the reason behind the split, the official divorce allows [...]
‘Melrose’ Star Amy Locane Charged with Vehicular Homicide
Melrose Place’ actress Amy Locane-Bovenizer has been charged with vehicular homicide following a wine-fueled crash Sunday night in Montgomery, New Jersey, that left one woman dead and a man in critical condition
Locane-Bovenizer has been charged with second-degree vehicular homicide and third-degree assault by automobile. At her arraignment on Monday afternoon, Superior Court Judge Robert Reed [...]
Oprah Winfrey tops annual Most Powerful Celebrity poll by Forbes
The TV star—who fronts The Oprah Winfrey Show and is the president of media company Harpo Productions—has topped the annual Most Powerful Celebrity poll conducted by Forbes
magazine, knocking Angelina Jolie off the top spot with earnings of $315 million last year.
The 56-year-old star was previously named top of the coveted list in 2007 [...]
Russian spies caught in US: A Cold War spy mania?
Just days after President Obama treated Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to cheeseburgers at Ray’s Hell Burger in Arlington, Virginia, hailing the improved relationship with Moscow as one of his administration’s most important achievements, the Justice Department unveiled the existence of a vast Russian spy network that has been operating in cities across the United [...]
