Bill Clinton rushed to hospital with chest pains
Feb 11, 2010 5:00 pmNEW YORK — An adviser to Bill Clinton says the former president has had two stents placed in one of his coronary arteries.
NEW YORK — An adviser to Bill Clinton says the former president has had two stents placed in one of his coronary arteries.
About 1,000 American-born children are forced into the sex trade in Ohio every year and about 800 immigrants are sexually exploited and pushed into sweatshop-type jobs, a new report on human trafficking in the state said Wednesday.
A 14-year-old Phoenix girl was fed once every day or two, maybe some crackers or a can of food, police said.
The students stomped their feet, heckled and then stood and turned their backs as the speaker at the University of Oregon defended red-baiting Sen. Joseph McCarthy and called Martin Luther King Jr. a communist dupe.
LOS ANGELES — When Ronald “Looney” Barron urged a young graffiti tagger to put away
his paint cans, he was doing what he viewed as his mission — steering
kids away from crime — but he paid for it with his life.
Los Angeles police arrested a 16-year-old boy on Tuesday, saying he
would be charged with murder for shooting Barron to death Sunday night
after Barron confronted him.
It’s been more than a decade since “Amy,” as she’s known in court papers, was first sexually abused by her uncle. The abuse ended long ago and he’s in prison, but the pictures he made when she was 8 or 9 are among the most widely circulated child pornography images online.
In the months leading up to the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama campaigned with a platform that promised change. Just a few months into his term, Obama initiated some of these changes regarding stem cell research.
In America, national holidays are code for “monster department store sales.”
In France, the sale is the holiday.
Tuesday marks the end of the soldes season, a twice-yearly event where
every store across France is legally mandated to put its merchandise
from last season on discount.
WASHINGTON — A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77.
As our world’s supply of natural resources continues to dwindle and the race to find alternative forms of energy ensues, one U.K.-based company seems to have found a solution that capitalizes on the one thing busy cities like London have plenty of – pedestrian traffic.
Federal courts are wrestling with 2006’s Stolen Valor Act, which makes it a crime punishable by up to a year in jail to falsely claim to have received a medal from the U.S. military, even if the liar makes no effort to profit from the stolen glory.
It’s the second-largest Metro system in the United States, in a city that draws millions of tourists every year, but many fear Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority trains could be too dangerous to ride.
X-rays, metal detectors and even the occasional pat down have become standard procedures for many of today’s air travelers, but one IU professor asserts that many security measures are more for the appearance of security, rather than actually increasing passenger safety.
A couple who practice faith healing testified they did everything they
could for their 16-year-old son before he died, but a jury decided it
was not enough, especially just months after the death of their
granddaughter.
The International Criminal Court was wrong when it decided that Sudan’s leader can’t be charged with genocide in Darfur, an appeals judges said Wednesday — an unprecedented ruling that could lead to President Omar al-Bashir’s indictment with humanity’s worst crime.
China is pledging to retaliate against the U.S. about arms sales to Taiwan and is warning of further damage to ties if President Barack Obama meets the Dalai Lama.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates took the first real steps Tuesday toward
lifting the ban on gays serving openly in the military, announcing a
yearlong review aimed at answering practical and emotional questions
about the effect of lifting the ban and imposing looser standards for
enforcing the ban in the meantime.
The Egyptian Pharaohs soccer team clinched its third consecutive African Cup of Nations title in a 1-0 victory Sunday.
The groundhog has spoken. And it’s bad news.
A female suicide bomber walking among Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad
detonated an explosives belt Monday, killing at least 46 people and
wounding more than 122, officials said.
The bombing was the first major strike this year against pilgrims making
their way to the city of Karbala to mark a holy day. It came as
security officials warned of a possible increase in attacks by
insurgents using new tactics to bypass bomb-detection methods.
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