On Wednesday, Eagles quarterback Michael Vick declined to answer a question about whether he owned a dog. But on Thursday he released a statement confirming that his family recently got a dog. "I understand the strong emotions by some people about our family's decision to care for a pet," Vick said in a statement
Friday
MS-13 gang
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration declared the ultra-violent street gang MS-13 to be an international criminal group on Thursday, an unprecedented crackdown targeting the finances of the sprawling U.S. and Central American gang infamous for hacking and stabbing victims with machetes.
The Treasury Department formally designated MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal
The Treasury Department formally designated MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal
Miley Cyrus Bonnie and Clyde
AIf you think it’s been too long since Miley Cyrus showed up in your regularly scheduled television programming, then you’re in luck. However, it may not be exactly in the form that you remember her. The former Disney Channel star is in talks to play the infamous BoAnnie Parker in an unnamed Bonnie and Clyde
Nelly tour bus
Police found narcotics and a loaded weapon on rapper Nelly’s tour bus
at a border patrol checkpoint, TMZ is reporting, after a police canine
detected the presence of drugs.
According to TMZ, police found heroin (36 small bags totaling .64 ounces), ten pounds of marijuana (roughly the size of a large pillow) and a loaded .45 calibre pistol on their search.
According to TMZ, police found heroin (36 small bags totaling .64 ounces), ten pounds of marijuana (roughly the size of a large pillow) and a loaded .45 calibre pistol on their search.
Thursday
Baby bones victim identified
FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey police have identified a child whose skeletal remains were found in 2005 and charged three people, including her aunt and uncle, with covering up her death.
Authorities said the body was that of 9-year-old Jon-Niece Jones, who was abused and died at her aunt's New York City home in August 2002.
Investigators allege the girl's mother and uncle, and her aunt's boyfriend, then drove the body to New Jersey,
Authorities said the body was that of 9-year-old Jon-Niece Jones, who was abused and died at her aunt's New York City home in August 2002.
Investigators allege the girl's mother and uncle, and her aunt's boyfriend, then drove the body to New Jersey,
Cruise ship captain sues
The captain of an Italian luxury liner which ran
aground in January is taking ship owner Costa Crociere to court for
firing him and is demanding his job back, Italy's Repubblica newspaper
said.
Francesco Schettino, who is being investigated for causing the shipwreck which claimed 32 lives and abandoning the Costa Concordia before everyone had been evacuated, was fired by Costa at the end of July, the report said, AFP reports.
Francesco Schettino, who is being investigated for causing the shipwreck which claimed 32 lives and abandoning the Costa Concordia before everyone had been evacuated, was fired by Costa at the end of July, the report said, AFP reports.
Sarah Brightman space
British singer Sarah Brightman will become the first soprano in space when she travels to the International Space Station (ISS).
The recording artist - who hit the charts in 1978 with I Lost My
The recording artist - who hit the charts in 1978 with I Lost My
Brain-eating amoeba
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A brain-eating amoeba has killed at least 10 people in Pakistan's most populous city since May, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday.
Naegleria fowleri
has a fatality rate of more than 98 percent. It is transmitted when
contaminated water enters the body through the nose and cannot be passed
person-to-person.The 10 confirmed cases have all occurred in the southern port city of Karachi, said Dr Musa Khan, head of the WHO's Disease Early Warning System in Pakistan.