LOS ANGELES – Dylan McDermott has filed for divorce from his wife, Shiva Rose, after more than 12 years of marriage, court records show. McDermott, 46, filed a petition for dissolution of marriage in Superior Court last Friday citing irreconcilable differences, according to court records first obtained by CelebTV.com. McDermott, …
Read More »Radio Problem Hampers Link to Mars Lander
TUCSON, Ariz. – A glitch with a Mars orbiter relaying commands from Earth delayed plans for the Phoenix Mars Lander’s second day of activities on Tuesday, NASA officials said. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter turned its UHF radio off, possibly because of a cosmic ray, cutting off communications with the lander, …
Read More »Shawn Hornbeck Foundation Dissolved by Missouri Government
ST. LOUIS – The Shawn Hornbeck Foundation has been dissolved by the state because of paperwork problems, but its members continue to pursue their mission of finding missing children. The foundation was dissolved in late December after its administrators failed to file an annual report with the Missouri Secretary of …
Read More »Defense Department Says Helicopters at Pennsylvania Plant Were Vandalized
RIDLEY PARK, Pa. – Investigators have concluded that two military helicopters were vandalized on the production line at a Boeing factory near Philadelphia, the Defense Department said Thursday. Federal officials were handing out fliers to workers at the Boeing Rotorcraft Systems plant in Ridley Township, Pa., in which they offered …
Read More »Captured Fugitive Speaks Out From Jail
This is a rush transcript from “On the Record ,” May 1, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: A 53-year-old married mother of three, Susan LaFevre arrested. The thing is, until her arrest, Susan has been living under …
Read More »Hair Salon Customer Fights Buck After It Crashes Into Pennsylvania Store
QUAKERTOWN, Pa. – When a deer smashed through the door of a Bucks County, Pa., hair salon, Randy Goepfert says he saw no choice but to grab it by the neck and slam it to the ground. About four children, three hairdressers and two mothers were in the Holiday Hair …
Read More »Police Launch Search for Missing North Carolina Woman
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Police launched an all-out search for a missing North Carolina woman Sunday after her vehicle was found abandoned in a restaurant parking lot about seven blocks away from where she was last seen, it is reported. According to WRAL.com Sallie Rohrbach, 44, a longtime employee with …
Read More »Low-Cost Laptop Opens Up to Microsoft
BOSTON – The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers to schoolchildren. Microsoft and the laptop organization announced Thursday that the nonprofit’s green-and-white “XO” computers now …
Read More »3 Dead, 3 Injured in California Chopper Crash
TWO HARBORS, Calif. – A helicopter crashed in rainy weather Saturday morning on Santa Catalina Island, killing three people and injuring three others, authorities said. The helicopter went down shortly before 9:25 a.m. on the west end of the island and caused a small fire that was quickly doused, said …
Read More »Cuban Police Violently Break Up Dissident Meeting Leaving at Least 2 in Need of Medical Assistance
HAVANA – Cuban police violently broke up a dissidents’ meeting, leaving at least two people in need of medical treatment, opposition sources said Monday. At least 30 people were detained briefly after a weekend raid on the home of well-known dissident Jorge Luis “Atunez” Garcia Perez in the central city …
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