CORAL GABLES, Fla. – A 4-year-old girl was mauled at a children’s birthday party by a cougar that had been brought in by a wild-animal business to entertain the youngsters, authorities said. The girl was attacked on Nov. 18 at the home of Goya Foods president Francisco Unanue during a …
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DETROIT – Ford Motor Co. (F) plans to raise the amount of a borrowing plan to roughly $22 billion to $23 billion from an original $18 billion, as it increases the size of a revolving credit line and a convertible note sale. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange …
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TAIPEI, Taiwan – Telephone lines and Internet service went dead across much of Asia on Wednesday after two powerful earthquakes damaged undersea cables used by several countries to route calls and online traffic. Repairing the cables could take weeks because crews have to pull them up and transfer them to …
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Gunmen allied with Hamas and Fatah clashed at a West Bank mosque and in Gaza Strip streets on Friday, as violence spread to areas of the Palestinian territories normally untouched by factional strife. Hamas accused a Fatah leader of orchestrating the previous day’s attack on …
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INDIANAPOLIS – Ronald Goldman’s father sued O.J. Simpson on Tuesday, seeking any money the former NFL star received for a canceled book deal and TV interview that told a hypothetical tale of how he would have killed his ex-wife and Goldman. The federal lawsuit filed in California by Fred Goldman’s …
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KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – A woman and her two young children were among seven people found dead after a “strange odor” was reported coming from a duplex apartment, and a third child was unaccounted for, police said Monday. The cause of death had not been established, and police Chief Jim Hughes …
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HARTFORD, Conn. – A telecommunications executive announced plans Monday to challenge Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman for the Democratic nomination, hoping to win over voters turned off by Lieberman’s support for the war in Iraq. Greenwich businessman Ned Lamont represents the first opposition Lieberman has faced within his party during his …
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Americans have been shocked recently by stories in the news about the way our legal system has been treating those who victimize our kids. Plea bargains and legal technicalities have led to probation and leniency rather than punishment for violent sexual offenders. This disturbing pattern has come to light and …
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NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge on Friday shot down a lawsuit that sought to keep a cruise ship docked here as temporary housing for hurricane evacuees, saying the question was not a matter for the courts. The ruling on the Scotia Prince ship lets the Federal Emergency Management Agency …
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WASHINGTON – Congress gave its go-ahead Thursday to let the government borrow an additional $781 billion, and the House and Senate promptly voted for major spending initiatives for the war in Iraq, hurricane relief and education. The Senate, on a 52-48 vote, sent President Bush a measure raising the ceiling …
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