Neither Kate Middleton nor Prince William uttered George H.W. Bush’s infamous “Read my lips” statement on their wedding day, but that didn’t stop the press from scrutinizing the royal couple’s every whisper on Friday. Because microphones were unable to pick up all Royal Wedding exchanges, real-time Internet speculation about what exactly was said was rampant. [...]
Two pirates and a Somalia official say a hijacked yacht with four Americans onboard is nearing the Somali coast, and that it’s being shadowed by a warship. The US military says Somali pirates have shot dead four American hostages on a hijacked yacht in the Arabian Sea as US forces tried to negotiate an end [...]
If veteran FedEx driver Joe Solimando could get through Monday, the next year will be cake. Solimando, 53, prepared for FedEx’s busiest day of the year with military precision, mindful that every second counts. “Timing is the most important part of this job,” he said as he readied a tactical assault on his route, 43rd [...]
69 years ago today, Japan attacked the U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor. And though fewer of them are still with us, members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association don’t want to disband, association president Art Herriford tells the Associated Press. “Some of these old duffers, if you tried to do away with this organization, you’d [...]
Russian news agencies said a passenger jet with 155 people on board has skidded off the runway at Moscow airport after its engines failed, killing one person and injuring eight. The news agencies say the Dagestan Airlines Soviet-built Tu-154 was forced to make an emergency landing at Domodedovo Airport on Saturday. The agencies quoted emergency [...]