All the latest developments on the day Amanda Knox finds out if her appeal against her conviction for murdering Meredith Kercher is successful. A verdict is not expected until around 11 a.m. local time. We’ll be updating throughout the morning. A homegrown group of Amanda Knox’s most dedicated defenders are planning a private gathering at [...]
Sarah Palin, the former American vice-presidential candidate, has launched a tour of the north-eastern states, increasing speculation that she may run for the Republican presidential nomination next year. On the first leg of the tour she rode on a motorbike along with thousands of other bikers, as part of Memorial Day in Washington. At [...]
The world will not allow the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to continue attacking anti-government forces without trying to stop him, NATO’s secretary general has said. NATO has so far played a cautious role in the events in Libya, asking its generals to draw up a plan for possible military action in the country, [...]
Posted by uspostWorldWednesday, December 29th, 2010
A day after a chair lift at a popular Maine resort failed, plunging five lift cars and their riders onto the slope below, authorities are investigating whether a wind gust or a mechanical glitch caused the incident. There were about 150 skiers on Sugarloaf’s Spillway East lift when it malfunctioned, according to the resort’s spokesman, [...]
Taylor Swift may have hit the legal drinking age of 21 on Monday, as she celebrated her milestone birthday, but the country star didn’t any elaborate bar-hopping plans for the big day. Instead, Swift, who is reportedly dating Jake Gyllenhaal, was back at home in Nashville, where she did some low-key partying. “Plans? For my [...]