Archive for April, 2010
Jets WR Holmes in flight flap over iPod
DENNIS WASZAK Jr.,AP Sports Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities at Pittsburgh International Airport filed an incident report after a flight attendant claimed New…
Jury: Westbury Man Guilty of Murdering Ex-Girlfriend
A 25-year-old Westbury man was convicted in Nassau County court on Friday of the premeditated murder of his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child last…
Mom turns in son for stealing drugs from her bra
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Memphis woman called police after she found her son stealing her prescription sedatives from her bra. The Commercial Appeal reported that police found a 28-year-old man hiding under a neighbor’s sport utility vehicle Wednesday morning
Many endangered turtles dying on Texas Gulf Coast
HIGH ISLAND, Texas (AP) — Flies buzz everywhere and the stench is overwhelming as biologist Lyndsey Howell stops to analyze the remains of yet another endangered sea turtle washed up from the Gulf of Mexico. “It’s been on the beach for a while,” Howell says, flipping over the decomposing, dried-out shell.
Activists hope Ariz. law opposition boosts rallies
CHICAGO (AP) — Immigrant rights activists hope Arizona’s controversial immigration law will spark scores of people to protest in rallies nationwide and add urgency to pleas for federal immigration reform. Dozens of marches are planned for Saturday in cities across the country from Los Angeles to Dallas to New York.
MLB players’ union opposes Arizona immigration law
NEW YORK (AP) — The Major League Baseball players’ union says it opposes the new Arizona immigration law. The union says it’s concerned the law could have a negative impact on hundreds of ballplayers and their families. Union head Michael Weiner says in a statement released Friday that the law could force foreign-born ballplayers to prove their immigration status at any time.
