ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks has roots in the disputed Kashmir region where Pakistan’s military has faced off against India for decades. There have long been suspicions that Pakistan’s military and ...
1 Dec 2008
CHICAGO - Police arrested the estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson yesterday in the deaths of the entertainer's mother, brother, and young nephew, taking him from a prison where he had been held on a suspected parole violation. William Balfour ...
1 Dec 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - With tensions rising between India and Pakistan after the deadly attacks in Mumbai last week, the United States increased pressure yesterday on Pakistan to cooperate in the investigation, while Indian officials lodged a formal ...
1 Dec 2008
New Delhi - Two people were killed and 30 injured in a powerful explosion inside a passenger train in India's north-eastern Assam state on Tuesday, police said. The blast occurred in a carriage of an intercity train that was stationary at the Diphu ...
1 Dec 2008
A bomb blast early on Tuesday at a Bangkok airport occupied by anti-government demonstrators killed one person, protesters said. The explosion at Don Mueang Airport set off panic in the occupied terminal building, where 22 people were wounded by ...
1 Dec 2008
Former Whitlam government minister Frank Crean has died aged 92 after a short illness. Mr Crean, father of Trade Minister Simon Crean, was treasurer and deputy prime minister in Gough Whitlam's government in the 1970s. "Mr Crean passed away ...
1 Dec 2008
Grove City police are trying to figure out why a Franklin County deputy apparently fatally shot himself during the weekend in the garage of the house where his wife also was found dead.
2 Dec 2008
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE)Left 4 Dead: Horror survival first-person shooter. Developer: Valve Software. Publisher: Valve Software/Electronic Arts. ($59.99 for Xbox 360. $49.99 for PC. ESRB rating: Mature. Many of us have overcome such common fears as snakes,...
2 Dec 2008
JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Troops on foot and in armored personnel carriers appeared Sunday to have quelled two days of violence that left hundreds dead in a central Nigerian city.
2 Dec 2008
Sheriff's officials investigate the south Sacramento home where a man, a woman and 2-year-old twins were found fatally shot Monday. Two adults and 2-year-old twins were found dead of gunshot wounds Monday in a south Sacramento home, where a week earlier a teenager had been reported as being abused. Sacramento sheriff's officials discovered the bodies Monday in what officials believe ...
2 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines - A berserk fisherman in Negros Occidental was shot dead last weekend as he attacked policeman who were trying to pacify him, an online news site reported Tuesday.
1 Dec 2008
A University of Houston professor who was found dead at his Montrose-area apartment Monday evening may have fallen down a flight of stairs, authorities said.
1 Dec 2008
NHL All-Star Hubert 'Pit' Martin' dead at 64. Posted by Bill Jempty Published: December 1, 2008 - 7:42 PM. He died in a snowmobile accident on Sunday. RIP. Hubert "Pit" Martin, a four-time NHL All-Star in the 1960s and '70s, ...
1 Dec 2008
I'm in Barcelona for Nokia World, and at the little Blogger's Lunch today we got to discussing various trends in entertainment, media, content distribution, and ...
1 Dec 2008
MANILA, Philippines - A 31-year-old man was killed while a 12-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting incident in Valenzuela City before dawn Tuesday, a radio report said.
1 Dec 2008
George Miller, the hapless director linked to the ensemble superhero project for the past year, is officially off the film.
1 Dec 2008
So you've bought Left 4 Dead, installed it, booted it up, and began a game with three of your best friends. But you are getting your ass kicked by the hordes of bloodthirsty zombies on the easiest difficulty setting. Not to fear! ...
1 Dec 2008
Munetaka Higuchi, the leader of Loudness, which in the 1980s became Japan's first hard-rock band to break into the US market, died of liver cancer at an Osaka hospital Sunday. He was 49.
1 Dec 2008