CAIRO AFP — An Egyptian police officer held an 18-month-old baby hostage for five hours in a bid to secure the surrender of the child's fugitive uncle, a security official said on Friday. Police have now opened an investigation into the incident which happened in a village in the...
MONTREAL AFP — The family of a 22-year-old Canadian man who was beheaded by a fellow passenger inside a bus spoke for the first time, urging the media and public to let them grieve in private. "We are requesting the media and the public for privacy," the victim's uncle,...
JIMMY CALDERWOOD insists that it's time Aberdeen lived up to Alex Ferguson's legacy instead of always being intimidated by it. The Dons' greatest ever manager brings his Champions League stars from Old Trafford to Pittodrie on Saturday. It's a game to honour the side...
CHARLESTON, South Carolina AFP — World number one Lorena Ochoa pulled out of the USLPGA's Ginn Tribute tournament due to an illness in her family. Ochoa said Wednesday she was leaving for Mexico so she could spend time with her sick uncle. "I am very sorry to have...
WASHINGTON AFP — Barack Obama's camp Tuesday admitted the Democratic hopeful made a mistake, after a campaign flap blew up over his claim that an uncle helped liberate the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. The comment, on Monday, sparked a torrent of attacks by the Republican party and conservative...
MONACO AFP — One of the most famous names in the history of the Monaco Grand Prix was back atop the victors' podium Friday when Bruno Senna won the first GP2 race on the classic Mediterranean street circuit. Senna, nephew of three-times champion Ayrton Senna who won the Formula...
ZAGREB AFP — Arsenal striker Eduardo Da Silva is being sued for 1.2 million euros (1.8 million dollars) by his wife's uncle over unpaid transfer commission when he joined Arsenal last year. Zagreb estate agent Miljenko Radivojeciv says Eduardo has failed to honour a "working contract" they both signed...
ATLANTIC CITY AFP — Unbeaten world champ Miguel Cotto will square off against Alfonso Gomez in a title fight which could solidify the Puerto Rican's reputation as a dominant force in the welterweight division. This is the fourth defence of Cotto's World Boxing Association title after convincing wins over...
ORLANDO, Florida, March 21, 2008 AFP — Floyd Mayweather will not have to worry about a conflict of interest involving his uncle Roger training rival fighter Steve Forbes, even though training Forbes remains a family affair. Forbes told ESPN that he has fired Roger Mayweather as his trainer for...
ORLANDO, Florida AFP — Floyd Mayweather will not have to worry about a conflict of interest involving his uncle Roger training rival fighter Steve Forbes, even though training Forbes remains a family affair. Forbes told ESPN that he has fired Roger Mayweather as his trainer for a May 3...
ORLANDO, Florida AFP — Undefeated welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather will drop Roger Mayweather as his trainer for a rematch with Oscar de la Hoya in September if his uncle continues to train Steve Forbes. The World Boxing Council champion said Thursday in a telephone conference call that he asked...
Alyssa Ann Perna of Grayslake Alyssa Ann Perna, 20, was born Nov. 10, 1987, and passed away suddenly Sunday, March 9, 2008, from injuries sustained in an auto accident. Alyssa graduated from Warren High School and was attending Southern Illinois University. Alyssa was a beautiful young...
Kathryn "Katie" Mitchell A Mass of Christian Burial for Kathryn "Katie" Mitchell will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, at St. Mary of the Annunciation Church, 22333 W. Erhart Road, Mundelein. Interment will follow in Ascension Cemetery, Libertyville. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m....
Winslow Township defensive back Keith Robinson has orally committed to attend Southern Methodist University on a football scholarship, Eagles coach Mike McBride announced yesterday. Robinson, a 5-foot-10, 180-pound senior, also visited William & Mary, Duke and Northwestern. "He wanted to go to the Deep South," McBride said. "He has a...
When she was in high school -- in Iowa, girls hoops are huge -- Kyle Korver's mother scored 63 points against a conference opponent. The next time her team played that team, she scored 74. "I asked her," said the newest Utah Jazzman, "'What were those girls thinking...
BEIRUT AFP — Nada had no choice. The Sunni Muslim Lebanese woman decided to become a Shiite because that branch of Islam guarantees that her daughters will one day be her sole heiresses. "If I became a Shiite it was not out of conviction," Nada told AFP. Had she...
ROTHLEY, England AFP — The parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann sought Monday to begin rebuilding their shattered lives back in England, despite fresh signs they may be charged in Portugal. Efforts to restore some sense of normality were also thwarted by a continuing media scrum in the...
Deirdre McNamer's new novel is lyrical, in its structure as well as in its sentences. The plot rolls through time, with decades receding and returning like the tide. McNamer begins with two young brothers riding their horses through the Sweet Grass Hills of Montana in 1927. The next...
For years, two brothers from Parsippany, N.J., claimed their uncle built the engine on the Spirit of St. Louis, the plane that Charles Lindbergh flew on the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight. No one believed them. Enter investigators from History Detectives on PBS,...
Adrian Fernandez's ride for this weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans is a little more complex than his first around-the-clock race. "I drove a Volkswagen Beetle," says Fernandez, who shared the iconic car with uncles Jose and Santiago Fernandez in the 24 Hours of Mexico in...
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