JAMESTOWN, Va. – A replica of one of the three ships that carried the founders of America’s first permanent English settlement to Virginia in 1607 embarked Monday on an East Coast tour. The voyage of the $2.6 million Godspeed launches an 18-month series of events marking Jamestown’s 400th anniversary, and …
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CAMDEN, N.J. – Four teenagers accused of plotting to kill about 25 people in a lunch-period massacre at a high school were charged Thursday under a terrorism law created after the Sept. 11 attacks. The boys, ages 14 to 16, were arrested Wednesday after police heard about the alleged plot …
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DARIEN, Ill. – Two men have been charged in the shooting deaths of three family members at a suburban Chicago home. The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office says Johnny Borizov hired Jacob Nodarse to commit the killings. They face murder and conspiracy charges. They’re charged in the fatal shootings of …
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WASHINGTON – President Bush will use a prime time speech Monday night to call for thousands of National Guard troops to be deployed along the Mexican border to help back up the U.S. Border Patrol. The president will follow it up by visiting the U.S.-Mexico border in Yuma, Ariz., on …
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ROME – Center-left leader Romano Prodi got the nod to form Italy’s new government on Tuesday, ending a monthlong political limbo that followed bitterly contested elections. Prodi got the mandate from the newly installed president, Giorgio Napolitano, during a meeting at the presidential palace. He said he would get to …
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ILADO, Nigeria – President Olusegun Obasanjo ordered increased security around Nigeria’s pipelines after a gasoline conduit explosion killed up to 200 people, as rescue workers sought Saturday to finish burying the dead in mass graves. Twenty-two charred bodies could be seen floating Saturday in mangrove swamps up to five miles …
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WASHINGTON – About 679,000 Hewlett-Packard digital cameras are being recalled worldwide because they can cause some batteries to overheat when the camera is connected to an AC adapter or docking station, posing a fire hazard, U.S. regulators said on Tuesday. Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) is recalling HP Photosmart R707 digital cameras …
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy should perform well this year and in 2007 despite the restraint caused by higher energy prices, the Federal Reserve said in its 2005 annual report issued on Monday. “So long as energy price increases slow, as is suggested by futures prices, this restraint should diminish …
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TOPEKA, Kan. – In what one advocate describes as a national “prairie fire,” Kansas has become the latest state with a policy of stressing abstinence in public schools’ sex education courses. A policy adopted Wednesday by the State Board of Education says human sexuality classes should promote abstinence “until marriage,” …
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – Costa Rican President Oscar Arias announced a proposal on Monday for wealthy nations to forgive part of the debt of poor countries if they agree to channel the money saved into education and health care instead of weaponry. The Nobel Peace Prize winner said the …
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