. Surging energy costs drove up consumer prices locally and nationwide last month, while industrial output and housing starts rebounded strongly from the prior month. Prices rose 0.7% in the metro area for an annual inflation rate of 3.7%, while the Labor Department reported that a 4.2% rise in ener ...
A MAN SERVING 20 years - the state's longest sentence ever for killing while driving - might get out in less than seven years after an appeals court tossed out the conviction. Jon Paul Lazartes, 25,already has served four years behind bars. A Brooklyn jury convicted him of second-degree murder for s ...
Officer Moira Smith's smile was her emblem, as etched on her face as the claddagh - the Irish symbol of love, loyalty and friendship - was on her husband's gold wedding bands. Childhood friends, family and fellow cops recalled Smith's quick grin yesterday during a memorial Mass at St. Patrick's Cath ...
ONCE AGAIN, Herm Edwards' coaching future is the subject of intense speculation. For the second time in six weeks, he shot down rumors yesterday that he will succeed his mentor, the Chiefs' Dick Vermeil, who is expected to retire next week if his team doesn't make the playoffs. "I plan on being here ...
Gaming CultureVideo Game Tip Sheet: ‘Okamiden’By Michelle Castillo | March 10, 2011 | +TweetCAPCOMExcited for Okamiden? The game comes out in the US on March 15 for the DS, but we have the inside scoop on things you should look out for.??Product Marketing Manager?Eric Monacelli sent us ...
Want to Attend the Royal Wedding? Snag a Counterfeit InvitationBy Erica Ho | @ericamho | March 3, 2011 | +TweetSamir Hussein/Getty ImagesYes, even while common folk bagged invitations to the royal wedding, blank royal invitations have surfaced on the black market creating security concerns for the e ...
Economic Indicator: Tooth Fairy Payments Are Up 18%By Brad Tuttle | @bradrtuttle | March 16, 2011 | +TweetThe national average appearing under the pillows of recently de-toothed children is now $2.52 a pop. That’s up 18% from the average of a year ago ($2.13). And the increase, according the g ...
UncategorizedHow this “Kill Team” Is DifferentBy Adam Sorensen | @adamsorensen | March 30, 2011 | +TweetTIME’s Jim Frederick, who wrote a book about the desperate brutality of one ground-down platoon of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, reads into the emerging case of Spc. Jeremy Morlock and ...
smartphonesblackberry messenger kan zijn weg vinden naar android en iphoneby doug aamoth | @ daamoth | 03 maart 2011 | + instant messaging tweetblackberry de service-passend genaamd blackberry messenger-kan op een dag beschikbaar zijn als een standalone applicatie voor iphones en android-toestellen, ...
BEIJING, Oct. 25 -- The next round of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programmes may start on November 8, a Japanese newspaper reported on Tuesday. A day earlier, North Korea said it would attend a new round of the talks, under which it has agreed to dismantle its nuclear progra ...