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Most popular news on 29 August 2009 |
DJ AM, who battled drug habit, found dead in NYC
AP - DJ AM, the sought-after disc jockey who became a celebrity in his own right with high-profile romances and a glamorous lifestyle and survived a plane crash just months ago, was found dead in his apartment Friday. He had a history of drug problems.
UAE reports ship seizure with N. Korea arms for Iran
AP - The United Arab Emirates has seized a cargo ship earlier this month bound for Iran with a cache of banned arms from North Korea, the first such seizure since sanctions against North Korea were ramped up, diplomats and officials told The Associated Press on Friday.
WHO warns of severe form of swine flu
Reuters - Doctors are reporting a severe form of swine flu that goes straight to the lungs, causing severe illness in otherwise healthy young people and requiring expensive hospital treatment, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Questions arise over how kidnapper went undetected
AP - His neighbors knew he was a registered sex offender. Kids on his block called him "Creepy Phil" and kept their distance. Parole agents and local law enforcement regularly visited his home and found nothing unusual, even after a neighbor complained children were living in a complex of tents in his backyard.
Pacific Ocean garbage patch worries researchers
AP - A tawny stuffed puppy bobs in cold sea water, his four stiff legs tangled in the green net of some nameless fisherman.
Political luminaries pay tribute to Kennedy
AP - In death as in life, Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy on Friday brought together political rivals — this time to celebrate his ferocious sense of humor and unwavering dedication to family and country.
State govs saying 'No thanks' to mystery laptops
AP - Even during tight budgetary times, a growing handful of state governors are proving too wary to accept laptop computers that have shown up at their offices this month, unsolicited.
Reality contestant fought with wife before killing
AP - Hours before she died, former model Jasmine Fiore was chatting on her cell phone with an ex-boyfriend — a conversation that police say threw her reality contestant husband into a jealous rage.
Kennedy had strong links to Mass. funeral church
AP - The spires of The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help tower above Mission Hill, one of Boston's most culturally diverse neighborhoods, an area filled with the very kinds of people whose causes Sen. Edward Kennedy championed for nearly half a century in the Senate.
August deadliest month for U.S. in Afghanistan
AP - An American service member died Friday when his vehicle struck a bomb in eastern Afghanistan, making August the deadliest month for U.S. forces in the nearly eight-year war.
Not a baa-d price: Record fee for Scottish ram
AP - A British farmer who paid a new world record price for a sheep says the animal is the finest specimen he has ever seen.
Couple accused of abducting girl face 29 counts
Reuters - The couple accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old girl and keeping her hidden in their backyard for 18 years pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges on Friday as police searched their home for evidence related to murders of prostitutes in the 1990s.
Horrific tale of American kidnap girl laid bare
AFP - Snatched as an 11-year-old on her way to school, Jaycee Lee Dugard was held captive for 18 years shut off from the world in a secret backyard and bore two girls with her abductor, police said.
Coroner: Jackson death homicide, sleep aids caused
AP - Michael Jackson's death was a homicide caused primarily by the powerful anesthetic propofol and another sedative, the coroner announced Friday in a highly anticipated ruling increasing the likelihood of criminal charges against the pop star's doctor.
Calif. firefighters wage fierce wildfire battles
AP - Firefighters beat back flames licking at ocean-view estates Friday, while another wildfire raged through a dry forest above Los Angeles' foothill suburbs. Residents nervously watched aircraft drop loads of water and retardant on nearby blazing slopes.
Nixon dug deep for dirt on Ted Kennedy
AP - President Richard Nixon considered Ted Kennedy such a threat that he tried to catch Kennedy cheating on his wife, even ordering aides to recruit Secret Service agents to spill secrets on the senator's behavior.
Boy goes missing in rough N.C. surf caused by Danny
AP - People on the East Coast warily eyed the approaching Tropical Storm Danny, which reinforced the dangers of even a weakening storm after a young boy went missing Friday in rough surf.
Men convicted in Fla. home invasion gang rape
AP - Two men were convicted Friday in the brutal gang rape attack on a woman and her young son in a South Florida housing project and could be sentenced to life in prison.
Obama to head to Boston Friday for Kennedy funeral
AFP - President Barack Obama will travel to Boston late Friday night to ensure a looming tropical storm will not thwart his plans to attend Edward Kennedy's funeral, the White House said.
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