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Most popular news on 30 October 2007 |
Woman escapes from German detention centre in a suitcase
AFP - A 19-year-old woman appears to have escaped from a juvenile detention centre in northwest Germany by hiding in the suitcase of a fellow inmate who was released, police said on Monday.
Gossip, e-mailing "all" among top office peeves
Reuters - Work colleagues who spend their day
gossiping, organizing their home lives, or who press "reply
all" on e-mails are among the biggest nuisances in the office,
according to a survey released on Monday.
Dalai Lama holds first formal talks with a Canadian PM
AFP - Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday held formal talks with the Dalai Lama, becoming the first Canadian leader to ignore China's warnings not to host the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader.
Mob moll says Mafiosi helped FBI
AP - The FBI used mob muscle to solve the 1964 disappearance of three civil rights volunteers in Mississippi, a gangster's ex-girlfriend testified Monday, becoming the first witness to repeat in open court a story that has been underworld lore for years.
20 headless corpses found as Iraq province handed over
AFP - At least 20 decapited corpses were found and a suicide bomber killed 28 policemen northeast of Baghdad on Monday, as the US military transferred the security control of Karbala to Iraqi forces.
China arrests 774 in product crackdown
AP - China said Monday that it had arrested 774 people in a crackdown on substandard goods, part of ongoing efforts to calm international worries over the quality of the country's products.
Anti-Clinton video draws Web audience
AP - First came the Orwellian mash up YouTube video that portrayed Hillary Rodham Clinton as Big Brother. Then came a clip of her off-key rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Now, a stinging 13-minute video by a bitter Clinton foe is finding its own Internet audience.
Couple dead serious about selling house
AP - It could be the deal of a lifetime. A Pittsburgh-area couple, Bob and Ricki Husick, are offering anyone who buys their home full cash-back upon their death and even their full inheritance, currently worth at least $500,000.
1 in 10 schools are 'dropout factories'
AP - It's a nickname no principal could be proud of: "Dropout Factory," a high school where no more than 60 percent of the students who start as freshmen make it to their senior year. That dubious distinction applies to more than one in 10 high schools across America.
AIDS virus invaded U.S. from Haiti: study
Reuters - The AIDS virus invaded the United
States in about 1969 from Haiti, carried most likely by a
single infected immigrant who set the stage for it to sweep the
world in a tragic epidemic, scientists said on Monday.
Dominican storm kills at least 20 people
AP - Tropical Storm Noel lashed the Dominican Republic with heavy rains Monday, causing flooding and mudslides that killed at least 20 people and left another 20 missing, officials said.
Parton sang for Wagoner in final hours
AP - Dolly Parton said Monday she feels like a part of her died along with her old duet partner, Porter Wagoner. But she said she was grateful that she was able to spend a few final hours with the man who launched her career before he succumbed to cancer Sunday.
Couple arrested on drunk driving charges
AP - A couple, first the husband, then his wife, were arrested on Saturday on drunken driving charges. Police told The Ann Arbor News that they first stopped the man and gave him a preliminary breath test after watching him run a red light.
Immunity deal hampers Blackwater inquiry
AP - The State Department promised Blackwater USA bodyguards immunity from prosecution in its investigation of last month's deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians, The Associated Press has learned.
NBC executive: Leno out, O'Brien in
AP - If "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno is having second thoughts about surrendering his job as planned, NBC doesn't share them — at least not publicly.
U.S. consumer group flags more toys with lead
Reuters - Dishes, toys, jewelry and backpacks
that have not yet been recalled all carry "worrisome" levels of
lead, the nonprofit Consumers Union said on Monday.
Police: Man tried to burn S.F. landmark
AP - A man accused of prematurely torching the Burning Man festival's namesake effigy in August has been arrested on suspicion of trying to set fire to a historic cathedral, police said Monday.
Coach accused of exposing buttocks
AP - A Sonoma County girls' soccer coach has been suspended from the league after allegedly exposing his buttocks to the opposing team following a contentious game.
MAN WHO WANTS TO STYLE HAIR WORRIES ABOUT HIS REPUTATION
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I am a 22-year-old man, and I think I have found what I want to do with the rest of my life. There's just one thing: It's not the typical male career. I want to work in a beauty salon as a stylist.
Dogs shoot man on hunting trip
AFP - A pack of hunting dogs shot an Iowa man as he went to retrieve a fallen pheasant, authorities said.
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