NEW YORK – Crude prices extended their march into record high territory Thursday, shooting up more than $2 a barrel as a falling dollar and the prospect of lower interest rates attracted more investors to the oil market. Retail gas prices, meanwhile, rose closer to records above $3 a gallon. …
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LONDON – British and U.S. scientists said Friday they were exploring plans for a joint lunar mission that would use an orbiter to fire missile-like penetrators into the moon’s surface. The Moon Lightweight Interior and Telecoms Experiment, or MoonLITE, would put a satellite into orbit around the moon. Three or …
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LONDON – Eight suspected illegal immigrants were taken to hospital with breathing difficulties Friday after being found in a tanker carrying chemicals from Germany, emergency officials said. None was thought to be seriously hurt. Police said all eight — seven boys and men aged 12 to 47 and a 30-year-old …
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CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s state oil company said Tuesday that it has stopped selling crude oil to Exxon Mobil Corp. and has suspended commercial relations with the U.S.-based oil company. State-run Petroleos de Venezuela SA, or PDVSA, said in a statement that it “has paralyzed sales of crude to Exxon …
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AUBURN, Wash. – An employee of an Auburn nursing home called firefighters for help because the toilets were exploding with steam. The fire department says there was a boiler malfunction at Regency Auburn Rehabilitation Center early Tuesday that caused a minor explosion, setting off the sprinkler system and flooding the …
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LONDON – Elishia Stevenson wanted an apology when she was bitten by a swan. So she wrote to Queen Elizabeth II. The 6-year-old girl from Cornwall, south west England, wrote to Buckingham Palace because her mother told her the queen owns all the swans in Britain. She decorated her letter …
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LOS ANGELES – President Bush cannot exempt the Navy from environmental laws placing strict limits on sonar training that environmentalists argue is harmful to whales, a federal judge ruled Monday. “We are aware of the court’s decision and we are studying it,” said Navy spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Cindy Moore in …
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RENO, Nev. – A federal judge in Reno has rejected a motion by “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis that would have allowed his release from a Nevada jail without fear of being sent to Florida, where he faces charges on filming underage girls during spring break. U.S. District Judge …
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AVONDALE, La. – Thousands of people, including families of those who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, gathered Saturday for an at-times chilling and rallying service to christen a Navy ship built with twisted steel from the ruins of the World Trade Center. • Click here for video. …
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NEW YORK – New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace Wednesday after getting caught in a call-girl scandal that shattered his corruption-fighting, straight-arrow image, saying: “I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people’s work.” Spitzer made the announcement without having finalized a plea deal with federal prosecutors, …
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