LOS ANGELES – The former owner of a private jet company was sentenced Wednesday to six months of home detention for secretly videotaping Michael Jackson as the singer flew with his attorney to surrender in a child-molestation investigation. Jeffrey Borer also will have three years of probation and was ordered …
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ROME, Ga. – It takes more than a lunch lady to run today’s public school cafeterias. It takes a logistics expert. Take Rome’s West End Elementary, where two classrooms of students charge into the lunchroom every five minutes, load their trays up with corn dogs, steak nuggets and fresh fruit …
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LOS ANGELES – California prosecutors, in light of a recent state attorney general’s opinion, may no longer release routine information about the arrest records or parole status of criminal defendants to avoid violating their privacy rights. The opinion from Attorney General Bill Lockyer fundamentally alters prosecutors’ relationship with the public, …
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BEIJING – China appealed for “coolheadedness” on all sides in the North Korean nuclear crisis Friday, after Kim Jong-Il reportedly said no further nuclear tests were planned. Beijing has not released details of a meeting between State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan and the North Korean leader, but the South Korean news …
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MANILA, Philippines – Police say bombing kills at least 12 in southern Philippines At least 12 people were killed and another 20 wounded when a bomb exploded during a town festival Tuesday in the southern Philippines, where security officials were put on alert for possible attacks by al-Qaeda-linked militants, police …
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LIPUNGA, Malawi – Madonna has adopted a 1-year-old Malawian boy whose mother died a month after childbirth, the baby’s father claimed Tuesday, saying he was happy his son was escaping poverty. Malawian government officials said last week the pop star planned to adopt a Malawian boy while she is in …
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GLENDALE, Ariz. – The American pilot whose F-16 crashed in Iraq this week was described by military members and his family as a husband and father of five who always completed his missions. The military has classified Maj. Troy L. Gilbert, 34, as “whereabouts unknown.” Air Force officials said in …
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country music fans apparently got Faith Hill’s joke. Sixty-five percent of respondents to an online poll by Country Weekly magazine said Hill was just joking during the Country Music Association awards show last week. Cameras showed her screaming “WHAT?” in apparent anger when she lost the female …
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EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – A dozen high school students were expelled for an on-campus brawl over who got invited to a party, a fight school officials said was arranged on the social-networking hub MySpace.com. The school board in this St. Louis suburb voted unanimously Monday to expel the Edwardsville High School …
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WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly endorsed a plan allowing the United States to ship civilian nuclear fuel and technology to India, handing President Bush an important victory on one of his top foreign policy initiatives. Senior lawmakers from both political parties championed the proposal, which reverses decades of …
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