4 women file lawsuit against Sheriff’s Department Police shoot, kill man who stomped baby to death Man tries to cut off arm inside Modesto restaurant CHP officers shoot, kill man near Farmington Gang members apologize after stabbing wrong man in Read more

SOUTH SIOUX CITY — South Sioux City Attorney Duane Boyd told the City Council Monday he is working on a new “dangerous dog” ordinance to replace the outdated law now on the books. He said he wasn’t ready to present any proposal until he has found a Read more

(Adds exposure of other Israeli banks to Lehman Brothers’ collapse) JERUSALEM -(Dow Jones)- Bank Leumi Le Israel (LUMI.TV) said Tuesday its exposure to the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holding Inc. (LEH) totals $88 million dollars , joining a growing Read more

TOKYO/SYDNEY, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Japan, Australia and India plied money markets with cash on Tuesday as central banks across Asia-Pacific moved to prevent the upheaval on Wall Street from clogging the pipes of the global financial system. The Bank Read more

I am perturbed to see that I’m almost extinct. According to The Times, the name Richard - seven little letters that ooze power, wisdom and charm - is being bestowed on fewer and fewer mewling infants. When Wellington thrashed Bonaparte, 4,600 British Read more

IT SEEMED, AT THE TIME, like such a good thing for the planet. In the winter of 2005, I turned in my red, gas-hungry Jeep Wrangler for a near-new, diesel-burning Volkswagen Beetle. Inspired by a number of pioneering friends, I would fill my little Read more