A suspect in a Seattle shooting that left three people dead and two wounded turned a gun on himself when confronted by officers, police said. The suspect, believed to be a white male in his 30s, entered Cafe Racer near the University of Seattle at around 11:00 am local time (1800 GMT) and shot five [...] ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Kerry Wood, who electrified the worldwide of baseball with an amazing start to his career, pitched his final game in the majors on Friday, retiring after one final, emotional appearance with the Chicago Cubs. When he arrived in the majors 14 years ago, he was a fresh-faced kid slinging fastballs at 100 [...] ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Lakers issued a statement publicly backing Mike Brown on Saturday after Magic Johnson declared the first-year head coach would be fired if Los Angeles lost Game 7 of its first-round playoff series with Denver. The club issued its statement a few hours before the third-seeded Lakers hosted the Nuggets in [...] ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta fire officials say the structure of a building at filmmaker Tyler Perry's studio is fine after part of it caught fire, sending flames into the night sky. Fire Capt. Jolyon Bundrige says there were no reports of injuries from the blaze that started before 9 p.m. Tuesday and burned through the [...] ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Detroit Tigers left fielder Delmon Young apologized to his team and fans Friday, just before getting arraigned on a hate crime harassment charge for a fight at his hotel during which police say he yelled anti-Semitic epithets. Young posted a $5,000 bond at a brief hearing in Manhattan court and was [...] ...
RoadFish.com men’s lifestyle and finance magazine frowned upon Metta World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest’s, nasty elbow to Oklahoma City forward James Harden during yesterday's gameLos Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 23, 2012 RoadFish.com men’s lifestyle and finance magazine voiced its disapproval of the violent elbow thrown by Lakers forward Metta World Peace after he [...] ...
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Meteorological Department issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday following an 8.7 magnitude earthquake near Banda Aceh in Indonesia. Tremors were felt in several parts of the island nation and many people were seen evacuating offices near the World Trade Centre in Colombo. "There is a threat of tsunami due to [...] ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia issued a tsunami warning Wednesday after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 hit waters off westernmost Aceh province. People on Twitter said tremors were felt in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and India. High-rise apartments and offices on Malaysia's west coast shook for at least a minute. The Pacific Tsunami [...] ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning after a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 hit waters off westernmost Aceh province. The U.S. Geological Survey said Wednesday the quake was centred 20 miles (33 kilometres) beneath the ocean floor around 308 miles (495 kilometres) from the provincial capital of Banda Aceh. Said, [...] ...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Authorities say actress Amanda Bynes has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after she grazed a sheriff's patrol car. The 26-year-old was arrested early Friday in West Hollywood. The Sheriff's Department says in a news release that Bynes tried to pass a patrol car making a right turn [...] ...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino's fate lies in the hands of athletic director Jeff Long. The question is whether Long will get rid of the highly successful coach, who lied about having a 25-year-old female employee with him during a weekend motorcycle accident and then admitted the two had an inappropriate relationship. [...] ...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Bobby Petrino's image of perfection has come to a sudden and surprising end at Arkansas. The Razorbacks coach was put on paid administrative leave Thursday night less than seven hours after his boss, athletic director Jeff Long, learned Petrino had failed to disclose he had been riding with a female employee [...] ...