Wednesday, December 29, 2010

U.S. aid worker released from Haiti jail

U.S. aid worker released from Haiti jail


U.S. aid worker released from Haiti jail

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:17 PM PST

An American relief worker jailed in Haiti under suspicion of kidnapping a 15-month-old boy has been released, the man told CNN. "As soon as they said I was being released I was at first shocked," Paul Waggoner said.

New York City still digging out

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:18 PM PST

All main runways at New York's three major airports reopened as Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended city efforts to clear snow on streets amid a swell of frustration by some snowbound residents.

Falling tree kills during bedtime story

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:09 PM PST

Volunteers flocked to a southern California community to help residents mop up last week's flood damage ahead of what meteorologists are predicting will be more rain.

1 dead, 1 missing in building explosion

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:50 PM PST

Rescue teams are combing debris in search of two people believed to be trapped in the rubble of a gas line explosion at a Wayne, Michigan, furniture store.

Chain of events emerge in ski lift fall

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST

Winds gusting to 50 mph derailed the ski lift on Maine's Sugarloaf Mountain, knocking several skiers to the ground and stranding others for 90 minutes, a report says.

Jeffs pleads not guilty to sexual assault

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 02:46 PM PST

A judge in San Angelo, Texas, on Wednesday entered pleas of not guilty on behalf of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, who is scheduled to go on trial next month on bigamy and sexual assault charges.

Husband defends reading wife's e-mail

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 03:43 PM PST

Leon Walker, a Detroit, Michigan, computer technician, faces a jury trial in February for allegedly hacking into his then-wife's e-mail account.

NFL fines Brett Favre $50,000

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 02:50 PM PST

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre was fined $50,000 Wednesday by the National Football League for failing to cooperate with an internal investigation into whether he sent sexually explicit texts to a New York Jets hostess.

Cholera could hurt Haiti's rice crop

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:46 PM PST

Cholera has already killed almost 3,000 Haitians. Now it is threatening to cause misery in another vital way.

Last police missing in Mexican town

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:03 PM PST

The last agent on the police force in the Mexican border town of Guadalupe is missing, a government official said Wednesday.

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