Honolulu police shoot gunman in standoff

Monday, May 15, 2006 Honolulu police on Saturday fatally shot a man who reportedly fired a shotgun at them on a residential street in rural Oahu. Police received a call at about 6:30 p.m. HST that a man in a black trench coat had fired a shotgun at a parked car on Kaukama Road inRead More

NHL: Red Wings defeat Blue Jackets 4-1

Sunday, April 1, 2007 Detroit Red Wings 4 1 Columbus Blue Jackets The Red Wings beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 today withTomas Holmstroms scoring twice to move into first place in the NHL. Brett Lebda had a goal and an assist while Pavel Datsyuk also scored on the slapshot for Detroit. There were aRead More

Sandra Fluke gives keynote speech at Nebraska women’s health event

Thursday, December 6, 2012 Women’s rights advocate and Georgetown University Law Center graduate Sandra Fluke was the keynote speaker at a women’s health event Tuesday night in Nebraska. Fluke was the headliner in Lincoln, Nebraska at the Rococo Theatre for the annual fundraiser of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, titled: “The Big Event: Courage —Read More

U.S. manufacturer General Motors seeks bankruptcy protection

Monday, June 1, 2009 United States automobile manufacturing firm General Motors filed for bankruptcy and Chapter 11 protection from its creditors at 12:00 UTC Monday, in a Manhattan, New York federal bankruptcy court. This was the largest bankruptcy filing for a U.S. manufacturing company, and with declared assets of $82.29 billion and a debt ofRead More

Interview with Reggie Bibbs on his life with neurofibromatosis

Friday, December 14, 2007 Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a genetic condition causing benign tumors (neurofibromas) to grow along certain types of nerves and, in addition, it can affect the development of bones or skin. There are several variants of the disease but type 1 and type 2 NF account for the vast majority of cases. TheRead More

Major snowstorm causes 35-car pile-up in western U.S.

Saturday, February 24, 2007 A fast, but potent, snowstorm passing through the United States state of Colorado dropped more than a foot of snow and caused a 35-car pile-up on one of the U.S.’s major highways, Interstate 70. The collision happened Saturday morning when white-out conditions, caused by 68 MPH sustained winds, hit the area.Read More

Finnish police isolate ports in Helsinki

Saturday, August 6, 2005 The Finnish police isolated the ports of Katajanokka and Länsisatama on Saturday. The ports were isolated at around 9.30 p.m. local time and the isolation was called off at around 11.30 p.m. Finnish police received reports from Estonia that a shipping container loaded with explosives could be coming from Estonia SaturdayRead More