ISLAMABAD - Thirteen members of a Pakistani tribal council who allegedly strangled a girl to death and set her body on fire as punishment for helping one of her friends elope will face trial under anti-terrorism laws, police said Saturday.
For more than two years, Air Force officials have been saying they would inactive the 440th Airlift Wing. On Friday, they officially notified Congress that they would move forward on shuttering Fort Bragg's lone airlift wing.
MOUNT CARBON, West Virginia - Lush grass sways in the breeze on once-scorched earth where Morris Bounds' home had stood, flattened and incinerated by a derailed oil train that exploded yet allowed him a path to escape.
Being a mom is a hard job -- they take care of us, show us the ropes, provide for us, clean up after us, lose sleep over us and love us. But sometimes, as these celebrity mothers know, the only thing that makes the exhausting job a little easier is a good sense of humor. Because if you can't laugh about cleaning baby poop out of the car, what can you do?
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Families to greet loved ones when they finally arrive home.
The JD(U) or Janata Dal (United) is a minor constituent of United Democratic Front (UDF) that Oommen Chandy's Congress leads.
Finally, a tiny glimmer of hope for South Africa’s credit rating.
Ireland is fighting back against injuries caused by the HPV vaccine and Big Pharma control over its public health services. R.E.G.R.E.T. is a support group that was set up by parents of Irish teenage girls who developed serious health problems after receiving HPV vaccines (Gardasil) at secondary school. The vaccine has been offered to teenage girls in Ireland since May 2010 as part of the schools vaccination programme and is recommended by the World Health Organsiation. Jefferey Jaxen reports: The... Читать дальше...
DineEquity hopes to turn around same-store sales declines at Applebee’s with a plan that includes a brand launch.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana is one of nine states where 17-year-olds are treated as adults when it comes to the criminal justice system. The legislature is considering a proposal to raise the age to 18 and include 17-year-old offenders…
WHAT’S going on in this photo? Is that a golf ball? The answer will have you trumped. Check out the story behind this stunning shot and all the latest amazing photos here.
Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright who had identified himself as Bitcoin founder couple of days back has backtracked citing that he would not provide further proof to back up his claim that he created Bitcoin.
Donald Trump calls himself the 'king of debt,' but he says Puerto Rico has far too much debt and should not get a federal bail out.
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LOS ANGELES, May 7 (UPI) -- ABC has ordered "Designated Survivor," a new conspiracy thriller series starring Kiefer Sutherland.
Re-elected police and crime commissioner says he will investigate former press officer's Hillsborough "spin" claims.
BARCELONA, Spain - France defender Jeremy Mathieu has been cleared to play by Barcelona's doctors after recovering from surgery on his right knee.
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana - At 17, Devin Harris is not old enough to buy a pack of cigarettes. But when he was accused of trying to use someone else's credit card to buy cigarettes, he swiftly realized that - at least when it comes to the criminal justice system - the state of Louisiana considers him to be an adult.
[...] when he was accused of trying to use someone else's credit card to buy cigarettes, he swiftly realized that — at least when it comes to the criminal justice system — the state of Louisiana considers him to be an adult. Proponents of the legislation point to cases like Harris,' where states treat 17-year-olds as kids in many respects — they can't vote, buy cigarettes or lottery tickets, or serve on a jury — but as adults when it comes to crime. There are more probation officers to oversee... Читать дальше...
Mothers have been able to breastfeed in the ACT Legislative Assembly since 2003, but a recommended protocol could guarantee a no-disadvantage leave pass if they or their baby are in pain and a vote is called.
Baseball great Kirby Puckett and his family retreated to their Wisconsin getaway home for fishing, fun and precious privacy. “It really felt like our own world,” says Tonya Puckett-Miller, then his wife.
The senior BJP leader told reporters that Congress and DMK who had ruled Puducherry in the past "are corrupt and they are interested in filling their pockets and not the coffers".
