Survivors of the Costa Concordia cruise ship and relatives of the 32 people who died are marking the first anniversary of the vessel’s grounding off the Italian island of Giglio. The group plans a full day of ceremonies Sunday, including the unveiling of memorials to the victims, a Mass in their honor and a minute […]
Costa Concordia Remembered One Year After Sinking
Posted January 13th, 2013 at 3:55 am (UTC-5)
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Miss New York Wins 2013 Miss America Crown
Posted January 13th, 2013 at 1:25 am (UTC-5)
A 23-year-old New Yorker has won the Miss America crown. Mallory Hagan won the beauty pageant held Saturday at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Hagan captured the pageant’s top prize after tap dancing to James Brown’s Get Up Off of That Thing in the contest’s talent competition. She also […]
Aaron Swartz, Internet Activist, Dead at 26
Posted January 13th, 2013 at 12:20 am (UTC-5)
Twenty-six-year-old computer prodigy and Internet activist Aaron Swartz has been found dead in his apartment in New York. The New York medical examiner said Friday Swartz apparently hanged himself. He had publicly discussed on his blog his struggle with depression. Swartz was set to go on trial later this year on federal charges that he […]
Beijing Air Quality Worst on Record
Posted January 13th, 2013 at 12:20 am (UTC-5)
Beijing is under an extreme smog warning Sunday, with pollution at hazardous levels for a third day, and people warned to stay indoors. The municipal environment warning center issued an alert Saturday in China’s capital, advising the elderly, children and those suffering respiratory or cardiovascular illness to avoid going out or doing strenuous exercise. The […]
Israel Evicts Palestinian Protesters from Settlement Area
Posted January 12th, 2013 at 10:35 pm (UTC-5)
Israeli police have evicted Palestinian protesters from a site in the occupied West Bank where Israelis plan to build a settlement. Palestinian activists erected tents in the area known as E-1 Friday saying they wanted to stop Israeli construction in the West Bank. The activists ignored orders to leave the area until Israeli police backed […]
29 Officers Hurt in Northern Ireland Clashes
Posted January 12th, 2013 at 8:40 pm (UTC-5)
Twenty-nine police officers have been injured in the latest bout of rioting in Northern Ireland’s capital, Belfast, over limits to the flying of the British flag. Riot police used water cannon and fired six plastic bullet rounds at protesters who threw rocks and other objects at officers during the clashes in east Belfast Saturday. The […]
NY Declares Health Emergency as Flu Spreads on Continent
Posted January 12th, 2013 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
New York state declared a public health emergency Saturday, in the latest push against the influenza epidemic gripping the United States and threatening parts of Canada. The executive order allows pharmacists to administer flu shots to individuals under age 18, clearing the way for vaccinations to children as young as six months old. The mayor […]
Italian Consul Escapes Attack in Libya
Posted January 12th, 2013 at 6:20 pm (UTC-5)
Gunmen have shot at a car carrying the Italian consul in the Libyan city of Benghazi but failed to harm him. Authorities say Guido De Sanctis was going home after work Saturday when the gunmen, riding in another car, fired several shots at his vehicle. Security officials said nobody was hurt in the attack because […]
:$107,000 Bonus for Kenyan MP’s Rejected
Posted January 12th, 2013 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
Kenya’s president has vetoed legislation that would have given members of parliament $107,000 send-off bonuses. President Mwai Kibaki on Saturday ordered the country’s attorney general to redraft the measure to ensure that it is compliant with the constitution. Under Kenya’s constitution, civil servants’ pay is regulated by a Salaries and Remunerations Commission. Members of the […]
Pakistani Shi’ites Protest Deadly Bombings
Posted January 12th, 2013 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani Shi’ites protested in southwestern Pakistan for a second day Saturday, following bomb blasts that killed nearly 100 people. More than 3,000 protesters gathered near the scene of twin suicide attacks Thursday that killed at least 86 people in the city of Quetta, capital of Baluchistan province. Police say the bombing targeted a billiards hall […]
