Site Map May 29, 2015

Years / 2015 / May /29

• Puerto Rico governor signs law to up sales levy to 11.5 percent, add professional services tax
• Fatal crash reportedly connected to homicide closes I-295 near Richmond, Va.
• Catch a tiger by the tail? Michigan animal control fooled by furry, life-sized stuffed tiger
• Interpol says extremists from Africa and Asia are shifting allegiance to Islamic State group
• Not guilty plea in Hudson River kayak killing case
• 5 pilots say green laser beams were pointed at their planes over New York, New Jersey
• Gunbattle in Mexico's Baja California Sur state kills 2 suspects, wounds police officer
• Navy, Coast Guard investigate mishap that damaged USS Arizona Memorial's dock
• Prominent member of Canada's Conservative government to announce he's leaving politics
• Gretchen's Take: My advice to recent graduates
• Gunman in Canada attack last October praises Allah in unedited version of pre-shooting video
• AmEx president Ed Gilligan dies suddenly after falling ill on flight
• Canada enables measures to revoke citizenship from dual-nationality terror suspects
• Officials: Gunmen hijack buses in Pakistan, kill 19
• God, John Templeton and me: How a single phone call changed my entire life
• Diplomats: UN nuke agency to report that probe of alleged Iranian nuke arms work stalled
• Iran’s continued nuclear cooperation with North Korea extends far beyond missiles
• Q&A: Some storm clouds ahead for Sepp Blatter and FIFA during 5th presidential term
• Russia says Proton rocket failure was due to engine vibrations
• Judge: Ohio State's fired band director can't have access to trustee records to help his case
• Authorities searching for suspect in Kansas after Oklahoma officer shot in head during pursuit
• Hero Canine: How Judy saved Frank's life, survived a POW camp, a bombing and a sinking ship
• Pope praises 'heroism' of parents who decided not to abort in greeting gravely ill children
• Council of Europe urges Hungary to examine domestic human trafficking, seen on the rise
• 'Covering Guns': Columbia University's 'workshop' for journalists far from objective
• Syrian militants advance in northwest after capturing government stronghold
• National Park Service says Washington Monument has reopened after power failure 2 days ago
• Tunisia PM: Destroying boats used by smugglers won't stop flow of migrants to Europe
• What Friday's GDP news means (hint: it's not good)
• Former Tajik police commander claims to have joined Islamic State group, calls for insurgency
• Burundi opposition leader declares election boycott as violence persists in the capital
• New Yorker settles with credit rating agency that refused to recognize his 1st name, God
• Turkish paper probed over images of alleged Syria-bound spy agency convoys carrying ammunition
• Madagascar parliamentarians seek to oust president in renewal of political turmoil
• Mistress, now wife, of ex-Czech PM, 3 spy agency officials acquitted of abuse of power charges
• Qatar says it will go forward with plans to host World Cup despite corruption investigations
• China executes boarding school teacher who molested or raped 26 girls as young as 4
• Malaysia denies entry to Hong Kong lawmaker days after barring teen pro-democracy activist
• Injured South African rhino that lost horns in poacher attack undergoes complex treatment
• France and Morocco vow to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation after diplomatic rift
• Correction: Norway-Myanmar-Rohingya story
• Hundreds of SATs from Virginia high school go missing; students may have to re-take test
• Anniversary of 1st Everest climb marked quietly amid worries about mountaineering's future
• Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner leaves jail in ambulance, Trinidad official says
• Break out the white-out? 8-foot-tall typewriter to be displayed in Boston this summer
• Guatemala officials raid properties linked to ex-vice president as part of corruption probe
• Federal prosecutors indict 15 Chinese citizens in student visa fraud scheme
• Chilean customs workers end strike that has halted exports by fruit and salmon industries
• With Prophet Muhammad ad pending, DC transit officials temporarily halt issue-oriented ads
• UNC-Chapel Hill to change the name of a building that had honored a prominent KKK leader
• Iraqi officials say 2 car bombs kill 10 people in Baghdad
• ACLU sues to challenge Rhode Island law barring inmates serving life sentences from marrying
• Police: Results of 5-year-old malnourished girl's autopsy withheld during death investigation
• Nicolas Sarkozy former ally acquitted of manipulating l'Oreal's elderly, billionaire heiress
• Russia's Putin classifies number of dead in peacetime military operations
• Man suing ex-girlfriend for half of $1 million lotto prize gets a win in Florida Supreme Court
• AP Interview: Foreign minister says Lithuania wants a NATO battalion as a 'security guarantee'
• Head of Syria's al-Qaida branch says they do not plan to attack the West
• Syrian official says any air support to rebels would be considered an 'aggression'
• Alabama reaches agreement with Justice Department over abuse allegations at prison for women
• Russian opposition leader hospitalized after sudden illness that has raised fears of foul play
• Dog saves deputy: Officer's K-9 partner stops attack at Mississippi highway rest stop
• Burundi: Catholic bishops withdraw support for national elections amid political violence
• Britain's Oxford University nominates 1st female vice-chancellor in its history
• Ireland's parliament votes in favor of selling state share in Aer Lingus to IAG
• Saudi-led airstrikes pound Shiite rebel positions in Yemen as fighting rages in east
• Dump truck carrying children crashes in Indonesia, 17 killed
• Northern Ireland bakery owners to appeal 'gay cake' verdict
• Nothin' but Net: Loving the Warriors
• English resort sees crime fall after mankini clampdown
• Major construction at North Korea rocket site, US research institute says
• UK defense chief dismisses whistleblower's safety allegations against nuclear fleet
• After Israeli official commits suicide, lawmakers look to act against online shaming
• Nobel Peace Prize laureates appeal for end to Rohingya persecution, comparable to "genocide"
• Finland's incoming justice minister says he approves of death penalty for major crimes
• Sudan refused emergency evacuation of injured peacekeeper, who died same day, UN says
• License decision on Ukraine TV station under fire for perceived Russia sympathies is postponed
• Husband, wife golfers hit back-to-back holes in one
• Spain investigates leader of Nigeria's Boko Haram militants on charges of terrorism
• Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be formally sentenced to death on June 24
• Cyprus detains Lebanese-Canadian man after 2 tons of potential explosive material found
• Hitler's long-lost bronze horses found in warehouse
• Fast-growing Etihad Airways profit rises to $73 million as passenger numbers rise further
• German prosecutors shelve investigation of former SS officer in wartime massacre in Italy
• Finnish navy probe doesn't rule out presence of foreign submarine in territorial waters
• FIFA president Blatter skips 3rd appearance, stays out of public view amid corruption crisis
• Norway's $900 billion oil fund to slash coal investments
• Toddler in stable condition after falling from third-floor window of Brooklyn apartment
• Paris doctors strike over cost-saving working hours reform on fears of burnout
• UK Methodist Church apologizes for failings as it reveals almost 2,000 abuse cases
• Israel indicts Palestinian in strangling death of Polish tourist in April
• HK regulator investigating Chinese solar panel maker Hanergy after unexplained stock plunge
• Polish police search for man who tangled with bear at Warsaw zoo and escaped, bleeding
• Turkey revokes US journalist's honorary citizenship over article critical of Erdogan
• Swiss prosecutors say FIFA raids coordinated with US for maximum effect
• French foreign minister wants Europe to do more to fight Islamic State, seeks Russian support
• THE LATEST: FIFA President Sepp Blatter cancels speaking engagement in Zurich
• Poor construction, lax safety checks blamed for China rest home fire that killed 38
• FBI investigating hysterectomy device linked with uterine cancer
• Tours on USS Arizona Memorial suspended after ship hits dock, mangles ramp and handrails
• National Basketball Association Playoff Game Capsules
• Former Chinese legislator, 46 others, on trial for organizing prostitution in southern China
• Sluggish government spending slows Philippine economic growth to 5.2 percent in 1Q
• Police: Aerosmith frontman Tyler not really performing concert at New Jersey strawberry farm
• Mexico judge drops charges against 4 men in 2008 grenade attack, finds they were tortured
• Multiple agencies responding to hostage situation at gas station in suburban San Francisco
• Legal battle over Martin Luther King Jr. Bible, Nobel prize headed for court-ordered mediation
• 6 Baltimore officers charged in arrestee's death seek to move trial over concerns about jurors
• MacArthur Foundation grants aimed at reducing numbers of people locked up in US jails
• Devil-may-care culture, inherent danger push BASE jumpers into remote regions with no rules
• Sepp Blatter says FIFA must work to regain trust of soccer, 'root out corruption'
• Historic sites that have been victims of war