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Haitian election officials have rejected hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean’s bid to run for president of the Caribbean nation. Jean’s name was not on the list of 19 approved candidates released by Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council on Friday night. “I respectfully accept the committee’s final decision, and I urge my supporters to do the same,” Jean […]
The PS3 is the only games console that has not been hacked, despite being on the market for more than three years. Now a group called PSJailbreak says it will release a USB dongle containing software that allows users to save games to the console’s hard drive. Sony, the maker of the PS3, declined to […]
HOUSTON– Houston’s first female firefighter wants to come out of retirement for what she hopes will be another first: Houston’s first female fire chief. Linda Honeycutt has been working as a chiropractor for the past several years. She retired from the Houston Fire Department in 1997 after working her way up to the rank of […]
Both father and child were injured after the girl climbed over a fence in a private zoo in Luenebach, western Germany. The bear hit the girl on the forehead before her father was able to snatch her away, police said. The 34-year-old Dutch man was also attacked and his leg injured. The girl had climbed […]
HOUSTON – HISD is trying to entice kids to come to class at some of the district’s under-performing schools by offering them a chance to win prizes. The district is holding drawings for sports tickets, gift cards and MP3 players in a bid to get kids to participate in HISD’s new Apollo 20 project. Each […]
CNN’s iReporter caught a water spout fall out of the sky and into the ocean. I was out on my balcony cleaning in the early afternoon. I happened to look at the incoming thunderstorm and I noticed a slight funnel starting to form in the thunderstorms. A few minutes later there was a waterspout present […]
Apple has updated the Apple Store and its iPhone-related FAQ’s web page to reflect a change in the availability of the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4 can no longer be purchased from Apple without an AT&T contract in the U.S. Previously, the iPhone was available from Apple for $599/$699 (16GB and 32GB, respectively) for those […]
[Updated at 3:41 p.m. ET] American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith said the threat was called into San Francisco police and emphasized there was no hostage threat. WATCH LIVE A security official told CNN that the threat claimed the flight would be hijacked, but nothing has been found to back that up yet. [Posted at 3:14 […]
// // From Arwa Damon, CNN// : The last U.S. brigade combat team in Iraq has left the country, a move that helps U.S. President Barack Obama reach his goal of 50,000 troops in the country by September 1. Their departure leaves about 56,000 U.S. troops in the country, according to the U.S. military. Capt. […]
Via The New York Times: Federal authorities have decided to indict Roger Clemens on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, according to two people briefed on the matter. An announcement is expected shortly. The indictment comes nearly two and half years after Clemens and his former trainer Brian […]
The accident happened on 15 August, days after Carrie, 27, and Michael Dudbridge, 29, from Lewisham, south-east London, flew to the Greek island. Mr Dudbridge had been trying to raise the £16,000 needed to fly his wife home as they did not have travel insurance. A woman has now come forward offering to pay for […]
Via CNN.com: A South Carolina woman accused of suffocating her children then strapping them into a car that was later found in a river will plead not guilty to murder charges at an initial court hearing Wednesday, her attorney said. Shaquan Duley is scheduled to make her first court appearance Wednesday afternoon. She faces two […]
