Tag Archives: Obituary

340 Dead in Factory, 9/11 Find

Saturday, April 27, 2013

World: Police arrested two of the factory owners in the Bangladesh building collapse. About 340 people are dead and 75 have been pulled from the rubble that housed five factories. Authorities ordered the arrest of the building and garment factory …

Marathon Suspect Charged,

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

 Boston: Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, known as suspect #2, was charged by federal prosecutors yesterday as he lay in a Boston hospital bed. He’s accused of using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and could …

Suspect #2 Captured, 14 Dead in Texas

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Suspect #2 Captured: An evening gun battle ended with the capture of Boston Marathon bombing suspect #2 hiding in a boat in a back yard in Watertown, Mass. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was wounded and described as being in serious condition. …

Pressure Cooker Bombs and a Manhunt

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Marathon Bombing: Investigators say the Boston bombs were made of pressure cookers filled with explosives, ball bearings and nails, then placed in black duffle bags. Using a pressure cooker is a known technique for improvised bomb making around the world. …

Three Dead, 176 Injured at Marathon

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

 Marathon Bombing: This morning the toll is three dead and at least 176 injured in the double bombing at the finish of the Boston Marathon. Among the dead is an eight-year-old boy whose mother and sister also were injured. The …

Kerry in China, Kobe Bryant Out

Saturday, April 13, 2013

World: Secretary of State John Kerry is in China urging leaders to put a lid on the bellicose rhetoric coming from their neighbor Kim Jong-un in North Korea. They also agreed to work toward eliminating nuclear weapons from the Korean …

A Nuke for Mini Me

Friday, April 12, 2013

L’il Kim’s L’il Nuke: North Korea might know how to make a small nuclear warhead that could be delivered by ballistic missile, US defense intelligence analysts have concluded. Word of this was released by a Colorado Congressman who may have …

Sequester Hits Home, Mousketeer Annette Dies

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

 National: The federal budget sequester and its $85 billion in cuts is beginning to hit home … all over the country. The Huffington Post collected 100 news stories about layoffs by military bases, cutbacks and closings at food pantries and …

Margaret Tatcher Dies, Fashion Faux Pas

Monday, April 8, 2013

Breaking: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died suddenly of a stroke today. She was 87. Sometimes known as the Iron Lady, she was a staunch conservative who led Britain for 11 years beginning in 1979. She’s credited with breaking …

Stocks Down on Jobs, Critic Ebert Dies

Friday, April 5, 2013

 National: The stock market is down this morning on news that the US added only 88,000 jobs in March, compared to 268,000 in February. Even so, the unemployment rate ticked down from 7.7% to 7.6%. President Obama will offer a …