Teenager sues ex-classmates and Facebook for $3m

By Calvin Palmer
A New York teenager is suing four former high school classmates, their parents and Facebookfor $3 million for allegedly bullying her in a private forum on the social-networking Web site.
Denise Finkel, who is now a student at the University at Albany, filed a lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Manhattan accusing the former [...]

Judge sets date for Anthony trial

By Calvin Palmer
The trial of an Orlando mother accused of murdering her two-year-old daughter has been set to go ahead in October.
Orange County Circuit Judge Stan Strickland set a tentative date of October 12 this afternoon for the trial of 22-year-old Caylee Anthony.
The judge also temporarily blocked the release of a video, showing Anthony’s reaction [...]

BBC strips Corpus Christi College of University Challenge title

By Calvin Palmer
Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford, has been stripped of BBC TV’s  University Challenge title.
The college’s quiz show team, captained by Gail Trimble who was described as an “intellectual blitzkrieg” because of her phenomenal breadth of knowledge, fielded an ineligible contestant.
The BBC, after conducting an investigation, awarded the quiz trophy to the losing finalists, [...]

Landslide buries village in Peru

By Calvin Palmer
A landslide buried a remote Peruvian mining village today, killing at least 13 people. More than 30 others are believed to be missing.
“Seven people are buried and 13 have been confirmed dead” said Miguel Angel Sotomayor, the governor of the Ituata district, where the accident occurred.
The landslide occurred early this morning after heavy [...]

One of missing boaters rescued from capsized boat

By Calvin Palmer
The U.S. Coast Guard today found one of the four missing boaters clinging to an overturned boat belonging to Oakland Raiders linebacker Victor “Marquis” Cooper.
The Coast Guard said it had rescued Nick Schuyler, a former University of South Florida football player, from the capsized boat some 40 miles southwest of Clearwater, Florida, in the [...]

Northeast carries on despite snow chaos

By Calvin Palmer
A snowstorm hit much of the northeast United States this morning bring between eight and 12 inches of snow.
For those people in Britain who whine about how better other countries are at coping with snow, it might be a case of the other man’s snow always being whiter.
The snow grounded hundreds of flights, [...]

Missing map-reading boy found safe in forest

By Calvin Palmer
A boy who went missing during a map-reading hike in Texas yesterday was located by a search helicopter this morning.
Cody Moore, 13, spent the night in freezing temperatures in the Sam Houston National Forest.
The helicopter hovered overhead until rescuers reached him about 1,000 feet from Stubblefield Lake Road at 10:30 a.m. today.
He told [...]

Dow slips below 7,000 in 12-year low

By Calvin Palmer
Falling snow in New York and much of northeast America was matched by falling stock prices this morning.
The announcement of a record $61.7 billion quarterly loss by American International Group Inc. followed by the government announcing another $30 billion in loans, besides the $150 billion it has already given the company, sparked fresh [...]

Rescue effort saves 54 stranded whales

By Calvin Palmer
Rescuers  have managed to save some of the 200 whales and dolphins that beached themselves on a beach in Tasmania yesterday.
The 194 pilot whales and half a dozen bottlenose dolphins became stranded on Naracoopa Beach on King Island, which lies between Tasmania and mainland Australia.
Chris Arthur, of Tasmania’s Parks and Wildlife Service, said [...]

Biker jailed for 122 mph burst with his son on the back

By Calvin Palmer
A biker caught speeding at 122 mph with his 14-year-old son riding on the back has been jailed for six months.
Judge Phillip Wassall told Robert Bennett that police footage of him was “unbelievable”.
Bennett, 47, was caught by a police camera on the A361 North Devon link road with his son riding pillion on [...]