U.S. Coast Guard calls off search for missing NFL players

By Calvin Palmer
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search at 6:30 p.m. for two NFL players and another man whose boat capsized off Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Capt. Timothy Close said: “We’re extremely confident that if there were any survivors on the surface of the water, we would have found them.”
The search today yielded a lifejacket and a cooler, [...]

Baby’s remains at home of woman who ‘tried to drown newborn in toilet’

By Calvin Palmer
A teacher’s aide from Southern Illinois accused of trying to drown her newborn baby in a toilet is being investigated over the death of another infant after police found remains of a baby in her home.
Elyse Mamino, 23, is accused of putting her newborn daughter, Victoria, face-first in a toilet on November 15, [...]

Snow day ends in murder charge for boy, 13, after fight with brother

By Calvin Palmer
A 13-year-old boy in South Carolina is accused of murdering his 10-year-old brother after an argument over where to sit to watch a movie on TV.
Kershaw County Sheriff’s Capt. David Thomley said four children were at home alone when the shooting happened around 12:30 p.m. yesterday.
Schools in Kershaw County were closed yesterday because [...]

Allowing AIG to fail is not an option, says Bernanke

By Calvin Palmer
The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, told the Senate Budget Committee that allowing AIG to fail is not an option because of the shockwaves it would send throughout the insurance industry.
The ailing insurance company was on the mind of many of the senators following yesterday’s announcement of a $61.7 billion loss for [...]

Five held for questioning after deadly ambush of Sri Lanka team bus

By Calvin Palmer
Pakistani police were interrogating five people today in connection with a deadly ambush on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, security officials said.
“We have detained five people for questioning following the attack,” senior local police officer Amjad Saleemi said.
A security official confirmed the arrests.
“Police detained five people whom they believe may have [...]

Teenage sons accused of hitting father with snow shovels

By Calvin Palmer
Despite the cold weather, tempers became heated yesterday in Connecticut when a father asked his two teenage sons to help him clear snow from the driveway.
Stamford police say the teenagers got into an argument and the 19-year-old hit his father on the head with a shovel. The blow knocked the father to the [...]

Reality sets in for Tweed as court finds him guilty of assault

By Calvin Palmer
After the fantasy stuff of his publicized wedding to Jade Goody, reality set in today for Jack Tweed when he was found guilty of assaulting a taxi driver.
Tweed, 21, of Buckhurst Hill, Essex, wept as magistrates found him guilty.
In January, he was released from a prison sentence for attacking a 16-year-old with a [...]

Gunmen target Sri Lanka’s cricket team

By Calvin Palmer
Eight members of Sri Lanka’s cricket team have been injured after gunmen fired on a convoy carrying Pakistani and Sri Lankan cricketers to a Test Match between the two sides.
Five Pakistani policemen were killed as 12 masked gunmen targeted the Sri Lankan team bus on its way to the Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore, [...]