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Chigago Tribune, 01.12.08 13:32 UTC

Trample death sparks effort to bring Black Friday under control

Two days after a mob of impatient shoppers trampled to death a worker at a Valley Stream Wal-Mart , a Queens lawmaker announced plans to propose a new law aimed at controlling future Black Friday ...

BBC World News, 25.11.08 22:37 UTC

Jamaica votes for death penalty

Jamaica's parliament has voted to keep the death penalty, as the Caribbean nation struggles to contain one of the world's highest murder rates.

Times Online Sport, 25.11.08 00:03 UTC

Unforgiving system ready to judge Paul Ince

You do not require insider knowledge to speculate that Paul Ince will do well to last the season at Blackburn Rovers. I would not bet on the manager lasting beyond January, particularly if Roque ...

New York Post, 23.11.08 21:00 UTC

SERVICE BACK UP AFTER LIRR DERAILMENT

Posted: 3:33 pm November 23, 2008 Officials say no one was injured in a Long Island Rail Road train derailment in Queens. LIRR spokesman Michael Lewi says service has been restored with residual ...

New York Daily News, 23.11.08 19:01 UTC

LIRR train derails in Queens, all service suspended except for Port Washington line

A Long Island Rail Road train bound for Huntington has derailed in Queens. LIRR spokesman Michael Lewi says it's not yet clear whether there were any injuries. The incident happened shortly after ...

Times Online World News, 21.11.08 21:34 UTC

Niche enterprise for the despicable, desperate and daring

Ever since freelance booty-hunters spotted the vulnerability of Homeric-age galleys forging trade routes in the Mediterranean, pirates have been a scourge of the high seas. Three thousand years later ...

USA Today, 20.11.08 00:05 UTC

Nearly 20,000 evacuated in Cuba flooding

HAVANA (AP) — Heavy rains caused a river in eastern Cuba to overflow its banks, flooding highways and more than 2,000 homes, and leading authorities to evacuate nearly 20,000 people, state media said Wednesday.

New York Post, 19.11.08 15:32 UTC

2 HURT AS TRAINS 'BUMP' IN LIRR STATION

Posted: 9:53 am November 19, 2008 Long Island Rail Road says two westbound trains "bumped" as they were entering a Queens station. Two people suffered minor injuries. The railroad says a Port ...

New York Post, 19.11.08 09:34 UTC

HOUSE 'ROBBERS'

Posted: 3:41 am November 19, 2008 The well-connected brother of a popular Brooklyn judge - employed as the No. 2 in the borough's Civil Court Clerk's Office - helped steal an elderly ...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 17.11.08 05:31 UTC

Staying on top of cake trends

Your wedding cake, luscious confection though it is, isn't simply a tower of butter, eggs and flour. It's also a reflection of something special you share with your partner. "The trend is for a cake ...