East Valley Tribune - National & World News

Police: 3 N.D. students found dead in pond

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:43:09 -0700

DICKINSON, N.D. -- Three missing North Dakota college softball players were found dead Tuesday in a Jeep pulled from a 12-foot deep farm pond, and police said they believed the women were inside the vehicle when they made two desperate calls to friends for help.

Sniper attorneys to appeal execution

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:33:46 -0700

WASHINGTON — Attorneys for sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad plan to file an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to stop next week's execution.

European court: No crucifixes in Italian schools

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:18:40 -0700

ROME -- Europe's court of human rights said Tuesday the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms, prompting an angry reaction from the Catholic Church and government officials in Rome.

Premature births worsen infant death rate

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:15:32 -0700

ATLANTA -- Premature births, often due to poor care of low-income pregnant women, are the main reason the U.S. infant mortality rate is higher than in most European countries, a government report said Tuesday.

Half Iraqis killed in October died in one attack

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:17:13 -0700

BAGHDAD — Nearly half of all Iraqis who died in October perished in a single coordinated attack against government offices in Baghdad, a tally by The Associated Press showed Monday.

Contaminated beef may be linked to 2 deaths

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:51:34 -0700

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A federal health official says two deaths and 26 other illnesses may be linked to ground beef recalled by a New York meat company because it might have been contaminated with E. coli bacteria.

Ford surprises with $1 billion profit

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:53:52 -0700

DEARBORN, Michigan — Ford, the only U.S. automaker to dodge direct government aid and bankruptcy court, surprised investors with net income of nearly $1 billion in the third quarter and forecast a "solidly profitable" 2011.

Geithner: Economy rebounding, but job growth lags

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:57:27 -0700

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner acknowledges the federal budget deficit is too high, but that the priorities now are economic growth and job creation.

Afghan's Karzai effectively handed 2nd term

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:59:56 -0700

KABUL — President Hamid Karzai was effectively handed a second five-year term Sunday when his only challenger dropped out of the race, and the Obama administration said it was prepared to work with the man it has previously criticized to combat corruption and confront the Taliban insurgency.

Defections, court fights test Scientology

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:12:34 -0700

The Church of Scientology is going through a difficult season. Over the course of two days last week, a French court convicted the church of fraud and Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis' resignation from the church over a litany of concerns was aired publicly.

Ohio coroner: 6 bodies found were homicide victims

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:01:49 -0700

CLEVELAND — Six badly decomposed bodies found at the home of a convicted rapist facing a new rape allegation were females and all were homicide victims, the coroner's office said Sunday.

San Fran's latest battle royale: parking meters

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:15:56 -0700

SAN FRANCISCO — This city's most popular neighborhoods are night owls, streets that come alive when the restaurants and pubs set the mood and light their candles. But try parking in these hot spots: no fun.

Abdullah plans runoff boycott to delay Afghan vote

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:38:12 -0700

KABUL — President Hamid Karzai's challenger plans to call for a boycott of next weekend's runoff election in an attempt to force the vote's postponement until spring, his campaign manager said - a move that would dim U.S. hopes for a stable Afghan government for months.

Mexican farm leader, 14 others killed

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:00:37 -0700

MEXICO CITY — The leader of a Mexican farmworkers' organization and 14 other people were killed in a mass shooting in the northern Mexico state of Sonora, an official said Saturday.

Clinton calls Israeli concessions "unprecedented"

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:58:28 -0700

JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making "unprecedented" concessions on West Bank settlement construction - a position clearly at odds with the prevailing Palestinian view.

No Philly transit union strike during World Series

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:42:39 -0700

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania's governor and Philadelphia's mayor announced Saturday that the city transit system's largest union had agreed not to go on strike as contract talks continued hours before the start of Game 3 of the World Series.

Police make 6th arrest in Richmond gang rape

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:24:48 -0700

RICHMOND, Calif. -- Police have made a sixth arrest in the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl outside a high school dance.

Deadly helicopter crash rocks Navy ship

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:45:00 -0700

NORFOLK, Va. -- An Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed on a Navy ship during training, killing one service member and injuring eight, the Navy said.

Ambulances charging more for obese patients

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:09:52 -0700

TOPEKA, Kan. — The memory still bothers Ken Keller: A panicked ambulance crew had a critically ill patient, but the man weighed more than 1,000 pounds and could not fit inside the vehicle. And the stretcher wasn't sturdy enough to hold him.

Raids targeting Mexican cartel nab hundreds

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:58:17 -0700

WASHINGTON -- In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., federal officials on Thursday announced the arrests of more than 300 people in raids across the country aimed at the newest and most violent cartel.