Postal Service to allow volunteers in Alaska town to write 'Dear Santa' responses

Categories: U.S. | Nov 21, 2009

Postal Service to allow volunteers in Alaska town to write 'Dear Santa' responses ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Wide-eyed children around the world will be hearing from Santa's "elves" at the North Pole after all. During Christmas seasons for decades, these dedicated elves responded to thousands of letters addressed to "Santa Claus, North Pole." All that ...Read More

Italian lead prosecutor argues Knox motive was hatred

Categories: U.S. | Nov 21, 2009

Italian lead prosecutor argues Knox motive was hatred PERUGIA, Italy - Amanda Knox, a former University of Washington student who was studying abroad in Italy, had a growing hatred for her British roommate and fatally stabbed her in retaliation during a drug-fueled sex game, a prosecutor contended Friday ...Read More

Porn mogul's son to be tried in girlfriend's death

Categories: Top Stories, U.S. | Nov 21, 2009

SAN RAFAEL, Calif. -The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul will stand trial on accusations that he crushed his ex-girlfriend's skull with a baseball bat. Marin County Judge Kelly Simmons ruled Thursday the evidence was sufficient to put 27-year-old ...Read More

Authorities say man who fastened 15 lizards to chest caught at Los Angeles airport customs

Categories: U.S. | Nov 21, 2009

Officials: Man tied 15 lizards to chest at airport LOS ANGELES — Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...Read More

US president Barack Obama's job approval rating drops below 50%

Categories: Top Stories, U.S. | Nov 21, 2009

WASHINGTON: US President BarackObama's job approval rating has dipped below the 50% mark, the first time afterhe was sworn in January this year. The latest Gallup Daily trackingresults, released yesterday said that 49% of Americans approve of the job Obamais doing ...Read More

Postal Service OK’s North Pole letters

Categories: U.S. | Nov 21, 2009

ANCHORAGE - An Alaska senator says the US Postal Service is resuming a program allowing volunteers to respond to letters sent to Santa Claus in care of the North Pole, Alaska, post office. Republican US Senator Lisa Murkowski said yesterday that ...Read More

Car strikes crowd outside Ala. school, 1 killed

Categories: Top Stories, U.S. | Nov 21, 2009

FAIRFIELD, Ala. (AP) — Police say a woman has died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle school. The nine children were injured in the accident Friday afternoon in Fairfield, about eight miles southwest ...Read More

Car strikes crowd of 10 outside Alabama school; 1 adult killed, 9 children injured

Categories: U.S. | Nov 21, 2009

FAIRFIELD, ALA. — Police say a woman has died after being struck along with nine children by a car outside an Alabama middle school. The nine children were injured in the accident Friday afternoon in Fairfield, about eight miles southwest of ...Read More

Berkeley Protest Ends Peacefully

Categories: Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. | Nov 21, 2009

BERKELEY, Calif. – A student protest on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, over large fee increases at UC campuses statewide ended peacefully late on Friday. Police arrested 41 demonstrators, according to the Associated Press, after as many as ...Read More

UC students protest 32 percent fee hike by occupying campus buildings in Berkeley, Santa Cruz

Categories: Top Stories, U.S. | Nov 21, 2009

BERKELEY, Calif. - Dozens of demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts were removed late Friday, bringing the daylong occupation to an end, university ...Read More