Sunday, November 22, 2009
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 Salvation Army plans to serve 10,000 free dinners across New York City this Thanksgiving. The meals planned by a star chef and cooked by one of New York's ritziest caterers will be cleaned up by employees of one of Wall Street's most vilified financial firms. |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said Chinese growth is likely to be hurt by an absence of consumer demand from trading partners such as the U.S. |
![]() | EU leaders picked Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the European Union's first president, the EU presidency announced Thursday, after Britain dropped its backing for Tony Blair. |
![]() | Italian prosecutors began their closing arguments Friday in the trial of an American student accused of killing her British roommate more than two years ago. |
A match-fixing ring with more than 200 suspected members fixed or tried to fix around 200 matches across Europe, including three in the Champions League, in what UEFA called the biggest betting scandal in Europe. |
Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods swamped homes and roads Friday in northern England's picturesque Lake District. |
Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti said Thursday that he planned to step down briefly during November 29 elections in an apparent bid to boost its international legitimacy. |








