Shocked125x
Top_news
Ed Tanner and his daughter (right), Leah, yelled when a local band dedicated a song to her in Bristol, R.I. A town rallies around July 4 (for 224th time)

With the nation's oldest continuous Independence Day parade, Bristol, R.I., comes together.

| FULL STORY
Future airline travel could look like the 1950s

As airlines cut services and raise prices, air travel may resemble air travel in the 1950s, when only business and well-to-do leisure travelers could afford to fly. | FULL STORY

Loved ones freed in Colombia, family members rejoice

Relatives of former hostages Ingrid Betancourt and Marc Gonsalves had come to London to raise awareness of their detention by FARC rebels. Now, instead, they are being reunited. The families say they will continue to advocate for other hostages still being held. | FULL STORY

June payrolls cut 62,000 jobs, unemployment rate holds steady at 5.5%

The US Department of Labor reported that June payrolls were cut by 62,000 jobs and that the nation's unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent. | FULL STORY



INSIDE BUSINESS

Convicted hedge-fund swindler Sam Israel surrenders after faking his own death last month

Samuel Israel III, who hales from a prominent Louisiana family, had been on the run for nearly a month after faking his own death when convicted of swindling investors out of hundreds of millions in a hedge-fund he managed.  But early this morning he walked into a Southwick, MA police station and surrendered.

Auto sector, record oil price drags down stocks

GM lost more than 15% of its share price Wednesday reaching its lowest level in over 50 years after Merrill Lynch cut General Motors rating to 'underperform'.  Combined with record oil prices, investors lost confidence in stocks with Dow giving up 166 points at the close.

Oil prices hit record $144 a barrel

Crude oil futures rose to a record $144 a barrel Wednesday following the government's weekly supply report. The spike in oil contracts came after the EIA reported an unexpected 2 million drop in US oil supplies.

ENTERTAINMENT TODAY

Spitzer call girl, Ashley Dupre, drops lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild founder

The call girl who brought the political career of New York's former Governor, Eliot Spitzer, to a pants-around-the-knees end, Ashley Dupre, has dropped her $10 million lawsuit against Girls Gone Wild founder, Joe Francis.

Christie Brinkley no longer sexy, husband Peter Cook says

Christie Brinkley is getting a divorce - from her fourth husband, Peter Cook - after Cook was found to be having an affair with an 18-year-old.   Apparently, Cook no longer found Brinkley, 54, sexy.

'Army Wives' casts goes to Army hospital for red-carpet event

Brigid Brannagh and Sally Pressman act as soldier's wives on Lifetime's "Army Wives." But reality kicked in when the two actresses met real wounded soldiers and their families at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Tuesday.



Rss
120x240_kouri