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By Keni Lesa And Fili Sagapolutele APIA, Samoa – A massive tsunami hurled by a powerful earthquake flattened Samoan villages and swept cars and people out to sea, killing at least 99 and leaving dozens missing Wednesday. The toll was expected to rise. Survivors fled the fast-churning water for higher ground on the South Pacific [...]
CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — One of the suspects accused of killing an honor student in a beating captured on tape in Chicago has admitted to jumping on the victim’s head after he was already lying on the ground, said a spokeswoman for the Cook County State’s Attorney. In the videotaped confession, 19-year-old Silvanus Shannon also [...]
By Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press Writer TEHRAN, Iran – Iran said it successfully test-fired the longest-range missiles in its arsenal on Monday, weapons capable of carrying a warhead and striking Israel, U.S. military bases in the Middle East, and parts of Europe. State television said the powerful Revolutionary Guard, which controls Iran’s missile program, [...]
By Jon Caramanica When exactly did Mariah Carey stop singing? Even when she began flirting aggressively with hip-hop in the mid-1990s she was happy to impose her titanic vocals atop even the scrappiest production. And no matter how grimy her surroundings became — Ol’ Dirty Bastard, anyone? — she remained inexorably Mariah, an impenetrable acrobat [...]
By Ginia Bellafante When Seth MacFarlane’s “Family Guy” first surfaced a decade ago, it inspired such animus in his former high school headmaster, the Rev. Richardson W. Schell of the Kent School in Connecticut, that he publicly called on advertisers to boycott the show on grounds of offensiveness. Presumably Mr. MacFarlane felt pretty good when, [...]
By Jason Zinoman Roger Guenveur Smith’s career suggests a belief in the great-man theory of history. Most people were introduced to him as the stuttering young man holding a photo of Malcolm X and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in “Do the Right Thing.” Later he provided expansive, wandering theatrical meditations in “A [...]
By George Jahn, Associated Press VIENNA – Iran has revealed the existence of a secret uranium-enrichment plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday, a development that could heighten fears about Tehran’s ability to produce a nuclear weapon and escalate its diplomatic confrontation with the West. President Barack Obama and the leaders of France and [...]
CHICAGO – Two men unconnected to each other or to the investigation that has spawned recent national terrorism warnings are in federal custody after attempting to detonate what they thought were bombs outside an Illinois courthouse and a Texas skyscraper, authorities said. Michael C. Finton, 29, who also went by the name Talib Islam and [...]
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame just announced the nominees for the 2010 Induction and once again the hip-hop genre is represented. Veteran rapper LL Cool J made the cut this year, following in the footsteps of his fellow Queens, New York hip-hop pioneers Run-DMC. R&B group the Chantels, reggae vocalist Jimmy Cliff, pop [...]
By Karen Matthews, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP)—Former Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress apologized to his family and tearfully kissed his pregnant wife and young son goodbye Tuesday before he was led away to prison to begin serving a two-year sentence on a weapons charge. Burress, at the time a star receiver with the [...]
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