NEW YORK – It has been reported that top five manufacturers of tablet computers in 2011, according to IHS iSuppli: Apple Inc., maker of the iPad, 40.5 million shipped worldwide, 62 percent share Samsung Electronics Co., maker of Galaxy line, 6.1 million, 9 percent. Amazon.com Inc., maker of Kindle Fire, 3.9 million, 6 percent Barnes [...]
ADELAIDE, Australia – It has been reported that Australia overcame the absence of injured captain Michael Clarke to win the deciding match in the tri-series final against Sri Lanka by 16 runs on Thursday. The home side looked set to lose to the Sri Lankans for the fifth time in six matches in the tournament, [...]
NEW YORK – With their numbers in the billions, rats are unlikely to go away anytime soon. But baby rats are easy prey for predators like owls and snakes, and one false move can mean death.
SAN DIEGO, California – It has been reported that an U.S. Marine Sgt. Gary Stein started a Facebook page called Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots to encourage service members to exercise their free speech rights. Then he declared that he would not follow orders from the commander in chief, President Barack Obama. While Stein softened [...]
FLORENCE, Arizona – It has been reported that an Arizona inmate apologized to the family of the man he killed and his own family, said his life was one mistake after another and started crying before he was injected with a lethal drug Thursday. Robert Charles Towery, 47, convicted of killing Mark Jones while robbing [...]
HOUSTON – It has been reported that a judge says jurors have reached a verdict in the government’s civil case against convicted fraudster R. Allen Stanford in which authorities are seeking to seize $330 million from foreign accounts he controlled. Prosecutors say the money was part of more than $7 billion Stanford stole from investors [...]
CONCORD, New Hampshire – It has been reported that testimony has finished in the case of a woman who prosecutors say committed acts of violence during the Rwanda genocide then denied it on applications to enter the United States and obtain citizenship. Beatrice Munyenyezi did not testify. Lawyers will make final arguments to the jury [...]
LOS ANGELES – It has been reported that a former South Korean law enforcement officer accused of bringing nearly 40,000 phony erectile dysfunction pills into the U.S. has been released on a $10,000 bond. Seventy-one-year-old Kil Jun Lee made an initial appearance in Los Angeles federal court late Wednesday and his preliminary hearing was set [...]