Police say about 30 works of art, including paintings by Pablo Picasso and Henri Rousseau, have been stolen from the home of a private collector in the southern French region of Provence.
The theft was carried out while the owner was on vacation abroad, and was discovered by a caretaker. A police official spoke on condition of …
Americans have gambling fever but they don't like casinos intheir backyards.
More than $500 billion was wagered in the U.S. in 1995.Gambling profits are more than four times bigger than the combinedrevenues from movies or professional sports. Americans made 150million visits to casinos in 1995. Between 1990 and 1993, the numberof households visiting casinos went from 46 million to 92 million.
As part of the gambling boom, the population of Las Vegas hasmore than doubled to more than 1 million in the last decade. Morethan $8 billion in hotel/casino projects are planned or are underconstruction that will increase the city's hotel rooms to more than120,000.More …
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina police continue looking for clues in the off-post shooting death of a Fort Bragg soldier from Illinois.
Fayetteville police they found Pfc. Chad Patrick Dellit lying between two cars near a hotel. He had been shot in the head. Fort Bragg said Friday that the 22-year-old Dellit was from Fulton, Ill., and enlisted in September 2008.
Police spokesmen did not return …
Scientists got an extra day to evaluate whether the giant cork bottling BP's busted well in the Gulf of Mexico will hold, while officials overseeing the disaster pondered their next step.
After days of watching, engineers on Sunday still saw no signs of any leak in the well cap that has shut in the crude for three days. The oil giant and the government were becoming increasingly confident in the temporary stopgap.
"Everybody has been so worried about it blowing," said Willianet Barksdale, a security guard on the public beach at Gulf Shores, Ala. "Maybe this means it's holding and this is almost over."
But the pressure readings …
WWF planning IPO STAMFORD, Conn. - For years, pro wrestling fanshave loved the body slams, pile drivers and outrageous stunts of theWorld Wrestling Federation. Now, the WWF is hoping its antics willattract investors. The Stamford-based company is planning to raise$172.5 million in an initial public offering, according to documentsfiled Tuesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Theterms of the IPO have not yet been determined. CEO shown door atHumana LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Managed health care giant Humana Inc.,buffeted by declining earnings, underwent a shakeup in its top ranksTuesday with the abrupt resignation of Gregory H. Wolf as presidentand chief executive officer. …
Fifty-three years later, the impression is still recalled.
As the celebration of Blackness/Black people progressed pass him on a Southside Chicago street, 12-year-old Eugene Scott watched in wonder.
"I was in awe. I was so overwhelmed," Scott said, when discussing the first time he attended a Bud Billiken Parade. "I had never seen a parade that large. Seeing that helped me understand what this parade is really about. I saw and felt it as a young kid.
Scott's childhood also featured the influence of Florence Sengstacke, sister of former Defender publisher John Sengstacke.
Florence Sengstacke, Scott said, taught him about accountability. One day, Scott asked her …
Liverpool's stretch of four straight draws has left the former Premier League leaders needing a win Sunday to overtake second-place Chelsea. Also in danger of tumbling out of the FA Cup, the team's recent slide has also led many to scrutinize the job manager Rafa Benitez is doing.
Despite the struggles and the criticism, however, Benitez has denied he's cracking under the pressure, instead saying there are things happening to his team that he can do nothing about.
Benitez came under scrutiny after a strongly worded prepared statement that Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson gets unfair treatment over disciplinary matters, his own rejection of a new …
