NEW YORK – Colorado Rockies (search) outfielder Jorge Piedra (search) was suspended 10 days Monday for violating baseball’s new policy on performance-enhancing drugs. The suspension begins with the Rockies game at Arizona on Monday night, the commissioner’s office said. Piedra, who was recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs of the Pacific …
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SAVAR, Bangladesh – Rescuers digging through the concrete debris of a collapsed Bangladesh sweater factory heard survivors pleading for help Tuesday, a day after the nine-story building toppled when a boiler exploded, killing at least 30 people and trapping 200. Nine bodies were pulled from the rubble overnight, but rescuers …
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NEW YORK – Harley-Davidson Inc. (HDI) Wednesday slashed its 2005 production and earnings targets as bad weather caused a slight dip in U.S. retail sales of its motorcycles, sending shares down 17 percent. The warning overshadowed news of an 11 percent rise in quarterly earnings, and raised questions among analysts …
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DELAND, Fla. – A skydiving cinematographer was killed after his legs were severed in a midair collision with the airplane he had jumped from, authorities said. Albert Wing III had already deployed his parachute Saturday when he struck the left wing of the DHC-6 Twin Otter (search) propeller plane at …
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The Air America (search) talk radio network issued an apology for a skit about shooting President Bush. Aired during Monday’s “The Randi Rhodes Show,” the segment featured a spokesman for the fictional “American Association of Armed Retired People” saying, “A spoiled child is telling us our Social Security (search) isn’t …
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WASHINGTON – A U.S. appeals panel sharply challenged the Bush administration Friday over new rules making it easier for police and the FBI to wiretap Internet phone calls. A judge said the government’s courtroom arguments were “gobbledygook.” The skepticism expressed so openly toward the administration’s case encouraged civil liberties and …
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LONDON – Gold hit a new 25-year high in volatile trade on Wednesday on fund buying, driven by firm oil and worries about Iran’s nuclear plans, but fell more than one percent from its peak as investors took profits. Silver also had a roller-coaster ride, moving closer to a 23-year …
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TOKYO – A Walkman brand cell phone enabling users to download music onto their handsets will go on sale in the Japanese market next month in a joint project between KDDI and Sony, KDDI Corp. announced Monday. KDDI Corp., Japan’s second-largest mobile phone company, scheduled a news conference Monday morning …
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CORAM, N.Y. – Police say they have found the dismembered remains of a college student and another man who vanished on Long Island, and two suspects have been arrested. Darren Lynch and girlfriend Leah Reynolds are due to be arraigned Friday. The 28-year-old Lynch was arrested on murder charges, and …
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WASHINGTON – Eager to advance President Bush’s election-year agenda, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist maneuvered for months to bring immigration legislation to the brink of Senate passage. But as a presidential hopeful in a party dominated by conservatives, the Tennessee Republican also voted for changes aimed at derailing the bipartisan …
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