TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A Honduran patrol boat has located a semi-submersible craft used by drug traffickers to carry cocaine. Five crew members have been detained.
Officials say the submarine-like vessel is floating about 15 meters (50 feet) under the surface of the Caribbean off the Honduran coast after the crew tried to sink it.
They say divers have …
The number of new cases in federal courts related to consumer issues surged in the year ended last Sept. 30 as Americans battered by the recession fought foreclosures and downgraded debt ratings, data released Tuesday show.
The statistics were compiled by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, which keeps track of the workload of federal courts. They showed that cases filed by individuals or state regulators under two federal laws, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, jumped 53 percent in fiscal 2009 _ to 6,463 from 4,239 the previous year.
Many lawsuits have been filed against credit reporting agencies, which …
Thomas Ramos is eligible to serve as a parent member of the Curielocal school council that dumped principal Jerryelyn Jones eventhough he doesn't have a child at Curie, officials said Tuesday.
Ramos' guardianship -- since May 2005 -- of a relative whoattends Curie Metro High makes him eligible to sit on the LSC,Chicago Public Schools officials said Tuesday.
CPS said an ethics charge that could disqualify Ramos from anyLSC is still under review.
A hearing was scheduled for 5 p.m. April 13 on allegations thatRamos solicited and accepted money from a Curie vendor in 2004 and2005 and failed to report the payments.
Ramos is …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Advanced Micro Devices Inc. narrowed its third-quarter loss slightly, as the chip maker's remaining stake in factories it spun off last year dragged down the results.
Ignoring the baggage from the spinoff, AMD said Thursday it would have earned more than Wall Street expected, a sign the company is getting better at squeezing profit out of the remaining business.
AMD shares rose 33 cents, or 4.6 percent, to $7.47 in extended trading, after the release of the results.
AMD makes microprocessors, the "brains" of computers, and graphics processors. Its numbers supply fresh evidence that corporate spending is propping up the computer industry as consumer …
Tenor Placido Domingo peppered his classical repertoire with a crowd-pleasing array of popular music and even donned a mariachi suit and sang along with the audience, smoothing over controversy surrounding his Saturday concert at the Mayan pyramids of Chichen Itza.
With help from Mexican crooner Armando Manzanero and Puerto Rican soprano Ana Maria Martinez, an ebullient Domingo won over the crowd with encores ranging from West Side Story's "Tonight," to the popular ballad of southern Yucatan state, "Peregrina."
Domingo and Martinez also joined forces on a thundering, majestic tribute to the Mayan ruins in "The Silver Moon of Chichen …
Disadvantaged children from the Cheddar Valley have been giventhe day of a lifetime.
The children from Axbridge, Banwell, Churchill, Hutton andSandford were treated to a trip at Longleat thanks to members ofthe Rotary Club of Wrington Vale and the Kids Out initiative.
More than 25,000 disadvantaged children enjoyed a fun day out atthe seaside, theme parks, adventure parks, museums and zoos acrossthe UK and Ireland this year when the Day Out was held last week.
Rotary club spokesman Tony Poole said: "1,000-plus children agedbetween 5 and 12 who attend schools in Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshireand Gloucestershire were treated to an extraordinary day out …
FEZ, Morocco - American Jill Craybas defeated Yulia Beygelzimer 6-4, 6-1 Tuesday to reach the second round of the Grand Prix SAR Princess Lalla Meryem.
Milagros Sequera of Venezuela also advanced when Virgine Razzano of France retired at 3-6, 7-6 (7) because of a left thigh injury.
Fourth-seeded Anastasia Rodionova was beaten by Julie Ditty 7-5, 7-5, but No. 7 Camille Pin and No. 8 Anne Kremer both advanced.
Pin beat Stephanie Dubois 6-1, 6-4, and Kremer downed Fatima Zahrae El …
