Monday, July 25, 2011
PERUGIA, Italy, July 25 (UPI) -- Independent experts rejected Italian prosecutors' claims of finding U.S. student Amanda Knox's DNA on evidence used to convict Knox of killing her roommate. The two analysts testified Monday they found no DNA or blood on the blade of a knife prosecutors said was the... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Winehouse's mother: 'She seemed out of it'
LONDON (AP) — Amy Winehouse's mother said the singer was not well when they met a day before she died, a British newspaper reported Sunday, while her family mourned the loss of "a wonderful daughter, sister, niece." The Sunday Mirror quoted Janis Winehouse as saying she believed it was "only a... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Somalia wracked by drought, thousands dead
DADAAB, Kenya, July 16 (UPI) -- The misery and death in Somalia from a devastating drought is "shocking," a spokesman for the humanitarian organization CARE says. A thousand or more new refugees arrive at the camp at Dadaab, Kenya, from neighboring Somalia every day, but there is nowhere for them to... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Blagojevich posts $450,000 bond
CHICAGO, July 15 (UPI) -- A federal judge ordered former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to post a $450,000 bond Friday, secured by his Chicago house and a Washington condo. U.S. District Judge James Zagel rejected prosecutors' request for a $1 million bond, the Chicago Tribune reported. At the... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Betty Ford eulogized for her courage
PALM DESERT, Calif., July 13 (UPI) -- Former first lady Betty Ford was remembered at her funeral service in California Tuesday as a woman unafraid of speaking out on taboo subjects. Ford, the wife of President Gerald Ford, got the world's attention back in the 1970s and '80s when she spoke out on... Sign in to see full entry.