Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger says he'll take to the skies again -- as soon as he can shake Flight 1549 out of his head. "I'll be going back to work as soon as I'm ready," said Sullenberger, who along with First Officer Jeffrey Skiles safely guided US Airways Flight 1549 to an emergency landing in the Hudson River last month. Sullenberger, Skiles and veteran flight attendants Sheila Dail, Doreen Welsh and Donna Dent spoke to CNN's Larry King in an ...

Through a smoky haze, flames continue to dance around the remains of a house, a shed and the blackened trunks of trees on remarkable video footage filmed moments after a firestorm swept through the rural Victorian town of Kinglake, Australia. Resident Brad Price is holding the camera, providing a slightly breathless commentary of the destruction of his home and town as smoke clogs his throat and blurs his vision. "Everything's gone. I'm over at Kylie's house which is next door. ...

Former lighting technician Patrick McDermott, best known as Olivia Newton-John's boyfriend of nine years, mysteriously disappeared July 1, 2005. He wasn't on board the fishing boat "Freedom" when it returned to shore in San Pedro, California, after an overnight excursion. Investigators say he'd visited Newton-John the day before with flowers, bid her farewell and ended their relationship. McDermott was seen boarding the vessel that evening with his fishing gear and a duffle bag. The 22 passengers and ...

Chelsea said on Tuesday that they had been given permission to talk with Guus Hiddink about taking charge at the Premier League club until the end of the season. The Dutchman has emerged as the clear favorite to replace the sacked Luis Felipe Scolari, but his involvement with the Russian national team is a stumbling block. A statement on Chelsea's official Web site www.chelseafc.com said they had been cleared to open negotiations with Hiddink. "Chelsea can confirm that we have ...

European Union peacekeepers in Bosnia on Tuesday raided homes belonging to family members of Ratko Mladic, the highest-ranking figure still at large from the Balkan conflict in the mid 1990s, Serbian media reported. The force raided houses belonging to Mladic's sister, Milica Avram, and sister-in-law, Radinka Mladic, in East Sarajevo, an area of the city inside the Bosnian Serb-controlled Republika Srpska, a seperate political entity to the Muslim-Croat-controlled Bosnia-Croat Federation. The raids were a part of a broader operation targeting ...

The Red Cross plans to evacuate 400 sick and wounded civilians from a Sri Lankan beach, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Most of the patients have been without proper medical care for a week, when fighting between government forces and Tamil rebels forced the closure of a hospital where they were being treated, said Sarasi Wijeratne, a spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Colombo. An ICRC-chartered ferry flying a Red Cross flag left the northern city ...

Switzerland's biggest bank UBS on Tuesday posted a worse than expected loss of nearly $17 million -- the largest ever by a Swiss group -- and announced 1,600 new job cuts. The bank's full-year loss totaled 19.7 billion Swiss francs, including 8.1 billion francs during the last quarter, UBS said in a statement. UBS said the job losses would come from its investment bank unit, which suffered the largest exposure to the collapse of the U.S. sub-prime mortgage sector. It ...

FBI agents Monday raided a rural Georgia peanut butter plant suspected as the source of a nationwide salmonella outbreak, a CNN affiliate reported. The Peanut Corporation of America plant in Blakely, Georgia, was sealed off by federal authorities Monday morning, WABL reported. The company is accused of knowingly shipping tainted products now linked to nearly 600 illnesses, including eight deaths, in 43 states. The recent outbreak has led to one of the largest food recalls in U.S. history, encompassing more ...

Chelsea began their hunt for a successor to Luiz Felipe Scolari on Tuesday with Guus Hiddink and former boss Avram Grant the early favorites to replace the sacked Brazilian. Russia coach Hiddink was odds-on with most English bookmakers with Grant also reported to be in the running, just eight months after departing Stamford Bridge following Chelsea's defeat to Manchester United in the Champions League final. Dutchman Hiddink has an impeccable record in club and international football and his agent ...

Israelis braved pouring rain and strong winds Tuesday to cast ballots in an election that will pick not just the next prime minister but create a new balance of power and lay the groundwork for the next stage of the nation's future. If the polls hold true, the right-wing Likud Party may come out ahead, allowing former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to once again take the reins of the country. But Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's ruling Kadima Party is ...