The singer of Grammy-nominated heavy metal band As I Lay Dying has been arrested in Southern California after authorities say he tried to hire an undercover detective to kill his estranged wife.
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FOREIGN POLICY: Brown’s Bomb
“They own. you know, the banks in this country, the newspapers
U.S. Air Force Considers B-1 Bomber Fleet’s Retirement
Nixon launched it, Carter killed it and Reagan resurrected it. In its infancy, the Air Force’s B-1 bomber was a quick and dirty military metaphor — Republicans wanted to buy weapons to defend the nation from the Soviet Union, and Democrats didn’t.
Has Bangladesh’s Elite Police Force Gone Too Far?
On March 27, Bangladeshi doctors amputated the leg of Limon Hossain, a 16-year-old student, four days after he was shot during a raid by the Rapid Action Battalion , Bangladesh’s elite security force.
Somali Pirate Attacks Persist Despite Global Navy Effort
Correction appended April 28, 2010 This time last year, Somali pirates dominated headlines in the U.S. The hijacking of the Maersk Alabama, a tanker captained by an American, led to a made-for-Hollywood intervention by sharp-shooting Navy SEALS and triggered a media frenzy about the rise of piracy off the Horn of Africa
Science: Space Watch’s First Catch
Three weeks ago, headlines announced that the U.S.
Crackdown on Uganda Protests Sparks Rumblings of a Revolution
What began as a series of peaceful protests against Uganda’s soaring inflation has turned increasingly bloody, with clashes between police and demonstrators in the capital Kampala on Friday leaving at least five dead, more than 100 injured and 700 in jail.
At Least 15 Dead as Storms Pound South
A wave of thunderstorms with winds blowing near hurricane force strafed the South on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people from Arkansas to Alabama, including a father struck by a tree while protecting his daughter at a Mississippi campsite.
Friends in Lowe Places: Rob Lowe and the Art of the Celebrity Memoir
I love celebrity memoirs, and not in an ironic way. I don’t love them because they’re campy
The Survivor
Correction Appended: Feb. 5, 2010 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates flies around the world to war zones and allies, to China and Russia and Suriname, on a Cold War relic called the Doomsday Plane