Pontiac owners around the United States are feeling nostalgic amid reports that cash-strapped General Motors will end one of its most coveted brands. Jean Lindsay of western New York fondly recalls the muscle cars in her family’s driveway: Two 1967 GTOs
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The Bloody Border of Mexico’s Drug Wars
Pedro Rojas is the sort of wealthy Mexican who’s usually in control of his world.
Texas family quarantined after son contracts swine flu
As Hayden Henshaw was being rushed to the doctor’s office after becoming ill, his father heard that his son’s classmates had been struck with the deadly swine flu virus like the one sweeping through Mexico. Patrick Henshaw called his wife immediately to have Hayden checked for it. Later, they received the bad news
Family visits Craigslist suspect in jail
Family members of Phillip Markoff visited him in jail Friday for the first time since his arraignment on murder charges connected to the slaying of a woman he may have met through a Craigslist online ad. Markoff’s parents, brother, and sister-in-law visited him Friday, having to get through a throng of media members who gathered near the Boston, Massachusetts, jail. Richard Markoff and Susan Haynes arrived early in the afternoon, CNN affiliate WCVB reported
Mother of Craigslist victim ‘devastated’ by loss
The mother of a 25-year-old woman killed in a Boston hotel more than a week ago said Friday that she will remain haunted by her daughter’s death for the rest of her life. “Our family has been devastated by the loss of our beautiful daughter, Julissa,” Carmen Guzman said in a statement released Friday, which would have been Julissa Brisman’s 26th birthday
Teen tries to quiet the voices caused by schizophrenia
The intrusive voices popped into William "Bill" Garrett’s head. "They’re coming for you," the voices told the 18-year-old.
S.C. fire destroys nearly 70 homes in Myrtle Beach area
Firefighters were working Friday to extinguish a raging wildfire that had scorched 20,000 acres near South Carolina’s popular tourist areas. Cool night air had caused thick smoke from the blaze to dip, hampering visibility, said Todd Cartner, a Horry County Fire Rescue spokesman
Craigslist killing suspect seemed ‘all-American’
Friends and acquaintances of Philip Markoff, a medical student accused of killing a woman he may have met through a Craigslist online ad, described the 23-year-old as a model student. “My girlfriend actually rode the elevator with him a lot alone; it’s kind of freaking her out now,” said Patrick Sullivan, who lived in the same apartment building as Markoff in Quincy, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb. “She thought he was kind of the all-American, good-looking guy,” Sullivan said.
Family of boxer fights for pardon of 1913 racist conviction
To this day, Linda Haywood recalls the shame she once felt for her great-uncle. “I could see from the expression on my mother’s face that it pained her to tell me about him,” she recalled, “but it wasn’t just her.
‘Earth’ takes viewers on ‘breathtaking’ global journey
A polar bear falls through thin Arctic ice while searching for food for his family. A humpback whale guides her calf on a perilous 4,000-mile journey. A herd of African elephants in search of water battles a sandstorm in the Kalahari Desert.