One woman has been hospitalized with serious injuries to her face, neck and hands after a pet chimpanzee attacked her at a friend’s home in Stamford, Connecticut. The victim, in her 50s, had just arrived at her friend’s house when the chimp, named Travis, became irate and attacked, according to Stamford Police Capt. Rich Conklin
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Big Brother star to wed after terminal cancer confirmed
British Big Brother star Jade Goody is fast-tracking plans to get married after being told doctors cannot cure her cancer. Goody, 27, only has months to live after her cervical cancer spread to her liver, bowel and groin, the British Press Association reported.
NTSB: Plane rolled violently before crash
A commuter airliner that crashed Thursday in upstate New York, killing 50 people, underwent violent pitching and rolling seconds before impact, with passengers experiencing twice the normal force of gravity, a federal investigator said Sunday.
Reporter’s Notebook: Visiting Lincoln’s Springfield
The best thing and the worst thing about Springfield is the same: the location. Middle of Illinois, which is not far from the middle of nowhere.
Nosediving plane damaged just one house
A commuter airliner whose crash late Thursday killed 50 people was in such a sharp nosedive when it hurtled into a residential area that only one house was damaged, local authorities said Saturday. “All the damage was specific to that one property and that one structure,” Erie County Emergency Coordinator David Bissonette said at a morning news conference. “There was a garage to the immediate south that had a little bit of exposure damage, but other than that, limited to the one property.” A 61-year-old man in that house died — as did all 49 people aboard Continental Connection Flight 3407 — when the 74-seat Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turboprop pierced the property like an arrow into a bull’s eye.
Obama planning ambitious road ahead
Fresh off victory on President Obama’s signature $787 billion economic recovery plan, several top White House aides say they’re planning an ambitious agenda for the rest of February. The Senate had waited for the return of Democrat Sherrod Brown, who was returning from his mother’s wake in his home state of Ohio, to close the voting late Friday. For the rest of the month, the White House agenda will focus on addressing the housing crisis, cleaning up the banking mess and laying the groundwork for reform of the health care system and entitlement programs like Medicare.
Making Reading Writing and Recession Work Together
With books tucked neatly on the shelves and a comfy purple-dragon rug in a back-corner nook, the library at San Diego’s Willard B. Hage Elementary School is the perfect place for children to fall in love with reading. Since the start of the school year, however, the library has been off-limits to students, who get to go there only when teachers can escort them and handle the record-keeping
Brown casts final vote; Senate approves stimulus package
The U.S. Senate has given final approval to a $787 billion economic-stimulus package backed by President Obama, with Democratic Ohio Sen
Mom, daughter escape after plane crashes into home
Hours after a plane slammed into her home Karen Wielinski gave an exclusive interview to Buffalo radio station WBEN. This is her account based on that interview. (CNN) — Hours after a plane slammed into her home Karen Wielinski gave an exclusive interview to Buffalo radio station WBEN.
Few Clues in Suburban Buffalo Plane Crash
The commuter plane that crashed into a home near Buffalo, N.Y., was new and had a clean safety record, officials said Friday, leaving investigators few immediate clues about why it suddenly plunged just minutes before its planned landing, killing 50 people. The twin turboprop aircraft — Continental Connection Flight 3407 from Newark, N.J. — was coming in for a landing when it went crashed Thursday night about five miles short of the Buffalo Niagara International Airport