Comedian Jay Leno’s plan to hold a free concert for the jobless of Detroit, Michigan, drew criticism from a politician in the city. Detroit City Councilwoman Martha Reeves likes the idea, but she said the “Tonight Show” host needs to change the location.
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No takers for Michael Vick’s Georgia mansion
Neither the on-the-field fame nor the off-the-field notoriety of former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was enough to spark a bidding war for his suburban Atlanta mansion Tuesday. The multimillion-dollar home in Duluth was on the auction block Tuesday, but just three real estate agents showed up — and one of them, Lance Hempen of Funari Realty, was a listing agent who had no clients interested in the property. No one offered a bid, so the auction ended before it began
200 boats have capsized in past five months, Coast Guard says
Bad weather, poor planning, a lack of safety equipment. Any one could put a boater in the kind of peril that befell two NFL players and their two friends off the coast of Florida last weekend, Coast Guard officials say
U2 looks to a new ‘Horizon’
Getting an exclusive broadcast interview with all four members of U2 was the easy part. Getting an advance copy of their new CD required a bit more strategizing
Sub joining hunt for lost hero Amundsen’s plane
Norway’s navy announced on Monday that it will help search for the missing plane of 20th century explorer Roald Amundsen, more than 80 years after his death. The search — scheduled for later this year — will focus on a 40 square-mile (104 square-kilometer) area of the Arctic Ocean where researchers believe Amundsen’s plane crashed in 1928.
Tens of thousands of U.S. guns missing in Afghanistan
More than one-third of all weapons the United States has procured for Afghanistan’s government are missing, according to a government report released Thursday.
Florida girl’s dad: ‘All I want is my child’
The father of a missing 5-year-old Florida girl said he suspects his daughter was snatched from her bed before dawn Tuesday. Haleigh Cummings has been missing since 3 a.m.
U.S. official: North Korea might be making missile preparations
A U.S. spy satellite snapped an image within the last several days of preparations at a North Korean missile site previously used for Taepodong-2 missile launch operations, a senior U.S