Hours after Colorado authorities said they expect to file charges in the “balloon boy” case, sheriff’s deputies and detectives were seen entering and leaving the house of Richard Heene early Sunday. Heene is the storm-chasing father whose giant Mylar balloon ascended into the sky late last week, sparking fears that his 6-year-old son Falcon was aboard.
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Scientists hope work with poison gas can be a lifesaver
A wiry, slightly hunched man presses in a few numbers, the electronic lock gives way with a beep and the group presses into the crowded laboratory, plastered with ominous warnings about toxins and biohazards.
From an icy slope, a medical miracle emerges
Fresh from medical school, Anna Bgenholm chose to do her residency in the Norwegian city of Narvik because of its spectacular mountain slopes. An expert skier, Bgenholm had gone off the trail with two other young doctors on a warm spring afternoon when she fell.
Days of flooding, landslides kill 186 in Philippines
Flooding and landslides from tropical depression Parma have killed 186 people in the Philippines, authorities said Saturday. Another 93 people have been injured, according to Nalia Tabliago of the Philippines National Disaster Coordinating Council.
FBI Top 10 fugitive captured in Mexico, officials say
Mexican federal police have arrested a fugitive on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list, Mexican authorities said.
Flooding, landslides kill 137 in Philippines
Flooding and resulting landslides killed 137 people Thursday and Friday in this nation’s northern provinces, including Baguio City, Benguet Province and Mountain Province, the Office of Civil Defense in Cordillera said Friday. Another 43 people were missing and 45 were injured, it said
Congresswoman’s husband dies in Tibet, spokesman says
Clifton Maloney — the 71-year-old husband of U.S. Rep.
U.S.: Drone hits Islamic Party building in Mosul
A U.S. drone crashed in northern Iraq Saturday morning, damaging the Mosul branch of the powerful Iraqi Islamic Party — the nation’s largest Sunni political party, a U.S.
Gmail service goes down — again
Gmail is having problems — again.
Randy Quaid, wife arrested over hotel bill
Actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, were arrested in Texas on Thursday. They’re accused of skipping out on a $10,000 hotel bill, authorities said