Recalls this week
Modes of transportation, powered by humans and engines alike, are a focus of consumer products recalled this week.The recalled items include jogging strollers that can suddenly tip over and result in...
View ArticleCattle producers profiting from exporting
BILLINGS, Mont. — His fellow Americans eat a billion fewer pounds of beef a year than they did at the start of the Great Recession, but Shawmut cowboy Jim Taber isn’t rattled.Cattle prices have never...
View ArticleTexas Tech student groups hold monthlong cell phone drive for military
Two Texas Tech University organizations are teaming up to spread awareness of the university’s veterans programs and donate valuable talk time to those serving in the military.The Tech Activities Board...
View ArticlePit bulls in Philippine dog fights to be put down
MANILA, Philippines — Sixteen pit bulls rescued from a dogfighting ring in the Philippines were euthanized Tuesday for lack of facilities to rehabilitate them and prevent them from reappearing in...
View ArticleTim Tebow, New York Jets quarterback, talks about faith and football at...
Tim Tebow has two state football championships, two BCS national titles and the ability to boast playing quarterback for two NFL teams under his belt.But on Sunday afternoon, he told a Lubbock audience...
View ArticleStinging gas sends May Day protesters in Oakland fleeing
OAKLAND, Calif. — Hundreds of activists across the U.S. joined the worldwide May Day protests on Tuesday, with Occupy Wall Street members in several cities leading demonstrations and in some cases...
View ArticleLady Gaga concerts provoke protests from religious groups
MANILA, Philippines — Scores of Christian youths in the Philippines chanted “Stop the Lady Gaga concerts” at a rally calling for the pop diva’s shows here to be canceled despite assurances from...
View ArticleLady Gaga arrives in Philippines amid protests
MANILA, Philippines — Pop singer Lady Gaga arrived in the Philippines on Saturday to cheers from fans and protests from young Christians calling for the cancellation of her upcoming concerts.About 200...
View ArticleU.N. rights body condems Syria over massacre
BEIRUT — The U.N.’s top human rights body voted overwhelmingly Friday to condemn Syria over the slaughter of more than 100 civilians last week, but Damascus appeared impervious to the crescendo of...
View ArticleAl-Qaida's No. 2 leader dies in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A U.S. drone strike in northwest Pakistan has killed al-Qaida’s second-in-command, officials from both countries confirmed Tuesday, the most significant victory so far in the...
View ArticleUgandan Orphans Choir to perform at area organizations this month
The smiling, dancing children in the Ugandan Orphans Choir’s promotional videos betray little of the dire conditions from which they came.Some slept on dirt or concrete floors in homes where both...
View ArticleBradley scores controversial upset over Pacquiao
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Timothy Bradley promised to shock, though the biggest shock in his fight with Manny Pacquiao came from the judges’ scorecards.In a fight Pacquiao seemed to have in hand, two judges...
View ArticleBreedlove continues to ship food supplies
Breedlove Foods Inc., which has shipped its dehydrated foods around the world in recent years, now is preparing to test acceptance of a new ready-to-eat product.“We are getting ready to do a feeding...
View ArticleStalled Chinese warship safely taken off disputed shoal near Phillippines
MANILA, Philippines — Chinese navy ships safely removed one of the country's warships Sunday from a disputed shoal off the western Philippines where it had run aground while on a security patrol and...
View ArticleNY woman claims her ex-servant is using trial to get legal status to remain...
ALBANY, N.Y. — A woman accused of keeping an illegal immigrant as a servant at her upstate New York mansion says the housekeeper has become a prosecution witness in an effort to get legal status to...
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