Archive for April 28th, 2008
Three tornadoes rip through Virginia; 200 injured
SUFFOLK, Va. — Three tornadoes ripped through Virginia on Monday, with one hop-scotching across the southeastern part of the state and leaving behind a 25-mile trail of gutted homes, tossed cars and more than 200 injured residents.
Residents of some of the hardest hit neighborhoods in this town outside Norfolk [...]
U.S. Rep. McDermott pays $1 million to Rep. Boehner
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott has paid more than $1 million to House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, ending a decade-long dispute over an illegally taped telephone call.
McDermott, a Seattle Democrat, paid $1,093,297 to Boehner’s campaign committee earlier this month, spokesmen for the two men said Monday.
The payment [...]
`Cutter’ convicted in plot to carve up cadavers
NEW YORK — A judge on Monday convicted a man of secretly cutting up corpses — including that of “Masterpiece Theatre” host Alistair Cooke — as part of a multimillion-dollar body parts scheme.
Chris Aldorasi was found guilty of enterprise corruption and other criminal counts at a trial in Brooklyn. Aldorasi, who chose [...]
Soulja Boy brows not so cool, school says
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland high school is raising eyebrows with its brow grooming policy: shave ‘em or go home.
Some students at Centennial High School have shaved vertical lines into their eyebrows in a trend recently made popular by hip-hop star Soulja Boy. [...]
Police: Austrian man kept daughter in basement, fathered seven children with her
AMSTETTEN, Austria — The children locked in the basement never saw the light of day for years.
A retired electrician has confessed to imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering seven children with her in a windowless cell sealed by an electronic keyless-entry system, police said Monday.
One of the children died in infancy [...]
Great pass judgment: LeBron finds wide-open West, who delivers clutch 3-pointer as Cavaliers down Wizards
WASHINGTON — LeBron James passed the basketball, but his teammates, coach and playoff opponent passed the credit right back to him. James penetrated and kicked the ball to a wide-open Delonte West for a 3-pointer from the left corner with 5.4 seconds to go, propelling the Cavaliers to a 100-97 [...]
Cavs notes: Three-point shooting goes from negative to positively sparkling
WASHINGTON — Good things came in 3-pointers for the Cavaliers in their 100-97 win over the Washington Wizards in Game 4 Sunday afternoon at the Verizon Center. After going just 2-of-16 from behind the arc in losing Game 3 by 36 points, the Cavaliers came back to make 13-of-28 from long range in Game [...]
Browns Draft 2008: GM Savage gets back in the game, making trades, landing second fourth-round pick
BEREA — Phil Savage could only sit still for so long. After watching the NFL Draft as a bystander for three rounds, the Browns general manager thrust himself back into the action Sunday with a pair of trades near the top of the fourth round. Savage used the picks on UNLV linebacker [...]
Browns notes: Drafting tight end in fourth round a matter of value or insurance?
BEREA — Phil Savage called Missouri tight end Martin Rucker a value pick and the top remaining player on the Browns’ draft board after trading for him in the fourth round Sunday. But the Cleveland general manager admitted the somewhat uncertain status of veteran tight ends Kellen Winslow and Steve Heiden played a factor [...]
NFL Draft 2008: Elyria native Haruki Nakamura gets his chance when Ravens draft him in sixth round
BEREA — Haruki Nakamura had a jam-packed weekend. He helped with a University of Cincinnati alumni golf outing Friday, attended a breakfast Saturday for past Bearcats football captains and entertained his visiting family. It wasn’t enough to take his mind off the NFL Draft. After two [...]