Associated Press Writer TORONTO — A man who appeared on Canada’s version of “American Idol†was the third person arrested as part of an alleged plot against targets in Canada and abroad, police said Thursday. The two other suspects made a brief appearance in court on Thursday on charges they had plans to make bombs [...]
AP Medical Writer LONDON — The number of weight-loss surgeries in England jumped more than tenfold from 2000 to 2007, a new study says. Dr. Omar Faiz, a consultant surgeon at St. Mary’s Hospital in London and colleagues monitored the number of weight-loss surgeries done in government hospitals from 2000 to 2008. Overall, they found [...]
AP Golf Writer PARAMUS, N.J. — Yes, that really was Tiger Woods’ name atop the leaderboard. In his first tournament since his divorce, Woods finally looked like the No. 1 player in the world Thursday at the Barclays when he opened with a 6-under 65, his lowest score of the year, to share the lead [...]
Associated Press Writer SACRAMENTO — The tires of a JetBlue airplane caught fire Thursday during a hard landing in Sacramento that left 15 people with minor injuries and sent passengers down emergency slides to escape the aircraft. Passenger Michelle McDuffie said people onboard felt a thud when the plane touched down after a flight from [...]
NAPA — Work has begun on the final phase of a massive, $25 million wetlands restoration project along the Napa River. An excavator on Wednesday ripped through a barrier between the river and a 1,400-acre swath of former salt ponds on an island near the Napa County Airport. It’s the final phase of the Napa-Sonoma [...]
DAILY REPUBLIC FAIRFIELD — Solano County supervisors got to see a memorandum giving details about the case of a body removal service and its alleged unsatisfactory performance, but the public did not. County Counsel Dennis Bunting and Sheriff/Coroner Gary Stanton cited attorney/client privilege. But an attorney with the California Newspaper Publishers Association expressed doubt that [...]
DAILY REPUBLIC FAIRFIELD — Solano County has cut ties with a firm it chose in June to transport bodies to the county morgue for coroner investigations, citing alleged job performance problems as the reason. Brian Farley Services showed up late, lost evidence, inaccurately recorded times and implemented improper safety, evidence gathering and transport procedures, a [...]
FAIRFIELD — Did your children just win a scholarship to band camp? Are your neighbors mowing the lawns of homes owned by people who have lost their jobs? Is your daughter a new graduate? Do you have some good news? Let us know, and we’ll put it in our good news column, which runs in [...]
AP National Writers When Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed New Orleans and the surrounding region five years ago, hundreds of thousands of lives were changed forever, in myriad ways. Hundreds died, but even among survivors, many lost all that was familiar. And recovery is a process that still goes on day by day. Here are three stories [...]
AP Sports Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Here’s a four-letter word everyone’s using these days: J-E-T-S. When it comes to juicy story lines and colorful personalities, the big-talking, foul-mouthed New York Jets have the perfect cast of characters. Made for TV? No bleepin’ doubt about it. “This is who we are,†said Rex Ryan, the [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge says Chris Brown is doing a “great job†completing the terms of his probation after pleading guilty to assaulting ex-girlfriend Rihanna. Brown appeared Thursday for a brief hearing in Los Angeles. Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg noted Brown had received positive reports from domestic violence counselors and the Richmond, [...]
AP Basketball Writer ISTANBUL — Kobe Bryant towers over a city street as he dribbles a basketball in the cover photo of a pamphlet distributed earlier this year to promote the world championships. After offseason knee surgery, Bryant isn’t doing much dribbling at all this summer. Even before announcing he was leaving Cleveland for South [...]
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