VACAVILLE — Vacaville’s Housing and Redevelopment Department has received almost $100,000 in grants to fund several housing counseling programs that include one to provide information on mortgage scams. The department got $39,916 to pay for its comprehensive housing counseling program and another $60,000 to implement mortgage modification and mortgage scams programs, according to a news [...]
Associated Press Lori Biancofiori has been looking forward to 2011 for a long time. That’s when she hopes to leave 2009 behind for good. Her husband was laid off, her salary shrunk, the transmission blew on their car and they racked up $17,000 in credit card debt. Now, nearly three years later, her hubby’s working [...]
MOGADISHU, Somalia — A leader of Somalia’s Islamist insurgency threatened to attack America during a speech broadcast Monday. “We tell the American President Barack Obama to embrace Islam before we come to his country,†said Fuad Mohamed “Shongole†Qalaf. Al-Shabab has not yet launched an attack outside Africa but Western intelligence has long been worried [...]
MOSCOW — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin pointed at the Soviet model as an example of how various ethnic groups can have friendly ties, drawing a quick retort Monday from the president in a rare sign of friction between the two leaders. Putin’s protege and successor as president, Dmitry Medvedev, countered him by saying that [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a boy for Alanis Morissette and Mario “Souleye†Treadway. A representative for the 36-year-old singer said in an e-mail Monday that Ever Imre Morissette-Treadway was born Dec. 25. The e-mail says “all are healthy and happy.†No other details were available. Morissette, whose songs include “Ironic†and “You Oughta Know,†[...]
AP Entertainment Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — The holiday season is high time for film fans. The year’s best pictures hit theaters, awards buzz begins and cold weather and extra days off make for perfect moviegoing conditions. Still, some of the world’s biggest cinephiles might enjoy this season more than most: As the newest members [...]
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Supreme Court has set up a special tribunal to review complaints of fraud stemming from the September parliamentary elections — a decision that could bring new uncertainty to a poll already marred by massive irregularities. The development comes less than a month before the 249-seat parliament convenes on Jan. 20 and [...]
AP Movie Writer The Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling marital drama “Blue Valentine†is agonizing to watch yet relentlessly compelling, even illuminating, playing almost like a sober documentary rather than a narrative film. Though fictional, “Blue Valentine†is a document of sorts, a chronicle of a crumbling marriage that often feels as honest and painful [...]
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Fears of renewed fighting in this country once divided by civil war grew Monday following a threat from West African neighbors to force out incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo if he does not soon heed international calls to step down from power. West African leaders are giving Gbagbo an ultimatum this week [...]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists say they may have found the earliest evidence yet for the existence of modern man. A Tel Aviv University team excavating a cave in central Israel said Monday they found teeth about 400,000 years old. The earliest Homo sapiens remains found until now are half that old. Archaeologist Avi Gopher [...]
BELGRADE, Serbia — Police say a series of explosions have rocked a Serbian munitions factory, causing serious damage but no injuries. The Sloboda factory in Cacak, central Serbia, which produces artillery shells and other explosive devices for the military, was ablaze for hours Monday. Authorities said they managed to evacuate workers before the blasts started. [...]
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Flickering ceiling lights are usually a nuisance, but in city offices in St. Cloud, they will actually be a pathway to the Internet. The lights will transmit data to specially equipped computers on desks below by flickering faster than the eye can see. Ultimately, the technique could ease wireless congestion by [...]
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