26/07/2008

Banksy's Greatest Hits

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26/07/2008

Philippe Petit's High-Wire Act

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26/07/2008

Baghdad Outraged by Olympic Ban

Why pick on Iraq now, they ask, when sports corruption under Saddam Hussein was so much worse?

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26/07/2008

How to Survive Plane Decompression

Your flight may seem apocalyptic and surreal after the oxygen masks drop but the scariest moments may actually be good signs. Put on your mask and breathe

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26/07/2008

Poland: Leave Chopin's Heart Alone

Like a religious relic, the heart of composer Frederic Chopin rests in a Warsaw church, untouched since it was preserved in alcohol after his death in 1849 at age 39

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26/07/2008

Sugar Co. Fined $8.7M in Deadly Blast

A Georgia lawmaker says federal officials are proposing $8.7 million in fines against Imperial Sugar for violations at a plant near Savannah where an explosion killed 13 people and at another plant in Louisiana

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26/07/2008

Military: Sri Lankan Fighting Kills 49

Sri Lankan troops fought off an attack early Friday from ethnic Tamil rebels trying to recapture lost territory

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26/07/2008

Hole Forces Qantas Plane to Land

A Qantas flight en route to Australia from London made an emergency stop in Manila after a loud bang punched a hole in the Boeing 747-400's fuselage

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26/07/2008

FDA: Avoid JalapeÑos from Mexico

The government is narrowing its warning to hot pepper lovers, saying only Mexican-grown jalapenos now are linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak - clearing the U.S. crop

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26/07/2008

Would You Drive 55?

Senator John Warner wants to enforce a national speed limit as an answer to soaring gas prices

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26/07/2008

California Bans Restaurant Trans Fats

California on Friday became the first state to ban trans fats from restaurant food, following several cities and major fast-food chains in erasing the notorious artery-clogger from menus

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26/07/2008

Miss. River Open to Traffic After Spill

The first of 200 ships idled by a massive oil spill began crawling down the Mississippi River Friday after the Coast Guard reopened the waterway to traffic

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26/07/2008

NFL Report: Favre Going to Camp

Brett Favre has told the Green Bay Packers he plans to report to training camp this weekend, according to an NFL Network report Friday

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26/07/2008

Dressed Not to Be Killed

Colombian designer Miguel Caballero is building a thriving business as the world's only producer of "designer bulletproof fashion"

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26/07/2008

Report: Chrysler to Stop Leasing

Chrysler LLChas told dealers that the automaker's financial arm plans to get out of the auto leasing business before the end of the year

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