Monday, March 1
International News Updates
Chile quakedeath toll over 700 as rescue ramps up
Police fired tear gas and imposed an overnight curfew to control looters who sacked virtually every market in this hard-hit city as Chile's earthquake toll surpassed 700. President Michelle Bachelet promised imminent deliveries of food, water and shelter for thousands living on the streets
Chile President Michelle Bachelet steps up quake rescue
The earthquake debris in Chile and the coastal floods Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced emergency measures to deal with the destruction caused by Saturday's massive earthquake. The 8.8 magnitude quake - one of the most powerful recorded - devastated central parts of the country, killing more than 700 people. Troops are being deployed to help with rescue efforts and prevent looting. A curfew is in force in some areas. Basic supplies are to be distributed as rescuers reach..
Police fired tear gas and imposed an overnight curfew to control looters who sacked virtually every market in this hard-hit city as Chile's earthquake toll surpassed 700. President Michelle Bachelet promised imminent deliveries of food, water and shelter for thousands living on the streets
Chile President Michelle Bachelet steps up quake rescue
The earthquake debris in Chile and the coastal floods Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has announced emergency measures to deal with the destruction caused by Saturday's massive earthquake. The 8.8 magnitude quake - one of the most powerful recorded - devastated central parts of the country, killing more than 700 people. Troops are being deployed to help with rescue efforts and prevent looting. A curfew is in force in some areas. Basic supplies are to be distributed as rescuers reach..
Business Updates
JFK runway closure to rattle nerves
The main runway at New York's John F. Kennedy International will be closed for four months starting March 1. Millions of travelers will experience delays - including some not flying anywhere near the Big Apple. With about one-third of JFK's traffic and half of its departures being diverted to three smaller runways, planes will wait on longer lines on the ground for takeoffs and in the air for landings. Delays at one of the nation's largest airports will ripple to cities across the U.S.
The main runway at New York's John F. Kennedy International will be closed for four months starting March 1. Millions of travelers will experience delays - including some not flying anywhere near the Big Apple. With about one-third of JFK's traffic and half of its departures being diverted to three smaller runways, planes will wait on longer lines on the ground for takeoffs and in the air for landings. Delays at one of the nation's largest airports will ripple to cities across the U.S.
Sports Updates
Rogge brings end to "excellent, very friendly" Games
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge described the Vancouver Winter Games as "excellent and very friendly" before declaring them closed on Sunday. Rogge, speaking at the closing ceremony, paid tribute to Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian luger .
Bopara will join by Wednesday: Kings XI Punjab.
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge described the Vancouver Winter Games as "excellent and very friendly" before declaring them closed on Sunday. Rogge, speaking at the closing ceremony, paid tribute to Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian luger .
Bopara will join by Wednesday: Kings XI Punjab.
Crime News
Dubai murder suspects 'hiding in Israel'
Mahmud al-Mabhuh, a founder of the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, was found dead in his Dubai hotel room on January 20. Police said he had been drugged then suffocated.
"I am sure that all the suspects are in Israel," police chief Dahi Khalfan told a media conference in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi.
"If they stay in Israel, they won't be arrested, but eventually if they leave they will be arrested," the police chief added, referring to a list of suspects passed on to Interpol.
Twelve British, six Irish, four French, three Australian and one German passports were used by 26 named suspects, according to Dubai police, who say they fled the emirate on flights to Europe and Asia.
Robbers leave wounded partner to die
A fatally wounded robber was abandoned by his accomplices after they pushed him from their getaway car while fleeing from a Pretoria business which they had robbed.
The gang of three, who were armed with a toy gun, were in the process of robbing a printing business in Menlo Park on Friday night when they were surprised by one of the employees, who lives on the premises.
As the man, who was at 10th Street premises in Menlo Park with three of his colleagues, went to investigate a noise he came across the suspects stealing computer equipment.
Police said the suspects fled from the house with their loot and sped off in their getaway car which was waiting outside the business.
Police spokesperson, Captain Colette Weilbach said as the robber's getaway driver drove off the car was suddenly stopped and the wounded suspect was pushed out of the vehicle. "The suspects then drove off leaving their fatally wounded accomplice behind," she said, adding that the man died in the street.
Weilbach said the dead suspect's accomplices escaped with several pieces of computer equipment.
She said police, who were investigating a business robbery case, found a 9mm toy gun inside the house, which one of the suspects was believed to have left behind when they escaped.
Mahmud al-Mabhuh, a founder of the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, was found dead in his Dubai hotel room on January 20. Police said he had been drugged then suffocated.
"I am sure that all the suspects are in Israel," police chief Dahi Khalfan told a media conference in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi.
"If they stay in Israel, they won't be arrested, but eventually if they leave they will be arrested," the police chief added, referring to a list of suspects passed on to Interpol.
Twelve British, six Irish, four French, three Australian and one German passports were used by 26 named suspects, according to Dubai police, who say they fled the emirate on flights to Europe and Asia.
Robbers leave wounded partner to die
A fatally wounded robber was abandoned by his accomplices after they pushed him from their getaway car while fleeing from a Pretoria business which they had robbed.
The gang of three, who were armed with a toy gun, were in the process of robbing a printing business in Menlo Park on Friday night when they were surprised by one of the employees, who lives on the premises.
As the man, who was at 10th Street premises in Menlo Park with three of his colleagues, went to investigate a noise he came across the suspects stealing computer equipment.
Police said the suspects fled from the house with their loot and sped off in their getaway car which was waiting outside the business.
Police spokesperson, Captain Colette Weilbach said as the robber's getaway driver drove off the car was suddenly stopped and the wounded suspect was pushed out of the vehicle. "The suspects then drove off leaving their fatally wounded accomplice behind," she said, adding that the man died in the street.
Weilbach said the dead suspect's accomplices escaped with several pieces of computer equipment.
She said police, who were investigating a business robbery case, found a 9mm toy gun inside the house, which one of the suspects was believed to have left behind when they escaped.
Entertainment Updates
Finaly "Shrek" movie to open Tribeca Film Fest
The world's most famous ogre, Shrek, his princess, and motley crew of friends will open the Tribeca Film Festival next month, with the final chapter of the successful series making its world premiere in 3-D in New York.
Giorgio Armani Looking Ever More Easterly
That felt very much the mood at Giorgio Armani's latest runway show Saturday, Feb. 27, in Milan, when Italy's most famous designer staged an Asian-tinted show, before the industry's top critics and editors and a team of his executives buoyed by their booming business in China.
Armani has frequently included Asian imagery and ideas in his collections before, one season Japanese, and now Chinese, and consumers have always been huge fans. But the link has rarely been more apparent than in this fall 2010 collection, which reached its climax on the designer's Perspex catwalk, lit from underneath in a bright signature Chinese red.
That colored rippled through this collection, which the designer christened "Uptown Girl," and whose most elegant moment was a pair of young ladies in pink cocktail dresses with Chinese abstract paisley embroidered motifs, a brilliant bridge between East and West.
Yet, his opener was a foursome of dashing figures in hyper luxe emerald green, swirling cloak dresses and coats with elaborate collars that had all the movie star glory one expects from Armani.
The world's most famous ogre, Shrek, his princess, and motley crew of friends will open the Tribeca Film Festival next month, with the final chapter of the successful series making its world premiere in 3-D in New York.
Giorgio Armani Looking Ever More Easterly
That felt very much the mood at Giorgio Armani's latest runway show Saturday, Feb. 27, in Milan, when Italy's most famous designer staged an Asian-tinted show, before the industry's top critics and editors and a team of his executives buoyed by their booming business in China.
Armani has frequently included Asian imagery and ideas in his collections before, one season Japanese, and now Chinese, and consumers have always been huge fans. But the link has rarely been more apparent than in this fall 2010 collection, which reached its climax on the designer's Perspex catwalk, lit from underneath in a bright signature Chinese red.
That colored rippled through this collection, which the designer christened "Uptown Girl," and whose most elegant moment was a pair of young ladies in pink cocktail dresses with Chinese abstract paisley embroidered motifs, a brilliant bridge between East and West.
Yet, his opener was a foursome of dashing figures in hyper luxe emerald green, swirling cloak dresses and coats with elaborate collars that had all the movie star glory one expects from Armani.
Science/Health Updates
High-fadiets raise stroke risk in women
A moment on the lips, forever on the hips? A bad figure is hardly the worst of it. Eating a lot of fat, especially the kind that's in cookies and pastries, can significantly raise the risk of stroke for women over 50, a large new study finds. We already know that diets rich in fat, particularly artery-clogging trans fat, are bad for the heart and the waistline.
The new study is the largest to look at stroke risk in women and across all types of fat. It showed a clear trend: Those who ate the most fat had a 44 percent higher risk of the most common type of stroke compared to those who ate the least.
"It's a tremendous increase that is potentially avoidable," said Dr. Emil Matarese, stroke chief at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Penn. "What's bad for the heart is bad for the brain."
Fords to Feature Voice
Later this year, Ford automobiles will let you access the Internet and take your digital life on the road. Safety experts worry, however, that all the distractions could be dangerous.
A moment on the lips, forever on the hips? A bad figure is hardly the worst of it. Eating a lot of fat, especially the kind that's in cookies and pastries, can significantly raise the risk of stroke for women over 50, a large new study finds. We already know that diets rich in fat, particularly artery-clogging trans fat, are bad for the heart and the waistline.
The new study is the largest to look at stroke risk in women and across all types of fat. It showed a clear trend: Those who ate the most fat had a 44 percent higher risk of the most common type of stroke compared to those who ate the least.
"It's a tremendous increase that is potentially avoidable," said Dr. Emil Matarese, stroke chief at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Penn. "What's bad for the heart is bad for the brain."
Fords to Feature Voice
Later this year, Ford automobiles will let you access the Internet and take your digital life on the road. Safety experts worry, however, that all the distractions could be dangerous.
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