Tow crew members honored for saving family

Two crew members from a tow boat, including one who died, have been honored for their efforts to save a family of five after the family's boat became disabled on…Click to Continue »

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NASCAR panel upholds Childress Racing penalties

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- A NASCAR appeals panel on Friday upheld the penalties for two Richard Childress Racing Nationwide crew members who are also facing criminal charges for fighting with Nelson Piquet Jr. at Richmond International Raceway last month.

si.com (33 minutes ago)

Richard Childress Racing crew suspensions upheld

philly.com (34 minutes ago)

SEPTA: Engineer shortage leads to canceled trains

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The transit agency serving the Philadelphia area says it's had to cancel some regional rail trains on weekends because of a shortage of engineers. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports (http://bit.ly/199WU0N) eight Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority trains had to be canceled Saturday...

pottsmerc.com (1 hour ago)

J Crew brings Obama chic to London

This weekend, in an operation masterminded from a minimalist-chic brick-and-glass headquarters in central London, the White House is quietly expanding its influence over British life. Crewcuts, the mini-me arm of American retailer J Crew, has become a leading light in burgeoning childrenswear, with the help of...

guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)

JJ Abrams must steer Star Wars clear of plot holes – he's our only hope

Spoiler warning: read if you've seen Star Trek: Into Darkness When JJ Abrams was announced earlier this year as the surprise director of the new Star Wars film following Disney's $4bn buyout of George Lucas's gently disintegrating space opera empire in October, there were few dissenting voices to be heard. Here was...

guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)

Nelson Morales convicted of murder in death of NYPD's Peter Figoski

A Queens man was convicted of murder Friday in the death of NYPD Officer Peter Figoski, a West Babylon resident who was fatally shot in 2011 by one of a five-man crew that had just robbed a small-time drug dealer in the man's basement apartment in Brooklyn, officials said.

newsday.com (1 hour ago)

Burning Airbus makes emergency landing at Heathrow

A British Airways plane trailing smoke made an emergency landing on Friday morning at Heathrow, leading to a temporary shutdown of the airport and the cancellation of hundreds of flights. The flight, heading to Oslo from Heathrow, returned to the London airport shortly after taking off at 8.16am because of what BA...

guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)

Two passengers arrested after RAF jets escort diverted Pakistan plane

Two men have been arrested after a passenger jet from Pakistan was escorted into Stansted airport by RAF fighter planes following a security alert. The Pakistan International Airlines plane took off from Lahore with 297 passengers people on board and had been due to land at Manchester airport at 2pm local time....

guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)

Richard Childress crew suspensions upheld on appeal

Crew members allegedly assaulted Nelson Piquet Jr. and friend following a Nationwide race.

usatoday.com (3 hours ago)

NASCAR panel upholds RCR penalties

A NASCAR appeals panel has upheld the penalties for two Richard Childress Racing Nationwide crew members who were also criminally charged for fighting with Nelson Piquet Jr. at Richmond last month.

miamiherald.com (3 hours ago)

Williams County cracks down on crew camps where homicides occurred

WILLISTON, N.D. - Oilfield crew camps where two homicides and a stabbing have occurred need to beef up security or be forced to shut down, according to Williams County officials.

inforum.com (3 hours ago)

American Accused Of Killing Family Of 4 Nabbed In Czech Republic

PRAGUE -- An American man accused of killing a family of four in the Czech Republic has been arrested in the United States, police said Friday. Leos Trzil, regional police chief in Brno, said Kevin Dahlgren was arrested after the Czechs issued an international warrant. Dahlgren was arrested by FBI agents at...

huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)

William Astore: Biocide: A Memorial Day for Planet Earth

Memorial Day weekend is a time to reflect on loved ones lost, and also an opportunity for many to get outside to enjoy God's green earth. Yet our consumption-driven lifestyles, and our continued burning of fossil fuels in stupendous quantities (even George W. Bush declared that our nation is "addicted" to oil), make...

huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)

MORNING UPDATE: Sorting crew puts Duluth's trash under scrutiny

A crew is in Duluth this week to sort through the garbage on the transfer floor at the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District to find out exactly what we're throwing out that we shouldn't be, and how much of it.

duluthnewstribune.com (3 hours ago)

Britain Scrambles Fighter Jets To Escort Pakistani Plane

LONDON — Two men were arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft Friday after a U.K. fighter jet was scrambled to divert their plane as it traveled from Pakistan to Britain, officials said. The incident further rattled the U.K. just days after a British soldier was brutally killed on a London street in a...

huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)

Preppy goes posh: J.Crew opens pop-up shop in London

For its first foray in the city J.Crew is setting up a temporary shop in the Western Transit Shed in King's Cross, London.    

nydailynews.com (4 hours ago)

Threats made aboard diverted Pakistan plane: passenger

LONDON (Reuters) - A passenger aboard a Pakistan International Airlines plane flying from Lahore to Manchester that was diverted under military jet escort to Stansted, northeast of London on Friday said someone had made threats against its crew. "We landed safely and then he (the pilot) announced that they had had...

yahoo.com (4 hours ago)

Who chooses Jade Parfitts wardrobe? Her six-year-old son...

Jade Parfitt’s wardrobe may be the envy of many fashion fans but it seems she has a little help at home. The model joined Serena Linley, Dylan Jones and tailor Patrick Grant at US fashion brand J Crew’s concept store to celebrate its partnership with Central Saint Martins College, sporting an ensemble which had...

standard.co.uk (4 hours ago)

Passenger from New York indicted in Nebraska

OMAHA - A New York man had been indicted on federal charges, accused of assaulting and intimidating flight crew members on a flight from New York to Omaha last month.

journalstar.com (5 hours ago)

BA jet makes emergency landing after engine fire

By Rhys Jones and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - A British Airways plane with 80 people on board made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow airport on Friday after the right engine burst into flames shortly after take-off and the casing ripped away from the left. The British carrier, part of IAG, said all 75...

yahoo.com (5 hours ago)

Limerick nuke plant hearing attracts Japanese film crew

LOWER POTTSGROVE - It didn't take long for the specter of the Fukushima Daaichi nuclear accident in Japan to be raised at Thursday's meeting on the potential environmental impacts of allowing the Limerick nuclear plant to operate for an additional 20 years. That accident, which occurred in March, 2011, was caused by...

thereporteronline.com (6 hours ago)

The Style Agenda, May 24 - 30, 2013

This Bank Holiday: J.Crew pops up in King's Cross, Louis Vuitton presents the latest must-have and Jason Brooks brings Paris to life on the page.    

telegraph.co.uk (6 hours ago)

Liberty University's crew practices at Ivy Lake

Sam Knauss, Robert Heinke, Joel Buckhalt and Robert Newman of the Liberty University crew practice at Ivy Lake on Wednesday in preparation for their national competition held this weekend in Gainsvill

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Failure? It’s like a badge of honour... Judy Craymer on closing her Spice Girls musical

"It’s a kind of grief,” says producer Judy Craymer in her first interview since she announced the closure of her Spice Girls musical Viva Forever! next month, a mere eight months after its opening. The 52-year-old is putting a brave face on it - she’s all throaty chuckles, skintight leather trews and perky peroxide...

standard.co.uk (7 hours ago)

McDonald's Most Caloric Item Ever

McDonald's will add its most caloric item ever to its menu in Japan beginning next week, with the "Street Signs" crew.

cnbc.com (8 hours ago)

Pub named after a hero of the Battle of Waterloo refuses to serve Navy sailors wearing their...

The crew of HMS Edinburgh had paraded through the city to mark the decommissioning of the 30-year-old vessel before being turned away from the Ensign Ewart pub.

dailymail.co.uk (8 hours ago)

Emergency Landing Prompts Closure Of Heathrow Runways

LONDON (AP) - A British Airways jet made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport after developing a technical fault after takeoff. TV footage showed smoke streaming from one of the engines. Airport officials briefly closed both runways at Europe's busiest airport Friday morning, causing delays. They were...

huffingtonpost.com (8 hours ago)

Emergency landing causes delays at Heathrow

An emergency landing by a British Airways jet has briefly closed both runways at London's Heathrow Airport. Airport officials said Friday that one of the airport's two runways had now reopened but that there were still delays. Heathrow officials say passengers were evacuated safely from the stricken plane. Footage...

foxnews.com (9 hours ago)

Foreign preacher takes rare turn on Vietnam stage

The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to Communist-ruled Vietnam to deliver. "Do you know why I love God?" Nick Vujicic asked a young girl on stage who, like him, was born without arms...

foxnews.com (9 hours ago)