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No danger on Sunday flight _ just an ill passenger

Armed officers on Sunday rushed aboard the same Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day, but the perceived threat wasn't much of a danger _ just an ill traveler who...

Started in national news • 9 hours ago • 0 responses
Tags: united states, airline scare
Percy Sutton, Harlem political pioneer, dies at 89

Percy Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, has died. He was 89.

Started in national news • 3 responses • Last response by Savvynlady (2975) • 8 hours ago
Tags: united states, obit percy sutton, reporting, gets
FILE - Former New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins, left, and Civil Rights activist Percy Sutton attend the 80th anniversary celebration of Harlem's Schomburg Center at Lincoln Center in New York, in this Oct. 6, 2006 file photo. Sutton, the pioneering civil rights attorney who represented Malcolm X before launching successful careers as a political power broker and media mogul, died Saturday Dec. 26, 2009 at age 89. (AP Photo/Rick Maiman, File)
TSA: 2 passengers detained after flight to Phoenix

Two men thought to have been acting suspicious aboard a flight bound for Phoenix were detained and questioned by federal anti-terrorism authorities before they were released, the FBI said Sunday.

Started in national news • 10 hours ago • 0 responses
Tags: united states, phoenix airport detainment
New restrictions to add to air-travel headaches

New security restrictions swiftly implemented following a botched attempt to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day will make air travel more burdensome and could discourage some business fliers, key...

Started in latest business news • 1 hour ago • 0 responses
Tags: united states, airline attack passenger tolerance
Is Rachel Yould a victim or schemer?

Who is Rachel Yould? Is she a victim of domestic violence or a schemer who took on two identities to get rich?

Started in national news • 1 hour ago • 0 responses
Tags: united states, two identities
9 fires in western Massachusetts leave 2 dead

Authorities say nine fires that left two people dead in a western Massachusetts town are "suspicious" and they're treating them as potential crimes.

Started in national news • 8 hours ago • 0 responses
Tags: united states, massachusetts fires
Families of 3 Americans held in Iran hire lawyer

The families of three Americans arrested in July after crossing into Iran from neighboring Iraq say they have hired a prominent lawyer in Iran to work for their release.

Started in national news • 3 hours ago • 0 responses
Tags: united states, iran us hikers
LA lawyers put objections aside to make music

If a defense attorney, a prosecutor and a judge were to walk into a music hall what would be the first thing they'd do?

Started in music news • 53 minutes ago • 0 responses
Car showrooms are reborn as places to play, learn

With hard times in the auto industry and car dealerships closing around the country, the gleaming showrooms that once featured next year's models are becoming this year's new store, restaurant,...

Started in latest business news • 1 response • Last response by mensab (7546) • 6 hours ago
Tags: united states, auto showrooms new life, car showrooms, dealerships
NYC's New Year's Eve ball gets new crystal

The New Year's Eve crystal ball that drops in Times Square will have a new kind of sparkle when it descends at the stroke of midnight Thursday, and revelers will be able to toast 2010 without popping...

Started in national news • 13 hours ago • 0 responses
Tags: united states, new years ball
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