Bahamians protest fatal shooting, set fire to police station

Bahamians protest fatal shooting, set fire to police station
Miami Herald – Residents on the tiny Bahamian island of Bimini set fire to a police station and several patrol boats to protest a fatal overnight shooting, a top police official said Saturday. Protesters marched through the streets around midnight on Friday, after

Wife has no luck finding husband in Iran
Miami Herald – Christine Levinson, center, the wife of missing American former FBI agent, Robert Levinson, who was last seen on the Iranian Kish island on March 8, speaks with the media, as her son Daniel, left, and her sister, Susan, listen during a press

Judge: Prison or 2nd chance for teen
Miami Herald – The boy before Judge Kenneth Biehn was quiet and withdrawn, an asthmatic whose mother used and sold crack cocaine and whose father was doing time for robbery. At just 14, Kareem Watts stood accused of his own, much more horrific crime: Stabbing to

10 charged in Internet prostitution
Chicago Tribune – said the arrests earlier this week came out of a three-month investigation, dubbed Operation Quiet Money, in which investigators monitored advertisements in the “erotic services” section of Craigslist. The ring operated in Illinois and Indiana and

Train derailment in Indiana sparks Amtrak delays
Chicago Tribune – Several Amtrak trains were experiencing delays this afternoon after a freight train derailed in northwest Indiana earlier in the day. The derailment, which occurred near Burns Harbor, Ind., affected the Amtrak trains from Michigan traveling to and

Indiana pulls upset against No. 13 West Virginia 79-66
USA Today – BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) Jamie Braun and Amber Jackson each scored 17 points and the Indiana Hoosiers hit nine three-pointers, nearly matching their season-high, to beat No. 13 West Virginia 79-66 on Saturday. It was Indiana’s first victory over a

Accused priest has his defenders
Philadelphia Daily News – After Newman was fired from Archbishop Ryan in 2003, he was sent to a treatment center for pedophiles in Indiana, Abraham said. He later moved to Wisconsin where he is currently living in a retirement home for Franciscan priests. Abookire said law

West Virginia’s Huggins gets 600th win
Miami Herald – Joe Alexander scored 20 points and No. 24 West Virginia beat Canisius 77-54 on Saturday, easily delivering coach Bob Huggins his 600th career victory. Alex Ruoff had 14 points including two 3-pointers that sparked a 17-2 first-half run as the

Report: Arms deal swayed Blair on BAE
Miami Herald – As prime minister, Tony Blair demanded the cancellation of a fraud investigation against aerospace company BAE Systems PLC in part because he feared it would jeopardize an arms deal with Saudi Arabia, a newspaper reported Saturday. The Guardian

Lawyers for Drivers Say FedEx May Owe $1 Billion in Back Taxes in Wake
Forbes – Over 50 suits have been consolidated already in federal court in South Bend, Indiana. Lynn Rossman Faris, Esq., a lead counsel for the drivers in these actions said, “The IRS decision is another milestone in this long battle. It is wholly justified