Disney to buy comic powerhouse Marvel for $4B – Detroit Free Press

Disney to buy comic powerhouse Marvel for $4B – Detroit Free Press
LOS ANGELES The Walt Disney Co. is buying Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing such characters as Iron Man and Spider-Man into the family of Mickey Mouse and WALL-E. Under the deal, which was announced today and is expected to close by the end of the year, Disney

Kim Clijsters wins first match at U.S. Open; so does Roger Federer – Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Flushing Meadows, N.Y. – Kim Clijsters walked onto Arthur Ashe Stadium Court this morning, four years removed from her triumph here when she won her only major tennis tournament at the U.S. Open and still taking the early steps of her return to the game. Clijsters had removed herself

Gibbs Tackles Questions About Afghanistan and Health Care – Roll Call Online
The war in Afghanistan and the domestic battle over health care reform were the issues of the day at Monday afternoon s White House briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. Gibbs was repeatedly pressed about President Barack Obama s stance on Afghanistan and when the White House expects to

Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives at International Space Station – Myfoxla.com
Space shuttle Discovery pulled up and docked at the international space station on Sunday night, delivering a full load of gear and science experiments. The linkup occurred as the spacecraft zoomed more than 200 miles above the Atlantic and ended a round-the-world chase of nearly two days. The

Dangerous hurricane heads for Mexico resort – Reuters
LOS CABOS, Mexico (Reuters) – Hurricane Jimena, a dangerous Category 4 storm, churned toward Mexico’s Baja California peninsula on Monday, headed for the upscale Los Cabos resort where residents sandbagged their homes and tourists stocked up on food. Jimena, which built up fast over the weekend, got

Former Miss California sues over firing – Daily Herald
FILE – In this April 26, 2009 file photo, Miss California USA Carrie Prejean listens to a question at the Rock Church during services in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File) Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean sued pageant officials Monday for libel, slander and religious discrimination

Patients on drug cocktail not at higher risk – Post-Bulletin
BARCELONA, Spain — Heart patients taking a commonly prescribed cocktail of blood thinners and heartburn drugs may not be at increased risk of heart attacks or other problems, a new study says. That contradicts research published last year that suggested a dangerous interaction between the two types

Japan’s next PM: change agent, but he’s no Obama – Axcess News
(AXcess News) Tokyo – Japan’s next prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, hailed his party’s landslide victory Sundayas a “revolution” in a nation where one party dominated politics for more than half a century. As head of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which crushed the ruling Liberal

Wildfire traps 5 people at Los Angeles-area ranch – San Francisco Gate
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says five people who refused to heed wildfire evacuation orders are trapped in a canyon and it’s too dangerous to rescue them. Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore says the four men and a woman refused to leave the Angeles National Forest two days ago. On

8th person dies in Ga. mobile home attack – KSDK
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Police say an eighth victim has died from the attacks at a Georgia mobile home. Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering on Sunday identified the victim as 19-year-old Michael Toler. He was one of two people critically injured in the attacks in Brunswick along the Georgia coast