SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Pacific air was so cold at the end of a 10-hour day at Torrey Pines that Tiger Woods thrust both hands in the front pockets of his rain pants as he walked off the course at the Farmers Insurance Open.It was a fitting image. Woods made a marathon day look like he was out for a stroll.Staked to a two-shot lead going into the third round of this fog-delayed tournament, Woods drove...
Gas prices in RI climb 3 cents
Labels: WorldPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Gasoline prices are inching back up in Rhode Island.AAA Southern New England reported Monday that the average price of a gallon of regular gas is $ 3.54, up three cents from last week.That’s three cents higher than a month ago. The local price is 20 cents above the per-gallon national average.Rhode Islanders were paying $ 3.57 a gallon on average a year ago.Energy News Headlines...
Why haven't we learned from fires?
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSPyrotechnics, overcrowding, poor exits have contributed to tragic fires in recent yearsYou would think the world would have learned from past incidents, John Barylick saysConcertgoers have to be their own fire marshals, he saysEditor's note: John Barylick, author of "Killer Show," a book on the 2003 Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island, is an attorney who represented victims in wrongful...
2 killed in West Rogers Park in possible carbon monoxide leak
Labels: Health The first sign of trouble came around 3 a.m. Sunday when Shabbir Ahmed's sister-in-law woke up feeling ill."It started from...
Violence flares in Egypt after emergency law imposed
Labels: BusinessCAIRO (Reuters) - A man was shot dead on Monday in a fifth day of violence that has killed 50 Egyptians and prompted the Islamist president to declare a state of emergency in an attempt to end a wave of unrest sweeping the biggest Arab nation. Emergency rule announced by President Mohamed Mursi on Sunday covers the cities of Port Said, Ismailia and Suez. The army has already been deployed...
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Wall Street Week Ahead: Bears sleep as stocks near record highs
Labels: WorldNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks have been on a tear in January, moving major indexes within striking distance of all-time highs. The bearish case is a difficult one to make right now. Earnings have exceeded expectations, the housing and labor markets have strengthened, lawmakers in Washington no longer seem to be the roadblock that they were for most of 2012, and money has returned to...
Fog delays 3rd round at Torrey Pines
Labels: TechnologySAN DIEGO (AP) — Tiger Woods is going to have to wait to pursue another win at Torrey Pines.A thick fog shrouded the course along the Pacific bluffs on Saturday and essentially wiped out the entire day at the Farmers Insurance Open. Woods, a six-time winner of this tournament, had a two-shot lead and never even bothered coming to the golf course. Three players completed one hole — and that was after...
Women in infantry: Tough challenge?
Labels: LifestyleHospital Corpsman Shannon Crowley packs for a mission as Lance Cpl.. Kristi Baker sits on her bed in 2010 in Afghanistan.STORY HIGHLIGHTSMaren Leed: Ban on women in combat has hurt operations, women's promotionLeed: Integrating women into the physically demanding infantry presents challenges Women are already in combat; she says, the "front line" and "rear line" no longer existLeed: Research into...
Nightclub fire kills at least 200 in Brazil
Labels: HealthA fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday, killing at least 245 people and leaving at least 200 injured, police and firefighters said. (Jan. 27) ...
Nightclub fire kills at least 232 in Brazil
Labels: BusinessSANTA MARIA, Brazil (Reuters) - A fire in a nightclub killed at least 232 people in southern Brazil on Sunday when a band's pyrotechnics show set the building ablaze and fleeing partygoers stampeded toward blocked and overcrowded exits in the ensuing panic, officials said. The blaze in the university town of Santa Maria was started by a band member or someone from its production team...
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