News to Know . . .
Courtney Clark
Issue date: 2/18/09 Section: News
A federal aviation official says the commuter flight that crashed and killed 50 people near Buffalo dropped 800 feet in five seconds shortly before impact. Investigators also say the plane was on autopilot when it went down in icy weather, indicating that the pilot may have violated federal safety recommendations and the airline's own policy for flying in such conditions.
Software giant Microsoft is offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of hackers behind a powerful computer virus that could lead to millions of PCs being hijacked.
The White House is creating a Presidential Task Force on autos to oversee the restructuring of the auto industry, a senior administration official said. Auto giants, including General Motors and Chrysler, have to submit plans to show the government how they can repay the billions in federal loans they borrowed.
Sonic booms and at least one fireball in the sky were reported in Texas on Sunday, less than a week after two satellites collided in space and a day after the Federal Aviation Administration asked U.S. pilots to watch for "falling space debris," authorities said.
The Mexican navy confiscated seven tons of cocaine being transported on a fishing vessel in international waters in the Pacific Ocean, the navy secretary said.
Nuclear-armed submarines from Britain and France collided deep under the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month, causing damage to both vessels but releasing no radioactivity, a British official said Monday.
Teamed for probably the last time and playing together for the first time in almost five years, the two former Los Angeles Lakers teammates Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant stole the show in Sunday's 58th NBA All-Star Game. They were named co-MVPs as the West won 146-119.
A 4-year-old boy in Washington went on a wild ride after he managed to slip his mother's parked car into gear, rolling onto a busy street and eventually crashing though the front of a store.
Just hours after his triumphant return to cycling on U.S. soil, Lance Armstrong's one-of-a-kind bike was stolen from his trailer parked in a downtown Sacramento alley, police confirmed.
A jury began deliberations Friday over the fate of Kathleen Hilton, the 62-year-old woman charged with setting a fire that killed a family of five in 1999.
Software giant Microsoft is offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of hackers behind a powerful computer virus that could lead to millions of PCs being hijacked.
The White House is creating a Presidential Task Force on autos to oversee the restructuring of the auto industry, a senior administration official said. Auto giants, including General Motors and Chrysler, have to submit plans to show the government how they can repay the billions in federal loans they borrowed.
Sonic booms and at least one fireball in the sky were reported in Texas on Sunday, less than a week after two satellites collided in space and a day after the Federal Aviation Administration asked U.S. pilots to watch for "falling space debris," authorities said.
The Mexican navy confiscated seven tons of cocaine being transported on a fishing vessel in international waters in the Pacific Ocean, the navy secretary said.
Nuclear-armed submarines from Britain and France collided deep under the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month, causing damage to both vessels but releasing no radioactivity, a British official said Monday.
Teamed for probably the last time and playing together for the first time in almost five years, the two former Los Angeles Lakers teammates Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant stole the show in Sunday's 58th NBA All-Star Game. They were named co-MVPs as the West won 146-119.
A 4-year-old boy in Washington went on a wild ride after he managed to slip his mother's parked car into gear, rolling onto a busy street and eventually crashing though the front of a store.
Just hours after his triumphant return to cycling on U.S. soil, Lance Armstrong's one-of-a-kind bike was stolen from his trailer parked in a downtown Sacramento alley, police confirmed.
A jury began deliberations Friday over the fate of Kathleen Hilton, the 62-year-old woman charged with setting a fire that killed a family of five in 1999.
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