The Washington state man dubbed “the Barefoot Bandit” because of his two-year run from the law in stolen boats, cars and planes pleaded guilty today to seven federal charges. U-S Attorney Jenny Durkan says Colton Harris-Moore could receive between 5 and 6 1/2 years in prison when he’s sentenced in October. Federal prosecutors have been [...]
Dramatic new pictures emerged on Sunday of a tsunami wave smashing into the Japanese town of Miyako, in Iwate Prefecture, on Friday. The wave crashes over the seawall carrying away everything in its path, including boats that topple over the wall and are smashed into a bridge. Cars were simply washed away, crashing into each [...]
Japan’s northeastern coast was a swampy wasteland of broken houses, overturned cars, sludge and dirty water Saturday as the nation awoke to the of a powerful tsunami created by one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded. The death toll in Japan from yesterday’s massive, 8.9-magnitude earthquake officially stood at 574 this morning, but the number [...]
North-east Japan has been swamped by a major tsunami – and the entire Pacific region is now on alert. There’s a major search and rescue operation underway in Japan. 300 hundred military planes and 40 ships have joined the mission to survey the damage. It’s the north east of Japan which has been worst hit [...]
Severe weather system that trudged across the Southeast Wednesday tore roofs off buildings, overturned cars and caused a house fire that killed a woman. 2 apparent tornadoes damaged buildings and caused minor injuries near Mobile in southwest Alabama, hours after several tornadoes were reported to the west in Louisiana. A woman died in a house [...]
The start time for Daytona 500 has been set for 1:00 pm, time when the race officially starts. Coverage of the event, however, will begin earlier, at 12:00 pm and you will be able to watch the event via FOX on February 20th. Yesterday the Daytona 500 2011 lineup was announced and we learned that [...]
For the first time in weeks, Cairo’s Tahrir Square is returning to normal after thousands of demonstrators ended their protest and left. It came after the Egyptian military, now in charge of the country, said it would suspend the constitution and dissolve parliament. The square has again been becoming clogged with cars rather than people [...]
2011 Budweiser Shootout featuring the first NASCAR race in the season started from 8 PM on FOX Sports from Daytona International Speedway in Florida. Columbia native Carl Edwards and Joplin’s Jamie McMurray are among the qualifiers for today’s 2011 Bud Shootout, the first event of the NASCAR season. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch writer Jeff Gordon, however, [...]
A 10-month investigation found no flaws in Toyota vehicles’ electronic systems that might cause unintended acceleration, but federal officials say they will propose new safety rules for all cars based on the engineers’ findings. “Toyota vehicles are safe to drive,” Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday after recounting that he had advised his daughter last [...]
