Nobel Prize jurors who accepted all-expenses-paid trips to China to discuss the coveted awards are being investigated on suspicion of bribery, a Swedish prosecutor said Thursday.
Anti-corruption prosecutor Nils-Erik Schultz said he opened the probe to determine whether the trips in 2006 and 2008 were meant to influence the decisions of the Nobel committees. He declined [...]
The Boat, Oahu’s ferry service, has cancelled its second morning and afternoon sailings for Wednesday.
Darin Mar, project manager, told PBN Tuesday that the Melissa Ann was out of service because of a mechanical issue.
The F-shuttle bus would transport riders to Aloha Tower.
The Boat said the F-shuttle bus would transport riders from Aloha Tower to Kalaeloa. [...]
An all-expense-paid trip to Disneyland won’t bring back 10-year-old Alexandra Miller’s dad, Army Capt. Lowell “Tom” Miller, II, 35, of Flint, who was killed by small-arms fire in Iskandariyah, Iraq, in 2005. But her trip with more than 40 other children, spouses and parents of fallen military personnel from Michigan and the Midwest who boarded [...]
Emer the errant emu is home after roaming free across northern Rhode Island for a month. The fugitive was profiled on television broadcasts. Authorities, area residents and owner Pamela Hood had tried to capture him. Yet he managed to outlast tranquilizer darts, traffic, freezing temperatures and hunger.
Finally on Saturday a Burrillville woman spotted Emer sauntering [...]
The Stanford women’s basketball team’s return to its home court was short-lived but sweet. After a two-week break for finals, the No. 3-ranked Cardinal resumed non-conference play Saturday at Maples Pavilion with a 100-62 win over Fresno State.
“Fresno is a very athletic team,” Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer said. “They are not as big as Duke [...]
President Bush today made a surprise farewell trip to Baghdad, where he said the war in Iraq had been difficult but necessary for the cause of world peace.
Bush met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and other leaders, emerging afterward to praise their recent agreement on the continued presence of American forces in Iraq and its [...]
Crate training and comfort food are part of preparations for two pandas headed from mainland China to Taiwan in a highly anticipated exchange signifying warming ties between the longtime rivals, state media reported Friday.
Beijing first offered the pandas to Taiwan in 2005 but Taiwan’s former leaders resisted the move, saying it was part of Chinese [...]
The Rockets injury revolving door took another spin on Tuesday, likely putting Ron Artest out for two games but possibly bringing Tracy McGrady back.
Artest is not expected to accompany the Rockets on their two-game road trip this week to rest his sore and swollen right ankle, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said on Wednesday. Morey, [...]
After completing a successful road trip East, the Portland Trail Blazers look to resume their domination at home.
If they are to extend their best start at the Rose Garden in a decade, the Trail Blazers will have to cool off the Orlando Magic on Tuesday when the division leaders conclude their two-game season series.
“This is [...]
A settlement has been reached in the case of a government biologist who was threatened with a 30-day job suspension over a kayaking trip.
Heather Wylie, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers biologist in Los Angeles, went kayaking on the Los Angeles River in July to protest a proposal by the Corps that could have weakened [...]
