Followed by a long line of limousines and police cars, Mayor Dave Tebben made his last trip to City Hall.
The processional of cars rolled down Capitol Street and stopped in front of a large crowd of city employees who lined the sidewalk Friday afternoon.
A low, tolling bell rang across the courtyard as City Manager Dennis [...]
The long, strange trip of a Manhattan chapel dedicated to New Age belief and psychedelic art is ending.
The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors is slated to close with a New Year’s Eve party after four years of attempting to transport visitors to altered realities through art and neo-pagan spirituality.
Painters Alex and Allyson Grey founded the chapel [...]
Madoff will wear an electronic ankle bracelet and will only be able to leave home for appointments prearranged with authorities. The Madoffs signed an agreement to forfeit their Manhattan apartment and properties in Montauk, N.Y., and Palm Beach, Fla., if they failed to adhere to bail conditions.
Bernard Madoff was filmed by TV crews leaving the [...]
Military operations will end by 31 May and the remaining 4,100 service personnel will leave within two months.
Several hundred trainers will remain, some working with the Iraqi navy.
UK PM Mr Brown, who held talks with Mr Maliki before heading to Basra, said he was proud of British troops adding: “We leave Iraq a better place”.
The [...]
Businessman David Sibbald, 27, admitting placing nine passengers in danger of drowning after overloading a 17ft cruiser at Loch Earn in June.
Midway through the journey, rescuers had to be summoned after the boat began taking on water due to its heavy load.
Sheriff Derek Livingston described the incident as “absolute stupidity”.
At an earlier hearing, the court [...]
U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold is visiting American troops in Germany during a three-country trip that also will take him to Africa.
A statement from Feingold’s office says the Wisconsin Democrat met Tuesday with doctors and wounded soldiers in Landstuhl (LAHND’-shtool). The statement says he greeted troops along with Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint [...]
A jury found the homeowners liable because of the uneven sidewalk in front of their home, but the higher court said the responsibility for sidewalk maintenance was improperly transferred to property owners by City Council about 20 years ago.
That also means that the emergency fund for the new Sidewalk Repair Program is needed because some [...]
Heimsan Trophy winning quarterback Sam Bradford is winding up his trip to New York.
Among the activities scheduled for today is for Bradford to ring the bell to open trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Tonight he’s to attend a black-tie banquet in his honor with only former Heisman winners, members of the Heisman trust and [...]
The last two days have been crazy for the Iowa State football program. If you would have told me at the beginning of the week an SEC power would seriously consider hiring a coach who has won five total games in the last two years I would have thought it was a joke.
But that’s what [...]
The Rockets’ revolving door for injured players took another spin Wednesday, likely putting Ron Artest out for two games but possibly bringing back Tracy McGrady.
Artest is not expected to accompany the Rockets on their two-game road trip this weekend in order to rest his sore and swollen right ankle, Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said. [...]
