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Quentin Tarantino sues neighbour Alan Ball over his loud macaws
In a six-page lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Tarantino claims Ball and his partner Peter Macdissi have installed an "exotic bird menagerie", which has been driving him to distraction for more than a year.
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:13A
Explosion rocks nuclear plant, Japan struggles to contain crisis
Two Japanese nuclear power stations are struggling to contain damage from a major earthquake and tsunami, in what could become be the worst nuclear incident since the catastrophic Chernobyl accident of 1984. This morning, the BBC has footage this mof
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:12A
AP Top News at 5:15 a.m. EST
By AP Photo credit: AP | Sailboats in the Santa Cruz Harbor crash against each other Friday , March 11, 2011 in Santa Cruz, Calif. A tsunami triggered by the massive earthquake in Japan rushed onto California's coast Friday, causing powerful surges
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:12A
Blackwater Contractors Convicted of Manslaughter
The trial focused on whether Cannon and Drotleff feared for their lives the night of the shooting, when the vehicle in front of them, carrying their co-workers, got into an accident. The jury could be heard arguing behind closed doors during three days
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:11A
It's the Standard Verdict - an exclusive weekly look at Colchester United
ESSEX COUNTY STANDARD U's REPORTER SIMON SPURGEON DELIVERS HIS THOUGHTS ON Colchester United IN HIS WEEKLY COLUMN: I'm convinced that there's a conspiracy of silence going on at my daughter's school. Every day I come home and ask
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:11A
Spring training roundup
By - AP RANGERS CEO Greenberg leaving ARLINGTON, Texas — It didn't take long for Chuck Greenberg to become a very visible figure for the Texas Rangers, buying the team in a bankruptcy court showdown and then taking on the role of chief executive
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:10A
Law violates rights of prostitutes, says group
"To close our eyes to this argument would risk an injustice," lawyer Michael Kotrly told Associate Chief Justice Dennis O'Connor of the Ontario Court of Appeal. The Toronto-based group says that laws prohibiting sex work discriminate against
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:08A
"Super 8" Poster Arrives Online
Plot: In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:07A
Dear Abby: Worry for childhood friend overshadows happy reunion
When I called her back, she told me she was in a serious car accident nine years ago and hasn't held a job since. The entire conversation was strange, and my gut is telling me Grace has a drug problem. She has asked me to lunch to "catch up.
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:06A
Man charged with DUI after crashing into boulder
Morris police cited Houchin in an incident Wednesday, March 9, for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, and with driving under the influence of alcohol. The incident occurred when Houchin's vehicle collided with the boulder in the parkway at
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:06A