CNN) – Bill and Hillary Clinton will celebrate the end of the year in the heart of a city just as happy as they are to see the tail end of 2008, joining New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to watch the crystal ball drop in Times Square tonight.
(CNN) — Wiping tears from his cheeks, a man who survived avalanches that killed eight snowmobilers in western Canada said Wednesday that he and two others tried to save their friends but eventually left the mountain because of the threat of more slides.
Jeffrey Adams says he freed himself and helped free two others before making a “gut-wrenching” decision to leave.Jeffrey Adams says he freed himself and helped free two others before making a “gut-wrenching” decision to leave.
Jeffrey Adams, flanked by his fiancée, said he and the two other survivors “did everything we could to try to save” the eight Sunday.
“They died doing what they loved. … I’m truly sorry to the families that we couldn’t find them,” Adams said.
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol Palin and her boyfriend Levi Johnston are proud new parents of a baby boy, according to People.His name is Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, says Colleen Jones, Bristol’s grandmother’s sister.
“We think it’s wonderful,” said Jones, the sister of Bristol’s grandmother Sally Heath. “The baby is fine and Bristol is doing well. Everyone is excited.”
WASHINGTON — As Cuba marks the 50th anniversary of its Communist revolution this week, it is looking to Washington and wondering how Barack Obama, the 11th U.S. president to face the Castro regime, will change the stormy relationship with Havana.On Jan. 1, 1959, revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro overthrew the U.S.-backed government of President Fulgencio Batista.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel, under international pressure, is considering a 48-hour halt to its punishing four-day air campaign on Hamas targets in Gaza to see if Palestinian militants will stop their rocket attacks on southern Israel, Israeli officials said Tuesday.Any offer would be coupled with a threat to send in ground troops if the rocket fire continues.
DETROIT — The Big Three automakers are now two troubled companies
getting government help to survive and one — the Ford Motor Company — trying to make it on its own.
But Ford faces a new challenge of its own — improving its competitive position without the assistance that $17.4 billion in federal loans will provide General Motors and Chrysler.
(CNET) — Microsoft has applied for a patent on metered, pay-as-you-go computing.
Under a Microsoft proposal, consumers would receive heavily discounted PCs, then pay fees for usage.Under a Microsoft proposal, consumers would receive heavily discounted PCs, then pay fees for usage.
U.S. patent application number 20080319910, published on Christmas Day, details Microsoft’s vision of a situation where a “standard model” of PC is given away or heavily subsidized by someone in the supply chain. The end user then pays to use the computer, with charges based on both the length of usage time and the performance levels utilized, along with a “one-time charge.”
(CNN) — The bodies of six of eight snowmobilers missing after avalanches in southeastern British Columbia have been found, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Monday.
Authorities found six bodies a day after avalanches in British Columbia, Canada.Authorities found six bodies a day after avalanches in British Columbia, Canada.
Searchers will continue to look for the other two snowmobilers believed trapped in Sunday’s pair of avalanches near Fernie, British Columbia, Constable Louis Saule said.
All eight men — and three others who escaped — faced two avalanches Sunday afternoon about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) east of Fernie, a town in the Canadian Rockies about 300 kilometers (186 miles) southwest of Calgary, Alberta