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- Mystery persists about who killed Huey Long Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 3:51AMNEW ORLEANS—Who killed Huey Long? Was it an assassination? A fisticuffs turned fatal? A police cover-up?
- The Enduring Mystery of Who Killed Huey P. Long Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 4:41PMNEW ORLEANS (AP) - Who killed Huey Long? Was it an assassination? A fisticuffs turned fatal? A police cover-up? This week marks the 75th anniversary of the shooting and death of the former Louisiana governor and U.S. senator, whose homicide is still debated by historians and sleuths weighing confusing and sometimes contradictory evidence in the case. The school history books say he was shot by ...
- A China Newly Rich and Still Quite Poor Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 8:03AMChina has had an amazing 30-year sprint to wealth for many of its people. But the distribution of wealth is nowhere near equal.
- Kevin Pietersen realises how much his stock has fallen Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 4:12PMKevin Pietersen's says sorry for Twitter outburst but can only manage 38 in Surrey defeat at the Oval.
- Serbian goalkeeper gets death threats Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 10:08AMA former goalkeeper for Red Star Belgrade has been receiving death threats after signing with bitter rival Partizan. Red Star fans have published an obituary on a sports forum website following Vladimir Stojkovic's move days ago from Sporting Lisbon. Stojkovic said Tuesday he understands how Red Star fans feel, "but publishing my obituary is a bit too much." He says he will not hire...
- Former Red Star goalkeeper gets death threats after signing for rival Partizan Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:31AMFormer Red Star Belgrade goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic has been receiving death threats after signing for bitter rivals Partizan. Red Star fans have published an obituary on a sports forum website following Stojkovic's move earlier this week from Sporting Lisbon.
- New Partizan goalkeeper gets death threats Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:10AMFormer Red Star Belgrade goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic has been receiving death threats after signing for bitter rivals Partizan.
- New Partizan goalkeeper gets death threats Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:08AMFormer Red Star Belgrade goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic has been receiving death threats after signing for bitter rivals Partizan. Red Star fans have published an obituary on a sports forum website following Stojkovic's move earlier this week from Sporting Lisbon. "I understand Red Star fans, but publishing my obituary is a bit too much," Stojkovic said on Tuesday.
- Singapore offers job to 45,000 Bangladeshis Friday, August 27, 2010 @ 9:52PMThe Daily Star, 28 July 2010 Singapore has proposed hiring 45,000 female domestic workers from Bangladesh on a pay higher than in the Middle Eastern countries. Singapore is home to around two lakh Bangladeshi workers, but this is the first time it wants to hire female ones. “Singapore needs 1.75 lakh female domestic workers. They would like to [...]
- Andy Bockelman: ‘Expendables’ an indispensable action flick Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 1:06AMRemember the days when action heroes were big, dumb brutes who were always easy to cheer for as they doled out their brand of justice? One of the stars of “The Expendables” certainly did, so he made his movie accordingly. When government agencies need someone who can do a dangerous job fast and efficiently, they call The Expendables, a group of soldiers for hire who perform every task as if it ...
- The 10 best safaris in Africa Friday, August 13, 2010 @ 7:22AMA trip into the African wilderness will always be life-changing. We pick ten of the best options.
- Spate of killings worry Cebu leaders Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 11:27AMCEBU CITY -- A curfew in the towns, more checkpoints and greater police visibility are among the initial suggestions to curb a rise in fatal shootings, which business, church and government leaders are worried about. read more
- Gigi gets push gifts worth S$15m Sunday, August 1, 2010 @ 10:50PMShe and her twins have been discharged from hospital last month.
- Pagan charged with DUI pleads to federal gun charge Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 7:02PMCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A member of the Pagans Motorcycle Club who has been charged with hitting a pedestrian while driving drunk pleaded guilty to federal gun charges on Wednesday. Donnie Ray "Hoss" Workman, 36, of Red House, admitted that he pos...
- Gwen to get only 2 police escorts Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 11:20AMChief Supt. Lani-O Nerez, director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), yesterday vowed to recall other police escorts of the governor in excess of the two allowed.
- CPPO recalls 4 bodyguards of vice guv Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 11:33AMFOUR police bodyguards assigned to Cebu Vice Gov. Greg Sanchez were recalled by the Cebu Provincial Police Office (CPPO) yesterday. read more
- LN: Czech Railways hire costly bodyguards for trains Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 3:14AMPrague, July 12 (CTK) - The Czech Railways (CD) national rail operator has hired bodyguards from private agencies for millions of crowns to watch passengers safety in CD trains, the daily Lidove noviny (LN) writes Monday.
- Pagans ruling sets stage for appeal Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 6:06PMCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A federal judges ruling that a felon must hire someone to act as a bodyguard will likely lead to an appeal to the 4th Circuit in Richmond, adding another detour in the racketeering case against members and associates of the Pagans Moto...
- Laoag City mayor threateaned Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 11:47PMBy ACE ALEGRE www.nordis.net LAOAG CITY — Laoag City Mayor Michael Farinas was threatened through the city hall’s telephone operator who received a landline call from an unidentified male. The caller said in Ilocano that he has already been paid for the “kill”, prompting Farinas, who ran unopposed in the recent May 10 polls, to increase security at [...]
- Cleveland Cavaliers Fans, LeBron James Haters Need a Dose of Reality Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 9:39AMIn the past year, the following things have taken place in the world of sports: Ben Roethlisberger allegedly committed date rape and was aided in covering it up by bodyguards and police officer friends. Lawrence Taylor has been indicted on charges of third-degree rape and patronizing a prostitute. Tiger Woods has been disgraced and (to some degree) lost his golf game due to a variety of non-golf ...
- Protection officers must pay £70 a night for room and board at Buckingham Palace - then the Royal Family bills the ... Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 5:55PMThe extraordinary fees - including £70 a night for a bed at Buckingham Palace - are levied for officers resting between shifts looking after Her Majesty, Prince Charles and other senior Royals.
- Arming journalists Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 2:40AMA couple of congressmen have revived an old debate by proposing a law that will allow the arming of journalists, in the wake of the killing of yet another media worker recently.
- Blair's costly security questioned Monday, July 5, 2010 @ 2:14AMForeign Secretary William Hague has called for the security given to former prime ministers to be as "cost effective as possible" after details emerged of the sums inv
- Blair's bodyguards cost taxpayers £250k for five-star lifestyle Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 6:30PMFOREIGN Secretary William Hague has called for the security given to former prime ministers to be as "cost effective as possible" after details emerged of the sums inv
- Blairs 'need effective' protection Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 9:40AMForeign Secretary William Hague has called for the security given to former prime ministers to be as "cost effective as possible" after details emerged of the sums involved in protecting Tony Blair.
- Blair protection costs taxpayers £250000 a year Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 8:48AMWilliam Hague has called for "cost effective" protection for former prime ministers after the cost of Tony Blair's security was revelaed.
- Blair protection costs questioned Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 7:26AMWilliam Hague urges "cost-effective" protection for ex-PMs after reports about the costs of Tony Blair's bodyguards.
- Blairs 'need effective' protection Sunday, July 4, 2010 @ 6:51AMForeign Secretary William Hague has called for the security given to former prime ministers to be as "cost effective as possible" after details emerged of the sums involved in protecting Tony Blair. Related Stories Five officers hurt in fresh rioting Mother of dead girl killed in fall Treadmill to help disabled children Three held in landfill body inquiry Warm Wimbledon weather hits bookies
- Obama: Immigration Reform Must be Bipartisan Effort Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 4:38PMFiled under: News , Politics , President Obama , Race and Civil Rights Leave it to a master politician like President Barack Obama to make the kinds of substantial, well-reasoned points on a topic as complex as the nation's broken immigration policy that won't amount to a hill of beans in the final analysis. In his address yesterday at American University , the president struck the right balance ...
- Book Review: Hercules: The Knives of Kush Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 11:50AMRadical Books has created a Hercules story that is brutally fun, full of action, intrigue, and just a dash of wry humor.
- Pagudpud Mayor survives ambush Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 9:53PMBy LEILANIE ADRIANO www.nordis.net BURGOS, Ilocos Norte – Incoming mayor Matilde “Maja” Sales of Pagudpud town survived an ambush at about 4 pm on Monday along a national road in Brgy. Nagsurot, this town. Two of her close-in bodyguards, however were shot dead while one was injured. Sales’ service vehicle was traversing a sharp curved terrain [...]
- 4 killed in jewelry shop robbery in west Iraq Saturday, June 26, 2010 @ 8:42PMGunmen raided a jewelry shop Saturday morning in western Iraq, killing four people before fleeing with a large amount of gold, officials said.
- Gail Posner leaves £8m to her DOGS, £17m to her housekeepers... and just £650,000 to her son Thursday, June 17, 2010 @ 11:10AMWhen Gail Posner died aged 67 she had made arrangements to give her three dogs a £2million trust fund and a £6million beach-front mansion in Miami.
- Erica Kennedy: Stylin' and Profilin' With the Artist Formerly Known as Puff Daddy Monday, June 14, 2010 @ 9:51AMOne of the funny things about seeing Diddy all dapper on fashion's biggest night is that I remember when he didn't even have a good suit and I had to force one on him.
- Taliban Aim at Officials in a Wave of Killings Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 11:02PMThe killings of low-level officials are an attempt to undermine counterinsurgency operations in the south.
- World Cup tourists filling the coffers of private security firms Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 7:31PMFEARFUL FOREIGN visitors attending the month-long World Cup in South Africa are flocking to local security companies to hire bodyguards to protect them from crime during their stay, according to local security consultants.
- Taliban Step Up Assassinations in Afghan Region Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 1:28PMThe killings of low-level officials are an attempt to undermine counterinsurgency operations in the south.
- Taliban Step Up Assassinations in Southern Afghanistan Wednesday, June 9, 2010 @ 1:13PMThe assassinations have targeted officials and anyone associated with local government in an attempt to undermine counter-insurgency operations in the south.
- Nicolas Sarkozy bans tall bodyguards Monday, June 7, 2010 @ 8:42AMTall security agents have been discreetly advised not to apply for a job guarding Nicolas Sarkozy, police sources have claimed.
- Be my bodyguard Saturday, June 5, 2010 @ 8:59AMSA's bodyguard business is booming, fueled by frightened foreigners who want protection.
- Security firms make killing from World Cup Saturday, June 5, 2010 @ 4:15AMAs the Soccer World Cup nears, tourists and foreign businessmen spooked by South Africa's crime rate are hiring bodyguards.
- R4 000 p/d for a bodyguard Saturday, June 5, 2010 @ 2:45AMWith the World Cup only days away, there has been a sharp increase in the demand for bodyguards for tourists and foreign businessmen.
- It is our duty to protect govt officers, says Liu Friday, May 28, 2010 @ 5:51PMIt is the government’s duty to protect its officers if they are being threatened, said Selangor Local Government Committee chairman Ronnie Liu.
- Sports briefs: U.S. World Cup roster set Wednesday, May 26, 2010 @ 11:12PMELSEWHERE •The International Cycling Union asked national members in four countries to investigate riders and officials based on claims of doping made by Floyd Landis. The union said the investigations concern Australia’s Matthew White, Belgium’s Johan Bruyneel - the longtime team manager of Lance Armstrong - Canada’s Michael Barry and France’s John Lelangue to establish if they broke anti ...
- Rezai withstands first-round pressure at French Open Sunday, May 23, 2010 @ 1:07PMAravane Rezai mastered her emotions on centre court on Sunday to make an impressive start to her French Open campaign.
- Rezai withstands pressure at French Sunday, May 23, 2010 @ 12:05PMAravane Rezai mastered her emotions on centre court on Sunday to make an impressive start to her French Open campaign. Coming off the biggest win of her career earlier this month, when she claimed the Madrid title, the 23-year-old Frenchwoman withstood the pressure of a buoyant home crowd to demolish Heidi El Tabakh of Canada 6-1, 6-1 in just 48 minutes.
- Evening Times Sunday, May 9, 2010 @ 6:05PMPOP superstars visiting Glasgow from overseas will now have to hire bodyguards from Scotland to comply with new security legislation.
- Fla. Dept. That Investigated Tiger Woods' Crash Noticed Monday, May 3, 2010 @ 12:18AMThe Woods' accident shined unprecedented attention on a tiny agency that patrols the richest town in Central Florida.
- SENTINEL WATCHDOG Windermere: Where troubled cops get second chance on town's police force Sunday, May 2, 2010 @ 6:36AMBest known by locals for writing speeding tickets, Windermere police seldom drew notice beyond town borders — until Tiger Woods crashed his SUV in a nearby community where members of the department worked as bodyguards for the golfer's family.
- Top Scoops Friday, April 30, 2010 @ 10:46PMDid Osama bin Laden Confess to the 9/11 Attacks, and Did He Die, in 2001?