RIVERSIDE, Calif. (UPI) -- The 340-ton granite boulder chosen to be part of a Los Angeles County Museum of Art installation has completed the first 5 miles of its 106-mile journey.Mark Albrecht, project manager Emmert International, which is handling transportation of the massive rock, said the boul

NEW YORK (AP) -- A grandson of the late Princess Grace of Monaco has been briefly hospitalized after a brawl in a New York City nightclub.Prince Pierre Casiraghi suffered cuts to his face during the brawl. Former nightclub owner Adam Hock was arraigned Sunday on charges of assaulting the prince and

When Anita Narre stormed out of the house, she just had one request; let me flush.According to BBC reports, the newlywed woman in India left home because they had no toilet and returned only when her husband built one.Her husband Shivram, a daily wage worker, said he had not been able to have a toilet at home for lack of money. He said his newly constructed toilet, built on his savings and “some support from the village council,” convinced his wife to come back home after eight days.An NGO annou

Jesse Jackson Jr. says ticket purchase for girlfriend was not an ethics violationRep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., said Monday that he did not violate House ethics rules when he had a longtime friend and fundraiser buy a plane ticket for a woman who had a secret relationship with the congressman, the

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Federal agents say they are investigating a picture on the Internet allegedly showing Arizona men holding guns and a bullet-ridden image of President Obama.The picture allegedly displayed seven young men with four of them holding up two assault rifles, a revolver and a bolt-actio

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Protesters from Occupy DC, facing a clampdown on their encampment Monday, stripped down for a topless street party Saturday outside a black-tie gala for Washington's biggest movers and shakers.President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle topped the guest list for the 99th ga

 

 

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A Hewlett-Packard contract employee fended off advances from chief executive Mark Hurd for two years before accusing him of sexual harassment, according to a letter that prompted his resignation as head of the world's largest computer company.Hurd, who is now president of HP