NEW YORK – The holiday season is fast approaching, and so is the peak of charity giving. But how do you know if your donations are being spent responsibly? According to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, several Web sites will analyze charities for you. Check out the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving …
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LONDON – Madonna said Tuesday she had acted according to the law in taking custody of a 1-year-old Malawian boy, responding for the first time to the fierce debate about the legality and morality of the planned adoption. The pop star’s statement came after she was united with David Banda …
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NEW YORK – Air America Radio, a liberal talk and news radio network that features the comedian Al Franken, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a network official told The AP. The network had denied rumors just a month ago that it would file for bankruptcy protection. On Friday, …
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LONDON – The West should press Iran to help stem bloodshed in neighboring Iraq and build stability across the Middle East, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday, outlining his hopes for a future peace process in the region. Blair also rebuked critics who argue Britain’s close relationship with the …
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From drunken girlfriends to boxes of pornography, London cabbies have been left with it all. A new study designed to determine how much business equipment gets lost in cabs revealed some unexpected news about the contents left behind in London’s black cabs, the London Times Online reported. One cabbie reported …
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PARIS – French customs officers are inspecting a North Korean ship at an Indian Ocean island off the coast of Africa as part of U.N. measures prompted by the communist nation’s nuclear test, but they found nothing illegal so far, officials said Thursday. The inspection, which began Saturday while the …
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WASHINGTON – President Bush’s sudden selection of former CIA Director Robert Gates as defense secretary brings back a member of the team that waged the successful first Gulf War with just two years to resuscitate the faltering U.S. policy in Iraq. Explaining his decision on Wednesday, Bush portrayed Gates as …
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LONDON – Boy George’s ex-bandmates slam singer Their infectious melodies, flamboyant frontman and multiracial mix made Culture Club a sunny beacon of 1980s pop. Now, though, it’s war. Two of the band’s founding members told The Associated Press on Thursday that they’re furious with Boy George, who recently accepted a …
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – A major zoo in Ethiopia is poisoning rare lion cubs and selling the corpses to be stuffed because it can’t afford to care for the animals, which are the national symbol, the zoo’s administrator said Wednesday. “These animals are the pride of our country,” Muhedin Abdulaziz …
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WASHINGTON – Republican and Democratic candidates spent the waning hours of Campaign 2006 hammering away at a message now familiar to millions of voters poised to go to the polls Tuesday: We can do a better job than them. “The Democrat philosophy is this: If it breathes, tax it, and …
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