Wikileaks Chief Lashes Out At Media During Debate (ap)
AP – WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange lashed out at the mainstream media during a debate at a London university Thursday, fighting back at a string of unfavorable stories that have appeared since his organization’s publication of a cache of U.S. intelligence documents. Read more
Death Toll Rises To 5 In Jamaican Floods, Slides (ap)
AP – Searchers scoured muddy rivers and debris-clogged gullies for more victims of Tropical Storm Nicole on Thursday as the death toll in Jamaica from floods and mudslides rose to five, officials said. Read more
Problem At Hovensa Refinery Triggers Oil Burnoff (ap)
AP – A problem at the Hovensa LLC oil refinery triggered a burnoff of heavy oil Thursday that sent up a plume of black smoke, a spokesman said. Read more
Contador: Positive Test Due To Bad Meat (ap)
Three-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador blamed contaminated steak Thursday for his positive doping test, vowing to clear his name and not let cycling’s latest drug scandal “destroy everything that I have done.” The Spanish rider was provisionally suspended after a World Anti-Doping Agency lab in Germany found a “very small concentration” of the [...]
Lefty-dustin To Open Ryder Cup For Us (ap)
The Americans are turning to Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson to begin their Ryder Cup defense. Mickelson and Johnson will take on Europe’s best player and the most recent major champion. They will face Lee Westwood and PGA champion Martin Kaymer when matches start Friday at Celtic Manor. Tiger Woods has a new partner for [...]