Topic: John O'Callaghan

Maine, The - Pioneer

There is nothing more fascinating in music than watching a band progress before your very ears. It's even better when a band's progression...

House unexpectedly defeats spending bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill that would fund the government past September 30 unexpectedly failed in the House of Representatives on Wednesday as dozens of Republicans broke with party leaders and Democrats objected to a cut to an electric-vehicle program.The measure failed ...

Stop wearing bunny suit, police tell Idaho man

SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Police in Idaho Falls have told a man to stop wearing a bunny suit in public after people complained he has been frightening children.Residents in the northwestern city of 54,000 people also reported William Falkingham, 34, occasionally ...

Guards bag prisoner in Mexico suitcase jailbreak

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican prisoner hoped to take a trip to freedom by packing himself into his girlfriend's suitcase.But guards at the jail in the southeastern town of Chetumal grew suspicious when the woman seemed nervous as she wheeled ...

Immigration to audit infrastructure companies

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Immigration agents are issuing inspection notices to 1,000 U.S. employers whose businesses have a key role in keeping national infrastructure safe, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said on Wednesday.It did not name the ...

Deeper defense cuts could be "tragic": Gates

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Congress on Wednesday against pursuing even deeper spending cuts than those already proposed, warning "we still live in a very dangerous and often unstable world.""We shrink from our global security responsibilities at our peril ...

Older men want more sex, study finds

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The very oldest men are still interested in sex but illness and a lack of opportunity may be holding them back, Australian researchers reported on Monday.The "male" hormone testosterone was clearly linked with how often a man over 75 ...

Checklists cut surgery deaths in half: study

BOSTON (Reuters) - Using an exhaustive hospital checklist prevents errors and cuts the risk of death nearly in half for patients who come in for surgery, researchers reported on Wednesday.The system also reduced the number of complications by one third, they reported ...

Bomb threat checked on cargo plane in Philadelphia

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities were investigating a possible bomb threat on Friday on a cargo plane at Philadelphia International Airport."It's an active investigation of a possible explosive device," said airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica.She said the threat was ...

Foreclosure halt could hit investors

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S.-wide foreclosure moratorium could penalize investors and make new home loans more expensive and harder to obtain, an investor group and industry experts warned on Monday.Temporary pauses in foreclosures have expanded among major lenders as the ...