ROSE APOLOGISES FOR BUTLER OBITUARY GAFFE - PR Inside
Veteran U.S. broadcaster CHARLIE ROSE was forced to apologise to filmmaker GEORGE BUTLER - after he mistook the documentary maker for a late jazz musician and read out his obituary on TV. Journalist Rose was paying tribute to the notable figures who ...

Party, recession style: Playing host doesn't have to be expensive - Detroit News
N EW YORK -- The country's steeped in a recession, but your partying doesn't have to be. Whether it's an inauguration fete or Super Bowl feast, think creatively in the year ahead to play host to friends and family on a tightened budget. "A lot of ...

Contractor indicted in fatal N.Y. crane collapse - MSNBC
NEW YORK - The contractor that raised the crane that toppled in midtown Manhattan last year and killed seven people was charged Monday with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for failing to stabilize it, prosecutors said. William Rapetti ...

Bauhaus to mark birthday in 2009 - Earthtimes
Weimar, Germany - The eastern German city of Weimar has become a popular destination for holidaymakers in recent years. Many people associate Weimar with Germany's literary past and figures such as Goethe, Schiller and the poet Johann Gottfried ...

Union will appeal 911 operator's suspension - Wisconsin State Journal
The union that represents the former Dane County 911 center employee who answered the call from slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann's cell phone in April is challenging the county's recent decision to suspend her for three days. Dane County ...

Manslaughter charges filed in NYC crane collapse - San Francisco Gate
A contractor was charged with manslaughter Monday for allegedly using worn, fraying safety straps that broke apart and caused a crane to crash down on a Manhattan neighborhood, killing seven people in one of the city's worst construction accidents in ...

Israelis suffer, too - Seattle Post Intelligencer
It is disturbing to see the videos of Muslims around the world demonstrating against Israel's retaliation bombing of Hamas targets in the Gaza strip. Do they not realize what the problem is, or do they think Israel should just sit by and do nothing ...

Manslaughter charges for NY contractor in midtown Manhattan crane ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune
NEW YORK - A contractor was charged with manslaughter Monday for allegedly using worn, fraying safety straps that broke apart and caused a crane to crash down on a Manhattan neighborhood, killing seven people in one of the city's worst construction ...

Vermont man wins $650,000 after cashing in lottery ticket that he had ... - Chicago Tribune
BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man is $650,000 richer after retrieving a lottery ticket he had been given for Christmas but accidentally threw away. Steven LeClair of Richford got the ticket for the Dec. 24 Tri-State Megabucks drawing as a gift from ...

IRS clarifies stimulus payment question - Crossville Chronicle
The Internal Revenue Service today moved to stop confusion about the taxability of Economic Stimulus Payments received by many taxpayers in 2008. “People are starting to do their taxes and are noticing that the 2008 return instructs them to report ...