A man who was convicted in 1996 of stalking and threatening
pop star Madonna has been caught, one week after escaping
from a Los Angeles-area mental hospital, police said.
President Barack Obama, in an abrupt policy shift aimed at
quelling an election-year firestorm, has announced that
religious employers would not be required to offer free birth
control to workers and the onus would instead be put on
insurers.
Despite economic woes, wars, conflicts and natural disasters
the world is a happier place today than it was four years ago
and Indonesians, Indians and Mexicans seem to be the most
contented people on the planet.
Qasim Khan has waged the unlikeliest of battles with
Pakistani authorities over the right to charge hundreds of
curious visitors the equivalent of 26 cents each to see a
huge whale shark he bought from a fisherman.
Eastman Kodak, the inventor of the digital camera, plans to
get out of that business in the first half of the year as the
bankrupt company looks to cut costs.
