Woman poses as boy to seduce teenage girls

LONDON – An American woman who posed as a teenage boy so she could seduce a teenage girl has been sentenced to six months in jail, a media report said Friday.

Patricia Dye, 31, from Franklin, Ohio, cut her hair and used a false name to fool teenage girls into having sex with her, … Read more >>.

Bangalore cabbie gets life term for Pratibha murder (Second Lead)

BANGALORE – Bangalore taxi driver Shiva Kumar was Friday sentenced to “life imprisonment till death” for the 2005 rape and murder of Hewlett Packard (HP) India employee Pratibha Murthy, prompting her mother to say tearfully that her daughter’s soul would now rest in peace.

Judge B.V Guddali of the 11th fast track court pronounced … Read : Bangalore cabbie gets life term for Pratibha murder (Second Lead).

Man armed with syringe robs woman

MELBOURNE – A man robbed a woman after threatening her with a syringe in this Australian city.

The man brandished the syringe and stole money from the woman’s handbag in Keysborough, a suburb.
Dandenong Leader reported that the woman was walking on a path near a gymnasium Thursday when she was approached by the man.
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Official: US helicopter fire kills 6 Afghan militiamen who opened fire in eastern Afghanistan

Official: 6 Afghan militiamen killed in US strike

KABUL, Afghanistan – An official says six Afghan militiamen who fired on a U.S. helicopter have been killed in retaliatory fire in eastern Afghanistan.
Youqib Khan, deputy police chief of Khost province, says the local security force members in Khost province fired their weapons at the American chopper early … Read more »»».

Warmer, wetter weather means farmers can plant some crops in regions once too cold and dry

Warmer, wetter weather has crops on the move

DES MOINES, Iowa – Warmer and wetter weather in large swaths of the country have helped farmers grow corn, soybeans and other crops in some regions that only a few decades ago were too dry or cold, experts who are studying the change said.
Bruce Babcock, an Iowa State … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Warmer, wetter weather means farmers can plant some crops in regions once too cold and dry.

Knotts Berry Farm Accident Leaves 10 Injured

BUENA PARK (GaeaTimes.com)- The Knotts Berry Farm theme park in the city of Buena Park in Southern California was witness to an accident on Thursday evening which left as many as ten people injured. According to the Orange County Fire officials, the injuries which were sustained by the riders during the accident were minor … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Knotts Berry Farm Accident Leaves 10 Injured.

Pratibha murder: Bangalore cabbie sentenced for life

BANGALORE – A fast track court here Wednesday sentenced Bangalore taxi driver Shiva Kumar to “life imprisonment till death” for the 2005 murder of Hewlett Packard (HP) India employee Pratibha Murthy.

Pronouncing the judgment in a packed court room, Judge B.V Guddali of the 11th fast track court sentenced him under Section 302 of the …. Original source  : Pratibha murder: Bangalore cabbie sentenced for life.

Toxic Sludge Hungary In Danube Now

COLONTAR, HUNGARY (GaeaTimes.com)- The images and footages of the Hungary Toxic sludge that has wrecked the lives and properties in a number of villages in the country have shocked the web users in recent times. The toxic sludge damaged the area and got into waterbodies after devastating the villages. The officials and the … Read : Toxic Sludge Hungary In Danube Now.

Taxi driver sentenced for life in Pratibha murder case

BANGALORE – Bangalore taxi driver Shiva Kumar was Friday sentenced for life by a court here for the rape and murder of Hewlett Packard (HP) India employee Pratibha Murthy five years ago. Shiva Kumar was convicted for the gruesome crime Wednesday.

The shocking incident took place in the wee hours of Dec 13, 2005 …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Taxi driver sentenced for life in Pratibha murder case.

Goods train derails in Jharkhand, services affected

RANCHI – Coal-laden 28 wagons of a goods train derailed in Jharkhand’s Latehar district Friday morning, disrupting services of more than a dozen trains, a railway official said.

“The wagons jumped the track between Richugatta and Demo railway station. The railway services have been affected on both up and down lines,” Dhanbad railway division public …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Powerful earthquakes south of the Aleutians; no tsunami alert

Powerful quakes in Aleutians; no tsunami alert

PALMER, Alaska – Officials say a magnitude 6.4 earthquake followed by a series of smaller temblors struck in a remote area of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands late Thursday.
Geophysicist Guy Urban at the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer says that while the quakes might have been felt …. Source article  : Powerful earthquakes south of the Aleutians; no tsunami alert.

Actress Juliette Lewis injured in hit-and-run crash in Burbank, Calif.

Actress Juliette Lewis injured in Calif. crash

dBURBANK, Calif. – Actress Juliette Lewis has been injured in a hit-and-run crash in Burbank, police said.
Lewis was a passenger in the back seat of a Lincoln Town Car Wednesday night when a driver ran a stoplight, smashed into Lewis’ vehicle and kept going, Sgt. Sean Kelley said.
The car …. Original article  : Actress Juliette Lewis injured in hit-and-run crash in Burbank, Calif..

10 people injured in roller coaster accident at Knott’s Berry Farm in Orange County

10 injured in Knott’s rollercoaster accident

BUENA PARK, Calif. – Authorities say 10 people have been injured in a rollercoaster accident at Knott’s Berry Farm in Orange County.
Fire Authority Capt. Greg McKeown says the accident happened Thursday night on the Pony Express but the injuries were minor.
He says two rollercoaster trains collided in the station where …. Source article  : 10 people injured in roller coaster accident at Knott’s Berry Farm in Orange County.

Obama visit will be a celebration of diversity: Pranab Mukherjee

WASHINGTON – Downplaying their row over outsourcing, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said US President Barack Obama’s upcoming India visit would be a coming together of the world’s largest and oldest democracies in a celebration of diversity.

“In any growing relationship there will be issues which are to be addressed through dialogue,” he said in … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Obama visit will be a celebration of diversity: Pranab Mukherjee.

Actress Juliette Lewis injured in hit-and-run crash in Burbank

Actress Juliette Lewis injured in Burbank crash

dBURBANK, Calif. – Actress Juliette Lewis has been injured in a hit-and-run crash in Burbank, police said.
Lewis was a passenger in the back seat of a Lincoln Town Car Wednesday night when a driver ran a stoplight, smashed into Lewis’ vehicle and kept going, Sgt. Sean Kelley said.
The car …. Source article  : Actress Juliette Lewis injured in hit-and-run crash in Burbank.

Kingfisher flight makes emergency landing in Mumbai

MUMBAI – A Kingfisher Airlines Mumbai-New Delhi flight made an emergency landing after a suspected bird-hit here Friday morning, an official said.

The flight IT-331 had taken off and was into flight for nearly 15 minutes when the incident occurred and the aircraft returned as “a precautionary measure”, the official said.
There were 120 … Original article on : Kingfisher flight makes emergency landing in Mumbai.

It pays to be a thief in Canada!

TORONTO – It pays to be a thief in Canada – unless you are caught red-handed.

A poor Chinese-origin shopkeeper David Chen is on trial here for chasing a shoplifter in May 2009 and tying him till the cops came.
His fault: he did not catch Bennett red-handed, but about an hour after he had …. Original article  : It pays to be a thief in Canada!.

Plane with six people goes missing in Mexico

Veracruz (Mexico), Oct 8 (IANS/EFE) A small plane with six people onboard disappeared after taking off from a Mexican airport, officials said.

The Cessna-Citation aircraft, belonging to the Alfe air taxi company, was reported missing minutes after taking off from the Canticas airport in Minatitlan, 578 km from Mexico City.
The plane was heading from … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Plane with six people goes missing in Mexico.

Iran hangs eight drug traffickers

TEHRAN – Iran has hanged eight men charged with drug trafficking, a media report said.

The eight drug traffickers were hanged in a prison Thursday in the southeastern city of Kerman, near the Pakistan and Afghanistan borders, Xinhua reported citing the Mehr news agency.
Iran’s border areas with Pakistan and Afghanistan have seen deadly clashes … Read more : Iran hangs eight drug traffickers.

Pirates seize fishing boat off Mauritius

NAIROBI – A fishing boat with 14 crew members onboard has been captured by pirates off the coast of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, an African maritime agency has said.

The boat was hijacked 200 nautical miles north of Mauritius, the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme said, according to Xinhua.
The last report of a …. Source article  : Pirates seize fishing boat off Mauritius.