TOKYO – Sony said Tuesday the U.S. Department of Justice is probing its electronics unit as part of an industrywide investigation into sales of a particular type of memory chip. The news could spell more trouble for a company already stung by sinking profits, a global battery recall and product …
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CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela announced plans on Wednesday to take over the nation’s largest gold mine, operated by Canada’s Crystallex International Corp., as President Hugo Chavez gradually brings mining operations under state control. The Las Cristinas mine will operate under state control beginning next year and it will eventually help …
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MEXICO CITY – The Mexican army on Friday announced that it has made the largest seizure of drug-cartel weapons in Mexico’s history. The cache of 540 rifles, 165 grenades, 500,000 rounds of ammunition and 14 sticks of TNT were seized on Thursday at a house in the city of Reynosa, …
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SYDNEY, Australia – A court sentenced a Sydney woman Wednesday to 22 months periodic detention for what she said was the mercy killing of her longtime partner, an Alzheimer’s sufferer who had been rejected for a legal euthanasia in Switzerland. Shirley Justins, 60, was found guilty in June of the …
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – A developer is suing two Spanish-owned hotel groups for allegedly stealing nearly 100 truckloads of sand from a beachfront property in Jamaica. Felicitas Limited has filed an $8 million lawsuit against RIU Hotels & Resorts and the Fiesta Hotel Group. Attorney Michael Hylton says forensic tests suggest …
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HOUSTON – Astronauts hitched a giant shipping crate full of home improvement gear to the international space station on Monday, a critical step for boosting the population in orbit. It was the first major job for the crews of the linked space station and space shuttle Endeavour, and highlighted their …
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A longtime school bus driver could be fired after several members of a cheerleading squad in Lynnfield, Mass., said he offered them $40 to lift up their shirts. Driver Bill Diamond, 56, was suspended without pay after the allegations surfaced, MyFOXBoston.com reported. Diamond has been at the job for 23 …
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LANDOVER, Md. – Plaxico Burress’ lawyer said Sunday he was advised that the New York Giants’ star receiver will be charged with criminal possession of a weapon after accidentally shooting himself in the right thigh. Lawyer Benjamin Brafman wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press that Burress will turn …
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CHICAGO – Genes that increase the risk of heart disease in the general population carry an even greater risk of heart trouble in diabetics, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. The findings may help better identify which diabetics are at risk for heart disease and could lead to new treatments, they …
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Reports of convicted wife-killer Scott Peterson writing letters to accused child murderer Casey Anthony in jail turned out to be false, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Several sources close to the Anthony case told the newspaper that the 22-year-old mother, charged with killing her toddler daughter Caylee, had gotten correspondence from …
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