6.7 quake hits Asia; no damage reported
BEIJING (AP) -- A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocked the region where China, Russia and North Korea meet Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
fake rolexThough area residents said they did not feel the quake, office towers in Beijing -- about 770 miles away from the epicenter -- swayed slightly for about a minute.
The quake occurred 335 miles below the Earth's surface.
Publishing group to leave bankruptcy
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- A federal judge Wednesday cleared the way for newspaper owner Morris Publishing Group to emerge from bankruptcy protection less than a month after it filed under Chapter 11.
Morris Publishing, owner of 13 daily newspapers including The Augusta Chronicle and Savannah Morning News, sped through the court after a year spent formulating a plan to shed $288.5 million in debt -- or about 70 percent of its total of $415 million -- and winning approval from the vast majority of its creditors.
Judge John S. Dalis took less than 20 minutes Wednesday to approve Morris' prepackaged debt restructuring proposal after hearing no objections from creditors. The plan lets Morris' owners keep control of the privately held company, with creditors receiving no equity.
Tennis star's mother charged with neglect
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (MCT) -- The Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office has charged tennis star Anna Kournikova's mother with child neglect for leaving her son, 5, alone in her Palm Beach home in January while she ran errands.
Alla Kournikova, 46, was arrested on Jan. 19. She is accused of leaving her son locked in a room for almost an hour while she went to the bank and the post office. She told police the boy did not want to accompany her and she left him with a phone.
The state attorney's office alleges that Alla Kournikova failed to make reasonable efforts to protect a child from abuse and neglect. Prosecutors also say Alla Kournikova failed to provide a child with the care, supervision and services necessary to maintain the child's physical and mental health.
She faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
Man who insisted he wasn't killer is freed
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina man who insisted he was innocent of murder through more than 16 years in prison was declared a free man Wednesday after a groundbreaking exoneration pressed by the nation's only statewide innocence panel.
Greg Taylor's shackles were removed and he was swept into the arms of his relatives, including a daughter and the son-in-law he met for the first time. Taylor said he was looking forward to a good meal and was thrilled that he was no longer considered guilty of murdering a prostitute in 1991.
'Grand Slam' gets students suspension
WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) -- Dozens of students from a Rhode Island high school who skipped classes for a free breakfast at Denny's got grand slammed with suspensions.
Officials at West Warwick High School tell The Providence Journal that 46 students went to Denny's in Warwick on Feb. 9 to take advantage of a free "Grand Slam" breakfast.
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