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/ 6 February 2008

Tornadoes rake US South, at least 26 dead

Tornadoes and thunderstorms ravaged several states in the American South overnight, killing at least 26 people, injuring dozens and causing widespread damage, emergency services and local media said. CNN reports put the death toll at 27. The violent storms swept across Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi.

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/ 19 July 2006

Amazon pressured to remove cockfighting mags

The Humane Society of the United States is pressuring Amazon.com to stop selling two magazines on its website, saying it violates US law. The Humane Society said it sent a letter on Tuesday to the retailer, detailing its intention to begin legal action unless the magazines — The Feathered Warrior and The Gamecock — are removed immediately from the site.

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/ 31 May 2006

Woods ends speculation about US Open

Tiger Woods ended speculation that he might skip the United States Open while grieving over the death of his father, Earl, by announcing on Tuesday that he plans to tee it up at the second major of the season. Woods’s participation in the 106th US Open would end the longest layoff of his pro career.

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/ 21 June 2005

Man wakes up with car parked on his chest

In one instant, Rickey May thought a bomb had gone off outside his home. In the next, he realized a car had crashed through his home’s brick wall and landed on top of him in his bed. ”It was something pretty wild to wake up to,” May said on Monday from his hospital room at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.

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/ 14 January 2005

Wal-Mart launches charm offensive

Wal-Mart chief executive Lee Scott led a media charge to counter criticism that the world’s largest retailer is a behemoth that takes advantage of its workers and stifles competition. Scott said on Thursday he wants Wal-Mart workers to know the company was speaking up for them, and he wants Wal-Mart to have a better handle on how it is perceived by the public.

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/ 21 October 2004

Old, naked bodies too much for Wal-Mart

Retail giant Wal-Mart has cancelled an order for a bestselling book by a comedian and the writers of his show after executives learned that it contains a photo of nine naked, aged bodies, each with the superimposed head of a Supreme Court justice. America (The Book), is a mock school text by Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show.

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