STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Gay and play hockey?You're welcome at the University of Connecticut.That is the message the school's men's hockey team is sending out in two videos for a program called You Can Play.The goal of the international initiative, which was launched in March, is to work to end homophobia in hockey."We thought it was a great idea to show the community how we feel about homosexuality in sports, and let people know that anyone can play on our team," said UConn captain Sean Ambrosie.The public service videos are posted on YouTube and the UConn website, and are scheduled to be featured in the coming days on the You Can Play site.In them, the players pledge to support "any teammate, gay or straight, that ... Continue reading →
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- A US Airways jetliner flying from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., has been diverted to Maine because of what an airline spokesman describes as a "security issue." A person briefed on the incident said a passenger announced she had a surgically implanted device. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because it involved sensitive law enforcement information. US Airways spokesman Andrew Christie says the Boeing 767 with 179 passengers and nine crew members was diverted around noon Tuesday to Bangor International Airport. He says there was a "security issue" on Flight 787. The Transportation Security Administration says the flight was diverted "out of an abundance of caution." --- Associated Press writer Eileen Sullivan in Washington contributed to this report. Continue reading →
(05-17) 04:56 PDT New York (AP) -- It will be painful saying goodbye to "House." The Fox medical drama concludes its eight-season run Monday with a series finale at 9 p.m. EDT, preceded by a one-hour retrospective. And with that, Hugh Laurie will be done as the show's abrasive champion, Dr. Gregory House — unless, Laurie adds with a laugh, "someone comes up with an idea for a stage musical." "I feel a huge satisfaction that we got to the end with our dignity intact," he declares. "I never felt that we did anything that wasn't true to the character or the show — like, `House gets a puppy.' I think that's quite an achievement." No doubt. Sure, the medical mysteries that formed the core ... Continue reading →
MILWAUKEE — One of life's simple pleasures just got a little sweeter. After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds the opposite: Coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer. Regular or decaf doesn't matter. The study of 400,000 people is the largest ever done on the issue, and the results should reassure any coffee lovers who think it's a guilty pleasure that may do harm. "Our study suggests that's really not the case," said lead researcher Neal Freedman of the National Cancer Institute. "There may actually be a modest benefit of coffee drinking." No one knows why. Coffee contains a thousand things that can affect ... Continue reading →
NEW YORK (AP) -- An attorney says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife has been found dead in New York. Kerry Lawrence says Mary Kennedy died on Wednesday. He says he doesn't know the cause of her death. Police confirm a body was found on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s property in Bedford, north of New York City. Lawrence had represented Mary Kennedy in a drunken-driving case. Robert Kennedy Jr. is a prominent environmental lawyer. He's the son of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy, both assassinated in the 1960s. Mary Kennedy was his second wife. They had four children. Continue reading →
SOMERS, Conn. — The Connecticut killer who once called himself one of the most hated men in America said in a death row interview that he tries not to think about the murder of a suburban mother and her two daughters, suffers no nightmares and has nothing to say to the only survivor of the brutal 2007 attack. Joshua Komisarjevsky told The Associated Press in his first interview since he was convicted that there isn't anything he could say to William Petit "that will restore the lives lost." He also declined an opportunity to express remorse for the killings. "I guess my reaction is not the reaction society expected," Komisarjevsky said. Wearing a yellow prison jumpsuit, Komisarjevsky kept direct eye contact during the one-hour interview ... Continue reading →
