Football fans hurt in Euro 2008 storm, CNN reports here: Thousands of football fans fled for safety and millions of TV viewers were left disappointed Wednesday night as an electrical storm in Vienna disrupted coverage of the first of the Euro 2008 semifinals.
Judge to feds: Pay dishwasher back, CNN reports here: MIAMI, Florida - An illegal immigrant dishwasher who lost $49,000 to the U.S. government as he tried to take it home to Guatemala will get some of the money back, his attorney said Wednesday.
Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: NEW YORK - People who are bicultural and speak two languages may unconsciously change their personality when they switch languages, according to a U.S. study.
CNN reports here: A top U.S. evangelical leader is accusing Sen. Barack Obama of deliberately distorting the Bible and taking a “fruitcake interpretation” of the U.S. Constitution.
AP reports here at CNN: LONDON - Nearly 40,000 travelers will remember U.S. President George W. Bush’s stopover in London. Their flights were canceled or delayed at Heathrow Airport to accommodate him, according to British Airways.
The Guardian reports here on its website: James Hansen, one of the world’s leading climate scientists, will today call for the chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature, accusing them of actively spreading doubt about global warming in the same way that tobacco [...]
CNN reports here: LONDON, England — A heartbroken Briton is one step closer to starting a new life as he tries to auction his “entire life” online following the break-up of his marriage.
Reuters reports here at Yahoo News: CHICAGO - Falling levels of a hormone called leptin that helps the brain resist tempting foods may explain why people who lose weight often have a hard time keeping it off, U.S. researchers said on Friday.
CNN reports here: NEW YORK - Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart hopes to return to the United Kingdom as soon as a reported travel ban stemming from her criminal history is “resolved,” the chairman of the company she founded said Friday.