News Archive for December 09 2007

'Legendary' TV exec Roger King dies at 63

Roger M. King, the CBS and King World Productions executive who helped bring stars including Oprah Winfrey, Alex Trebek and "Dr. Phil" McGraw to television, died Saturday of a stroke. He was 63.

Blogger Threatens LA Campus Shooting

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles police arrested a 21-year-old Loyola Marymount University student in connection with an online threat to shoot people on campus, officials said Saturday.

Gunman Wounds 4 in Missionary Center

Gunman Opens Fire in Colorado Christian Missionary Training Center, Wounds at Least 4 People

Scientists find another gene's role in breast cancers linked to genetic mutation

NEW YORK - Researchers say they have discovered a major reason why women who inherit a mutated version of the gene BRCA1 run a high risk of breast cancer - and that finding might aid the search for new treatments.

Fire tears through Somerville school

SOMERVILLE - Sandra Morales, a Spanish teacher at East Somerville Community School, said she had to see it for herself.

Free Iraq hostages, Brown demands

Free Iraq hostages, Brown demands

Backstreet Boy Howie D Gets Married

Filed under: Pop, Just Married, NewsPopEater Music Blog: Backstreet Boy Howie Dorough got hitched this Saturday to his longtime girlfriend, Leigh Boniello, in his hometown of Orlando, Florida.The couple were wed at St. James Cathedral in a traditional ceremony before friends and family, including Dorough's... Read more