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Madonna has promised electricity to a village in Malawi, the impoverished southern African country where she runs a charity organization and from which she has adopted two children. (more…)

He freely admitted that his dream car is a red Nissan Altima with a push-button ignition. A 21-year-old man was charged Monday with burglary and attempted theft for allegedly trying to steal one from a Nissan auto dealership. Police said the man saw the car on the showroom floor around midnight on Sunday.

Police said he broke in and started the car, but couldn’t find a way to get it out of the building. Police said he then broke a showroom window, but was unable to maneuver the auto out the building.

He was discovered a short time later by police, who arrested him.

Alaska’s Mount Redoubt volcano erupted with four large explosions last night that shot a huge plume of gas and smoke 15 kilometers into the air and sent ash drifting toward the state’s largest city Anchorage.

“It is in full eruption,” said Matthew Haney, a research geophysicist with the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

Mount Redoubt, which is some 170 kilometers from Anchorage, rises 3,108 meters above the Kenai Peninsula. About 50,000 people live on the peninsula within 80 kilometers of the mountain and it is one of the most densely populated areas of the state.

The National Weather Service issued an ash-fall advisory and some flights into Anchorage airport have been canceled.

Authorities are preparing for mudslides and floods from hot lava melting snow and ice on the glacier, said John Power, an observatory geophysicist.

Authorities raised the alert level for Mount Redoubt on March 15th to orange from yellow after low-level tremors that began in January gained intensity. The alert rose to red, the highest level of four, yesterday.

The volcano had a series of eruptions in 1989 and 1990 that disrupted air traffic, the local oil industry and schools.

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania authorities say a former NFL quarterback who failed to show for sentencing on drunken driving charges nearly four years ago has been killed in a car crash in Greece.

A Chester County detective says authorities had initially been skeptical about reports of William “Jeff” Komlo’s death in a weekend crash.

But acting chief county detective Jim Vito says the State Department used fingerprints to confirm the crash victim was indeed the 52-year-old fugitive.

In July 2005, Komlo failed to show for sentencing on two drunken driving convictions. He had also failed to show for an unrelated hearing two months earlier.

Komlo was also under investigation for fires at home in Pennsylvania and Florida.

Komlo played for the Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers between 1979 and 1983.

Two U.S. Navy vessels have collided in the Strait of Hormuz, near the Arabian Peninsula. The USS Hartford, a submarine, crashed in the USS New Orleans amphibious ship Friday morning. No serious injuries occurred, but gallons of fuel spilled into the water.

The USS Hartford and the USS New Orleans ran into each other during the early morning hours, at about 1 a.m. local time. Fifteen sailors from the Hartford are reported as “slightly injured.” They have all already returned to duty.

The Navy says the USS Hartford’s nuclear propulsion plant was not damaged. The USS New Orleans, however, suffered a “ruptured fuel tank.” Because of that, 25,000 gallons of diesel fuel marine were spilled.

Military officials say both ships were headed into port when the collision happened. The submarine was underwater at the time. An investigation is now underway.

The U.S. is very lucky there wasn’t a nuclear incident.

In Joliet, Illinois a massive fire broke out at the Empress Casino. Apparently the fire started in an area with lots of dry wall piled up. It occured in a section where they were adding new seats for casino goers.

Rarely does the Joliet Fire Department call for assistance but trucks from Troy, Rockdale and other departments started to roll in shortly after noon. Most appear to be water trucks.

Massive flames were still shooting out of the building as of 1pm today.

Frank Quigley, general manager, spoke to employees who had been gathering under the carport of the hotel.

“All kinds of kudos to you guys for pulling off an extremely professional evacuation,” Quigley said. “There were no injuries.”

Michelle Bell, marketing director, said there was a $50 million renovation project in the pavilion area with new food outlets under construction.

Quigley asked employees to stick around for a while. “I really do not know what is going on yet,” he said. “When I know something I will tell you.”

No official reports have been issued by the fire department.

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Henry Hill the true life figure who was depicted (by Ray Liotta) as the central character in “Goodfellas” is wanted in real life. The ex-mobster is not wanted for coke or racketeering, he has some drunk-driving tickets and refused to appear in court for them. He didn’t show after supposedly reporting he was having hernia surgery.

Hill was arrested in May 2008 while he was in alcohol rehab in a Loma Linda V.A. medical center.

There have been all sorts of rumors and internet hoaxes about a gang that is going to kill three women in a Walmart in a number of counties including ones near Memphis, Desoto, Broward and Palm Beach county. Some say it’s a Mexican gang targeting black women shopping at Target or Walmart. Others say they are targeting women and children. Basically none of the facts are consistent and the threat is not credible. The police have been bombarded with non sense calls and don’t need anymore of them.

“These hoaxes and urban legends have been around forever. Now with the Internet they seem to travel with lightning speed.” said Jim Leljadal, spokesman for the Broward Sheriff’s office.

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