http://www.theheraldbulletin.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:51:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_076005225.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_076005225.html PHILADELPHIA — Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks defending herself at trial in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her girls school in South Africa. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:42:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_076004353.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_076004353.html WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Tuesday refused to halt implementation of his order allowing auto parts supplier Visteon Corp. to terminate its retirees' health and life insurance benefits. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:39:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_076004146.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_076004146.html HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Robert Gary Jones was a pharmaceutical salesman on a business trip, looking forward to getting home to celebrate his daughter's third birthday. He was enjoying a moment to himself on this resort island, jogging on the beach and listening to his iPod. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:38:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_076003905.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_076003905.html CAMPBELLTON, Texas — A crowded bus carrying young families and spring breakers toward Mexico went careening off a Texas highway and flipped onto its side Tuesday, killing two people and forcing dozens of bloodied passengers to climb to safety through broken windows and an emergency exit. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:34:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_076003742.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_076003742.html HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — In a Hollywood-style heist, thieves cut a hole in the roof of a warehouse, rappelled inside and scored one of the biggest hauls of its kind — not diamonds, gold bullion or Old World art, but about $75 million in antidepressants and other prescription drugs. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:33:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_076003427.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_076003427.html ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University, an Ivy League school known for its spectacular gorges and haunted by a reputation for suicides, took the extraordinary step of posting lookouts on bridges and going door-to-door to check on students after three undergrads plunged to their deaths in the past month Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:14:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_075181611.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_075181611.html DETROIT — Honda Motor Co. will recall more than 410,000 Odyssey minivans and Element small trucks because of braking system problems that could make it tougher to stop the vehicle if not repaired. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:05:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_075010652.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_075010652.html LOS ANGELES — An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2½ years in prison after giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:03:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_075010506.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_075010506.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years, according to a person familiar with the deal. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:33:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_074185204.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_074185204.html WASHINGTON — More corners of the country would have high-speed Internet access and existing connections would become much faster under a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy that is being unveiled Tuesday. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:29:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_074083023.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_074083023.html LOS ANGELES — Peter Graves, the rugged actor who starred in the hit TV series "Mission: Impossible" and whose career took a comic turn in the disaster spoof "Airplane!," has died. He was 83. Graves was found dead Sunday afternoon in front of his Los Angeles home from apparent natural causes, said Los Angeles Police Department Officer Karen Rayner. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:19:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_074012042.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_074012042.html PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration.It's time to start cashing them in. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:55:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_074005558.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_074005558.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A power failure plunged nearly the entire Chilean population into darkness Sunday night, rattling a country already anxious after last month's 8.8-magnitude quake. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:18:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_074001840.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_074001840.html LEADVILLE, Colo. — A Colorado woman who says she is the mother of an American held and later released in Ireland over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist said Sunday she does not know where her daughter or grandson may be. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:56:00 +0000 http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_074000053.html http://www.theheraldbulletin.com/news_tab3/local_story_074000053.html EGG HARBOR CITY, N.J. — Last month, the Northeast was smothered by blizzards. Now, it's waterlogged by torrential rains.The region mopped up Sunday following a bout with high wind and heavy rains that uprooted trees, downed power lines and flooded creeks and rivers. At least seven people died in storm-related accidents, and hundreds of thousands were without electricity.