Ozzy Osbourne has accepted undisclosed libel damages and an apology over a newspaper claim that he was ill at the Brit Awards.
The 59-year-old rocker sued over a story in the Daily Star that alleged he had toppled over twice just before the televised ceremony and that he was moved around the awards in an electric buggy.
Osbourne's lawyer, …
The west parking lot of Proviso East High School in south suburbanMaywood, which opened to freshmen students Friday, was the scene of afatal shooting Monday afternoon.
German Ocejueda, 22, of Melrose Park, was sitting in his car about2:30 p.m. when another vehicle pulled up, Maywood Police said. He gotout and spoke with the car's occupants.
Ocejueda was shot twice in the abdomen after the talk turned intoa …
Chuck Wolf, like many business people, is playing a guessing game.
"It sounds like either we're in a slowdown, it's already happened, or a slowdown is about to happen," he said. "Get your crystal ball out."
Wolf, executive vice president of York Container Co., 138 Mount Zion Road, Springettsbury Township, estimated that the year-to-date square footage, output for the region's corrugated box manufacturers fell 4 percent to 5 percent since last year.
York County has a concentration of corrugated box manufacturers including H&A Corrugated Box Co. Inc., Strine Corrugated Products, and Packaging Corporation of America. It isn't the only area where production has …
A Serb paramilitary soldier who videotaped the execution by his fellow-troops of a group of Muslims testified Monday he made the footage on orders from the unit commander.
The recording of the killings of six imprisoned Muslims shocked Serbia when it surfaced in 2005, forcing the country to acknowledge its role in Europe's worst massacre since World War II.
The video was first released during the U.N. war crimes trial of former Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.
Some 8,000 Muslim boys and men were killed in the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica when it was overrun by the Bosnian Serb troops in July …
A Bristol mum is among 160,000 Tesco staff sharing a multi-million windfall from their employer. All eligible staff are beinggiven free shares equivalent to 3.6 per cent of their salary as athank-you for their hard work. That is worth GBP63 million across thecompany. The shares are kept in a trust and are available tax-freeafter five years. This is in addition to GBP34m of free shares givenout to staff as a result of the 2001 Profit Share Scheme, whichmatured last month. Tesco chief …
Ice Cube isn't the type of guy to have a meltdown. When asked whyhe still works hard after rising to the top of the music game withhip-hop pioneers NWA and starring in big box-office movies, such asthe "Friday" series, he doesn't even flinch.
"I've had people say, 'Cube, why don't you ride off into thesunset? You don't have to look back because you have the money.' Butthat's not cool or right," he says.
"I have cousins, family and friends who are still struggling inSouth Central," says the star of the classic film "Boyz N the Hood.""I will still speak for them and continue to speak to them. That'swho I am. The past is me. The future is me, too."
His …
Kevin Garnett's dazzling debut with the Celtics gave their fans and long-suffering Paul Pierce plenty to celebrate. Garnett had 22 points, 20 rebounds and five assists, Pierce scored 28 points and sparked Boston's take-charge rally in the first half, and the Celtics opened their promising season with a 103-83 victory over the Washington Wizards on Friday night.
Add 17 points from Ray Allen, another veteran newcomer, and the Celtics looked nothing like the teams Pierce played for in his first nine seasons with Boston. Those teams won just three playoff series.
Now, after offseason trades for Garnett and Allen, the Celtics are a …
