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  • Israel Navy's Gaza flotilla probe 'finds planning, intel flaws'

    Israel's May 31st raid on the Gaza-bound aid ship Mavi Marmara suffered from serious defects, a new investigation into the raid led by Israel's naval commando unit concluded, Israel Radio reported on Sunday.

    The internal Israel Navy probe concluded that the commando unit was inadequately prepared, lacked sufficient intelligence, and was ill-used in its approach to the Turkish-flagged ship.

    The probe concluded that due to the fact that a mass offensive against Israel's commando officers was not taken into account, the officers acted accordingly under the circumstances.

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  • Tiger Woods surges at US Open but Dustin Johnson

    Saturday, Woods truly returned. He did so at Pebble Beach Golf Links, where 10 years ago this week he recorded one of his most historic victories. He did so in the third round of the U.S. Open, which he entered -- if this is even possible -- as something of an afterthought. He did so after bogeying two of his first three holes, somehow turning around his day -- and the entire tournament -- with an oh-no-here-he-comes 66.

    And he did so as Dustin Johnson -- a 25-year-old South Carolinian who hits the ball, as Woods said, "for miles" -- matched him shot for shot.

    "I played better," Woods said, and he smiled. Johnson, though, was able to duplicate those pearly whites, because his own 66 thrust him into the lead at 6-under-par 207. He is three strokes ahead of Irishman Graeme McDowell, who played icily until bogeys at 16 and 17, but still managed 71. They are the only men ahead of Woods, whose 15th major championship -- an unlikely notion after his first three holes -- is within reach.

    "It does feel good to play this well going into a final round," Woods said, "and I put myself back in the tournament."

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  • Jamel Turner shot; 17-year-old girl dead

    Police say an Ohio State football recruit Jamel Turner is in critical condition and a 17-year-old girl is dead after both were shot multiple times early Saturday morning in Youngstown.

    Turner, a defensive end who played high school ball at Ursuline High School in his native Youngstown, signed with the Buckeyes in February.

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  • Australia, Telstra Sign Broadband Deal

    SYDNEY--Telstra Corp. said Sunday it has agreed to participate in the Australian government's planned new national broadband network by allowing access to its infrastructure and traffic, a move that will deliver the telecommunications company a net 11 billion Australian dollars (US$9.57 billion).

    The deal, with the final contract to be negotiated in coming months, follows a year of wrangling between Telstra and the Labor government and will be viewed as an important stepping stone in the government's plan to roll out a new, A$43 billion "fiber-to-the-home" broadband network across Australia through its National Broadband Network Co.

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  • Gia Carangi: Beautiful New York Model Succumbs to Death from AIDS...!

    Angelina Jolie was a really amazing in role in Gia Carangi. Jolie portrayed the role of gorgeouis Gia Carangi, born in 1960, as a victim of AIDS who wound up succumbing to death at the young age of 26 years old.

    In order to stake her claim in the world, Gia Carangi decided to become a model back in 1970’s in the city of New York. However, as she begins to become successful at modeling, she becomes addicting to the club life which includes drinking and drugs.

    Gia Carangi and her addictions to drugs and alcohol begin to negatively affect her career as well as her personal life, until she gets overtaken by AIDS. Gia died on November 18, 1986.

    Angelina Jolie starred in Gia Carangi along with Mercedes Ruehl, Elizabeth Mitchell and Faye Dunaway. The sentimental show about dying of AIDS, starred tonight on Lifetime at 9 p.m.

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  • 'Toy Story 3' lives up to buzz with $41M opener

    LOS ANGELES – "Toy Story 3" has become the favorite plaything for moviegoers as the animated sequel heads to a $100-million-plus opening weekend.

    The latest hit from Disney's Pixar Animation took in $41 million in its first day Friday, according to studio estimates.

    That puts "Toy Story 3" on track to join "Shrek 2" and "Shrek the Third" as the only animated films to top $100 million in their debut weekends.

    Reuniting voice stars Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, "Toy Story 3" will easily pass Pixar's previous best opening of $70.5 million for "The Incredibles."

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  • Gunman targets stepdaughter's family in San Bernardino restaurant; 3 dead

    A 56-year-old man opened fire in a San Bernardino Del Taco restaurant Saturday afternoon, killing his stepdaughter's husband and one of their two young sons before fatally shooting himself in the head, police said. The man also critically wounded his stepdaughter and her 5-year-old son.

    The San Bernardino Police Department late Saturday identified the gunman as Jimmy Schlager. It has not released the identities of the victims.

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  • 'Jonah Hex' Star Josh Brolin Calls Horse-Mounted Gatling Gun 'Funny'

    In the first "Jonah Hex" trailer, there's one particular item that should give fans a pretty clear sense of whether or not this comic book adaptation is something they'll find interest in. I'm speaking, of course, about the horse-mounted gatling gun, one of the most absurd pieces of weaponry seen on film in the past several years. It's not a concept that everybody can get behind — but it's certainly one that lead actor Josh Brolin was very amused by!

    "The gatling gun, man," the actor laughed when MTV News asked him to recount his favorite and most absurd weapons featured in "Jonah Hex." "It's not funny to anybody else, but it's always funny to me."

    Brolin revealed that the initial idea for the gatling gun had more than a few design flaws to reconcile.

    "The gatling gun was designed under the horse," he explained. "I was like, 'Does anybody realize that when these gatling guns go off, the horse's front legs are going to be shot off? You realize that, right? You're going to have to change horses every time you use the gatling gun!' Our props guy came up with a design that was functional, to say the least."

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  • Yemeni militants kill 11 in brazen jailbreak

    SAN'A, Yemen – Four suspected al-Qaida gunmen blasted their way into the intelligence headquarters of Yemen's second largest city Saturday and freed several detainees in the group's most spectacular operation since a U.S.-backed government crackdown began late last year.

    The attack on the heavily protected security complex killed 11 and further bolstered U.S. concerns that Yemen's weak central government may not be up to tackling an increasingly effective foe seemingly able to strike anywhere inside or outside the country.

    "We were hit where we least expected it," Yemeni Information Minister Hassan al-Lozy told the Al-Arabiya news channel. "This is a serious escalation from these terrorist elements."

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  • 3 children killed, 23 people hurt in Afghanistan

    KABUL, Afghanistan – Two explosions minutes apart rocked a provincial capital in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing a child and wounding at least 19 other people.

    The young girl was killed and at least 14 other people were wounded in the first blast in front of a bank in southern Lashkar Gah city, said Daud Ahmadi, spokesman for the governor in Helmand province.

    Five people, including an Afghan soldier, were injured in the second explosion near a high school, he said.

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