Around 9:45 on the night of October 23, while attending an overnight event at the Boy Scouts' Camp Emerald Bay on Santa Catalina Island, Karl Tso, KI6PCW, and his wife, Deborah Ava, KJ6CRZ, of Topanga, California, decided to climb a

The Advocate laid off a handful of staffers this week, joining a parade of magazines that has slimmed its ranks in recent weeks amid the continued economic slump.

CBS Radio announced a new strategy Friday (Oct. 30) that will extend four of its iconic radio brands beyond their local markets.

DERICK LATIBEAUDIERE'S 13-year reign at Nethersole Place in Kingston came to an abrupt end last evening with news that the central bank governor had demitted office with immediate effect.

Government has abandoned its plans to extend the runway at the Ken Jones domestic airport in Portland. According to Daryl Vaz, minister of information, the investment is not considered to be rewarding at this time.

Audley Shaw, minister of finance and the public service, has weighed in on comments made by Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Les Green that some police officers have died as a result of their shady and corrupt dealings.

THE LACK of a quorum on Thursday left four members of a parliamentary committee and about a dozen technical staff idle for at least an hour.

The resignation of Derick Latibeaudiere as head of the Bank of Jamaica has done little to slow predictions that the challenges to the sector were set to mount. In an immediate response, former Finance Minister Dr Omar Davies characterised the

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is currently in the island having discussion with the Government on an application for a standby agreement with the fund.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has ruled that no one should be charged in connection with the sale of Air Jamaica's Heathrow slots to Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.

A 12-member jury trying a murder case for the last four weeks has voiced disgust that the health of some of the jurors is being seriously affected because of dirty air-conditioning vents in a courtroom at the Home Circuit Court.

The conducted a hearing to investigate the lobbying firm , which last summer sent phony letters on forged stationery to members of Congress on behalf of their energy-industry clients who oppose a climate change bill. At the hearing, Bonner and

Every five years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service counts how many Americans hunt. That number has fallen steadily since the 1970s, even in the rural West.

A 106 day Olympic torch relay is now underway in Canada. The Olympic flame arrived in British Columbia today from Greece.

Longtime Washington Congressman Norm Dicks denies any ethical lapses over campaign contributions and earmarks. The Democrat from Bremerton responded today to a Washington Post report.

A seabird die-off on the Washington and northern Oregon Coast has abated. Now marine scientists are trying to understand the cause of the underlying algal bloom.

The Oregon Lottery Commission decided today to make no changes to the way the state compensates video lottery retailers.

The FBI is investigating shots fired at the US Federal Courthouse in Eugene sometime Wednesday night or early Thursday morning. Several public officials have offices in the Courthouse - including US Representative Peter Defazio. Correspondent Jes Burns reports.

Social conservatives are expanding their efforts to support Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in next week's special election for New York's 23rd Congressional District. The Susan B. Anthony List, in partnership with the National Organization for Marriage, is leading the

Texting and sexting, school violence, drug abuse, car accidents, pregnancy. Teens--including teenage girls--all too often make the news for their problems and failures. Yet throughout history there have been young women, like Joan of Arc, who are remembered for extraordinary