Sunday, 07 September 2008
NEW YORK — By his own account, former Afghan tribal leader Bashir Noorzai resisted the Soviet Union's invasion of his country three decades ago, then put down his weapons when U.S. forces showed up following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. "Afghanistan is in anarchy," the one-time Taliban ally recalls telling his tribesmen. "Americans are establishing our future government." Rather than thank him, Noorzai claims the U.S. government betrayed him: In 2005, he was branded a most-wanted drug kingpin, lured to New York and arrested. Noorzai faces trial beginning Monday on charges he...
photo: UN / Khost Office
Ex-Pa. senator faces fraud trial
Denver Post
Denver Post
PHILADELPHIA — A longtime power broker in Pennsylvania politics earned nearly $100,000 a year as a state senator, up to $1 million a year as a rainmaking lawyer and millions...
Once-powerful Pa. senator faces long fraud trial
Denver Post
Denver Post
PHILADELPHIA—A longtime power broker in Pennsylvania politics earned nearly $100,000 a year as a state senator, up to $1 million a year as a rainmaking lawyer and millions...
Season's hurricanes pummel dunes, mangle coasts
Denver Post
Denver Post
OVER LOUISIANA'S BARRIER ISLANDS—The King Air climbed into the sky over the cypress and black gum trees in the Pearl River delta at the Mississippi-Louisiana border, and left...
Centennial man arrested in roommate death
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Denver Post
A Centennial man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing and killing one of his roommates and wounding the other during an altercation at a neighbor's home. Arapahoe County...
For now, Chad Johnson can't wear Ocho Cinco
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Denver Post
BALTIMORE—Chad Johnson has changed his name, but his jersey remained the same Sunday. The Cincinnati Bengals receiver legally changed his name from Chad Johnson to Chad Ocho...
Steelers hold out Smith, Sweed vs. Texans
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Denver Post
PITTSBURGH—Anthony Smith, the Pittsburgh Steelers safety who guaranteed a victory over the then-unbeaten New England Patriots last season, was unexpectedly placed on the...
