&#39;Ladder 49&#39; is a false alarm
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&quot;Ladder 49&quot; is the flip side of FX&#39;s bawdy &quot;Rescue Me.&quot; That TV drama captures the darker side of the modern firefighter - the nonstop carping between colleagues, the barely concealed homophobia
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By David Nivens, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Dec. 18--HIGH POINT -- The cranky elevator in the downtown Department of Social Services building has become a bad joke that social workers will have to deal with for a while longer.
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NEW YORK, July 19 -- On most days  in this city, the line that separates the Whens from  the Ifs -- those who think another act of terrorism here is a certitude, and those who do not -- is pretty hard to spot. After nearly six incident-free years, New Yorkers tend to choose a side on the fear div...
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It&#39;s a problem that confronts every homeowner: There&#39;s always at least one lightbulb around the house that needs to be replaced -- often in places that require a ladder.
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On an icy Sunday night, police brought terrible news to Kevin McMullan&#39;s home: A relative had died in a car crash, they said. It was a lie -- and it launched one of the world&#39;s biggest bank robberies.
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The official numbers on house prices ÃÂ the last refuge of soothing information about the real estate market on the coasts ÃÂ are deeply misleading.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Recent missteps by a Canadian bank&#39;s incursion into US territory aren&#39;t dampening the momentum of an invasion from the North.
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There's something fishy about the bear argument.
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Source tells Guardian pilots received no warning because of problem with alarm system
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MOSCOW. June 13 (Interfax) - A false fire alarm went off onboard the Russian segment of the International Space Station early on Wednesday Moscow time, Valery Lyndin, a spokesman for the Russian space mission control, told Interfax on Wednesday.
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&quot;Ladder 49&quot; poses the question: What makes firefighters run into burning buildings when everyone else is running out? Unfortunately, &quot;Ladder 49&quot; could have a similar effect: Firefighters may
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Angry residents in Indonesia&#39;s Aceh have disabled a tsunami warning system after a false alarm spread panic in a province still traumatised by the deadly 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, an official said on Thursday.
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The Department of Labor&#39;s new rules regarding overtime, which go into effect today, have been the subject of confusion, anger and conflicting claims.
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Fine performances from a stand-out cast punctuate this post-9/11 cinematic offspring. But Ladder 49 overkills on melodrama -- the slow-paced adventure flick has enough tear-jerking Hallmark moments to extinguish a three-alarm blaze.
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Few PSAs are as harrowing as the new work by the Brooklyn Brothers for the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), the organization devoted to ridding the world of landmines. One new spot, which you can see at www.stoplandmines.org, shows a bucolic afternoon gone haywire as a girl playing soccer steps on a mine, triggering a huge explosion and widespread panic. "If there were landmines here, would you stand for them anywhere?" asks onscreen copy.
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The race to unveil amazing new gadgets sometimes turns ludicrous, but it could be worse. Much worse. Commentary by Lore Sj&#246;berg.
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Repetitive sinking syndrome The recent security lapse at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has inspired congressional critics to pipe up once again.â¦