Josef Fritzl's lawyer says he has received more threats as he wraps up his defense of the Austrian on trial for imprisoning his daughter for 24 years.
Rudolf Mayer told reporters as he headed into the final day of court proceedings against Fritzl that he has been a target again. Mayer has said in the past that he both he and Fritzl had received death threats.
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Actress Kim Ulrich, who plays a young nurse on the NBC televisionseries "Nightingales," says she and her colleagues sympathize withcritics who don't like to see them running around in their underwear.
"I think that since we've had to do all the underwear scenes andall of the aerobic scenes, we've kind of banded together to fightthem," she said recently. Critics have complained the show …
NEW YORK (AP) — AT&T Inc. has agreed to buy T-Mobile USA for $39 billion, but the deal isn't set to close until a year from now, and it will likely face tough regulatory scrutiny. Here's what a completed deal could mean for customers:
— Some time after the deal is completed, T-Mobile phones with "3G" wireless broadband won't get 3G service any more, and will need to be replaced. AT&T will be offering new phones with access to AT&T's 3G network to these customers, but it's not clear what the deals will be. It could take a year for AT&T to turn off T-Mobile 3G, so there will be time to adjust. AT&T will use T-Mobile's 3G frequencies for 4G instead, for faster data …
A Pakistani court granted police another 10 days on Tuesday to question five Americans held on suspicion of links to Islamist militants, a government official said.
Authorities also said they had released the father of one of the five men who was arrested along with the group last week.
Police could find no evidence that father Khalid Farooq, also a U.S. citizen, had committed any crime, regional law minister Rana Sanaullah Khan said.
The men, aged 19 to 25, were reported missing from the Washington, D.C., area after their families found a farewell video …
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Where does Rodney Culver play?
Anywhere he wants to.
The 6-0, 219-pound sophomore-to-be scored three touchdowns andrushed for 66 yards as the Blue won Notre Dame's Blue-Gold intrasquadgame 21-8 Saturday. Culver, who rushed 30 times for 195 yards andthree touchdowns last fall, is an armful at either fullback ortailback.
"It doesn't matter to me - I just want to play," said Culver,from Detroit, one of several Irish to display their rushing skillsbefore a crowd of 25,694 interested in getting an early look at the1988 national champions.
Kenny Spears (58 yards rushing), Anthony Johnson (47) and RickyWatters (27), the top tailback, …
FAO President Jac Nasser may lose his 'Jac the Knife' nickname. Are you ready for 'Jac the Savior?'
It's been a little more than a year and a half since Jac Nasser took over as head of Ford Automotive Operations, and it's never going to be the same.
He's been busy, chopping out costs and products. Some say he continues to earn his nickname, "Jac the Knife." Others says he's tired of that moniker and hopes to soften his image a bit. In the last 18 months Nasser has:
Cut $3 billion from FAO's costs, helping to boost Ford earnings to a record $6.9 billion and outdoing rival General Motors, which ended 1997 with a $6.7 billion profit. Cost cuts for 1998, however, won't …
Democrat Barack Obama raised $52 million last month for his presidential campaign, more than twice as much as Republican rival John McCain in a significant boost to his financial cache for the fall contest.
The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee ended June with a combined total of $92.3 million in the bank. The figure represents a notable fundraising jump, especially for the DNC.
Obama reported $72 million cash on hand and the DNC $20.3 million. But the Democrats still lag Republican John McCain's presidential campaign and the Republican Party.
Last week, McCain reported raising more than $22 million in June, which was his best …
