MONTCOAL, W.Va. (AP) — A blast was reported around 3 p.m. at Massey Energy Co.’s Upper Big Branch mine in Raleigh County, about 30 miles south of Charleston in West Virginia. Several miners were killed and rescue teams are searching for other miners that are still missing.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods’ fans say they forgive him for cheating on his wife and they’re glad he’s back at the Masters.
NEW YORK — Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY’-uh-vich) has been fired again. The former governor, whom Illinois lawmakers ousted from office last year, has been kicked off NBC’s “Celebrity Apprentice.” Donald Trump fired him after Blagojevich struggled as team leader in creating an interactive display.
SEARCHLIGHT — U.S. Sen. Harry Reid on Monday kicked off his re-election campaign with an emotional send-off from his hometown of Searchlight.
Apple Inc. said Monday that it sold more than 300,000 iPads on its opening day, meeting the expectations of some analysts while underscoring the challenges the company still faces marketing the much-anticipated device beyond early adopters.
CHICAGO — The lives of nearly 900 babies would be saved each year, along with billions of dollars, if 90 percent of U.S. women breast-fed their babies for the first six months of life, a cost analysis says.Those startling results, published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, are only an estimate. But several experts who reviewed the analysis said the methods and conclusions seem sound.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Discovery and seven astronauts rocketed into orbit before dawn Monday on one of NASA’s final stockpiling missions to the International Space Station. The launch – the last scheduled one in darkness for NASA’s fading shuttle program – helped set a record for the most women in space at the same time. Three women are aboard Discovery, and another is already at the space station.
Three Las Vegas Review-Journal sports department members and three professional handicappers have been given $2,000 fantasy bankrolls to bet during the NCAA Tournament — two picks per day of either sides, totals or one of each. Below are their bets for today, with a brief explanation of their picks: