‘I’m ready to be with my family’: The 85-year-old Korean War vet, who was detained in North Korea for about six weeks, was reunited with loved ones at San Francisco International Airport Saturday morning. STEPHEN LAM/REUTERS Merrill Newman spoke to reporters after he arrived back in the U.S. while his wife, Lee, and son Jeffery … Continue reading
NORTH KOREA CONFIRM DETENTION OF U.S CITIZEN: STATE DEPARTMENT. Retired finance executive Merrill Newman is seen in a photo taken in Palo Alto, California in 2005. North Korea has detained Newman, an 85-year-old Korean War veteran from California visiting the country as a tourist, pulling him off a plane as he was about to leave … Continue reading
View Photo Gallery — ‘Anchorman: The Exhibit’ opens at the Newseum: The display, based on the popular 2004 Will Ferrell film and its soon-to-be-released sequel, highlights sexism and the local eyewitness-news model, and just might help boost the struggling Newseum. Here’s a look at the exhibit, which runs through Aug. 31. This just in from the Newseum: Fake … Continue reading
A man looks at a tourist boat sinking in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in northern Vietnam early Monday as a tropical storm, just days after leaving massive destruction in the Philippines. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh) A weakened Typhoon Haiyan made landfall in northern Vietnam early Monday and was … Continue reading
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