Hurricane Isaac Headed Towards New Orleans

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say Isaac has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane with 75 mph winds as it makes its way toward Louisiana.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Tuesday that Isaac gained strength as it moved over the warm, open waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

Isaac is…

Apple Wants Samsung Products Pulled From Shelves

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple Inc. on Monday gave a federal judge a list of eight Samsung Electronics Co. products it wants pulled from shelves and banned from the U.S. market, including popular Galaxy model smartphones.

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh asked for the list after a jury in…

Oprah Tops Forbes List of Highest Paid Celebrities

Oprah Winfrey may have wrapped up her syndicated talk show last year after a 25-year run, but her empire sails on. Through her Harpo productions, Winfrey still has her hand in Dr. Phil, Rachael Ray andThe Dr. Oz Show. There’s her magazine, O,and her satellite radio station…

Student Shot in Baltimore on First Day of School

(Reuters) – A fifteen-year-old Baltimore high school student shot and critically wounded a fellow student in a school cafeteria on Monday, the first day of school after the summer holiday, police said.

The shooting took place just before 11 a.m. at Perry Hall High School, which was voted…

First Man on the Moon Neil Armstrong Has Died

CINCINNATI (AP) — Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made “one giant leap for mankind” with a small step on to the moon. The modest man who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost…