Pistorius: A race away from Olympic history

JOHANNESBURG (AP) Oscar Pistorius is running into unfamiliar terrain now that he's so close to making Olympic history.

'Russia's Rambo' Killed in Motorbike Accident

A decorated war hero who had survived almost every major military campaign of Russia's modern history, earning him the moniker "The Russian Rambo," was mourned with honors Monday after being killed in a motorcycle accident.

Monica McDermott: Drink-driving motorbike calendar model is spared jail

Motorbike calendar beauty Monica McDermott, 38, was almost four times the limit and could barely stand after she shared two bottles of Cava, Macclesfield magistrates heard

Cloak and dagger world of spies exposed in NYC show

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mysterious cloak and dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heros and villains are exposed in a new exhibition, the first to be sanctioned by U.S. intelligence agencies. "Spy, the Secret World of Espionage," which opens at the Discovery Times Square on Friday, includes hundreds of artifacts, some from the vaults of the CIA and FBI and the National ...

Gunmen shoot CEO of Italian nuclear firm on Genoa street

GENOA, Italy (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen on a motorbike shot the chief executive of an Italian nuclear engineering company in the leg on Monday, police said, in an incident reminiscent of politically motivated violence that raged in the country in the 1970s and 1980s. Roberto Adinolfi, chief executive of Ansaldo Nucleare - majority owned by Italian defense conglomerate Finmeccanica - was ...