Monday February 20, 2012 top of the ramp a young skier waits eagerly for their turn and Johnson says to hold off for a few because the wind isn't the same. Canadian competitor Joshua Maurer, 15, of the Altius Nordic Ski Club, soars above the crowd during

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - "Spice", a mixture packed and marketed as incense is also called "K2". It mimics marijuana. State Law Enforcement Deputy Director Keith Kamita points out "It looks like oregano". Kamita showed us one version called "Spike." He

When a banker from Deutsche Bank recently sat down for dinner with a friend at an upscale Manhattan restaurant, the two started joking about who would pick up the check. "I'll pay with my deferred-stock chips," the banker joked, referring to shares Deuts

Italian prosecutors say they have broken up an organised crime ring that was hiding trillions of dollars of fake US bonds. Worth $6 trillion, the bonds were found in three metal boxes in a warehouse in the Swiss city of Zurich. The BBC's Alan Johnson sai

Professor Alan Johnson is a Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre The Israeli TUC, the Histadrut, made a bold move this week. Bold not just for the fact that they organised a four day general strike

In the latter days of the last Labour government, then Home Office minister Vernon Coaker introduced a law designed to enable the prosecution of those who paid for sexual services. The government had published a lengthy report, “Tackling Demand for Prost

The Salvation Army's fifth annual state of the nation report depicts a country that is increasingly divided by wealth, race and age with the prospect of permanent social damage. Author of The Growing Divide, Alan Johnson, said the intention of the report

Employers opting for more experience as 40,000 youngsters get squeezed out Old people have displaced more than 40,000 teenagers from jobs in the past five years as more choose to stay on in the workforce and employers shun youth for experience. Research

By Sean Daly , Times Staff Writer Sean Daly Tampa Bay Times In Print: Thursday, February 16, 2012 ST. PETERSBURG — To say Joseph Alan Johnson has been waiting awhile for his big break is an understatement. "When I was 12, I wanted an agent!"

George Vecsey New York Times Wat Misaka does not see anything of himself in the lithe Knicks point guard on the television. “He’s much bigger than me,” Misaka said. “He’s 6-foot-3.” Misaka, 88, was 5-foot-7 when he played three games for the Knicks in No

As a young state senator 30 years ago, Paul Pfeifer helped write Ohio's death penalty law. Today, as the senior member of the state Supreme Court, he's trying to eliminate it. It's not uncommon for sitting judges to change their mind on the death penalty

NORTH RIDGEVILLE — For years, the city has had to pay about $20 per ton for disposal of sludge produced at its wastewater treatment plant in area landfills. Now an almost-completed $3.5 million project at the facility, 2350 Abbe Road, Sheffield, is expec

Alan Johnson: Can Israel be both a "national homeland for the Jewish people" and a "state for all its citizens"? Michael Walzer: "Homeland" has been an ambiguous phrase ever since the Balfour Declaration. Israel is not the state of the Jewish people; Jew

Alan Johnson, Diana Johnson and Karl Turner visited The Dales Fitness Centre to meet volunteers for the Bransholme Buddies and the community caretakers. IMPRESSED: Hull North MP Diana Johnson talks to volunteers Dean Gamble, left, and Shaun Baynes in the

I had a standing appointment with Dave Bodolus at 8:30 on Tuesday nights during the fall. His Daniel Boone Blazers became one of the marquee teams in Berks football, and so I would check in with him almost every week at that time. It worked for both of u

If one were sound of mind, moral of character and decent at heart, which of the following two men would you like to see involved in the education of your children? The first, Mr Ray Honeyford, ex-headmaster of a multi-ethnic school in Bradford, England,

A STATE-of-the-art health centre that has changed part of the city centre skyline has been officially opened. Wilberforce Health Centre first opened its doors to patients in December when a range of health teams started to move in. A CUT ABOVE: From left

Cassie Meade thought the phone call she received Wednesday morning from her sister, Katie Johnson, was a joke. There was no way her older sister was going to give birth on the same day she was destined to have her second child, which just so happened to

It seems like only yesterday, but it’s actually been a decade and a half since a 36-year old Californian with an infectious personality and a glorious mustache burst onto the professional drag racing scene. Former Top Alcohol Dragster pilot Gary Scelzi w