Who da Funk

The victim of an apparent drive-by shooting was released from the hospital but was being "uncooperative" in the investigation, police said Monday. Read More

Scanners manufactured in Jackson County would have detected materials hidden under the clothing of a man who attempted a Christmas terrorist attack on a flight from Africa to Detroit. Read More

A local man charged this weekend with stabbing his 39-year-old wife in the throat with a large kitchen knife pleaded not guilty on Monday in state Superior Court in Norwalk. Read More

A 45-year-old man who was shot Friday when five people barged into his daughter's Neville home managed to stab one of his assailants before the group ran away. Read More

We'll never know the man who stood in front of those tanks in Tiananmen Square, but we do know Neda Agha-Soltan: we've looked into her eyes. Read More

People who believe storms today are more intense than they were years ago are more likely to prepare for bad weather, a Texas scientist said. Read More

Seven U.S. soldiers, including three men, have already been punished under six-week-old rules making pregnancy a violation of military law in northern Iraq. Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo, who commands Multi-National Division - North, said he instituted the ban when he took over in early November to prevent the loss of valuable female soldiers, since troops who become pregnant are sent home. Read More

Phew. All is well and unchanged in this best of all possible villages. Read More

Singing sensation Susan Boyle and Hollywood star Gerard Butler are to battle it out for the crown of 2009 Scot of the Year. The annual search has been launched, with some less likely figures also making the shortlist. Read More

I REFER to the letter "What not to do in London" from the British High Commissioner to Malaysia Boyd McCleary (NST, Dec 17). Read More