Cheney changing batteries
WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney will undergo a minor surgical procedure today to replace the battery in the special pacemaker he has in his chest, a spokeswoman said. Cheney, 66, has a history of heart problems.
Moore faces subpoena:
LOS ANGELES -- Federal officials may be planning to subpoena filmmaker Michael Moore seeking information about a trip he took to Cuba for his documentary, "Sicko," a source close to the situation said Friday. In a late Thursday appearance on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," Moore said he was notified at the TV studio in Burbank, California, that a subpoena had already been issued.
Big Dig contractor settles:
BOSTON -- A concrete supplier for the Big Dig has agreed to pay $50 million to end civil and criminal investigations into whether it supplied inferior concrete used in the massive highway project, authorities announced Friday. Aggregate Industries NE Inc. also agreed to plead guilty to a criminal charge of conspiracy to defraud the federal government.
Tainted cans still out there:
WASHINGTON -- Stores nationwide are continuing to sell recalled canned chili, stew, hash and other foods potentially contaminated with poisonous bacteria even after repeated warnings the products could kill. Thousands of cans are being removed from store shelves as quickly as investigators find them, more than a week after Castleberry's Food Co. began recalling more than 90 potentially contaminated products over fears of botulism contamination.
Good deed goes bad:
ISLANDIA, N.Y. -- So much for gratitude. James Scarabino was driving along New York's Long Island Expressway early Thursday when he stopped to help a motorist stranded on the side of the road near a wrecked 2007 Chevrolet Corvette. The motorist came around, pushed Scarabino out of the driver's seat and then drove off in his 1994 Chrysler LHS, police said. Scarabino's car was recovered later Thursday, abandoned at a gas station. The carjacker was still at large.
Bus crash kills 1, injures 45:
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- An SUV traveling the wrong way on an interstate collided head-on with a Greyhound bus early Friday, killing the SUV's driver and injuring 46 people, police said. The bus driver and all 53 passengers were taken to a hospital, with 45 treated and released and one admitted in serious but stable condition.
Can vs. gun; gun wins:
EL DORADO, Ark. -- An elderly man beaten unconscious by an assailant wielding a soda can awoke and shot the man during an attempted robbery, police said. Willie Lee Hill, 93, told police he saw the robber while in his bedroom Wednesday night. Hill confronted the man and was struck at least 50 times, police said. He was knocked unconscious. Covered in blood, Hill regained consciousness a short time later and pulled a .38-caliber handgun on his attacker. The suspect, Douglas B. Williams Jr., saw the gun and charged the man, who fired a bullet that struck Williams in the throat, police said. "I got what I deserved," Williams, 24, told police when they arrived, officers said. He was in critical condition Friday.
Magruder suffers stroke:
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Watergate conspirator Jeb Stuart Magruder suffered a stroke that apparently led to crashes with two vehicles this week, police said Friday. Magruder, 72, has been hospitalized since Monday, when his car rear-ended a motorcycle, then hit a box truck about a mile farther down state Route 315, an expressway that runs through Columbus. He was listed in serious condition.