‘Old South’ fraternity again facing complaints over Confederate flags, uniforms on campus

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A white fraternity that traces its roots to the Civil War and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is again facing complaints over its antebellum-themed events.

Alpha Natural to buy Foundation Coal for about $1.4B creating one of biggest US coal producers

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Alpha Natural Resources said Tuesday it plans to buy rival Foundation Coal for about $1.4 billion in an all-stock deal that would create the nation’s third-largest coal producer.

UN: Treaty expanded to include 9 more highly dangerous chemicals

GENEVA — A U.N.-sponsored treaty to combat highly dangerous chemicals has been expanded to include nine more substances that are used in pesticides, electronics and other products, U.N. officials said Saturday.

Coal producer Alpha’s stock soars on higher first-quarter profit

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Shares of coal producer Alpha Natural Resources Inc. jumped nearly 19 percent Wednesday on a stronger than expected first-quarter profit.

NH police arrest college students on hazing charges, say frat pledges branded with hot bayonet

HENNIKER, N.H. — Police in New Hampshire say two college students have been arrested over a pledging ceremony where fraternity initiates were burned with a hot World War II-era bayonet.

Dehradun students keen to emulate ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

ADUN - Over eight months ago, Alpha Foundation, a voluntary forum instituted an exclusive school for slum children at Dehradun in Uttarakhand.

Hema Malini’s car steals vintage show-cum-sale

NEW DELHI - Carnivals cram the capital’s winter and spring calendar, but Autojumble was a fair with a difference. It was the country’s lone automobile spares and vintage vehicle display-cum-sale.

Pro-talks ULFA group writes to PM, gives up seccession demand

GUWAHATI - A splinter group of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Friday said it has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, formally giving up its demand for independence for Assam and instead seeking maximum autonomy for the state.

Assam politicians use ULFA issue during polls: rebel leader

GUWAHATI - The leader of a pro-talk faction of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) Tuesday accused politicians of hobnobbing with the outfit and alleged that political parties in Assam have been using the insurgency issue to its advantage in all elections since 1991.

Michael Jackson needs lung transplant

LOS ANGELES - Former pop idol Michael Jackson is fighting for his life and will die if he does not receive a lung transplant, his biographer has told US gossip magazine In Touch.