Taylor to Appear in Creative Campaigns and Co-Design Limited Edition Swimwear IRVINE, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ — O’Neill (www.oneill.com), the original California surf, snow and youth lifestyle brand, today announced international supermodel Elyse Taylor as its [...]

By DEE-ANN DURBIN (AP) – 1 day ago DETROIT — Corvette owners could soon be revving up an engine they built with their own hands. General Motors Co. said Monday that buyers who order a 2011 Corvette Z06 or ZR1 can help assemble their cars’ high-performance LS7 and LS9 engines. The automaker believes the program [...]

By MAX DELANY and JASON STRAZIUSO (AP) – 17 minutes ago KAMPALA, Uganda — Somalia’s most dangerous al-Qaida-linked militant group claimed responsibility Monday for twin bombings in Uganda that killed 74 people watching the World Cup final on TV, saying the militants would carry out attacks “against out enemy” wherever they are. Al-Shabab, whose ranks [...]

By John S. Marshall (AP) – 36 minutes ago RIPON, Calif. — Walter Hawkins, a Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, composer and pastor from Oakland, died Sunday. He was 61. Hawkins, who was battling pancreatic cancer, passed away at his home in Ripon, Calif., his older brother Edwin Hawkins said. “Today, I lost my brother, my [...]

        Posted July 11, 2010 – 6:54 a.m.           7-11 is giving away free Slurpees today. (2008 photo by REGINA H. BOONE/Detroit Free Press)   BY MARK W. SMITHFREE PRESS WEB EDITOR   Have you gotten your free Slurpee from 7-11 yet? Today, July 11, is the day [...]