Teens survive terrifying ordeal
A pair of Sarnia teens are crediting life-jackets with saving their lives during a harrowing 1.5 km swim to the shores of Lake Huron after they thought their Sea-Doo was sinking. "I thought we were going to die out there in the water," said 16-year-old Alanna Duffield.[...]
The Bronx is burning in 5-hr. blaze
This terrifying Bronx inferno raged for more than five hours -- and destroyed a row of businesses -- before New York's Bravest could get it under control. The six-alarm blaze appeared to begin at Spice Island music, 4225 White Plains Road in Riverdale at around 12:30 a.m...
State Senate candidate arrested for stalking ex on road: cops
A Long Island state Senate candidate was nabbed in a terrifying road-rage incident targeting his ex-girlfriend -- repeatedly trying to run her off the road as she traveled with a new beau, authorities said. Yet despite spending a night in jail, Dave Mejias, a former Nassau County legislator, said he...
Terrifying Mex. tale
QUITO, Ecuador -- "Don't make the journey anymore!" That's the message a teenage survivor of a Mexican drug gang's massacre of 72 Central and South American migrants had yesterday for his fellow Ecuadorians. Luis "Freddy" Lala Pomavilla, 18, described being seized by gunmen after entering Mexico from...
Ben Fowlkes: Edgar's the best lightweight, style points notwithstanding
When did we decide, either as a sport or as a culture, that you had to be terrifying to be a champion? I'm tempted to say Sonny Liston and Mike Tyson had some influence on this, but you can't blame boxing now. That sport has largely moved on from the specter of the snarling bruiser with ten pounds of gold and genuine leather around his waist.
Taut, Terrifying Tilda
THE AMERICAN. George Clooney stars as an American assassin in Italy in this thriller from Dutch director Anton Corbijn, whose background is in music videos (U2, Depeche Mode, etc.). Rated R for violence, sexual content and nudity. Opens Wednesday at the Broadway, Mill Creek and the Minor.
Terrifying fire tornado captured on tape
In Hawaii, a combination of strong winds and brush fires created this "fire tornado." State officials captured this video last week of a fire caught up in a swirling twister on the Big Island.
