Missoni scion on missing plane

Missoni scion on missing plane

caracas, venezuela

Rescue crews used boats and aircraft Saturday to search for a small plane that disappeared off Venezuela carrying the CEO of Italy’s iconic Missoni fashion house and five other people. But more than a day after the BN-2 Islander aircraft disappeared from radar screens on its short flight from the Venezuelan resort islands of Los Roques to Caracas, no sign of the plane had been found, officials said.

‘’We have no other news” about the plane carrying 58-year-old Vittorio Missoni, the head of the company; his wife; two of their Italian friends; and two crew members, said Paolo Marchetti, a Missoni SpA official.

Quake shakes parts of Alaska, Canada

juneau, alaska

A powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no damaging waves were generated.

The magnitude-7.5 quake and tsunami warning that followed caused concern in some coastal communities, with alarms sounding and people rushing to higher ground for safety.

The temblor struck at 4 a.m. EST Saturday and was centered about 60 miles west of Craig, Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

NYC iPhone owner tricks thief with app

new york

A New York City musician used a combination of technology, seduction, a hammer and a bribe to reclaim his missing iPhone from a confused crook.

Jazz trombonist Nadav Nirenberg says he left the phone in a cab New Year’s Eve. The next morning, the 27-year-old learned via email that someone was sending messages to women using a dating app on the phone.

Nirenberg logged on and offered the man a date — posing as a woman.

When the culprit arrived at Nirenberg’s Brooklyn apartment building with wine, the musician greeted him with a $20 bill while holding a hammer. The thief handed him the iPhone and left without a word.

Oldest US citizen dies at age 114

A 114-year-old South Carolina woman who was the oldest-living U.S. citizen has died, two of her daughters said Saturday.

Mamie Rearden of Edgefield, who held the title as the country’s oldest person for about two weeks, died Wednesday at a hospital in Augusta, Ga., said Sara Rearden of Burtonsville, Md., and Janie Ruth Osborne of Edgefield. They said their mother broke her hip about three weeks ago.

Gerontology Research Group, which verifies age information for Guinness World Records, listed Mamie Rearden as the oldest living American after last month’s passing of 115-year-old Dina Manfredini of Iowa.

McChrystal accepts blame for article

washington

Speaking out for the first time since he resigned, retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal takes the blame for a Rolling Stone article and the unflattering comments attributed to his staff about the Obama administration that ended his Afghanistan command and army career.

“Regardless of how I judged the story for fairness or accuracy, responsibility was mine,” McChrystal writes in his new memoir.

The Rolling Stone article anonymously quoted McChrystal’s aides as criticizing Obama’s team, including Vice President Joe Biden.

Biden had disagreed with McChrystal’s strategy that called for more troops in Afghanistan.

Associated Press