Still no Hoffa after 1st day of new search

Still no Hoffa after 1st day of new search

oakland twp., mich.

Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Jimmy Hoffa on Monday, digging around in a suburban Detroit field where a reputed Mafia captain says the body of the Teamsters boss was buried.

Authorities used excavation equipment to root around in the Oakland Township property, about 25 miles north of Detroit. The FBI halted the search for the day about 7 p.m., and planned to resume efforts today.

Robert Foley, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Detroit division, made brief comments during a news conference about the latest search for union leader who went missing in 1975. He said the warrant to search the property was sealed, and that authorities wouldn’t be disclosing the details of what they were seeking.

Witness: Man was ranting about CIA

newark, n.j.

A man loudly ranted about national security, the CIA and international spying aboard a flight from Hong Kong to Newark on Monday, causing passengers to tackle him and bind his hands and feet for the flight’s duration.

The FBI met United Airlines Flight 116 as it landed at Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday about 1:30 p.m., passengers said, and escorted the man off the airliner. The man’s name has not been released but passengers described him as American.

Komen cancer charity names a new CEO

dallas

Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced Monday that a physician with a long career in health policy and research will become the breast-cancer charity’s new president and CEO.

Judith A. Salerno will replace Nancy Brinker as CEO of the Dallas-based organization. Brinker, whose promise to her dying sister begat a fundraising power-house that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in cancer research, announced last summer she would step down after an onslaught of criticism over Komen’s decision — quickly reversed — to stop giving grants to Planned Parenthood for breast-cancer screenings.

Iran’s new leader highlights limits

tehran, iran

Iran’s newly elected president showcased his reform-leaning image Monday by promising a “path of moderation” that includes greater openness on Tehran’s nuclear program and overtures to Washington. He also made clear where he draws the line: No halt to uranium enrichment and no direct U.S. dialogue without a pledge to stay out of Iranian affairs.

Hasan Rowhani’s first post-victory news conference was a study in what may make his presidency tick. Rowhani may be hailed as a force for change, but he also appears to carry a deep and self-protective streak of pragmatism. He knows he can only push his views on outreach and detente as far as allowed by the country’s real powers, the ruling clericsSFlband their military protectors, the Revolutionary Guard.

Convicted in hoax

phoenix

An Arizona man on trial for sending his 16-year-old nephew into an intersection last summer with a fake grenade launcher was convicted Monday of endangering the teen’s life and carrying out a terrorism hoax.

Jurors in Maricopa County Superior Court deliberated two hours Monday before finding 40-year-old filmmaker Michael David Turley guilty of endangerment and knowingly giving a false impression in the July 28 mock terrorism scenario at a Phoenix intersection. He will be sentenced Aug. 28.

Associated Press