Matt Roloff, star of the hit TV series “Little People, Big World”, was arrested last month for driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII), deputies reported today.   Matt Roloff - WCSO photo According to a news release issued by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Oregon, Roloff, 45, was observed by a deputy traveling west on NW West Union Road near NW Cornelius Pass Road in an unincorporated area of Washington County about midnight on June 19 ... [full story]

SYDNEY -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he will not apologize to terrorism suspect Mohamed Haneef or allow him back in the country any time soon. Haneef was arrested and held for four weeks before being sent back to Bangalore due to a lack of evidence, Australia's The Age reported Monday. Now Haneef is taking the matter to federal court in an attempt to regain his visa and legal experts are saying he could ... [full story]

SAO PAULO -- Thousands of Brazilians converged on the site of a deadly plane crash to remember the 199 people killed when a plane skidded off the runway this month. Among those at Congonhas Airport in Sao Paulo Sunday were the family members of those killed in the accident, Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper reported Monday. Some at the rally chanted ant-government slogans and made remarks critical of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Last ... [full story]

BOSTON -- Two children were stabbed to death in Boston's Hyde Park neighborhood last weekend in an apparent act of domestic violence, a police spokeswoman said. While initial reports had a 31-year-old woman and a child dead at the scene, Boston police spokeswoman Elaine Driscoll denied those allegations and said two children were the actual victims, The Boston Herald said Monday. Boston police Superintendent John Gallagher wouldn't offer specifics regarding the situation, only stating that ... [full story]

DALLAS -- A news helicopter carrying two traffic reporters crash landed near Grand Prairie, Texas, Monday after suddenly losing power. Reporter Chip Waggoner of Fox affiliate KDFW-TV in Dallas and Julie DeHarty of Dallas radio station KRLD-AM survived the crash without severe injuries, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. Waggoner said the chopper's engine shut off suddenly without warning while it was in flight. "I'm a little discombobulated right now, but we're alright," Waggoner told his ... [full story]

RICHFIELD, Utah -- Authorities in Utah were given hope Monday in their search for a missing horseback rider as witnesses reported seeing a man in the area. The Salt Lake Tribune said that Kent Renaulfsen, 65, has been missing since Saturday in Sevier County's rugged mountainside but several individuals said they had seen a man standing by campfires in the region. Renaulfsen had been horseback riding with his wife and a friend Friday when the ... [full story]

WASHINGTON -- An increasing number of U.S. communities have implemented the proposal of complete streets that allow roads to be used by nearly every type of travel. While 14 U.S. states and 52 cities have instituted such policies, the concept of adding sidewalks and bike paths to area streets is blossoming in several other locations as local and state officials warm to transportation proposal, USA Today said Monday. Supporters of the travel legislation include the ... [full story]

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday said a proposal for a massive arms sales package to the Mideast would soon be before the U.S. Congress. Rice said that the package would be focused on Saudi Arabia and its immediate neighbors and could potentially total $20 billion if approved by Congress, The New York Times reported. The arms sales would represent part of an aid package to six Mideast states, including Egypt and ... [full story]

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering consolidating its food-safety system by closing seven testing laboratories across the United States. While FDA officials have said closing the labs would free up vital funds for food-safety efforts, many experts have said the cost-cutting efforts could have the opposite effect, the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News reported Monday. "In the middle of all these problems that the FDA's having, it looks really bad ... [full story]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A Taliban spokesman said Monday that members of the militant group have killed another of the South Korean church volunteers it was holding in Afghanistan. The announcement that a second hostage was slain Monday came hours after the militants reportedly reached a deadlock with Afghan officials regarding their demand for the release of eight Taliban prisoners, CNN reported. The militant group, that is holding 21 hostages, killed one hostage as part of ... [full story]