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Volunteer Adam Ziegler found an iron ball while volunteering to help archaeologists uncover remnants of a Native American settlement east of Arkansas City, Kan., in June. The ball was fired by a Spanish cannon at ancestors of the Wichita tribe, who ambushed an expedition led by Don Juan de Onate in 1601, according to D... |
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This was just posted by @theanonmessage, a twitter account affiliated with Anonymous’ Operation Ferguson, a member of which I interviewed last night. According to @theanonmessage, this recording contains audio excerpts from St. Louis Cou... |
Vitalii Sediuk strikes again.
The 25-year-old Ukrainian journalist somehow made his way onto the red carpet at the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in L.A. on Saturday, Jan. 18. Once there, he wrapped his arms around an unsuspecting Bradley Cooper and nestled his face in the Silver Linings Playbook star's cro... |
The story of the Ferrari LaFerrari and Porsche 911 GT3 that were caught on camera speeding through a Beverly Hills neighborhood, ignoring stop signs and narrowly avoiding pedestrians, has taken another turn for the weird. Having been confronted by a video journalist, the cars’ owner — who’s name has not been released —... |
A 32-year-old Iowa man died one day after getting punched in the face while talking to his fiancée outside their home.
The suspect drove up to Ryan Thompson and Lindsey Engquist on Monday, got out of the vehicle and then punched Thompson on the side of his face after saying he owed him money.
"It was a sucker p... |
First, our apologies: we may have hyped this year’s Emmy Awards as a lighter Sunday-night-programming alternative to Breaking Bad. Aside from the trophies, and the odd sexual-innuendo-tinged acceptance speech from Michael Douglas, however, the vibe inside the Nokia Theater’s Emmydome was not that upbeat. (To quote Patt... |
After weeks of preparing for a smash-mouth debate with Donald J. Trump, 14 Republican candidates found themselves instead Trump-less but sandwiched into a constricting format on Monday night, delivering strikingly uneven performances just days before the first big test of the presidential primary contest.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian-British woman detained while trying to attend a men's volleyball game in Iran has been found guilty of spreading propaganda against the ruling system and sentenced to a year in prison, her lawyer said Sunday.
This 2011 photo provided by the Free Ghoncheh Campaign, shows... |
Beyoncé’s show-stealing, politically charged Super Bowl contribution has widely received rave reviews and praise for using such a platform to draw attention to an important cause. However, a group of people have taken such offence to it that they’ve organised an “Anti-Beyoncé Protest Rally”.
The planned protest was... |
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How do you make peace with this?
It’s not even really about the work — it’s the anxiety leading up to the event itself, and the general malaise that I put my family through. I said to my wife this morning, “What if, to save time, instead of using the word ‘categories,’ we just called them ‘cats’?” And she pointed o... |
NEW YORK — Wall Street has one simple task as Facebook Inc. shares begin trading: Don't mess it up.Major stock exchanges, brokerage firms and mutual fund companies have been gearing up for one of the biggest initial public offerings on record. And, with all the hype surrounding the social-media giant, any snafus would ... |
China’s plan to build a “Mars village” on a remote plateau in the country’s far northwest will cost about 400 million yuan (US$61.1 million), according to a blueprint for the project drawn up over the weekend.
The estimate was set after scientists and government officials from Delingha in Qinghai province, which wi... |
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney praised New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Sunday, dismissing concerns his own campaign reportedly had about tapping the governor as a running mate in 2012.
Christie, Romney said, could get the Republican Party back on track in 2016.
"Chris could easily become o... |
The 21-year-old woman, Elizabeth Marie Rodriguez turned herself in at the Broken Arrow Police Department hours after the shooting. (WCSO/KTUL)
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (KTUL) -- One person is in custody after three suspects in a Wagoner County home invasion were shot to death Monday afternoon by one of the residents.
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Though he did not explain what a “rational” increase would entail, he opposed the Obama administration’s efforts to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 from $7.25, where it has stood since 2009. That is far below the $15 per hour that many advocates have called for and that a variety of cities and states have enac... |
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Catherine Butler (2011 booking photo) (Photo: Provided by Gates Police )
A Rochester woman accused of driving drunk twice in a three-hour span last weekend was also twice previously convicted of driving while ability impaired.
Catherine M. Butler, 26, faces misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charges after sh... |
(CNN) At least six people have been killed in a ferocious storm that hammered the Northeast with powerful winds, relentless rain and historic flooding.
The nor'easter moved out to sea Saturday, but not before it knocked out power to more than 900,000 customers from the mid-Atlantic to New England.
"People in th... |
The fallout continues over at CBS News. Following multiple on-air apologies for a faulty 60 Minutes report, veteran broadcaster Lara Logan has taken an immediate leave of absence from the venerable news magazine -- alongside producer Max McClellan.
CBS News chief Jeff Fager announced the news today in a staff m... |
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Shares of stock in aircraft manufacturer Boeing fell nearly $2 a share before markets opened on Tuesday.
The reason? A tweet from the president-elect.
Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cance... |
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The 26-year-old Oklahoman and a female acquaintance were arrested Saturday night and charged with robbing a man the prior afternoon.
According to cops, Terry and Sonja Moro, 29, robbed Moro’s ex-boyfriend ... |
Or: the one in which Selina Kyle confirms a rumor.
This is an important issue plotwise: It’s the one in which Selina has to decide if she’s going to war against an ever-more-powerful enemy; it’s the one in which she has to sit down in the all-neon diner that Drive forgot and decide if she can even believe she has a... |
2009 Heisman Finalists Breakdown
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The five finalists for the 2009 Heisman Trophy have been announced, and while a few deserving names were left out, there's big-time star power, two great running backs, and a pure defensive player with a real, live shot at pulling out the win. Pete Fiutak breaks down ... |
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EXCLUSIVE: ABA’S KEATING RIPS OBAMA - American Bankers Association President Frank Keating, responding to President Obama’s comments to ABC News criticizing Bank of America’s new $5 per month debit card usage fee: “It’s disappointing and puzzling that the President would ... |
On the last stop of his Europe tour, Obama recognized Poland's economic and democratic growth, saying it could be a template for pro-democracy movements in North Africa and the Middle East.
Exxon Mobil and Chevron are vying to tap Poland’s shale gas reserves, which one US survey says are the biggest in Europe and c... |
While many Oscar hopefuls were celebrating on Thursday morning as this year's nominations were announced, other likely contenders were surprisingly left out.
Notable omissions included helmers Ridley Scott and Steven Spielberg, who failed to land best directing nominations despite their films scoring nominations in... |
Artist Jonathon Keats, holding one of his personal cameras, stands next to his copper pinhole camera that will take a photo over the course of a 1,000 years at Arizona State University Art Museum in Tempe on Thursday, March 5, 2015. (Photo: Michael Schennum / The Republic) Story Highlights Experimental philosopher Jona... |
Kim Jong-Il's eldest son 'under Chinese protection'
SEOUL — The eldest son of North Korea's late leader Kim Jong-Il has arrived in Beijing as Pyongyang prepares a state funeral for his father, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Monday.
Citing what it called a source familiar with Kim Jong-Nam's activitie... |
Apple will be building a massive store in New York’s Grand Central Terminal, we have independently confirmed.
The store will open in the fall, likely early September — and it will be Apple’s largest retail space in the world.
The store already has a name: Apple Store, Grand Central, according to a source close ... |
After he switched to the Republican Party in 1962, Ronald Reagan famously quipped: “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.”
Now, the Republican Party is doing the same thing to him — and Democrats are happy to take Reagan back.
At Tuesday morning’s meeting of the House Democrats, caucus chairma... |
By turning to Tony Bosch to help them make a case against Alex Rodriguez in the Biogenesis investigation, Major League Baseball has become a safe house. Bosch feared for his life, CBS reporter Scott Pelley of "60 Minutes" says he was told, because associates of A-Rod threatened Bosch's life after failing to bribe him. ... |
Combine one part nervous traders, one part Greek crisis and one part trader error. Stir in one part central bank complacency. Bring to boil. Panic.
That combination produced one of the wildest days ever in financial markets, with the Dow Jones industrial average at one point down almost 1,000 points while the euro ... |
Image copyright David Aguilar Image caption Artist's impression: Kepler has identified many exoplanets but few are within their star's "Goldilocks zone"
One of eight new planets spied in distant solar systems has usurped the title of "most Earth-like alien world", astronomers have said.
All eight were picked ou... |
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Tokyo condemns ‘absolutely unacceptable’ provocation, as Pyongyang reacts to imposition of new UN sanctions following missile tests
We will sink Japan and turn US to 'ashes and darkness', says North Korea
North Korea has threatened to sink Japan and said the US should be “beaten to death like a rabid dog” after... |
Neil Patrick Harris' hot streak as the 21st century awards-show answer to Johnny Carson hit a few speed bumps with this year's wildly hit-or-miss television honors.
Jeff Daniels beat out Bryan Cranston. Bobby Cannavale trumped Aaron Paul. Tony Hale mopped the floor with the Modern Family guys. And Stephen Colbert f... |
Rep. Jeff Flake won Arizona’s Republican Senate primary Tuesday, easily defeating self-funded businessman Wil Cardon. He will face former surgeon general Richard Carmona in the general election.
In other important races held Tuesday, Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) defeated fellow freshman Republican Rep. Ben Quayl... |
Tom Brady may be a Super Bowl champion and has, arguably, the most recognizable face in the NFL.
But worldwide, he's far from the most well-known athlete, according a new ESPN study that ranked him at No. 21 on a list of the most famous athletes in the world
Brady is the seventh American on the list, behind LeB... |
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Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko addresses the commemoration for people from the so-called ''Heavenly Sotnya'' (Hundred), who were killed in anti-government protests in 2014, at Independence Square in Kiev February 20, 2015.
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Latest on the deadly river overflow in southern Colombia (all times local):
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Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos says at least 112 people have been killed after intense rains triggered an avalanche of mud and water from overflowing rivers that swept through a small city. ... |
At least 200,000 Americans die needlessly each year due to heart disease, stroke and high blood pressure, and more than half of these deaths occur in people younger than 65, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
All of these premature deaths could be prevented by quitti... |
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Just because you are an a*s doesn't mean you should be treated like one! Join us in standing up for this poor donkey from El Jalisco Restaurant here in Tallahassee as he prepares for the fight of his life against a powerful legal entity who is "for the people" - Share the page and pictures here using #ForTheDonkey |
NEW ORLEANS -- Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, who has come under fire for his lavish spending, told GOP activists Saturday that he has taken responsibility for his "mistakes" and is now ready to "move on."
In a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, Steele alluded to the co... |
Donald Trump Donald John TrumpTrump Jr. getting 0k to speak at UNT Zuckerberg backed immigration group pushes Trump to keep DACA Trump learned from his health care fight and offered a winning tax plan MORE panned Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz as a “terrible person” and a “highly neur... |
Bacteria, viruses and parasites cause around 2m cases of cancer in the world each year, experts believe.
Of the 7.5m global deaths from cancer in 2008, an estimated 1.5m may have been due to potentially preventable or treatable infections.
Scientists carried out a statistical analysis of cancer incidence to cal... |
Following publication of the Appendicitis Acuta (APPAC) trial in 2015,1 some were quick to criticize the report. APPAC compared outcomes for open appendectomy with antibiotic therapy for acute uncomplicated appendicitis, finding that antibiotics were a reasonable alternative to appendectomy. The study failed to meet it... |
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Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and other regional leaders have signed a declaration of independence from Spain, following the disputed referendum.
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Charlie C. Nicholson, 26, poses Wednesday in front of a diagram that charts his and other UVM graduate students’ research in the Gund Institute office of his adviser, Taylor Ricketts.On Tuesday, Nicholson discovered he had been awarded a National Science Foundation grant to further his work on native bee pollination of... |
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