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Sometimes even the most seemingly rock-solid celebrity couples just can't make it work (we're looking at you, Miranda and Orlando), and, sadly, there were many star-studded breakups that made big news this year. From Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder's split and the broken engagement of Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth to ... | – This year wasn't great for these 16 celebrity couples, all of whom split up. Click through the gallery for a sampling, or see the full lists at ETOnline, PopSugar, and the Huffington Post. | Khloe Kardashian filed for divorce from Lamar Odom on Dec. 13. Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder's split and Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth's broken engagement made big news. Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson's split was also a surprise. |
These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references ... | – A fresh satellite image shows white steam coming from a building in North Korea, and a US research group says that likely means the country is nearly ready to restart a reactor capable of producing plutonium—or may have already started it. "The white coloration and volume are consistent with steam being vented becaus... | U.S.-Korea Institute: Satellite image from August 31 shows steam rising from a building. The reactor can produce 6 kgs (13.2 lbs) of plutonium a year, the report says. Pyongyang announced in April that it would revive the aged Yongbyon research reactor. North Korea has conducted three nuclear tests since 2006."It is an... |
CLOSE Skip in Skip x Embed x Share Alexa and Siri have nothing on Morgan Freeman, who lent his distinct voice to Jarvis, Mark Zuckerberg's new artificial intelligence assistant. USA TODAY NETWORK Actor Morgan Freeman will be the voice of Mark Zuckerberg's digital assistant Jarvis. (Photo: Kimberly White, Getty Images f... | – It's well documented that Morgan Freeman is incapable of turning down any role—(cough) The Contract (double cough) Last Vegas—including, apparently, the role of Mark Zuckerberg's personal butler. In a Facebook video posted Tuesday, Zuckerberg debuted his new artificially intelligent home assistant voiced by none othe... | Morgan Freeman will be the voice of Mark Zuckerberg's new artificial intelligence assistant. Freeman's iconic timbre was selected by popular demand. Robert Downey Jr. volunteered to be the new voice of Jarvis under certain conditions. Jarvis is Zuckerberg's homemade version of Amazon's Alexa service or Google's Home. T... |
Importance After major policy changes in the United States, policymakers, health care professionals, and the general public seek information about whether recreational cannabis use is associated with physical health problems later in life. Objective To test associations between cannabis use over 20 years and a variety ... | – A new study finds you can toke for up to 20 years without suffering any worse physical health effects than a couple of loose or lost teeth, Live Science reports. That's right: According to researchers studying long-term marijuana use, the only drawback, as far as physical health is concerned, is gum disease. Their fi... | Policymakers, health care professionals, and the public want to know whether recreational cannabis use is associated with physical health problems later in life. Madeline H. Meier, Ph.D., of Arizona State University, Tempe, and coauthors used data from 1,037 individuals who were born in New Zealand in 1972 and 1973 and... |
And as the world becomes deleveraged, money has been pouring out. In October 2011 alone, hedge funds saw $9 billion go out the door. The London-based Man Group, the largest publicly traded hedge fund in the world, saw its stock dive 25 percent over the course of one day in September, when it shocked the market by annou... | – Matt Taibbi was incredulous when he read a recent New York piece in which Wall Street denizens whined that Dodd-Frank was limiting their bonuses. "I watch what I spend," one banker lamented, "but my girlfriend likes to eat good food," which adds up fast. "Quelle horreur!" Taibbi quips in Rolling Stone, before shreddi... | In October 2011 alone, hedge funds saw $9 billion go out the door. The London-based Man Group, the largest publicly traded hedge fund in the world, saw its stock dive 25 percent. Over 1,000 funds have closed in the past year and a half. “Without Wall Street, New York becomes Philadelphia,” a friend of mine in finance e... |
Stephen Brashear/Getty Images. On Monday, the gods of campaign scheduling were in full-on prank mode. In Olympia, Wash., Gov. Christine Gregoire signed legislation making hers the seventh state where gays can marry. Less than an hour later, Rick Santorum arrived at the state capital to hobnob with defeated religious le... | – Rick Santorum went to the Washington state capital Monday just hours after the governor signed gay marriage into law there. And what did the right's fiercest culture warrior say? He told everyone to be respectful, that each side had "legitimate reasons" for its views, that "there are ebbs and flows in every battle." ... | Santorum's culture war talk is softer, more implied. He doesn't need to emphasize it, because the people who acid-test Republicans on social issues know they can trust him. A month ago, when 150 evangelical leaders met in Texas to get behind a candidate, Santorum won easily. In a new New York Times poll, only 47 percen... |
645X363 - No Companion - Full Sharing - Additional videos are suggested - Policy/Regulation/Blogs Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer Charles (Chuck) Ellis SchumerLou Dobbs slams Trump's move to end shutdown: 'Illegal immigrants are surely pleased’ A law enforcement solution to security on the Southern border Senators pitc... | – Unless Dick Durbin makes a stink about it, it appears that Chuck Schumer will replace Harry Reid as the Senate's Democratic leader come 2016. In an interview after announcing that he would not run for re-election, Reid tells the Washington Post that the New York senator is his pick. "I think Schumer should be able to... | Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.) is cementing his position as the strong favorite to replace retiring Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) Reid endorsed Schumer on Friday, a move that could help him quash a possible leadership challenge. “I think Schumer should be able to succeed me,” Reid told The Washington... |
When Pattonville School District leaders planned the transformation of an old elementary school into a revamped preschool, they thought of eve… ||||| BALTIMORE (AP) — A Republican running for a Maryland legislative seat raffled off an AR-15 assault weapon at a Saturday night fundraiser, only days after the same type of... | – Candidates in Kansas and Maryland have drawn criticism for refusing to nix their AR-15 raffles after the Parkland school shooting last week. Now, another (but much younger) group is in the spotlight. The Kansas City Star reports members of a third-grade baseball team in Neosho, Mo., are trying to raise money by selli... | A Republican running for a Maryland legislative seat raffled off an AR-15 assault weapon. The same type of weapon was used to kill 17 people at a Florida high school. About 15 people held a peaceful vigil outside, reading off the names of the victims. |
Police in North Beaver Township, Pennsylvania are scratching their heads right now. Why? A 50-foot long, 20-foot wide steel bridge just disappeared. How? Apparently, some very bold criminals just up and stole it.
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Stealing a bridge, as you'd imagine, is a pretty complicated crime. This isn't some 9... | – If some guy in Pennsylvania says he's got a bridge to sell you, he may mean it literally. Thieves made off with an entire steel bridge in (very) rural Pennsylvania, reports WTAE as noted by Gizmodo. It measures, or measured, 50 feet by 20 feet, and would likely fetch about $100,000 in scrap metal. The bandits likely ... | Police in North Beaver Township, Pennsylvania are scratching their heads right now. A 50-foot long, 20-foot wide steel bridge just disappeared. The local police suspect that the bridge robbers worked at this for over a month. They presumably used a blow torch to cut the corrugated steel and then somehow moved the piece... |
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NEIGHBORS ERUPTS INTO DEADLY GUNFIRE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00. WE'LL BEGIN WITH A ROAD TRIP THAT TOOK A BIZARRE TURN WHEN SOMEONE IN THE VEHICLE DIED. Devin: THE MACOMB COUNTY MAN WAS DRIVING FROM PHOENIX AFTER CHECKING OUT OF A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY. Carmen... | – Ray Tomlinson set out from Michigan to Arizona to pick up his girlfriend from a mental health facility Sunday—then drove nearly all of the 1,900-mile return trek with her dead body propped up in the passenger seat. Somewhere in New Mexico, Tomlinson nudged her and "she was stiff," he tells WDIV. "There wasn't jerking... | RAY TOMLINSON TRANSPORTed a body from Arizona to Michigan. His 93-year-old mother was in the back of the car at the time. He didn't want police to find the body while he was driving. The body was found in a car parked next to the driver's seat. The driver is now back at home and is in good spirits. He has been charged ... |
It was an outlandish attack on Venezuela’s centers of power: A police helicopter swooped down from a clear sky while someone inside dropped grenades on the Supreme Court and opened fire on the Interior Ministry. The rogue police officers inside the craft waved a banner that referred to an article in the Constitution th... | – Authorities in Venezuela are hunting for the police commando who led Tuesday's daring helicopter attack on the capital that has left the country stumped. The Wall Street Journal reports that questions are flying after Oscar Perez, the wayward cop and part-time action movie star allegedly behind the plot, managed to v... | Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro dubbed the attack an ‘act of terrorism’ The pilot of a police helicopter dropped four grenades on the court and fired 15 shots at the Interior Ministry. Venezuelan daily El Nacional claimed that Oscar Pérez piloted the helicopter. Venezuela’s government has also said in a communique ... |
Racing legend Larry Perkins swaps racetrack for outback and returns with buried treasure Updated He's raced against the world's best in Formula One, owned his own V8 Supercar team and won Bathurst six times. But legendary racing driver Larry Perkins says finding the missing cache of an early European explorer is "a who... | – Larry Perkins once preferred the racetrack. But for the last six years, the retired Formula One driver has been cruising around the Australian Outback, following the footsteps of explorers. What he found on his latest venture, 18 months in the making, might crown all his other achievements. Winning car races is one t... | Larry Perkins has clocked up more than 90,000 kilometres in his heavy-duty four-wheel-drive truck, following old explorer tracks through the Australian deserts. The explorer was a former Royal Navy captain called Henry Vere Barclay. Barclay left behind a mystery that has baffled historians for decades: What became of t... |
Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross met with President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Nov. 20 in Bedminster, N.J. where Trump and Pence have been holding transition meetings at his private golf course. (The Washington Post) Wilbur Ross, the billionaire investor considered the “king of bankruptcy... | – Donald Trump wants the "king of bankruptcy" to be his chief of commerce, insiders say. Wilbur Ross—who got his nickname for his success buying, rebuilding, and selling off steelmakers and other distressed companies—was an economic adviser and a generous donor to the Trump campaign, the New York Times reports. The Was... | Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross is expected to be President-elect Donald Trump's choice for commerce secretary. Ross helped shape the Trump campaign’s economic agenda, particularly its hard-line stance on the need to renegotiate — or even withdraw from — free trade agreements. Elevating Ross to a position in his Cabin... |
A Kennewick man said his stepfather stabbed his mother to death and could benefit financially from it.
Nick Kilgore and his family are planning to sue his Robert Selland to prevent him from getting his late wife's $17,000 retirement pension.
"It's not about the money, it's the fact that he shouldn't be paid for... | – Robert Selland stabbed his wife to death in 2011, admitted doing so, and currently resides in a mental hospital after having been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Now, thanks to a Washington state judge who ruled on Jan. 22 that Selland falls under the state's "slayer statute," he's out about $21,000. Selland ... | Nick Kilgore and his family are planning to sue his Robert Selland to prevent him from getting his late wife's $17,000 retirement pension. Selland was found not-guilty due to insanity because of a brain lesion. "It's not about the money, it's the fact that he shouldn't be paid for what he did," said Kilgores. |
During routine restoration, researchers discovered a surprise hidden in an ancient gold-painted Chinese Buddha statue: a mummy hidden inside. The mummy was once the Buddhist monk Liuquan, according to text found with the statue. Editor's Note: This story was updated on March 3 at 10:10 a.m. E.T. A Chinese statue of a s... | – Look inside a 1,000-year-old Chinese Buddha statue, and what do you find? Why, a mummified body, of course. At least that's what Dutch researchers saw when performing a CT scan on a statue shown last year in the Netherlands at Drents Museum, Discover reports. The body is believed to be that of Buddhist master Liuquan... | The mummy was once the Buddhist monk Liuquan, according to text found with the statue. The mummy was sitting on a rolled textile carpet covered in Chinese text. Researchers used radioactive isotopes of carbon to determine that the mummy likely lived during the 11th or 12th century. The statue is now on display at the H... |
After weeks of rumors, it looks like it's finally a done deal: Twitter is buying TweetDeck, the popular third-party client for the microblogging service. Now, the sale isn't official yet, mind you -- thus far, neither company has publicly commented on a transaction -- but all signs suggest the writing's on the wall. Mo... | – Twitter has snapped up popular third-party application TweetDeck, ending months of speculation about a possible deal. The acquisition—for some $40 million in cash and stock, according to CNN—is in line with Twitter's recent moves to regain control of its ecosystem and provide a more uniform experience for users, PCWo... | Twitter is buying TweetDeck, the popular third-party client for the microblogging service. CNNMoney reported that the acquisition was complete, with Twitter paying more than $40 million. Tech blog The Next Web separately reached the same conclusion, citing its own unnamed sources. Twitter has, after all, been on a coll... |
VALLEY, Ala. – You’ve likely heard of students bringing canned food to school for food drives, but have you ever heard of bringing a canned food item to school for safety? A letter sent to parents of students at one school in Chambers County requested just that — students were asked to arm themselves with an eight ounc... | – With school threats, shootings, and lockdowns in the news at a dizzying pace, educators are naturally looking at ways to keep kids safe. But while those measures typically include security guards or metal detectors, one Alabama middle school is raising more than a few eyebrows by asking parents to arm their children—... | Chambers County, Alabama, students were asked to bring canned goods for school security. The idea to arm students with something like a can or a book comes from ALICE training. The ALICE acronym stands for: Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate. Feedback on the program has been somewhat mixed since the letter went... |
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transfo... | – Atkins, paleo, juice cleanses … people will try most anything to shed some pounds. How about freeze-dried poop? A clinical trial set to start this year will involve 20 obese patients taking capsules filled with freeze-dried stool from healthy donors to test researchers' hunch that intestinal microbes can influence pe... | Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a promising treatment for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. We report a case of a woman successfully treated with FMT who developed new-onset obesity after receiving stool from a healthy but overweight donor. This case may stimulate further studies on the mechanisms of... |
To combat the growing obesity epidemic in the U.S., cities across the country have been promoting more physical activity among city residents with bike paths, sidewalks and green spaces. Cites in various parts of the country may pride themselves on having the "best" bikes lanes, public transportation systems or park sp... | – Whether it's their public parks, bike paths, or just because they're easy to amble around, more and more America cities are staking claims to promoting physically fit lifestyles. But some communities are more on the go than others, and as ABC News reports, a Gallup and Healthways list of the "most active living" citi... | A new report ranked which cities have been most successful in helping residents live active lives. Boston and its surrounding suburbs have earned the title of being the top "active living community" in the U.S. The lowest scorers included metro areas in the South and Midwest, including Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Oklahom... |
A nearly 20-hour hostage/barricade situation in a Chicago suburb that began with a home burglary and two officers being shot ended Wednesday morning when about two dozen heavily-armed cops stormed the home to free four remaining hostages and arrest their captors. Two individuals were taken into police custody when auth... | – All of the hostages who were being held at a home near Chicago in a standoff that started early yesterday afternoon have been rescued, NBC Chicago reports. Four children had been released last night, and the two remaining children and an adult woman were found safe this morning after police broke down a door and arre... | A nearly 20-hour hostage/barricade situation in a Chicago suburb ended Wednesday morning. About two dozen heavily-armed cops stormed the home to free four remaining hostages and arrest their captors. Two individuals were taken into police custody when authorities took down a door and entered the home. The hostages -- 6... |
• Judge says Abu Wa'el Dhiab's lawyers can view secret footage • 'Pretend it's 1955 – that's where the technology is' – lawyer A federal court has forced the US government to reveal that it has secretly recorded dozens of force-feedings of just one Guantánamo Bay detainee, raising the prospect that the military possess... | – In an unprecedented ruling, non-government officials have been given the go-ahead to view secret recordings that depict force-feedings at Guantanamo Bay—a ruling that by its nature establishes the fact that these tapes actually do exist, reports the Guardian. A federal judge yesterday ruled that lawyers for Abu Wa’el... | Judge says Abu Wa'el Dhiab's lawyers can view secret footage. 'Pretend it's 1955 – that's where the technology is' – lawyer. Government will have to transfer the classified tapes from Guantánamo to a secured facility in the Washington DC area for his lawyers to view. Over 100 detainees participated in the 2013 hunger s... |
Photo Advertisement Continue reading the main story WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner’s effort to pass fallback legislation to avert a fiscal crisis in less than two weeks collapsed Thursday night in an embarrassing defeat after conservative Republicans refused to support legislation that would allow taxes to rise o... | – Just what the fiscal cliff needed: more chaos and drama. House Republicans called off tonight's vote on John Boehner's Plan B legislation because he didn't have the support to pass it from within his own party, reports the Hill. The bill, which would have extended the Bush-era tax cuts for everyone except millionaire... | Speaker John A. Boehner's effort to pass fallback legislation to avert a fiscal crisis collapsed Thursday night in an embarrassing defeat. House Republican leaders abruptly canceled a vote on the bill after they failed to rally enough votes for passage in an emergency meeting about 8 p.m. Within minutes, dejected Repub... |
Lindsay Lohan Turned Away at Morgue after Showing Up Late was turned away from the L.A. County Morgue, after showing up late ... Incredible.We broke the story ... Lindsay was supposed to show up by 8 AM, but at 7:40 her assistant called to say she'd be there in 10 minutes. Tick, tick, tick.We're told Lindsay didn't sho... | – Apparently being led out of court in handcuffs and thrown back, albeit briefly, in jail was still not enough to teach Lindsay Lohan how to actually show up for her court-ordered community service. Lohan, who was ordered by the judge yesterday to perform community service at the county morgue until her next hearing, w... | Lindsay was supposed to show up by 8 AM, but at 7:40 her assistant called to say she'd be there in 10 minutes. Her publicist claims she was late "due to a combination of not knowing the entrance to go through and confusion caused by the media waiting for her arrival" The judge only required that Lindsay put in 16 hours... |
Tweet with a location You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| As was reported in the NY Times back in 2007, the NASCAR Harlequins have some sp... | – NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne was so disgusted when he spotted a mom nursing her baby at a local grocery store that he immediately tweeted his utter revulsion. “One boob put away, one boob hanging!!! Nasty,” tweeted the overwhelmed car jockey. "I don't feel like shopping anymore or eating." When a female follower complai... | NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne called a woman breast feeding 'nasty' on Twitter. Kahne later deleted the tweets and went back to talking about Christmas. The NASCAR Harlequins have some specific rules by which they must abide: no sex, no crashes, no drugs, no alcohol use in the content of the story. Back in 2007, Mark Dyer,... |
Facebook A California college student who was injured in the Las Vegas mass shooting filed the first lawsuit against MGM Resorts, which owns the hotel and casino from where the gunman fatally shot 58 people and injured more than 500 others at a music festival on Oct. 1. Paige Gasper, a 21-year-old student at Sonoma Sta... | – "Someone call police. Someone is firing a rifle on the 32nd floor in the hallway," a Mandalay Bay maintenance employee says in a newly released recording, per Fox 5. But though hotel staffers responded to the outbreak of the Las Vegas mass shooting, asking for the shooter's room number and urging the worker to shield... | Paige Gasper, a 21-year-old student at Sonoma State University, was struck by a bullet. Lawsuit accuses MGM Resorts and Mandalay Corp. of negligence by failing to maintain the hotel's premises in a "reasonably safe condition" Other defendants named in the lawsuit include Live Nation Entertainment, the company that host... |
Treating some of the underlying diseases of aging, such as heart disease, cancer or Alzheimer's disease could slow down or delay aging by 20 or 30 years, say medical researchers. Some of these drugs have already pushed the lifespans and "healthspans" of laboratory animals. Now the trick is getting them to work in peopl... | – As we get better at treating age-related diseases such as cancer and dementia, humans might add 20 to 30 years to both the average person's lifespan and the longevity of the world's oldest people. So say researchers who are investigating new and existing drugs that may help slow the aging process, reports Seeker. The... | Treating some of the underlying diseases of aging could slow down or delay aging by 20 or 30 years, say medical researchers. Some of these drugs have already pushed the lifespans and "healthspans" of laboratory animals. Now the trick is getting them to work in people. "We are likely to see a quantum leap," said Stephen... |
Wells Fargo has uncovered up to 1.4 million more fake accounts after digging deeper into the bank's broken sales culture. The findings show that Wells Fargo's problems are worse than the bank previously admitted to when the scandal began almost a year ago. Wells Fargo (WFC) now says it has found a total of up to 3.5 mi... | – Roughly a year ago, the news broke that Wells Fargo employees—5,300 of whom were fired—opened 2.1 million phony deposit or credit card accounts in a bid to reach sales targets and get bonuses. On Thursday, the bank announced a third-party firm has finished reviewing 165 million accounts opened between January 2009 an... | Wells Fargo now says it has up to 3.5 million potentially fake bank and credit card accounts. That's up from its earlier tally of approximately 2.1 million. About 190,000 accounts were slapped with unnecessary fees for these accounts. Wells Fargo also discovered a new problem: thousands of customers were also enrolled ... |
A handful of moderate Senate Democrats are looking for ways to roll back the highly contentious individual mandate — the pillar of President Barack Obama’s health care law — a sign that red-state senators are prepared to assert their independence ahead of the 2012 elections. They haven’t decided whether to propose legi... | – A group of centrist Senate Democrats is looking into ways to repeal the new health care law's individual mandate—the heart of health care reform, and a key target for Republicans. West Virginia's Joe Manchin and at least three other senators—all from states President Obama lost in 2008 and all up for re-election in 2... | Red-state senators are prepared to assert their independence ahead of the 2012 elections. The moderates most likely to buck their party include Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Jon Tester of Montana. The goal is to lay down a record of bipartisan compromises w... |
645X363 - No Companion - Full Sharing - Additional videos are suggested - Policy/Regulation/Blogs Speaker John Boehner John Andrew BoehnerMomentum for earmarks grows with Dem majority Cannabis company says CBS refused to run its Super Bowl ad advocating for medical marijuana Breaking the impasse on shutdown, border sec... | – More than half of Americans say it's about time for Sarah Palin to shut her pie-hole. On the heels of the former VP candidate calling for President Obama's impeachment, 54% of voters say they've heard too much from Palin already and would prefer that she be less outspoken in political debates, according to an NBC New... | Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he doesn't support calls from his party to impeach President Obama. Palin called for Obama’s impeachment on Tuesday in an op-ed for Breitbart News. Boehner said at the weekly House GOP press conference that he was considering including Obama's action on immigration in the House GOP la... |
Every stereotype of single people bothers me, but this one is especially galling: if you are single, it is because you have “issues.” As if married people don’t have issues. As if single people cannot be mentally healthy and happy. But they can be, and usually they are. What’s more, if single people get married, chance... | – Americans can sympathize with people who are alone because of divorce or the death of a partner—but what about the eternally single? In a society obsessed with romance, lifelong singles are often ostracized and considered flawed, the Washington Post reports. “Do they just not like me?” asked Bella DePaulo, author of ... | Wendy Braitman, 58, is the only daughter of a long and loving marriage. She says she didn't stay single on purpose. She does not think marriage is broken and doesn't think life — at least her life — is better lived alone. For most of her life, she assumed the right one would eventually show up. Now, she thinks she thin... |
See more of ANCA on Facebook ||||| WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say nine people were hurt and two arrests were made during an altercation at the Turkish ambassador's residence in the U.S. capital. Doug Buchanan, a DC Fire and EMS spokesman, says two of those hurt were seriously injured and were taken to hospitals by a... | – Authorities say nine people were hurt and two arrested during an altercation Tuesday outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington, DC. Two of those hurt were seriously injured and taken to hospitals, reports the AP. Police say the altercation broke out about 4:30pm between two groups, but didn't elaborate... | Two of those hurt were seriously injured and were taken to hospitals by ambulance. The altercation came the same day that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with President Donald Trump at the White House. "We are protesting (Erdogan's) policies in Turkey, in Syria and in Iraq," said Flint Arthur of Baltimore, M... |
Mulholland profited in the past four years by sticking to stocks that crashed during the 2008 crisis. Mulholland profited in the past four years by sticking to stocks that crashed during the 2008 crisis. Mulholland profited in the past four years by sticking to stocks that crashed during the 2008 crisis. Close When the... | – One of the top mutual funds in the country is built on faith. That's faith in a higher power—it's not called the Matthew 25 Fund for nothing—and also faith that its assets would recover from a 2008 low of $22 million, down from $115 million. Well, either God or the market has come through for fund manager and founder... | Mulholland profited in the past four years by sticking to stocks that crashed during the 2008 crisis. Matthew 25 (MXXVX) gained 26.8 percent over three years and 25.4 percent in one year. The fund returned 13.1 percent annualized during the five years ended on Feb. 15 compared with 4.7 percent for the S&P 500 (SPX) “Ma... |
BATH, Ohio (AP) — Visitors heading to Ohio for the Republican National Convention have the rare opportunity to rent the childhood home of one of the country's most notorious killers.
The former Bath Township home of Jeffrey Dahmer is one of several private properties that real estate company Howard Hanna has made a... | – People visiting Ohio for what is shaping up to be a fiercely contested Republican National Convention can spend their nights relaxing at the home where one of America's most notorious serial killers committed his first murder. The owner of Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood home is offering to rent the residence in Bath Town... | Three-bedroom home about 25 miles south of Cleveland costs $8,000 to rent for the week. It's also the site of Dahmer's first murder in 1978, when he was just 18. Dahmer murdered 16 more victims and was killed in prison in 1994. "If you get past that little problem, you'll have a wonderful place to live" |
Is that butter on a toasted bagel from Dunkin’ Donuts? He couldn’t believe it was butter. So he sued. And, yes, he got a settlement out of it. In a pair of lawsuits filed in Suffolk Superior Court in March, a Worcester-area man named Jan Polanik accused more than 20 Dunkin’ Donuts franchises in Eastern and Central Mass... | – A Massachusetts man who sued a pair of Dunkin' Donuts owners because he said he was given a butter substitute when he asked for real butter on his bagel has won a settlement, the AP reports. The Boston Globe reports that Jan Polanik's suits name two companies that together own more than 20 stores. Polanik's lawyer, T... | Jan Polanik accused more than 20 Dunkin’ Donuts franchises in Eastern and Central Massachusetts of using a butter substitute on his bagels. The suits are seeking class-action status and claim to represent any customer who “ordered a baked product, such as a bagel, with butter, but instead received margarine or butter s... |
An Eastern European gambler has already won big on the World Series, and he has no signs of stopping. Now he has over $14 million on the line for Game 7 and has left the gambling world wondering “how?” What we know about $8 Million bettor * Younger than 30 * Eastern European * Spreading bets across town (tried to bet 2... | – Much like with the World Series itself, the end of a ludicrously gutsy run of World Series betting was a bit of a let down. Sport Illustrated reports an unknown gambler had successfully picked the winner of the first six games of the World Series, re-betting his winnings every time. RJ Bell, a Las Vegas sports gambli... | An Eastern European gambler has already won big on the World Series, and he has no signs of stopping. The bettor has won on all six World Series games so far — spread across multiple bookies — and let it ride after every single win. He’s not a regular in the Las Vegas sports betting scene, and his only other previous b... |
Experts differ on Trayvon's, Zimmerman's voice in 911 screams Zimmerman attorney says he may seek trial delay in light of new expert reports. It remains to be seen whether jurors will hear about the new evidence at George Zimmerman's trial, set to begin June 10 in Sanford. Zimmerman's lawyer said he may ask to delay th... | – Don't expect the George Zimmerman trial to hinge on a 911 recording that includes screams for help along with the gunshot that killed Trayvon Martin. Two separate analyses of the call's audio have been completed, and they disagree with each other, reports the Orlando Sentinel. One analyst thinks it's Trayvon shouting... | Two new reports from state audio experts give different conclusions about the voice. One said it was Trayvon, the other said some cries more likely came from his shooter. Zimmerman's lawyer said he may ask to delay the trial in light of the new analysis. A neighbor's 911 call before the shooting captured the sound of s... |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has succeeded where the greatest minds in science have failed. The authoritarian, impoverished nation better known for pursuing a nuclear program despite global criticism announced Friday it has a drug can prevent and cure MERS, Ebola, SARS and AIDS. The secretive state did... | – Normally if a country announces a wonder drug that can cure some of mankind's worst maladies, it would be cause for celebration. Unless that country happens to be North Korea. Its official news agency claims that scientists have developed a top-secret drug called Kumdang-2 that can cure AIDS, Ebola, MERS, and cancer,... | The secretive state did not provide proof, and the claim is likely to provoke widespread skepticism. The official Korean Central News Agency said scientists developed Kumdang-2 from ginseng grown from fertilizer mixed with rare-earth elements. North Korea trumpeted the same drug during deadly bird flu outbreaks in 2006... |
Matt Damon and Michael Douglas can finally heat up those BeDazzlers: "Behind the Candelabra," their Liberace biopic, has found a home on HBO. The film, which to this point has been traveling under the working title "Liberace," is a look at the famed pianist's relationship with his younger live-in lover at a time when c... | – Michael Douglas will play Liberace in an upcoming biopic for HBO, reports USA Today. Matt Damon will play his young lover, Scott Thorson, and the film will track their relationship during an era when it would have been career suicide for the entertainer to come out as gay, notes the Los Angeles Times. Steven Soderber... | "Behind the Candelabra" will star Michael Douglas and Matt Damon. The Liberace biopic is scheduled to start shooting next summer. Steven Soderbergh will direct. Jerry Weintraub, who worked on the Ocean's Eleven franchise with Damon, will produce for HBO. The film is a look at the famed pianist's relationship with his y... |
All 48 fruits and vegetables with pesticide residue data EWG analyzed pesticide residue testing data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration to come up with rankings for the following popular fresh produce items. All 48 foods are listed below from worst to best - lower numbers indicate ... | – The Environmental Working Group is out with its annual "dirty dozen" list of fruits and veggies it says have the highest amounts of pesticide residues. But take note: Protecting Your Pocket reports that the list, based on US Department of Agriculture data, has been called misleading since 99% of products sampled for ... | The Environmental Working Group’s list of the types of produce with the highest loads of pesticide residues has been released. The Alliance for Food and Farming, a non-profit organization formed in 1989, has repeatedly called for EWG to stop publishing the list. The 2017 Dirty Dozen list, released Wednesday evening, in... |
Donald Trump claims he has some dirt on Ted Cruz's wife. Last night the Republican frontrunner fired back at an attack ad in support of Cruz that used a nude photo of Trump's wife, Melania Trump, with a threat to "spill the beans" on Ted Cruz's wife, Heidi. The attack ad, targeted at Utah's conservative Mormon base bef... | – Megyn Kelly didn't have to say much to get her point across: In what the Hollywood Reporter calls a "rare move," the Fox News host has responded directly to a Donald Trump tweet. The tweet in question: Trump's retweet of an insulting image of Heidi Cruz. Kelly's response: "Seriously?" As the Reporter notes, Trump's t... | Donald Trump tweeted a threat to "spill the beans" on Ted Cruz's wife. The tweet was in response to an attack ad in support of Cruz that used a nude photo of Trump's wife, Melania Trump. Cruz responded to what he called a "classless" threat against his wife: Pic of your wife not from us. Trump also attacked Jeb Bush's ... |
Crawl of outlinks from wikipedia.org started March, 2016. These files are currently not publicly accessible. Properties of this collection. It has been several years since the last time we did this. For this collection, several things were done: 1. Turned off duplicate detection. This collection will be complete, as th... | – Ronni Chasen's Beverly Hills murder continues to stump detectives, but Hollywood is offering up some pretty crazy ideas about what happened to the famed publicist. "One theory is that somebody close to Ronni had substantial gambling debts of up to half a million dollars, and she was being chased for the money. She wa... | Some wild and paranoid theories about the murder of publicist Ronni Chasen are sweeping through Hollywood. A source told us, “One theory is that somebody close to Ronni had substantial gambling debts of up to half a million dollars, and she was being chased for the money.” A different source even suggested it could hav... |
Here's the gist. Sony Pictures pretty much had the cast and production set up to make a movie about the real life drama around concussions/CTE in the NFL. There was one big problem that almost stopped production of this big Will Smith featured movie they planned to release in theaters on Christmas Day this year... they... | – Sony execs must be wondering if the fallout from last year's hack will ever end. The trailer for Concussion was released Monday, followed swiftly by reports that Sony Pictures had watered down the Will Smith drama to avoid the NFL's wrath. The movie focuses on the story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, who first found the brain ... | Sony Pictures had planned to make a movie about concussions/CTE in the NFL. They didn't have the rights to use NFL game footage or any of their related copyrighted properties. So what did Sony do? They brought the NFL in to basically water down the depictions of the effects of the head injuries on the football players ... |
Commerce Secretary John Bryson said Monday night that he is taking an indefinite leave of absence to deal with health problems, after officials said the Cabinet member had a seizure while driving Saturday and was involved in three traffic collisions. Bryson’s leave was announced after 10 p.m. Monday. It followed a day ... | – Commerce Secretary John Bryson is taking a medical leave after police said he was involved in three car accidents and cited him for felony hit-and-run. Commerce officials said he suffered a seizure. He's now taking an indefinite leave from his Cabinet post "during the period of my illness," he said. “I notified Presi... | Commerce Secretary John Bryson says he is taking an indefinite leave of absence to deal with health problems. Bryson’s leave was announced after 10 p.m. Monday. It followed a day of confusion about his medical condition and about the crashes that led to Bryson being cited for felony hit-and-run. The length of Bryson's... |
A man rides his rickshaw past the Tihar Jail in New Delhi March 11, 2013. The driver of the bus in which a young Indian woman was gang-raped and fatally injured in December hanged himself in his jail cell on Monday, prison authorities said, but his family and lawyer said... A policeman keeps guard inside the Tihar Jail... | – The alleged ringleader in the gang-rape case that sparked protests across India has been found hanged in his cell. Police say Ram Singh, who allegedly drove the bus on which 23-year-old physiotherapist Jyoti Singh Pandey was raped and fatally injured, hanged himself with his own clothes in New Delhi's Tihar Jail, whe... | Ram Singh, the main accused in India's most high-profile criminal case, killed himself just before dawm in a cell he shared with three inmates in New Delhi's Tihar jail. Singh fashioned a noose from threads torn from the mat he slept on and hanged himself from a grille in the ceiling before dawn. Singh's lawyer, V.K. A... |
Yahoo Chief Financial Officer Ken Goldman said original video series “Community,” “Sin City Saints” and “Other Space” were the cause of a write-down of $42 million in the company’s third quarter. “We thought long and hard about it,” Goldman said during a call with investors following the release of Yahoo’s Q3 earnings.... | – Yahoo's foray into original content has been a costly one. In a Q3 earnings call on Tuesday, CFO Ken Goldman said the company had taken $42 million in write-downs in its video division in creating three shows: sports comedy Sin City Saints, Other Space, and Community, which it picked up after NBC canceled the show la... | Yahoo announced at an earnings call that it will be taking a $42 million write-down in the third quarter for its video division. Yahoo Chief Financial Officer Ken Goldman said original video series “Community,” “Sin City Saints” and “Other Space’ were the cause of a write- down. “We thought long and hard about it,’ sai... |
(CNN) New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday vowed to close the Rikers Island jail complex. "It will take many years," the mayor said at a news conference. "It will take many tough decisions along the way. But it will happen." De Blasio set a timeline of 10 years to reduce the overall jail population in the city, whic... | – The days appear to be numbered for America's largest jail, once described as "the worst place on Earth," WPIX reports. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday that Rikers Island jail will be closed. "It will take many years," CNN quotes de Blasio as saying. "But it will happen." Last year, the jail at Rik... | New York Mayor Bill de Blasio set a timeline of 10 years to reduce the overall jail population in the city. De Blasio said the jails could be closed in 10 years, providing the city could reduce the number of people who cycle through the city’s system to 5,000. As of 2016, Rikers' population was its lowest to date, with... |
Doors creak, birds shriek and children are lured to terrible fates in "The Woman in Black," a good, old-fashioned ghost yarn of the Victorian Gothic persuasion.The handsome chiller, set in an atmospherically isolated Yorkshire village, is a production of England's revived Hammer label and features Daniel Radcliffe in h... | – The boy wizard is back—but this time, he's a 19th-century gentleman. Daniel Radcliffe is generally successful playing a spooked lawyer in The Woman in Black, a throwback haunted house thriller. What the critics are saying: The film "makes the most of its old-fashioned virtues," writes Manohla Dargis in the New York T... | "The Woman in Black" is a good, old-fashioned ghost yarn of the Victorian Gothic persuasion. The handsome chiller, set in an atmospherically isolated Yorkshire village, is a production of England's revived Hammer label. Daniel Radcliffe plays a character who, not unlike Harry, takes a train to an otherworldly place whe... |
"Equal pay is essential to the goal of gender equality," said Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and founder of LeanIn.Org. "This issue speaks to how we value women's labor, knowledge, time, training, and so much more. In short, it's about women's worth. There's nothing more fundamental than that." Women on average are p... | – It takes a woman until the following Tuesday to earn what a man does in a single week, and more than 15 months to earn what a man does in a year, according to the National Committee on Pay Equity. That's why Tuesday is Equal Pay Day, representing how far into 2017 women have had to work to draw even with men in 2016,... | Equal Pay Day marks how far all women need to work into 2017 to earn what men were paid in 2016. Black and Hispanic women face an even larger wage gap, they have to work until July 31 and November 2 respectively to catch up. In support of #20PercentCounts, businesses in 25 U.S. cities are offering 20 percent discounts ... |
How much currency / money / monetary instruments can I bring into the U.S.? There is no limit on the amount of money that can be taken out of or brought into the United States. However, if a person or persons traveling together and filing a joint declaration (CBP Form 6059-B) have more than $10,000 in currency or negot... | – A 78-year-old woman may lose nearly $41,000 earned from selling her home because she tried to smuggle it through Detroit Metro Airport—in her carry-on luggage, bra, and girdle, reports the Detroit Free Press. Customs officials became suspicious when Victoria Faren, traveling with her daughter in April, kept changing ... | Federal law requires travelers to declare to customs authorities if they are carrying more than $10,000 in cash. Victoria Faren, 78, and her daughter were stopped April 2 while trying to board a flight to the Philippines out of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Faren allegedly first denied carrying anything other than ... |
SkyWest spokeswoman Marissa Snow confirmed Hedglin, of Colorado Springs, Colo., had been a pilot for the airline since 2005. "He gained unauthorized access to the aircraft," Snow said, but added they don't know how. Mortensen said a St. George police officer was near the airport just before 1 a.m. doing a regular perim... | – A murder/suicide in Utah is making headlines, and the Salt Lake Tribune and CNN piece together the tale: Police think 40-year-old Brian Hedglin fatally stabbed his girlfriend Friday night, then went on the lam. The SkyWest pilot didn't surface until Monday night, when he drove his motorcycle to St. George Airport, sc... | SkyWest confirms pilot gained unauthorized access to the aircraft. St. George police officer found motorcycle parked on southeast side of airport, engine still warm. Officer says it appears man parked motorcycle, then threw rug over razor-wire fence. Police: Man then got inside regional jet, started engine, scraped win... |
Researchers at the University of Bonn discover a 1,400-year old mass grave at Uxul, Mexico Researchers of the Department of Anthropology of the Americas at the University of Bonn have discovered a mass grave in an artificial cave in the historical Maya city of Uxul (Mexico). Marks on the bones indicate that the individ... | – The discovery of a mass grave is by its nature a gruesome find, but what researchers uncovered in the ancient Maya city of Uxul in present-day Mexico is that to the extreme. University of Bonn archaeologists on Tuesday announced that they have found a 1,400-year-old grave containing the dismembered bones of two dozen... | Researchers at the University of Bonn discover a 1,400-year old mass grave at Uxul, Mexico. Marks on the bones indicate that the individuals buried in the cave were decapitated and dismembered around 1, 400 years ago. The scientists assume that the victims were either prisoners of war or nobles from UXul itself. Some o... |
These crawls are part of an effort to archive pages as they are created and archive the pages that they refer to. That way, as the pages that are referenced are changed or taken from the web, a link to the version that was live when the page was written will be preserved.Then the Internet Archive hopes that references ... | – It's been 40 years since a violent serial burglar, rapist, and killer started to terrorize Northern California, but the FBI this week announced there is a new, concerted push to find the so-called "East Area Rapist." Described as a white male about 5-foot-10 with blond or light brown hair, an athletic build, and poss... | The East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer terrorized multiple communities in California throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Between 1976 and 1986, this single subject committed 12 homicides, approximately 45 rapes, and multiple residential burglaries in the state of California. The subject, who may be 60-75 years old now, w... |
BANGKOK — In its most significant prisoner release to date, Myanmar on Friday freed a number of prominent political activists in a step toward meeting the demands of Western nations as they move toward more cooperative relations with the country’s new military-backed civilian government, according to news reports. The ... | – Burma is continuing to move toward meeting the West's demands with surprising speed. Dozens of its best known political prisoners were freed today in the country's most sweeping prisoner release yet, reports the New York Times. Those freed include leaders of 1988's failed pro-democracy uprising, ethnic minority leade... | The releases were part of a presidential pardon for 651 detainees. Min Ko Naing, a student leader from the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, served two long terms in prison. Other notable prisoners released included Htay Kywe, Mya Aye, Nilar Thein and Ko Ko Gyi. It was in 1988 that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leade... |
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, arrives at the Fort Bragg courtroom facility for a sentencing hearing at Fort Bragg, N.C., Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. Bergdahl, who walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009... (Associated Press) Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, arrives at the Fort Bragg courtroom facility for a sentencing he... | – He faced life in prison, but Bowe Bergdahl will serve no jail time at all for abandoning his military post in Afghanistan and endangering the troops sent to search for him. Instead, he will receive a dishonorable discharge, the New York Times reports. The military judge in the case also reduced his rank from sergeant... | Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009. He was captured by the Taliban and held for five years, until President Obama traded Taliban prisoners to bring him back. As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump called for Berghdahl to face stiff punishment. He could have received up to life in pris... |
With record turnout, Siesta Key attorney wins bellwether race amid national spotlight. Democrats seized the national spotlight with another victory in a legislative district that President Donald Trump carried and added more momentum to their midterm election ambitions by propelling Siesta Key attorney Margaret Good to... | – A Democrat has won a closely watched Florida House special election in a legislative district that President Trump carried in 2016. Uncertified results from the Sarasota County elections office show that Margaret Good took more than 52% of the vote in Tuesday's race, while Republican James Buchanan had nearly 45%, th... | Margaret Good beat Republican James Buchanan and Libertarian Alison Foxall. Good won by seven percentage points, claiming 52.2 percent of the vote. That’s a huge swing from 2016 when Trump won the District by 4.4 percentage points. Good's strong fundraising allowed her to mount a big advertising blitz and aggressive ge... |
Surrounded by friends and family, Susan Zemser, center, and Howard Zemser, the parents of U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman Justin Zemser, prepare to speak to the media outside their home in New York, Wednesday,... (Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Seven people were killed in an Amtrak train derailment Tuesday night i... | – Many of those aboard Amtrak's Northeast Regional Train No. 188 were headed to reunite with loved ones upon arrival in New York. Instead, Rachel Jacobs, the 39-year-old CEO of education start-up ApprenNet who dreamed of changing the world, never greeted her husband and 2-year-old after boarding the train following a m... | Jim Gaines, an Associated Press video software architect, was a geek's geek. Justin Zemser, a popular student leader and athlete, was on a break from the U.S. Naval Academy. The 20-year-old's family released a statement mourning "a loving son, nephew and cousin" The tragedy "has shocked us all in the worst way," his fa... |
Image copyright Facebook Image caption Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr was arrested in 2012, when he was 17 The mother of a Saudi man sentenced to death over his involvement in an anti-government protest has appealed to US President Barack Obama for help. Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr was arrested in 2012, when he was 17, and ... | – A Saudi Arabian mother is begging President Obama to intervene before authorities behead her son and crucify his corpse. Nusra al-Ahmed, whose son, Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, was 17 when he was arrested for taking part in anti-government protests, tells the Guardian that the gruesome punishment is "backwards in the extrem... | Ali Mohammed Baqir al-Nimr was arrested in 2012, when he was 17. He was convicted of sedition, rioting and robbery and sentenced to death. His mother Nusra al-Ahmed called his sentence of crucifixion "backwards in the extreme" An Obama administration official said it was "deeply concerned" by the case. But the country'... |
Ohio’s ban on same-sex marriage was under siege yesterday by a federal judge who said the state must recognize same-gender couples legally married elsewhere, and by a gay-rights group planning to challenge it at the ballot box. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Black sent out shock waves with a verbal announcement in h... | – Gay rights advocates are poised to win at least a partial victory in Ohio. A federal judge in Cincinnati says he will issue an order by April 14 that the state must recognize gay marriages performed in other states, reports the AP. But Judge Timothy Black is not expected to go further and strike down Ohio's own 2004 ... | U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Black sent out shock waves with a verbal announcement in his Cincinnati courtroom. Black gave no indication that he would strike down the state’s gay-marriage ban overall, but the big-picture effect on marriage in Ohio remains unclear. A couple of hours earlier, FreedomOhio, another ad... |
Print Share + Smoke Fills Air Over Eastern Mass. (WBZ) Fire departments across Eastern Massachusetts fielded calls Monday morning for the smell of smoke in the air, and an air quality alert was issued. The source: wildfires smoldering in Canada.People from Cape Ann, Cape Cod, the South Shore, and even parts of Metrowes... | – Massive clouds of smoke from forest fires raging in Quebec have moved south and east across New England, screening the holiday-weekend sun throughout the region. "I just walked to the beach in Sandwich where you can usually see white cliffs in Plymouth, the Sagamore Bridge and sometimes the Provincetown Monument," a ... | Smoke from forest fires in Quebec has blown into the region. The smoke first moved onto Cape Cod at about 8 this morning. Wind patterns are expected to change Monday afternoon and push the smoke out to sea. If you have photos of the smoky sky, send them to WBZ Newstips. "It is VERY smoky down here," said WBZ Weather Wa... |
A former Portland man died in a shootout Tuesday with police on the central California coast after two officers were fatally shot. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office identified Jeremy Peter Goulet, 35, as the suspect killed after the officers were slain during an investigation at his home in Santa Cruz. Officials s... | – Two police officers investigating a sexual assault complaint in Santa Cruz were shot dead yesterday in what the California city's police chief says is the darkest day in his department's history. The two veteran officers, one male and one female, were gunned down when they arrived at the home of a suspect who was kil... | Jeremy Peter Goulet, 35, was sentenced in 2008 to three years probation for invasion of privacy. He was found guilty of peering into a Northwest Portland condo in 2007 to watch a then-22-year-old woman shower. He admitted in court that he liked to videotape unsuspecting women on his cell phone. Police: Two plainclothes... |
Close Get email notifications on Abby Tonsing daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. Whenever Abby Tonsing posts new content, you'll get an email delivered to your inbox with a link. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. |... | – An Indiana University freshman is counting his lucky stars that what the Herald-Times reports was his third-ever cave descent wasn't his last. Indiana University freshman Lukas Cavar, 19, was on a beginner's spelunking trip to Sullivan Cave on Sunday when he ended up getting left behind by the 12 other members of IU'... | Lukas Cavar, a 19-year-old physics major, was trapped in a cave for three days. He was rescued late Tuesday night after the president of the Caving Club realized that the group had forgotten the freshman at the end of Sunday’s trip to Sullivan Cave in Southern Indiana. The club leaders, who asked not to be named, refus... |
Anthony Bourdain Richer Than Will Suggests Anthony Bourdain Richer Than Will Suggests EXCLUSIVE Anthony Bourdain's will surprised lots of people when it was revealed he died with around $1.2 mil in assets, because everyone thought he was way richer ... turns out, he was. We obtained a copy of Bourdain's will, and it ap... | – He was a TV host recognized around the world, not to mention a best-selling author and chef. So why did Anthony Bourdain's will show that he left behind $1.2 million, a figure in the mere-mortal range? TMZ might have the answer: The website reports that the will suggests Bourdain had set up a trust that contained uns... | Anthony Bourdain's will has revealed new details about his finances before he was found dead of suicide on June 8 at age 61. In court papers filed in Manhattan Surrogate’s Court and obtained by PEOPLE on Thursday, Bourdain was worth $1.21 million despite reports of a $16 million fortune. The will, which was written in ... |
A crusading Russian reporter was in a coma Saturday after two masked men savagely beat him with metal rods, an attack that drew the immediate condemnation not only of his fellow journalists but of President Dmitry Medvedev Oleg Kashin, a reporter with the daily Kommersant newspaper, was ambushed overnight near his home... | – A brutal attack on a Russian reporter in Moscow has left him in a coma, the BBC reports. Two men ambushed Oleg Kashin, who writes for Kommersant, outside his apartment and beat him with metal rods. Fellow journalists and even President Dmitry Medvedev condemned the assault on the 30-year-old victim, who is described ... | Kommersant reporter Oleg Kashin was beaten with metal rods, witnesses say. Medvedev: "The criminals must be apprehended and punished" Journalist union official: Attack was fifth on journalists in last 30 days. Kashin had recently reported on protests against a new highway in Moscow, his colleagues say."I have no doubt ... |
Supporters deny disappearance in Papua New Guinea was a PR stunt and suggest Allen is annoyed by worldwide interest in his jungle scrape Friends of the explorer Benedict Allen, who has been rescued in Papua New Guinea, have defended him against criticism that taking a solo trip without tracking devices was self-indulge... | – Explorer Benedict Allen is no longer missing in Papua New Guinea, having been flown to the country's capital via helicopter Friday. As for what mucked with Allen's itinerary, the BBC reports he missed his flight after becoming "disorientated with fever." His agent describes it as suspected malaria. The Daily Mail quo... | Benedict Allen has been rescued in Papua New Guinea. Supporters deny disappearance was a PR stunt and suggest Allen is annoyed by worldwide interest in his latest jungle scrape. Allen had been seeking to reconnect with the Yaifo tribe, one of the few left in the world that has virtually no contact with the outside worl... |
Hillary Clinton poses with Neera Tanden, center, president of the Center for American Progress, and the center’s founder, John Podesta, in October 2013. Emails between Tanden and Podesta show frustration over Clinton’s email controversy. (Yuri Gripas /Reuters) On the day the news broke that Hillary Clinton had used a p... | – The Clinton WikiLeaks keep on coming: In the latest release of emails from hacked campaign chief John Podesta, Podesta and other Clinton aides complain about her reaction to the emerging furor over her private email server. In one message from April last year, Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden compl... | Neera Tanden and John Podesta exchanged emails about Hillary Clinton's email controversy. Podesta was soon to be named to chair Clinton's presidential campaign. The emails show frustration over Clinton's use of a private email account as secretary of state. But they also show exasperation at each other and, at times, a... |
(CNN) Europe's budget airline EasyJet flew into a storm Sunday after it emerged a member of the ground staff at Nice airport in France had punched one of its passengers in the face while he was holding a baby. The victim was due to travel on EasyJet flight 2122 from Nice to Luton airport outside London on Saturday. The... | – An EasyJet flight from Nice, France, to Luton, England, was delayed 11 hours or more Saturday—and yet that was probably not the worst part of one passenger's day. The passenger approached an employee of the Nice airport's subcontractor, Samsic, to ask about the delay. The employee couldn't answer the passenger's ques... | EasyJet passenger was due to fly from Nice to Luton on Saturday. Passenger was holding his 9-month-old baby when he was punched in the face. Nice Airport in France have suspended the man pending an investigation. The man is believed to be back in the UK and could face prosecution. EasyJet says the airport employee does... |
Rachel Orr/ The Washington Post Most of us have had some momentary feelings of inferiority when looking over the résumé of a friend or job applicant. When you look at someone else’s shining educational and professional accomplishments, it’s easy to feel that the person in question is far more impressive than yourself. ... | – The point of a CV—or resume, in more American parlance—is to highlight all of your finest awards and accomplishments, right? Johannes Haushofer takes a different approach: Although the Princeton psychology professor has a standard resume he sends out, he's also compiled something a bit more unusual, per Quartz: a "CV... | Johannes Haushofer, a professor at Princeton, has published a CV of his failures. He hopes it will be a source of perspective at times when things aren't going well. The idea comes from an article published in the journal Nature in 2010. It argued that creating a visible record of failures is a powerful way to help oth... |
U.S. CA U.K. AU Asia DE FR E! Is Everywhere This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our US edition? E! Is Everywhere This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our Canadian edition? E! Is Everywhere This... | – John Travolta filmed his first interview since son Jett’s death, talking to Ellen DeGeneres yesterday in a segment that airs today, E! reports. “I just want to take one moment to thank each and every one of you throughout this country, throughout the world, for all your support and all your love for our family,” he s... | E! Is Everywhere This content is available customized for our international audience. Would you like to view this in our Australian edition? E! ist überall Dieser Inhalt ist für internationale Besucher verfügbar. E! está em toda parte Este conteúdo está customizado e disponível para nossa audiência internacional. Do yo... |
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Called the iCEO, the plush... | – Cuddle up with your favorite CEO: A 15-inch plush stuffed doll of the late Steve Jobs is now for sale. The "iCEO," released by pillow company Throwboy, will set you back $60. It features removable glasses, a black turtle neck, and real denim jeans, reports Mashable. The toy is limited-edition, with only 1,200 being m... | The iCEO is a 15-inch stuffed toy of Steve Jobs. Only 1,200 of the toys have been made. The toy can be pre-ordered now for $60, with a limit of two for each person. Earlier this year, In Icons launched a 12-inch Steve Jobs action figure that looked eerily realistic. However, the company now has a message on its site th... |
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas health care worker who was in full protective gear while providing hospital care for an Ebola patient who later died has tested positive for the virus and is in stable condition, health officials said Sunday. If the preliminary diagnosis is confirmed, it would be the first known case of the diseas... | – The Texas health care worker who has become what is believed to be the first case of Ebola contracted on American soil wore full protective garb when treating Thomas Duncan, officials tell the AP. She is a female nurse, adds CNN, citing inside sources, though her identity is being withheld as her family has "requeste... | A Texas health care worker who was in full protective gear while providing hospital care for an Ebola patient who later died has tested positive for the virus. If the preliminary diagnosis is confirmed, it would be the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the U.S. The worker wore a gown, g... |
WHITEHALL (Lisa Rantala) -- An autopsy could reveal more about how a teenager died at a party Monday night. Police showed up to the duplex on Beechford Road after a series of 911 calls came in about a single shot heard inside one apartment, and about 15 kids and young adults running out of the home. Police found Rashaw... | – An 18-year-old died Monday night in Ohio after suffering a gunshot wound to the head. Now, Whitehall police have determined that Rashaun D. McCrae was killed after suggesting a game of Russian roulette—and pulling the trigger. Police spent the week making sure witness stories synced up, the Columbus Dispatch reports.... | Police found Rashawn McCrae, 18, shot in the kitchen. He died at the hospital. Police won't say how the party goers are describing what happened. Neighbors fear it was an accident that may have stemmed from horseplay and recklessness. Police say they did arrest two kids at the party for outstanding drug warrants."If th... |
Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's comments comparing Muslims to Nazis at the GOP debate Monday night have sparked a firestorm in the blogosphere, where liberals, and even some conservatives, have pounced on the former House speaker for what they view as excessive fear mongering. "Of course Newt is taking it too fa... | – Newt Gingrich's Islamaphobic soundbite in Monday’s GOP debate has given pundits and bloggers something to buzz about. When Herman Cain was asked about his earlier comments that he wouldn’t allow a Muslim in his administration, or that they should take an extra loyalty oath, Gingrich jumped in with an anecdote about t... | Gingrich's comments have sparked a firestorm in the blogosphere. Liberals, and even some conservatives, have pounced on the former House speaker. "Of course Newt is taking it too far," says ABC News consultant Matthew Dowd. Gingrich compared hiring Muslims to how Americans dealt with Nazis in the 1940s. "We did this in... |
But Rodriguez ruled that foul in her decision, which included a transcript of Shulman and Kruk's commentary during the game. The broadcasters wondered aloud how Rector could have fallen asleep so early in the contest, how much his neck might hurt the next day, and why a man sitting nearby didn't wake him up. ||||| SEPT... | – A 27-year-old New York Yankees fan who sued after ESPN cameras caught him napping during a game in April 2014 had his $10 million defamation lawsuit thrown out by a judge last month, the Smoking Gun reports. Not even a second-row seat and a matchup with the hated Boston Red Sox could keep Andrew Rector awake during t... | Andrew Rector alleged that he was disparaged during the broadcast of an April 13 game. Rector, 27, sued Major League Baseball, the Yankees, ESPN, and announcers. Judge Julia Rodriguez ruled that Shulman and Kruk made none of the nasty comments attributed to them in Rector’s complaint. Judge Rodriguez added that, “At wo... |
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Democrats and Republicans alike are criticizing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s decision to call an Oct. 16 special general election to fill the seat of late Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg. The Republican said his decision was dictated by state election law and sources say his office believes it would lose a court f... | – Chris Christie was bound to take criticism no matter what he decided on how to fill the seat of late New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg. And, sure enough, now that he's filled in most of the details, both Republicans and Democrats are angry, reports Politico. Christie today declared that the parties will pick their res... | New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called an Oct. 16 special general election to fill the seat of late Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg. The timing means that popular New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker will not be on the ballot when voters decide whether to give Christie another term in November. Christie said his decision was d... |
If any Republican candidate is going to light the fuse for the Christian conservatives in Iowa who are famous for igniting the Huckaboom four years ago, an evangelical forum tonight just might be the turning point. About 1,000 conservatives hungry for a candidate they can love will pack the nationally televised Iowa Fa... | – This could be a big night for the Republican candidates, notes the Des Moines Register: A major evangelical forum takes place in Des Moines, which might prove pivotal in getting Christian conservatives to rally behind a single candidate. As the Los Angeles Times explains, the political calculus in Iowa is fairly stra... | About 1,000 conservatives hungry for a candidate they can love will pack the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition fall banquet in Des Moines. It could be a pivotal night for any of the six candidates. Anticipation is mounting for the first Iowa visit in two months from poll front-runner Herman Cain. All eyes also will be o... |
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton speak with journalists prior to a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. EU foreign ministers are expected... (Associated Press) European Union nations have formally adopted an oil embargo against Iran as part of sanction... | – The European Union today rolled out its embargo of Iranian oil, adopting the measure as what Britain's foreign secretary called "an unprecedented set of sanctions" designed to crack down on the country's nascent nuclear program. Existing contracts for crude oil and petroleum will be honored until July, but all new co... | EU nations have formally adopted an oil embargo against Iran as part of sanctions over its nuclear program. Measures include an immediate ban on new contracts for Iranian crude oil and petroleum products, while existing contracts will be allowed to run until July. EU will also likely freeze the assets of the Iranian ce... |
CLOSE A preliminary investigation has begun for a fatal car crash involving a Tesla Model S.According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the electric model sedan had Autopilot mode engaged when a driver was killed. USA TODAY Buy Photo Albert Scaglione, founder and CEO of Park West Gallery in Southfi... | – Tesla's autopilot feature may have been involved in a second crash the day after the federal government launched an investigation into the feature following the first such crash, the Detroit Free Press reports. Art gallery owner Albert Scaglione was driving his 2016 Tesla Model X on the Pennsylvania Turnpike with his... | Albert Scaglione and his artist son-in-law, Tim Yanke, both survived Friday's crash. The crash came just one day after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a report on a fatal crash in May involving a Tesla that was in self-driving mode. Tesla says that before Autopilot can be used, drivers have to... |
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By clicking Sign Up, you agree to our Terms, Data Policy and Cookies Policy. You may receive SMS Notifications from us and can opt out any time. ||||| JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater emerges from jail, basks in new status as celebrity Heckman for News JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater after being released f... | – New folk hero flight attendant Steven Slater emerged from a New York City jail yesterday grateful for the outpouring of public support, while his proud cancer-battling mom said her boy "deserved" a meltdown. "Something about this resonated with people," Slater said as he left jail a day after his freakout on a JetBlu... | Steven Slater, 38, was transformed into a folk hero after he cursed out a nasty passenger over a plane intercom, grabbed some beer and fled down an emergency slide. "I think something about this resonated with people. The outpouring of support is very appreciated. I'm overwhelmed, very thankful," Slater said after bein... |
Excavation of two quarries in Wales by a UCL-led team of archaeologists and geologists has confirmed they are sources of Stonehenge’s ‘bluestones’– and shed light on how they were quarried and transported. New research by the team published today in Antiquity presents detailed evidence of prehistoric quarrying in the P... | – Researchers in London think they have solved one of the most enduring mysteries of Stonehenge: How did a bunch of prehistoric Britons haul massive stones from a quarry in Wales to the site of the monument more than 100 miles? "The answer," per the Telegraph, "is surprisingly simple." By mounting a giant stone on a wo... | Geologists have known since the 1920s that the bluestones were brought to Stonehenge from somewhere in the Preseli Hills. But only now has there been collaboration with archaeologists to locate and excavate the actual quarries from which they came. Radiocarbon-dating of burnt hazelnuts and charcoal from the quarry-work... |
Cinnamon is a delicious addition to toast, coffee and breakfast rolls. Eating the tasty household spice also might improve learning ability, according to new study results published online in the July issue of the Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. The study by neurological scientists at Rush University Medical Cente... | – Scientists say they've discovered "one of the safest and the easiest approaches to convert poor learners to good learners." And all you have to do is eat cinnamon. Researchers at Rush University Medical Center say that feeding cinnamon to mice with a poor learning ability turned them into a bunch of brainiacs by tran... | Study: Cinnamon can reverse changes in the brains of mice with Parkinson's disease. The mice in the study received oral feedings of ground cinnamon, which their bodies metabolized into sodium benzoate, a drug treatment for brain damage. Researchers found that after eating their cinnamon, the poor learning mice had impr... |
The White House called a report that President Obama called off the raid on Osama bin Laden three times a "fabrication." In a new book previewed by the Daily Caller, author Richard Miniter alleges that Obama called off the raid three times at the urging of senior advisor Valerie Jarrett, before finally authorizing the ... | – President Obama took such a cautious approach to killing Osama bin Laden that he actually canceled the mission three times at the urging of advisor Valerie Jarrett, according to an upcoming book. In Leading From Behind: The Reluctant President and the Advisors Who Decide for Him, author Richard Miniter writes that Ob... | A new book alleges that Obama called off the raid three times at the urging of senior advisor Valerie Jarrett. "That is an utter fabrication," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. Media Matters notes that Miniter's report does not square with other reporting on the timeline of the mission. Miniter: "The White House... |
Gwyneth Paltrow, the actress and founder of online lifestyle brand Goop, thinks that nasty, anonymous online commenters should take a look at themselves first before they post. “The Internet is an amazing opportunity, socially. We have this opportunity to mature and learn, which is the essence of being on earth — to be... | – Gwyneth Paltrow ... tech expert? The actress spoke at the Code Conference yesterday, rubbing elbows with tech CEOs, thanks to her Web business, Goop. Before her surprise appearance, she talked to re/code (the tech news site hosting the conference, Vanity Fair notes) about Goop (it's profitable, though she won't give ... | Gwyneth Paltrow is the actress and founder of online lifestyle brand Goop. She said that anonymous commenters should take a look at themselves before they post. She compared the experience of living through vitriolic Internet commenters to surviving a war. “It’s taken me a long time to get to the point where I can see ... |
CANNES, France — Harry Shearer is suing Vivendi’s Universal Music Group and Studiocanal for $125 million for allegedly fraudulent accounting of the music revenues from Rob Reiner’s 1984 film “This is Spinal Tap.” Shearer, who co-created and starred in the classic mockumentary, is seeking $125 million in compensatory an... | – One of the makers of This Is Spinal Tap is suing entertainment group Vivendi, claiming the company is hiding millions from those who made the film possible. Harry Shearer—perhaps better known as the guy who voices dozens of Simpsons characters—co-created the 1984 film along with Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, and Christ... | Harry Shearer is suing Vivendi’s Universal Music Group and Studiocanal for $125m. Shearer, who co-created and starred in the classic mockumentary, is seeking $125 million. “This is Spinal Tap” follows the legendary British heavy metal band Spinal tap as they organize a comeback tour. The spoof was created by Shearer,. ... |
A plume of smoke emits from a fire that broke out at a Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, California August 6, 2012. A plume of smoke emits from a fire that broke out at a Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, California August 6, 2012. RICHMOND/HOUSTON (Reuters) - A massive fire struck at the core of Chevron Corp's large R... | – Explosions tore through a Chevron oil refinery as it erupted in flames yesterday, driving toll takers from the Richmond Bridge and San Francisco Bay Area residents indoors. At least two fires were triggered when a diesel leak exploded at the Richmond refinery, one of the largest in the nation, reports the San Francis... | The fire was contained, but not extinguished, according to the company. The fire started in the No. 4 crude unit, the only one at the plant, Chevron said. The 245,000 barrel per day plant accounts for one-eighth of California state's refining capacity. About 200 people have sought medical help, complaining of respirato... |
Los Angeles police are seeking two men in connection with the slaying of a 19-year-old Canadian woman who was stabbed to death in 1969, just a few miles from the most infamous of the Manson family killings. Sketches of the men were released Friday by the Los Angeles Police Department and are based on new information co... | – The Los Angeles Police Department has released sketches of two men considered persons of interest in a 47-year-old murder possibly connected to the Manson family, the Los Angeles Times reports. According to People, Reet Jurvetson, 19, flew from Canada to LA in 1969 to see a man named Jean she met in a Montreal coffee... | Sketches of the men were released Friday by the Los Angeles Police Department. They are based on new information collected from a witness in Montreal. The body of the then-unidentified woman was discovered by a child on Mulholland Drive. The 19-year-old was stabbed 150 times in the upper torso and neck. She was found a... |
Scientists have long thought that the first flowering plant in history would be a land plant. Though a few angiosperms (the scientific name for flowering plants) around today occur in the water, most live on land, and it has been generally assumed that these types of plants evolved on terra firma before radiating back ... | – The world's oldest known flower dating back 130 million years is an aquatic species called Montsechia found fossilized in limestone deposits in Spain. But it wouldn't necessarily be recognized as a flower today, given it didn't boast petals or nectar-producing structures. "The fruit contains a single seed"—thus makin... | Fossils of a plant known as Montsechia vidalii came on the scene between 130 million and 124 million years ago. The plant predates the oldest known angiosperm, Archaefructus, by 124.5 million years. Modern-day descendants of MontseChia, known as Ceratophyllum, appear quite similar to their ancient descendants. These pl... |
HONOLULU (AP) — A 16-year-old boy stowed away in the wheel well of a flight from California to Hawaii on Sunday, surviving the trip halfway across the Pacific Ocean unharmed despite frigid temperatures at 38,000 feet and a lack of oxygen, FBI and airline officials said. File- This July 2, 2004, file photo shows a trave... | – A 16-year-old boy who stowed away in the wheel well of a plane after a fight with his family is incredibly lucky to be alive after the California-to-Hawaii flight, authorities say. The boy made it through the five-hour flight unharmed yesterday despite freezing temperatures at 38,000 feet and a lack of oxygen, the AP... | 16-year-old boy stowed away in the wheel well of a flight from California to Hawaii. Boy survived the trip halfway across the Pacific Ocean unharmed. FBI: Boy was questioned by the FBI after being discovered on the tarmac at the Maui airport. "Kid's lucky to be alive," FBI spokesman Tom Simon in Honolulu said. The boy ... |
Kim Jong-un saw the opportunity for maximum mischief offered by the most auspicious date in US history to launch a missile, literally and verbally It is fair to say that the reporter tasked with working Kim Jong-un’s comments into North Korea’s latest statement on Tuesday’s intercontinental ballistic missile test did t... | – North Korea's first successful launch of an ICBM has shocked the world—and caused some gloating in Pyongyang. North Korea's KCNA news agency quoted Kim Jong Un as saying "American bastards would be not very happy with this gift sent on the July 4 anniversary," the Guardian reports. The agency said Kim, who has vowed ... | Kim Jong-un saw the opportunity for maximum mischief offered by the most auspicious date in US history to launch a missile, literally and verbally. The international response to the launch will only have inspired Kim to wring every last drop of propaganda value from the wave of opprobrium emanating from the White House... |
The Seychelles, where the U.S. had temporarily stationed MQ-9s under the operational authority of U.S. Africa Command, now houses a base where a small fleet of “hunter-killer” drones resumed operations this month. (U.S. Africa Command/Major Eric Hilliard) The Obama administration is assembling a constellation of secret... | – The Obama administration is creating an expanded network of drone bases in Africa, which officials say will help the US target Islamic militants in Somalia and Yemen. A new drone base is being built in Ethiopia, and the US is already deploying drones over Somalia and Yemen from its base in Djibouti, reports the Washi... | The Obama administration is assembling a constellation of secret drone bases for counterterrorism operations. One of the installations is being established in Ethiopia, a U.S. ally in the fight against al-Shabab. Another base is in the Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The rapid expansion of the undecla... |
Culture And Criticism In Slight Defense Of Miss Utah USA, A Little Bit, With Reservations i i itoggle caption Ethan Miller/Getty Images Ethan Miller/Getty Images Look, Miss Utah USA, Marissa Powell, gave a pretty unimpressive answer to a question about income inequality at the Miss USA pageant. Let's all agree on that.... | – Miss Utah got to go on the Today show this morning for a second crack at the question that she flubbed at the recent Miss USA pageant. This time around, Marissa Powell gave a far more polished response, which KSL.com has in more detail. Good for her, but the next time this happens to a pageant contestant, and it sure... | Miss Utah USA gave an unimpressive answer to a question about income inequality. John Sutter: What kind of a simultaneously dumb and impossible to answer question is that? He says this isn't a question that actually tests what you know; it's a test of your ability to generate cow patties on command.Sutter: Miss Utah US... |
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Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. ||||| Snoozing Fan Claims ESPN Defamed Him BRONX, N.Y. (CN) - A baseball fan who dozed off during a Yankee-Red Sox game sued the Yankees... | – There's no napping in baseball. When 26-year-old Yankees fan Andrew Rector fell asleep during a game against the Red Sox on April 13, an ESPN cameraman lingered on his snoozing face and two announcers launched into a diatribe that included the words "stupor, stupid, fatty, and unintelligent"—that according to a $10 m... | Andrew Robert Rector claims he was filmed, and defamed, at the April 13 game. He demands $10 million in damages for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Rector says ESPN focused its cameras on him, then announcers unleashed avalanche of disparaging words. "These unmitigated verbal onslaughts cro... |
Democrats pounced Thursday on politically inartful comments by Rep. Steve Southerland (R-Fla.), who told constituents that his $174,000 salary is nothing to write home about. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee hammered Southerland for statements he made during a visit to a retirement community in his Talla... | – A freshman GOP rep from Florida is taking some heat after suggesting his salary isn't worth the dangers of his job in the wake of Gabrielle Giffords' shooting, the loss of income from his family business, and the lack of free health care. “They’re shooting at us. There is law-enforcement security in this room right n... | Rep. Steve Southerland (R-Fla.) told constituents that his $174,000 salary is nothing to write home about. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee hammered him for statements he made during a visit to a retirement community in his Tallahassee-area district. “It’s unbelievable how far out of touch Rep. SteveSout... |
HARTFORD — The first round of state testing into failing home foundations in northern and eastern Connecticut has concluded that the presence of a certain mineral in the concrete aggregate is at least partly to blame. "Although [the] investigation will continue into the fall, we believe there is now sufficient evidence... | – Around 1995, Linda and Robert Tofolowsky noticed the walls of the basement in their Connecticut home cracking. Their foundation had developed severe fissures, and they soon discovered other homes in the area with the same issue. Their insurance claim was denied, they got no help from the town or the state, and they l... | Pyrrhotite is a naturally occurring iron sulfide mineral that reacts with oxygen. The mineral was also cited in a widespread problem in Quebec as the mineral that produces cracks in concrete. J.J. Mottes Co. of Stafford Springs to discontinue using or selling aggregate from Becker's Quarry in Willington. The agreement ... |
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kurt Busch will miss the Daytona 500, and finds himself once again fighting for his career. Kurt Busch, right, talks with his crew chief Tony Gibson, left, in his garage during a practice session for the Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Wednesd... | – One of NASCAR's biggest races runs tomorrow, but one of NASCAR's biggest names will not be there when the Daytona 500 begins. The sport suspended Kurt Busch indefinitely yesterday over allegations that he beat and choked his then-girlfriend last fall, reports ESPN. The move came after a Family Court judge in Delaware... | Kurt Busch was suspended by NASCAR indefinitely Friday after a judge said the 2004 former champion almost surely choked and beat a former girlfriend last fall. The suspension came two days before the season-opening Daytona 500, and Busch immediately said he'd appeal. Stewart-Haas Racing has already decided to use Regan... |
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL POST MARCH 14 THAT IS LINKED IN MANY PLACES... FOR MORE RECENT POSTINGS GO TO THE TOP OF MY GOOGLE + PAGE. MH370 A different point of view. Pulau Langkawi 13,000 runway. A lot of speculation about MH370. Terrorism, hijack, meteors. I cannot believe the analysis on CNN - almost disturbing. I tend to... | – A veteran pilot's theory about what happened to Flight 370 dazzled the Internet yesterday, but aviation writer Jeff Wise is poking holes in it today at Slate. If you missed it, pilot Chris Goodfellow speculated at Google Plus that a fire aboard the missing Malaysian jet caused its disappearance. The pilots went off c... | CNN analysis of MH370 is almost disturbing. I tend to look for a more simple explanation of this event. The left turn is the key here. This was a very experienced senior Captain with 18,000 hours. He was confronted by some major event onboard that made him make that immediate turn back to the closest safe airport. For ... |
The White House has issued a clarification. When the president said if you like your insurance plan you can keep it, what he meant was you can keep it if he likes it. Hundreds of thousands of Americans who are getting policy cancellation notices this month can't be as surprised as they pretend to be. President Obama ma... | – The Washington Post's Fact Checker blog does its thing with President Obama's much-criticized claim that "if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan, period." The verdict? Four Pinocchios, which happens to be the max. Though he might have been forgiven for such a grand proclamat... | Foes of Obamacare are excitedly citing a rash of new stories claiming untold Americans are “losing” their insurance. The White House has issued a clarification: When the president said if you like your insurance plan you can keep it, what he meant was you could keep it if he likes it. Some Obamacare foes don’t even ack... |
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