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Pakistan's Prez Steps Down, 1st in History to Finish Term | (Sep 8, 2013 7:48 AM CDT) The bar isn't set really high in Pakistani politics, because leaving office willingly when you're supposed to makes history: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari stepped down today at the end of his five-year term, becoming the first democratically elected president in the country's history t... |
Tip for the Oscars Pizza Delivery Guy? $1K | (Mar 4, 2014 9:52 AM) The guy who delivered pizzas to the Oscars appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show yesterday, and the Academy Awards host gave him a $1,000 tip. Edgar Martirosyan, who owns Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria with his brother, said he thought the pizza order was for the writers backstage, and he was sho... |
1% Warming Chance Is Cause Enough to Act | (Dec 9, 2009 1:22 AM) Dick Cheney once said that a 1% chance of al-Qaeda obtaining a nuke was reason enough to prepare for it, and that same logic should be applied to catastrophic global warming, writes Thomas L. Friedman. Despite Climategate, the chances look a lot higher than 1%, he notes in the New York Times. B... |
Cat Treks 1,484 Miles to Florida, Comes Home | (Feb 27, 2016 2:29 PM) It takes about 22 hours to reach Florida by car for a person traveling from Wisconsin. But if you're a cat, the 1,484-mile journey likely takes closer to two months. At least that's how long it took Nadia, the Russian blue, to trek from her home on a snowy December day to sunny Naples this week ... |
Hansel and Gretel Wins, Movie 43 Bombs | (Jan 27, 2013 2:10 PM) A bone-chilling rush of weather spelled bad news for three new R-rated films at the domestic box office, says the Hollywood Reporter. The poorly reviewed action-comedy Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters ($19 million) starring Jeremy Renner limped into first, while Jason Statham and Jennifer Lopez mi... |
Mom Admits Suffocating Her 2 Toddlers | (Aug 17, 2010 12:33 PM CDT) A South Carolina mother has admitted to smothering her two toddler sons, saying she didn’t think she could support them, according to police. The bodies were found in a car submerged in a river, but the woman, 29-year-old Shaquan Duley, allegedly told police that they were dead before she s... |
Unemployment Falls to 2-Year Low: 8.8% | (Apr 1, 2011 7:53 AM CDT) The unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8% in March and companies added workers at the fastest two-month pace since before the recession began. The Labor Department says the economy added 216,000 new jobs last month, offsetting layoffs at local governments. Factories, retailers, edu... |
Zimmerman Gets $9K Bail, Is $2.5M in Debt | (Nov 19, 2013 1:27 PM) George Zimmerman was today granted bail in the amount of $9,000 in relation to yesterday's alleged domestic violence incident, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The order came with restrictions: no contacting his girlfriend in any way (meaning he can't return to the house they shared), he must surre... |
Reggae's Gregory Isaacs Dead at 59 | (Oct 25, 2010 11:10 AM CDT) Reggae superstar Gregory Isaacs died at his London home today at age 59 after a battle with lung cancer, the Washington Post reports. Isaacs was known for popularizing lover’s rock, a reggae style that dealt with romance and relationships rather than the political themes embraced by the l... |
Russia-Made Kids Bed Modeled on Launcher That Shot MH17 | (Oct 4, 2016 2:39 PM CDT) A Dutch probe into what and who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in July 2014 is now pointing the finger at a surface-to-air missile brought into play by Russia. Which is why, perhaps, some people are outraged that a Russian furniture company has opted to design a children's... |
GOP Offered $10K to Prove Ayers Authored Obama Book | (Nov 2, 2008 1:12 PM) A Republican congressman and his brother-in-law approached an Oxford philosophy don in an attempt to prove that Barack Obama's autobiography had been ghostwritten by William Ayers, the Times of London reports. Peter Millican says he was offered $10,000 to analyze Obama's Dreams From My Father and... |
Newest Bailout: 2010 Olympics | (Jan 19, 2009 11:42 AM) The global recession is putting the 2010 Olympics Games in Vancouver in peril, writes Canada's Globe and Mail. This weekend the provincial parliament in British Columbia passed an emergency bill that allows the host city to borrow $369 million to make sure the athletes' village will be ready in... |
Trump Used $258K From His Nonprofit to Settle Business Lawsuits: Report | (Sep 20, 2016 5:14 PM CDT) Donald Trump used $258,000 from his charitable foundation to settle lawsuits involving his for-profit businesses, the Washington Post reports after a number of interviews and a review of legal documents. In doing so, Trump might have broken anti- self-dealing laws, which bar nonprofit leade... |
Opening Statements Will Likely Portray 2 Tsarnaevs | (Mar 4, 2015 9:00 AM) Two dramatically different portraits of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are expected to emerge when prosecutors and Tsarnaev's lawyers give their opening statements today at his federal death penalty trial. Was he a submissive, adoring younger brother who only followed direction... |
Madoff to Plead Guilty on 11 Counts, Faces 150 Years | (Mar 10, 2009 3:18 PM CDT) Bernard Madoff's lawyer told a judge today his client will plead guilty later this week to 11 counts including money laundering, perjury and securities, mail and wire fraud. Prosecutors say the disgraced money manager will face up to 150 years in prison on the charges. The hearing at a Manha... |
20% of NYT.com Traffic Yesterday? Nate Silver's Blog | (Nov 6, 2012 5:02 PM) The New York Times is probably pretty grateful for Nate Silver right now: His controversial FiveThirtyEight blog accounted for 20% of all visits to the newspaper's site yesterday, the New Republic reports. Silver, who has a host of fervent supporters and detractors, got attention with his final e... |
Japan Pulls 2 Survivors From Rubble | (Mar 20, 2011 6:00 AM CDT) An 80-year-old woman and her 16-year-old grandson emerged today from the rubble in northeastern Japan, nine days after the 9.0 earthquake that leveled their two-story house. The teen, Jin Abe, finally managed to pull himself out of the wreckage, and authorities spotted him waving for help fr... |
7 UN Peacekeepers Killed in Sudan | (Jul 13, 2013 2:10 PM CDT) Seven UN peacekeepers are dead and another 17 wounded after gunmen ambushed a team in Sudan's western region of Darfur. It is the deadliest ever single attack on the international force in the country since it began its work there in five years ago. The assault included sustained heavy fire ... |
Duggars' 19 Kids and ... Canceling, Says TLC | (Jul 16, 2015 10:11 AM CDT) Another year, another controversial TLC show gets the boot. After pulling episodes of 19 Kids and Counting, TLC confirms it has canceled its most-watched show after claims that cast member Josh Duggar molested four of his sisters and a babysitter as a teen. 19 Kids will no longer appear on... |
Suicide Bombs Kill 16, Wound 150 in Pakistan | (Sep 26, 2009 5:43 AM CDT) Two suicide car bombs killed 16 people and wounded about 150 others in separate attacks in northwestern Pakistan today, just days after the Taliban warned suicide strikes were coming if the military pressed forward with an offensive to rout the insurgents. The bombs were detonated outside a ... |
2nd Bonnaroo Death Confirmed | (Jun 14, 2011 11:06 AM CDT) Bonnaroo has claimed a second victim: Christopher William Yoder, 24, died of hyperthermia early Sunday, the AP reports. Yoder had been airlifted from the music festival to a hospital, and officials are awaiting toxicology reports. The safety of our patrons is our No. 1 concern, and we are ... |
In US, Gym-Class Injuries Up 150% in Past Decade | (Aug 3, 2009 4:52 PM CDT) American kids are suffering 150% more injuries in gym class than a decade ago, the AP reports. Over that period, a study found, there has been a renewed emphasis on physical-education class as a way to inculcate students with healthy habits and prevent obesity. But the increase in injuries ma... |
Obama Pulls in $70M, Trounces GOP | (Oct 13, 2011 9:35 AM CDT) President Obama raised a combined $70 million for his own campaign and the Democratic Party this summer, easily exceeding his $55 million goal and walloping his Republican rivals, his campaign announced today. The number does, however, represent something of a slowdown for Obama, who raised ... |
1 in 13 Humans Have Feet Like Apes | (Jun 2, 2013 3:58 PM CDT) No one wants to be told their feet look like an ape's, but scientists say that many humans' do, and there's a good reason why: It's evolution, baby. Humans typically have rigid feet, held together by stiff ligaments, explains the BBC. But researchers studied the feet of almost 400 visitors to... |
4 Shot Dead in Long Island Pharmacy Robbery | (Jun 20, 2011 3:21 AM CDT) A robbery gone wrong ended with four people shot to death in a small Long Island pharmacy yesterday morning, reports AP. Police don't know why the robber killed the two employees and two customers at the family-owned shop in Medford, and have no suspects in custody. One of the victims was a ... |
Bank of America Slashing 16K Jobs | (Sep 20, 2012 4:51 AM CDT) Bank of America is the biggest banking employer in the US, but it has accelerated plans that will see it lose that title to rivals, reports the Wall Street Journal. The bank aims to cut 16,000 jobs by the end of the year, allowing it to reach chief executive Brian Moynihan's target of sheddi... |
FDA OKs 1st 3D-Printed Pill | (Aug 5, 2015 5:28 AM CDT) It might seem like something out of Star Trek, but pills that are produced by a printer are now a reality and the FDA has approved the first one. In what the BBC says is a world first, Aprecia Pharmaceuticals has won approval to produce epilepsy medication Spritam on a 3D printer. In a press ... |
Woman Sues GM for Crash That Left Her Trapped for 6 Days | (Oct 21, 2015 5:00 PM CDT) A mother of four who lost both legs below the knees and suffered a traumatic brain injury after being stuck in her 2009 Chevrolet Malibu for six days following a crash filed a lawsuit against General Motors Tuesday. NBC 9 reports Kristin Hopkins lost control of her car while driving along a ... |
4 Dead in Bloody Attack at California Tribal Office | (Feb 21, 2014 10:09 AM) An eviction hearing for a formal tribal chairwoman ended in a hail of bullets yesterday at the Cedarville Rancheria American Indian tribal office in California. Alturas police say Cherie Lash Rhoades, also known as Sherie Lash, opened fire at around 3:30pm, shooting six people and killing four ... |
Jewelry Thief's Crime Spree Spans 5 States | (Jan 6, 2016 8:33 AM) A woman believed to be in her 20s or 30s held employees of a Jared Vault jewelry store in Mebane, NC, at gunpoint on Monday before making off with jewelry piled into a shopping bag. But this wasn't her first rodeo: The FBI says the same brunette has robbed five other jewelry stores across the Sou... |
Cabrera Wins in 3-Way Playoff | (Apr 12, 2009 6:43 PM CDT) Angel Cabrera claimed the second major championship of his career today, winning the Masters on the second hole of a three-way playoff. Cabrera, the 2007 US Open winner, pulled off a remarkable par at No. 18 after hitting his tee shot behind a tree. Kenny Perry, set to take home the green ja... |
No. 7: Shark Attacks Swimmer Off North Carolina | (Jul 1, 2015 5:07 PM CDT) Beaches along the North Carolina coast are sure to be jam-packed this holiday weekend, which makes this bit of news especially troubling: A shark attacked a 67-year-old man off Okracoke Island in the Outer Banks today, making him the state's seventh victim this season, reports Reuters. In the... |
Thai Junta: Our Poll Says 99.3% Like Military Rule | (Dec 23, 2015 1:00 AM) An astonishing 99.3% of Thais are perfectly happy with life under the country's ruling military junta, according to a poll carried out by the country's ruling military junta. Thai authorities say the poll of 2,700 people found that 98.9% believe the junta could solve Thailand's problems and 99.3... |
North Korea Plans to Put 2 American Tourists on Trial | (Jun 30, 2014 3:03 AM CDT) Two of the three Americans currently being detained in North Korea are facing prosecution. Matthew Miller, 24, and Jeffrey Fowle, 56, will be indicted; a trial could result in long jail sentences for both. The third US citizen detained in the country, 45-year-old Kenneth Bae, is currently se... |
Ikea Accused of Funneling Money, Evading $1B in Taxes | (Feb 15, 2016 9:52 AM) How do you say large-scale tax avoidance in Swedish? That's what a new report from the European Parliament's Greens/European Free Alliance group is accusing Ikea of, to the tune of $1.1 billion, per CNNMoney. The report alleges that the retail giant funneled money from its stores in highly tax... |
Partridge Family Mom May Pose for Playboy at 75 | (May 11, 2009 2:14 PM CDT) Shirley Jones may have perfected the wholesome mom type on The Partridge Family, but her next gig might be a bit naughtier. The 75-year-old is considering posing nude for Playboy, her husband/manager tells the New York Post. She’s still drop-dead gorgeous, he opined. I think it would be s... |
Publishers Bank On a 007 Comeback | (May 8, 2008 1:55 PM CDT) This year is the centenary of author Ian Fleming's birth, but while Daniel Craig gave the James Bond movie franchise a much-needed recharge, sales of the 007 books haven't caught up. Now, the Wall Street Journal reports, the Fleming estate has commissioned respected writer Sebastian Faulks to... |
Lebanon Picks Prez, Ends 6-Month Crisis | (May 25, 2008 5:26 PM CDT) Lebanon elected its first leader in 6 months today by naming Gen. Michel Suleiman as president, the Washington Post reports. Fireworks filled the sky to a chorus of car honks after Suleiman secured the post with a near-unanimous 118 of 127 parliamentary votes. But the nation remains torn bet... |
Oil Rockets to $135 on Surprise Supply Decline | (May 22, 2008 6:11 AM CDT) A surprise 5.32 million barrel decline in US crude oil stockpiles prompted oil prices to surge past a record $135 a barrel in after-hours New York trading this morning, extending oil's runup to 19% this month, reports Bloomberg. The Energy Department also said yesterday that gasoline stockpi... |
SocGen Trader Charged, Faces 7 Years | (Jan 28, 2008 9:08 AM) Jérôme Kerviel, the rogue trader who cost France's third-largest bank over $7 billion, was charged with attempted fraud by French authorities today, Bloomberg reports. Abuse of trust, the most serious of four charges, carries a potential 7-year sentence and $1.5-million fine. Police want him kep... |
G20 Cop Attack Sparks Demand for Investigation | (Apr 8, 2009 3:40 AM CDT) British officials are calling for a criminal investigation into a police attack on a man who died during the G20 protests in London last week, the Daily Telegraph reports. Video of the incident, shot by a New Yorker in town on business, shows a sickening and unprovoked attack by police on I... |
Teen Driver Swats at Spider; It Ends Badly for 11 People | (Oct 21, 2015 1:00 AM CDT) A teenage girl in Kansas is the latest arachnophobic driver to have become more dangerous than any spider. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 17-year-old Diana Nicole Bell was on the highway east of Great Bend when she noticed a spider on her lap and let go of the steering wheel to try to kill i... |
Teen Survives 3,500-Foot Fall | (Jan 29, 2014 8:32 AM) An absolutely amazing story out of Oklahoma, where a Texas 16-year-old survived a 3,500-foot fall in a skydiving mishap—and didn't even require any surgery for her injuries. Mackenzie Wethington, who went skydiving Saturday as a birthday present from her parents, slammed into the ground, yet som... |
How Two $1.69 Bottles of OJ Cost Dollar General $277K | (Sep 26, 2016 7:27 AM CDT) Two bottles of OJ that retailed for $1.69 at Dollar General will end up costing the chain more than a quarter of a million dollars. That after a diabetic former employee won a lawsuit connected to the juice. Linda Atkins was working at a Maryville, Tenn., location in the fall of 2011 when sh... |
NYC Axing 777 School Workers | (Aug 24, 2011 11:19 AM CDT) New York City is slashing 777 Education Department jobs, sending school aides, family workers, parent coordinators, and drivers packing due to budget cuts, reports the New York Times. Teachers, however, are exempt from the biggest single-agency layoff since Michael Bloomberg became mayor in... |
Kim, Kanye Drop $1.5M on Crazy Armored Cars | (Aug 13, 2013 10:50 AM CDT) Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are leaving nothing to chance when it comes to the safety of baby North. They've ordered two customized armored cars, and are plunking down more than $1.5 million in the process. The bullet- and bomb-proof vehicles were suggested to Kanye by good pal and fellow... |
Yes, Democrats, Obama Can Lose in 2012 | (Apr 20, 2011 1:27 PM CDT) Democrats could easily get complacent looking at the lackluster GOP candidates for 2012 or, better yet, the fringe contenders such as Donald Trump. At Salon, Steve Kornacki provides a sobering antidote to that complacency: Under economic conditions like those that now exist, Obama is likely... |
Divers Find 1811 Wreck That Changed US History | (Jan 9, 2011 7:17 AM) Two hundred years ago yesterday, the USS Revenge hit a reef in heavy fog, and sank into the deep off the coast of Rhode Island. Its captain, legendary naval officer Oliver Hazard Perry, survived and was recommissioned to the Great Lakes, where his victory over the British changed the course of th... |
Sony Swings to First Annual Loss in 14 Years | (Jan 22, 2009 6:25 AM) Sony announced today that it would go down to its first annual loss in 14 years, after having forecast just months ago that it would turn a profit. The Japanese electronics giant said it expected to lose $1.7 billion, the result of declining demand from the global recession. The BBC reports that... |
We Aimed to Murder 5,000: Mumbai Terrorist | (Nov 30, 2008 6:55 AM) The lone Mumbai terrorist captured alive said months of training had prepped him and his cohorts to kill 5,000 people, the Daily Mail reports. Describing the massacre to police, Azam Amir Kasab of Pakistan, 21, said his instructions were to target whites, preferably Americans and British. He w... |
US Sent Iran $400M Same Day Americans Were Released | (Aug 3, 2016 3:27 AM CDT) Smart diplomacy —or dollar diplomacy? The US government quietly delivered the equivalent of $400 million in cash to Iran on Jan. 16 this year, the same day that Tehran released four detained American citizens, sources including US officials tell the Wall Street Journal. The cash, which was s... |
6 Americans Dead in Afghan Helicopter Crash | (Dec 17, 2013 1:42 PM) Six US service members were killed today when a helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan, US and NATO officials said. One person on board the Black Hawk UH-60 was injured and survived, two US defense officials said. The aircraft was an Army helicopter from an Army unit, but officials have not ... |
The Feds Own (Maybe 6) Secret Medical Warehouses | (Jun 27, 2016 12:27 PM CDT) Search Google News for articles on the Strategic National Stockpile and you'll get a slim 1,480, a low quantity befitting a program studded with secrets. The SNS falls under the auspices of the CDC, which was in 1999 given congressional funding in order to stockpile what now tallies up to... |
Polar Bear Makes Epic 9-Day, 420-Mile Swim | (Jan 26, 2011 8:07 AM) Scientists in the Arctic have recorded what is by far the longest swim a polar bear has ever been known to make. A female bear fitted with a radio collar swam continuously for almost 10 days through icy waters north of Alaska, covering 420 miles as she searched for ice floe hunting grounds. We ... |
Forget Cat Videos, YouTube Debuting 1st Drama Series | (Jun 24, 2016 5:38 PM CDT) YouTube is hoping Channing Tatum will catapult them into the realm of Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu. The cat-video provider just announced Step Up as its first full-fledged, big-budget original drama series, Deadline reports. The series will debut in 2017 on the subscription-only YouTube Red. ... |
Woman, 76, Gets 10 Years for 1957 Murder of Daughter | (May 2, 2013 4:39 PM CDT) Prosecutors wanted the judge to impose a 45-day jail sentence along with 10 years of probation. Instead, she gave 76-year-old Ruby Klokow of Sheboygan 10 years in prison after Klokow pleaded no contest to killing her infant daughter in 1957, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A lesser se... |
2 Humpbacks Saved From 'Enormously Painful' Fate | (May 19, 2016 10:38 AM CDT) A humpback whale off the coast of Gloucester, Mass., is lucky to be alive after a rescue team disentangled it from a slew of fishing lines, Massachusetts Environmental Police tell WCVB. The whale was first seen Wednesday morning, and by 7:30 that night, a Center for Coastal Studies team had... |
Mt. Gox: We Found 200K Bitcoins in Our Other Wallet | (Mar 21, 2014 7:00 AM CDT) Don't you hate when you leave something in your other pants? Like, say, $116 million? That's the approximate value of the 199,999.99 bitcoins that Mt. Gox found lying around in an old bitcoin wallet, according to the BBC. Mt. Gox had certain old-format wallets which were used in the past an... |
70-Year-Old Rower Sets Off on Record-Breaking Quest | (May 16, 2016 9:23 AM CDT) Norwegian doctor Stein Hoff is no stranger to challenges. The avid rower crossed the Atlantic with a partner in 1997, and in 2002 he rowed solo and unsupported from Lisbon, Portugal, to the coast of the South American country of Guyana. But now the 70-year-old who says people spend too much... |
Raising Drinking Age to 21 'Regrettable': Key Doctor | (Jul 27, 2009 7:03 PM CDT) A psychiatrist who was part of a presidential committee that recommended raising the US drinking age to 21 now calls those efforts the single most regrettable decision, the Los Angeles Times reports. Morris Chafetz, in an opinion piece being shopped for publication, says seeing the collat... |
Newlywed, 95, Dies After 96-Year-Old Wife Taken Away | (Dec 31, 2014 12:44 PM) A 95-year-old newlywed Virginia man has died just weeks after his 96-year-old wife was taken away by family to Florida. Eddie Harrison died yesterday in a hospital after suffering from influenza, said Rebecca Wright, who was caring for the couple in their home in Alexandria, Va. Harrison became... |
Drunk Driver Who Killed Man to Serve 120 Days in Jail | (Jul 14, 2014 11:29 AM CDT) In 2011, Leroy Buddy Bronson's wife and 11-year-old daughter were killed by a drunk driver. Last year, Bronson himself was killed by a different drunk driver. And on Friday, that second driver—25-year-old Ronald O'Kelly—received a suspended sentence that could see him spend just 120 days ... |
Chicago Logs 500th Murder of '16 in Bloody Weekend | (Sep 6, 2016 11:25 AM CDT) After wrapping up its deadliest month in 20 years, Chicago logged its 500th homicide of the year over Labor Day weekend, when 65 people were shot, including 13 fatally. Nine of those deaths and almost half of all shootings resulting in injuries or deaths occurred between 6am Monday and 3am T... |
4.7 Quake Hits Christchurch, No Injuries Reported | (May 25, 2012 12:49 AM CDT) One of the stronger of the thousands of earthquakes and aftershocks to hit Christchurch since last year's devastating 6.1 quake struck the New Zealand city today. No reports of serious injuries or damage were received after the 4.7 quake, reports the New Zealand Herald. Authorities closed t... |
Obama Has 70% Chance of Topping Ticket | (Mar 10, 2008 4:35 PM CDT) Barack Obama is far more likely to be the Democratic nominee than Hillary Clinton is, says Joe Trippi, the veteran strategist who advised Howard Dean and John Edwards. In an IM interview with New York, he puts Obama’s odds at 70%, predicts a race that lasts until the convention, and foresees... |
Bush Threw Out 4th Amendment After 9/11 | (Apr 4, 2008 1:23 PM CDT) Just a month after Sept. 11, 2001, the Justice Department concluded that anti-terror military operations on US soil were not constrained by the Fourth Amendment protections against search and seizure. The conclusion was detailed in a memo written by John Yoo, the theorist behind many of Presi... |
3 US Airmen Swept Out to Sea in Japan | (Oct 5, 2014 9:28 AM CDT) The US military is searching for two of three airmen who were swept out to sea today off the coast of Okinawa as Typhoon Phanfone bore down on Japan. One of the three was found dead. They had been on Okinawa island's northern coast when they were overcome by the waves, according to a rep for ... |
Home Sales Jump 7.4% | (Dec 22, 2009 9:14 AM) Home resales surged to the highest level in nearly three years, reflecting an extraordinary level of federal support that has pulled the housing market back from the worst downturn since the Great Depression. The National Association of Realtors says sales rose 7.4% to a seasonally adjusted annu... |
57 Saudi Men Arrested for Flirting | (Feb 23, 2008 1:03 PM) Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested 57 young men accused of flirting with girls at shopping malls in Mecca, the BBC reports. Prosecutors say the men wore indecent clothing, played loud music, and danced to attract the girls’ attention. The arrests were prompted by Saudi’s Commission for the Pro... |
Elon Musk, Wife Take 2nd Shot at 2nd Divorce | (Mar 22, 2016 2:36 AM CDT) Billionaire Elon Musk and actress Talulah Riley are making another attempt to end their second marriage, the AP reports. Riley filed to divorce Musk on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court. Musk filed for divorce on New Year's Eve in 2014 but withdrew the petition seven months later. The div... |
Dog Disease Complaints to FDA Single Out 3 Brands | (Mar 13, 2012 5:37 PM CDT) FDA officials still aren't sure what has caused a wave of disease in 600 US dogs, but pet owners' complaints over Chinese-made chicken jerky dog treats may provide a clue. Some 13 of 22 key complaints point to Waggin' Train or Canyon Creek treats, both from Nestle Purina, while three more co... |
Iceland Best Nation for Women; US 19th | (Oct 12, 2010 12:56 PM CDT) Iceland leads the world in gender equality, says a new report from the World Economic Forum, with the United States rising 12 spots to 19th. Nordic nations again dominated the list, with Norway, Finland, and Sweden also near the top. Ireland, the UK, Germany, and Spain did well, but France ... |
Kabul Blast Kills 4 Near US Embassy | (Nov 27, 2008 3:48 AM) At least four Afghans were killed when a suicide car bomber struck 200 yards outside the American embassy in Kabul this morning, AP reports. The embassy said none of its personnel was injured in the blast, which happened as Americans and other Westerners were entering the embassy compound for a ... |
2 Men With HIV Are Off Drugs, Seem Virus-Free | (Jul 3, 2013 7:43 AM CDT) The two men who saw HIV seemingly vanish from their blood after getting bone marrow transplants to treat their blood cancer are still apparently virus-free and feeling great —weeks after they stopped taking anti-retroviral drugs. Researchers gave the encouraging update today at the Internati... |
Frenchwoman Admits Smothering Her 8 Newborns | (Jul 29, 2010 3:31 PM CDT) A 47-year-old woman in France faces homicide charges after admitting that she killed eight of her own newborn babies and hid them at two separate residences, the BBC reports. Dominique Cottrez told police that her husband never knew because she has always been overweight. He has not been cha... |
Guy Nears 3M Miles in 1966 Volvo | (Jul 9, 2012 1:23 PM CDT) It just keeps going, and going, and going, and no, it's not a battery: It's Irvin Gordon's 1966 Volvo P1800S. Gordon's small, red two-door has well more than 2 million miles on the odometer, the equivalent of nearly 1,176 times around the globe. The retired schoolteacher from Long Island hope... |
Spielbergs Give $100K to Bolster Gay Marriage | (Sep 24, 2008 1:38 PM CDT) Steven Spielberg has weighed in to the tune of $100,000 against the gay marriage ban on California’s ballot this fall, the AP reports. Spielberg and his wife join Brad Pitt—who gave the same amount last week—as major celebrity opponents of the ban. The couple says the ban is discriminatory a... |
Parents Must Pay Tuition for Estranged Daughter, 21 | (Nov 14, 2014 7:41 AM) New Jersey's Caitlyn Ricci appeared to take inspiration from Rachel Canning when she sued her parents for college tuition earlier this year—but Ricci won. The 21-year-old hasn't spoken to her divorced parents, Michael Ricci and Maura McGarvey, since February 2013, when she moved out of her mothe... |
Georgian Woman Claims She's 130 | (Jul 8, 2010 5:23 PM CDT) A woman in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia claims to have turned 130 today, making her the world's oldest person. Georgian officials back her up and say Antisa Khvichava was born on July 8, 1880. Her birth certificate is long gone, but she has Soviet-era documents that confirm her age, ... |
4 Stabbed in Toronto Office Building | (Apr 9, 2014 11:48 AM CDT) A second stabbing incident with multiple victims is making headlines today. Police in Toronto say a man stabbed three men and a woman inside an office building, reports the CBC. Two of the victims, including the woman, have life-threatening injuries, reports the Globe and Mail. All worked fo... |
Women Live 10 Years Longer by Quitting at Age 30 | (Oct 27, 2012 5:35 PM CDT) Women who stop smoking by age 30 will enjoy huge health benefits and add about 10 years to their life, according to a new study. Those who quit by age 30 still lose roughly a month, and 40-year-olds lose about a year, but smoking into middle age is particularly deadly—even for those who don'... |
Dow Surges 165 | (Nov 2, 2015 3:20 PM) Stocks posted solid gains Monday, adding to last month's big advances and pushing the Dow Jones industrial average into positive territory for 2015. Several companies moved on news, including Chipotle Mexican Grill, and Visa. Health care stocks were among the winners as drugmakers Pfizer and AbbV... |
15-Year-Old Terrorist in UK Gets Life Sentence | (Oct 2, 2015 11:25 AM CDT) A 15-year-old British boy was sentenced Friday to at least five years in custody for organizing a terrorist plot to kill police officers in Australia. Judge John Saunders said the teenager, who can't be named because of his age, would be released only when he was no longer a danger to the pu... |
Elin Hires Top Lawyer for $284M Divorce | (Dec 18, 2009 6:59 AM) Elin Nordegren didn’t just get herself any old lawyer—she’s reportedly hired Hollywood's superstar divorce guru Sorrell Trope, and is gearing up to go after nearly $284 million. Trope, whose clients range from Cary Grant to Hugh Grant, specializes in very high-asset, high-income divorces, an e... |
6 More Air France Bodies Found | (Jun 13, 2009 5:58 AM CDT) Six more bodies from Air France Flight 447 have been found, bringing the total to 50 even as authorities contemplate an end date for the search, the AP reports. Warm ocean water in the search area will speed up the sinking of bodies and attract feeding marine life, experts note, and the sign... |
Dow Falls 23 Before Fed Meeting | (Oct 26, 2015 3:20 PM CDT) Stocks are closing mostly lower as traders look ahead to a busy week of corporate earnings and a Federal Reserve meeting. Xerox slumped 3% Monday after its quarterly revenue missed analysts' estimates. The company said it would review its business and spending plans. The Dow Jones industrial... |
2 Boys Vanish Aboard Fishing Boat | (Jul 26, 2015 11:16 AM CDT) On Friday afternoon, Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen bought $110 worth of gas for their 19-foot fishing boat and set off from Jupiter, Fla., in the direction of the Bahamas, in what NBC News reports is the last sighting of the two 14-year-olds. The two boys were reported missing when they ... |
El Nino Is Looking Scarily Like 1997's El Nino | (Dec 31, 2015 9:10 AM) The El Nino weather system of 1997-98 was so bad that descriptions of it sound like something out of a Ben Affleck disaster movie: Australia turned into a slow cooker, California and Peru were pummeled with rain, and there were rampant fires in Indonesia; around 23,000 people perished from the c... |
Alaska Town to Vanish by 2017 | (May 14, 2013 9:06 AM CDT) When it comes to the fate of the 350 residents of Newtok, Alaska, the Guardian pulls no punches: Exile is inevitable, it writes. That's because their coastal village, located some 480 miles west of Anchorage, is in the process of being washed into the Bering Sea. As the Guardian explains i... |
Big Banks Had 800K Needless Foreclosures | (Sep 16, 2012 10:36 AM CDT) The big banks moved sluggishly to implement the Obama administration's Home Affordable Modification Program, forcing hundreds of thousands of families out of their home unnecessarily, according to a new study. Office of the Comptroller of Currency data indicates that while many banks had su... |
Zambrano Throws No-Hitter as Cubs Beat Astros 5-0 | (Sep 14, 2008 10:11 PM CDT) Carlos Zambrano pitched the first no-hitter for the Chicago Cubs in 36 years, returning from a recent bout of rotator cuff soreness to shut down the Houston Astros 5-0 tonight in a game relocated because of Hurricane Ike. The storm forced two games of the series to be moved from Texas to Mi... |
Phillies Edge Rays 5-4 to Take Lead in Series | (Oct 26, 2008 1:16 AM CDT) It took a while, but the Phillies finally beat Tampa Bay in the wee hours to take a 2-1 lead in the World Series. Carlos Ruiz hit an infield single—a trickler down the third-base line—with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth as Philly outlasted the Rays, 5-4. The game didn't begin un... |
Norway Cruise Ship Catches Fire; 2 Dead | (Sep 15, 2011 8:20 AM CDT) Rescue crews evacuated a cruise ship carrying 262 passengers off the coast of Norway today, after a fire broke out on board. At least two people are dead, police tell the AP, and four others are missing. The first 106 evacuees were taken to shore on lifeboats, but the rest simply disembarked... |
17-Year-Old: I Caused Twitter Meltdown | (Sep 22, 2010 11:57 AM CDT) Remember the mouseover bug that sent unwitting Twitter users to Japanese porn sites yesterday? Well, it was caused by a 17-year-old Australian schoolboy. Pearce Delphin says he was the first one to try the mouseover trick. I did it merely to see if it could be done ... that JavaScript re... |
Robber Drops ID Card, Gets 12 Years | (Oct 16, 2014 12:33 PM CDT) It was the perfect crime, except for the part where Malcolm Thomas tripped on his way out of the gas station he had just robbed while running with the register tray. A witness saw him fall, and when police searched the spot, the Southwest Times Record details what they found: a large amoun... |
Dow Off 107 on Weak Data | (Jun 16, 2009 3:27 PM CDT) Stocks fell further today as markets absorbed more poor economic data, the Wall Street Journal reports. National industrial production fell 1.1% in May, the Federal Reserve announced. The Dow Jones producer-price index rose only 0.2% in May, short of the expected 0.6% increase. The Dow lost ... |
Syrian Bomber Kills Himself, Injures 12 in Germany | (Jul 25, 2016 12:39 AM CDT) Police in the southern German city of Ansbach say a man killed himself and injured 12 others Sunday night when he blew himself up after being turned away from an open-air music festival, the AP reports. He was a 27-year-old Syrian who had been denied asylum, Bavaria's top security official ... |
Sweden's Fairytale Princess Lilian Dead at 97 | (Mar 11, 2013 8:57 AM CDT) Sweden's Princess Lilian, whose transformation from British commoner to royal lover captivated the country, has died at 97, the AP reports. Born in Wales, Lilian Davies met Sweden's Prince Bertil at a British nightclub in 1943, while he was stationed in the UK. After an air raid near her Lon... |
Excruciating World Record: A 5-Hour-Plus Plank | (Jun 1, 2015 9:58 AM CDT) George Hood has been breaking world records for 30 years, starting in 1986 when he jumped his way into Guinness by skipping rope for more than 13 hours, per NBC San Diego. Now the 57-year-old ex-Marine (and ex-DEA agent, and personal trainer, and group exercise instructor) has another athleti... |
21 People Shot Last Night in Chicago | (Jul 5, 2014 2:34 PM CDT) A major spate of gun violence has taken Chicago this weekend, with 36 people shot so far, the Chicago Tribune reports. In just 11 hours last night, 21 people were shot, with attacks focused in the South and West sides. Several shooting victims were in serious condition; CBS Chicago reports on... |
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