Southern California Edison Shooting Leaves 3 Dead, 2 Wounded
A lone gunman armed with a rifle shot dead two people Friday and injured two others in an office building of Southern California Edison in Los Angeles, before killing himself, the LA Times is...
View ArticleTyphoon in Philippines kills nearly 200
As Typhoon Washi passed through the southern Philippines late Friday, the tropical storm triggered intense flash flooding, resulting in swelled-up rivers and flooding in cities as people slept....
View ArticleGround Beef Recall: E. Coli Concerns Prompt Tyson Fresh Meats Recall
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc., a Dakota City, Neb. establishment, is recalling approximately 40,948 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...
View ArticleRapper Slim Dunkin Murdered in Atlanta Studio
Slim Dunkin, a rising young rapper who associated with Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame, was gunned down on Friday evening in a music studio, Atlanta police said. Dunkin was 24 years old. According to...
View ArticleZynga IPO Fizzles in Debut, Closes Below $10
After making the biggest Internet stock offering since Google, online game maker Zynga debuted on the Nasdaq Global Market with an uninspiring performance as shares closed at $9.50 on Friday, down 5...
View ArticleCuts to Pell Grants Coming; Thousands of Students Could See College Money Dry Up
The House passed a $1 trillion dollar budget deal that will make it harder to get, and harder to keep, Pell Grants. Students taking longer than 6-years will have their grants cut off and fewer Pell...
View ArticleHuman Rabies: South Carolina Reports First Case of Human Rabies in 50 Years
A middle-aged South Carolina woman has the first diagnosed case of human rabies in the state in 50 years, state health officials said Friday. The woman, whose identity remains undisclosed due to the...
View ArticleWright Brothers Day; Obama Signs Proclamation Honoring Aviation Pioneers [Video]
Aviation fans have been celebrating Wright Brothers Day on December 17th for decades to honor the historic first flight of Wilbur and Orville Wright, but now it’s official. President Obama signed a...
View ArticleShannan Gilbert’s Remains Positively ID’d by Suffolk Medical Examiner
Babylon, New York- The missing woman whose disappearance eventually precipitated the discovery of several sets of remains at the side of Ocean Parkway in New York can now be laid to rest, police in...
View ArticleWoman Attacked In Elevator And Set On Fire!
Police at a New York Precinct were surprised yesterday by a man walking into the department, reeking of gasoline and announcing that he had “Set a Fire”. Police will not confirm the identity of the man...
View ArticleAmazon Kindle Fire Tablets Flying Off The Shelf
With Christmas just 7 days away it’s a good time to be the masterminds behind the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet, a device that is likely eclipsing the sales numbers compared to former Amazon Kindle...
View ArticleNewt Gingrich Wants To Rule Judicial Branch With An Iron Fist
If Newt Gingrich becomes the next President of the United States it could be a very sad day for the judicial branch of the United States. In a Sunday interview with Face the Nation Gingrich drove home...
View ArticleTeenage Cigarette Smoking Down, Weed Smoking On The Rise
It seems as if the governments war on tobacco is paying dividends. After years of raising cigarette taxes, curtailing advertising, taking tobacco out of pro sports and stepped up enforcement on stores...
View ArticleCat Inherits $13 Million, Joins The One Percent
Tommaso, a 4-year-old black cat in Rome who was formerly a stray is now living the good life after inheriting $13 million. Not a bad way to join the ranks of the 1% group. Tommaso’s owner Maria...
View ArticleTerrified Neighbor Describes Woman Shooting Her Baby In The Yard
Annelise Fiedler came running outside of her home to see what the racket was, she thought she may have heard gunfire. Next door, she saw her next door neighbor Sara McMeen standing over her baby....
View ArticleShoplifters Get Caught Inside Store As Car Is Broken Into Outside
If you don’t believe in bad karma turn your attention to Utah couple Eldon Alexander, 36, and Korin Vanhouten, 47. The couple were caught stealing small ticket items from a WinCo Foods store when they...
View ArticleMiss. Mayor Greg Davis is Gay; Audit Reveals Visit to Adult Book Store
State auditors recently looked into Mayor Greg Davis’ spending habits and found that he spent state money at a gay sex store in Ontario. But why would Davis, who ran for congress on a “family values”...
View ArticleViagra and Romney, Both Endorsed By Bob Dole
Mitt Romney and Viagra have something in common these days, Bob Dole is endorsing both of them. The Republican nominee to run against Bill Clinton in 1996 feels that Romney is the right person to...
View ArticleRick Perry’s ‘Oops,’ Occupy’s Battle Cry, Top Yale’s Best Quotes of 2011 List
What quotes defined 2011? Yale Law School’s 6th annual list of the most notable quotations of the year takes memorable quotes from Twitter, presidential debates, and death beds. Fred Shapiro, the...
View ArticleMajor Winter Storm System Moving Into SW Great Plains
Residents of the Southwest Great Plains should stock up on supplies while they can as a Monday afternoon storm system is expected to reach parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Texas. According to...
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