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JINDO, South Korea (AP) — There are no names listed as relatives huddle around white signboards to identify bodies from a sunken ferry — just the slimmest of clues about mostly young lives now lost. Many favored hoodies and track pants. One girl painted her fingernails red and toenails black. Another had braces on her […]
The U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approved new product Palcohol, powdered alcohol that can be mixed into a drink or sprinkled on food. UPI reports: Seven flavors of the product — which should be available to customers later this year — were approved, including margarita and cosmopolitan. The company said the product […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Kraft Foods is recalling 96,000 pounds of its Oscar Mayer wieners because they may mistakenly contain cheese. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said Sunday that Kraft’s “Oscar Mayer Classic Wieners” may instead contain the company’s “Classic Cheese Dogs.” The agency said the product labels are incorrect […]
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A car slammed into a packed Florida church just as its annual Easter concert was about to begin, injuring 21 people as it barreled through the brick outer wall and several rows of pews. Fort Myers police Lt. Victor Medico says the Lexus sedan struck the Second Haitian Baptist Church […]
BOSTON (AP) — In many ways, it felt like any other pre-marathon Sunday in Boston. Families celebrated Easter, diners enjoyed the spring weather at sidewalk cafes, and runners — easily identified by their trim builds and colorful jackets — picked up last-minute supplies for what will be the second-largest field in the history of the […]
Facebook is rolling out a new tool that allows its users to track their friends in real time. Currently, the Facebook mobile app lets you share your general or specific location with friends. That in itself can seem a bit invasive and has even proved to be dangerous. Even still, the social media outlet has […]
MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — Fresh questions arose about whether quicker action by the captain of a doomedferry could have saved lives, even as rescuers scrambled to find hundreds of passengers still missing Friday and feared dead. Officials also offered a rare look at their investigations, saying they were looking into whether a crewman’s order to […]
Walkerville Police Department Christopher Nicholas Hiatt, 34, was charged with assault with a bodily fluid after he licked a cops eyeball while he was getting arrested. The New York Daily News reports: A Montana man licked a cop’s eyeball as he was being arrested, it’s claimed. Christopher Nicholas Hiatt allegedly rimmed the officer’s peeper with his […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the Clintons, 2014 is the year of the baby. Chelsea Clinton, the 34-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and ex-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, announced Thursday that she and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, are expecting their first child this fall.There has been wide speculation about a future baby in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight million people have signed up for health care through new insurance exchanges and the proportion of younger applicants has increased, President Barack Obama said Thursday. The enrollments exceeded expectations and offered new hope to Democrats who are defending the law ahead of the midterm elections. An impromptu appearance in the White […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending condolences to victims of a South Korean ferry disaster and says he will pay tribute during a visit to the country next week. Obama said at a White House news conference Thursday that the United States has an “unwavering commitment” to its ally South Korea in good […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An immigrant teen who had earned a scholarship to an elite U.S. college but became enamored of Jihadist causes was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison. Mohammad Hassan Khalid had earned a full scholarship to Johns Hopkins University after just a few years in the United States, where his family was […]
