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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House moved Wednesday to address the growing furor over allegations of misconduct at the Department of Veterans Affairs, summoning VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to an Oval Office meeting, hours before the House was scheduled to vote on a bill that would grant the secretary more authority to fire or demote […]
A woman is now in the hospital after being struck by her own car at a neighborhood car wash. Rita Gazivoda, a 35-year-old nurse went flying through the air, landing on her back as a result of a bizarre accident. The NY Post reports: Gazivoda was standing next to her car as a worker cleaned […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft announced a larger version of its Surface tablet to make the device more compelling as a laptop replacement. The Surface Pro 3 will have a screen measuring 12 inches diagonally, up from 10.6 inches in previous models. Microsoft said it’s also thinner and faster than before. The company said it […]
Two officers from London’s Essex County have been disciplined for blasting KRS-ONE’s “Sound Of Da’ Police” record while driving their patrol car through the town…
A Tennessee man found himself in trouble after trying to have sex with an ATM and a picnic table. UPI reports: Lonnie Hutton was arrested and charged with public intoxication after he allegedly tried to have sex with an ATM at the Boro Bar and Grill. The 49-year-old also attempted to have sex with a […]
TOP OF THE TICKET Tuesday’s top elections are the Republican primaries to pick U.S. Senate nominees in Kentucky, Georgia and Oregon. Oregon Republicans select a challenger to first-term Sen. Jeff Merkley, who only recently emerged as a GOP target. Georgia is a crowded race, and a July runoff is likely. The biggest noise, although probably […]
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius will start a period of psychiatric evaluation at a state institution next week, the judge at his murder trial ruled on Tuesday as she postponed court proceedings until June 30. Judge Thokozile Masipa took just a few minutes to read out her ruling that the double-amputee Olympian must […]
In April 2006, Arik Air was born, supplanting Nigeria Airways Limited in Lagos. The first commercial vehicle to fly was the Bombardier CRJ 900…
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — A 22-year-old woman called in bomb threats to a Quinnipiac University’s commencement in Connecticut in a bid keep her family from learning that she wasn’t graduating despite taking money for her education from her mother, according to police. Danielle Shea of Quincy, Massachusetts, was wearing a cap and gown she’d purchased […]
The “what’s wrong with Black males” chorus has been one long sung by the national media. Lengthy, well-reported articles in the Washington Post, The New…
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California woman is facing charges that she grabbed a 12-year-old boy by the throat while confronting him about bullying her daughter, authorities said Sunday. Delia Garcia-Bratcher, 30, of Santa Rosa came to an elementary school around lunchtime Friday and asked her son, who also attends the school, to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials have confirmed a second U.S. case of a mysterious virus that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East. The latest case is not an American — he is a resident of Saudi Arabia, visiting Florida, who is now in an Orlando hospital. He was diagnosed with MERS, or Middle […]
