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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Boeing 747 jumbo jet mistakenly landed at a small Kansas airport not far from the Air Force base where it was supposed to land to deliver parts for the company’s famed new 787 Dreamliner. The 747 landed Wednesday evening at Col. James Jabara Airport, about 8 miles north of its […]
CAPE CORAL, Fla. (AP) — Florida Republican Rep. Henry “Trey” Radel, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession and received a year’s probation, is taking a leave of absence from Congress and donating his salary to charity. Radel made the announcement Wednesday at a crowded news conference in Florida. “I’m not going […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius was served with new indictment papers Wednesday containing two extra charges believed to allege that he recklessly shot his gun out the open sunroof of a car last year and fired someone else’s handgun at a restaurant weeks before he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The double-amputee Olympian […]
Most teens and young adults on Facebook, Twitter or other social networking sites see them at least sometimes: slurs, offensive images or mean-spirited video clips that stigmatize groups of people. Who’s targeted most often? Overweight people, according to a poll of Internet users ages 14 to 24. When does it seem most hurtful? When aimed […]
MILLBORO, Va. (AP) — Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds was in good condition at a hospital Wednesday, a day after the one-time Democratic gubernatorial nominee was apparently stabbed by his son. Deeds was stabbed in the head and chest at his home in rural western Virginia and police were trying to figure out what led […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Republican Rep. Henry “Trey” Radel pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession and was sentenced to a year’s probation. “I’ve hit a bottom where I realize I need help,” Radel told a judge in acknowledging that he purchased 3.5 grams of cocaine from an undercover police officer. As […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama paid tribute Wednesday to former President John F. Kennedy‘s legacy, joining former President Bill Clinton to lay a wreath at Kennedy’s grave and presenting a freedom medal that Kennedy conceived before his assassination 50 years ago this week. One on each side, Obama and Clinton held the hands of […]
Kmart is finding itself in hot water, yet again, for a holiday commercial that many folks are deeming inappropriate. In the company’s latest ad, six…
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — Joseph Paul Franklin, a white supremacist who targeted blacks and Jews in a cross-country killing spree from 1977 to 1980, was put to death Wednesday in Missouri, the state’s first execution in nearly three years. Franklin, 63, was executed at the state prison in Bonne Terre for killing Gerald Gordon […]
If you were trying to think of ideas to get back at an ex, 59-year-old Alan Markovitz of Detroit, might have a perfect idea for you. Markovitz, a well-known strip club owner, bought a house next to his ex-wife and put up a giant middle-finger statue located right in the view from her bathroom. (See […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida congressman Henry “Trey” Radel has been charged with cocaine possession and faces arraignment Wednesday in Washington. In a statement expressing regret, the 37-year-old Republican freshman lawmaker said Tuesday he struggles with alcoholism and intends to seek treatment and counseling. Authorities allege that Radel possessed cocaine on Oct. 29. The circumstances of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court is allowing Texas to continue enforcing abortion restrictions that opponents say have led more than a third of the state’s clinics to stop providing abortions. The justices voted 5-4 Tuesday to leave in effect a provision requiring doctors who perform abortions in clinics to have admitting privileges […]
