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A Colorado moose has fallen in love with bronze statue of a moose. The statue is located in Grand Lake, Colorado and it has attracted the love of a young moose who visits the statue everyday showing affection with licks, rubs and attempted mating. The moose and statue have become a tourist sensation in the […]
Taco Bell has fired the unidentified employee who posted a photo online of him licking a stack of taco shells, according to a statement posted on the company’s website. The official statement reads: “We do not believe these employees harmed, or intended to harm, anyone. But we deplore the impressions this has caused to our […]
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A jury has acquitted a 70-year-old Tampa Bay area man charged with killing his wife’s lover. Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ralph Wald walked in on his wife having sex on the living room floor in March and says he thought she was being raped. He fatally shot 32-year-old Walter Conley […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The odds are historically against them, but Illinois’ beleaguered Republicans are looking to reverse their fortunes by recruiting help in the heart of enemy territory: Democratic Chicago. Three days after the end of a legislative session where the Democratic-controlled General Assembly failed to address a number of pressing issues, Republicans announced efforts […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A group of about 100 high school students traveling from New York to Atlanta were thrown off an AirTran flight, along with their chaperones, after the pilot and crew lost patience with some kids who wouldn’t sit down and put away their cellphones. Seniors from the Yeshiva of Flatbush in Brooklyn […]
President Obama on Tuesday announced his nomination of Judge Robert Leon Wilkins, a distinguished African American judge, to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the second highest court in the United States. Wilkins currently serves as a United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, a position he […]
UPDATE 06-04-13 — 7:55 A.M. EST: NewsOne spoke with NAN member Walter Shinn, and Debra Simmons is still in jail. ———————————————— Debra Simmons, 55, vice-president…
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday accepted James Holmes’ plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, setting the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation of the Colorado theater shooting suspect. Holmes is accused of opening fire in a packed Denver-area movie theater last summer, killing 12 people and injuring 70. He is […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military leaders said Tuesday that sexual assault in the ranks is “like a cancer” that could destroy the force, but they expressed serious concerns about far-reaching congressional efforts to strip commanders of some authority in meting out justice. Seated side-by-side at a long witness table, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the […]
MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James walked off the court, stopped on his way to the bench to shake David Beckham’s hand, then exchanged a few high-fives and quick hugs with teammates. No raucous celebration was necessary. Getting back to the NBA Finals isn’t nearly enough to satisfy James or the Miami Heat. For the third […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday called for a more robust national discussion on mental illness, saying the time had come to bring the issue “out of the shadows.” Speaking at the opening session of a White House conference on mental health, the president said his goal was to let people affected by […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service, already under fire after officials disclosed that the agency targeted conservative groups, faces increased scrutiny because of an inspector general’s report that it spent about $50 million to hold at least 220 conferences for employees between 2010 and 2012. The report by the Treasury Department’s inspector general about […]
