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BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Police arrested two teenagers Friday who are suspected in the shooting death of a baby in a stroller and the wounding of the baby’s mother during an attempted robbery. Seventeen-year-old De’Marquis Elkins is charged as an adult with first-degree murder, along with a 14-year-old who was not identified because he is […]
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Police were combing school records and canvassing a coastal Georgia neighborhood Friday for a pair of suspects between 10 and 15 years old accused of killing a baby in a stroller and wounding his mother in an attempted robbery. The mother, Sherry West, told WAWS-TV that two boys approached her and […]
CINCINNATI (AP) — Famed groundhog Punxsutawney (puhnk-suh-TAW’-nee) Phil might want to go back into hibernation. Authorities in still-frigid Ohio have issued an “indictment” of the furry rodent, who predicted an early spring when he didn’t see his shadow after emerging from his western Pennsylvania lair on Feb. 2. Mike Gmoser (MOH’-zuhr), the prosecutor in southwestern […]
UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — Police say a Philadelphia-area woman returned to a dollar store where she’d been banned and pepper-sprayed employees who tried to escort her out before giving the can to her 7-year-old daughter and asking her to continue the fight. Upper Darby police say 27-year-old Delaina Garling went to the Family Dollar […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An insurance agent who helped run a prostitution operation out of his mistress’s Zumba studio and watched sex videos made with a hidden camera will serve 20 days in jail for a scandal that rocked a seaside community better known for its beaches and sea captains’ homes than for crime. Mark […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago teachers, students and parents began learning Thursday whether their schools are among those the city plans to close as part of a cost-cutting plan that opponents say will disproportionately affect minority children. Chicago Public Schools, the nation’s third-largest school district, hasn’t said how many schools or students will be affected. Administrators […]
No stranger to hecklers, President Barack Obama was about 15 minutes into a major speech at the Jerusalem International Convention Center in Israel when someone began to shout out. Audience members looked with confusion at the interruption then stood in applause at the president’s gesture and response. Watch video below.
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House passed a Tea Party-flavored budget plan Thursday that promises sharp cuts in safety-net programs for the poor and a clampdown on domestic agencies, in sharp contrast to less austere plans favored by President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies. The measure, similar to previous plans offered by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (pictured right), […]
According to reports, CVS is requiring their employees to disclose their weight and other personal health information – or pay a $600-a-year fine to the company. The employees must disclose the information to the company’s insurance carrier and must agree to this by signing a certified contract. In response to the story, CVS Caremark Corp, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola says it’s cutting 750 jobs in the U.S. as it continues to streamline its business. The world’s biggest beverage maker says the jobs cuts will be across the board and that affected individuals will be notified in coming weeks. The cuts represent roughly 1 percent of the company’s workforce of […]
Louise and Martine Fokkens, who are believed to be Amsterdam‘s oldest prostitutes, are finally retiring from prostituting after fifty-years of working. The 70-year-old twins have combined worked for over 355,000 men. The women claim arthritis limits the positions they are able to do and that old age keeps them from attracting new clients. They also […]
Andrew Wardle says he’s been with 100 women despite not having a penis. Now, the penis-less man says he will undergo a procedure that will turn his arm into the appendage. The 39-year-old British man, was born with a lot of health issues including being born without a penis. However, Wardle was born with testicles. […]
