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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will make his first public speech since the 2012 election at a noteworthy gathering of conservatives next month. Romney plans to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on March 15, offering his first extended remarks about national affairs and the conservative movement since losing […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Drug overdose deaths rose for the 11th straight year, federal data show, and most of them were accidents involving addictive painkillers despite growing attention to risks from these medicines. “The big picture is that this is a big problem that has gotten much worse quickly,” said Dr. Thomas Frieden, head of the […]
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The spokesman for the state prosecutor in the Oscar Pistorius case says there was an error in a detective’s testimony when he identified a substance police found in the athlete’s bedroom as testosterone. Medupe Simasiku, a spokesman for South Africa’s National Prosecution Agency, said it is too early to identify […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Christopher Dorner‘s threats to kill officers and the families of those linked to his 2008 firing from the department was backed up with deep research that included surveillance of possible victims, officials said Tuesday. Chief Charlie Beck told reporters Tuesday that the former Los Angeles police officer “did a lot of […]
A 302-pound South Carolina man has been cuffed and charged with with disorderly conduct for allegedly striking a Burger King worker over the head with a food tray during a dispute over cold onion rings, The Smoking Gun reports. Kristopher Wiggins, 32, was taken into custody last week in connection to the incident that took place on Jan. 29 […]
Athletes have not learned from the experience of Plaxico Burress, who served almost two years in prison for shooting himself in the leg with a gun. Tampa Bay Bucccaneers defensive end Da’Quan Bowers was arraigned in New York on Monday after allegedly trying to bring a gun onto a plane at Laguardia Airport. Bowers was arraigned on charges of […]
An Ill. mother is upset after her 4-year-old daughter allegedly found drugs at Chuck E. Cheese’s. The unidentified mother said her daughter picked up a tiny bag full of a “white substance” on a ride at the supposed kid-friendly venue. She also claims that Chuck E. Cheese’s management mishandled the situation, she told the KTVI […]
SOUTH GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) – An upstate New York mom is in trouble over her son’s 16th birthday party. Police claim Judy Viger hired two strippers to entertain five teens during the party at a bowling alley back in November. South Glens Falls police say the investigation started after authorities were shown racy pictures […]
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Authorities say two brothers accidentally blew up their house after celebrating a $75,000 winning lottery ticket by purchasing marijuana and meth. Wichita police Sergeant Bruce Watts says one of the brothers was taken to a hospital and the other to jail after Friday’s explosion. The Wichita Eagle reports that the injured […]
Aydrea Meaders was arrested after she allegedly stepped onto the stage of her son’s school assembly and began stripping before an audience of 200-plus students and school staff, News 10 ABC reports. Albany police responded to a call from North Albany Academy in upstate New York for a report of a woman exposing herself inside of the school. When […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors in northern Illinois say a domestic quarrel ended with a woman biting off a large portion of her boyfriend’s tongue. Elaine Cook of Skokie is charged with aggravated domestic battery. She was ordered held Sunday in lieu of $100,000 bail. Authorities say she and her boyfriend got into a fight after […]
An unidentified man who delivers cash for ATM machines was robbed at gunpoint by two men on February 13 in Atlanta, Ga. The deliveryman was driving his black Nissan Quest when the two men carjacked him and got off with the $20,000 he was supposed to deposit in a nearby ATM. A reward of $2,000 […]
