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SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Al-Qaida’s No. 2 in Yemen died of wounds sustained in a U.S. drone attack last year in southern Yemen, the country’s official news agency and a security official said Thursday. Saeed al-Shihri, a Saudi national who fought in Afghanistan and spent six years in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Hornets owner Tom Benson is changing his team’s nickname to the Pelicans and said the switch will create a bond with the city that could lead to a championship. The Hornets announced Thursday they are going ahead with the name change. The NBA still has to approve it, but Commissioner David Stern […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Manti Te’o told Katie Couric the feelings he had for what turned out to be a fake, online girlfriend were real and reiterated he had nothing to do with the hoax. The All-American linebacker said he was truly sorrowful and pained after finding out the woman he knew as Lennay Kekua […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in lifting a ban on women serving in combat, said women have become integral to the military’s success and have shown they are willing to fight and die alongside their male counterparts. “The time has come for our policies to recognize that reality,” Panetta said Thursday at a […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — President Barack Obama promised to visit his father’s homeland — Kenya — before the end of his presidency, but of the 51 country visits Obama made the last four years, America’s first black president spent less than a day in sub-Saharan Africa. That could now change. Presidential travel trends suggest Obama is […]
Two New Jersey men sued Subway this week, claiming the world’s biggest fast-food chain has been shorting them by selling so-called footlong sandwiches that measure a bit less than 12 inches. The suit, filed Tuesday in Superior Court in Mount Holly, may be the first legal filing aimed at the sandwich shops after an embarrassment […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered fiery rejoinders Wednesday to Republican critics of the Obama administration’s handling of the deadly attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, facing off with lawmakers who included potential 2016 presidential rivals. At times emotional and frequently combative, Clinton rejected GOP suggestions in two congressional hearings […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Police in Savannah have identified a woman shot to death in her car as a 21-year-old Savannah State University student. Savannah-Chatham police said Rebecca Lorraine Foley was gunned down outside her apartment on the city’s south side around 7 p.m. Monday. Police spokesman Julian Miller said Foley was inside her Volkswagen […]
Add Junior Seau‘s family to the thousands of people who are suing the NFL over the long-term damage caused by concussions. Seau’s ex-wife and four children sued the league Wednesday, saying the former linebacker’s suicide was the result of brain disease caused by violent hits he sustained while playing football. The wrongful death lawsuit, filed […]
A New York dentist was busted for swigging on the job. Lindenhurst police arrested Robert Garelick after his dental assistant Kimberly Curtis and dental hygienist Dina Fara reported that he made several mistakes after drinking vodka from a sports bottle. “I observed Dr. Garelick give [a] patient Novocain, an anesthetic for pain relief, in the […]
Mikel Ruffinelli is proud to show off her larger than average curves. The 39-year-old plus-size model is recognized by the World Record Academy for having the largest hips in the world. Ruffinelli is 5’4 and weighs 420 pounds with hips measuring at an eight-foot circumference. Her waist, however measures only 40 inches. “I love my […]
Researchers are shooting down long-standing myths that condoms interfere with pleasure. The new study, led by Debby Herbenick, a sex researcher at Indiana University’s Center for Sexual Health found that people who use condoms experience the same amount of pleasure as those going without them. Herbenick says that the skewed view about condoms hindering the […]
