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Cleveland stripper Lauren Block, 22, fell 15-feet to her death giving a customer a lap dance at a strip club in the city’s Flats District,…
The gig is almost up for one of the eight Monopoly tokens. But which will it be? Iron? Thimble? Top Hat? Or another of their board game buddies? Hasbro is holding a Facebook contest to eliminate one of the eight tokens that identify the players and introduce a new one. Possible new tokens include a […]
If you are a sandwich lover or can’t start your day without the perfect slice of toast, then your days of moldy bread may soon be long gone. Innovators at MicroZap have developed a technique to keep you from wasting bread and save you money. The company zaps the bread using a microwave-type machine to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — No one was elected to the Hall of Fame this year. When voters closed the doors to Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, they also shut out everybody else. For only the second time in four decades, baseball writers failed to give any player the 75 percent required for induction […]
Chris Paul may be leaving the Los Angeles Clippers. After gaining stardom and helping to create a new age dream team, the All Star decided to turn down a three-year $60 million contract renewal. And so the possibilities of becoming a New York Knick are looking more likely. Tim Fuller of USA Today reminds us […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden vowed urgent action against gun violence in America Wednesday, pledging steps by the Obama administration that he said could “take thousands of people out of harm’s way” and improve the safety of millions more. But a day ahead of a meeting with the National Rifle Association, which has […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Richmond man pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing a truck that contained President Barack Obama‘s audio equipment and other trappings of the office, including presidential seals and a podium. Eric Brown, 49, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge John A. Gibney, who scheduled sentencing for April 11. The recommended sentence […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington National Cathedral, where the nation gathers to mourn tragedies and celebrate new presidents, will soon begin hosting same-sex marriages. Cathedral officials tell The Associated Press the church will be among the first Episcopal congregations to implement a new rite of marriage for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender members. The church […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police investigating the mysterious cyanide death of a lottery winner questioned his widow for more than four hours and searched their home but have not said whether she is a suspect in the poisoning. Shabana Ansari’s attorney said Wednesday that she was subjected to a long session of questioning at a […]
CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — Four children including an infant died in a house fire outside Atlanta even as rescuers tried to save them, authorities said Friday. Another child, who is 6, was thrown to safety by his mother from a second-floor window as the fire burned Tuesday night in a duplex in Conyers, east of […]
A 17-year-old Alabama high school student, Derek Shrout, who was arrested last week for allegedly plotting to kill 6 Black students by blowing them up…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The widow of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers will deliver the invocation at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration on Jan. 21. The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced Tuesday that Myrlie Evers-Williams would deliver the prayer. It comes 50 years after her husband was gunned down in the driveway of his Mississippi home. The […]
