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A Louisville, Ky., woman was arrested after she tried to use her EBT card to buy iPads, WHAS-TV reports. Tracy Browning reportedly entered the Valley Station Wal-Mart in Louisville where she tried to purchase two iPads with her EBT card. When the card was declined, she dashed for the exit with the items and reportedly […]
NEW YORK (AP) — This could give you nightmares: 1 in 24 U.S. adults say they recently fell asleep while driving. Health officials behind the study think the number is probably higher. That’s because some people don’t realize it when they nod off for a second or two behind the wheel. “If I’m on the […]
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The Hearst Connecticut Media Group apologized Thursday because one of its newspapers ran an ad for an antique gun show next to an article about the Newtown school shooting. A statement released by Group Publisher Paul Farrell said the ad’s placement in The Advocate of Stamford was the result of an […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — Five men accused of raping a university student for hours on a bus as it drove through India’s capital were charged with murder, rape and other crimes that could bring them the death penalty. The attack on the 23-year-old woman, who died of severe internal injuries over the weekend, provoked a […]
If you thought the skin-lightening thing that was all the rage a few years ago among blacks in the Caribbean was a fad, wait till you see what’s happening in Africa. In particular, South Africa. When we think of South Africa, we can’t help but the think of Nelson Mandela and black people who are […]
Harriet Deison, The wife of a Texas pastor committed suicide in her Lexus Sedan after purchasing a gun in a Dallas gun shop. Witnesses reportedly heard two shots from Deison’s vehicle, which was parked in the lot of McClelland Gun Shop, where she bought the pistol minutes before. According to reports, the 65-year-old Deison did […]
Harriet Deison, The wife of a Texas pastor committed suicide in her Lexus Sedan after purchasing a gun in a Dallas gun shop. Witnesses reportedly heard two shots from Deison’s vehicle, which was parked in the lot of McClelland Gun Shop, where she bought the pistol minutes before. According to reports, the 65-year-old Deison did […]
POINT REYES, Calif. (AP) – A man has been swept to sea and drowned while trying to save his dog hit by a rogue wave on a Northern California beach. The Coast Guard says the man and his wife were walking on the beach near Point Reyes on New Year’s Day when a wave overtook […]
Word on the Hill is those ‘Fiscal Cliff’ negotiations got real! Speaker of the House, John Boehner, (R-Ohio), and Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, (D-Nevada),…
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is blasting fellow Republican John Boehner for the House Speaker’s decision to delay a vote on Superstorm Sandy relief and says the inaction is “inexcusable.” Christie said Wednesday that the House is playing politics with the $60 billion aid request and it’s hurting Northeasterners who are […]
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — The son of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was found dead of an apparent drug overdose at his Malibu home, authorities said Wednesday. The body of Scott Ashley Sterling, 32, was found shortly after 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 22600-block of Pacific Coast Highway, Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. Larry […]
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Relatives of the majority of people killed in a Colorado movie theater are rejecting an invitation to attend its reopening, calling it a “disgusting offer.” The parents, grandparents, cousins and widow of nine of the 12 people killed released a letter Wednesday sent to the theater’s owner, Cinemark. The Plano, Texas-based […]
