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Thomas Hahn allegedly shot his roommate, Robert Eugene Gray Jr. twice in the head with a rifle during an argument over how to properly cook a pork chop. According to the police report Hahn told his two other roommates that he would shoot Gray if he came home drunk. They said that he loaded his […]
Two thieves got a lesson in reaping and sowing while trying to steal from a Houston Church. The thieves broke into the Westway Baptist Church building attempting to steal copper from the church’s main electric cable. As they tried to take the wire they set off an explosion leaving the church without power. “Our security […]
In an interview with Diane Sawyer, Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) said she believes the fiscal cliff issue would have been resolved by now if it were left in the hands of female senators. “I think if we (women) were in charge of the Senate and of the administration, we would have a budget deal by […]
Two of three Saginaw triplet brothers are likely headed to prison after they were convicted of several felony charges, Michigan Live reports. Deshawn Shivers and Juronn Shivers, both 21, were convicted of unarmed robbery and conspiring to commit that crime on Monday in a Saginaw, Mich court. Deshawn and Juronn were originally charged with armed […]
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — One student has been expelled and three others are being punished for their roles in a racially charged uproar on a Virginia college campus the night of President Barack Obama‘s re-election, the school said Thursday. They were among approximately 40 students who gathered outside the Minority Student Union at Hampden-Sydney College […]
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday honored anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalized since the weekend to recover from a lung infection. Zuma unveiled a statue of Mandela in the city of Bloemfontein, also called Mangaung, which next week hosts the ruling African National Congress party’s convention. […]
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Jacob Zuma on Thursday honored anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalized since the weekend to recover from a lung infection. Zuma unveiled a statue of Mandela in the city of Bloemfontein, also called Mangaung, which next week hosts the ruling African National Congress party’s convention. […]
United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name Thursday from consideration to be secretary of state, sparing the Obama administration what could have been a bruising congressional confirmation battle. Rice submitted a letter to President Barack Obama stating that “I am fully confident that I could serve our country ably and effectively” as the successor […]
A 24-year-old Minnesota man, Mark Chalin, who caused a fatal crash while his girlfriend was on top of him having sex, was sentenced to over four years in prison. The two people killed in the collision were 35-year-old Joanna Martin and the passenger in Chalin’s car, 23-year-old Amber Menezes. Chalin claims he does not remember […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — To police and witnesses, Jacob Tyler Roberts was a gunman on a mission, shooting numerous rounds from a semiautomatic rifle as he stalked through a Portland mall, ultimately killing two people and seriously injuring another. To Roberts’ shocked friends and family, he was just Jake, a happy, easygoing 22-year-old who liked […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say the shooter of a Los Angeles man in broad daylight on a New York City street was so cool and precise he left no doubt he’s killed before, possibly as a professional hit man. Officials say a security video that hasn’t been made public shows the gunman walking up […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say the shooter of a Los Angeles man in broad daylight on a New York City street was so cool and precise he left no doubt he’s killed before, possibly as a professional hit man. Officials say a security video that hasn’t been made public shows the gunman walking up […]
