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MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say they have arrested a Panamanian woman arriving at Barcelona airport with 1.38 kilograms (3 pounds) of cocaine concealed in breast implants. The Interior Ministry said Wednesday that border police noticed fresh scars and blood-stained gauze on her chest as well as pale patches beneath her skin. The woman said […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As South Africa’s governing party moves closer to picking its next leader, it will do so without the man widely viewed as the country’s moral compass. Nelson Mandela, who remains hospitalized with a lung infection, led the African National Congress political party to victory in the nation’s first truly democratic election in […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As South Africa’s governing party moves closer to picking its next leader, it will do so without the man widely viewed as the country’s moral compass. Nelson Mandela, who remains hospitalized with a lung infection, led the African National Congress political party to victory in the nation’s first truly democratic election in […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That’s part of a historic shift that already is reshaping the nation’s schools, workforce and electorate, and is redefining long-held notions of race. The official projection, released Wednesday by the Census Bureau, now places […]
Reports are surfacing that the 43rd President is struggling to deal with his dad’s bout of illness. George W. Bush is allegedly struggling to deal with issues that his dad, George H.W. Bush has been consistently sick. “George is severely broken up over his dad’s deteriorating health,” said a close family friend. “While the elder […]
Unlike most parolees, a former prisoner made an attempt to return to jail so he could receive proper health care. Ex-convict Frank Morrocco tried to get arrested again after he shoplifted $23 worth of items from a supermarket on November 26. He later turned himself in once hearing there was a federal warrant issued for […]
Unlike most parolees, a former prisoner made an attempt to return to jail so he could receive proper health care. Ex-convict Frank Morrocco tried to get arrested again after he shoplifted $23 worth of items from a supermarket on November 26. He later turned himself in once hearing there was a federal warrant issued for […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans aren’t budging on tax rates, and Democrats are resisting steps like raising the eligibility age for Medicare. Negotiations on averting a year-end fiscal train wreck combining big automatic tax hikes and sweeping spending cuts again appear stalled. There are less than three weeks before the government could careen off this “fiscal […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans aren’t budging on tax rates, and Democrats are resisting steps like raising the eligibility age for Medicare. Negotiations on averting a year-end fiscal train wreck combining big automatic tax hikes and sweeping spending cuts again appear stalled. There are less than three weeks before the government could careen off this “fiscal […]
President Barack Obama’s tweet following his re-election win in November is the most tweeted event of 2012, according to Twitter. The social media giant announced Tuesday that the above “Four More Years” photo of the first couple embracing took the top spot, followed by Justin Bieber’s response to the death of six-year-old brain cancer patient […]
An unidentified mother is facing a lot of heat after posting a photo of her 5-year-old son, Sam, wearing pink animal print shoes on his first day of preschool. According to reports, the mother explained the shoes were for girls but the boy decided he wanted to wear the shoes anyway, telling her, “ninjas can […]
ATLANTA (AP) – Police say an argument escalated to fatal gunfire at Underground Atlanta, a downtown shopping and entertainment district. Officer John Chafee, of the Atlanta Police Department, says the shooting was reported Tuesday around 7:20 p.m. Officers were called to Alabama Avenue near Pryor Street and found a male victim who appeared to have […]
