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Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. secretly returned to work, apparently last month, for a short time, according to Chicago’s WLS-TV. This is the first revelation that Jackson has been well enough to conduct any public business since first being treated for bipolar disorder more than six months ago. According to his chief of staff, he also […]
A 17-year-old is suffering from a fairy-tale-like disease. Imagine yourself sleeping your way through the holidays. That’s what Nicole Delien experienced one year by sleeping 64 days. The Pennsylvania teen has been diagnosed with a rare sleeping condition known as Kleine-Levine or “Sleeping Beauty Syndrome” causing her to sleep 18 to 19 hours a day. […]
A Texas man makes robbing banks a family affair. Ronald Scott Catt and his two adult children were arrested in connection to robbing several Texas banks as well as possibly five banks in Oregon. Fort Bend County sheriffs recognized the 50-year-old man and his son 20-year-old son Hayden Scott Catt from a surveillance video. In […]
BOSTON (AP) — A transgender inmate who won a court order for taxpayer-funded sex-change surgery has no medical need for further electrolysis treatments, a prison department psychiatrist testified Monday. Dr. Robert Diener testified during a hearing in U.S. District Court on Michelle Kosilek's request to have additional hair-removal treatments. Diener, chief psychiatrist for the state […]
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — President Barack Obama spoke to hundreds of students, officials and former generals in long-closed Myanmar about freedom and the importance of finding strength in diversity. But for some, the more significant message came from what he did, not what he said. Instead of traveling to the isolated capital, Naypyitaw, Obama became […]
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Twinkies will live to see another day. Hostess Brands Inc. and its second largest union agreed on Monday to go into mediation to try to resolve their differences after a bankruptcy court judge concluded that the parties hadn't gone through the critical step. That means the maker of the spongy […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama cited the "transformative power of the arts" Monday as she presented national arts and humanities awards to 12 community-based, after-school programs that reach underserved youth. The programs— including some that focus on at-risk kids— use music, dance, poetry, theater, history, digital arts and other outlets to inspire creative development among […]
A New York thief didn’t realize he incriminated himself when he asked his coworkers for advice on his theft plan. Renel Renee Richardson is facing theft charges after he allegedly asked his coworkers for information about a shipment of nearly $2 million worth of iPad Mini tablets. Richardson, who worked in the Cargo Air Services […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health authorities are investigating reports of 13 deaths that are possibly linked to so-called energy shots. They are cautioning consumers to talk to their doctors before they take them or other energy drinks. The Food and Drug Administration has received 92 reports over four years that cite illnesses, hospitalizations and deaths after […]
Since Hostess announced its plans last week to close its doors, fans of Twinkies, Cup Cakes, and Ding-Dongs are emptying grocery and convenient store shelves. "We're definitely seeing a sharp increase in purchases of Hostess products today," said Mike Siemienas, spokesman for grocery store operator Supervalu. "We expect this will continue as more consumers become […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — In the two weeks since Maine voters approved a law allowing same-sex marriage, Clay Hill Farm has been getting phone calls and emails from gay couples inquiring about open dates and wedding packages at the restaurant and wildlife sanctuary, a popular wedding spot in York. The law won't go into effect […]
SOUTH GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Exotic dancers performed lap dances on teenagers at a boy's surprise 16th birthday party in an upstate New York village, police said, and investigators were trying to determine whether any organizer of the celebration committed a crime. South Glens Falls Police Chief Kevin Judd said the investigation began after […]
