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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State President Graham B. Spanier was charged Thursday with hushing up child molestation allegations against Jerry Sandusky, making him the third school official to be accused of crimes in the alleged cover-up. Prosecutors also added counts against the two former underlings, Timothy M. Curley and Gary C. Schultz, who […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans spent briskly in October before Superstorm Sandy hit the Northeast, but the question is whether they're still willing to get an iPhone for Christmas if they plunked down hundreds on a generator for Sandy? The storm, which hit at the East Coast at the tail-end of October, did not appear […]
A Chinese man found his wife’s beauty to be deceiving. Jian Feng divorced and sued his wife earlier this year for being ugly. Feng realized the error behind his wife’s true beauty after they had their first child. He described their daughter as “incredibly ugly” and found that she did not look like either of […]
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago woman stabbed her 7-year-old son 100 times because she was angry with her husband and a 5-year-old girl about 50 times because she witnessed the attack, as both children prayed and begged for their lives, prosecutors said Thursday. DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said Elzbieta Plackowska, 40, […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two men have been arrested for the Halloween shootings of four people on the University of Southern California campus. USC police Capt. David Carlisle says two men outside the Ronald Tudor Campus Center party were arguing at about 11:30 p.m. when one of them pulled a gun and opened fire. One […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The bodies of two boys who were separated from their frantic mother at the height of Superstorm Sandy by the force of rising water were found Thursday in a marshy area at the end of a street, authorities said. Two-year-old Brandon Moore and 4-year-old Connor Moore were swiped into swirling waters […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Violence that sometimes borders the University of Southern California crept onto campus when an argument outside a Halloween party escalated to a shooting that critically wounded one man and injured three other people and led administrators Thursday to reassess policies of the school near high-crime neighborhoods. Neither the victims nor the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The blue and orange finish line is in place in Central Park, no superstorm debris in sight. Little else is normal with the New York City Marathon. The course will be the same since there was little damage but getting to the finish line could still be an adventure for runners […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg backed President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney on Thursday, saying the incumbent Democrat will bring critically needed leadership to fight climate change after the East Coast devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy. The endorsement from the politically independent and nationally recognizable mayor was a major boost for […]
Ohio’s Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted acknowledged “losing” more than 30,000 registration updates, meaning these voters could be disenfranchised. According to Husted, the loss is due to a computer error which prevented the updates from being recorded by the Secretary of State’s office, The Advancement Project reported Thursday. A new CNN/ORC International Poll shows […]
Washington, D.C. – Award-winning documentary filmmaker Stanley Nelson (Freedom Riders, The Murder of Emmett Till) and Advancement Project, a civil and voting rights group, have collaborated for a trilogy of inspiring short films. Telling the stories of everyday people who stood up for the right to vote this year in the face of trying obstacles, […]
The amount of stress built up in preparing, experiencing, and recovering from a natural disaster can be a difficult feat to overcome. Hurricane Sandy has left thousands of Americans in its path at a loss; a loss of power, a home, or a loved one. Dealing with the anxiety left behind can be overwhelming, but […]
