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The Wizard of Oz isn’t the only place you can find shoes that can take you home. Designer Dominic Wilcox designed a pair of shoes that brings GPS navigation to your toes. The person wearing the pair can upload their location using a USB. The left shoe contains built- in LED lights in the toecap […]
Mitt Romney is not the only one that has outraged Big Bird. The popular Sesame Street character is upset over the use of its celebrity without permission. The Obama campaign released an ad today mocking Mitt Romney’s plans to cut federal funding to Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). In the new ad, Big Bird sarcastically plays […]
FLORIDA (AP)- A contestant in a roach-eating contest who downed dozens of live bugs and worms collapsed and died shortly after winning the contest in South Florida, authorities say. About 30 contestants ingested the insects during Friday night's contest at Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach about 40 miles north of Miami. The grand […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With swinging polls making the White House race as unpredictable as ever, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney were crossing Ohio Tuesday and making their case with new urgency in the campaign's final weeks. Obama maintains more paths to victory, but polling shows a tightening race after more than […]
ATLANTA (AP) — The pharmacy that distributed a steroid linked to an outbreak of fungal meningitis has issued a voluntary recall of all of its products, calling the move a precautionary measure. The New England Compounding Center announced the recall Saturday. The company said in a news release that the move was taken out of […]
DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas woman who super-glued her 2-year-old daughter's hands to a wall also beat the girl so badly that she suffered bleeding on her brain, a doctor testified Monday during the mother's sentencing hearing. Elizabeth Escalona faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty in July to attacking her daughter, Jocelyn […]
ST. PETERSBURG (AP)— Authorities in Florida say a man flashed a fake gun and badge and demanded free fast food at a McDonald's drive-thru. Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies say Joseph Pineda told employees Friday that he deserved free food, had just come from a sting and didn't have his wallet. Workers called the police. Pineda […]
Funeral homes across the country are seeing more obituaries prepared before death. Rick Waites, the director of Palm Beach National Chapel said that more people are turning to “pre-need” funeral planning by writing their own obituaries. "Sometimes it's handwritten, typed, or they will bring a printout from a computer. The only thing missing is the […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A lawsuit reported that a bachelor party mishap at a Philadelphia strip club landed the groom-to-be in a hospital with a ruptured bladder. The Philadelphia Daily News reported Friday that Patrick Gallagher had been invited to lie on the stage at the Penthouse Club as a dancer slid down a pole. The […]
A new national poll suggests that President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are tied. The new Gallup poll showed that the president only holds a slight lead over his Republican opponent with 49 percent to 46 percent among registered voters. The seven-day tracking poll surveyed over 1,000 registered voters by phone and contained a sampling […]
An Arlington, TX man is in serious condition after setting himself on fire in his car outside of his ex-wife's home. According to reports, the man's ex-wife called police earlier in the night citing he smelled like gasoline and threatened to light himself on fire. Soon after, the man went to his car and lit […]
Because of who he is and what he's done, Jerry Sandusky could be in particular danger of sexual assault when he is sent off to prison this week. With thousands of inmates raped behind bars in the U.S. each year, statistics compiled by the federal government show that sex offenders are roughly two to four […]
