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HOUSTON (AP) — An apparent disgruntled worker has been blamed for driving a bulldozer into a Houston auction house and causing $1.5 million in damage. Officials with Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers are not sure why 52-year-old Lynn Benson of Houston was upset. The lot inspector operates the bulldozer as part of his regular duties. Nobody was […]
It turns out that Paul Ryan’s black ex-girlfriend in college, Deneeta D. Pope, was indicted by the Feds back in 1999 and spent months in prison for committing wire fraud. Pope was indicted by a Grand Jury in November 1999 for allegedly swindling her former employer — Ernst & Young — out of $77,000. Pope […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Protesters blocked an intersection near the Democratic National Convention for about two hours on Tuesday, attracting hundreds of police officers, before they were allowed to keep walking toward the heart of Charlotte's central business district. Two protesters were taken away in handcuffs. While the afternoon demonstrations were tense, they were free […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Heard enough from the presidential candidates? Here's an answer: Vote now and put the election behind you. Early voting in the presidential race begins this month, and in the weeks to come millions of people in key states will cast ballots that could prove decisive on Election Day. They did in […]
WESTLAKE, Ohio (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan pressed the GOP argument Tuesday that the country isn't better off after nearly four years under President Barack Obama, comparing the incumbent's record to the performance of the last Democrat who was denied a second term in the White House. "As a matter of fact, […]
More women are willing to undergo the knife to improve their sex lives. A new corrective gynecological surgery claims to help women improve the look of their vaginas. Through a process called vaginoplasty doctors can tighten vaginal skin by cutting back the inner and outer lips of the labia and occasionally opening the clitoral hood. […]
New research claims that consuming chocolate can lower the risk of stroke in men. The Swedish study published on Neurology.com recruited over 37,000 men between the ages of 49 and 75. Each participant was asked to answer a food questionnaire about their diet including how often they ate chocolate. Researchers tracked the participants’ health for […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tens of thousands of customers remained in the dark Monday in Louisiana and Mississippi, nearly a week after Isaac inundated the Gulf Coast with a deluge that still has some low-lying areas under water. Most of those were in Louisiana, where utilities reported more than 100,000 people without power. Thousands also […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama says Republicans are creating a "fictional Barack Obama" during the White House campaign by misrepresenting his positions and words. Obama says GOP rival Mitt Romney has made disputed allegations the "centerpieces" of his campaign. The president singled out Romney's claim that he stripped a work requirement out of […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama consoled victims of Hurricane Isaac along the flooded Louisiana coast on Monday and vowed government officials would find out "what can we do to make sure it doesn't happen again." At times like these, "nobody's a Democrat or a Republican, […]
The Obama campaign has set up a text-to-donate platform that allows contributors to text the word "GIVE" to 62262. "Accepting small donations by text message will help us engage even more grassroots supporters who want to play a role by donating whatever they can afford to the campaign – and get the President re-elected in […]
It’s only August, but November certainly feels a whole lot closer. When the presidential stakes are at their highest, so are the extremes in behavior, even among those who normally don’t take it to the limit. Two so-far-unidentified attendees at the Republican National Convention threw peanuts at a CNN camerawoman and said, “This is what […]
