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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Beverly Hills police say a hearse driver who was found dead with a body in the vehicle died while taking the casket to a funeral. Lt. Lincoln Hoshino says authorities were alerted that a body was slumped over in the driver's seat of a hearse parked near the Beverly Hills […]
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — A Texas law enforcement officer attacked as he brought an eviction notice to a house was among three people, including a shooter inside the home, killed Monday near the Texas A&M University campus. A 65-year-old man was the third person killed in the shootings at an off-campus home not far […]
DENVER (AP) — The judge in the deadly Colorado theater shooting case refused Monday to lift a gag order that prevents the University of Colorado from releasing information about former graduate student and suspect James Holmes. Arapahoe County District Judge William Sylvester also ruled that he would release some court documents in the case. James […]
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Led by President Barack Obama, Democrats claimed on Monday that Republican challenger Mitt Romney privately backs controversial plans to overhaul Medicare and cut trillions from social programs that his new vice presidential running mate has publicly proposed. Rep. Paul Ryan "has given definition to the vague commitments that Romney has […]
A woman in Utah is standing trial for trying to run over her husband with her vehicle. Brenda White claims she heard her husband on the phone expressing his love to another woman when according to White, she took a handful of Xanax. White claims the Xanax caused her next actions of running her car […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Laws strictly curbing school sales of junk food and sweetened drinks may play a role in slowing childhood obesity, according to a study that seems to offer the first evidence such efforts could pay off. The results come from the first large national look at the effectiveness of the state laws over […]
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — With the political world watching, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney misspoke while introducing his running mate. Romney introduced Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan on Saturday as the next president of the United States. Ryan has been tapped to serve as Romney's vice presidential nominee. It was the first time they appeared together […]
As Gabby Douglas took gold as the first Black individual all-round gymnast, Black women around the country began picking apart the young athlete’s hair. Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter became infiltrated with messages focusing more on criticizing Douglas’ team uniformed hairstyle rather than her performance. In the middle of the controversial tirade was […]
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Even before Wisconsin sent Paul Ryan to Congress, he was meticulously carving a path that seemed to point only upward. As a young Capitol Hill staffer, he impressed Republican lawmakers with his hustle and intellectual curiosity. He blended quickly with an elite crop of conservative thinkers. By his 30s, he was […]
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — After Mitt Romney decided on a running mate, Paul Ryan's carefully planned transition from congressman to vice presidential candidate began — in deep secret. Almost a week ago, Ryan snuck through Chicago's O'Hare airport in a baseball cap and sunglasses and flew to New England. A Romney adviser's 19-year-old son picked […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Twin earthquakes in Iran have killed at least 250 people and injured over 2,000, Iranian state television said on Sunday, after thousands spent the night outdoors after their villages were leveled and homes damaged in the country's northwest. Images broadcast on the main news channel showed dozens of families sleeping on […]
New reports indicate that Jesse Jackson Jr. ready to continue his campaign for mayor of Chicago. Jackson’s chief of staff, Rick Bryant told reporters that he has reached out to mayors in over 25 Chicago suburbs to prepare them for Jackson’s return. "I told them that the congressman was feeling much better and that […]
