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JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Police anti-bomb squad officers on Wednesday dug into a crater left by one of two bombs that exploded in a bustling marketplace and bus station in a central Nigerian city as people searched for missing loved ones after the horrific attack that left at least 118 people dead. Security forces cordoned […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Agriculture Department will allow some schools to delay adding more whole-grains to meals this year, responding to criticism from school nutrition officials and Congress that the standards were too difficult to put in place. The delay comes hours after a Republican-led House spending panel criticized the Obama administration’s healthier school-lunch standards […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House moved Wednesday to address the growing furor over allegations of misconduct at the Department of Veterans Affairs, summoning VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to an Oval Office meeting, hours before the House was scheduled to vote on a bill that would grant the secretary more authority to fire or demote […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s ban on gay marriage was overturned by a federal judge Tuesday in a decision that legalized the practice throughout the Northeast and sent couples racing to pick up licenses. U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III called the plaintiffs — a widow, 11 couples and one couple’s teenage daughters — courageous […]
After a scheduled marriage counseling session, a Florida man repeatedly stabbed his wife with a butcher knife. Jeanwell Napolean of Port Charlotte, Fla., is said to be undergoing a much needed psychiatric evaluation after snapping and grabbing a knife moments after a church deacon left his home. The New York Daily News reports: “She yelled, ‘you […]
A woman is now in the hospital after being struck by her own car at a neighborhood car wash. Rita Gazivoda, a 35-year-old nurse went flying through the air, landing on her back as a result of a bizarre accident. The NY Post reports: Gazivoda was standing next to her car as a worker cleaned […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft announced a larger version of its Surface tablet to make the device more compelling as a laptop replacement. The Surface Pro 3 will have a screen measuring 12 inches diagonally, up from 10.6 inches in previous models. Microsoft said it’s also thinner and faster than before. The company said it […]
Police arrested Andrew Gehring and Donovan Johnson, both 22, after both men became belligerent and refused to pull up their sagging pants. According to the Smoking Gun: Both men began cursing after the security guard asked the men to leave and they refused. Police were called and according to the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office report viewed […]
Two officers from London’s Essex County have been disciplined for blasting KRS-ONE’s “Sound Of Da’ Police” record while driving their patrol car through the town…
KAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan court on Monday sentenced a nurse to three years in jail after finding her guilty of criminal negligence for allegedly…
Robert Copeland, 82, the police commissioner who sparked national outrage after his racist statements about President Barack Obama were made public last week, has resigned,…
A Tennessee man found himself in trouble after trying to have sex with an ATM and a picnic table. UPI reports: Lonnie Hutton was arrested and charged with public intoxication after he allegedly tried to have sex with an ATM at the Boro Bar and Grill. The 49-year-old also attempted to have sex with a […]
