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MILLBORO, Va. (AP) — Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds was in good condition at a hospital Wednesday, a day after the one-time Democratic gubernatorial nominee was apparently stabbed by his son. Deeds was stabbed in the head and chest at his home in rural western Virginia and police were trying to figure out what led […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Republican Rep. Henry “Trey” Radel pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of cocaine possession and was sentenced to a year’s probation. “I’ve hit a bottom where I realize I need help,” Radel told a judge in acknowledging that he purchased 3.5 grams of cocaine from an undercover police officer. As […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama paid tribute Wednesday to former President John F. Kennedy‘s legacy, joining former President Bill Clinton to lay a wreath at Kennedy’s grave and presenting a freedom medal that Kennedy conceived before his assassination 50 years ago this week. One on each side, Obama and Clinton held the hands of […]
A father from Westminster, Colo., posted a selfie of himself with his baby girl on Facebook before shooting her and himself in an attempted murder-suicide,…
Kmart is finding itself in hot water, yet again, for a holiday commercial that many folks are deeming inappropriate. In the company’s latest ad, six…
What began as a traffic stop turned into a wild police chase that led to a New Mexico State police officer shooting at a van…
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman‘s arrest following a domestic dispute with his girlfriend marks the latest in a series of brushes with the law…
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — Joseph Paul Franklin, a white supremacist who targeted blacks and Jews in a cross-country killing spree from 1977 to 1980, was put to death Wednesday in Missouri, the state’s first execution in nearly three years. Franklin, 63, was executed at the state prison in Bonne Terre for killing Gerald Gordon […]
If you were trying to think of ideas to get back at an ex, 59-year-old Alan Markovitz of Detroit, might have a perfect idea for you. Markovitz, a well-known strip club owner, bought a house next to his ex-wife and put up a giant middle-finger statue located right in the view from her bathroom. (See […]
12-year-old Reginald Wells was knocked out cold after making fun of a teacher’s favorite NFL team. CBS Houston reports the student says he was innocently joking with an assistant math teacher in the hallway of the Willie Ray Smith Middle School but after making a wise crack about the Houston Texans, the teacher punched Wells. […]
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman is once again a free man after an arrest on criminal charges — but his freedom carries conditions. The former neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin earlier this year was released from jail Tuesday pending arraignment on the latest […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida congressman Henry “Trey” Radel has been charged with cocaine possession and faces arraignment Wednesday in Washington. In a statement expressing regret, the 37-year-old Republican freshman lawmaker said Tuesday he struggles with alcoholism and intends to seek treatment and counseling. Authorities allege that Radel possessed cocaine on Oct. 29. The circumstances of […]
