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BERLIN (AP) — German doctors say a man spent 15 years with a pencil in his head following a childhood accident. Aachen University Hospital says the 24-year-old man from Afghanistan sought help in 2011 after suffering for years from headaches, constant colds and worsening vision in one eye. A scan showed that a 10-centimeter (4-inch) […]
WAYNESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — An 87-year-old World War II veteran has parachuted from a plane in an Ohio to support his ailing great-grandson. Clarence Turner of Fairfield made the jump Saturday with an instructor. He says he wanted to generate attention for the plight of 10-month-old Julian Couch, who suffers from a lung disease that […]
LONDON (AP) — A prime suspect in the slaying last week of a British soldier sat handcuffed in court Thursday, given permission not to stand up before a judge because of wounds suffered when he was gunned down by police. Michael Adebowale, 22, confirmed his name, address and date of birth as the investigation into […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather will fight young Mexican star Canelo Alvarez on Sept. 14 at the MGM Grand. “I chose my opponent for September 14th and it’s Canelo Alvarez,” Mayweather said Wednesday night on Twitter. “I’m giving the fans what they want. It will be at the MGM Grand.” Alvarez sent a tweet […]
ORLANDO (AP) — George Zimmerman‘s defense fund is almost depleted with less than two weeks until the former neighborhood watch leader goes on trial in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman’s attorneys posted on their website Wednesday that the fund had less than $5,000 left. The fund had almost $315,000 in January. The attorneys […]
According to the New York Daily News, Jeffrey Horan, a mentally unstable multimillionaire spent over $1 million dollars on luxury vehicles for strangers. Horan reportedly spent $72,000 on a Mercedes- Benz and $460,000 on a Lamborghini for a contractor named Alex Gershkovich who was working on his home and a woman named Elizabeth Ortiz– who […]
Ari Mandel, a former Orthodox Jew, auctioned off his spot in heaven on eBay before the website shut down the sale. Mandel began the bidding at 99 cents, amazingly it shot up to $100,000 before the bidding was pulled. The 31-year-old man cited that he had lived a full life of “mitzvos” or good deeds, […]
ROSEDALE, Md. (AP) — Train operator CSX Transportation on Wednesday pointed to a hazardous chemical in a rail car as the source of an explosion on a derailed train near Baltimore that sparked a fire, rattled homes and damaged buildings. A company spokesman said officials still weren’t sure what caused the sodium chlorate to explode […]
According to a recent study, Americans spend an average of 59 minutes on their cell phones. During the near hour, we spend our time texting, talking, tweeting, surfing the web and playing games on our phones. Android users use their devices 26 minutes less than iPhone users on average. They also spend less time taking […]
LARGO, Maryland (AP) — Florena Carter’s shattered life didn’t make national news. Her son was killed on his 28th birthday in 2009. Carter’s brother pulled the trigger. Her father shot himself soon afterward. The horrifying family tragedy became one more private story in America’s plague of gun violence. That year, 9,146 other people nationwide lost […]
ROSEDALE, Md. (AP) — Train operator CSX Transportation on Wednesday pointed to a hazardous chemical in a rail car as the source of an explosion on a derailed train near Baltimore that sparked a fire, rattled homes and damaged buildings. A company spokesman said officials still weren’t sure what caused the sodium chlorate to explode […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s working mothers are now the primary breadwinners in a record 40 percent of households with children — a milestone in the changing face of modern families, up from just 11 percent in 1960. The findings by the Pew Research Center, released Wednesday, highlight the growing influence of “breadwinner moms” who keep […]
