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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 75-year-old barber was jailed Tuesday for investigation of killing a urologist in his exam room, but police have not yet released a motive. Stanwood Fred Elkus of Lake Elsinore was arrested following the Monday afternoon attack and held on $1 million bail, according to the county jail website. Elkus […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices accelerated in November compared with a year ago, pushed higher by rising sales and a tighter supply of available homes. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.5 percent in November compared with the same month a year ago. That’s the largest year-over-year gain in six years. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The indestructible Twinkie appears to be one step closer to a comeback. Hostess Brands is close to announcing that it has picked two investment firms — C. Dean Metropoulos & Co. and Apollo Global Management — as the lead bidders for its Twinkies and other snack cakes, according to a source […]
Latoris Grovner, 22, was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday for the murder of his girlfriend’s mother, Alena Marble, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking swift action on immigration, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will try to rally public support behind his proposals for giving millions of illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship, as well as making improvements to the legal immigration system and border security. The president will launch his push in a campaign-style event […]
WRIGHT, N.Y. (AP)- Authorities say 67 dead cats and 99 living cats had to be removed from a filthy home in upstate New York. Officials removed the cats from a home in Wright, near Albany, on Wednesday night. The Times Union of Albany reports the dead cats were packed in plastic bags in the freezer […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Facing diverse and ceaseless protests, the Boy Scouts of America is signaling its readiness to end the nationwide exclusion of gays as scouts or leaders and give the sponsors of local troops the freedom to decide the matter for themselves. If approved by the Scouts’ national executive board, possibly as soon […]
While some people find a match made in heaven on the internet, one online dater found herself at risk of losing her life. Mary Kay Beckman is suing Match.com for connecting her to a man that tried to killer her. The 50-year-old real estate agent said Wade Riley, the man she met online, tried to […]
A 71-year-old Connecticut woman has been arrested after offering to have sex for money. Police arrested Sygun Liebhart at a Homewood Suites in Glastonbury after she placed an ad for “escort” services on Backpage.com. In the ad, Liebhart referred to herself as “Lola.” She made contact with an individual and made a deal to perform […]
Some North Carolina residents may no longer be able to take their chances at winning the jackpot. A new state policy is looking to ban welfare recipients and people who have filed bankruptcy from purchasing lottery tickets. State officials believe that it is counterproductive for welfare lottery ticket holders to accept the winnings if they […]
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman convicted of the gruesome slaying and robbery of her neighbor, a retired 71-year-old college psychology professor, is set to be the first woman put to death in the United States since 2010. A Dallas County jury already found former nursing home therapist Kimberly McCarthy guilty of the 1997 […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama kept up pressure on Congress Monday to pass tough new gun legislation, seeking help from law enforcement leaders in three communities that have suffered the horrors of mass shootings. At a White House meeting, Obama said that no group is more important in the gun debate and he said […]
