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30K Walmart Part-Timers to Lose Health Insurance | (Oct 7, 2014 12:40 PM CDT) As of Jan. 1, Walmart will no longer offer 30,000 of its employees health insurance. Bloomberg notes that's about 2% of its workforce. The move comes as a reaction to the company's rising health care costs as far more of its employees and their families enrolled in its health care plans than... |
Dax Shepard: Wedding to Kristen Bell Cost $142 | (Oct 29, 2013 8:15 AM CDT) Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell got married at the Beverly Hills courthouse, in a ceremony about as different from Kim Kardashian's last wedding extravaganza as it is possible to be. As Shepard revealed last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the whole thing—including the fuel it took to get to the co... |
Nancy Reagan Dead at 94 | (Mar 6, 2016 10:50 AM) Nancy Reagan, the helpmate, backstage adviser, and fierce protector of Ronald Reagan in his journey from actor to president—and finally during his 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease—died Sunday at the age of 94, reports the AP, via CBS News. The cause was congestive heart failure, notes ABC... |
American Airlines Faces $7M Fine for Safety Violations | (Aug 15, 2008 5:11 AM CDT) American Airlines faces FAA fines of more than $7 million for a series of safety and maintenance violations and for deficiencies in its drug and alcohol testing, the Wall Street Journal reports. In proposing one of its biggest fines ever, the FAA accuses American of knowingly flying planes t... |
$222K Raised for Kids of Mom Dismembered on Date | (Apr 18, 2016 1:02 PM CDT) Ingrid Lyne, the Seattle mom allegedly murdered while on a date, left behind three daughters—and a GoFundMe campaign set up to help the girls has raised more than $222,000 so far, Us reports. A friend of the family set up the campaign, and says that all the money raised will go into a trust ... |
I Don't Want to Live Past 75 | (Sep 19, 2014 12:58 PM CDT) Ezekiel Emanuel is a healthy 57-year-old in all respects, as his recent hike up Mount Kilimanjaro would suggest. Which is why it might be disconcerting to read his essay in the Atlantic laying out the reasons why he hopes to be dead in 18 years. To Emanuel, 75 is the right age at which to d... |
SNL's Kattan Calls It Quits After 2-Month Marriage | (Aug 24, 2008 7:18 AM CDT) No joke: Former Saturday Night Live star Chris Kattan has filed for a legal separation from the woman he married less than two months ago. The papers cite irreconcilable differences with model Sunshine Tutt, 31. Kattan, 37, met Tutt at a party three years ago and they married in Yosemite V... |
Stripper Denies a Guy Sex, He Calls 911 | (Aug 21, 2014 9:56 AM CDT) There are some incidents that don't warrant a 911 call. One of those is when a stripper won't turn a lap dance into sex. William McDaniel, 53, learned this Saturday night, when he paid $350 for a private dance at Sagebrush Sam’s Exotic Dance Club in Butte, Montana, reports the Smoking Gun. W... |
Swallow This: Executive Pay Jumped 23% in 2010 | (Jul 3, 2011 1:36 PM CDT) We know CEOs have it good ... but this good? The New York Times had executive pay data firm Equilar analyze bigwigs' 2010 compensation, and what Equilar found wasn't just a gain. It was a big, big gain: a 23% boost over 2009, with the median pay for chief executives at 200 large companies clo... |
2012 Warmest Year Ever for Continental US | (Jan 8, 2013 2:16 PM) The past year was the hottest on record for the 48 contiguous states in the US, the NOAA announced today, featuring the warmest spring ever, the second warmest summer, the fourth warmest winter, and an above-average autumn. Overall, the average temperature was 55.3 degrees F, or 3.2 degrees F abo... |
3 Dead in Alaska Floatplane Crash | (Sep 15, 2015 4:39 PM CDT) Three people died and others were injured today after a floatplane belonging to a fishing lodge crashed with 10 people on board in southwest Alaska, authorities said. Alaska State Troopers said the three dead were from outside the state. The injured passengers were being flown to Anchorage h... |
Movie Popcorn = 3 Quarter Pounders, Plus Butter | (Nov 19, 2009 4:10 PM) Figure 1,600 calories, 60 grams of saturated fat, and 980 milligrams of sodium—that’s what you’re eating when you scarf down a medium helping of movie popcorn at the nation's biggest theater chain. Add a soda and it’s the equivalent of eating a pound of baby back ribs and a scoop of ice cream, o... |
Teen, 17, Wins GOP Race for Not 'Rocket-Science' Job | (May 15, 2014 10:40 AM CDT) Saira Blair can't legally vote yet, but she managed to rack up a sizable number of votes all the same. The West Virginia 17-year-old emerged victorious in the Republican primary over (two-term) incumbent state delegate Larry Kump, 872-728, on Tuesday. Among the very teenage elements to her ... |
Howard Sparks Rout; Phillies Lead Series, 3-1 | (Oct 26, 2008 11:12 PM CDT) Ryan Howard homered twice and drove in five runs, and the Phillies beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 10-2, in Game 4 of the World Series tonight in Philadelphia. The Fightin' Phils are one victory away from capturing the second World Series title in franchise history. They wouldn't be here without t... |
Rock Legend Levon Helm of The Band Dead at 71 | (Apr 19, 2012 3:58 PM CDT) With songs like The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The Weight and Up on Cripple Creek, The Band fused rock, blues, folk, and gospel to create a sound that seemed as authentically American as a Mathew Brady photograph or a Mark Twain short story. In truth, the group had only one Ameri... |
After 10 Brides, 11th to Wear 120-Year-Old Dress | (Sep 25, 2015 8:40 AM CDT) When Abigail Kingston became engaged to Jason Curtis, she did not have to wonder about what she'd wear on her wedding day. The dress she had in mind has been passed down through five generations in her family, starting with her great-great grandmother Mary Lowry Warren, who wore it when she ... |
Zach Braff Gets His $2M on Kickstarter | (Apr 28, 2013 9:15 AM CDT) First Veronica Mars, now Zach Braff's Wish I Was Here: Another indie movie has been successfully funded by Kickstarter. Braff raised his goal of $2 million in just three days, according to the Hollywood Reporter, and funding will continue for 26 days. (As of this writing, Braff has raised mo... |
18 Students Confirmed Dead in China Landslide | (Oct 5, 2012 3:34 AM CDT) There were no survivors from a landslide that buried 18 children inside an elementary school in southwest China yesterday, authorities have confirmed. Rescuers recovered the last child's body from the school in Yunnan province early this morning, reports the AP. One adult is still missing. Ye... |
Online Wiz, 29, Sells Firm for $170M | (Dec 3, 2009 2:00 AM) Aaron Patzer recently joined the ranks of America's under-30 tech multi-millionaires when rival firm Intuit snapped up his Mint.com online personal finance tool for $170 million. It was a jaw-dropping moment when Intuit—which is transferring its 43 million Quicken users to Mint—made the offer, ... |
Kate Moss Marks 40 With Nude Playboy Cover | (Jun 17, 2013 10:24 AM CDT) Kate Moss is celebrating her 40th birthday (yes, she's turning 40; go ahead and bemoan your lost youth now) the only way one could really expect: by appearing nude on the cover of Playboy. She's already completed the photo shoot, which will run in the January issue, the New York Post report... |
Chelsea's Wedding Tab: $3M to $5M | (Jul 27, 2010 9:52 AM CDT) Previous reports estimated that Chelsea Clinton’s wedding would cost a cool $2 million, but the real number is probably more like $3 million to $5 million. Wedding experts run down the costs for the New York Daily News, from $600,000 air-conditioned tents to the $150-a-pop invitations and $1... |
At Least 22 Dead in Head-On Train Crash | (Jul 12, 2016 7:03 AM CDT) Authorities in southern Italy say at least 22 people are dead and more than 40 others injured after two trains collided in Puglia on Tuesday. Italian news reports say that two trains—each with four cars—collided head-on near the town of Andria on a line with just a single track, reports the ... |
$45 Garage Sale Photos Are $200M Ansel Adams Works | (Jul 27, 2010 10:58 AM CDT) It’s every garage sale shopper’s dream: Find two boxes of old negatives for $70, bargain the price to $45, and discover 10 years later that they’re worth at least $200 million. That’s what happened to Rick Norsigian, who spent the past decade proving the negatives he found in Fresno, Calif.... |
1 Child Dead, 10 Injured When Car Hits Day Care | (Apr 9, 2014 4:34 PM CDT) A vehicle crashed into an Orlando-area day care today, killing one child and injuring about a dozen more, reports the Orlando Sentinel. At least one adult was reported to be injured as well. Several of the victims were in serious condition hours after this afternoon's accident in Winter Park.... |
Olé! Teen Matador Kills 6 Bulls | (Feb 6, 2010 2:05 PM) A 16-year-old Spanish matador killed six bulls in one afternoon today, pulling off a feat normally attempted only by seasoned veterans and winning trophies for his skill—ears from animals he had just slain. Jairo Miguel Sanchez Alonso, the son of a bullfighter who nearly died from a horrific gori... |
8 Chinese Tourists Walk Into Israeli Hummus Joint, Rack Up $4.4K Tab | (Sep 12, 2016 8:03 AM CDT) How did eight Chinese tourists rack up a tab worth about $4,400 at an Israeli hummus restaurant? That's what the Israeli Foreign Ministry is asking after the group was charged a hefty 16,500 shekels for dinner, the New York Daily News reports. By behaving this way we are destroying with our... |
April 10 Is Nirvana Day | (Dec 26, 2013 5:28 PM) Nirvana fans now have two choices of pilgrimage for April 10: They can trek to Cleveland to see surviving members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic as the band gets inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Or they can head to little Hoquiam, Washington, which has declared the 10th to be Nirvan... |
Apple to Pay First Dividend Since 1995 | (Mar 19, 2012 7:56 AM CDT) Apple shareholders ought to be even happier with the company than usual this morning, as the gadgets giant announced plans to spend $45 billion of its $97 billion in cash reserves on a buyback and a dividend program. Of that, $10 billion will go to a buyback authorization—though Business Ins... |
7 Cuban Soccer Players Defect to US | (Mar 13, 2008 12:27 PM CDT) Seven Cuban soccer players defected from the national team over the last two days—five on Tuesday and two last night—slipping from their Tampa hotel after a game to seek asylum in the US, the Miami Herald reports. The first five have contacted a lawyer and are in discussions with a second-t... |
19 Shot at NOLA Mother's Day Parade | (May 12, 2013 4:24 PM CDT) At least 19 people, including two 10-year-old children, were injured when gunmen opened fire on marchers in a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans yesterday, the Times-Picayune reports. No fatalities have been reported, but three victims are in critical condition. Police believe three suspects... |
Chicago's Bloody Weekend: 46 Shot, 7 Killed | (Jun 17, 2013 6:50 AM CDT) The news out of Chicago just five days ago was encouraging: after a murder-riddled 2012, this year's murder rate had plummeted to a level not seen in 50 years. Today, the news is of a darker nature. Between Friday afternoon and Sunday, a total of 46 people were shot in the city, seven fatall... |
$700M in Katrina, Rita Aid May Have Been Squandered | (Apr 4, 2013 7:12 AM CDT) Officials lack conclusive evidence that up to $700 million in federal aid following hurricanes Katrina and Rita was used appropriately, a federal investigation finds. Some of the 24,000 families who received up to $30,000 apiece to elevate their homes used the money for another purpose, whi... |
There's a 29% Chance You Have Sleepwalked | (May 15, 2012 12:44 PM CDT) Nearly one in three adults in the US have sleepwalked, a new study finds. Researchers surveyed 16,000 Americans and found that 29% of respondents said they had sleepwalked at least once; almost 3% said they do it as often as once a month and another 1% said they do it at least twice a month... |
Climber Who Lost 9 Fingers Abandons Everest | (Sep 28, 2015 7:38 AM CDT) For a fifth time in six years, Japanese climber Nobukazu Kuriki is turning back from his summit bid on Mount Everest—this time hindered by heavy autumn snows and the profound challenge of making the bid with only his right thumb. Kuriki, 33, lost nine fingers to frostbite on the mountain in ... |
Soldier Charged With 5 Murder Counts in Iraq Clinic Shooting | (May 12, 2009 10:37 AM CDT) The US Army today identified Sgt. John Russell as the man being held in the shooting deaths of five soldier at a stress clinic on a US base in Baghdad yesterday, CNN reports, as details of the assault emerged. Commanders had asked Russell, a 44-year-old Texan on his third tour in Iraq, to s... |
IRS to Broke Spanish Hipster: You Owe $172M | (Aug 25, 2010 2:10 PM CDT) The IRS says Marcos Esparza Bofill owes them $172 million in back taxes—which is pretty hard to believe, given that Esparza is a broke Spanish musician who recently had to borrow money from his relatives to pay his bills. The tax lien, which you can see on The Smoking Gun, springs from the b... |
Carbon Monoxide Leak at Grandma's Kills 3 Teens | (Mar 2, 2015 10:39 AM) Four cousins were found unresponsive at their grandmother's home in Troy, Ohio, on Friday afternoon after a carbon monoxide leak, and three of them have now died. Sisters Dionanna Bishop, 14, and Dejah (also spelled Dejay) Bishop, 13, died after being taken to the hospital Friday; Jakia Jones, 1... |
Dad of Stanford Rapist: Don't Judge Son on '20 Minutes' | (Jun 6, 2016 6:41 AM CDT) A rape case at Stanford continues to make headlines, first because of the defendant's sentence and the victim's powerful statement, and now because of another statement made by the 20-year-old assailant's father. Swimmer Brock Turner received a sentence of six months in jail—he could have got... |
Law Would Shield Cop IDs for 60 Days After Shooting | (Mar 23, 2015 11:40 AM CDT) Darren Wilson went into hiding after shooting Michael Brown, and when a Phoenix cop killed an unarmed black man in December, police were afraid protesters would mob his home, NBC News reports. The latter never happened, but Arizona Rep. Steven Smith is sponsoring Senate Bill 1445, which wou... |
$23M Lawsuit: Steinbrenner Stole My Idea | (Aug 29, 2009 12:54 PM CDT) The former president of Madison Square Garden is suing George Steinbrenner for $23 million, accusing the Yankees boss of stealing his idea for a team-owned TV network, Newsday reports. Bob Gutkowski claims he brought the idea for what would become YES to Steinbrenner in the mid-'90s and wa... |
Bee Gees' Robin Gibb Dead at 62 | (May 20, 2012 6:01 PM CDT) The Bee Gees' Robin Gibb lost his battle with cancer today. He was 62. In a statement, his family announced his death with great sadness. Though the singer had recently made what seemed like a miraculous recovery, Rolling Stone reports that Gibb fought both colon and liver cancer and recen... |
Rogue Mobster Enrico Ponzo Arrested in Idaho After 17 Years On the Lam | (Feb 9, 2011 4:02 AM) Stunned residents of the small Idaho town of Marsing have just learned that the man they knew as Jay Shaw was actually Enrico Ponzo, a fugitive mobster from Boston. Ponzo, who had been on the lam for 17 years, was arrested this week for a long list of charges including racketeering and conspiracy... |
10-Minute In-Person Chat May Reduce Prejudice | (Apr 9, 2016 12:59 PM CDT) A new study published in the journal Science suggests that a quick, face-to-face conversation can put a dent in LGBT prejudice. Volunteers who went door to door—aka deep canvassing, per the Atlantic— substantially reduced transphobia, say the researchers. We found that a single, approxim... |
Dead Man With 1.5K Guns 'Thought He Was Alien Spy' | (Jul 24, 2015 5:41 AM CDT) The death of a Los Angeles man in his car has led police to a huge stash of firearms and an even bigger pile of strangeness. From what cops can piece together, Jeffrey Alan Lash claimed to be a spy—sometimes a hybrid human-alien spy—and just before he died in his car on July 4, he told his f... |
Family Sues Mortuary After Body Left in Garage 2 Years | (Oct 11, 2016 12:29 PM CDT) After 50-year-old Brigitte Godfrey died of an asthma attack in March of 2013, her family contacted Living Waters Funeral Home near Chicago to cremate the body, reports Courthouse News Service. That never happened: Two years later, Godfrey's corpse was found with three other bodies and a bag... |
Woman, 87, Convinces New York She's Not Dead | (Sep 28, 2015 5:40 PM CDT) The New York City Bureau of Fraud Investigation sent a letter last week announcing that Medicaid health benefits for Selma Cohen had been cut off because the woman had been declared dead. So you can imagine the surprise Cohen, 87, felt when she received the letter. I couldn’t believe it, t... |
Walker Demotes Donor's Kid— to Puny $65K Job | (Apr 6, 2011 10:10 AM CDT) Well that was fast. Scott Walker did an about-face yesterday and demoted the son of a major campaign donor from his $81,500-per-year Commerce Department gig—to his former $64,728 job. Brian Deschane will return to his previous post as a bureau director at the Department of Regulation and Lic... |
Uganda Tabloid Names 200 'Top' Homosexuals | (Feb 25, 2014 10:25 AM) Yesterday, Uganda's president made aggravated homosexuality punishable by life in prison; today, a tabloid has printed a list of Ugandans it says are gay. The Red Pepper headline reads, EXPOSED! Uganda's 200 Top Homos Named, per CNN. The AP adds that the list, which was accompanied by some ... |
Delaware Will Be 11th State to Allow Gay Marriage | (May 7, 2013 4:22 PM CDT) Delaware will become the 11th state to allow same-sex marriages. A divided state Senate gave final legislative approval today to a bill authorizing same-sex marriage after hearing about three hours of debate. The vote sends the bill to Democratic Gov. Jack Markell, who has promised to sign it... |
UK Conservative Leader's Son Dies at Age 6 | (Feb 25, 2009 5:31 AM) The eldest son of David Cameron, leader of Britain's Conservative Party and the country's possible next prime minister, died early this morning at age 6. Ivan Cameron suffered from severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy and required constant care, reports the Times of London. He was born with Ohtoha... |
After Pouring a $300 Bottle, White House Mum on Wine | (Mar 14, 2012 9:38 AM CDT) Last night, British PM David Cameron enjoyed his very first taste of March Madness, compliments of President Obama. At tonight's state dinner, he'll likely enjoy some American wine as well—but don't expect too many details about the winery, year, or appellation. That's because Obama put a st... |
Mom Lets 4-Year-Old Play 120 Feet Away, Faces Jail | (Dec 2, 2015 7:42 AM) A mom who lives in a gated apartment complex in Sacramento, Calif., and describes her parenting style as free range faces up to six months in jail for letting her 4-year-old son play alone in the complex playground 120 feet from her front door. She was charged after two neighbors watched the bo... |
Nobody Wins Powerball; Jackpot Heads to $1.3B | (Jan 10, 2016 5:59 AM) Enthusiastic ticket-buyers pushed the record Powerball jackpot to $949.8 million for Saturday night's drawing, but no ticket matched all six numbers, boosting the expected payout for Wednesday's drawing to a whopping $1.3 billion. The winning numbers were 16-19-32-34-57 and the Powerball number ... |
9's Visuals a Perfect 10 | (Sep 9, 2009 9:59 AM CDT) The creepy tale of 9, which depicts a burlap-bodied robot’s (Elijah Wood) quest for his origins while battling bad guys in a post-apocalyptic world, looks incredible—but its script leaves something to be desired. |
Thousands of Cops Look for Dorner in 3 States | (Feb 8, 2013 9:05 AM) With the manhunt in Big Bear Lake for ex-cop Christopher Dorner coming up empty so far, authorities are admitting they have no idea where Dorner is, reports Fox News. Thousands of police officers are now involved in the hunt, in California, Nevada, Arizona, and northern Mexico. He could be anywh... |
Woods Solid, 2 Behind Poulter, Westwood | (Apr 9, 2010 6:38 PM CDT) Tiger Woods plodded along in today's second round of the Masters, making one par after another, mixing in the occasional birdie, and avoiding any major mistakes on his way to a 2-under-par 70—which has him two shots off the lead heading into the weekend. Woods still has some work to do. A pai... |
2 Activists Accused of Freeing 5K Mink Caught | (Jul 25, 2015 10:01 AM CDT) Two animal rights activists who authorities say went on an epic vigilante road trip across the US have been arrested and face jail time. Joseph Buddenberg, 31, and Nicole Kissane, 28, both of Oakland, are accused of freeing about 5,000 mink from various farms along with a slew of vandalism ... |
Playing With Kids Bores 30% of Parents | (Aug 30, 2010 5:08 PM CDT) Some 30% of UK parents think playing with their children is boring, a new poll finds. The poll, commissioned by Disneyland Paris, looked at how parents spent recreational time with their children. More than a fifth hadn't played with their kids in such a long time that they had forgotten how... |
Enjoy Your 'Th' Sounds Now, They'll Be Gone by 2066 | (Sep 29, 2016 5:55 PM CDT) The Queen's English as spoken in the UK is under attack by immigrants, computers, American television, and youths. Or should we say yoofs? In a report published Thursday, linguistic experts at the University of York predict major changes in Brits' pronunciation of the English language by 206... |
Mom on Murder Rap After 5-Year-Old Shoots Self | (Jun 24, 2013 2:56 AM CDT) A woman who locked her 5-year-old daughter up in a room with a loaded gun has been charged with second-degree murder in the child's death, police in New Orleans say. Initial investigations show that the girl found a loaded .38-caliber revolver in the bedroom and accidentally shot herself in ... |
GI Gets 10 Years for Iraqi Murder | (Feb 11, 2008 5:12 AM) A US Army sniper was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday after a court martial found him guilty of murdering an Iraqi civilian. The Iraqi was shot when he stumbled upon the sniper's hideout, and a weapon was planted on the body to make it appear that the victim was a terrorist, reports the... |
Toll Hits 32 in Japan Quakes | (Apr 16, 2016 7:48 AM CDT) Army troops and other rescuers rushed Saturday to save scores of trapped residents after a pair of strong earthquakes in southwestern Japan killed at least 41 people, injured about 1,500, and left hundreds of thousands without electricity or water. Rainfall is forecast to start pounding the ... |
Gold to Top $2K an Ounce by 2014 | (Apr 12, 2011 1:10 PM CDT) Maybe Glenn Beck has been right about gold all this time—a new report says the precious metal could top $2,100 an ounce by 2014, and could come close to hitting the staggering $5,000 mark by the end of the decade in a possible ‘super-bull’ scenario, reports the Telegraph. The key is less e... |
Teens Lose Left Arms in 2 NC Shark Attacks | (Jun 15, 2015 2:27 AM CDT) Two teenagers lost limbs in two separate shark attacks off Oak Island, NC, yesterday—and for now, authorities do not recommend going back in the water. Authorities say the first victim, a 13-year-old girl, was attacked at around 4:40pm yesterday and lost her left arm below the elbow, as well... |
Shamans Among 4 Killed in California Home | (Jun 10, 2012 11:30 PM CDT) Two shamans from the Hmong community were among four people shot dead in a Sacramento home over the weekend. An armed house guest was wounded when he confronted the gunman, police told the Sacramento Bee. Investigators believe one of the dead males is the shooter who stormed the home, rep... |
Ten Best Places to Live in U.S. 2010 Edition | (Jul 12, 2010 2:37 PM CDT) If you follow the advice of Money magazine, you'll want to live in a non-diverse suburb of a not-too-gritty city. The top five places to live are Eden Prairie, Minn.; Columbia, Md.; Newton, Mass.; Bellevue, Wash.; and McKinney, Texas. The rest of the list is dominated by more suburbs and lot... |
Poll: Obama Up by 6 Points | (Jul 25, 2012 2:09 AM CDT) The Supreme Court ruling on ObamaCare, the shooting at the Aurora theater, the Bain Capital debate, and a mediocre jobs report have hit the headlines in the last 30 days, but none of it seems to be having much of an effect on the presidential polls. President Obama is up six percentage point... |
Fox Brings Back Jack Bauer, 24 | (May 13, 2013 10:11 AM CDT) Jack Bauer is about to get a fresh batch of time to run out of. Kiefer Sutherland will reprise his role as the ass-kicking, torture-happy counterterrorism agent on a new 12-episode limited series re-launch of 24 next May, Fox announced today, ahead of its upfront presentation to advertise... |
Report: 90 'Near Collisions' Between Drones, Commercial Jets | (Dec 12, 2015 11:30 AM) There has yet to be a confirmed US collision between a drone and a manned aircraft, but there's a growing number of close calls as drones fly where they least belong—near airports. A report released Friday counted at least 241 reports of close encounters between drones and manned aircraft that ... |
Home Sales Send Dow Over 9,000 | (Jul 23, 2009 10:22 AM CDT) The Dow Jones industrials are back above 9,000 today for the first time since the beginning of January. A report of a jump in home sales eased investors' worries about one of the economy's biggest trouble spots. They responded by buying stocks across the market, lifting the major indexes mo... |
Bullpen Phone Screwup Costs Cardinals Game 6 | (Oct 25, 2011 7:35 AM CDT) Nobody loves working pitching matchups like Tony La Russa, so it was a bit surprising when he let lefty Marc Rzepczynski in to pitch to Mike Napoli with the bases loaded last night. Napoli knocked a double off him, scoring what would be the two winning runs. But what happened next was even w... |
T-Mobile User's Phone Bill: $201K | (Oct 18, 2011 4:18 PM CDT) When a Florida woman put her college-student brother on her cell phone plan, she had no idea what she was getting herself into. After two weeks in Canada, he managed to run up a $201,000 bill, WSVN reports—and that's without even talking. Turns out he hadn’t turned off his data roaming on th... |
348 Arrested, 386 Kids Saved in Huge Child Porn Bust | (Nov 15, 2013 2:22 AM) Nearly 350 people, including schoolteachers, doctors, and actors, have been arrested around the world in what Toronto police called one of the largest child porn busts they have ever seen. Police say 386 children were rescued as a result of the sweeping investigation. More than 100 people were a... |
France Spending $4M to Save Its Hamsters | (May 7, 2014 4:50 PM CDT) They're furry, with little round ears, and grow up to 10 inches long—and they're costing France $4.2 million. Europe's top court has pressured Paris into saving the Great Hamster of Alsace, an endangered rodent whose fate has drawn official attention before, the Guardian reports. In the curre... |
2 Uteri, 2 Babies: Woman Has 1-in-5M Birth | (Mar 3, 2009 11:35 AM) What’s more impressive, having eight babies, or having two—one from each womb? Sarah Reinfelder, whom the New York Post has tastefully dubbed Womber Woman, did the latter, thanks to a condition called uterus didelphys, or double uterus. One in every 2,000 women has didelphys, it turns out, but... |
Love Guru Up For 7 Razzies | (Jan 21, 2009 4:57 PM) Mike Myers’ The Love Guru looks poised to dominate the Razzie Awards this year, the Los Angeles Times reports, with the film nabbing seven nominations, including worst picture. Myers specifically has nominations for writing, producing and acting. But Myers was bettered on personal Razzie noms by... |
2nd Mayan Tablet Linked to 2012 Apocalypse | (Nov 25, 2011 12:32 AM) The bad news is that Mayan ruins make not one but two apparent references to a possible apocalypse in 2012. The good news—maybe—is that Mexican archeologists say not to worry about it. Experts have finally confirmed that a second suspected reference to 2012 was found at the Comalcalco ruin in a... |
Dan Quayle Defends Son at 11th Hour | (Aug 24, 2010 6:41 AM CDT) And at the 11th hour, dad chimed in. Dan Quayle sent an email to his son's campaign supporters on the eve of today's 10-way GOP primary election, a last-ditch email pitch defending Ben against allegations that he wrote for a raunchy sex site. Firing back at leading opponent Steve Moak, who h... |
US Clinches World Cup Berth With 4th 2-0 Win Over Mexico | (Sep 11, 2013 12:20 AM CDT) The US is going to its seventh straight World Cup after beating archrivals Mexico 2-0 in Columbus, Ohio—the same venue where the Americans won 2-0 in World Cup qualifiers in 2001, 2005, and 2009. Chants from the raucous capacity crowd included Dos a cero, This is our house, and You're ... |
Ex-Cop Gets 263 Years for Raping Women While on Patrol | (Jan 21, 2016 6:19 PM) A former police officer accused of raping more than a dozen women while on patrol will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced to 263 years in prison on Thursday, NBC News reports. Daniel Holtzclaw, 29, was charged in 2014 and found guilty on 18 of 36 counts last month. Acco... |
Credit Reform May Drain $9B in Holiday Sales | (Dec 23, 2009 2:46 PM) The impending enactment of new credit card law is poised to rob retailers of $9 billion in holiday sales compared to last year. The law, designed to protect consumers from rates being raised on the sly and sneaky fees, already has led to lower credit limits and more rejected applications than us... |
1 Year After Shooting, Pistorius Speaks | (Feb 14, 2014 6:04 AM) The last time Oscar Pistorius tweeted was Feb. 12, 2013, two days before he shot and killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in what he maintains was a tragic accident in which he mistook her for an intruder. Today brought a new tweet: A few words from my heart on oscarpistorius.com. There, the doub... |
Slice of Diana's Wedding Cake Sells for $1.4K | (Aug 30, 2014 6:16 AM CDT) Somewhere out there is what the Independent calls a passionate group of royal cake collectors. And one member of that group shelled out $1,375 this week for a 33-year-old slice of cake served at Charles and Diana's wedding in 1981. With best wishes from Their Royal Highnesses, the Prince ... |
Manuel Noriega Breaks His 19-Year Silence | (Jun 25, 2015 6:03 AM CDT) Former dictator Manuel Noriega broke a 19-year silence to ask his compatriots yesterday to forgive actions by his military regime that culminated in the 1989 US invasion. Noriega began his brief jailhouse interview with local network Telemetro by reading a handwritten statement in which he s... |
China Singer, 24, in Creepy Romance With Model, 12 | (Sep 25, 2012 10:33 AM CDT) A gossip scandal has erupted in China around 24-year-old pop star Zhang Muyi and his declared love for 12-year-old Canadian model Akama Miki. Muyi and Akama have been flaunting their romance all over popular Chinese social media site Weibo, posting pictures and sending each other public mes... |
How to Read 365 Books in 2013 | (Dec 31, 2012 9:46 AM) A book a day, every day, from tomorrow to next New Year's Eve: Sounds impossible, right? Well, Jeff Ryan managed it in 2012—without giving up his job or his family duties, he writes in Slate. Of course, he tweaked the rules a little; some days, he wouldn't have time to read, but he'd make up for... |
Woman Charged With Hiding 6 Dead Infants in Locker | (Oct 24, 2014 8:28 AM CDT) Police in Winnipeg have charged a 40-year-old woman with six counts of concealing a body after they found the remains of six infants in a storage locker she rented. But the Toronto Star reports that it could be months before forensic tests determine how the babies died and whether Andrea Gie... |
Man Who Stole $460K in Quarters Must Return Only Half | (Jul 10, 2014 2:07 PM CDT) It's hard to say what's more surprising: Thomas Rica's crime, or his sentence. The former Ridgewood, NJ, public works inspector was sentenced yesterday to five years of probation for stealing more than a million quarters harvested from the city's parking meters. Over a period of several year... |
World Pop. to Hit 7B by 2012 | (Jun 20, 2008 2:37 AM CDT) The world's soaring population is expected to hit 7 billion by 2012, further straining thinly stretched natural resources, AP reports. The current population is 6.7 billion, and growing at 1.2% a year, spurred by increasing medical and nutritional advances in developing countries. But as mor... |
Open Letter Supporting Trump Has 88 Notable Signatures | (Sep 6, 2016 7:40 AM CDT) National security is the theme of Election 2016 this week, with an NBC-MSNBC forum on that topic Wednesday night and lots of apparent new support on that front for Donald Trump. The New York Times reports that 88 retired military figures—described by retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn as ... |
Driver Fills Gas Tank for Just 26 Cents | (Feb 15, 2016 3:47 PM) A computer glitch led to a brief price war between two gas stations in northwest Ohio, allowing some drivers to fill their tanks for pennies per gallon, the AP reports. According to WTOL-TV, a computer malfunction dropped prices at one north Toledo gas station, and another across the street lowe... |
Dow Up 61 on Strong Earnings | (Oct 8, 2009 3:14 PM CDT) Stocks closed below their session highs but still finished in positive territory after Alcoa set a strong tone for the third-quarter earnings season. The firm posted a $77 million profit after the bell yesterday. Also helping was good news on the jobs front, with last week’s initial claims fo... |
Clients Lose Big on Goldman's 2010 Advice | (May 19, 2010 7:31 AM CDT) Goldman Sachs made money on trading every single day last quarter, but anybody following its advice wasn't so lucky. Seven of Goldman's nine recommended top trades for 2010 have been money-losing duds, Bloomberg reports, with the worst of them dropping as much as 14%. This says that Goldm... |
Woman Tries to Stowaway to Hawaii ... 3 Times | (Mar 1, 2014 1:29 PM) A 62-year-old woman in San Francisco wanted to get to Hawaii so badly that she managed to slip through security and actually get aboard a plane on Feb. 15, reports CBS San Franscisco. Trouble is, the person who actually paid for the seat then showed up. Authorities escorted Marilyn Jean Hartman o... |
Mexico Arrests 2 for Killing of Border Patrol Agent | (Oct 4, 2012 3:53 AM CDT) Mexican authorities say they have arrested two suspects in Tuesday's killing of a Border Patrol agent in Arizona, Reuters reports. Nicholas Ivie, a 30-year-old father of two, was shot dead and a colleague was injured while responding to a tripped ground sensor. Mexican officials say the suspe... |
No Kennedys in DC for First Time Since '47 | (Dec 17, 2010 11:35 AM) When retiring Congressman Patrick Kennedy leaves DC in the next week or two, it marks the end of an American milestone, notes the Boston Globe. No Kennedy will be in the House, the Senate, or the White House for the first time since 1947—the year a not-yet-30 JFK became a Massachusetts congress... |
25% of India Turning to Desert | (Jun 20, 2014 12:35 PM CDT) Nearly a quarter of India's land is turning to desert thanks to over-use of land, heavy grazing, and changing rainfall patterns, says the country's environment minister. He warns land is becoming barren, and notes that could threaten food security in a country that houses 17% of the world... |
Police Find 10 Bears Guarding Marijuana Grow-Op | (NoneDate) Canadian police ran into a complication while raiding a marijuana grow-op in British Columbia—10 or so black bears that were guarding the outdoor pot plants. The property contained two houses and a fenced-in growing operation with about a thousand plants, plus the bears, which roamed around outside the fence... |
Driver Backs Out of Spot, Hits 7, Kills 3 | (Feb 6, 2014 9:25 AM) A 79-year-old woman mistakenly backed into seven people in a parking lot with her SUV Sunday, killing three of them and injuring four. The Florida Highway Patrol said yesterday that Doreene Landstra of Palmetto has been ordered to appear in court next month after receiving a citation for improper... |
7.4 Quake Hits Off Guatemala, 39 Dead | (Nov 7, 2012 11:16 AM) At least 39 people died in Guatemala today after a mighty 7.4-magnitude quake struck just off the coast. President Otto Perez Molina declared a state of emergency, urging people to evacuate tall buildings, the BBC reports. The quake hit about 15 miles southwest of Champerico at a depth of about ... |
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