Husband's Plumbing Help Results In Leaky Marriage
DEAR ABBY: I have been with my husband for 19 years. I offered his plumbing services to a married couple I work with. While he was fixing the problem, he became friendly with their adult daughter. She was lonely and I knew the family, so I wasn't concerned. Their relationship developed into…
Remains of 55 bodies found near former Florida reform school
By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - Excavations at a makeshift graveyard near a now-closed reform school in the Florida Panhandle have yielded remains of 55 bodies, almost twice the number official records say are there, the University of South Florida announced on Tuesday. "This is…
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By Richard Cowan and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress responded in competing voices on Tuesday to President Barack Obama's annual State of the Union address as various wings of the party vied to advance their prescriptions for the country's best way forward. …
RUNAWAY BULL
See a runaway bull charge across a highway and headbutt a biker after escaping from a meat factory.
Snakebite victim charged $89,000 for 18-hour hospital stay
A snakebite victim treated at a North Carolina hospital came away with more than just fang marks when he received an $89,227 bill for an 18-hour stay.
Teen's Parachute Fails to Open on First Skydive
A Texas teenager’s skydiving trip to celebrate her 16th birthday turned nearly fatal when her parachute failed to open and she spun 3,500 feet to the ground. Mackenzie Wethington, 16, traveled from her home in Joshua, Texas, to Chickasha, Okla., with her father, Joe Wethington,...
Pending execution 'terrifies' inmate, lawyer says
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lawyers for a convicted murderer were making final pleas for his life on Tuesday, just hours before his scheduled execution in Missouri.
China threatens US military superiority: official
China poses an increasing challenge to the US military's technological edge while budget pressures are hampering Washington's effort to stay ahead, a senior defense official warned on Tuesday. Frank Kendall, the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer, told lawmakers that when it comes to "technological…
Gay daughter of HK tycoon makes heartfelt plea to dad
The lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong tycoon, who offered more than $100 million to find her a male suitor, has issued a heartfelt open letter urging him to accept her sexuality. In the letter, which starts "Dear Daddy", socialite Gigi Chao asked her father Cecil to treat her partner Sean Eav as "a…
Freezing US storm threatens south
A freezing winter storm that has already sent temperatures plunging on much of the US east coast was Tuesday threatening usually balmy Florida, forecasters warned. But the cold front is spreading unusually far southward, forecasters say. The National Weather Service said: "The strong cold front…
Hemp growing going legit after decades-long ban
DENVER (AP) — The federal government is ready to let farmers grow cannabis — at least the kind that can't get people high.
Big Boy locomotive begins California farewell tour (7 photos)
An enormous steam locomotive that has been entertaining train enthusiasts at a California museum for years began a trek of more than 1,200 miles on Sunday with the ultimate goal of putting the engine back on the nation's rails . The 600-ton Big Boy locomotive left the Pomona fairgrounds on its way…
‘American Hustle’ Is Overrated
We will be bullied into pretending to like it no longer! ‘American Hustle’ is nowhere near as good as we’re being told it is. So how is it possibly a Best Picture frontrunner?
Amanda Knox's Countdown to Yet Another Verdict
An Italian Court Is Expected to Render a Verdict and Possible Sentence Thursday
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By Noah Browning HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - On an ancient hill dotted with 1,000-year-old olive trees, Israelis are busy excavating in search of the first palace of King David in the heart of the West Bank. The Jewish settlers who started the dig with the help of Israel's Antiquities Authority…
Brain-dead pregnant woman's husband names fetus
DALLAS (AP) — The husband of a pregnant, brain-dead Texas woman who was taken off life support over the weekend named what would have been the couple's second child before his wife was removed from machines.
Students at Wis. college have cozy walk to class
MEQUON, Wis. (AP) — While many Midwestern college students pile on layers to brave the frigid walk to classes in subzero weather, those attending one Wisconsin university on the windy shores of Lake Michigan can leave their coats in their dorms and take a much cozier trek.
Activist's road from Syrian prison to Geneva peace talks
Not so long ago Noura al-Ameer was being beaten and subjected to electric shocks in a Syrian prison. "It was as if I was seeing the faces of the killers, the bombers, the torturers," Ameer told AFP, describing her first meeting with regime representatives in Switzerland last week. At 26, she is a…
New Telescope Will Be World’s Largest
The Hubble Space Telescope has produced some jaw-dropping images from space, such as the famous “Pillars of Creation” and the Horsehead nebula. But the Hubble will soon encounter some stiff telescoping competition from a ground-based telescope so large it has been dubbed “E-ELT,” aka the European…
Video: Here’s how Audi’s incredible new laser headlights work
Earlier this month at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Audi showed off an amazing new laser headlight system that one-ups the standard high-intensity discharge lamps found on many modern automobiles. The new headlight system, which was showcased on Audi’s Sport Quattro…
