Taiwan pilot shut off engine before air crash: report
The pilot of a passenger plane that crashed into a river in Taiwan killing 43 people shut down the plane's only working engine after the other failed, a new report confirmed Thursday. TransAsia Airways Flight GE235 plunged shortly after take-off from Taipei's Songshan airport in February with 53…
2015 Mortgage Rates Take Huge Dip - 2.75% APR
Rates now at 2.75% APR - $200K mortgage for $803/mo. Process is easy & quotes are free! (2.75% APR 5/1 ARM). Calculate new payment now.
Wisconsin Governor Walker signs bill banning microbeads
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on Wednesday signed a bill into law that bans the manufacturing and sale of personal care products containing tiny plastic beads that are known to pollute waterways. The law makes Wisconsin one of seven states including Illinois and New…
Own goal gives Japan 2-1 win over England in World Cup semi
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — England defender Laura Bassett was inconsolable as she lay face down on the field, sobbing.
Boy chained up with dead chicken around neck tells his story
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Handcuffed and shackled to a block of steel, the young boy would brace himself when he heard footsteps outside his bedroom door. He knew that once the grown-ups entered, the abuse would begin.
We can't print drachmas, says Greece's finance minister
With speculation swirling that Greece might be forced out of the euro and have to print its own money after a weekend referendum, its finance minister on Thursday said the country no longer had the presses to make drachmas. "We don't have the capacity," Yanis Varoufakis told Australian public radio…
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Walmart Security Cameras Captured The Whole Thing! [40 Photos]
Church fire in Greeleyville, S.C. (14 photos)
A fire that destroyed a black church that 20 years ago was a target of the Ku Klux Klan was not the work of an arsonist, a federal law enforcement official said Wednesday. Preliminary indications are that the fire at the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville was not…
Nurse drops newborn baby at hospital, fracturing his skull
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A hospital and police are investigating what might have caused a veteran nurse to drop a newborn baby, fracturing his skull.
Born in 1980? A mathematical surprise awaits you in 2025
Finally, people born in 1980 have something amazing over those young'ins who came into the world in the year 2000 or on a Leap Day.
Woman falls 400 feet to death in Colorado's Royal Gorge
A 44-year-old woman plummeted 400 feet (120 meters) to her death from an observation deck overlooking the Royal Gorge canyon in the mountains of south-central Colorado, authorities said on Wednesday. The victim fell from a platform at the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park, just northeast of a landmark…
Shark Tank Star Says Homeowners Are Wasting Money
Banks do not want you to know about this brilliant government program to pay off your mortgage. Here's how it works:
Bodyboarder fights for life after Australia shark attack
A bodyboarder was fighting for his life on Thursday after being attacked by a shark on Australia's east coast, close to where a Japanese surfer was killed earlier this year, rescue officials said. "The 32-year-old local was bodyboarding with two friends when he was bitten by a shark, suffering…
US warns of Russia, China military threat amid growing chaos
America's new military strategy singles out states like China and Russia as aggressive and threatening to US security interests, while warning of growing technological challenges and worsening global stability. A somber report released Wednesday by General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint…
Readers Defend Parents Who Disapprove Of Cohabitation
DEAR READERS: On May 5, I printed a letter from a parent, "Against the Tide in New Jersey." He said his "independent, intelligent, loving" daughters (both in their late 20s) have dated their boyfriends for five years and had recently moved in with them. The man also said he and his wife approve of…
Robot kills man at Volkswagen plant in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — A robot has killed a contractor at one of Volkswagen's production plants in Germany, the automaker said Wednesday.
A Celebrity With An IQ Higher Than Stephen Hawking
Hollywood has its fair share of outliers who are much smarter than you'd think. Shockingly, this celebrity has a higher IQ than Stephen Hawking!
Death of Maryland boy pushed in swing for three days ruled homicide
Officers found the boy, Ji’Aire Lee, around 7 a.m. on May 22 after witnesses reported seeing a woman pushing a child on a swing for an unusually long time at a park in La Plata, about 35 miles (55 km) south of Washington, Richardson said. The boy was alive Wednesday when he was placed in the swing…
Watch an F-16 fighter jet blast a drone out of the air
A Danish fighter jet shows off top-gun skills for the modern age by taking out a flying drone with spectacular accuracy.
Man bitten by shark while swimming off North Carolina coast
A seventh shark attack has been reported in North Carolina when a man swimming in Outer Banks’ Ocracoke Island was bitten on Wednesday.
Macy's and Costa Rica dump defiant Trump
Macy's became the latest company to sever ties with Donald Trump, and Costa Rica decided to pull out of his Miss Universe competition following the mogul's controversial remarks about Mexican immigrants. The move by Macy's comes on the heels of announcements by Univision and NBC to cut relations…
#1 Most Influential Person of the 20th Century
This person topped Time Magazine's list of the most important people of the 20th century, and it's not who you think. What was revealed?
Toyota's top female executive resigns after arrest in Japan
TOKYO (AP) — Julie Hamp, Toyota's most senior female executive, has resigned following her arrest in Japan on suspicion of drug law violations, the automaker said Wednesday.
More than 100 dead as militants, Egyptian army clash in North Sinai
By Yusri Mohamed and Ahmed Hassan ISMAILIA, Egypt/CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army said on Wednesday more than 100 militants and 17 soldiers were killed after simultaneous assaults on military checkpoints in North Sinai, in the deadliest fighting in years in the restive province. By late Wednesday,…
Video shows Syria rebel group executing 18 IS fighters
A Syrian rebel group operating around Damascus has executed 18 alleged members of the Islamic State group in a video mimicking the extremist organisation's own productions. The video, which emerged overnight, shows fighters from Jaysh al-Islam (Army of Islam) wearing the orange prison clothes that…
