Texas teen gives police officer parking ticket
Annie James, a 14-year-old from Baytown, Tex., issued a handwritten $10 parking ticket to a police car parked in a fire zone in her neighborhood — and wound up with a reward.
Reid says GOP may have helped Russia annex Crimea
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that Republicans may have helped Russia annex Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in a surprisingly sharp attack ahead of a test vote on a bill authorizing more U.S. sanctions on Russia and $1 billion in loan guarantees to Ukraine.
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MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) — A small plane believed to be carrying five people crashed into a reservoir in southwestern Colorado and authorities say all are feared dead.
After Kicking Out Russia, the G8 Is Now The G7
This year's G8 summit won't be in Sochi, Russia as planned. And it won't include Russia at all, after the seven other world leaders in the group of industrialized nations decided to give Russia the boot. The seven leaders met at the behest of President Obama, and instead of Sochi, the now G7's…
Officials: Missing plane went down in Indian Ocean
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — After 17 days of desperation and doubt over the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, the country's officials said an analysis of satellite data points to a "heartbreaking" conclusion: Flight 370 met its end in the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, and none of those…
How Dwayne Johnson kept 'Hercules' look a secret
LAS VEGAS (AP) — It was extremely hard for Dwayne Johnson to keep his "Hercules" look under wraps while filming the Brett Ratner-directed movie in Hungary last year. But he did it for the greater good of the big reveal.
Copycat Boyfriend Gets Some Growling From His Girlfriend
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, "Caleb," and I have been dating for three years. I'm sure he'll propose within the next few months. I'm having a problem with this because Caleb's best friend, "A.J.," will be proposing to his girlfriend in the next month. They should be able to enjoy their time and let all…
Prokhorov says transferring Brooklyn Nets ownership to Russia
Russian billionaire businessman Mikhail Prokhorov, owner of the Brooklyn Nets basketball franchise, said Monday he was transferring its ownership to Russia. As one of the richest Russians with assets abroad, Prokhorov could be vulnerable if the Western powers escalate economic sanctions against…
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Women, who work at a strip club apparently raided by San Diego Police Department officers, filed a lawsuit against their alleged actions during the investigation.
'Sorry brother': Ukraine marines betrayed by Russian raid
Feodosiya (Undefined) (AFP) - Just a year ago, Ruslan, a marine in Ukraine's top battalion stationed in the Crimean port of Feodosiya, helped Russian soldiers paint their armoured personnel carrier for a military parade. "We thought of them as our own, as our brothers," said Ruslan, who declined to…
Clown on Staten Island just generally creeping people out
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Xi tells Obama to adopt 'fair' attitude on China's maritime disputes
Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday that the United States should adopt a "fair" attitude on the East and South China Seas, where China is involved in a series of increasingly bitter territorial disputes. "On the issues of the East and South China Sea, the U.S.…
Man committing random acts of kindness by giving out cash, detained in mental hospital
Richard Wright was brightening the days of dozens of strangers in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) in Canada, by handing out C$50 and C$100 bills.
Lion fights crocs over hippo (12 photos)
These photographs show the food chain in action as a hungry lion braved a river full of crocodiles to try and sink his teeth into a dead hippo. The photos were taken in the Maasi Mara nature reserve, in Kenya and show hungry lion braving a crocodile-infested river to get to an upside down hippo,…
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Surveillance tape suggests store is haunted (with video)
The store denies it was staged in any way.
Hijacked Cuban planes still caught in limbo
KEY WEST, Florida (AP) — At face value, they are three old planes not worth much more than their parts and scrap metal. Stolen from the Cuban government during a six-month period ending in April 2003 — two by hijackers, one by its pilot — all three landed at Key West International Airport, a…
Is this week the beginning of the end for Common Core?
Three states – Iowa, Florida and Arizona – have rebranded the Common Core Standards Initiative with different names in clever attempts to bamboozle critics of the standards. On Monday, Indiana skipped this desperate marketing ploy and simply ditched Common Core altogether, reports The Indianapolis…
Russian economy grinding to a halt as Ukraine crisis takes heavy toll
By Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's economy is barely growing, inflation is rising fast, and capital is pouring out of the country, the Economy Ministry said on Monday, a sign that international tensions around Ukraine are already inflicting severe economic costs. In February Russia's…
WASHINGTON MUDLSIDE
Rescue crews in Washington state have reports that suggest 176 people may be missing after a mudslide tore through dozens of homes. 14 bodies have been found so far.
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