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| Five shot at Florida city’s ‘Crab Festival’ … but wait, there’s a catch Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 07:05 PM PDT When you think of a Crab Festival, most people picture sandy beaches and maybe a tasty beverage to wash down the abundance of crustacean culinary delights. But a Florida event labeling itself as a "Crabfest" was anything but, after five people were shot, including one man who later died. And as the Sun-Sentinel reports, shooting [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ex-lawmakers search for signs of intelligent life in Washington, D.C. Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 03:55 PM PDT All the pieces of a formal congressional hearing were in place. A row of lawmakers with furled brows were seated in wide, leather chairs behind an elevated table with microphones. Water pitchers and engraved nameplates were in front of them. A second, smaller table was set up below for witnesses to deliver their expert testimonies. [...] Full Story | Top |
| 300 gallons of urine found in man’s home Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 03:41 PM PDT Police are trying to figure out exactly how to handle one man's truly wasteful collection after 300 gallons of bottled urine were discovered inside a residential home. According to the News-Times, Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) spokesman Dennis Schain said authorities found "200 to 300 one-gallon plastic jugs filled with human urine" [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sunken Egyptian city reveals 1,200-year-old secrets Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 01:17 PM PDT Until a decade ago, no one knew if Heracleion, believed to be an ancient harbor city, was fiction or real. Now, reports the Telegraph, the researchers who found it—150 feet beneath the surface of Egypt's Bay of Aboukir—are sharing some of the amazing historical artifacts preserved there. The finds include 64 ships, 16-foot-tall statues, 700 [...] Full Story | Top |
| Green Beret who vanished in Vietnam War still alive? Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 12:48 PM PDT "Unclaimed," a new documentary premiering at Toronto's Hot Docs film festival on Tuesday night, tells the story of Special Forces Green Beret Master Sgt. John Hartley Robertson, who was shot down over Laos in 1968 and was long presumed dead. The documentary actually follows fellow Vietnam vet Tom Faunce, who heard about Robertson's whereabouts while [...] Full Story | Top |
| Boston Marathon bombing survivor: Tom Brady has nothing on ER doctors Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 12:43 PM PDT Fifteen days ago, Jarrod Clowery was standing with three friends on Boylston Street in front of the Forum Bar watching the Boston Marathon. Today, Clowery, a 35-year-old carpenter from nearby Stoneham, is in Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, recovering from shrapnel wounds and thermal injuries suffered near the second explosion. He's had multiple surgeries to [...] Full Story | Top |
| Zimmerman says no to ‘stand your ground’; case going straight to trial Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 12:20 PM PDT George Zimmerman has waived his right to a pretrial hearing over whether he should be acquitted of murder charges under Florida's "stand your ground" law. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who's charged with second-degree murder in the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, said Tuesday in court that he did not want the preliminary hearing, the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Friendfluence: How Our Friends Shape Us Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 10:45 AM PDT Katie's Take The importance of friendship has long been linked to our very survival. These days while we still cherish friends, we tend to undervalue their role in our lives. With the declining size of families and the tendency for adult children to move further away from home, we are increasingly dependent on our friends [...] Full Story | Top |
| Peeping Toms fall through ceiling of women’s bathroom Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 09:36 AM PDT Two men fell through a woman's restroom ceiling while attempting to spy on them, police said. According to a story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, the incident occurred at an Atlanta-area movie complex, the Venture Value Cinema in Duluth, Ga. The suspects, 26-year-old Eduard Petrovich Kovynev and 27-year-old Eduard Alexander Kovynev, who apparently were more [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama defends handling of Syria and Boston bombing, vows to close Gitmo Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 08:51 AM PDT President Barack Obama on Tuesday forcefully defended his policy toward Syria, his handling of the Boston Marathon bombing, the future of Obamacare and even his political relevance in a wide-ranging press conference 100 days into his second term. Obama also made a passionate promise to try again to close the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison. The [...] Full Story | Top |
| Weather Channel interns batten down the hatches for Tornado Week Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 08:04 AM PDT The Weather Channel (TWC) is showing its sense of humor. In honor of Tornado Week, the 24/7 weather service has launched a tweet-powered tornado inside its office. Click on the video above to watch the live stream. Via weather.com: Our Weather Channel interns got so excited about Tornado Week they wanted to recreate a Twitter [...] Full Story | Top |
| Rand Paul endorses Mark Sanford in a statement Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 07:46 AM PDT Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul formally endorsed South Carolina Republican House candidate Mark Sanford Tuesday. Sanford is running against Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch to represent the state's first congressional district. "More than anything, Washington needs strong and consistent voices for fiscal responsibility and liberty," Paul said in a statement released to reporters by the Sanford [...] Full Story | Top |
| Man turns tables on shotgun-wielding attacker Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 07:18 AM PDT A man being robbed at gunpoint at 5 a.m. Saturday morning in New Orleans turned the tables on his attacker when he managed to grab the shotgun, causing the attacker to flee. The confrontation was captured by surveillance footage from a nearby security camera. According to WWL.com, the victim-turned-vigilante wasn't done yet. Via WWL: According [...] Full Story | Top |
| Man loses life savings on carnival game Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 06:54 AM PDT A New Hampshire man who thought he had a decent ball toss says he lost his life savings—or about $2,600—playing a carnival game he claims was rigged. Henry Gribbohm told WBZ-TV that he was attempting to win an Xbox Kinect at the Manchester carnival when things went awry. The 30-year-old from Epsom, N.H., was playing [...] Full Story | Top |
| Invasive predator fish that can live outside water hunted in Central Park Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 05:59 AM PDT Environmental officials are set to conduct a survey of a Central Park lake for the northern snakehead, an invasive predator fish that can live out of water for days. According to NBCNewYork.com, New York's Dept. of Environmental Conservation is asking that anglers fishing the man-made Harlem Meer secure the razor-toothed fish in a container and [...] Full Story | Top |
| A trippy idea or fiscal genius? Two pols idea to smoke away the deficit Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 04:08 AM PDT Top Line What if the United States could shrink the federal deficit and get high at the same time? Two congressmen calling for the legalization of recreational marijuana say it's not such a trippy idea. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) say marijuana legalization is a common sense fiscal policy that could [...] Full Story | Top |
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