Time Warner Cable is going away, and that means you might have a new cable company to hate. But you might find one you like better instead. Time Warner, the largest cable provider in New York and Los Angeles, among other markets, was just bought by Charter Communications Inc., which… Read More
HUGE diamond sells for record-breaking price (pics)
The ‘Oppenheimer Blue’ has sold for a hammer price of 50.6 million Swiss francs ($51.3 million), setting a new record for a diamond sold at auction. The 14.62-carat stone, billed as the largest Vivid Blue diamond ever put up for auction, obliterated Christie’s pre-sale estimate range of between 38 million… Read More
South Carolina takes pro-life steps
The South Carolina Legislature passed a bill Tuesday prohibiting abortion after 19 weeks, becoming the 17th state to pass the restrictive ban. The legislation will now head to Gov. Nikki Haley’s desk. The Republican said in March she will almost certainly sign it, but wants to look at the details… Read More
Deadly landslides kill hundreds. “All I could do was scream”
Soldiers and police used sticks and bare hands Wednesday to dig through enormous piles of mud covering houses in three villages hit by massive landslides in central Sri Lanka, with hundreds of families reported missing. By evening, rescuers had pulled 17 bodies from the mud and debris unleashed by several… Read More
Trump helps dig Chris Christie, NJ out of debt
Presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump is helping dig former rival Chris Christie and the New Jersey Republican Party out of big debt they incurred from the George Washington Bridge scandal and the governor’s presidential campaign. Trump on Thursday will attend a $25,000-per-person fundraiser for the state GOP to help it… Read More
New dinosaur species discovered
A novice fossil collector’s lucky find in a remote Montana badlands more than a decade ago represents a new kind of spectacularly-horned dinosaur, researchers announced Wednesday. The bones unearthed near Winifred, Montana represent a previously-unknown species of dinosaur that lived 76 million years ago. It’s scientific name is Spiclypeus shipporum… Read More
Mysterious roadway ashes claimed by veteran’s son
Paul Derek Treaster says his Vietnam-veteran father, whose ashes were discovered beside a south Alabama road, must have been looking down from above, helping to guide him back to the remains. The ashes had posed a mystery for police in the town of Florala when they were found by a… Read More
Good news! School girl, kidnapped by Islamic terrorists, found alive
One of the teenagers kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists over two years ago from a boarding school in northeastern Nigeria has been found with a baby and was reunited with her mother, a doctor said Wednesday — the first of the Chibok girls to be recovered since the mass abduction…. Read More
Trump’s business flourishing since presidential run
Donald Trump has told the government that his myriad businesses have flourished with rising revenues since his improbable political success, according to financial documents released Wednesday. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee said revenue at his businesses grew by $190 million over the past 17 months, and he had $557 million… Read More
Meet Trump’s Supreme Court nominees
Billionaire Donald Trump isn’t elected yet, but he’s already thinking ahead to his presidency. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, released Wednesday a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he plans to vet to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia if he’s elected to the White… Read More