Construction workers have unearthed the bones of a mammoth and other ice age mammals on the Oregon State University football field. The Oregonian reports crews working on an expansion around Reser Stadium found a femur from one of the ancient elephants and bones from a bison and camel, all dating… Read More
School principal sacrifices herself to save students from out-of-control bus
An Indianapolis elementary school principal was seen pushing several students out of the way of an oncoming bus before the vehicle struck and killed her, authorities said. Susan Jordan, the principal of Amy Beverland Elementary School on the city’s far northeast side, was killed and two 10-year-old children were hospitalized… Read More
Boston marathon bombing amputee plans another run in April
A professional ballroom dancer who lost a leg in the Boston Marathon bombings says she’s training to run this year’s race: all 26.2 miles of it. Adrianne Haslet-Davis said Wednesday she’ll run to help raise money and awareness for Limbs for Life, an Oklahoma City-based organization that provides prostheses to… Read More
Outrage! Roman statues, art hidden to avoid offending Iranian leader
Italy’s culture minister has criticized as “incomprehensible” the decision to cover up naked statues at a Rome museum where Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was visiting, adding a new twist to the controversy that has dominated Rouhani’s deal-making visit to Italy. Culture Minister Dario Franceschini told reporters Wednesday that neither he… Read More
Investors calm despite stock market woes
Panic is so passé. Investors are keeping their cool — and keeping their hands off of their retirement accounts — despite huge swings in the stock market that sent it careening to its worst start to a year ever. “They are just plugging away through the ups and downs of… Read More
Father charged with theft for taking away his kid’s cell phone!?
A Texas father who was accused of theft after he confiscated his 12-year-old daughter’s cellphone over an inappropriate text has been acquitted of the misdemeanor charge. A judge in Dallas found Ronald Jackson not guilty Tuesday, citing insufficient evidence. Grand Prairie police arrested Jackson a few hours after he commandeered… Read More
Overdue book finally returned… 50 years later!
A book has been returned to a library in western Michigan — 49 years later. The borrower told the library that he was a college student in 1967 when he checked out a book about World War II from the Herrick library in Holland. He wrote in a letter that… Read More
Nuns vs. strippers in courtroom drama
A convent in suburban Chicago plans to move forward with an effort to close a neighboring strip club even after a legal setback. Cook County Circuit Judge Peter Flynn on Tuesday told the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo to rework their lawsuit against Club Allure in Stone Park alleging… Read More
Did police murder Oregon militiaman?
It was long feared that the standoff at Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge between law enforcement and armed protesters would end in bloodshed. And the first shots came last night. One man is dead and seven were arrested after the FBI and Oregon State Police performed a traffic stop involving a group… Read More
Hillary’s 5 biggest flip-flops for 2016
There’s a reason even many of Hillary Clinton’s biggest supporters don’t fully trust her. They worry she will say just about anything to get elected. And evidence says, they’re right. She calls her ever-shifting views a sign she is “evolving,” but others would call it something else entirely. “You wonder… Read More