Chipotle said it has been subpoenaed as part of a federal criminal investigation and that sales plummeted 30 percent in December after a series of food scares at its restaurants. The company said in a regulatory filing it was asked to produce a broad range of documents tied to a… Read More
Out-of-control coach suspended for head-butting referee
A Langhorne, Pennsylvania high school basketball coach who apparently head-butted a referee during a game has been put on leave. Videos posted online show Neshaminy High School boys basketball coach Jerry Devine confronting a referee Tuesday night after he disagreed with a foul call. The team was trailing Pennsbury High… Read More
School bus makes unplanned stop… in a sinkhole!
Baltimore County police say a school bus carrying high school students got stuck in a sinkhole that opened up after a water main break, but the students got off safely. Police said in social media posts that the bus carrying Dulaney High School students got stuck Wednesday morning in Cockeysville,… Read More
Travesty of justice! Sheriff orders prized whiskey destroyed
Prized bottles of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon that were spirited away by a whiskey-theft ring in Kentucky might end up being destroyed rather than auctioned off, a sheriff said Wednesday. Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton backed off his suggestion that 28 bottles of the prestigious Pappy Van Winkle brand be… Read More
Rivals attack as Chris Christie rises in New Hampshire
Chris Christie is the Republican presidential candidate on the move in second-to-vote New Hampshire — so say the super PACs helping the New Jersey governor’s rivals. Marco Rubio’s backers recently put $1 million into anti-Christie advertising, according to filings with federal election regulators. That follows a Christie-themed mailing earlier this week… Read More
Real-life Lassie saves the day in Massachusetts
It was a scene straight out of an episode of “Lassie.” Police in Orange, Massachusetts say a dog approached an officer on Tuesday barking frantically and then led the officer across a field and down an icy, 30-foot embankment, where the dog’s canine companion had become entangled in the undergrowth…. Read More
Trump drops Cruz bombshell: “He can’t be president.”
Billionaire Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who repeatedly questioned whether President Barack Obama was born in America, seems to be raising fresh questions about Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s eligibility to be president. And with that, conservatives’ dream of a Trump-Cruz ticket seems to have gone up in smoke. Deploying a… Read More
Is Hillary a socialist? Watch her struggle to explain
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she’s not a socialist. But when pressed in a recent interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews to explain the difference between a Democrat and a socialist, Clinton was left flummoxed. Watch Clinton fumble, even as Matthews tries to throw her a lifeline. What do you… Read More
Supreme Court to deal death blow to unions?
In just five days the United States Supreme Court will hear a case that could financially ruin public unions nationwide and spell an end to Big Labor’s influence in politics. But critics are arguing that the case is a stunt meant to attack unions, which typically support Democratic candidates, ahead… Read More
The crying game? Obama tears up over gun plan
A good, public cry may have cost Edmund Muskie his 1972 bid for the presidency and led to questions about his composure. But welcome to 2016 — and the new, softer side of American politics. Tears streaking his cheeks, President Barack Obama launched a final-year push Tuesday to tighten sales… Read More