The crew of a U.S. warplane that attacked a medical charity’s hospital in northern Afghanistan last month, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, misidentified the target, believing it to be a government compound taken over by the Taliban, according to an investigation report obtained Wednesday. The report said the crew… Read More
Wrong way teen accidentally runs a full marathon
A Pennsylvania teenager’s family says he accidentally ran all 26.2 miles of the Philadelphia Marathon because he missed a turn on his half-marathon course. WPVI-TV reports Evan Megoulas runs on his high school’s cross country team in Palmyra, 80 miles west of Philadelphia. He set out Sunday to run the 13.1-mile… Read More
James Bond sneaks into Iran
Even amid warnings about Western infiltration, the famed fictional British spy James Bond still found a way to get into Iran. An ad hawking Omega watches appeared in the daily newspaper Shargh on Tuesday, featuring actor Daniel Craig wearing one of the timepieces while in character as 007. While the… Read More
How to protest police: Send unwanted donuts. LOTS of them
A California man sent 20 dozen coconut doughnuts to police officers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as payback for getting kicked out of a Badger football game. The man traveled from Los Angeles to see the Badgers play Northwestern at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday. He was assigned a seat… Read More
E. coli outbreak! Keep this food OFF your Thanksgiving table
The strain of E. Coli linked to Costco chicken salad that has sickened 19 people in seven states is more likely to be life-threatening than a recent foodborne illness that led to the closure of some Chipotle restaurants in the Northwest People who bought chicken salad at any U.S. Costco… Read More
Warning: Islamic extremists will attack over Thanksgiving
The U.S. State Department is warning Americans traveling over the Thanksgiving holiday that three of the world’s deadliest terror groups could be planning attacks. The agency issued a formal travel warning Monday, cautioning citizens to be on high alert – especially during the holidays – following increased threats from militant groups… Read More
The lethal program Obama wants to keep secret
The Obama administration has won a court victory allowing it to keep secret various memos related to its legal justification for using drones to kill U.S. citizens, a federal appeals court said in a decision unsealed Monday. This could mean increased use of drone strikes against U.S. citizens, and some… Read More
Turkey admits to shooting down Russian jet
Turkey shot down a Russian fighter plane early this morning, supposedly after an incursion into Turkish air space. It was the first time a NATO member has downed a Russian plane in a half-century. Now, tensions between Washington and Moscow are reaching a boiling point, as America and her NATO allies… Read More
9/11 stories – Carson backs down, Trump doubles-down
Both Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson have made claims of alleged Muslim celebrations after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As the backlash begins, only one of them is still standing by his word. On Monday, Donald Trump claimed that he saw “thousands and thousands” of Muslims celebrating the 9/11 attacks… Read More
The PC police call for boycott over this movie’s depiction of transsexual
It seems everything is offensive these days. Paramount pictures release of the trailer for the upcoming Zoolander sequel this week caused an uproar among the political correctness police. In the movie, actor Benedict Cumberbatch portrays a transgender model that has outraged many because his, “character is clearly portrayed as an over-the-top,… Read More