As if free travel to meet dictators and lucrative foreign school scholarships weren’t enough, attorneys for a 14-year-old Muslim boy arrested after the “homemade” clock he took to his Dallas-area school was mistaken for a possible bomb said Monday he deserves $15 million. A law firm representing Ahmed Mohamed sent… Read More
“Mister Ugly” contest ends in riot when handsome man wins… We can’t make this stuff up!
Talk about an ugly turn of events. Pageant judges crowned a new winner of Zimbabwe’s 4th annual “Mister Ugly” contest, upsetting supporters of the crowd favorite who called the winner too handsome and prompting rioting at the event. Judges on Saturday chose 42-year-old Mison Sere, citing his numerous missing front… Read More
Busted! Emails reveal Coca-Cola’s involvement with ‘weight loss’ group
A nonprofit founded to combat obesity says the $1.5 million it received from Coke has no influence on its work. But emails just obtained by The Associated Press show the world’s largest beverage maker was instrumental in shaping the Global Energy Balance Network, which is led by a professor at… Read More
Traitor on the loose: Infamous Soviet spy set free
A former National Security Agency employee convicted of selling defense and communication secrets he gained during his career to the Soviet Union is being released from federal custody 30 years after his arrest, it’s being reported. Prison records show the sentence for cold-war-era spy Ronald Pelton, 74, ends on Tuesday…. Read More
[Mugshots] See the teens charged with murdering pastor’s pregnant wife
Authorities charged two men with murder on Monday in the fatal shooting of a pastor’s pregnant wife during a home invasion of the couple’s Indianapolis home. Amanda Blackburn, 28, was found partially nude and with her shirt pulled up, lying in a pool of blood on her living room floor…. Read More
A victory for death: Planned Parenthood lawyers overturn law
A Wisconsin law that requires abortion providers to get admitting privileges at nearby hospitals is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court panel ruled Monday. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel’s 2-1 decision doesn’t put the question to rest. Nearly a dozen states have imposed similar requirements on abortion providers,… Read More
Hellish storms leave thousands of Americans without power
Janet Gray, one of thousands of people in the Spokane area still without power following a major windstorm, gave up living in her house when the thermostat hit 38 degrees and moved to a hotel. Despite the cold, food she bought for Thanksgiving spoiled and she called off dinner plans… Read More
Hit album SHATTERS previous sales record
Adele’s new album “25” has sold more than 2.3 million copies in the United States alone during its first three days on the market, a stunning number for a music industry that has seen sales steadily fall in the digital era. To put that into perspective, only Taylor Swift’s “1989,”… Read More
Big Pharma set to get bigger
Pfizer and Allergan are joining in the biggest buyout of the year, a $160 billion stock deal that will create the world’s largest drugmaker. It’s also the largest so-called inversion, where an American corporation combines with a company headquartered in a country with a lower corporate tax rate, saving potentially… Read More
Trump to GOP: I’ll run against you
Republican Donald Trump on Sunday refused to rule out an independent bid for president in 2016, a move that could divide Republican voters and offer an easy victory to Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton. Asked on ABC’s “This Week” whether he would consider a third-party run if GOP opponents try… Read More