Giant fighting robots have never left the realm of science fiction… Until now. Megabots Inc., an Oakland, California-based startup, has built a 15-foot mechanical gladiator called the Mark II and challenged a Japanese firm to an international battle for robot supremacy. Tokyo-based Suidobashi Heavy Industries, maker of the 13-foot Kuratas,… Read More
Government restores child molester’s $5K-a-month pension
Pennsylvania is restoring the nearly $5,000-a-month pension of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky that was taken away when he was sentenced to decades in prison on child molestation convictions, after a court ruling favored Sandusky Friday. A Commonwealth Court panel ruled unanimously that the State Employees’ Retirement Board… Read More
French Pres: We will be merciless against these barbarians
Speaking at the concert hall where the worst of Friday’s Paris attacks took place, French President Francois Hollande had strong words for the Islamic State. “We are going to lead a fight, it will be pitiless.” Hollande went on, “Because when terrorists are capable of committing such atrocities they must be… Read More
The US stands in solidarity after terror attacks rock Paris
The U.S. stands “in solidarity with France, as it has stood with us so often in the past,” U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said after this week’s terror attacks in Paris. “This is a devastating attack on our shared values and we at the Department of Justice will do everything within… Read More
Delaware emu panic at an end
An emu whose escape more than 60 days ago prompted lockdowns at two Delaware elementary schools has been captured. Daniel Shortridge is a spokesman for the state Department of Agriculture. He is quoted by The News-Journal of Wilmington as saying that private parties and state officials netted the flightless bird… Read More
TV star attacked, beaten by homeless man in LA
TV star Pauley Perrette, who plays forensic scientist Abby Sciuto on the popular television drama NCIS, says she was “alone, terrified and trapped” when an allegedly homeless man attacked her and threatened to kill her as she walked in front of her Hollywood home. The actress tweeted that she thought… Read More
Trump: Ben Carson is a pathological liar!
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump didn’t let up his blistering critique of rival Ben Carson, issuing a new online video ad that calls him a “violent criminal” or “pathological liar.” Trump, brushing aside any recent claims of civility, has equated Carson’s childhood “pathological temper” to the illness of a child… Read More
US Postal Service loses… HOW much in 2015!?
Ouch, $5.1 billion… That the loss the Postal Service reported on Friday for the just-completed 2015 fiscal cycle — but that’s a slight improvement over 2014. The loss reflects continued erosion in the delivery of first class mail as well as expensive mandates for funding retiree health care. There was… Read More
Unfit for office: 5 scandals Hillary wants us to forget
They say most politicians have a few skeletons in their closets. But current Democratic frontrunner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has enough to start a small cemetery. Even before “email-gate” and the tragedy in Benghazi, Clinton’s name was linked to several shocking scandals. And as she crisscrosses the country… Read More
Obama agent busted ‘sexting’ teen girl
While he was working security at the White House, a uniformed Secret Service officer was also trying to solicit a teenage girl for sex and sending obscene images and texts online, according to the charges against him. His arrest is the latest embarrassment for the agency charged with protecting the… Read More