Busted! Comedian and TV star Steve Rannazzisi told a detailed story about working for Merrill Lynch on Sept. 11 in a podcast hosted by Marc Maron. The comedian said he felt jostled when the tower next to him was struck and he escaped to the street, despite hearing loudspeaker messages… Read More
Shooting pigs in the head… For science!
It has radical animal rights group squealing, but on Wednesday, scientists defended the practice of shooting pigs in the head. Researchers in New Zealand secured live pigs to a surgical table and shot them in the head with a pistol as part of a study on blood-spatter patterns. The government-funded… Read More
Parents to be penalized for not vaccinating their kids
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government said on Wednesday that it will pass a law that would withhold child care and other payments from families that fail to immunize their children. The “No Jab, No Pay Bill” introduced to Parliament would also remove a category of “conscientious objector” that… Read More
Terror cover-up in airplane disappearance?
Just weeks after a top French prosecutor said terrorism was being “actively investigated” — and months after a former Malaysian prime minister accused the CIA and world governments of engaging in a massive cover-up — the mystery continues to deepen around the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. An Air France… Read More
The guaranteed winner of tonight’s GOP debate is…
Tonight’s highly anticipated Republican debate will be a no-holds-bar slobber knocker compared to the first. At least two GOP candidates have vowed to attack front-runner Donald Trump: former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Who benefits most from this? Dr. Ben Carson, who is all but guaranteed… Read More
Man arrested for sniffing feet at the library – See the mugshot
MIAMI (AP) — Police say they’ve arrested a man days after a complaint that someone was spotted crawling under library tables and smelling a woman’s feet at Florida International University. Miami-Dade police say 52-year-old Eddy Juan was arrested Tuesday and charged with violation of sexual offender registration, fleeing and eluding,… Read More
Air traffic controllers: Planes could collide in mid air
There’s a big problem with our air travel system – it could cause planes to collide mid-air, and the airlines aren’t doing anything about it. That’s at least according to these five air traffic controllers. The five have exposed a problem that is putting planes at risk of colliding or… Read More
Governor: Trump may be clinically insane
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has been unloading on GOP frontrunner Donald Trump recently. But this week he took things to a whole new level with a scathing attack implying that Trump was a psychologically unbalanced madman who must be stopped. Through an Op-Ed published on CNN, Jindal essentially questioned Trump’s mental stability, and… Read More
Survivors of fire share stories of living hell
These seniors had what it took to pull off a narrow escape in the face of an out-of-control wildfire. Ranch managers Don and Martha Grimm barely escaped with only the clothes they were wearing as a destructive, fast-moving fire roared toward their Northern California home. Now they have to rebuild…. Read More
Is this sheriff the most dangerous man in America?
San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi may be the most dangerous man in America. He’s a convicted criminal that refuses to enforce federal law on immigration, and it is costing American lives. On Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson publicly vented his anger at Mirkarimi and others for their policy against… Read More