Legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint, who racked up hits like “Working in the Coal Mine” and “Lady Marmalade” as a behind-the-scenes songwriter and producer before he gained new fame as a performer, died Tuesday, not long after a performance in Spain. He was 77. Rescue workers were called to… Read More
Alert! 63 million Americans threatened by dangerous weather this week
Forecasters are warning 63 million people in the central U.S. to have an eye out for bad weather this week as colliding air masses threaten to generate high winds and possibly tornadoes. The threat Wednesday stretches from San Antonio to Chicago to Cincinnati. It appeared Monday that Missouri, southern Illinois… Read More
Jeb Bush: Hell yeah, I’d kill baby Hitler
Presidential candidate Jeb Bush says he once got an email asking if he would go back in time, if it were possible, and kill the baby Adolf Hitler. Bush told the story to a Huffington Post reporter on the Bush campaign bus in New Hampshire last week. Bush’s answer, according… Read More
Despite Obama’s promises, homeless veterans still without help
Six years ago, the Obama administration set the ambitious goal of ending veteran homelessness in 2015 and ending the backlog in disability claims. Now it appears likely the Department of Veterans Affairs will miss both targets. The latest count available showed about 50,000 homeless veterans on a single night in January… Read More
Thermal scan of Egypt’s pyramids finds strange “anomaly”
Two weeks of new thermal scanning in Egypt’s Giza pyramids have identified anomalies, including a major one in the largest pyramid, the Antiquities Ministry announced Monday. Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty and technical experts working on the project showed the thermal differences in the pyramid in a live camera presentation to… Read More
‘Godzilla’ gator terrorizes Houston shopping center
What a monster! An alligator dubbed “Godzilla” and tipping the scales at more than 800 pounds is being taken to a gator reserve to live out its days, after being found wandering outside a Houston-area shopping center. Godzilla was discovered Saturday by people arriving for work at the center in… Read More
“Bear invasion” threatens this small town
Tourists and animal lovers hoping to see a bear in Sequoia National Park this fall probably stand a better chance of spotting one in this tiny town at the park’s entrance. Three Rivers, Calif. is literally crawling with hungry bears driven down from the mountains by drought in search of… Read More
Barber: You can’t fire me for being blind! Judge agrees, awards him HOW MUCH!?
A legally blind barber was awarded $100,000 by a Massachusetts commission against discrimination after it says he was wrongly fired. The Boston Herald reported Saturday that Joel Nixon had been working for Tony’s Barber Shop in Norton for a year before his boss discovered his condition. The 29-year-old has retinitis… Read More
Whoa! Mississippi parking lot swallows 12 cars (see the pics)
A cave-in of a restaurant parking lot in Mississippi swallowed 12 cars and now experts are expected to begin work Monday to determine the cause of the weekend collapse, authorities said. No one was reported injured when the pavement gave way Saturday night, leaving a long gash in the ground… Read More
Six men compete for $7.6 million in a card game
The man to beat at the World Series of Poker Main Event had an unrivaled tower of chips by night’s end and luck on his side. Joe McKeehen of Pennsylvania held an enormous lead going into the final three-day face-off with eight other players. Going into day two, he held… Read More