The spacecraft that gave us the first close-up views of Pluto now has a much smaller object in its sights. NASA’s New Horizons was programmed to fire its thrusters Thursday afternoon, putting it on track to fly past a recently discovered, less than 30-mile-wide object out on the solar system… Read More
Sold! Compound from armed standoff hits auction block
Two New Hampshire properties — including a 100-acre compound at the center of a 2007 armed standoff with federal agents that featured underground escape routes — were finally sold at auction Thursday. The auction punctuated a two-year effort to sell the properties belonging to tax evaders Ed and Elaine Brown,… Read More
Beauty queen arrives to help class “study”
There she is, Miss America… in class! Former Miss America Kate Shindle has become the subject of an Ivy League classroom. A Brown University class being offered for the first time this fall is giving students the opportunity to examine how and why pageantry and femininity have become linked in… Read More
Georgia man gets DUI while driving… what!?
We’re not sure how proud mom would be about this one. A Conyers, GA man has been accused of DUI and public drunkenness… while operating a motorized wheelchair inside a grocery store. Multiple media outlets are reporting that 48-year-old Danny W. Mitchell was cited Friday at a Kroger supermarket. According… Read More
Man reunited with car 30 YEARS after it was stolen
A northeastern Ohio man has been reunited with his car after it was reported stolen more than 30 years ago. The (Canton) Repository reports that 52-year-old Ron Reolfi bought the 1968 Chevrolet Camaro for around $600 when he was 19. The North Canton man last saw the car on Oct…. Read More
Scientists: MASSIVE earthquake about to hit US
Get ready, California – the big one IS coming. There is a 99.9 percent chance of a magnitude-5 or greater earthquake striking within three years in the greater Los Angeles area, where a similar sized tremor caused more than $12 million in damage last year, according to a study by… Read More
Popular 70s rock star passes away
Cory Wells, a founding member of the popular 1970s band Three Dog Night and lead singer on such hits as “Never Been to Spain” and “Mama Told Me (Not to Come),” has died at age 74. Wells experienced acute back pain weeks ago and died suddenly Tuesday in Dunkirk, where… Read More
US military serviceman killed during daring rescue
A U.S. defense official says a U.S. military operation to rescue 70 hostages from ISIS resulted in one U.S. fatality. 10 ISIS fighters were killed by these US forces during the rescue mission. Details are still emerging in advance of an expected U.S. public announcement. But the official says the… Read More
Something stinks… The Great Pennsylvania Cheese Conspiracy
Something stinks – and it’s not the cheese! A Pennsylvania manufacturer is accused of selling imitation Parmesan and Romano cheese that actually contained other cheeses, including cheddar and Swiss. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports Universal Cheese & Drying Inc. and International Packing LLC were charged Tuesday with conspiracy. Prosecutors say the… Read More
[Pics] The eight “2015 American Hero Dog” award finalists
Of the eight finalists in the American Humane Association’s 2015 American Hero Dog contest, Harley is the oldest, smallest and most unlikely of winners. After 10 years of abuse in a Midwestern puppy mill, Harley has a diseased heart, rotted mouth, fused spine, broken tail, gnarled toes, deformed legs and… Read More