Catch your breath and say, “I do”. One couple ran away to get married … at the Chicago Marathon. Stephanie Reinhart says she just wanted a “short and sweet ceremony.” Mark Jockel wanted a big wedding surrounded by friends and family. The 35-year-old Reinhart and 46-year-old Jockel compromised, marrying at… Read More
That didn’t take long! Iran test fires long-range ballistic missile
Iran successfully test fired a new guided long-range ballistic surface-to-surface missile, state TV reported on Sunday. It was the first such a test since Iran and world powers reach a historical nuclear deal. Iran’s Defense Minister Gen. Hossein Dehghan, told the channel that the liquid-fuel missile “will obviously boost the… Read More
This Halloween decoration scared her neighbors so bad, they called the cops!
Spooky, but safe! A dummy placed face down in a Detroit woman’s front yard as a Halloween prank has prompted repeated visits by police. Larethia Haddon says police showed up Tuesday, the first day she put the dummy out. Officer Jennifer Moreno tells The Detroit News that officers arrived again Wednesday… Read More
Rock star to Trump: Don’t use our song!
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is asking Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to stop using the power ballad “Dream On” at campaign events. Attorneys for Tyler sent a second cease-and-desist letter to Trump’s campaign committee on Saturday. The letter says that Trump does “not have our client’s permission to use ‘Dream… Read More
Clean or unsportsmanlike? The leg-breaking baseball slide everyone is talking about
Whether you think it was a clean play, or a cheapshot, this much is certain: Anyone who bemoans that baseball’s gone soft never covered second base with Chase Utley bearing down on a potential double play. Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Utley was suspended for two playoff games by Major League Baseball… Read More
Midwest woman goes “medieval” on home invader
En Garde! An Indiana woman refused to be a damsel in distress, and instead used her training in medieval combat to fight off and capture a home intruder. The Indianapolis Star reports 43-year-old Karen Dolley of Indianapolis threw punches until she had the man cornered during the Thursday night break-in. She then kept… Read More
Whoa! Big changes coming to Facebook
Big changes are coming to the way you ‘like’ things on Facebook. Soon, the company may add Love, Angry, Haha, Sad, Yay and Wow as responses. Facebook is adding a range of new emotional reactions to the iconic thumbs-up icon it launched in 2009. You won’t see the new emoji right… Read More
Scientists concerned about “zombie” honeybees
It’s not exactly primetime television like “The Walking Dead,” but scientists are still concerned about zombie-like bees. Honeybees are being threatened by tiny flies that infect them and lead them to lurch and stagger around like zombies. The afflicted bees often make uncharacteristic night flights, sometimes buzzing around porch lights before… Read More
See this prince get baptized (pics)
The sixth in line to the Swedish throne, the newborn son of Princess Madeleine and New York banker Christopher O’Neill, was baptized Sunday near Stockholm. Prince Nicolas Paul Gustaf, also to be known as the Duke of Angermanland after a province in northern Sweden, is the first grandson of King… Read More
You won’t believe this beauty queen’s new outfit
They’re iconic in Thailand, but does that make it a good outfit? The smoke-belching, ear-splitting, undisciplined rickshaws known as tuk-tuks are part of the chaos on Bangkok’s clogged streets. Soon however, the tuk-tuk will stroll down a more refined runway, when Miss Thailand pays homage to her country at the Miss… Read More