ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Police in the Albuquerque suburb of Rio Rancho say they’re investigating the deaths of “several” people at a home. Police aren’t saying how many people are dead, releasing how they died or providing other details. However, police Lt. Paul Rogers said there’s no threat to the public …
Read More »Man uses his head to smash his way into a Fla. convenience store to steal lottery tickets
ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida authorities say a smash-and-grab robber made-off with more than $10,000 worth of scratch-off lottery tickets after he broke into a convenience story by head-butting his way through the glass front door. Surveillance video captured the hooded suspect in a crouch barreling headfirst into the Sunshine Food …
Read More »Religious freedom Laws
In a story March 31 about laws known as Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, The Associated Press reported that Douglas Laycock, a constitutional scholar at the University of Virginia Law School, expressed frustration that gay rights advocates criticizing the Indiana version of the law did not acknowledge that the laws had …
Read More »Report: Violations lead to stricter federal oversight for United Airlines
CHICAGO – Federal aviation regulators have increased their oversight of United Airlines after finding violations of pilot qualification and scheduling rules, according to a published report. The Wall Street Journal reported that a high-ranking Federal Aviation Administration official told United of the agency’s concerns in a Feb. 6 letter. The …
Read More »Ohio woman's search for birth mother has a surprising discovery _ she's a co-worker
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A 38-year-old woman’s quest to find her birth mother ended in a surprising place — the company where she works. WKBN-TV in Youngstown reports http://bit.ly/1ztZr15 that La-Sonya Mitchell-Clark requested records that were made available recently by the Ohio Department of Health. She learned her mother’s name is …
Read More »Salt Lake City couple dies within hours of each other after being married 74 years
SALT LAKE CITY – A funeral service has been set for a Salt Lake City couple who died within a few hours of each other after being married for 74 years. Madelyn Yensen died April 7 after suffering a seizure, while her husband, Marcus, died of heart failure about five …
Read More »Rhode Island man launches ad campaign to match wife with rare blood type to a kidney donor
WARWICK, R.I. – A Rhode Island man is getting creative in his search to secure a kidney donor for his wife. Jim Small, of Warwick, is exhausting all avenues to find a donor to match his wife’s rare type O-negative blood. WJAR-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1IF7nDO ) Small first started with a …
Read More »Two Sides to Every Story
When’s the last time you saw media coverage of a rally for war against Saddam? I’ll save you the trouble: next to never. And that despite 10,000 gathering in Cleveland this past weekend, another 10,000 marching in Houston and thousands more in places like Nashville and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Patriotic Americans …
Read More »Drivers leave hearse with flag-draped coffin inside in doughnut shop parking lot
NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Two Florida hearse drivers have been fired after they stopped at a doughnut shop with a flag-draped coffin in the vehicle on the way to a funeral and an outraged man sent a video to a local veterans group. Multiple news outlets report Rob Carpenter …
Read More »Relatives of Murdered Iraqis Tracking Down Their Loved Ones Watching Videotapes
And now the most engrossing two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Watch it in the Screening Room! Reel Deal Relatives of Iraqis murdered by Saddam Hussein’s regime are having so much trouble tracking down their lost loved ones that they are …
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