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| Thatcher hashtag sparks confusion over death of Cher Monday, Apr 08, 2013 11:53 AM PDT When former UK prime minster Margaret Thatcher died on Monday following a stroke, a group critical of her politics and policies took to Twitter with a hashtag #nowthatchersdead. The hash tag is supposed to read: "Now Thatcher's dead." But when mashed into one word, some people read it as: "Now that Cher's dead." Panic and [...] Full Story | Top |
| 300 taxis combine headlights to illuminate airstrip for emergency flight Monday, Apr 08, 2013 11:53 AM PDT A fleet of hundreds of taxis came to the rescue at an airstrip in Peru by forming a chain so that their headlights lit a local airstrip for a rescue plane's emergency takeoff. The small, remote airstrip is not designed for nighttime flights. Three sick people were flown to a hospital after the motorcycle taxis [...] Full Story | Top |
| The same-sex marriage Senate endorsement tracker Monday, Apr 08, 2013 11:03 AM PDT The cascade of senators announcing or clarifying their support for same-sex marriage in the past two weeks has somewhat obscured the fact that more than half of the Democrats in the Senate backed the policy before it became fashionable. By the time Vice President Joe Biden abruptly announced his own support for the policy on [...] Full Story | Top |
| Dog owner retrieves $100 bills swallowed by pet Monday, Apr 08, 2013 10:58 AM PDT During the Watergate investigation, Deep Throat famously told Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward to "follow the money." Wayne Klinkel took the advice to an extreme conclusion after his dog swallowed five $100 bills, reports the Independent Record. For days, Klinkel followed his golden retriever Sundance, methodically retrieving the lost bills each time the 12-year-old dog [...] Full Story | Top |
| 1 in 9 middle and high schoolers suspended during school year Monday, Apr 08, 2013 09:11 AM PDT One in 9 students in middle and high schools in the 2009-2010 school year were suspended at least once, according to a new report by a civil rights group concerned that the high suspension rate may be pushing kids to drop out of school altogether. Most out-of-school suspensions were handed out for relatively minor infractions, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Chelsea Clinton doesn’t rule out bid for public office Monday, Apr 08, 2013 08:43 AM PDT After years of refusing to talk to the press, Chelsea Clinton has gradually raised her public profile over the past year, inking a deal as a special correspondent for NBC News and taking on a more prominent role in the Clinton Foundation—run by her father, former President Bill Clinton. Not surprisingly, that has led to [...] Full Story | Top |
| White House to bring Newtown families aboard Air Force One Monday, Apr 08, 2013 08:42 AM PDT UPDATE 1:55 p.m. ET Air Force One will fly 11 family members of victims of the Newtown, Conn., shootings to Washington with President Barack Obama after his speech on Monday on gun violence at the University of Hartford, the White House confirmed. White House press secretary Jay Carney said at Monday's press briefing that, before [...] Full Story | Top |
| They’re (almost) here! The cicadas are coming Monday, Apr 08, 2013 08:19 AM PDT It's not a welcomed reunion, but after 17 years the cicadas are set to return to the East Coast. Insect experts say that starting in mid April to late May, residents from North Carolina to New England will witness the emergence of billions upon billions of the singing insects. For them to emerge, the ground [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama on Thatcher: ‘A true friend’ of U.S., example for women Monday, Apr 08, 2013 07:46 AM PDT President Barack Obama on Monday mourned the passing of British former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, saying in a statement, "The world has lost one of the great champions of freedom and liberty, and America has lost a true friend. "As a grocer's daughter who rose to become Britain's first female prime minister, she stands as [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sculptor Eugene Daub: Rosa Parks ‘Made a Stand by Sitting’ Monday, Apr 08, 2013 07:26 AM PDT The last time Congress commissioned a statue for the U.S. Capitol, Ulysses S. Grant was president, the first cable cars were making their way up San Francisco streets, and Levi Strauss patented blue jeans. When President Barack Obama unveiled the sculpture of Rosa Parks this past February, it not only was the first commissioned statue [...] Full Story | Top |
| Man buys toy poodles, discovers they’re actually ferrets on steroids Monday, Apr 08, 2013 05:59 AM PDT An Argentine man who thought he bought a pair of poodles at an outdoor market in Buenos Aires brought them home to the vet only to be told they were actually ferrets on steroids, reports the Daily Mail. The man, a retiree from Catamarca, purchased the animals at La Salada, Argentina's largest bazaar. The veterinarian [...] Full Story | Top |
| Monday in politics: Obama takes gun violence campaign to Conn., and more Monday, Apr 08, 2013 02:57 AM PDT  President Barack Obama heads to Connecticut on Monday to continue his push for "common-sense measures to reduce gun violence." Obama will speak at the University of Hartford, and he'll also meet with families affected by the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown last December. [Gun control fight in focus for President Obama] [...] Full Story | Top |
| Is North Korea on the brink of war? Sunday, Apr 07, 2013 01:17 PM PDT Politicians and pundits painted a pretty bleak picture of the situation in North Korea on the Sunday talk-show circuit, with South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham predicting a "major war" breaking out if Kim Jong Un attacks South Korea. "The North Koreans need to understand if they attack an American interest or an ally of this [...] Full Story | Top |
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