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| Fast food has overtaken the French marketplace Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:52 PM PDT It appears that Freedom Fries have liberated the French from their historically good taste. The French have long held culinary standards and aren't afraid to flaunt their commitment to quality. But even the world's first foodies have their limits, if a new study is to be believed. That's because new data says the French have [...] Full Story | Top |
| Soaring and ‘genuinely silly’ prom costs prompt families to budget for big dance Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:48 PM PDT Devon Walker in his tux. (Photo courtesy of Russell Pankratz) Don't call this prom cheap. It's more like financially sane. When Kim Jacobs Walker's son, Devon Pankratz, told her he had decided to attend his high-school prom this spring, it was "a happy surprise," she says. Pankratz, 18, had never been to a school dance, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Dreadlocks banana guy gets Taiwanese animation treatment Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:21 PM PDT Henry Gribbohm, the New Hampshire man who says he lost $2,600—his entire life savings—playing a carnival game that was "rigged," has become a something of a viral Internet star thanks, in large part, to the stuffed banana he took home as a consolation prize. The 30-year-old from Epsom, N.H., was playing a game called Tubs [...] Full Story | Top |
| Death Valley Dreamlapse 2 will knock your socks off Wednesday, May 01, 2013 10:31 AM PDT A new time-lapse video, Death Valley Dreamlapse 2 from Sunchaser Pictures, takes viewers on another virtual trip to beautiful and mysterious Death Valley. The footage, shot and edited by Gavin Heffernan, is sure to leave viewers spellbound. It includes sensational star trails, astonishing landscapes and wild photographic techniques like "moonpainting." Plus, you'll see the sliding [...] Full Story | Top |
| Carjacking victim in bombing case speaks out Wednesday, May 01, 2013 09:37 AM PDT The man carjacked by one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers after the attack is speaking out about his ordeal—but not revealing himself, at least to the public. "Danny," identified as a 26-year-old Chinese entrepreneur, gave on-camera interviews to NBC, CBS and CNN this week, with his face darkened and voice modified to protect his [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ex-lawmakers search for signs of intelligent life in Washington Wednesday, May 01, 2013 09:22 AM PDT All the pieces of a formal congressional hearing were in place. A row of lawmakers with furrowed brows were seated in wide, leather chairs behind an elevated table with microphones. Water pitchers and engraved nameplates were in front of them. A second, smaller table was set up below for witnesses to deliver their expert testimonies. [...] Full Story | Top |
| And they’re off: Election ads go live in Virginia, New Jersey Wednesday, May 01, 2013 08:29 AM PDT Three gubernatorial campaigns released television ads this week in preparation for the November 2013 elections, signs of a grueling state election season ahead. Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe, Virginia Republican Ken Cuccinelli and New Jersey Republican Chris Christie all unveiled TV spots Wednesday in an effort to define their candidacies in the early days of their [...] Full Story | Top |
| Petition to remake Confederate monument splits Georgians Wednesday, May 01, 2013 08:17 AM PDT Depending on whom you ask, the enormous monument carved into Georgia's Stone Mountain is either a proud statement or a blight and an embarrassment. Depicting the only president of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis, riding beside Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, it's two football fields wide, making it the largest of its kind. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Breaking: 3 more suspects in Boston Marathon bombings case taken into custody Wednesday, May 01, 2013 08:10 AM PDT Authorities arrested three additional suspects in connection to the Boston Marathon bombings, the Boston Police Department confirmed to Yahoo News. Two of the suspects are Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both Kazakh nationals who attended school with bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The two appeared in federal court Wednesday where they ordered held without bail. One [...] Full Story | Top |
| A ‘Bag Man’ dad may sue the New York Post Wednesday, May 01, 2013 07:35 AM PDT The father of one of the young men the New York Post said were sought by the FBI in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings might sue the tabloid for tabbing his son as a suspect. El Houssein Barhoum, whose teenage son, Salah Barhoum, is pictured on the April 18 cover of the New York [...] Full Story | Top |
| Poll: Tsarnaev should be tried in nonmilitary court Wednesday, May 01, 2013 07:04 AM PDT Nearly 75 percent of Americans want Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is accused of bombing the Boston Marathon, to be tried in a nonmilitary federal court, a new Washington Post/ABC poll finds. Seventy percent said they believe Tsarnaev should be put to death if found guilty. Past polls have shown that Americans are generally more supportive of [...] Full Story | Top |
| 9-year-old boy helps nab home invasion suspects Wednesday, May 01, 2013 06:56 AM PDT Two armed robbers were no match for a kid. According to a story from ClickonDetroit, the two men had knocked on the door of a Hazel Park, Mich., home on Sunday. Posing as friends of a family member, they forced their way into the house, had the adults lie down on the floor with blankets [...] Full Story | Top |
| HBO documentary focuses on women who searched for bin Laden Wednesday, May 01, 2013 05:48 AM PDT In Kathryn Bigelow's movie "Zero Dark Thirty," Jessica Chastain played Maya, a young CIA operative whose stubborn pursuit of Osama bin Laden played a major role in the al-Qaida leader's death. The film garnered both awards (including a Golden Globe for Chastain) and controversy—largely because of graphic scenes depicting the CIA's use of torture on [...] Full Story | Top |
| Paula Broadwell: ‘I’ve made some mistakes, but I’m trying to look forward’ Wednesday, May 01, 2013 05:44 AM PDT Paula Broadwell, the woman at the center of the 2012 sex scandal that rocked the Central Intelligence Agency and led to the resignation of its director, Gen. David Petraeus, has not spoken publicly since their affair was first reported in November. But Broadwell, who wrote Petraeus' biography, "All In," attended an annual YMCA prayer breakfast [...] Full Story | Top |
| Young minds with big ideas: Meet the whiz kids of the White House Science Fair Wednesday, May 01, 2013 04:13 AM PDT Politics Confidential 10-year-old Evan Jackson had just made a touchdown in his football game, but he had to be pulled off to the sideline because he had overheated. It got him thinking, along with his brother Alec and cousin Caleb: what if there were a way to keep football players cool and hydrated without having [...] Full Story | Top |
| 5 shot at ‘crab festival’ in Florida, but wait, there’s a catch Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 07:05 PM PDT For most people, a Florida crab festival brings to mind a mellow time with ample beverages to wash down the abundance of crustacean culinary delights. But one Florida crab fest was anything but after five people were shot, including one man who later died. And as the Sun-Sentinel reports, shooting or not, the event isn't [...] Full Story | Top |
| 300 gallons of urine found in man’s home Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 03:41 PM PDT Police are trying to figure out exactly how to handle one man's truly wasteful collection after 300 gallons of bottled urine were discovered inside a residential home. According to the News-Times, Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) spokesman Dennis Schain said authorities found "200 to 300 one-gallon plastic jugs filled with human urine" [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sunken Egyptian city reveals 1,200-year-old secrets Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 01:17 PM PDT Until a decade ago, no one knew if Heracleion, believed to be an ancient harbor city, was fiction or real. Now, reports the Telegraph, the researchers who found it—150 feet beneath the surface of Egypt's Bay of Aboukir—are sharing some of the amazing historical artifacts preserved there. The finds include 64 ships, 16-foot-tall statues, 700 [...] Full Story | Top |
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