(AP)VIENNAAustrian hazmat specialists called in after Geiger counters showed alarmingly high readings for a dump truck arriving at an incinerator have found the problem – radioactive adult diapers. After unloading the truck, firefighters from the hazardous materials unit of the city
(AP) First batch of chemical weapons taken out of SyriaBy DIAA HADID and MIKE CORDERAssociated PressBEIRUTThe first batch of the most dangerous chemicals in Syria’s arsenal was loaded onto a Danish ship and taken out of the country Tuesday under
(AP) ‘Transformers’ director walks off stage at CESLAS VEGAS Video of the cringe-worthy incident at the International CES gadget show in Las Vegas circulated on social media sites late Monday and early Tuesday. In a statement posted online and confirmed
(Reuters) – Embattled Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, whose department is plagued by allegations of civil rights violations and corruption, is set to announce his retirement rather than seek re-election, a California newspaper reported on Monday. A spokesman for
(AP) UN decides to stop updating Syria death tollBy JOHN HEILPRINAssociated PressGENEVAThe U.N.’s human rights office has stopped updating the death toll from Syria’s civil war, confirming Tuesday that it can no longer verify the sources of information that led
(AP) Police: In cold, escaped inmate turns himself inFRANKFORT, Ky.Just how cold is it in Kentucky? Apparently cold enough for an escaped prisoner to decide to turn himself in.Authorities said the inmate escaped from a minimum security facility in Lexington
(AP) Travelers spend night on 3 snowbound Amtrak trainsCHICAGOHundreds of Amtrak passengers who spent the night onboard three trains stranded in snow in northern Illinois have begun to arrive in Chicago, rail line officials said Tuesday morning.About 300 passengers on
Nearly 90% of the United States is frozen as severe and deadly temperatures hit the country on Tuesday. The average temperature on Tuesday is barely over 14 degrees. In New York, temperatures reached a 118-year low. In Philadelphia, dangerous wind
(AP) Florida State breaks SEC run as final No. 1 in APBy RALPH D. RUSSOAP College Football WriterPASADENA, Calif.Move over SEC, Florida State is back on top. Florida State finished No. 1 in the final Associated Press college football poll,
(AP) Ralph Lauren’s niece held on ‘air rage’ chargesDUBLINThe niece of fashion designer Ralph Lauren has appeared in an Irish court on charges of being drunk and disorderly on a New York-bound plane. Jewelry designer Jenny Lauren was arrested after
(AP) Chinese ship breaks free of ice in AntarcticaBEIJINGA Chinese icebreaker that became trapped last week after coming to the rescue of a Russian research ship stuck in heavy sea ice in Antarctica broke free on Tuesday, state media reported.
(AP) Injured Lindsey Vonn skipping Sochi OlympicsBy HOWARD FENDRICHAP Sports WriterLindsey Vonn will miss the Sochi Olympics because of a right knee injury, leaving the Winter Games without one of its biggest stars. The 29-year-old from Vail, Colo., announced her
(AP) Coroner: Priest beaten to death with stake, pipeBy JEFF BARNARDAssociated PressGRANTS PASS, Ore.A beloved priest who was killed in the Northern California city of Eureka was beaten to death with a wooden stake and a metal gutter pipe, his
(AP) In one frozen town, cigarettes worth freezing forBy JESSE WASHINGTONAP National WriterCORAOPOLIS, Pa.Certain essentials must be taken care of, no matter what. As a record freeze hit this hard-luck town outside Pittsburgh early Tuesday, basic needs came down to
(AP) Showdown set on unemployment bill in SenateBy DAVID ESPOAP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTONThe new year looks a lot like the old one in the Senate, with Democrats scratching for votes to pass an agenda they share with President Barack Obama, and
(AP) For Obama, Congress, a last grasp at immigrationBy JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressWASHINGTONHis agenda tattered by last year’s confrontations and missteps, President Barack Obama begins 2014 clinging to the hope of winning a lasting legislative achievement: an overhaul of immigration laws.
(AP) Syrian activists say colleagues killed by al-QaidaBy DIAA HADIDAssociated PressBEIRUTAn al-Qaida group fighting in Syria against rebels trying to dislodge it from opposition-held parts of the country has killed at least four activists it held captive in the area,
(AP) Group unveils Satan statue design for OklahomaBy SEAN MURPHYAssociated PressOKLAHOMA CITYA satanic group unveiled designs Monday for a 7-foot-tall statue of Satan it wants to put at the Oklahoma state Capitol, where a Ten Commandments monument was placed in
(AP) Global disasters killed more, cost less in 2013BERLINThe German insurance company Munich Re says some 20,000 people died in natural disasters last year, about twice as many as in 2012. Most of the deaths resulted from Typhoon Haiyan that
(AP) Attacks in Iraq kill 4 as siege in Anbar continuesBy SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADOfficials say attacks in Iraq have killed at least four people as government troops continue their siege of two cities overrun by al-Qaida in western Anbar province.
(AP) Coal surge sullies Germany’s clean energy imageBERLINThe share of electricity generated from coal rose in Germany last year as the country seeks to achieve its ambitious aim of switching off all nuclear power plants by 2022. Industry figures published
By RICK CALLAHANAssociated PressINDIANAPOLISFrigid air that snapped decades-old records will make venturing outside dangerous for a second straight day, this time spreading to southern and eastern parts of the U.S. and keeping many schools and businesses shuttered. Meanwhile, residents driven
(AP) 2 NJ men admit operating bogus Sept. 11 charityTRENTON, N.J.Two New Jersey men who operated a bogus Sept. 11 charity by selling T-shirts with the logos of the New York City police and fire departments out of a custom-painted
Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, told Breitbart News on Monday that Dennis Rodman’s basketball game in North Korea on Kim Jong-un’s birthday is a “propaganda” win for the regime at a time
From CNS News: “Excessively high temperatures” are “already” harming public health nationwide, Pres. Obama declared on Nov. 1, 2013, two months before today’s assault by record low temperatures. In his executive order on climate change, Obama warned that too much rain –
