(AFP) – Every year in Argentina, the world’s sixth-largest meat supplier, one million pregnant cows are slaughtered. This year, in an attempt to solve this ethical and productivity problem, a new program is promoting the use of intrauterine devices for
(AP) Massive explosions rocked a central Florida propane gas plant, sending seven people to area hospitals. All the workers at the plant were accounted for early Tuesday after officials initially could not account for more than a dozen employees.
(AP) The mother of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin and a prominent black lawyers’ organization are keeping up the pressure for repeal of “stand your ground” self-defense laws.
(AP) When the new school year begins in Clarksville, Arkansas, some teachers will carry a slightly heavier workload – 9mm handguns. The school district is making use of a state law that allows teachers to carry concealed handguns on campus.
(AP) A Swiss adventurer is making his first public flights in the United States this summer with his custom-built jet suit. Yves Rossy, also known as ‘Jetman,’ is making appearances at the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture in Oshkosh.
CBS San Francisco: An airline employee and his wife are in big trouble, accused of stealing from the luggage pile in SFO airport which accumulated after the Asiana airplane crash.
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb retires from the NFL. “To all the fans, I truly love you,” McNabb said in his farewell press conference. “I gave everything I had. When I stepped out on that field, I never complained.”
CBS New York: Inez “Betty” Dickens is a New York City Councilwoman, and she heads the Council’s Ethic Committee. However, in several buildings she and her sister own, Dickens has been cited for almost 200 infractions of building codes, and
A new poll shows almost two thirds of San Diego residents want mayor Bob Filner out of office after over half a dozen women have accused him of sexual harassment.
Eliot Spitzer, candidate for New York City comptroller, appears on MSNBC’s “Hardball” to discuss New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner and his recently-revealed sexting scandal which took place after his resignation from Congress.
Terry McAuliffe talks immigration in a January 30, 2007 interview on KPPC radio.
Jonny Gomes and Ryan Dempster try their hand at fixing the dugout phone that was damaged by David Ortiz on Saturday…
KUSA-TV: FORT COLLINS – Fort Collins police have asked local religious organizations to keep an eye out for suspicious behavior after a self-proclaimed “Islamist jihadist” threatened Mormons and Catholics “would be destroyed” in the next two weeks, a memo sent
Secretary of State John Kerry praised President Obama on Monday for his “engagement” in the Middle East and the focus on resuming the peace talks between Israel and Palestine. Kerry announced that former ambassador to Israel Israel, Martin Indyk, to
An official with the Postal Union said that new efforts by the United State Postal Service and Congress to cut costs of the indebted agency is “a roadmap to destroy the postal service as we know it.”
KITV: On the Big Island, many are preparing for Tropical Storm Flossie.
(AP) The life’s work of a child of the Great Depression is now a Houston landmark and a regularly toured piece of folk art. It is the former home of John and Mary Milkovisch, which he covered and decorated with
WCVB: Two Massachusetts men are facing attempted robbery charges after one man allegedly tried to use a toy gun to hold up a Manchester, N.H. convenience store.
(AFP) – Up to three million pilgrims packed a Brazilian beach Sunday after spending the night on the sand for a final mass with Pope Francis, ending a visit aimed at reigniting the Catholic faith.
(AFP) – Amid social unrest, many Brazilians have abandoned traditional media and turned to social media, embodied by Midia Ninja. The mission of these new intrepid and committed journalists is to show everything, without a filter and in real time.
(AFP) – In pain? Feeling tense? Try some ‘cupping therapy,’ an ancient Chinese form of alternative medicine that’s been making its mark on Hollywood’s biggest stars — literally.
KTLA: A day after her captor was sentenced to life in prison, Cleveland kidnapping survivor Amanda Berry made her first public appearance at a Saturday evening concert in Cleveland.
A man working as an intern for San Diego mayor Bob Filner has quit, saying the politician plagued by sexual harassment allegations would “berate and belittle women.”
