
Video: Coast Guard Sinks Japanese Ghost Ship With Cannon Fire
The U.S. Coast Guard unleashed cannon fire Thursday at a Japanese vessel set adrift by last year’s tsunami, stopping the ship’s long, lonely voyage across the Pacific Ocean.

The U.S. Coast Guard unleashed cannon fire Thursday at a Japanese vessel set adrift by last year’s tsunami, stopping the ship’s long, lonely voyage across the Pacific Ocean.

The city of Sanford is preparing for the outcome of the special prosecutor’s decision about George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin but has not been charged. Sanford Mayor Jeff Triplett said on Thursday that

Time magazine editor-at-large Belinda Luscombe, sat down with South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and questioned why she converted from Sikhism to Christianity. Later in the interview, Luscombe jokingly questioned whether she would give Sikh taxi drivers bigger tips.

The Texas Rangers unveiled a statue Thursday of the fan who died after falling over an outfield railing at a game last summer. The life-size bronze statue depicts Shannon Stone and his young son wearing baseball caps.

The same government agency already under fire for wasteful spending at a Las Vegas conference is under further scrutiny today for a newly discovered video featuring a U.S. General Services Administration employee joking about excess government spending. The video features

In 2010 Pres. Obama praised GSA Administrator Martha Johnson’s work ethic at an event on “Workplace Flexibility” (March 31, 2010).

The appeals have been heard. Now it’s up to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to decide whether he will reduce any of the penalties in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal. Saints coach Sean Payton left NFL headquarters without comment.

Entertainment Tonight: “Boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, boy wins girl’s heart, they kiss and the movie fades to black. That’s how your typical romantic comedy goes. But what happens to that boy and girl after the

Prolific writer/director Luc Besson (“Taken,” “The Professional”) is excellent at crafting the perfect, eye-popping, adrenaline-boosting action sequence. And he also loves putting strong women in life or death situations. Those two elements perfectly combine in “Lockout” — opening April 13.

Tape recordings of the cockpit show how amazingly calm 80-year-old Helen Collins was after her husband, the pilot, fell unconscious.

Rachel Reilly and Brendon Villegas have a reputation for stirring the pot in their reality pursuits, and in this week’s all-new episode of “The Amazing Race,” the teammate/fiancé duo doesn’t disappoint fans who relish the drama, care of team Brenchel.

Clayton Osbon will be taking a mental exam to determine whether he is fit to stand trial for causing a commotion on a flight he was piloting.

Kanye West isn’t keeping his feelings for Kim Kardashian hidden for any longer. In his new track, Theraflu, West professes his love for Kim and slams her ex-husband Kris Humphries. Yeezy also takes some stabs at his ex, Amber Rose,

Young women in Texas are graduates of exorcism training run by a preacher.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry looks at tornado damage in the Dallas/Fort Worth area from the air. He also went on a ground tour of a hard-hit neighborhood in Lancaster, Texas.

The final pieces of the ‘Shard’ skycraper are being erected in central London. With 95 floors and at 310 metres high, it will be the tallest tower in the Western Europe. Its architect, Renzo Piano, says he wants to build

The director of the Maryland lottery said “no one has approached the Maryland lottery” to claim their share of the $640 million Mega Millions jackpot. Winning tickets were sold in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland.

LA Times: Mars doesn’t have tornadoes. It doesn’t have thunderstorms. But the Red Planet can kick up a truly unholy dust devil. Such a phenomenon — 12 miles high in fact — was photographed last month on the surface of