Thursday, February 27, 2014

NEWS

  • California town shaken as police officers arrested

    KING CITY, Calif. (AP) — Residents of a California farming town were grappling Wednesday with the feeling that their trust has been violated after learning the acting police chief and a handful of officers were charged with crimes including selling or giving away the impounded cars of poor Hispanic…
    Associated Press
  • Colo. Marijuana Businesses Embrace New Drug at Center of DEA Crackdown in Calif

    Wax Is a Drug More Powerful Than Marijuana and Is Legal in Colorado
    ABC News
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  • Man blows 0.00 on breathalyzer, gets arrested for DWI

    Blood tests would later come back negative, as well.
    Odd News
  • Russia war games over Ukraine prompt US warning

    KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia ordered 150,000 troops to test their combat readiness Wednesday in a show of force that prompted a blunt warning from the United States that any military intervention in Ukraine would be a "grave mistake."
    Associated Press
  • Boss Who's Object Of Gossip Needs A Word To The Wise

    DEAR ABBY: Should I or shouldn't I tell my boss that more than a few people have come to me asking if he is fooling around with a young woman here in the office? He is married; she is not. They spend a lot of time together "just visiting," laughing and obviously flirting. They have also been seen…
    Dear Abby
  • 'Crying Meri: Documenting Extreme Gender Violence in Papua New Guinea' launches Kickstarter campaign (7 photos)

    When FotoEvidence first exhibited photographer Vlad Sokhin 's ' Crying Meri', they had no idea how fast and deep would be its impact. Within months, the work was picked up by gender activists working for the United Nations, Amnesty Australia Pacific, and Child Fund Australia for campaigns to expose…
    Yahoo News
  • Dogs ripped kids to pieces in N.Korean camp: ex-guard

    Ahn Myong-Chol witnessed many horrors as a North Korean prison camp guard, but few haunt him like the image of guard dogs attacking school children and tearing them to pieces. Ahn, who worked as a prison camp guard for eight years until he fled the country in 1994, recalls the day he saw three dogs…
    AFP
  • Stepbrother of starved Wisconsin girl gets 5 years

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge sentenced a Madison man Wednesday to three years in prison for sexually assaulting his younger stepsister while she spent years locked in the family's basement being abused and starved, bringing an end to a case that shocked Wisconsin's capital city.
    Associated Press
  • Thai protest leader places conditions on talks

    BANGKOK (AP) — The leader of Thailand's anti-government protest movement said Thursday he is willing to negotiate to end the country's political crisis, if the prime minister is willing to talk with him live, one-to-one, on every national television station.
    Associated Press
  • Disgraced Costa Concordia captain boards ship wreck

    GIGLIO ISLAND (Italy) (AFP) - Italian captain Francesco Schettino on Thursday returned on board his stricken Costa Concordia cruise ship, more than two years after leaving it in a hurry as it sank in a tragedy that claimed 32 lives. Wearing a leather jacket and sunglasses, the disgraced captain…
    AFP44 mins ago
  • ‘Pure evil’: City caps sewer of woman fighting to live ‘off the grid’

    The fight of Cape Coral, Florida resident Robin Speronis to live “off the grid” has escalated with the city’s recent decision to cap her access to the sewer so she can no longer use it.
    Odd News
  • Smartphone cameras step closer to DSLR cameras

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Expect sharper, clearer selfies this year.
    Associated Press
  • NASA cries planetary 'bonanza' with 715 new worlds

    NASA on Wednesday announced a torrent of new planet discoveries, hailing a "bonanza" of 715 worlds now known outside the solar system thanks to the Kepler space telescope's planet-hunting mission. A new method for verifying potential planets led to the volume of new discoveries from Kepler, which…
    AFP
  • California storms bring rain, threat of floods

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Much-needed rain fell on downtown San Francisco and elsewhere in California on Wednesday at the outset of what the parched state hopes is the start to a one-two punch of stormy weather.
    Associated Press
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  • Photos of the day - February 25, 2014 (32 photos)

    A laborer holds onto a bucket with his teeth as he descends from a single room tenement without proper access at a slum in New Delhi, India, boys peer through the gate of a police station to look at bodies of suspected militants in Lalpora and a protester holds flowers with a slogan as they mark…
    Yahoo News
  • Big changes ahead for frequent fliers on Delta

    ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines is changing its frequent-flier program to favor passengers who buy the priciest tickets instead of those who fly the most miles.
    Associated Press
  • Whale of a Tail Slaps Woman on Excursion Boat

    A  woman on a whale-watching excursion off the coast of Mexico learned the power of a whale’s tail firsthand when it slapped her in the face. The whale was thrashing in the water when the boat got too close to the whale, causing the wild...
    ABC News
  • Irving scores 31, leads Cavaliers past Thunder

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Thunder coach Scott Brooks joked during pregame that he didn't like what he saw from Kyrie Irving at the All-Star game. Brooks coached the West and watched as Irving led the East to a comeback win on his way to earning MVP honors.
    Associated Press
  • Parents rally around teacher who videotaped autistic boy with his head stuck in a chair

    For some reason, parents in a small Michigan town are rallying behind a fifth-grade teacher who decided it would be a good idea to record an autistic kid struggling with his head stuck in a chair instead of helping the kid out. The incident occurred back in November at Oaktree Elementary School in…
    The Daily Caller
  • Syria jihadists lay down rules for Christians

    A jihadist group in Syria said Wednesday that Christians in the city of Raqa will have to pay taxes and hold religious rituals behind closed doors, under a set of rules. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed 12 rules which made up an "agreement" with Christians in the northern…
    AFP
  • Life jail terms for UK soldier killers

    Two British Muslim converts who hacked a soldier to death in a London street are jailed for life. Paul Chapman reports.
    Reuters Videos
  • Chelsea toil to save English honour, Real stroll

    Chelsea became the only English team to secure a positive result from the Champions League last 16 first leg ties with a 1-1 draw away at Galatasaray. In the other game Wednesday, Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho's former side Real Madrid strolled to a 6-1 win in Germany against Schalke 04. Chelsea,…
    AFP
  • Conn. parents upset after man takes wrong kid home

    STERLING, Conn. (AP) — Parents in a small eastern Connecticut town are demanding action by local officials after a man went to a school to pick up his great-grandson and took the wrong child home, possibly because the boys were wearing similar hats.
    Associated Press
  • Kerry Kennedy Invokes Dad Robert Kennedy Minutes After Taking the Stand

    Kerry Kennedy Testifies at Drugged Driving Trial
    Good Morning America
  • Beauty Secrets to Help You Shine Like the Oscar Stars

    We love beauty tips and looking gorgeous is not only for the stars at the Oscars. Beauty is confidence, so the prettier you feel on the outside, the better you’ll feel inside. And exuding inner confidence will help you achieve whatever goal you choose. So...
    ABC News
  • Obama makes it official: U.S. planning for full Afghan withdrawal

    After giving him the silent treatment for eight months, President Barack Obama on Tuesday called Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The message? A blunt warning that all U.S. troops will leave his war-torn country by 2015 unless Karzai or his successor sign a bilateral security agreement with the…
    Yahoo News
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