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I-5 bridge survivor I cant believe were alive
Dear Abby: In today's world, there are people who apparently cannot exist detached from their cellphones. In case you are wondering - yes, I do have one, but I use it only for emergencies, not idle ...
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University of Kentucky Symphony wows Chinese audiences with American music
UK Symphony Orchestra members at the Lingyinsi Monastery: Ally Corsaut, Leigh Dixon, Alison Ward, Nate Williams, Kristen Petty and Tyler Simms. Photo by Beverly Fortune | ...
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No bail for Philly parents in faith-healing death
By MARYCLAIRE DALE,Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care.But now they've lost an 8-month-old to what a prosecutor called "eerily similar" circumstances. And instead of another ...
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Okla. Brothers Win American Bible Challenge to Donate $140000 Winnings to Missions
(Photo: GSN via The Christian Post) Three brothers from Oklahoma won the Game Show Network's "American Bible Challenge" that broadcasted Thursday night, and will donate their entire winnings of $140,000 to their family's ministry, Wagner International Ministries.The Wagner brothers – Joshua, 23, Jesse, 21, and Daniel, 19 – said growing up in the family's ...
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Trucker bumps I-5 bridge sees tragedy behind him
The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him. Two vehicles fell into the icy Skagit ...
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IRS scandal shrinking in the rear view mirror
There is no evidence of President Obama's involvement in the IRS scandal, leaving Republicans with little more than empty conspiracy theories. Chris Matthews discusses the fading scandal with Robert Gibbs, former White House Press Secretary, and TheGrio.com's Joy ...
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Obama turns page on Bush-Cheney ‘war on terror’
Chris Matthews rehashes President Obama's speech at the National Defense University with Mother Jones' David Corn and Iraq war veteran Patrick Murphy, calling the speech Obama's way of turning the page on the Bush-Cheney ...
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Ted Cruz versus the world
The GOP family feud has pit McCain against Lee, the establishment against the Tea Party, and Sen. Ted Cruz against, well, everyone. Chris Matthews talks Republican infighting with Chris Cillizza and Michael ...
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The tortured logic of Iowa Rep. Steve King
Republican Congressman Steve King says Obama has Reagan to thank for his election. How? King takes it all the way back to the 1986 Amnesty Act, which granted immigrants who came to the U.S. before 1982 amnesty. Chris Matthews highlights the ridiculousness of these ...
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Obama reaffirms that free press is essential
classified information . but a free press is also essential for our democracy. that's who we are. and i'm troubled by the possibility that leak investigations may chill ...
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In New York Filipino costume and set designer Clint Ramos wins Obie Award
Costume design for the Imelda Marcos hit musical "Here Lies Love" Set and costume designer Clint Ramos received the 2013 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Costume Design at the 58th Annual Village Voice Off-Broadway Theater Awards ceremony. He was also the recipient of the 2013 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Scenic Design and a nominee of Outstanding Costume Design for his ...
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Last Brother From Mexicos Arellano Felix Cartel Pleads Guilty in U.S.
SAN DIEGO -- Former Mexican drug lord Eduardo Arellano Felix, the last of four brothers captured or killed in connection with a once-powerful Tijuana-based cartel depicted in the Oscar-winning film "Traffic," pleaded guilty to U.S. drug charges on ...
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Bail denied to Massachusetts teen accused of Facebook terror post
BOSTON (Reuters) - A judge denied bail on Friday to a Massachusetts teenager who was arrested on terrorism charges after posting lyrics on his Facebook page suggesting he could do worse than the Boston Marathon ...
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Journalist and Author Haynes Johnson Dies at 81
Haynes Johnson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. The Washington Post reported he died at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. In a statement to the Post newsroom, Managing Editor Kevin Merida said Johnson died of a heart attack. Johnson was awarded a Pulitzer in 1966 for reporting on the civil rights ...
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Principal Recounts Storm Hitting Oklahoma School
Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the doorstep, then announced on the intercom, "It's here." In a pause-filled recollection that left many weeping, Amy Simpson said at a news ...
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Affordable Care Act could bring skinny health coverage to some Americans
Skinny health coverage doesn't mean you get fit. It means that your health insurance may give you free office visits but will leave you holding the tab if you get really sick. That's the kind of coverage some may get under the Affordable Care ...
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Hercules Homes Barely Escape Grass Fire Near Highway
HERCULES (CBS SF) – Firefighters have extinguished a two-alarm grass fire that threatened homes near the intersection of state Highway 4 and Interstate Highway 80 in Hercules Friday afternoon, according to Contra Costa County Fire Protection District dispatchers. The blaze was reported at 11:45 a.m. and had burned three acres by the time firefighters contained the fire around 12:25 p.m., ...
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Interpol rejects Russia bid to locate UK investor
PARIS (AP) — The international police agency Interpol has rejected a Russian push to locate and arrest a Britain-based investor who is a vocal critic of President Vladimir Putin's regime.France-based Interpol said in a statement Friday it has "deleted all information in relation to William Browder."A special Interpol-related committee decided at a meeting Friday that ...
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St. Clair County probation employee sold fatal cocaine dose to judge feds say
St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook during his swearing-in ceremony in 2010. Photo courtesy of the Belleville News-Democrat, Derik ...
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AP PHOTOS Storm survivor looks for silver lining
Sabrina Mitchell, age 19, hugs an old stuffed bunny recovered from the wreckage of her home which was destroyed earlier in the week when a tornado hit Moore, Okla., Friday, May 24, 2013. Mitchell and her family survived the tornado inside a neighbor's storm shelter. (AP Photo/Brennan ...
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New York City Hopes Bikesharing Will Make Streets Safer
Citi Bike, the country's largest urban bike-sharing system, will soon be rolling in New York City after almost a year of delays. The idea has worked elsewhere, including Paris, Washington, D.C., and Montreal. But critics wonder if it's safe to add tens of thousands of new cyclists to the crowded streets of New ...
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Woman feared Iowa kidnapping suspects release
Investigators have discovered the blood of a missing 15-year-old Iowa girl on the truck of a registered sex offender suspected of kidnapping her Monday, diminishing the chances of finding her alive, a lead investigator said ...
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Principal recounts storm hitting Okla. school
With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this ...
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Arias foreman Sentencing decision unfair to jury
As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, ...
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Illinois African-American Caucus No Gay Marriage Bill
The President's home state of Illinois could redefine marriage next week. LGBT activists are pushing a gay marriage bill but not without a challenge. Illinois already recognizes civil unions. However, supporters of the same-sex marriage bill are finding major pushback from the African-American Caucus in the House. The bill has been stalled there since the state senate passed it in ...
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