Daily Archives: Dec 17, 2011
FFRF protesters are rallying against nativity display put up in front of the Henderson’s Courthouse
Protesters from across US will be rallying against a nativity display put up in front of the Henderson's Courthouse in Texas today in the...
Mississippi Mayor Greg Davis spent city money at a gay lifestyle and sex shop
Mississippi Mayor Greg Davis, a Republican of Southaven, spent over $170,000 of city money on personal expenses including purchases at a gay lifestyle and...Tribe Mediterranean worker died after his arm became caught in a grinder at the hummus factory
Daniel Callazo, a worker at hummus manufacturer Tribe Mediterranean in Massachusetts, died Friday after his arm became caught in a grinder. Police were called in...Rafiqul Islam, a jealous Muslim husband, chopped off his wife’s fingers as she began to study
Rafiqul Islam, a jealous husband is facing life in prison after chopping off his wife's fingers because she began studying for a degree without...
Sara McMeen murdered her three children and boyfriend in front of neighbors before she killed herself
Sara McMeen, a mother-of-three from the small farm town of Emington, Illinois, who murdered her children and her boyfriend Daniel Warren, killed herself in...
Train hopping couple, who hitched a ride across America on freight trains, buried alive under a mound of coal
Christopher Artes and Medeana Hendershot, a couple who romanticized trains and lived a modern-day adventure by riding railroad cars across the U.S., were killed...
Philippines: more than 430 people killed in flash floods triggered by typhoon Washi
More than 430 people have been killed and many more missing in recent flash floods triggered by typhoon Washi in the southern Philippines, officials say. Many...
Neti pot usage has been linked to deadly brain-eating amoeba infection
Neti pot, a sinus-flushing device used to relieve colds and allergies, has been linked to deadly brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri. Louisiana's state health department issued...
Phobos-Ground probe will plummet to Earth days after New Year
Phobos-Ground, the $170 million Russian probe, is now heading back to Earth and will crash between January 6 and January 19, but it’s not...
Life is possible on Mars. New evidence from Oregon State University research team.
Scientists from Oregon State University have collected microbes from an icy “lava tube” in mountains in Oregon - similarly hostile to the Red Planet's...
Player RendeZook’ stunt in Battlefield 3 game has 5 million viewers on YouTube
Battlefield 3 player RendeZook's “daring” stunt has become a “see-it-to-be-believed” spectacle among the gaming community, many of whom believe it could be one of...
Britney Spears showed off her engagement ring at Jason Trawick’s birthday party in Las Vegas
Britney Spears took her Twitter page earlier in the day to tell fans she was “still glowing” after boyfriend Jason Trawick proposed her on his 40th birthday. Last...Jonathan Jewth, a 9-year-old student, died after chocking on a meatball in his school lunch
Jonathan Jewth, a 9-year-old boy from Bronx, New York, died after choking on a meatball in his school lunch as staff members were unable...