Obama OKs lifetime Secret Service for presidents

President Obama signed a law today granting lifetime Secret Service protection to former presidents and their wives. As it stands now, the measure affects only two ...

Obama signs bill granting lifetime Secret Service protection ...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill granting lifetime Secret Service protection to former presidents and their wives. The measure Obama ...

How $1 trillion platinum coin would work

Platinum-Coin Punditry Poses Threat to Dollar
Wall Street Journal
By now you have probably heard of the frenzied Twitter debate unleashed by the suggestion that the U.S. government deposit a freshly minted $1 trillion coin at the Federal Reserve as a ploy to sidestep its debt-ceiling standoff with Congress.

A Trillion-Dollar Coin Brings a Jackpot of Jests
New York Times
WASHINGTON — A bizarre but seemingly legal idea to get around the country's debt ceiling using a trillion-dollar coin is having its day in Washington. The proposal, which originated in economics and business blogs and has a vanishingly remote chance of ...

Fox News fails to understand how $1 trillion platinum coin would work
Examiner.com
As talk of a possible $1 trillion coin continue to build the misunderstanding of the concept appears to be growing with it. As documented by Talking Points Memo, today

Pakistan:96 killed in Quetta bomb blasts

Bombings kill 115 people in Pakistan, including 81 in sectarian attack on ...
Washington Post
QUETTA, Pakistan - A series of bombings killed 115 people across Pakistan on Thursday, including 81 who died in twin blasts on a bustling billiards hall in a Shiite area of the southwestern city of Quetta.

From Pakistan:96 killed in Quetta bomb blasts The News International
In Depth:116 killed, 235 injured as four blasts rock Pakistan

James Holmes to stand trial for theater rampage, judge rules

Judge rules James Holmes should face trial in Colorado ...
A judge ruled late Thursday that there's enough evidence for James Holmes to face trial on charges that he killed 12 people and injured 70 others in a Colorado movie ...

James Holmes to stand trial for theater rampage, judge rules
CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- James E. Holmes will stand trial in the Aurora theater rampage that left 12 people dead and another 70 wounded, a Colorado judge ruled Thursday ...

#UP New Island Size Of 25 Football Pitches Appears Off German Coast

New island appears off coast of Germany - Telegraph
New island appears off coast of Germany A new island the size of 34 acres and providing sanctuary for hundreds of sea birds has emerged from the waters of the North Sea.

New Island Size Of 25 Football Pitches Appears Off German Coast
The new landmass has been dubbed Bird Island after its first settlers; who include gulls, eider ducks, grey geese and even peregrine falcons.

#UP Lingerie Football league sheds lingerie, gets new name

Lingerie Football League shedding lingerie, and ...
Philly.com
In a move sure to polarize fans of what is billed as the "Nation's fasted growing sports league," the Lingerie Football League has announced plans to rename itself the “Legends Football League.”

Lingerie Football league sheds lingerie, gets new ...
FOX 8 WGHP
The Lingerie Football league has decided to shed the lingerie. Lingerie Football League officials announced Thursday a re-branding of the...

#UP 2,000-year-old treasure found in Black Sea fortress

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Researchers working at the site of Artezian in the Crimea (Ukraine) have discovered two hoards of buried treasure (one hoard shown here) dating to A.D. 45, a time ...

2,000-year-old treasure discovered - Technology & science ...
2,000-year-old treasure hoard discovered in Black Sea fortress Wealth of riches hidden by inhabitants in town's citadel during deadly siege by Roman army

#UP Superman legal battle ends in a Warner Bros. victory

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On Thursday, a Superman legal battle ended with a Warner Bros. victory. Judges for the United States Court of Appeals ruled that heirs of Superman's co-creators must ...

Warner Bros. Wins Blockbuster Victory in Legal Battle for ...
An appeals court has delivered a huge victory to Warner Bros. that will likely allow the studio to control the future of the Superman franchise.

Pola Kinski: Sexual Abuse Claim Against Father Klaus Kinski

Klaus Kinski Daughter: Sexual Abuse Claim Against Father in ...
In an exclusive interview with German magazine Stern, to be published on Thursday, Kinski said her father violently abused her, raping her multiple time, over a ...

Klaus Kinski's daughter claims legendary German actor ...
NEW YORK – German actor Klaus Kinski’s daughter is now coming forward with claims her father sexually abused from the time she was five years old. Pola Kinski ...

#UP Alligator Guards Marijuana At Castro Valley Home

CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities in Northern California made a snappy discovery during a routine probation check: An alligator named "Mr. Teeth" who was ...

Alligator Guards Marijuana | Wal-Mart
Alligator Guards Marijuana, San Francisco man used alligator to guard $100,000 pot stash, cops say

#UP Burger King franchisee settles 14-year sex harassment case with EEOC

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Burger King sex case: Carrols Corp. pays $2.5 million to ...
Carrols Corp., the nation's largest franchisee of Burger King restaurants, has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle federal claims of sexual harassment from 89 female ...

Killer Whales Trapped Under Ice

ABC News
: A Race Against Time. Quebec village incites international concern about the fate of killer whales trapped under the arctic ice.

Biden Offers Glimpse of Gun Control Plan Coming in Days

New York Times
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will present President Obama with proposals for stemming gun violence by Tuesday, setting in motion legislative and executive actions that will encompass guns, ammunition, mental health services and ...

Ed: Another thousand pages of bureaucratic legislation that costs huge amounts to enforce, and does little to impact violence!

#RIP 'The Warriors' author Sol Yurick dies in NYC at 87

Sol Yurick, author of ‘The Warriors’ that was adapted into popular film, dies in NYC at 87. Text Size; Print; E-mail; Reprints; By Associated Press, ... Sol Yurick was 87.

'The Warriors' author Sol Yurick dies in NYC at 87 - The ...
NEW YORK—A writer whose street gang novel "The Warriors" was adapted into a film of the same title that became a cult favorite has died. Sol Yurick was 87.

FDA Warning on Ambien, New Alert about sleep driving

FDA Orders Stronger Warning Labels for Ambien, Other Sleep Drugs
Rosalind Cartwright is no stranger to sleep. Cartwright, a professor and chair of the department of psychology at Rush University in Chicago

Ambien FDA Warning Sleep driving disorders and side effects
FDA Warning on Ambien, New Alert about sleep driving.

Ambien Warning, FDA requires lower doses for sleep medications---The Food and Drug Administration is requiring makers of Ambien and similar sleeping pills to lower ...

Jon Gosselin -- Proud Father ... of a 3-Year-Old Tax Lien

Gosselin tax lien: 39K owed to Uncle Sam - Boston Pop Culture ...
Jon Gosselin's tax lien has been brought to light. On Jan. 10, TMZ reported that the father of eight owes the IRS roughly $39 thousand bucks. According to the popular ...

Jon Gosselin -- Proud Father ... of a 3-Year-Old Tax Lien ...
Jon Gosselin became a free man in 2009 -- problem is, he allegedly snubbed the IRS in the process ... and now, the schlubby reality dad's been hit with a $39K tax lien.

France says three Kurdish woman executed in Paris

France: 3 Kurdish women 'executed' in Paris | www.wsbtv.com
Kurdish activists gather outside a building where three Kurdish women were shot dead, in Paris, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. Police say three Kurdish women have been shot ...

France says 3 Kurdish woman executed in Paris - News - Boston.com
PARIS (AP) — French interior minister said Thursday that three Kurdish women founded dead at a center in Paris and which included one of the founders of a Kurdish ...

Drive-thru Invisible Driver Prank; Video gone wild!

Main Line Times
Rahat the Magician Prankster has become the newest sensation in the realm of pranks with his newest video "Drive-thru Invisible Driver Prank," which now has more than 3 million views on YouTube since ...

Gone viral: Drive-thru invisible driver prank
CBS 46 News Atlanta
A video in which a man disguises himself as a car seat and then surprises fast food drive-thru employees has gone viral.

Man, 70, marries 15-year-old: Divorce granted

A divorce has been granted in the case of a Saudi teenager who was wed to a 70-year-old man, the country's Human Rights Commission told CNN Wednesday.

Saudi teen, 70 year-old man divorce - CNN.com
A divorce has been granted for the man and the 15-year-old girl, human rights group says; Man says he paid a $20,000 dowry for her, but parents took her back.

Man, 70, divorces 15-year-old - Boston News | Examiner.com
A man, 70, divorced his 15-year-old wife after he paid her parents $20,000 for her hand in marriage. On Jan. 10, CNN reported that a Human Rights group in Saudi ...

Mike Mularkey fired by the Jacksonville Jaguars

Shutdown Corner
Two days after being named general manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars, David Caldwell has dismissed head coach Mike Mularkey, the team announced on Thursday. “I informed Mike today that he will not ...

Mike Mularkey fired: Jaguars hitting reset button
Sports Illustrated
New Jacksonville Jaguars general manager David Caldwell handed Mike Mularkey his walking papers Thursday, ending Mularkey’s very brief and extremely disappointing one-year run with the team.

#UP Ex-wife hog-ties Florida man, drags him behind truck

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ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida man's ex-wife used a stun gun on him, tied him to a truck bumper and dragged him for half a mile before he escaped, the Volusia ...

Cops: Man runs for help after ex-wife tied him up, ...
WFTV 9 Orlando
Two people have been charged and a third arrested after police said they tied a 54-year-old man to the bumper of a pickup truck and dragged him for a half-mile down a dirt road in Samsula, according ...

Samsula dragging: Violence trailed women, ex, ...
Daytona Beach News-Journa
The Samsula woman accused of conspiring to kill her ex-husband by dragging him behind a dirt road in a truck said that the only person she's ever feared was her former spouse, court records show.

Ashley Judd may challenge Republican Mitch McConnell

Yarmuth says Ashley Judd may run for office
FOX 41 Louisville
Congressman John Yarmuth says he's talked with Judd, who is from Kentucky.

Naomi Judd says daughter has yet to make decision ...
WHAS TV11
(WHAS11) -- Singer Naomi Judd the mother of Ashley Judd says in an interview that her daughter has not made a decision yet on whether she will challenge Republican Mitch McConnell for his U.S. Senate ...

Americans Like Guns, NRA Even After Newtown

Businessweek
What explains the National Rifle Association's effectiveness in blocking gun-control legislation? That question has long plagued Democratic politicians and anti- gun activists.

Opinion:Three areas where Biden and NRA can find common ground

NFL star Junior Seau had degenerative brain disease CTE, says study

The Guardian
Junior Seau, one of the NFL's best and fiercest players for nearly two decades, had a degenerative brain disease when he killed himself last May, the National Institutes of Health said on Thursday.

Attorney: Sandusky to appeal child sex abuse convictions

Sandusky appeals sex abuse conviction - CNN.com
(CNN)-- Jerry Sandusky gets a shot at regaining some of his freedom Thursday, when his lawyers launch an appeal to reverse his conviction on multiple counts of child ...

Attorney: Sandusky to appeal child sex abuse convictions ...
Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky will appeal his convictions on numerous counts of child sexual abuse, a member of his defense team says.

'Days of Our Lives' renewed through 2014

Days Of Our Lives Renewed By NBC Through September 2014




The series, set in the fictitious Midwest town of Salem ...
Cast
Nicole Walker ... Arianne Zucker
Stefano DiMera ... Joseph Mascolo
Roman Brady ... Josh Taylor
EJ DiMera ... James Scott

#UP Mom Shoots Intruder Paul Ali Slater Five Time; Flipside of Gun Control Issues

Paul Ali Slater: Intruder shot five times in face ...
Daily Mail
A would-be burglar was looking to cash in, but instead found himself in a world of pain when a mother who refused to be victimized shot him multiple times in the face and neck.

Cops: Suspect shot by Loganville mom had cased ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Before he allegedly made the fateful decision early Friday afternoon to break into the Loganville home of an armed mother of two, Paul Ali Slater was spotted outside of another Walton County ...

#UP Carmelo Anthony Suspended for Postgame Incident with Kevin Garnett

Carmelo Anthony of New York Knicks suspended one game - ESPN ...
New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony has been suspended one game without pay for confronting Boston's Kevin Garnett in the arena tunnel, near the players' locker ...

Carmelo Anthony Suspended for Postgame Incident with Kevin ...
Carmelo Anthony was suspended for his actions after the Knicks’ loss to the Celtics Monday when he went toward the locker room and later waited for Kevin Garnett ...
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Mother of Serial Killer Ted Bundy Dies

Mother of Serial Killer Ted Bundy Dies in Wash. - ABC News
Louise Bundy, who was a staunch defender of her serial killer son, Ted Bundy, before he made a series of death-row confessions, has died. She was 88.

#UP Biden suggests White House could act on gun control without Congress

Biden's meetings spotlight gun control divide - CBS News
WASHINGTON Seeking to spur fresh action on gun legislation, Vice President Biden is scheduled to meet Wednesday with victims groups and gun-safety organizations.

Biden: Obama may take 'executive action' on gun control
Vice President holds the first in a series of meetings on reducing gun violence. Vice President Biden, with Attorney General Eric Holder at left, speaks during a ...

Biden suggests White House could act without Congress as part ...
Vice President Biden said Wednesday that the White House could use "executive orders" to deal with gun control, as he kicked off a round of meetings aimed at finding ...