Lawyer withdraws $7.5 million dollar lottery claim
Friday, 11:52 AM
A New York attorney's decision to withdraw his claim on a multimillion dollar Iowa Lottery prize doesn't put to rest officials' questions about how he obtained the ticket.... read more
Newly discovered color photos from inside Hitler’s private home
Friday, 6:52 PM
Several never-before-seen photographs have emerged from Adolf Hitler's personal photographer, giving a first time look at Hitler's Berlin apartment and Bavarian estate. The Mirror reports that photographer Hugo Jaeger was one of the few photographers working with color photography at the time and was granted access to Hitler's living and study quarters, showing artwork and [...]... read more
Connecticut killer sentenced to die for "unimaginable horror"
Friday, 3:12 PM
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - A judge ordered Joshua Komisarjevsky to be executed this summer for the 2007 murders of a mother and her two daughters during a brutal home invasion in Connecticut, saying on Friday that he committed a crime of "unimaginable horror." Judge Jon Blue told Komisarjevsky, 31, that he alone was to blame for his new address on death row after the triple murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and her daughters Hayley Petit, 17, and Michaela Petit, 11, and beating of husband and father Dr. William Petit Jr. ...
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Panetta cites key intelligence on bin Laden raid
Friday, 9:40 PM
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.S. in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound last May.... read more
Could another Republican join the 2012 race?
Friday, 9:40 PM
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Is it too late for another Republican to jump into the 2012 U.S. presidential race? Mitt Romney is riding high in Florida and threatening to take charge of the Republican nomination with a win in Tuesday's primary there. But even as some party conservatives appear to be coming around to supporting him, many are concerned that the bitter fight between Romney and Newt Gingrich has damaged both of them to the extent that neither would be able to defeat Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 6 election. ...
... read moreGOP insiders rise up to cut Gingrich down to size
Friday, 9:05 PM
Republican insiders are rising up to cut Newt Gingrich down to size, testament to the GOP establishment's fear that the mercurial candidate could lead the party to disaster this fall.
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Davis-White win short dance at US Championships
Friday, 8:41 PM
Meryl Davis and Charlie White are on a different level than their American competitors.
... read morePats' line has tough job against Giants' pass rush
Friday, 8:40 PM
Tom Brady felt the power of the New York Giants' pass rushers when he was sacked five times in their first Super Bowl confrontation.
... read moreSelig expects expanded playoffs to start this year
Friday, 8:19 PM
Commissioner Bud Selig expects baseball to expand its playoffs this season.... read more
Mistrial declared in New Orleans police shooting cover up
Friday, 9:35 PM
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A federal judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the case of a retired police detective accused of conspiring to cover up wrongdoing in fatal police shootings in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a lawyer for the officer said. Gerard Dugue was accused of plotting to conceal wrongdoing in the 2005 fatal shooting of two unarmed civilians by police on the Danziger Bridge as much of the city remained underwater from flooding in the chaotic days following the storm. Dugue was not directly involved in the shootings. ..... read more
St. Louis to host first major parade for Iraq War vets
Friday, 9:35 PM
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - At least 1,000 Iraq War veterans and their family members are expected to march in St. Louis on Saturday in the nation's first major homecoming parade honoring U.S. soldiers who served in the war, a coalition of veteran groups, private citizens and local officials said. Since the last troops left Iraq in December there have been scattered small events, including a speech by President Barack Obama at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, thanking veterans for their service, but no major parade of the style seen at the end of World War One and World War Two. ..... read more
Dougherty gang jailbreak plot foiled in Colorado
Friday, 8:58 PM
DENVER (Reuters) - A daring jailbreak planned by one of three Florida siblings accused in a multistate crime spree was thwarted when officers at a Colorado lockup where the trio are being held uncovered the plot, authorities said on Friday. Dylan Stanley Dougherty was accused of having stashed a homemade knife in his cell as part of a plot to escape from the Huerfano County jail through a plumbing duct and then bust out his sister, according to an arrest affidavit. ..... read more
'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6 1/2 years
Friday, 8:19 PM
After a two-year international crime spree in which he survived a handful of crash landings, Colton Harris-Moore — the infamous "Barefoot Bandit" — says he's lucky to be alive.
... read moreFading Gingrich attacks Romney in ad
Friday, 8:12 PM
MIAMI (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich struggled to regain momentum in the Republican presidential race on Friday as two new polls showed him falling behind rival Mitt Romney, who was seen as the winner of the final debate before the Florida primary. The White House contenders courted Florida's sizable Hispanic vote, many of them Cubans, with appearances on Friday at the Hispanic Leadership Network, where Romney received an unusually warm reception and the reaction to Gingrich was more sedate. ...
... read moreDoctor convicted in Jackson death seeks release
Friday, 7:55 PM
The doctor convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death asked a judge Friday to release him from jail pending his appeal.... read more
CDC Says More Parents Having Home Births
Friday, 8:08 PM
The number of babies born at home instead of in a hospital has increased by almost one-third between 2004 and 2009, says a recent report from the Center for Disease Control. One of every 90 babies is now born at home. Here are details for parents about home vs. hospital births and why more parents are choosing midwifery and at-home childbirth.... read more
CDC Finds Morgellons Disease Likely Psychological
Friday, 7:33 PM
A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concerning the origins and causes of Morgellons disease was published on Wednesday in the online journal PLoS One, according to the Los Angeles Times. The CDC concluded that the disease appears to be possibly psychological in nature.... read more
Colorado's LGBT Community Struggles for Adequate Health Care
Friday, 7:33 PM
According to a new report by One Colorado Education Fund, accessing quality health care is more difficult for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Coloradans than it is for others in the state. Here are the details of the 2011 study, which involved the participation of 1,300 LGBT individuals.... read more
