Columbia, Md. • A man carrying a shotgun opened fire at a busy shopping mall in suburban Baltimore on Saturday, killing two employees of a skate shop and then himself as panicked shoppers ran for cover, police said. Five others were injured. Police were still trying to determine the motive of the gunman who killed a man and a woman, ... Read More »
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US officials lay out Sochi Olympics security plan
About 10,000 Americans are expected to attend the event, which begins Feb. 7 in the Russian resort, under a cloud of suicide bombing and other terrorist threats. The U.S. is even deploying two Navy ships to the Black Sea to evacuate Americans should an attack occur. Read More »
‘Octomom’ Nadya Suleman Appears In Court
“Octomom” Nadya Suleman, the California single mother of 14 children including octuplets, pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles on Friday to charges that she lied about her income when filing for public assistance. Suleman, who became a media sensation five years ago after giving birth to octuplets conceived through in-vitro fertilization, is accused of failing to report nearly $30,000 in ... Read More »
What makes a city a good place to live
Cities are for all people. Public places are where all can share in the good of the city. A cities public space should make all the people that live in the city happy. Making people happy requires that they have dignity, are treated equally, and have hope. That is what Enrique Penalosa did as mayor in Bogota Columbia.quick payday loans ... Read More »
New X-Men: Days of Future Past Teaser footage (Video)
Since Comic-Con 2013 we haven’t heard much from the upcoming film ‘X-Men Days of Future Past,’ and to make up for it the studio has released a new teaser trailer offering some insight into the film. The video is a teaser for the upcoming trailer, set to release on Monday, and released from director Bryan Singer. Read More »
Postage stamp price to increase 3 cents (Video)
The price of a first-class postage stamp will go up this weekend. The price of first-class “Forever” stamps will increase from 46 cents to 49 cents starting Sunday, said Rich Hibbard, supervisor of the Mount Royal post office. Read More »
L’Isle-Verte seniors’ home fire extinguished (Video)
Eight people are known to have died and the families of about 30 others are “bracing for the worst” as the search resumes for victims of Thursday’s fire at a home for senior citizens in eastern Quebec. Read More »
Superstar Nicki Minaj Unhappy Over Retouched Magazine Cover
Singer/rapper Nicki Minaj was super excited to appear on the cover of ESPN Magazine’s music issue alongside NBA great Kobe Bryant. She, however, got pissed when she saw the magazine had retouched to the cover to make her forehead appear larger. Read More »
Actress Melissa Gilbert dishes on dating Tom Cruise
Actress Melissa Gilbert has revealed she briefly dated Tom Cruise before he became famous. The former “Little House on the Prairie” actress, 49, has been open about the celebrities she dated in the past, but for the first time she’s talking about her short-lived relationship with the “Top Gun” star. Read More »
RNC condemns NSA ‘dragnet’ spying program
The Republican National Committee (RNC) has passed a resolution condemning the NSA’s mass surveillance, pushing back heavily on the actions of the security apparatus of the U.S. The resolution contains strong language in favor of privacy, the broad protections of the Fourth Amendment, and limited government. Read More »
Stephen Hawking: “The Absence of Event Horizons Means There are No Black Holes”
Stephen Hawking has put forward a new theory about black holes in a paper posted online, which says event horizons – the gravitational pull that makes escape impossible – do not exist. Speaking to Nature magazine, the renowned physicist said that in classic theory, there is no escape from a black hole. Quantum theory, however, allows “energy and information to ... Read More »