PORT CARBON, Pa. – Three white teens were charged Friday in what officials said was an epithet-filled fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in a small northeast Pennsylvania coal town. Brandon J. Piekarsky, 16, and Colin J. Walsh, 17, were charged as adults with homicide and ethnic intimidation in …
Read More »AT&T to Sell iPhones Without Service Contracts
NEW YORK – AT&T Inc. will sell the new version of the iPhone without a service contract for $400 more than the price with a two-year plan, a break from the rules set when Apple Inc.’s popular touch-screen gadget debuted last year. Two new models of iPhones go on sale …
Read More »Report: Tribal Drug Use Worse Than Any Other Group
WASHINGTON – A new Department of Justice report says American Indian substance abuse levels are higher than those for any other demographic group, with marijuana the most widely available drug on reservations. The report, conducted by the department’s National Drug Intelligence Center, is an assessment of the threat posed from …
Read More »Shaken Berry-Pickers Report Sasquatch Sighting in Ontario, Canada, Woods
A mother and daughter on a berry-picking excursion in northwestern Ontario, Canada, claim the giant, black, hulking figure they saw last week might be the legendary sasquatch, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported Monday. Helen Pahpasay and her mother say they were scared stiff when they saw the mysterious creature spot …
Read More »Kathy Griffin: I'm Finished With Plastic Surgery
Kathy Griffin is finished with plastic surgery at age 47, telling Fitness magazine that “I’ve been off the junk, as I call it, for five years.” The comedian, who won an Emmy for her reality series “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List,” told the magazine for its September issue …
Read More »Air Force Logistics Chief Quits Amid Leadership Shake Up
WASHINGTON – The Air Force’s logistics chief resigned Monday, saying the recent leadership shake up by Defense Secretary Robert Gates has hurt his ability to do his job. In a sharply worded memo obtained by The Associated Press, William Anderson said the changes limit his ability to take care of …
Read More »Golden Globes Awards Show Canceled, Replaced With News Conference
LOS ANGELES – The Golden Globes, the ceremony known for getting Hollywood’s awards season off to a rollicking start, will be reduced to a news conference Sunday by the writers strike and will likely draw picket lines and lack star power. Despite the revamped ceremony announced Monday by the Hollywood …
Read More »New Storm Brewing After California Snowstorm Strands Hundreds of Motorists
CASTAIC, Calif. – Hundreds of drivers were stranded for hours in a high pass north of Los Angeles early Thursday as a frigid storm plastered the mountains of Southern California with a blanket of snow and peppered other parts of the region with hail and heavy rain. Another storm — …
Read More »East Timor Shaken by Preliminary 6.2-Magnitude Earthquake
DILI, East Timor – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 rattled East Timor Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Indonesia’s Meteorological and Geophysics agency said the quake was powerful enough to generate a tsunami, but there were no immediate reports of large waves. The tremor struck about 262 …
Read More »Barack Obama's Troubling Position on Iraq
he trouble begins… now! Does John’s My Word make your blood boil? Click here to listen live to The John Gibson Show on FOX News Radio (weekdays, 6-9 p.m. ET). It’s your chance to call in and argue with John! Let’s assume Obama is the candidate of the Democrats after …
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