Cleveland kidnap victim says was hung on the wall like ornament
By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - One of the three Cleveland women who survived years of imprisonment after being kidnapped by Ariel Castro gave details about her ordeal in a television interview on Monday including being tied up and hung on the wall like an ornament. That's the only way I can…
ReutersMississippi Family Vanishes After Car Wreck: 'We Have No Idea Where These People Are'
Family's Whereabouts Unknown After Smoldering, Overturned Car Found
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AdChoices CreditCards.comSponsoredBoehner opposes landmark U.S. gays-rights bill, dimming its chances
By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Monday opposed a bill to ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, dimming the chances of the White House-backed measure becoming law. "The speaker believes this…
ReutersStudy: 8.8 billion Earth-size, just-right planets
WASHINGTON (AP) — Space is vast, but it may not be so lonely after all: A study finds the Milky Way is teeming with billions of planets that are about the size of Earth, orbit stars just like our sun, and exist in the Goldilocks zone — not too hot and not too cold for life.
Associated PressNew 'Obamacare' Snafus Strike White House
Consumers that tried to enroll by mail, phone faced similar problems that plagued web users.
ABC News VideosBoycott threatened after racial profiling claims at Macy's, Barneys
By Curtis Skinner NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Reverend Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders in New York on Monday threatened a holiday season shopping boycott after meeting with Macy's Inc Chairman Terry Lundgren to discuss accusations of racial profiling of shoppers. Sharpton, who held a…
ReutersRed Sox beards come off for Gillette promotion
BOSTON (AP) — World Series MVP David Ortiz and Boston Red Sox teammate Shane Victorino had their beards shaved for charity Monday to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in April.
Associated PressLawmakers push to keep Obama's health care pledge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Little more than a week after millions of consumers received health care cancellation notices, lawmakers in both parties are pushing legislation to redeem President Barack Obama's long-ago pledge that anyone liking their coverage will be allowed to keep it under the nation's…
Associated PressMaine candidate for governor announces he's gay
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Rep. Mike Michaud had endured more than a dozen elections without anyone questioning his sexuality. Now everyone knows the Maine congressman is gay — including his mother.
Associated PressTempest in a toilet costs New York restaurant workers their jobs
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Restroom attendants at Balthazar, the trend-setting French-style bistro in New York City, will soon be relieved of their duties watching others relieve themselves after a customer wrote on his influential business news website that it is a demeaning job. …
ReutersHere's How Students Are Being Bankrupted By College More Than Ever
Though 26-year-old Storm Ainsley finished schooling years ago, her college experience is not yet behind her. Ainsley currently owes $85,294.76 in student loans, a number that casts shadows on whether she’ll ever live debt-free. The Santa Rosa, California resident is among millions of student loan…
Takepart.comMystery shrouds discovery of art trove stolen by Nazis
The discovery in a rubbish-strewn flat in Germany of nearly 1,500 paintings including works by Picasso and Matisse looted by the Nazis sparked urgent calls Monday to hunt for their rightful owners. However German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said Berlin had been aware of the case for…
AFPPolice say employee sexually assaulted in robbery
Authorities in Fayetteville are searching for two suspects who robbed an auto parts store Saturday night.
WTVD – Raleigh/DurhamSupreme Court lets stand Okla. ruling against abortion limit; Texas case next
The US Supreme Court backed away from deciding a potential major abortion case in Oklahoma Monday as an escalating battle over state abortion restrictions in Texas arrived at the high court in the guise of an emergency motion. In a one-line order, the high court dismissed a case examining an…
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IRVING, Texas (AP) — Baby bottles sit on the kitchen counter in this small two-bedroom home in the Dallas suburb of Irving, just as they would have on Nov. 22, 1963. Also the same: the rolled-up blanket where Lee Harvey Oswald had stored his rifle among the stacked boxes in the garage.
Associated PressTruck Driver Was on Facebook at Time of Fatal Crash, Cops Say
Jorge Espinoza Faces 20 Felony Counts
Good Morning AmericaHolder: Airlines must make concessions to merge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder says American Airlines and US Airways must make broad concessions if they want to settle a lawsuit blocking their proposed merger.
Associated PressWoman Offering Thanks To Vets Finds It's Not Always Welcome
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Dear AbbyChinese officials 'set 1,000 cats loose in forest'
Animal activists are combing a forest in eastern China for more than 1,000 kittens rescued from a meat supplier only to be let loose by local authorities, an organiser said Monday. Animal protection volunteers and local police intercepted a truck "filled with cats" destined for dinner plates last…
AFPTurkey seizes massive chemical haul at Syrian border
Turkish authorities have seized a large quantity of chemicals from a convoy trying to illegally enter the country from Syria, which "could be transformed into weapons", the army said Sunday. Para-military police were forced to shoot out the tyres of the vehicles to stop them, and three drivers…
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