Woman Accused of Assault on Garbage Man
(NEWSER) – A Pennsylvania woman faces assault and harassment charges over her garbage pickup. The 49-year-old in Lower Saucon Township apparently became enraged when the garbage truck passed her home...
5 things you need to know on Friday
Ariel Castro reportedly mulling plea deal Ariel Castro, a former school bus driver accused of holding three women captive for more than a decade, is considering a plea deal,...
NSA Award-Winner Wants NSA Abolished
Last week, the NSA announced the winner of its first annual Science of Security Competition, an event designed to honor important research in cybersecurity, increase NSA collaboration with academia, and “build the...
Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying evidence in 2010 Gulf oil spill
Halliburton Energy Services has pleaded guilty to destroying evidence related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a disaster from which the Gulf of Mexico has yet to fully recover,...
President Obama violates torture convention
The holy month of Ramadan began on July 8. At Guantanamo Bays Camp Delta, Muslim detainees on hunger strike, many of which have been cleared for release, continue to be...
US: Ala. inmate in 2005 Halloween killing put to death
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has executed its first inmate since 2011, a man convicted of the beating and shooting death of an elderly man on Halloween night in 2005....
Lobsterman survives night in sea, thanks to boots
OAKDALE, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island lobsterman who spent 12 hours floating in the Atlantic Ocean after falling off his boat joked Thursday that he may have the two...
US: Weiner says he texted 10 women; stays in NYC mayor race
Losing ground in the polls and under pressure to quit, New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner revealed Thursday he sent explicit texts to as many as 10 women, including three...
Fla. group to honor Zimmerman attorney
MELBOURNE, Fla. -- A local organization is giving an award to Mark O'Mara, the Orlando-based lawyer who successfully defended George Zimmerman in the February 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon...
US: Congressman draws more flak for comments
DES MOINES, Iowa -- By election results, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, has been immune to voter anger over his tongue. Iowa Democrats hope his latest remark about cantaloupe-legged immigrant...