5 Injured When NJ Escalator Reverses
Five people sustained injured this morning when a malfunctioning New Jersey subway escalator suddenly began running in reverse. Riders heading above ground on the Exchange Place PATH station in Jersey City were making their way to the top of the stairway when without warning it began… Read More »
Email‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Director: Torture ‘Reprehensible’
The director of “Zero Dark Thirty,” the Hollywood dramatization of the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden, said that she felt obligated to include grisly scenes of detainee torture at the hands of the CIA to tell the whole story of how America’s most wanted… Read More »
“GMA” is #1 for the 4th Quarter—First Time in More Than 18 Years “GMA” Wins A Quarter Among Adults 25-54
“GMA” Posts Largest Total Viewer and Demo Margins Over NBC’s “Today” in Almost Two Decades “GMA” Grows Compared to Year-Ago Quarter While “Today” Declines By Double-Digits 4Q 2012: ABC News’ “Good Morning America” stood as the No. 1 morning program during the 4th Quarter 2012… Read More »
Prince Charles Worries About Environment for Unborn Grandchild
He may be next in line to the British throne, but he apparently worries just like any other dad or grandfather-to-be. Prince Charles, a well-known advocate for environmental causes, told ITV’s “This Morning” that he doesn’t want his unborn grandchild to wonder why he didn’t… Read More »
Stone Breasts Miraculously Survive Lightning Strike
In what seems like a precision strike, a lightning bolt crashed down from the skies over Australia into a voluptuous Venus de Milo statue, with the breasts the only part of the torso surviving intact. On Jan. 4 Tom Finlay, the stonemasonry head at Finlay’s… Read More »
Japanese ‘War Tourist’ Gets Flak Back Home
TOKYO — Boredom led Toshifumi Fujimoto to one of the world’s most dangerous countries. Now the Japanese truck driver’s daring adventure across Syria as a “war tourist” is garnering headlines all around the world, except in Japan, where he has been criticized for his “reckless”… Read More »
Ala. Superfan Cried Over BCS Tickets, Ready for Game
Thousands of die-hard Alabama and Notre Dame fans have converged in Miami for tonight’s BCS Championship game, but two who will sit in the stands have quite a story to share. It’s likely a lot of people in those same stands know the story of… Read More »
Cat Nabbed for Prison Contraband Smuggling
A cunning feline was detained by Brazilian police after it was busted smuggling escape tools taped to its body into a prison. On New Year’s Eve the cat was spotted by a guard at a medium security Prison Judge Luiz de Oliveira Souza in Arapiraca,… Read More »
Brad Pitt Hints He’s Coming to China
BEIJING–At noon on Monday, Brad Pitt joined China’s massive microblogging service Sina Weibo and issued a short missive as open to interpretation as his Chanel No. 5 ads. “It is the truth. Yup, I’m coming…” Pitt posted in his verified account. The words sent his… Read More »
Feds: Counterfeit Money Being Manufactured Using Everyday Office Equipment
Millions of counterfeit dollars are flooding cash registers, and more often than not, this “funny money” is being manufactured using everyday office equipment, federal authorities said. Heath Kellogg, a graphic artist known as “The Printer,” his father and four other men were busted in November… Read More »
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