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Calif. artist Thomas Kinkade dies at age 54
Fri,6 Apr 2012 09:38 PM PDT
Associated Press -  California artist Thomas Kinkade, whose brushwork paintings of idyllic landscapes, cottages and churches were big sellers for dealers across the country, died Friday, a family spokesman said.
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Isn't it "marvelous?" Obama seeks to define Romney for voters
Sat,7 Apr 2012 07:49 AM PDT
Reuters -  When President Barack Obama criticized Mitt Romney by name this week for embracing a controversial Republican budget proposal, he worded his attack carefully and with bite. "(Romney) said that he's 'very supportive' of this new budget, and he even called it 'marvelous' -- which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget," Obama said during a speech on Tuesday, before adding: "It's a word you don't often hear generally. ...
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Y! Big Story: Pink slime and other food fights
Fri,6 Apr 2012 06:03 PM PDT
Trending Now - As if dirty chicken coops, salmonella-tainted peanut butter, and melamine in pet food weren't enough, along comes "pink slime." Pink slime—as some call it but known in the meat industry as lean finely textured beef—isn't illegal or even new. What the ruckus about it reveals is the distrust consumers have about food safety, even as [...] Full Story | Top |
NBC fires producer over edited Zimmerman 911 call
Sat,7 Apr 2012 01:11 PM PDT
The Upshot - A producer for NBC News has been fired for editing a recording of George Zimmerman's call to police the night he fatally shot Trayvon Martin. The New York Times is reporting that "the person was fired on Thursday, according to two people with direct knowledge of the disciplinary action who declined to be identified discussing [...] Full Story | Top |
Maryland offering $200 gift cards for dead snakehead fish
Fri,6 Apr 2012 09:39 AM PDT
The Sideshow - Getting paid to fish sounds like a dream come true to some. But does it have the same appeal if you're going up against a "fish from hell" that can travel on land and sink its teeth into a steel-toed boot? The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Inland Fisheries (DNR) is hoping so and is [...] Full Story | Top |
GOP superdelegates: It's over, Romney is nominee
Sat,7 Apr 2012 07:39 AM PDT
Associated Press -  It's over, and Mitt Romney is going to be the GOP nominee for president. That's the growing consensus among Republican National Committee members who will automatically attend the party's national convention this summer and can support any candidate they choose.
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Pilots in fiery Navy jet crash faced tough choices
Sat,7 Apr 2012 10:28 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Zooming along at 170 mph in a fighter jet carrying thousands of pounds of volatile fuel, two Navy pilots faced nothing but bad choices when their aircraft malfunctioned over Virginia's most populated city.
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Police link shootings in Tulsa, Okla.; 3 killed
Sat,7 Apr 2012 06:05 AM PDT
Associated Press - Police believe the same attacker or attackers are behind a series of early-morning shootings in which three people were killed and two others were critically wounded within a three-mile span of north Tulsa. Full Story | Top |
Charges filed against five who removed teen's kidney
Fri,6 Apr 2012 11:09 AM PDT
The Upshot - Last year, a Chinese teen sold his kidney to raise money to buy an Apple iPad and iPhone. Now, five people, including the surgeon who conducted the operation, are being charged with "intentional injury." According to prosecutors, the boy, who was 17 at the time of the operation, has suffered from renal deficiency, a serious [...] Full Story | Top |
Two of Latin America's deadliest gangs join forces
Sat,7 Apr 2012 04:49 AM PDT
Associated Press - — Hardened in the streets and prisons of California and deported in the 1990s to the Central American countries where they were born, the members of the Mara Salvatrucha street gang swiftly grew into a force of heavily tattooed young men carrying out kidnappings, murder and extortion. Full Story | Top |
10-Year-Old Girl Gives Birth to Daughter
Fri,6 Apr 2012 10:31 AM PDT
ABC News - A 10-year-old Colombian girl gave birth to a healthy baby girl, making her one of the youngest mothers ever. The unnamed girl from Manaure, a town in the Colombian Department of La Guajira, arrived at the hospital in tears and "enormous pain" from the contractions,... Full Story | Top |
Kinkade: Artist drew many fans, few critical raves
Sat,7 Apr 2012 05:14 PM PDT
Associated Press -  To fans and the countless collectors who helped build painter Thomas Kinkade's commercial art empire, his idealized vision of the world usually served as a simple, soothing addition to the living room wall: a soft depiction of a churning seascape or a colorful garden or a cottage brimming with warm light.
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Police search for gunman who shot 5 in Oklahoma
Sat,7 Apr 2012 03:33 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - A gunman shot five people, killing three of them, in a black neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in a shooting spree that left residents on edge and sparked an intensive manhunt on Saturday. Three men and one woman were shot within a mile of each other in north Tulsa at around 1 a.m. on Friday morning, police said. The body of a fifth victim, 31-year-old William Allen, was discovered outside a nearby funeral home in the predominantly black part of the city after 8 a.m. on Friday. Police said he was likely shot at about the same time as the others. ...
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Class photo called 'offensive' and 'degrading'
Thu,5 Apr 2012 07:33 PM PDT
The Upshot - An elementary school class photo is causing quite a stir after the photographer Photoshopped a cartoon smiley face over a boy's head. David Claussen, owner of Broward County Pictures, a company that has been taking school photos for more than 35 years, said after the photo of the second grade class at Sawgrass Elementary was [...] Full Story | Top |
Pope holds Easter candle at basilica vigil
Sat,7 Apr 2012 07:08 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Pope Benedict XVI, carrying a tall, lit candle, ushered in Christianity's most joyous celebration with an Easter vigil service Saturday night, but voiced fears that mankind is groping in darkness, unable to distinguish good from evil.
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Family claims $130 million in Coke stock sold at garage sale
Fri,6 Apr 2012 08:57 AM PDT
The Sideshow - In 2008, Tony Marohn visited a local estate sale where he paid a "nominal amount" for an antique oil stock certificate. And now, Marohn's family is suing soda giant Coca-Cola, saying the certificate entitles them to 1.8 million shares of the company's stock, worth an estimated $130 million. Marohn passed away in 2010, but not [...] Full Story | Top |
Cyclist accident makes waves on the Web
Fri,6 Apr 2012 11:15 AM PDT
The Upshot - The story of a San Francisco cyclist who plowed into a pedestrian on March 29 and then apparently took to a bicycle blog forum to tell his side of the story is blowing up on the Web. Chris Bucchere allegedly struck 71-year-old Sutchi Hui—who later died—at a busy San Francisco intersection, and then identified himself [...] Full Story | Top |
Rick Warren: 'Coarsening of our Culture' Concerns Me
Sat,7 Apr 2012 04:10 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - For "This Week," I sat down with Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. As many Americans celebrate Easter and Passover, I asked Warren about the state of nation spiritually. The full and exclusive interview will air tomorrow morning on "This Week."... Full Story | Top |
Newark Residents Miffed Over Bill from Whitney Houston's Funeral
Sat,7 Apr 2012 02:42 PM PDT
The Atlantic Wire - Newark residents are being left to pick up the bill for Whitney Houston's funeral, and, surprisingly, they aren't happy about it. The demands of the high-profile funeral attendees have left the city of Newark with a $187,000 bill for police overtime. Police acted as barriers between fans and the proceedings on the day of the funeral of the Newark native who drowned in February. Nearly 200 officers were posted to the New Batist Church on the day of the funeral. The $187,000 bill for police overtime represents 5% of the city's annual police budget. ... Full Story | Top |
Gay BYU students contribute to "It Gets Better"
Fri,6 Apr 2012 11:37 AM PDT
The Upshot - The "It Gets Better" campaign continues to gain support. The latest contribution to the video series comes from gay, lesbian, and bisexual students at Brigham Young University. The clip, which runs about nine minutes, features gay and lesbian BYU students, many of whom are members of the Mormon church. The students talk about when they [...] Full Story | Top |
1940 census graphics show dramatic change in education, economy
Mon,2 Apr 2012 06:59 AM PDT
The Lookout - The National Archives released the full results of the 1940 census online today, and the Census put together some intriguing full-page graphics to illustrate how the country has changed over the past 70 years. Two visuals jumped out at us as intriguing: Above, the image shows the huge increase in the percentage of the population [...] Full Story | Top |
Treasury freezes pay for CEOs at Ally Financial, GM, AIG
Fri,6 Apr 2012 02:12 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of General Motors , AIG, and Ally Financial had their 2012 compensation packages frozen for a second year in a row by the Treasury Department after they got "exceptional" bailout help during the financial crisis. The Treasury said on Friday that all three were making progress at repaying the taxpayer funds given to them to keep them from collapsing during the 2007-2009 financial crisis but their pay practices remain under scrutiny of a "special master" until they do pay it back. ...
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Obama tailors election-year message to working women
Fri,6 Apr 2012 11:56 AM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, leading in the polls among women voters, said on Friday he wants to help working women fight discrimination and juggle the demands of motherhood but stopped short of making promises on gender equality if he wins re-election. At a White House event on women and the economy, Obama noted "there has been a lot of talk about women and women's issues lately," a nod to the emergence of contraceptive rights, working women and all-male establishments as heated issues in his race for re-election in November. ...
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Poll shows big racial divide in opinion on Trayvon Martin case
Fri,6 Apr 2012 07:49 AM PDT
The Lookout - Americans are sharply divided by race in their opinion of the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Florida by a Hispanic neighborhood watchman. A Gallup/USA Today poll finds that most black Americans (73 percent) think Trayvon Martin's shooter, George Zimmerman, would have been arrested if Martin had been white. Only 33 percent of non-Hispanic [...] Full Story | Top |
Los Angeles Sheriff Captain Allegedly Took Inmate Golfing
Sat,7 Apr 2012 05:53 AM PDT
ABC News -  A Los Angeles sheriff captain allegedly took an inmate on a golf outing and the incident is under investigation. Frank Carrillo, 41, was serving a two year sentence after pleading guilty to stealing from people at golf courses, according to ABC News Los Angeles station...
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Jobs recovery suffers setback in March
Sat,7 Apr 2012 01:05 AM PDT
Reuters -  Employers hired far fewer workers in March than in previous months, keeping the door open for the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary support for a still sluggish economy. The report was seized upon by Republicans hoping to make the weak economy the centerpiece of their campaign for November's presidential and congressional elections. Even as the unemployment rate fell to a three-year low of 8.2 percent, job growth slowed to 120,000 last month, the Labor Department said on Friday, the smallest increase since October. ...
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Trisomy 18 in spotlight following Bella Santorum's hospitalization
Fri,6 Apr 2012 03:27 PM PDT
The Upshot - There is speculation (though no confirmation) that the hospitalization of Rick Santorum's three-year-old daughter, Isabella, is related to Trisomy 18, the rare genetic condition she suffers from. News of Bella's sudden hospitalization sent off a massive number of searches for Trisomy 18. Over the course of just one hour, Yahoo! searches for "trisomy 18" surged [...] Full Story | Top |
Many elderly homeless after U.S. Navy jet levels apartments
Sat,7 Apr 2012 10:57 AM PDT
Reuters -  All residents of an apartment complex for the elderly in Virginia that was destroyed when a U.S. Navy fighter jet crashed into it on Friday, have been accounted for, with only one resident still hospitalized with minor injuries, a rescue crew chief said on Saturday. The person not yet discharged is in good condition though believed to have broken bones, Virginia Beach Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Tim Riley. "Everyone has been accounted for" at the Mayfair Mews complex in Virginia Beach, Riley told Reuters. "We are not actively looking for anyone." The U.S. ...
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Massive manhunt for Oklahoma gunman who killed 3
Sat,7 Apr 2012 07:18 PM PDT
ABC News Blogs -  The FBI is investigating three deadly shooting incidents that rocked Tulsa, Okla., Friday morning that appear to be linked, police said. The shootings targeted African-Americans who were out walking. The FBI's job will be to determine whether federal hate crime laws were violated, Tulsa World...
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An American guide to British English for the London Olympics
Sat,7 Apr 2012 04:22 PM PDT
The Upshot - In 1882, Oscar Wilde wrote about Great Britain: "We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language." That still rings true today. So if you're one of the estimated 250,000 Americans going to the Olympics Games in London this summer, you might want to pack a dictionary. For English-to-English translations. For [...] Full Story | Top |
Challenges facing Romney in wooing female voters
Sat,7 Apr 2012 03:42 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Mitt Romney is starting to hone his appeal to female voters, acutely aware as he turns to the general election that he has little choice but to narrow President Barack Obama's commanding lead among this critical constituency.
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Jesus vs. Scientists: Who's Better at Miracles?
Fri,6 Apr 2012 02:12 PM PDT
LiveScience.com - Much scientific progress has been made in the 2,000 years since Jesus Christ walked the Earth. In all this time, have scientists managed to replicate his miracles, or does the Son of God still have an edge? Full Story | Top |
Heidi Klum files for divorce from Seal
Fri,6 Apr 2012 04:33 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum on Friday filed for divorce from her husband, the singer Seal, following the pair's separation earlier this year, representatives for the couple said. Klum's spokeswoman declined to give further details and said the "Project Runway" television star would not be making a statement. Seal's spokeswoman also confirmed the divorce filing but offered no further comment. Celebrity website TMZ.com said divorce papers had been filed in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences. ...
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