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| Cracking the ‘Waffle House Index’: How breakfast may determine the severity of this hurricane season Friday, Aug 30, 2013 04:16 AM PDT The Fine Print If disaster strikes this hurricane season, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will use an unconventional system to evaluate damage: the 'Waffle House Index.' FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate told "The Fine Print" that he started using Waffle Houses as an informal metric of measuring the severity of a storm in its aftermath. He [...] Full Story | Top |
| Strongest man lifts 975 pounds Friday, Aug 30, 2013 09:19 AM PDT Don't try this at home: Video from Norwegian sports enthusiast Per Gunnar Roalkvam out of Sanyu, China, this week captures an eye-popping sight: Strongman Brian Shaw lifting a weight of 442.5 kilos – almost a thousand pounds. Full Story | Top |
| Dunkin' Donuts criticized for 'racist' ad campaign Friday, Aug 30, 2013 07:17 AM PDT  A leading human rights group has called on Dunkin' Donuts to withdraw a "bizarre and racist" advertisement for chocolate doughnuts in Thailand that shows a smiling woman with bright pink lips ... Full Story | Top |
| It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s You Flying a Jetpack Friday, Aug 30, 2013 11:55 AM PDT When Glenn Martin was a boy, in 1969, he watched Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. Afterward, he imagined a not-too-distant future in which humans had bases on Mars and flew to work with personal jetpacks. Later, in 1981, when he was an undergraduate studying biochemistry in New Zealand, Martin wondered why the future had [...] Full Story | Top |
| New Orleans promoted as a gay honeymoon haven Friday, Aug 30, 2013 07:49 AM PDT Thousands of visitors roll into New Orleans this week for Southern Decadence: five days of celebration of gay culture in a city now being promoted by tourism officials as a honeymoon site for same-sex ... Full Story | Top |
| How Dungeons & Dragons Gave Birth to the Modern Video Game Industry Friday, Aug 30, 2013 07:41 AM PDT Video games are an enormous, multibillion-dollar industry, growing like Super Mario on mushrooms. But the business can trace its roots to a simpler time, when a humble game played with pen, paper and a set of funny-looking dice ruled the rec and dorm rooms of geeks, nerds, dreamers and math majors. That game was Dungeons [...] Full Story | Top |
| Russian, NORAD forces unite for exercise Friday, Aug 30, 2013 08:36 AM PDT  OVER ALASKA (AP) — Flying at 34,000 feet over the Bering Strait, the Russian pilots had a singular focus: making sure they smoothly received the hand-off of a "hijacked" jetliner from their U.S.-Canadian counterparts. Full Story | Top |
| Fla. is No. 2 in lack of health insurance Friday, Aug 30, 2013 03:59 AM PDT Florida had the nation's second-highest rate of residents without health insurance with almost 1 out of 4 Floridians lacking it, according to new U.S. Census figures released Thursday. Only Texas surpassed ... Full Story | Top |
| Scant foreign support for US strikes on Syria Saturday, Aug 31, 2013 12:42 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is poised to become the first U.S. leader in three decades to attack a foreign nation without mustering broad international support or acting in direct defense of Americans. Full Story | Top |
| Court upholds 1st ban on gay-to-straight therapy Friday, Aug 30, 2013 04:04 AM PDT A federal appeals court sided with California on Thursday and upheld the first law in the nation banning a psychological treatment that seeks to turn gay youth straight. In a resounding, unanimous opinion, ... Full Story | Top |
| Marco Rubio heckled by conservatives over immigration push Friday, Aug 30, 2013 01:01 PM PDT  The former tea party darling is booed at a conservative conference in his home state. Full Story | Top |
| GOP senator: 'No common ground' in budget talks Friday, Aug 30, 2013 05:38 AM PDT The White House and a breakout group of eight Republican senators have been unable to find agreement in their attempts at reaching a bipartisan budget deal, separated by long-standing differences over ... Full Story | Top |
| Syria coalition: US, France, but no Britain? Not really a surprise Friday, Aug 30, 2013 07:54 AM PDT  They've worked together against Syria before. Full Story | Top |
| Economy is being eclipsed as top campaign issue Friday, Aug 30, 2013 10:55 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama still calls shoring up the middle class his "No. 1 priority," but recent events overseas and at home are overshadowing the U.S. economy as a political issue. Full Story | Top |
| 'Walking' shark discovered in Indonesia Friday, Aug 30, 2013 07:19 AM PDT  A new species of shark that "walks" along the seabed using its fins as tiny legs has been discovered in eastern Indonesia, an environmental group said Friday. Full Story | Top |
| New 'Walking' Shark Species Caught on Video Friday, Aug 30, 2013 11:03 AM PDT  A new species of "walking" shark has been discovered in a reef off a remote Indonesian island. Full Story | Top |
| DOJ green light for Wash., Colo. pot reformers Friday, Aug 30, 2013 01:15 AM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — For generations, pot crusaders have called for an end to the nation's prohibition of marijuana, citing everything from what they say are the government's exaggerated claims about its dangers to the racial disparities in who gets busted for drug possession. Full Story | Top |
| Syrians in 'conscience of the revolution' city call for President Obama to 'just do it' Friday, Aug 30, 2013 02:56 PM PDT Demonstrators in the town of Kafr Nabl, in Syria's Idlib governorate, called on US President Barack Obama to stage a military intervention. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-church janitor pleads guilty to lewd proposal Friday, Aug 30, 2013 03:09 PM PDT  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An ex-janitor at a 17,000-member Tulsa megachurch pleaded guilty Friday to making a lewd proposal to a 14-year-old girl, less than a week before his trial was set to begin. Full Story | Top |
| 19th-Century Samurai Training Text Deciphered Friday, Aug 30, 2013 04:31 AM PDT  A training text, used by a martial arts school to teach members of the bushi (samurai) class, has been deciphered, revealing the rules samurai were expected to follow and what it took to truly become a master swordsman. Full Story | Top |
| NBA's Lamar Odom arrested for DUI in Los Angeles Friday, Aug 30, 2013 10:13 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Basketball star Lamar Odom was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence early Friday after a California Highway Patrol officer saw his white Mercedes-Benz traveling erratically on a San Fernando Valley Freeway. Full Story | Top |
| Federal court upholds California's foie gras ban Friday, Aug 30, 2013 02:13 PM PDT  A federal appeals court ruled Friday that California can keep in place its ban on the sale of foie gras. In doing so, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals signaled that a lawsuit filed by foie gras producers ... Full Story | Top |
| Wall Street falls, ends worst month since May 2012 Friday, Aug 30, 2013 01:30 PM PDT  By Ryan Vlastelica NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell in a thinly traded session on Friday as the S&P 500 index recorded its steepest decline since May 2012 and investors avoided making large bets before a long weekend with the situation about Syria still uncertain. Afternoon trading was volatile, with indexes swinging between break-even levels and solid losses as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said in televised remarks that Syria's government used poison gas against civilians and made the case for a limited military response. ... Full Story | Top |
| Foul-mouthed Pa. chief could learn fate Friday Friday, Aug 30, 2013 09:01 AM PDT  GILBERTON, Pa. (AP) — A northeastern Pennsylvania police chief suspended for posting videos in which he fired borough-owned automatic weapons while shouting obscenities could soon learn whether he'll be fired. Full Story | Top |
| Hip-hop version of 'Othello' resonates behind bars Friday, Aug 30, 2013 09:22 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Act I, Scene 1: Four actors in well-worn coveralls and baseball caps take the stage at the county jail. They're here to tell a tale of love, friendship, jealousy and betrayal. It's the stuff of Shakespearean tragedy. The names and themes haven't changed over the centuries, but the language has a modern beat: Full Story | Top |
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