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An engineer who blew up a whale carcass in Oregon using some 20 cases of dynamite has died, but the biggest bang of his career will live forever in YouTube infamy.
A federal judge has denied a request by the alleged victim in a Naval Academy rape case to have the academy's superintendent recuse himself from the case, lawyers for two midshipmen involved in the case said.Susan Burke, the lawyer for the accuser, said U.S.
The U.S. Department of Treasury announced on Wednesday that the deficit for 2013 was $680 billion (which is about $200 billion less than projected back in February). It has been falling since 2009 at the fastest rate on record since the demobilization of World War II.
A convicted sex offender who allegedly killed three Ohio women and dumped their bodies in trash bags in an impoverished East Cleveland neighborhood pleaded not guilty Thursday to updated charges, including aggravated murder, that could get him the death penalty.
Social Security is the healthiest part of our retirement security system, and protecting and improving Social Security benefits is the best solution. This was the consensus of working families’ advocates and members of Congress at a conference held yesterday by Social Security Works and a coalition of organizations. Among the key proposals suggested by representatives and senators were increasing the monthly Social Security benefits and eliminating the cap on the amount of income people pay Social Security taxes on (currently set at $113,700). Check out the 10 Social Security quotes from the conference after the jump.
An Orlando, Fla., man who won a multimillion dollar jackpot last year playing the Florida Lotto has done it again. The Florida Lottery says 67-year-old James Bozeman Jr. has claimed a $3 million Florida Lotto jackpot from the drawing held on Aug. 31, 2013.
A ferocious storm system was hurtling from Texas to the northeast early Thursday, threatening to lash a long arm of the U.S. with buckets of rain and high winds.
Six months after twin bombings shattered the city, Boston culminated its comeback Wednesday night, clinching its first World Series title at Fenway Park in 95 years.Thousands of fans spilled out onto the streets to celebrate the 6-1 victory over the St.
Heavy rain triggered flash floods near Austin, Texas, prompting helicopter rescues and forcing scores of people to evacuate their homes late Wednesday and early Thursday, officials said.The National Weather Service issued a flash-flood warning at 3.30 a.m.
The Boy Scouts of America on Wednesday chose former U.S. Secretary of Defense and CIA director Robert Gates as its next president, who will face the task of repairing divisions in the organization from a heated debate over accepting gay scouts.
