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Dale Peterson, a tough-talking, rifle-brandishing Alabama man who won Internet fame with some colorful political campaign ads, has been charged with stealing for a second time — this time accused of helping himself to cashews.Peterson was arrested Wednesday afternoon at a Sam’s Club in the city of Hoover. Store security saw him take a can of the nuts off a shelf, eat some and return the can withou...
Time ran out for the giant purple octopus mural Thursday morning in Walla Walla, Wash.By 7 a.m. PT, the giant sea creature that once blanketed the storefront of Inland Octopus, a toy shop on the town’s Main Street, had been painted over by order of city officials because the mural was too large.At 22 feet wide by 29 feet tall, the mural violated the municipal wall sign size guidelines by nearly 50...
Search warrants released Thursday laid bare the extent of Newtown school massacre suspect Adam Lanza's arsenal. Here is a catalog of the weaponry found at the school where 20 children and six staffers were killed and at the home he shared with his mother, who was also murdered:At the school:1 Bushmaster .223 caliber model XM15 rifle with a 30-round magazine1 Glock 10mm handgun1 9mm Sig Sauer P226 ...
Pedro Quezada claimed the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot in history on Tuesday – and now the Passaic County Probation Department wants a slice.The 44-year-old former bodega owner owes $29,000 in child support and has an outstanding warrant in his name, according to a statement issued by Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik.Quezada pulled the lucky numbers to rake in the $338 million jackpot.“T...
Click each of the documents below to read through the five search warrants released by authorities regarding the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting on Dec. 14, 2012. You can search for specific words or terms by entering them in the search box below.Related content:Investigators: Adam Lanza surrounded by weapons at home; attack took less than 5 minutesGuns, knives, ammo and gear: Adam Lanza's m...
Click each of the documents below to read through the five search warrants released by authorities regarding the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting on Dec. 14, 2012. You can search for specific words or terms by entering them in the search box below.Related content:Investigators: Adam Lanza surrounded by weapons at home; attack took less than 5 minutesGuns, knives, ammo and gear: Adam Lanza's m...
Last year, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) pulled a classic political flip-flop when he proclaimed that "right to work" for less legislation wasn’t on his agenda. But late last year, he spearheaded the drive to ram the anti-work bill through a lame-duck legislative session that shut out the public.This morning, as the law went into effect, nearly 100 Michigan union and community activists demonstrated outside the Detroit Athletic Club where Snyder was the main speaker at its annual "Pancakes & Politics” breakfast, in an action organized by the coalition We Are Michigan.
Los Angeles police are searching for two men wanted in the apparent abduction early Wednesday of a 10-year-old girl who was found 12 hours later after wandering to a Starbucks.The girl disappeared in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday from her room at home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Northridge. Her mother told police that she saw the girl in bed at 1 a.m., then discovered her daughter missing ar...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) made its database of complaints against mortgage issuers, student loan firms, credit bureaus and other kinds of lenders available to the public for the first time on Thursday. The database covers 90,000 complaints with more than 1 million data points covering 450 companies.The CFPB spreadsheet allows consumers to find the most complained-about banks ...
Search warrants released Thursday laid bare the extent of Newtown school massacre suspect Adam Lanza's arsenal. Here is a catalog of the weaponry found at the school where 20 children and six staffers were killed and at the home he shared with his mother, who was also murdered:At the school:1 Bushmaster .223 caliber model XM15 rifle with a 30-round magazine1 Glock 10mm handgun1 9mm Sig Sauer P226 ...
