Brothers admit stealing parts from 244 corpses

"PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Two brothers who ran a funeral home and crematorium admitted Tuesday that they sold corpses to a company that trafficked stolen body parts, a macabre scheme that left families aghast and unclear about the fate of their loved ones. Louis and...

KNOCKED UP H.S. GIRL 'SWEET!'

" When a 15-year-old at Gloucester HS in Massachusetts learned she was pregnant a few months ago, there were no tears. Shown her positive pregnancy test, the girl said simply, "Sweet!" And she rushed off to tell her classmates - 17 of whom are also pregnant, none of...

Ukrainian Mine Blast: 37 Missing

So far, only unmanned gondolas have been sent down to find any survivors of a gas explosion that collapsed a mine in Yenakiyevo, Ukraine. Previously, the mine had beem lited as unsafe."Thirty-seven miners were missing after a gas explosion tore through a pit in Ukraine's...

At Least Two Tornadoes Tear Through Northwestern Minnesota

UPDATE: 11:32 am EDT37, 000 Detroit area residents were left without power after Friday's storms and more resident homes are in danger as the storms spread out to Illinois,  Chicago and Missouri."About 37,000...

It was a Goddam Monkey: GET OVER IT !!!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe media it seems this past week has been focusing all it's attention including a Front Page News on the tragic Murder of a small Primate killed by Murderer(s) in a...

Al Jazeera Cameraman Freed From Guantanamo After Six Years

" Khartoum, Sudan - An Al-Jazeera cameraman was released from US custody at Guantanamo Bay and returned home to Sudan early Friday after six years of imprisonment that drew worldwide protests. Sami al-Haj arrived...

Scientists create 'no tears' onions

"Scientists in New Zealand and Japan have created a "tear-free" onion using biotechnology to switch off the gene behind the enzyme that makes us cry, one of the leading researchers said Friday. The discovery could signal an end to one of cooking's eternal puzzles: why does...

Police Release Youtube Video Looking For Killer of innocent T.O. shooting victim

The funeral for an innocent bystander killed by a stray bullet on Gerrard street was held today, a day after the police released a youtube appeal for witnesses to step forward.Previous NowPublic coverage on the...

The Winning Ticket: Hillary and Diebold in 2008

" “Its not who votes that counts. Its who counts the votes.” Joseph Stalin Something doesn't ring true about Hillary's “upset” victory in the New Hampshire primary. It just doesn't pass the smell test. All the exit polls showed Clinton trailing Obama by...

Public Funeral For Teenager Who Died After Refusing To Wear Hajib Cancelled

The family decided to have their funeral in private and cancelled the public funeral. While I can understand not wanting to turn it into a spectacle, perhaps a better solution would have been to have a private...

Kidman says scared of crash in paparazzi car chase

""I was crouched down for most of the trip," Kidman was quoted by Reuters as telling the court, demonstrating how she rested her head on her hands which were in a pray-like pose."I was told by John Manning that we...

Tears with Fears: Men and Women and the battle over public crying

It's all because of Ellen: After she cried on-air last week about a rescue agency reclaiming her adopted dog (she passed the pup on to her hairdresser after seeing that the dog didn't get along with her cats; the...

Difference between masculine and feminine tears

Generally, it can be easier for a crying man to be taken seriously than a crying woman...same goes for other emotions like anger, excitement, etc. In a recently published study at Penn State, researchers sought to...

Couple Catch Burglar, Make Him Clean Up at Gunpoint

MONTGOMERY, Ala. —  A burglar in Montgomery chose the wrong family to mess with, literally."Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon returned to their Centennial Hill home Tuesday after a week away to find that...

Greenspan's Fraud: How Two Decades of His Policies Have Undermined the Global...

"October 19, 1987, is known as Black Monday, the day the New York Stock Exchange suffered the worst crash in history, with a banf that echoed around the world. The Dow Jones Index (the Dow in short) then sank 22.6...

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