Category Archives: World
A hairy situation: Rescuers save cat stuck on water tower
LASALLE, Colo. - A cat stuck for days on a converted water tower didn’t have to cash in one of its nine lives. The Greeley Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2ffQ6HS ) that rescuers on Wednesday plu...
Nov 03, 2016
Man convicted of killing Marine's wife in California
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A former Marine who confessed to strangling a 19-year-old woman and tossing her body into a California desert mine shaft has been convicted of first-degree murder. Twenty-seve...
Nov 03, 2016
Scary 2016 election attracts its 1st actual ghoul candidate
BANGOR, Maine - An election cycle some have described as a fright appears to have attracted its first actual ghoul. Signs are popping up around Bangor, Maine, advertising the campaign of Pennywise, th...
Nov 03, 2016
Trump tells backers to 'watch the polls' - but signups slow
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump regularly warns his crowds to closely watch polling places to prevent Democrats from stealing the election. But his campaign has failed to enlist many to serve as official po...
Nov 03, 2016
Feds investigating Sandusky fine Penn State a record $2.4M
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Federal officials looking into how Penn State handled complaints about Jerry Sandusky hit the school on Thursday with a record $2.4 million fine, saying it violated requirements abou...
Nov 03, 2016
Nightmare: Election dispute goes to 8-member Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - What happens if America wakes up on Nov. 9 to another undecided, hotly disputed presidential election? What if the outcome turns on the razor-thin margin in one or two states, one candida...
Nov 03, 2016
Melania Trump vows to take on cyberbullying as first lady
BERWYN, Pa. - Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, made a rare appearance on the campaign trail on Thursday, pledging to focus on combatting online bullying and serve as an advocate for women and child...
Nov 03, 2016
Hacked road sign flashes 'Crooked Hilary,' 'Vote Trump'
LAKE RIDGE, Va. - A spelling-challenged hacker changed an electronic road sign in Virginia to urge people to “VOTE TRUMP” and skip “CROOKED HILARY.” Police say the sign, locate...
Nov 03, 2016
GOP call for statewide Pennsylvania poll watchers is denied
PHILADELPHIA - In a scathing rebuke, a federal judge on Thursday denied the Pennsylvania Republican Party’s effort to allow poll watchers from anywhere in the state monitor precincts on Election...
Nov 03, 2016
US services companies grew at slower pace in October
WASHINGTON - U.S. services companies grew at a slower pace in October, although the economy appears poised to continue expanding. The Institute for Supply Management said Thursday that its services in...
Nov 03, 2016