A Los Angeles explosion kills one at a welding shop per reports from the Associated Press. A natural gas explosion caused part of the building to collapse and expelled two workers through the air into the street. One of the men has been listed in critical condition and one man has died...
The new season of the hit TV Series, The Good Wife, is due to be released soon and will be featuring the beautiful actress Julianna Margulies. A promotion for the new season was being carried out during which a reporter of the Associated Press was interviewing Julianna Margulies and the whole...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates was unsuccessful in swaying the Associated Press from distributing a graphic photograph showing the final moments of Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Bernard’s life after the marine had been mortally wounded in Afghanistan. The photo shows the 21-year-old being helped by...
Police in Vancouver confirmed that actor Andrew Koenig was found dead on Thursday at 12:00 p.m. CNN reported that Koenig, age 41, went missing on Feb. 14. Koenig's body was found in Stanley Park a heavily wooded, 1,000 acre forest. Tim Fanning of the Vancouver Police Constable, reported to the...
On Friday, December 31, 2010, a flock of approximately 2,000 red winged blackbirds fell dead from the sky and dropped to the ground in Beebe, Arkansas. Mayor Mike Robertson reported to the Associated Press that he has enlisted 12 to 15 Environmental service workers, armed in environmental protection...
In a controversial photo that may have helped end the Vietnam War, 9-year-old Kim Phuc Phan Thai ran naked through a street after suffering napalm burns over much of her body. The photo was taken in 1972 by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut. At 46 years old, Kim Phuc Phan is now a public...
Constance McMillen's lesbianism cancelled her Mississippi prom or so McMillen fears. The Associated Press revealed that the eighteen year old senior's decision to attend her Spring Prom with her girlfriend caused the Itawamba Agricultural High School, in rural Mississippi, to cancel the event...
Former world champion boxer Arturo Gatti was found dead in a hotel room in the northeastern state of Pernambuco. Police investigator Edislon Alves told The Associated Press that Gatti’s body was discovered this morning in the posh seaside resort of Porto de Galinhas, where he arrived on Friday...
Here is a list of the twenty least economically stressed counties with populations of at least 25,000 for March 2010, according to The Associated Press Economic Stress Index: 1. Ford County, Kan., 4.072. Ellis County, Kan., 4.173. Brown County, S.D., 4.64. Brookings County, S.D., 4.665. Finney...
Sensationalism in the media is not always intentional. When a celebrity or public figure is elderly or ill, drafts of obituaries are often prepared in advance. While this can be convenient, it can also lead to disaster when these drafts are released prematurely. Other times when the media kills...
