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...
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...
Khloe Kardashian married L.A. Lakers player Lamar Odom on Sunday afternoon at the Beverly Hills home of family friend Irving Azoff. The "Associated Press" reports that Kris Jenner, Khloe’s mom and manager, brokered a deal with "OK!" magazine to sell the wedding photos for $300,000. After just one...
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...
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...
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...
Five years after Brooke Wilberger vanished from an Oregon apartment complex, her remains have been found, after her killer, Joel Courtney, told police where he’d left Wilberger’s body. According to the Associated Press, authorities said his admission was part of a plea deal to avoid the death...
Three teenagers have been arrested and charged as adults with first-degree murder in the beating death of a 16-year-old honor student as he walked home from school last Thursday. The victim, Derrion Albert, was beaten to death during a fight between two gangs that broke out on the street. The...
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...
