• Police: Chokehold victim complicit in own death

    NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Garner was overweight and in poor health. He was a nuisance to shop owners who complained about him selling untaxed cigarettes on the street. When police came to arrest him, he resisted. And if he could repeatedly say, "I can't breathe," it means he could breathe.

    Associated Press
  • The case of the missing 13th amendment to the Constitution

    A few years ago, a group of Iowa Republicans claimed the legitimate 13th Amendment to the Constitution was “missing.” The debate is part of an historical detective story with some surprising twists that is still taking place.

    National Constitution Center
  • Four stabbed on Amtrak train in Michigan

    (Reuters) - Police took a suspect into custody in Michigan on Friday after four people were stabbed aboard an Amtrak passenger train in the town of Niles, police and Amtrak officials said. None of the victims was killed, a dispatcher for the Niles Police Department said. Authorities declined to…

    Reuters
  • NASA: 'There's your new spacecraft, America!"

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's newest space vehicle, Orion, accomplished its first test flight with precision and pizazz Friday, shooting more than 3,600 miles out from Earth for a hyperfast, hot return not seen since the Apollo moon shots.

    Associated Press
  • Electric companies should be terrified of Elon Musk’s revolutionary batteries

    Although oil prices have been plummeting recently, the future of energy is likely still from renewable sources such as solar power, if only because they make generating electricity insanely cheap. With this in mind, Bloomberg’s Mark Chediak writes that Elon Musk’s new gigafactory should scare…

    BGR News
  • Mysterious 'Ghost' Ship Rediscovered Near Hawaii

    A "ghost ship" that has been lost beneath the waves for more than 60 years has been discovered nearly a half-mile below the ocean surface off the Hawaiian island of Oahu. A small submersible vehicle came upon the shipwreck last year, researchers at the University of Hawaii announced today (Dec. 5).…

    LiveScience.com
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    12-Year-Old Boy Kills Himself After Being Bullied for Being a School Cheerleader

    A 12-year-old boy whose friends say had become the target of bullies after he joined the cheerleading squad at his middle school in Northern California has taken his own life. Cher Calvin reports for the KTLA 5 News at 10 on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014.

    KTLA - Los Angeles
  • Missouri boy's slaying investigated as hate crime

    KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) — Friends of a Muslim teenager who was run down and killed in a crash that's being investigated as a possible hate crime said they had been alarmed in recent weeks by someone driving around with anti-Islamic messages painted on a vehicle.

    Associated Press
  • Autopsy on man shot by Phoenix police completed

    PHOENIX (AP) — The family of an unarmed drug suspect fatally shot by a Phoenix police officer expressed frustration Friday that an independent investigator was not present at an autopsy and accused authorities of not being transparent.

    Associated Press
  • France's Hollande meets Putin on Ukraine crisis

    By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande met Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine crisis during a brief stopover at a Moscow airport on Saturday. Putin looked nervous as he greeted Hollande, who was on his way back to France after a trip to…

    Reuters
  • Poland unearths one of WWII's darkest secrets

    Anastasia carefully digs through the earth with her trowel. Bit by bit, a human skeleton emerges, piled on top of more bones.

    AFP
  • College football TV schedule: Conference championships on Saturday

    Championship games are taking place Saturday in a variety of college football conferences all over the country, including the Southeastern, Big Ten, and Atlantic Coast Conferences.

    Christian Science Monitor
  • No strings attached: Brazil nudists get Rio beach

    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pedro Ribeiro lives just one block away from Copacabana beach, one of the world's most celebrated stretches of golden sand. But almost every weekend he drives nearly three hours to soak up the sun on his own terms — in the buff.

    Associated Press
  • A Special Kind of Plastic Pipe Could Be the Solution for California’s Water Woes

    When drought grabs hold of a region—as it has in epic proportions in California—desalination seems like an obvious way to get  the freshwater we need for drinking, cooking, and irrigating crops. But the process of removing salt from saline water is pricey, typically costing twice as much as…

    Takepart.com
  • 10 Diets That Help Prevent or Manage Diabetes

    Diet is a crucial tool for managing diabetes.

    U.S.News & World Report LP
  • Suspect's car found as manhunt continues in Florida triple murder

    TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - A manhunt intensified on Friday for a suspect accused of killing his wife and her friend before shooting dead a pastor at a Florida church, after police said they had found the SUV the man was last seen driving but were still searching for him. Andres "Andy" Avalos' gold…

    Reuters
  • Obama, congressional Dems show cracks in unity

    WASHINGTON (AP) — It used to be that Democrats would mutter under their breath about President Barack Obama and the White House.

    Associated Press
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    DA to Jon Stewart: Get your facts straight

    San Bernardino, Calif. district attorney defends law enforcement and slams Jon Stewart for incorrectly comparing Ferguson to two other incidents. #Ferguson

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