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New York City On Pace For Record-Low Murder Rate In 2012

New York City On Pace For Record-Low Murder Rate In 2012

New York City is on pace to set a record in 2012 — its lowest murder rate in nearly 50 years. Data from the New York Police Department found that 414 people in New York City were victims of homicide in 2012, a drop of 18.5 percent from last year when 515 people were murdered…. Read more »

Man Dies After Eating 28 Raw Eggs In One Sitting

Tunisia

He may have enjoyed bragging rights after winning the bet, but the gentleman who ate 28 raw eggs paid the ultimate price to prove a point. Dhaou Fatnassi, a 20-year-old man from the North African country of Tunisia, died after consuming over two dozen raw eggs. According to news.com.au, the man reportedly began stuffing the… Read more »

Stranger Picks Up Family’s $211 Bill At Walmart Before Christmas

Stranger Picks Up Family's $211 Bill At Walmart Before Christmas

A stranger picked up a family’s $211 bill at Walmart a few day before Christmas, surprising a sick grandmother with the kind and anonymous gesture. The incident happened on Friday night in Iowa when Ruby Modlin was doing some grocery shopping before Christmas, picking up cooking and other holiday foods with her grandchildren. As she… Read more »

House Fire Kills 5: Mother And 4 Children Perish In Oklahoma City

House Fire

A house fire in Oklahoma City claimed the lives of five people early Wednesday morning. The tragedy has left four children and their mother dead while severely injuring another resident. In the hours before dawn on December 26, a fire broke out at a two-story, wood frame house located at 2816 Dorchester Drive. Arriving at… Read more »

Beer Sales Help Rebuild Monastery In Sacramento Valley

Ovila Abbey

Vina, CA – Beer sales generated by a special edition ale have helped rebuild a monastery in a small Sacramento Valley town. Monks in the Northern California town of Vina partnered with the folks at the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company to produce a series of ales under the name Ovila Abbey. The brews was inspired… Read more »

Westboro Baptist Church To Protest Webster Firefighter Funerals

Westboro Baptist church

The Westboro Baptist Church, who picket the funerals of dead soldiers and murdered children, is planning to picket the funerals of the two firefighters who were shot in the line of duty trying to put out a fire set by William Spengler. Spengler set the fire then started shooting at the first responders who showed… Read more »

George H.W. Bush Still Hospitalized As Temperature Continues To Rise

George HW Bush Hospitalized For One Month

Former US President George H.W. Bush spent Christmas day at a Houston hospital as his temperature continued to rise and doctors placed him on a liquids-only diet. Bush spokesman Jim McGrath announced on Wednesday that the former POTUS’ fever had went away. Later McGrath corrected himself, noting that the temperature had actually “elevated” over the… Read more »

Tracking Winter Storm Euclid: Blizzard Warning Issued

winter storm euclid

Weather is the topic of conversation around the office the day after Christmas. For the third year time in the past four years, a major winter storm is making its way across the United States during the holiday season. By the time Winter Storm Euclid leaves the New England region on Friday, the snow left… Read more »