Closing ranks: Navy brother, sister reunited after 30-year separation | Fox News

Closing ranks: Navy brother, sister reunited after 30-year separation | Fox News: They were separated as children more than 30 years ago, but Navy Cmdr. Cindy Murray and Navy Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Robert Williamson were reunited in unlikely fashion Friday in Balboa Park, San Diego.

Channel 10 NEWS reported that with a “quick salute and a long hug [the brother and sister] closed the gap on more than 30 years.”

"It's the greatest thing. I looked for him for the longest time and now here he is and it's just great," Murray, a senior nursing officer at Naval Medical Center San Diego, told 10 NEWS.

Teen gets 27 years in Mississippi killing - CNN.com

Teen gets 27 years in Mississippi killing - CNN.com: (CNN) -- A Mississippi teenager faces 27 years in prison after running over and killing a man walking along a rural highway in a case the victim's family called a hate crime.

Matthew Darby, 18, pleaded guilty earlier this week to manslaughter in the July 2012 death of 61-year-old Johnny Lee Butts. Companions put Darby at the wheel of the white Chevrolet that hit Butts from behind on a highway in Panola County, about 150 miles north of Jackson

Brown University Students To Host Nudity Week « CBS Boston

Brown University Students To Host Nudity Week « CBS Boston: PROVIDENCE, RI (CBS) – Some students at Brown University are ditching their clothes for a week to celebrate nudity.

Nudity in the Upspace includes nude open mic nights, yoga classes, body painting, a discussion forum and other nude student performances and events.

The discussion forum is described as “an open and honest discussion about power, privilege, race, class, gender, ability, and other isms how they intersect with nudity, body image, nudity in relation to (de)sexuality, etc.”

Louisiana pastor shot and killed while preaching - CNN.com

Louisiana pastor shot and killed while preaching - CNN.com: CNN) -- Bond is set at $1 million for a Louisiana man accused of shooting and killing a church pastor as he preached in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on Friday night.

Calcasieu Parish sheriff's deputies arrested 53-year-old Woodrow Karey, a church deacon, and charged him with second-degree murder after he called 911 and told the dispatcher what he had done, sheriff's spokeswoman Kim Myers said.

4 Pennsylvania family members killed in gunfight | Fox News

4 Pennsylvania family members killed in gunfight | Fox News: A two-decade family feud came to a violent end when a man shot dead the two home invaders that killed his wife and son, not knowing the assailants included his long-estranged daughter, authorities said Sunday.

Though the investigation of Friday's shootings continues, authorities said it appears Josephine and Jeffrey Ruckinger planned to murder her family at their rural central Pennsylvania home -- but it remains unclear what exactly led to the deadly confrontation.

Adoptive parents sentenced in the rapes of their two children - CNN.com

Adoptive parents sentenced in the rapes of their two children - CNN.com: (CNN) -- A Massachusetts husband and wife were each sentenced to prison Monday after being found guilty last month of raping their two adopted children.

Joseph Mayotte, 50, sexually abused his daughter over a five-year span, starting when she was 8, according to a news release from prosecutor Joseph D. Early Jr.

Mayotte was convicted in August on 11 charges -- including rape of a child aggravated by age difference -- and was sentenced Monday to 16 to 20 years in prison

Utah football coach suspends entire team to build character | Fox News

Utah football coach suspends entire team to build character | Fox News: A Utah high school football coach, fed up with his players' off-the-field behavior, suspended all 80 members of the team and made them help out in the community instead of practice.

Matt Labrum, football coach at Union High School, in Roosevelt, said problems ranging from cutting class to cyberbullying prompted his extreme response, according to the Deseret News.

Report: Sex offenders lived in daycares

Report: Sex offenders lived in daycares: (1/1)A Legislative Finance Committee report looking at child care in New Mexico uncovered a number of issues, including that three state-registered homes providing child care were also the home addresses of registered sex offenders.

SANTA FE (KRQE) - A 75-page report unveiled by the Legislative Finance Committee found a number of issues with CYFD-approved child care in New Mexico including allegations of probable fraud committed by some providers.

Former Los Angeles boxer arrested in 1987 murder of his manager - CNN.com

Former Los Angeles boxer arrested in 1987 murder of his manager - CNN.com: (CNN) -- A former boxer was arrested Wednesday in the 1987 murder of his manager after investigators developed a break in the case by using DNA evidence, Los Angeles police said.

A fugitive task force from the FBI joined by local police arrested Exum Speight, 50, in Los Angeles suburb of San Fernando, authorities said.

Biggest Shipwrecks: Can you name the largest ever shipwreck?

North Carolina Soldier And Wife Charged With Making Dog Porn

North Carolina Soldier And Wife Charged With Making Dog Porn: A Raeford, N.C., woman is accused of having sex with dogs while her Fort Bragg soldier husband filmed them. The couple posted the videos on the Internet, police say.

"Anything you can ever imagine a man and a woman doing to each other, she was having the dogs do," Raeford Police Chief Franklin Crumpler told The Huffington Post on Tuesday.

U.S. to seize Manhattan skyscraper secretly owned by Iran - Sep. 17, 2013

U.S. to seize Manhattan skyscraper secretly owned by Iran - Sep. 17, 2013: The 36-story tower is located on Fifth Avenue in the heart of New York City, adjacent to Rockefeller Center, and is home to a number of corporate tenants. Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, said Tuesday that the seizure and sale of the property would be the government's largest-ever terrorism-related forfeiture.

A federal judge authorized the seizure in a ruling this week, finding that the building's owners had violated federal money laundering laws and sanctions against Iran.

Poverty rate 15%, median income $51,017 - Sep. 17, 2013

Poverty rate 15%, median income $51,017 - Sep. 17, 2013: Meanwhile, median household income fell slightly to $51,017 a year in 2012, down from $51,100 in 2011 -- a change the Census Bureau does not consider statistically significant.

5 years after the crisis: Main St. vs. Wall St.

A CNNMoney panel discusses income inequality in America and the role of the financial system.

But taking a wider view reveals a larger problem: Income has tumbled since the recession hit, and is still 8.3% below where it was in 2007.

"We've had [economic] growth, but it hasn't really reached everyday Americans," said Elise Gould, an economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. "It's a lost decade, maybe more."

There Have Been More Mass Shootings Since Newtown Than You've Heard About (INFOGRAPHIC)

There Have Been More Mass Shootings Since Newtown Than You've Heard About (INFOGRAPHIC): The FBI's definition of mass murder is the slaying of four or more people. There have been at least 17 such tragedies already this year where the victims were gunned down, but shootings related to drug or gang violence often get less attention than those perpetrated by a crazed gunman.

HuffPost combed through a variety of news sources, including Reddit's community-generated database of mass shootings, and came up with this graphic, which may be incomplete. Killing sprees that occurred in more than one location were counted, but mass shootings that unfolded over more than one day, such as the string of homicides committed by ex-cop Christopher Dorner in Los Angeles, were not.

Opinion: Should we vilify the rich? - CNN.com

Opinion: Should we vilify the rich? - CNN.com: Editor's note: John D. Sutter is a columnist for CNN Opinion and head of CNN's Change the List project. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+. E-mail him at ctl@cnn.com.

New York (CNN) -- We've turned the rich into caricatures.

They're greedy "fat cats" with cigars dangling from their snarled lips.

"How dare the president call us fat! We're just big-boned," says a decidedly obese cat in a 2011 political cartoon by Stuart Carlson.



John D. Sutter

"It hurts my feelings deeply," another fat cat says.

Other cartoons show them holding moneybags marked "$."

You know, just so it's obvious.

Vanderbilt gang rape case: Football star Chris Boyd dismissed - CNN.com

Vanderbilt gang rape case: Football star Chris Boyd dismissed - CNN.com: CNN) -- Vanderbilt University on Tuesday dismissed wide receiver Chris Boyd from the football team and athletic program four days after he pleaded guilty to helping cover up an alleged on-campus gang rape.

The star athlete accepted a yearlong probation sentence and agreed to testify against four men accused directly in the crime.

Vanderbilt's athletic administration conducted a review of the case, including information disclosed at Friday's hearing.

Iowa husband shoots, kills escaped inmate who held him, wife hostage - CNN.com

Iowa husband shoots, kills escaped inmate who held him, wife hostage - CNN.com: CNN) -- An Iowa man shot and killed an escaped inmate on Tuesday after the convict held him and his wife hostage in their home, investigators said.

Jerome Mauderly, 71, and his wife, Carolyn, 66, were asleep when escaped inmate Rodney Long, 38, broke into their rural Bedford home a little after 10 p.m. on Monday, said Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation spokesman Mitch Mortvedt.

California school principal, arrested in husband's death, released - CNN.com

California school principal, arrested in husband's death, released - CNN.com: (CNN) -- A California elementary school principal, arrested in connection with her husband's death, was released from custody Tuesday after a court hearing for her was postponed and the time expired that she could be held without being charged.

She was to be released with no formal charges filed as prosecutors waited for more information from the Kern County, California, sheriff's department, according to information confirmed by Kern County District Attorney David Zulfa.

How much sex is considered exercise? - CNN.com

How much sex is considered exercise? - CNN.com: (upwave.com) -- When I think of the ultimate sex workout, I picture the scene from "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" where Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie throw each other around their kitchen for an hour. Unfortunately, not every sexual experience is quite that... well, high-intensity. But how many calories do we really burn in the act?

Rising overseas adoptions -- for black American children - CNN.com

Rising overseas adoptions -- for black American children - CNN.com: CNN) -- Elisa van Meurs grew up with a Polish au pair, speaks fluent Dutch and English and loves horseback riding -- her favorite horse is called Kiki but she also rides Pippi Longstocking, James Bond, and Robin Hood.

She plays tennis and ice hockey, and in the summer likes visiting her grandmother in the Swiss Alps.

Aaron Alexis' psychological past, motive focuses post-Navy Yard attack - CNN.com

Aaron Alexis' psychological past, motive focuses post-Navy Yard attack - CNN.com: Washington (CNN) -- While no specific reason has been given as to what spurred him to fatally shoot 12 people at Washington's Navy Yard, Aaron Alexis' overall mindset came into sharper focus Tuesday -- including a history of trouble in the Navy and psychological issues.

That past includes a Newport, Rhode Island, incident on August 7, more than five weeks before Alexis was gunned down after single-handedly pulling off America's latest mass shooting.

Suspect arrested after 4 bodies found in car near ex-Tenn. resort | Fox News

Suspect arrested after 4 bodies found in car near ex-Tenn. resort | Fox News: A suspect was arrested Friday in the shooting deaths of a woman and three teenagers whose bodies were found in a car in a former mountain resort in eastern Tennessee.

Jacob Allen Bennett, 26, was arrested on a parole violation the night after the four bodies were found on Renegade Mountain, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn said at a press conference in Crossville.

State battles intensify on access to guns - CNN.com

State battles intensify on access to guns - CNN.com: (CNN) -- Debate over guns continues to inflame the nation, especially after the mass killings in a Connecticut school late last year that prompted President Barack Obama to seek new federal restrictions.

Obama's efforts have stalled, but several states are now redefining their own laws for firearms. Those measures run the gamut. On one hand, New York toughed its gun laws. But in one extreme, Missouri sought to effectively obliterate federal gun laws, which eventually failed.

State battles intensify on access to guns - CNN.com

State battles intensify on access to guns - CNN.com: (CNN) -- Debate over guns continues to inflame the nation, especially after the mass killings in a Connecticut school late last year that prompted President Barack Obama to seek new federal restrictions.

Obama's efforts have stalled, but several states are now redefining their own laws for firearms. Those measures run the gamut. On one hand, New York toughed its gun laws. But in one extreme, Missouri sought to effectively obliterate federal gun laws, which eventually failed.

Miss Kansas' tattoo dominates Miss America hype - CNN.com

Miss Kansas' tattoo dominates Miss America hype - CNN.com: (CNN) -- She could, maybe, be the first beauty pageant contestant to sport a tattoo, but determining that would necessitate reportage on the obscured derrieres and other regions of hundreds of past contestants.

So we'll just say Miss Kansas, Theresa Vail, is the first beauty queen to prominently sport a large tattoo during a pageant.

50 years after Birmingham church blast: Siblings of the bombing - CNN.com

50 years after Birmingham church blast: Siblings of the bombing - CNN.com: Birmingham, Alabama (CNN) -- Fifty years have passed since a bomb stopped the old sanctuary clock in Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church, locking in a moment that would change a nation.

The four girls killed in the blast have been honored as civil rights martyrs, their names etched in history books.

Emotional Infidelity: How Friendships Turn Into Affairs

Emotional Infidelity: How Friendships Turn Into Affairs: In my 15 years of coaching, women have come to me over and over again with the same problem: Falling for a married man. The story always begins the same way: "There's this guy... he's so great. We connect in every way and he makes my heart flutter like a schoolgirl. I know, I know. He's married. But we've only gone on a couple of innocent dates..."

23 Things Every Woman Should Stop Doing

23 Things Every Woman Should Stop Doing: It is conventional wisdom that we’re our own worst enemies and despite the cliche, the idea rings true. We often drive ourselves insane striving for perfection in our experiences, relationships and selves, and honestly it just becomes exhausting. So here at HuffPost Women we’re issuing a challenge to ourselves -- and other women -- to stop doing these 23 things. (Of course it’s all easier said than done, but to employ another cliche, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.)

Cameron Bay, Porn Performer With HIV, Recalls Disturbing Experiences On Set, Where Condoms Weren't Used (EXCLUSIVE)

Cameron Bay, Porn Performer With HIV, Recalls Disturbing Experiences On Set, Where Condoms Weren't Used (EXCLUSIVE): Owning nothing but a backpack full of clothes, Cameron Bay started working as an escort a year ago, hoping to rebuild her life. A few months ago, she performed in her first-ever porn scene -- an orgy with 10 people. After just nine more scenes, she discovered she has HIV. Nobody's sure where or when she contracted it.

During her scenes, none of the male performers she had sex with ever used a condom, she said. One female performer told her, "Don't even bring it up because they have somebody waiting to replace you."

John McCain To Attack Vladimir Putin With Column In Pravda

John McCain To Attack Vladimir Putin With Column In Pravda: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin's op-ed in the New York Times with a column of his own.

McCain will attack Putin in a column in the Russian newspaper Pravda, according to The Cable.

Sequestration Forces Air Force To Limit Free Flu Shots

Sequestration Forces Air Force To Limit Free Flu Shots: WASHINGTON -- The Air Force will no longer be giving free flu shots to civilian employees this year, due to the federal budget cuts known as sequestration.

Last year, 12,000 employees were vaccinated under the Air Force's program, free of charge. Now, only beneficiaries of TRICARE, the Defense Department health system, will be eligible, along with members of the military, their families and military retirees.

Boehner Seeking Democrats’ Help on Fiscal Talks - NYTimes.com

Boehner Seeking Democrats’ Help on Fiscal Talks - NYTimes.com: WASHINGTON — With Congress momentarily freed from the Syrian crisis, lawmakers plunged back into their bitter fiscal standoff on Thursday as Speaker John A. Boehner appealed to the Obama administration and Democratic leaders to help him resolve divisions in the Republican ranks that could lead to a government shutdown by month’s end.

Middle-Aged Men, Too, Can Blame Estrogen for That Waistline - NYTimes.com

Middle-Aged Men, Too, Can Blame Estrogen for That Waistline - NYTimes.com: It is the scourge of many a middle-aged man: he starts getting a pot belly, using lighter weights at the gym and somehow just doesn’t have the sexual desire of his younger years.

10 Chemical Weapons Attacks Washington Doesn't Want You to Talk About

10 Chemical Weapons Attacks Washington Doesn't Want You to Talk About: Washington doesn't merely lack the legal authority for a military intervention in Syria. It lacks the moral authority. We're talking about a government with a history of using chemical weapons against innocent people far more prolific and deadly than the mere accusations Assad faces from a trigger-happy Western military-industrial complex, bent on stifling further investigation before striking.

Opinion: School bullying's chilling new front - CNN.com

Opinion: School bullying's chilling new front - CNN.com: (CNN) -- Can cruel words really kill?

The answer, unfortunately, is yes. Recently, a teenage boy killed himself in Connecticut. Bart Palosz was just 15 when he took his family's shotgun and decided, apparently, that he had no other option but suicide. Last year, 12-year-old Joel Morales of New York hanged himself in his family's home. Earlier this year, 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons of Nova Scotia, Canada, died from self-inflicted hanging injuries.

George Zimmerman pulled over for speeding — again | WTKR.com

George Zimmerman pulled over for speeding — again | WTKR.com: CNN) — George Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder July 13, but he’s managed to remain in the spotlight. After getting a warning for speeding in Texas in July, the former neighborhood watch captain was caught putting the pedal to the metal again on Tuesday morning, this time in Lake Mary, Florida.

Zimmerman, who is now sporting a goatee, was given a $256 ticket for going 60 mph in a 45 mph zone, according to Officer Zach Hudson, a spokesman for the Lake Mary Police Department. The traffic stop was captured on video by an officer wearing a chest-mounted camera.

George Zimmerman pulled over for speeding — again | WTKR.com

George Zimmerman pulled over for speeding — again | WTKR.com: CNN) — George Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder July 13, but he’s managed to remain in the spotlight. After getting a warning for speeding in Texas in July, the former neighborhood watch captain was caught putting the pedal to the metal again on Tuesday morning, this time in Lake Mary, Florida.

Zimmerman, who is now sporting a goatee, was given a $256 ticket for going 60 mph in a 45 mph zone, according to Officer Zach Hudson, a spokesman for the Lake Mary Police Department. The traffic stop was captured on video by an officer wearing a chest-mounted camera.

It's over! Zimmerman's wife files for divorce | HLNtv.com

It's over! Zimmerman's wife files for divorce | HLNtv.com: Less than two months after her husband, George Zimmerman, was found not guilty in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, Shellie Zimmerman is filing for divorce.

Kelly Sims, Shellie Zimmerman's attorney, confirmed to CNN that documents were filed Thursday afternoon in Florida's Seminole County Courthouse.

George Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman Jr, also tweeted the news.

LA school officials accused in plot to steal thousands of textbooks - CNN.com

LA school officials accused in plot to steal thousands of textbooks - CNN.com: (CNN) -- Twelve Los Angeles County employees stole thousands of textbooks from school districts to supply them to a buyer, who paid them bribes, court records show.

The buyer, who was also indicted, allegedly paid out $200,000 in bribes for the books.

Syria's rebels: 20 things you need to know - CNN.com

Syria's rebels: 20 things you need to know - CNN.com: (CNN) -- Big questions loom over the debate on whether the United States should strike Syria: Who are the Syrian rebels? Should the United States and other countries help them?

The first thing to know is that the rebels aren't all playing on the same team. They're arrayed against the Syrian government in a constellation of groups and factions, each with its own agenda. Some are in league with al Qaeda

The New iPhone Hasn't Been Released Yet, But It's Already Been Tied To Labor Abuses

The New iPhone Hasn't Been Released Yet, But It's Already Been Tied To Labor Abuses: Shortly after taking over Apple in 2011, CEO Tim Cook promised to improve working conditions at overseas factories that make iPhones and other devices. But for the second time this summer, a watchdog group monitoring labor practices at these factories has released a report charging yet another iPhone factory of discriminatory hiring, unpaid overtime and poor living conditions for dormitory workers.

Georgia teen Kendrick Johnson's death not accidental, new autopsy says - CNN.com

Georgia teen Kendrick Johnson's death not accidental, new autopsy says - CNN.com: (CNN) -- Georgia teen Kendrick Johnson, who was found dead in a rolled-up gym mat at his high school in January, died as the result of "unexplained, apparent non-accidental, blunt force trauma," according to a newly released, independent autopsy report.

The report, obtained exclusively Tuesday by CNN, directly contradicts the finding of an autopsy conducted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation that determined that Johnson's death was the result of positional asphyxia. The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office determined that his death was accidental.

Opinion: Products fade away, not American workers - CNN.com

Opinion: Products fade away, not American workers - CNN.com: CNN) -- "De Soto, Holder of Twenty-nine World Records, builds a new aero-dynamic car at popular prices ... This year De Soto does the unexpected again ... introduces not one new car ... but two! ... We can't describe the new Airflow model. You will have to see it yourself to know how truly beautiful it is."

Israeli sources on Obama's Syria approach: 'Not how a superpower acts' | Fox News

Israeli sources on Obama's Syria approach: 'Not how a superpower acts' | Fox News: While leading Israeli officials have publicly struck a tone of muted support for President Obama's decision to seek congressional authorization for strikes on Syria's chemical weapons delivery systems, in private, senior Israeli officials and foreign policy analysts are expressing grave disappointment with the conduct of their ally in Washington

Opinion: Al Qaeda's potent force in Syria - CNN.com

Opinion: Al Qaeda's potent force in Syria - CNN.com: (CNN) -- Why has the Obama administration been so reluctant to intervene in Syria? There are a host of reasons -- American fatigue with war, President Barack Obama's disinclination to start another conflict in the Middle East, and the splintered, fractured opposition to Bashar al-Assad.

Syria possible strike: Get up to speed in 20 questions - CNN.com

Syria possible strike: Get up to speed in 20 questions - CNN.com: (CNN) -- The White House has been working overtime this week, trying to line up votes from skeptical lawmakers for a military strike on Syria.

Rapist may have contracted HIV from victim, lawyer says | Fox News

Rapist may have contracted HIV from victim, lawyer says | Fox News: An admitted rapist will find out this week whether or not he has contracted HIV after attacking a woman with the virus, his lawyer says.

Richard Thomas, 27, of Manchester, England, has pleaded guilty to raping the woman and was sentenced to jail for five years and four months, Sky News reports.

Ariel Castro dead: Cleveland kidnapper commits suicide in prison - CNN.com

Ariel Castro dead: Cleveland kidnapper commits suicide in prison - CNN.com: (CNN) -- He was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years for a heinous crime, but in the end he cut that life short.

Ariel Castro, convicted of kidnapping and raping three women, as well as murder, committed suicide in his prison cell Tuesday night, the Franklin County, Ohio, coroner's office said.

The discovery of the three women who had been Castro's captives in his Cleveland home for about a decade was shocking from the outset, and surprising in its end.

Muslim Teens Allegedly Beaten By NYPD In Bronx Park; Claims Made That Hijabs Were Ripped Off

Muslim Teens Allegedly Beaten By NYPD In Bronx Park; Claims Made That Hijabs Were Ripped Off: A disturbing story emerged out of the Bronx on Thursday. Two Muslim sisters, Lamis Chapman and Khalia Wilson, aged 12 and 14 respectively, told the New York Daily News that they were thrown to the ground, put in chokeholds, and had their hijabs violently torn off by members of the NYPD, for a reason that remains unclear.

Montia Parker Pleads Guilty To Prostituting Fellow Cheerleader

Montia Parker Pleads Guilty To Prostituting Fellow Cheerleader: MINNEAPOLIS -- A former cheerleader at a suburban Minneapolis high school pleaded guilty Friday to three prostitution-related counts, admitting she persuaded a younger girl to sell herself for sex, then pocketed the money.Hennepin County prosecutors said Montia Parker, 18, turned down a deal in which she could have received anywhere from 45 months to 60 months in prison. Instead, attorneys will argue over her sentence at a hearing in October.

North Carolina law prohibits police from destroying guns | Fox News

North Carolina law prohibits police from destroying guns | Fox News: A new law going into effect this week in North Carolina law prohibits law enforcement from destroying unclaimed guns and firearms acquired through gun buyback programs.

The so-called "save the gun" law passed the Republican-controlled Legislature in the spring as the state moved to strengthen gun rights in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Hunters catch record 727-pound alligator in Mississippi | Fox News

Hunters catch record 727-pound alligator in Mississippi | Fox News: Just three days into the start of Mississippi's alligator hunting season, state Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks officials say the state record for heaviest alligator has been broken -- twice.

MSNewsNow.com reports that a group of hunters from Madison held the weight record for about an hour after taking in a 723.5-pound gator, beating the state record for heaviest male by 26 pounds.

Marijuana grower killed by own booby trap, police say | Fox News

Marijuana grower killed by own booby trap, police say | Fox News: A New York man died after being nearly decapitated by a booby trap he set to protect marijuana plants on his property.

Daniel R. Ricketts, 50, who owns property and a residence on Saw Mill Road in Albany County, was identified as the victim on Sunday, the Times Union reports.

Federal jury rules N-Word not a term of endearment among blacks | Fox News

Federal jury rules N-Word not a term of endearment among blacks | Fox News: A federal jury has rejected the argument that use of the "n-word" among blacks can be a culturally acceptable term of love and endearment, deciding its use in the workplace is hostile and discriminatory no matter what.

Jurors last week awarded $250,000 in compensatory damages to a black employment agency worker who was the target of an slur-laced rant by her black boss, and they return to a Manhattan federal court Tuesday to decide on punitive damages.

This Is How Much Time America Spends On Porn (INFOGRAPHIC)

This Is How Much Time America Spends On Porn (INFOGRAPHIC): We now know Alaskans love a good view (no, not of Russia). California is all about staying young. Connecticut embraces motherhood. And education always comes first in the state of Illinois.

These aren't tourism highlights, but top search terms for each state put out by the adult website, Pornhub.

The winner for longest average duration spent on the porn site? It's the state with the most letters, M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I. The shortest? Rhode Island.

Take a look below at the most-searched pornography terms, by region, and the per-state breakdown of average time spent on the site. This data is sure to shock and awe you.

Defense in Naval Academy sex assault case claims accused weren't always read their rights | Fox News

Defense in Naval Academy sex assault case claims accused weren't always read their rights | Fox News: A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student initially told a Navy investigator that he hadn't interacted with her at a party, but he changed his story in a later interview to say he had sex with her, the investigator testified Sunday

Special Agent Jesus Torres, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent who interviewed Tre'vas Bush, said Bush first told him in August 2012 that he did not have sex with the woman at an April 2012 toga party in an off-campus home in Annapolis, Md. But Torres had an interview with Bush in September after the investigator saw a suggestive social media posting by Bush.

WSVN-TV - BSO: Tactical weapons dealer plotted to kill wife, relatives

WSVN-TV - BSO: Tactical weapons dealer plotted to kill wife, relatives: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WSVN) -- Broward Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a Dania Beach tactical weapons and gear dealer, accused of a number of crimes, including allegedly plotting to murder his wife and some of her family members.

Thirty-nine-year-old Jason Simione appeared in bond court Tuesday morning. He was charged with three counts of attempted solicitation to commit murder, threatening to place an explosive device and child abuse.

Simione is the business owner of Bulldog Tactical Equipment in Fort Lauderdale, a leading tactical supply company to the U.S. government and military.

Affidavit: D-49 food service worker hosted alcohol-fueled parties for students

Affidavit: D-49 food service worker hosted alcohol-fueled parties for students: A Falcon School District 49 food service worker accused of sexual assault on a minor is accused of throwing an alcohol-fueled party at her house and having sex with a student as others watched, according to court documents.

Tonya Harris, 34, was arrested last week on suspicion of having sex with a 17-year-old boy at a party in November 2012.

According to the affidavit in support of Harris' arrest:

Sheriff's deputies learned in February that Harris allegedly had sex with the teen-ager and a 20-year-old man at her home in Meridian Ranch in November.

Aurora teen charged as adult in 2011 kidnappings, gang rapes | KDVR.com

Aurora teen charged as adult in 2011 kidnappings, gang rapes | KDVR.com: AURORA, Colo. — An Aurora teenager was convicted Friday of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women back in 2011.

Investigators say Omar Ricardo Godinez was 15 years old when he abducted two women off the street in Aurora, and participated in a gang rape of the victims with his older brother and two co-conspirators

Dozens of children’s bodies found buried at abandoned reform school | KDVR.com

Dozens of children’s bodies found buried at abandoned reform school | KDVR.com: Anthropologists, archaeologists and graduate students from the University of South Florida continued their mission Sunday to unearth Florida’s tragic past by excavating what they believe are the remains of dozens of unidentified children on the grounds of a former reform school. The hope is to reunite them with their families for reburial.

Search continues for suspects in killing of 13-year-old boy | KDVR.com

Search continues for suspects in killing of 13-year-old boy | KDVR.com: DENVER — Police were still searching for clues after a 13-year-old boy was shot to death in a Montbello neighborhood on Friday night. No arrests in the case had been made in the case as of early Monday.

Police responding to a call of shots fired in the 4700 block of Enid Way found Reysean Abram suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest about 11:45 p.m. Friday, the Denver Police Department said. He was taken to a hospital but died of his wound. The incident is being treated as a homicide.

Polarized Congress finds uncommon common ground over strikes in Syria - CNN.com

Polarized Congress finds uncommon common ground over strikes in Syria - CNN.com: Washington (CNN) -- Congress is a stalemated cesspool of government shutdown showdowns that could come straight from an Aaron Sorkin TV series. But on the issue of using military force in Syria, bipartisanship is coming from unexpected places.

Liberal members of Congress are joining forces with some of the most conservative to rein in the president. For instance, two lawmakers who legislate from complete opposite ends of the political spectrum are calling for the president to back down from a possible military strike.

China: Wife 'Boils Husband In Pressure Cooker'

China: Wife 'Boils Husband In Pressure Cooker': A woman in China who allegedly murdered her husband and boiled his corpse in a pressure cooker has reportedly handed herself into police.

The man was allegedly drugged and tortured by his wife for three days in June, according to a report on government-backed news portal Anhui News.

The woman, who he had reportedly abused, then dismembered her husband's body with a saw and boiled the parts in a pressure cooker to cover her tracks, the report claimed.

Air Force Begins Massive B-52 Overhaul | DoD Buzz

Air Force Begins Massive B-52 Overhaul | DoD Buzz: The U.S. Air Force is in the early phases of a massive, fleet-wide technological upgrade of its B-52 bombers, giving the war-tested platform new electronics and an increased ability to carry weapons, service officials said.