Low-speed chase ends with police nabbing tortoise
“Slow and steady wins the race” may be the moral of a children’s tale, but the adage didn’t hold...
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Iraq air force to back Kurds fighting Islamists
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called upon his country’s armed forces to help Kurdish forces...
Water alert affects more than 400,000 in Toledo, Ohio
Don’t use, drink, cook with, or even boil any of the water in Toledo, Ohio. Restaurants should close up...
State gay marriage bans face largest attack yet
An appeals court in Cincinnati this week will hear challenges to bans in four states. …read more Source: Top...
Strong quake kills at least 150 in southern China
BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake jolted southern China’s Yunnan province on Sunday, toppling thousands of homes and killing...
RG III looking forward to practice with Brady
By John Keim Robert Griffin III already has played against elite quarterbacks — ones with Super Bowls in their...
First Ebola patient to arrive in Atlanta today
U.S. officials are confident the two U.S. aid workers can be treated without putting the public in any danger....
Ebola patients coming to U.S. sparks fear
A medical plane bringing home one of two Americans battling the highly infectious disease Ebola is expected to arrive...
George’s season in doubt after leg fracture
By Brian Windhorst Indiana Pacers star Paul George suffered a gruesome lower right leg injury during the U.S. national...
Muslim movement accepts once-taboo causes
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Omar Akersim prays regularly and observes the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast. He is also openly gay....
