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• Detroit-Windsor Tunnel reopens after bomb threat
• Foreign diplomats head to a different kind of summit
• Interviews, crime scene photos released in Zimmerman murder case
• U.S. government records $904.2B deficit through June
• Harry Reid: Romney ‘couldn’t be confirmed as a dog catcher’
• Dustbowl: U.S. declares drought largest disaster area ever
• Woman assaulted with steak sauce over ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’
• Giant sinkhole caused by abandoned, century-old railroad tunnel
• Family makes good on dying man's last wish: Leave $500 tip
• Video: Shark steals woman’s first catch
• 1 chimp dead, 1 tranquilized after Vegas escape
• Tortured Texas dog recovering; $35,000 reward offered
• Group begins selling first Christian tablet
• Is Facebook driving people to plastic surgery?

Detroit-Windsor Tunnel reopens after bomb threat Posted: 12 Jul 2012 03:14 PM PDT An international commuter tunnel connecting Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, was closed for nearly four hours Thursday after a bomb threat was phoned in on the Canadian side. No explosives were found.

Foreign diplomats head to a different kind of summit Posted: 12 Jul 2012 01:35 PM PDT Mitt Romney isn't the only VIP heading to Wyoming. Ambassadors from 22 countries are trading the stuffy formality of Washington for the open spaces of the country's least-populated state on Friday for a three-day trip organized by the State Department to promote America overseas. No word on whether the diplomats will cross paths with the [...]

Interviews, crime scene photos released in Zimmerman murder case Posted: 12 Jul 2012 12:10 PM PDT The mound of evidence, released by Special Prosecutor Angela Corey, is part of the public pretrial records filed in the criminal case.

U.S. government records $904.2B deficit through June Posted: 12 Jul 2012 01:11 PM PDT The U.S. budget deficit grew by nearly $60 billion in June, remaining on track to exceed $1 trillion for the fourth straight year.

Harry Reid: Romney ‘couldn’t be confirmed as a dog catcher’ Posted: 12 Jul 2012 11:34 AM PDT President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies have launched a sustained attack this week over Mitt Romney's refusal to release additional tax returns, suggesting the Republican nominee is trying to "hide" something from the American people. On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid suggested Romney would never win Senate confirmation for a Cabinet position because [...]

Dustbowl: U.S. declares drought largest disaster area ever Posted: 12 Jul 2012 08:01 AM PDT The United States Department of Agriculture has declared natural disaster areas in more than 1,000 counties and 26 drought-stricken states, making it the largest natural disaster in America ever.

Woman assaulted with steak sauce over ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:14 AM PDT The sauciness of "Fifty Shades of Grey"--the titillating trilogy that millions of women around the world are reading this summer--turned literal late last month, when a 31-year-old British man, apparently upset that his girlfriend was one of them, assaulted her with a bottle of steak sauce. According to authorities in Carlisle, U.K., Raymond Hodgson was [...]

Giant sinkhole caused by abandoned, century-old railroad tunnel Posted: 12 Jul 2012 09:57 AM PDT A giant sinkhole that caused part of a highway near the top of a Colorado mountain pass to be shut down earlier this week was caused by thawing soil in an abandoned, century-old railroad tunnel, engineers there said: The Colorado Department of Transportation was forced to close part of U.S. 24 between Red Cliff and [...]

Family makes good on dying man's last wish: Leave $500 tip Posted: 12 Jul 2012 11:39 AM PDT A dying man's last wish was to make someone else's day. After his death, the family of Aaron Collins fulfilled his wish to go have pizza and leave their server a $500 tip. The story surfaced on the blog Fark: 30-year-old Collins, a computer technician who died July 7, had no money to make his [...]

Video: Shark steals woman’s first catch Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:34 AM PDT In the Cherry Grove inlet near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Sarah Brame and her family got the surprise of a lifetime. As her fiancé, William Moore, filmed her catching her first fish, something unexpected happened. As Brame stands on a dock and begins reeling in [...]

1 chimp dead, 1 tranquilized after Vegas escape Posted: 12 Jul 2012 02:03 PM PDT Two chimpanzees escaped a Las Vegas backyard Thursday, with at least one of them jumping on a police car before officers killed one primate and tranquilized the other, authorities said.

Tortured Texas dog recovering; $35,000 reward offered Posted: 12 Jul 2012 12:32 PM PDT A dog found tortured in Texas earlier this week is recovering from her injuries, and authorities are offering a $35,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in what the Dallas Morning News described as "one of the worst cases of animal cruelty ever reported in the county." The pug mix—who's been nicknamed Hope by [...]

Group begins selling first Christian tablet Posted: 12 Jul 2012 12:05 PM PDT If you've been wanting a tablet but thought the options currently out on the market are just too heathenish for your tastes, your wait is over. A group called Family Christian announced the sale of Edifi, which it claims is … Continue reading →

Is Facebook driving people to plastic surgery? Posted: 12 Jul 2012 10:05 AM PDT It's no secret that a large number of Americans are unhappy with their image. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, there's been a dramatic rise in the number of cosmetic procedures performed over the last 15 years. But … Continue reading →

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