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Chatham Deputies Involved In Shooting
Suspect dead, second sought after Chatham deputy shooting Two Chatham County sheriff's deputies were shot Thursday following a car chase and shootout southeast of Siler City. Bothwere listed in good con...
Sep 17, 2009, 3:52 pm - kaizon7

10 Things Gas Stations Won't Tell You
10 Things Gas Stations Won't Tell You 1. Good luck finding the best deal. When it comes to gas prices, most stations are branded meaning the name of a major oil company hangs out front and must buy gas from their proprietary company. They can't shop around. With a lock on sales, the oil companies charge each station a different price depending on various factors, such as the station's competition and its location. That means a statio...
Aug 1, 2009, 7:18 pm - angelm

Cow gets new home after escape from slaughterhouse
Cow gets new home after escape from slaughterhouse NEW YORK The 500-pound cow that led New York City police on a mile-long chase after bolting from a Queens slaughterhouse is now living large at a Long Island farm sanctuary. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says they transported the young cow, nicknamed 'Molly,' to a Calverton sanctuary called the Farrm on Thursday afternoon. ASCPA assistant director Joseph Pentangelo says the al...
May 7, 2009, 9:12 pm - angelm

Woman is five-time Lottery winner
May 5, 6:13 PM EDT Lady Luck: W.Va. woman wins 5 lottery cash prizes since September, including $100,000 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Brenda Bailey is on a roll. Since September, the 59-year-old South Charleston woman has won five West Virginia Lottery cash prizes, totaling $167,600. All of Bailey's winnings came from the Lottery's instant games. Her latest win is her bigge...
May 5, 2009, 7:57 pm - truesee

Church giving sermon entitled 'Great Sex for You' need to find new home
Apr 26, 10:09 PM EDT Church giving series of sermons entitled 'Great Sex for You' may need to find new home MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) -- A church giving sermons about sex may have to find a new home. Brevard Public School District's risk-management department has threatened to boot New Hope Church out of Sherwood Elementary because of a worship series titled Great Sex for You. Church leaders mailed 25,000 flie...
Apr 27, 2009, 11:33 pm - truesee

Batman Breaks $1B At Box Office
Batman Breaks $1 Billion At Box Office By Access Hollywood 13 minutes ago LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The Dark Knight has become the fourth film ever to reach $1 billion in worldwide box office receipts, joining Titanic, Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest in the exclusive club. The superhe...
Feb 22, 2009, 5:16 pm - NBey6

Single Woman, 33, Who Gave Birth To 8 Babies Already Has 6 Children
By Jessica Garrison, Andrew Blankstein and Jeff Gottlieb January 30, 2009 The woman who gave birth to octuplets this week already has six young children and never expected that the fertility treatment she received would result in eight more babies, her mot...
Jan 31, 2009, 3:10 pm - truesee

FedEx plane veers off runway, catches fire
Crew members escape after aircraft lands in freezing mist at Texas airport The Associated Press updated 10:37 a.m. ET, Tues., Jan. 27, 2009 LUBBOCK, Texas - A FedEx cargo plane landing at a Texas airport veered off the runway, crashed and caught fire, but both crew members walked away from the wreckage, officials said. Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport director James Loomis said the ATR-42 twin-...
Jan 27, 2009, 11:42 am - NBey6

Jail for Belgians who reject polio shot
By MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer LONDON - As doctors struggle to eradicate polio worldwide, one of their biggest problems is persuading parents to vaccinate their children. In Belgium, authorities are resorting to an extreme measure: prison sentences. Two sets of parents in Belgium were recently handed five-month prison terms for failing to vaccinate their children against polio. Each parent was also fined $8,000. (Did that have...
Mar 12, 2008, 5:40 pm - time*treat

Clinton Sees New Race; Obama Talks Tough
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Wednesday that her primary victories in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island had reordered the Democratic presidential race in her favor. A resilient Barack Obama countered with fresh pledges of support from superdelegates and said his lead remained intact. One day after his worst showing in a month, Obama blamed negative attacks by the former first lady for his defeats and quickly made good on a promise to sharpen his criticism of her....
Mar 5, 2008, 11:19 pm - LOTTOMIKE