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Horrific Oklahoma Tornado Captured in Several Raw Videos

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:38 +0000

The country continues to pray for and help the people devastated by the massive tornado that touched down in Oklahoma on Monday, killing dozens.

10 Things No One Should EVER Give Mom on Mother's Day

Stephanie McMaster — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:34:24 +0000

Shopping for Mom can be stressful. She’s the woman who brought you into the world, who cleaned your face with her own spit when you were little, who asked you on a daily basis if you were raised in a barn (and did so lovingly). There’s no gift that can thank her for all that [...]

Group Takes Controverisal Step of Donating Guns to Neighborhood to Help People Protect Themselves

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:30:18 +0000

The right to bear arms is taking on a whole new look in one Texas city. A nonprofit organization called the Armed Citizen Project will hand out shotguns to people in a high-crime area of the city as a means to protect themselves. Armed Citizen Project founder Kyle Coplen says furnishing people with guns makes [...]

Enter to See Orion 2013, Featuring Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and More

Townsquare Media — Wed, 01 May 2013 09:00:05 +0000

Enter here for your chance to see what will be, hands down, one of the biggest rock festivals this year: Orion Music and More 2013. This year, the party’s going down in Detroit, MI on June 8 and 9. We want to fly you and a friend to Detroit to see the show, which features [...]

Boston Marathon Bombers: One Suspect Captured; One Dead [UPDATED]

Chris Chaberski — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:20:23 +0000

The second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing has been captured. Dzokhar Tsarnaev was taken into police custody Friday night -- five days after the bombing that left three dead and left more than 100 injured, police said. The 19-year-old was apprehended after a manhunt that began Thursday night with the fatal shooting of an MIT officer and extended into the evening hours on Friday.

Major Police Operation Underway in Boston Suburb [UPDATED]

Townsquare Staff — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:30:29 +0000

6:55 AM ET: The AP is reporting that the suspects are from Chechnya, and have lived in the US for at least one year. The surviving Boston bomb suspect has been identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, Ma. NBC News is reporting that both suspects are brothers. Sources say that the men may have military experience, according to law enforcement officials.

6:30 AM ET: CNN is reporting that officials are worried that the suspect who remains at large could have explosives on his body. An official tells the network that the suspect killed overnight had explosives on his body. As a result, city officials have suspended all public transportation for the time being. Those in Watertown and the surrounding neighborhoods are being urged to shelter in place until further notice. Many colleges have cancelled classes for the day. Businesses are being told not to open.

Texas Fertilizer Plant Explodes; Mass Injuries Reported

Chris Kissel — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:47:32 +0000

An explosion in West, TX, just outside of Waco, spread fires across multiple buildings and injured an unknown number of people earlier tonight. The explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Plant shortly before 8 PM CT. A large number of people have been reported injured, though the number of those killed in the explosion, if [...]

Gunman Dead After Holding Five Firefighters Hostage in Georgia

Joe Hyer — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:04:04 +0000

The man who held five firefighters hostage in Suwanee, Ga. earlier on Wednesday has been shot and killed by SWAT members. Four hostages are slightly injured, but authorities say they should be OK. The firefighters were originally called to the residence in Suwanee, Ga. Wednesday afternoon by a man who said he was having a [...]

World's Largest Egg Set to Sell for a Ludicrous $45,000

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 03:59:52 +0000

Whoever pays for this egg is going to shell out a lot of money. An egg from the extinct elephant bird is going on the auction block, with insiders predicting it will fetch $45,000 when bidding takes place at Christie’s auction house in London. The egg in question, which is 12 inches by eight inches, [...]

Man Gives His Dog a Tattoo, Stands By His Decision

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:59:47 +0000

Ernesto Rodriguez is in the doghouse in many people’s eyes. The Stokes County, North Carolina man has raised eyebrows for giving his dog a tattoo. Rodriguez put the tat on his four-month-old pit bull, named Duchess. He says that his other dog, Duke, has a tattoo, as well. Rodriguez, who owns a tattoo parlor, placed [...]

Blind Dog and Her Own Seeing-Eye Dog Best Friend Are Looking for a Home

Drew Weisholtz — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:55:27 +0000

Every animal in need of being rescued has a story, but there are two dogs in California with a tale that’s more unusual than most. The STAND Foundation is an organization in Sherman Oaks, California looking for someone to adopt two pooches – one of whom happens to be a seeing-eye dog for the [...]

Dad With Terminal Brain Cancer Wins Marathon While Pushing Daughter in Stroller

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:00:05 +0000

Iram Leon isn’t going to let a little thing like cancer slow him down. In the latest story about the power of the human spirit on display at a marathon, the 32-year-old man battling terminal brain cancer finished first in the Gusher Marathon in Beaumont, Texas earlier this month, while pushing his six-year-old daughter the [...]

Man Cited for Releasing Balloons to Impress Girlfriend

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:59:48 +0000

When it comes to how far their love will go, the sky is definitely not the limit. Police in Dania Beach, Florida charged Anthony Brasfield, 40, after he released a dozen heart-shaped balloons in a romantic gesture towards his girlfriend in a Motel 6 parking lot. Romantic, indeed. Brasfield was charged with polluting to harm [...]

Incredibly Generous Shoe Shiner Donates $200,000 in Tips to Hospital

Drew Weisholtz — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:03:23 +0000

Albert Lexie shines shoes, but he brightens up a whole lot more than people’s feet. Lexie has worked as a shoe shiner for the last 32 years at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. No big deal, you say? Well, it is when you consider that he has donated every single penny in tips he’s made since [...]

Gross! Mother Slips Jailed Son Drugs in Open-Mouthed Kiss

Drew Weisholtz — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:11:16 +0000

All mothers love their sons, but some are more affectionate than others. A woman was recently busted for smuggling Oxycodone to her son in an open-mouthed kiss when she visited him in jail in Yates County, New York. Authorities say Kimberly Margeson, 54, was visiting her 30-year-old son William Partridge in the slammer after he [...]

Grandmother In a Rush to See Granddaughter Gets Caught Speeding 4 Times — In 3 Hours

Drew Weisholtz — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:24:48 +0000

Loretta Lacy is shattering the stereotype that grandmothers drive slowly. The 49-year-old woman was busted four times for speeding last week over a three-hour period along the same highway, including one instance where she was zipping along at 112 miles per hour. It seems Lacy was making the 525-mile trek from her home in Sioux [...]

What Town Is About to Make Drunk Driving Legal?

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:00:12 +0000

Know when to say, ‘I’ll have another.” Ireland’s Kerry County has approved a proposal which would essentially allow some people to drive drunk. Yup, you read that correctly. Lawmakers have agreed to pass a measure letting local police hand out a get out of jail car to motorists in rural areas whose blood-alcohol level is [...]

See + Meet Soundgarden in Seattle

Townsquare Media — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:55:43 +0000

This February, you could be flying to Seattle – the home of grunge and the rainy capital of the Northwest Kingdom – to see Soundgarden live in concert and meet the band backstage. The prize also includes $500 – so you can do Seattle right. It’s like 1994 all over again. Soundgarden are back together [...]

Walmart Employees Confront Shoplifter, Shoplifter Winds Up Dead

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:59:26 +0000

An unidentified man has died after a confrontation with two Walmart employees and a contract security guard at the superstore’s Lithonia, Georgia, location. At 1:30 Sunday morning the man exited through the front door of the store with two DVD players he allegedly hadn’t paid for. The trio then tracked him down in the parking lot and jumped on top [...]

You've Never Had the Hiccups as Bad as This Guy

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:59:04 +0000

Drinking water, eating sugar or having a friend scare you are a few of the hundreds of purported hiccup remedies. However, none of them has worked for Micky Cheney, who has been hospitalized for over a week with a case of hiccups that just won’t go away. It all started for the Acton, Maine, man when he [...]