Missouri town gets new newspaper, The Uranus Examiner
URANUS, Mo. (AP) — Cue the giggling: A small Missouri town has a new newspaper called The Uranus Examiner. KYTV reports that the newspaper’s launch...
Huge squirrel population chomps crops, driving farmers nuts
There’s a bumper crop of squirrels in New England, and the frenetic critters are frustrating farmers by chomping their way through apple orchards, pumpkin patches...
Police in New Jersey search for alligator on the loose
MULLICA TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Police in New Jersey are warning residents about an alligator that’s on the loose. Authorities say the 3- to 4-foot...
Man who walked near boiling-hot Old Faithful geyser ticketed
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials have ticketed a man caught on video wandering close to Old Faithful geyser, where he risked burns...
Driving lesson ends with car landing in a swimming pool
MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, Md. (AP) — A driving lesson went off the deep end in Maryland when authorities say the car jumped a curb, crashed through...
Delaware DMV selfie zones aim to discourage license photos
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s Division of Motor Vehicles has installed “Safe Selfie Zones” at its four locations, to allow newly licensed drivers to share...
Too soon? Fans find Red Sox division title banner in street
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have not clinched this year’s American League East division championship, but a banner marking the accomplishment has...
Fishmonger offers lobsters some herb before the butter
SOUTHWEST HARBOR, Maine (AP) — These lobsters are going to pot in more ways than one. A Maine lobster pound is banking on using marijuana...
Get ready for ‘Bongzilla,’ selfie frenzy at Vegas pot museum
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A glass bong taller than a giraffe. Huggable faux marijuana buds. A pool full of foam weed nuggets. Las Vegas’ newest...
Plants, but no pants: Florida man gardens in the nude
STUART, Fla. (AP) — Being in touch with nature is one thing. But gardening au naturel is quite another for some neighbors of a Florida...
Dog running on interstate can’t resist lure of stuffed teddy
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A dog could not resist being lured away from a busy Massachusetts highway by a teddy bear. The Massachusetts State Police...
Man donates to firefighter drive, leaves wedding ring behind
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts firefighters say a man who donated to their muscular dystrophy drive accidentally dropped his wedding ring into their boot. The...
Residents split in goose dispute in Long Island village
BRIGHTWATERS, N.Y. (AP) — Residents of a Long Island village are divided over what to do about a glut of goose droppings around town. Brightwaters...
Minnesota deputies rescue women stranded on unicorn raft
STARK, Minn. (AP) — It was not a fairy tale, but a rescue on a Minnesota lake did involve a rainbow unicorn. A sheriff’s deputy...
Rhode Island alone celebrates Victory Day, debate lingers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is marking the end of World War II as a state holiday, although it remains the only state in...
Man rescued from mud with parrot perched on his shoulders
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Firefighters had to rescue a southwestern Illinois man from deep mud after he became stuck while trying to reach his pet...
Missy Elliott praises woman’s karaoke version of ‘Work It’
WEST WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island woman’s karaoke version of Missy Elliott’s hit song “Work It” has become an internet sensation, even drawing...
Colorado college reprinting up to 9.2K diplomas to fix typo
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado university is offering to reprint up to 9,200 diplomas after the outgoing editor of the school newspaper found...
2 lives down, 7 to go: Cat survives being hit twice by cars
GRAFTON, N.Y. (AP) — A cat named Harley has used up two of its nine lives after surviving being hit by two vehicles on an...
Driver’s test arrest: Pot, gun, cash found in smelly car
GLEN BURNIE, Md. (AP) — A 22-year-old man who went for his driver’s test left in handcuffs after the examiner became suspicious about a certain...
School demolition crews unearth 124-year-old time capsule
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. (AP) — Construction crews tearing down a former middle school in Massachusetts have found a 124-year-old time capsule. The Daily Item reports crews...
Vermont city employs goats to get rid of poison ivy
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont’s capital city is trying a natural way to get rid of poison ivy — grazing goats. On Wednesday, three goats...
Billionaire drops quest to split California into 3 parts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The billionaire behind a measure to split California in three said he’s giving up on the effort to reimagine the nation’s...
Bronze Archie statue honors artist for hometown anniversary
MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — A life-size bronze statue of a red-haired, freckle-faced Archie is now greeting visitors at a New Hampshire town in honor of...
Evangelist seeks prayer for yoga-practicing Oregon governor
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The evangelist Franklin Graham recently asked thousands of people at an Oregon rally to pray for the state’s Democratic governor, saying...
Mountain lion breaks into Colorado home, kills house cat
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A mountain lion that became trapped inside a Colorado home killed a house cat before police and wildlife officers were able...
Officers seize 3 king cobras, 300 other reptiles from home
ALLEGANY, N.Y. (AP) — State wildlife officers have seized three king cobras among the more than 300 reptiles kept in a New York home. The...
India lawmaker dresses as Hitler to criticize prime minister
NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian lawmaker has appeared in Parliament dressed like Adolf Hitler with a toothbrush moustache and wearing a khaki coat with...
How Our Government Created Ghettos
(NPR)- Fifty years after the repeal of Jim Crow, many African-Americans still live in segregated ghettos in the country’s metropolitan areas. Richard Rothstein, a research...
Vince Vaughn Explains Why He Loves Liberty!!!
(The Blaze)- Readers of Playboy may be surprised to find that buried within a recent interview with one of Hollywood’s biggest stars is a fairly...
Rand Paul: The Politicians Are To Blame For Ferguson
(Time)-The failure of the War on Poverty has created a culture of violence and put police in a nearly impossible situation. We are witnessing a...
Eva Moskowitz: Kids Best Friend and The Teachers’ Union’s Worst Nightmare
(The Bullet Wire)- Eva Moskowitz is one of the most important disruptive and entrepreneurial forces in existence in education today. She is literally giving thousands...
Going to Parts Unknown on Election Day
(Global Observations)- Today is another election day and like most election days the outcome, regardless of who wins, will likely do little for the cause...
Rand Paul: Hillary’s ‘War Hawk’ Policies Led to Benghazi Attack, Rise of ISIS
(Breitbart)- Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) certainly has a knack for boldness. On Sunday’s Meet the Press, he dubbed U.S. military engagement in Libya “Hillary’s war”...
Pablo Escobar’s Right-Hand Man Explains Why The Drug War Is Unwinnable
(Business Insider)- In a five-part series about lessons learned from the failed war on drugs, Jochen-Martin Gutsch and Juan Moreno of Der Spiegel explore possible...
The War on Drugs Is What Makes Thugs
(The Daily Beast)- Why do blacks vent when a white cop shoots a kid but say little about daily black-on-black murder? Black outrage is selective—but...
The Future of College: A Tech Entrepreneurs Disruptive Dream
This type of open market entrepreneurship is not only the cure for our outrageously expensive but unresponsive education system at every level, but health care too. It's really the cure for most everything...
Rand Paul: We Must Demilitarize the Police
(Time)- Anyone who thinks race does not skew the application of criminal justice in this country is just not paying close enough attention, Sen. Rand...
How World War I led to modern propaganda and surveillance
(Washington Post)- One hundred years ago this Monday, after German troops marched into Belgium, Britain declared war and scarcely an hour later it sent its...
Millennials’ Political Views Don’t Make Any Sense
(The Atlantic)-Millennial politics is simple, really. Young people support big government, unless it costs any more money. They’re for smaller government, unless budget cuts scratch...
The Misguided Open-Carry Movement
(Reason)- Having the right to do a certain something doesn’t mean that certain something is always the right thing to do. For example: Death-metal bands...
Google’s Larry Page: “I Think the Government’s Likely to Collapse Under Its Own Weight.”
(Reason)- Over the weekend, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page sat down for a rare joint public interview with venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, in...
The P.C. Guillotine Drops: Sirius-XM fire Opie and Anthony on 4th of July
(Deadline Hollywood)- I listened as the radio team of Opie & Anthony got sacked from WNEW-FM radio in 2002 after they launched a Sex for...
Bear rescued after head gets stuck in cookie jar
RINGWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A frightened bear cub got its head stuck in an oversized cookie jar while rummaging through some trash and had to...
Lost for 60 years, ring turns up in dry Texas lake
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — An 84-year-old Washington state woman will soon hold her 1953 university class ring, lost six decades ago, after it was found...
Black bear euthanized after frequenting area
SHALIMAR, Fla. (AP) — A 350-pound black bear found sleeping in a Florida Panhandle tree has been euthanized. The bear had been caught, tagged and...
Good Samaritan rescues man from burning SUV
NEW BRIGHTON, Minn. (AP) — A Good Samaritan showed “superhuman strength” when he bent the door of a burning sport utility vehicle and rescued another...
GM returns stolen Corvette to owner after 33 years
DETROIT (AP) — George Talley has his car back — 33 years after someone stole it from a Detroit street. General Motors Co. says the...
Groom chases thief who grabbed wedding gifts
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas couple who had just renewed their wedding vows got a rude shock when a man tried to steal wedding...
Police charge Pa. man found dribbling along I-78
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — A 22-year-old Pennsylvania man faces charges after police encountered him dribbling a basketball along Interstate 78 near Bethlehem. The Express-Times of...