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Woman charged with peanut attack

cmetzger4 — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:20:22 EDT

Robyn Lee, 23, is charged with aggravated assault after she allegedly tried to cram a peanut in the mouth of her very allergic neighbor.

Channel: Food Tags: peanut allergy attack assault Cincinnati

Rapper DMX accused of taking someone's identity

cmetzger4 — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:00:34 EDT

Rapper DMX was arrested at a Phoenix, Arizona, mall on suspicion of giving a gave a false name and Social Security number to a hospital to get out of paying for medical expenses.

Channel: Celebrities Tags: DMX arrest identity hospital bill

4 dead in Houston crane collapse

cmetzger4 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:18:33 EDT

One of the nation's largest mobile cranes collapsed at a Houston, Texas, oil refinery, killing four workers and injuring seven others in the latest of several fatal accidents that have raised concerns about the safety of construction cranes.

Channel: News Tags: crane collapse death Houston oil

Army to Shoot Live Pigs to Save Wounded Soldiers Lives

cmetzger4 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:30:08 EDT

Despite opposition by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the Army is moving forward with its plan to shoot live pigs and treat their gunshot wounds in a medical trauma exercise at Schofield Barracks for soldiers headed to Iraq.

Channel: News Tags: PETA pigs army shoot wound

Firefox 3 vulnerability found

cmetzger4 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:34:27 EDT

Five hours after Mozilla officially released Firefox 3.0, researchers found a vulnerability in the new browser. Since Mozilla is still working on a fix, researchers won't share details about the problem.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: Firefox vunerable software Mozilla fix

AMD changes CEO as chip maker struggles

cmetzger4 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:32:21 EDT

Hector Ruiz was pushed aside after six tumultuous years as CEO of Advanced Micro Devices Inc., as the chip maker tries to pull itself out of a deep financial hole caused by a questionable acquisition and a major product gaffe.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: AMD CPU CEO business Ruiz

'Family Ties' Actor Accused Of Violating Probation

cmetzger4 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:23:27 EDT

The man who played Michael J. Fox's brother on "Family Ties" when he was a child is due in Boulder court, accused of violating his probation after assaulting his girlfriend.

Channel: Television Tags: Family Ties actor probation assault

Woman Has Surgery on Giant 110-Pound Legs

cmetzger4 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:52:34 EDT

A Chinese woman who long-suffered with elephantiasis of the legs says she is looking forward to wearing skirts and trousers after having life-changing surgery to correct the painful condition.

Channel: Women Tags: legs elephantiasis surgey giant China

Boy dies at church camp

cmetzger4 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:26:56 EDT

A 15-year-old boy attending a Christian summer camp in this southwest Ohio town has died after suffering a head injury while wrestling in an inflatable suit.

Channel: Family Tags: death camp church wrestling sumo

Opera singer charged with assault

cmetzger4 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:23:23 EDT

A singer with the Cincinnati Opera was charged with assault. Miroslaw Witkowski, who is in his late 20s and from Poland, is accused of attacking another man and hitting him several times.

Channel: Music Tags: opera sing assault Cincinnati crime

Quiet Iraq streets leave soldiers yearning for Afghanistan

cmetzger4 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:19:02 EDT

Spc. Grover Gebhart has spent nine months at a small post on a Sunni-Shiite fault line in western Baghdad. But the 21-year-old soldier on his first tour in Iraq feels he's missing the real war -- in Afghanistan, where his brother is fighting the Taliban.

Channel: News Tags: Iraq Afghanistan war fighting quiet

Microsoft and Yahoo both pursuing AOL deals

cmetzger4 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:19:14 EDT

As the maneuvering continues ahead of Yahoo's August 1 shareholders' meeting, the company and Microsoft are both looking to relieve Time Warner of its AOL subsidiary, although for very different reasons.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: business merger AOL Yahoo Microsoft

U.N. peacekeeper slain in Darfur

cmetzger4 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:17:01 EDT

Another U.N. peacekeeper has been killed in the Darfur region of Sudan. The death comes as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called efforts to resolve the five-year-old conflict in the region "deeply disappointing."

Channel: News Tags: Darfur UN death peace Sudan

German inflation at 14-year high

cmetzger4 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:14:04 EDT

German consumer prices rose by 3.3 percent in June on a 12-month basis, the biggest increase since December 1993, final figures released by the national statistics office showed.

Channel: Money Tags: inflation price Germany high statistics

Barge collision causes huge oil spill near in Germany

cmetzger4 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:10:18 EDT

The 82-metre barge Undine was severely damaged when four of her eight fuel tanks were torn open in the accident on the waterway near a rural district of Hamburg. Police are questioning both ship captains in an ongoing investigation of the incident.

Channel: News Tags: oil spill Hamburg barge eco

Twins born with different skin tones

cmetzger4 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:06:57 EDT

A couple got an interesting surprise this week when the woman gave birth to twins with very different skin tones. One of the two boys born to the German father and Ghanaian mother has dark skin, and the other has light skin.

Channel: Family Tags: skin tone color twins birth

Parents jailed for starving daughter to death

cmetzger4 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:05:01 EDT

A German mother and father were sentenced for murdering their 5-year-old daughter Lea-Sophie by starvation. The Schwerin district court handed both the 24-year-old mother and the 26-year-old father prison time of 11 years and 9 months for child abuse and murder.

Channel: News Tags: Germany parents starve death murder

Jesse Jackson reportedly also used n-word in off-air gaffe

cmetzger4 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:14 EDT

Jesse Jackson already came under fire for crude off-air comments he made against Obama in what he thought was a private conversation during a taping of a news show. In additional comments from that same conversation, Jackson is reported to have referred to blacks with the N-word when he said Obama was telling them "how to behave."

Channel: News Tags: Jesse Jackson blacks Obama Fox News

UFC's 'Rampage' Jackson arrested following pursuit

cmetzger4 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:00:28 EDT

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson was arrested in Costa Mesa, Calif., after a series of collisions involving his pickup truck.

Channel: Sports Tags: UFC arrest rampage Jackson pursuit

Live from Nintendo's E3 keynote

cmetzger4 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:40:35 EDT

Engadget & Joystiq live-blog from Nintendo's E3 2008 keynote.

Channel: Video Games Tags: Nintendo E3 keynote blog live

Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman Split Up

cmetzger4 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:20:42 EDT

Sad news for comedy and monogamy fans: late night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel and his girlfriend of five years, comedienne Sarah Silverman, have broken up.

Channel: Celebrities Tags: Kimmel Silverman split comedy talk show

Yankee Stadium the biggest All-Star of all

cmetzger4 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:14:08 EDT

The star of the All-Star game doesn't swing a bat, throw a pitch or wear a glove. It has 56,000-plus blue seats, a famous field and history. Lots of history.

Channel: Sports Tags: MLB All Star Yankee stadium New York

Mystery Insects Bugging London Scientists

cmetzger4 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:10:21 EDT

The experts at London's Natural History Museum pride themselves on being able to identify species from around the globe, from birds and mammals to insects and snakes. Yet they can't figure out a tiny red-and-black bug that has appeared in the museum's own gardens.

Channel: Science Tags: London insect museum species identify

Japan Claims Ownership of Islands Controlled by South Korea

cmetzger4 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:07:30 EDT

Japan's government defended its decision to include in school textbooks its claims to islands currently controlled by South Korea, a move that prompted Seoul to lodge a strong protest and recall its ambassador.

Channel: News Tags: Japan South Korea Seoul islands

Derby announcer found dead at Indiana home

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:51:05 EDT

Luke Kruytbosch, the track announcer for the Kentucky Derby for the last 10 years, was found dead at his home in southern Indiana. He was 47.

Channel: Sports Tags: Kentucky Derby announcer death Indiana

Rare Indeed - A Chain Committed to Selling Out-of-Print Books

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:39:21 EDT

For eight years, Barnes & Noble ran a small rare- and out-of-print-book department in its large store in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. When that store closed this spring, many customers assumed that the modest experiment would end, too.

Channel: Books Tags: Barnes Noble rare chain New York

Memoir says Madonna's true love is herself

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:37:01 EDT

A memoir by Madonna's brother says the singer really does love her husband, director Guy Ritchie, but, apparently, not as much as she loves her career and herself.

Channel: Celebrities Tags: Madonna love memoir book Ritchie

Lion On Loose May Be 'Big Dog'

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:15:58 EDT

The reports of an African lion at large that spurred a helicopter search, a reverse-911 call to the neighborhood and an eight-hour hunt by local, state and federal wildlife trackers may be false. The "African lion" pictured in grainy photos may have just been a large dog, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office said.

Channel: Pets Tags: lion dog Denver search false

David Morrell's 'Captain America' a knockout

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:23:02 EDT

David Morrell has done something totally new: The best selling author of action thrillers has written a comic-book series. It all happened because a Marvel Comics editor suggested that Morrell, who created the famous character "Rambo" in his novel, "First Blood," would make a good pairing with another military icon, Captain

Channel: Books Tags: Captain America Marvel Rambo comics

Bill Russell writing book about coach Red Auerbach

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:20:51 EDT

Basketball great Bill Russell is working on a memoir about his friendship with the late Red Auerbach, the Boston Celtics coach for whom Russell starred on a long run of championship teams.

Channel: Sports Tags: book basketball Russell Auerbach Celtics

Two runners dead after storm overtakes extreme Zugspitze race

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:18:23 EDT

Two participants of an extreme mountain run on Germany's 2,962-metre Zugspitze are dead after bad weather set in on the peak.

Channel: Sports Tags: Germany death runner storm Zugspitze

German kicked off flight for lame Kalashnikov joke

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:16:27 EDT

A German couple going on vacation had to change their travel plans after the husband joked to security personnel that the metal objects showing up on airport security x-ray machines were parts of a rifle.

Channel: News Tags: security Kalashnikov rifle airport joke

Israeli Lifeguard Finds 2,500-Year-Old Sea Relic

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:13:48 EDT

An Israeli lifeguard taking his regular morning swim off the Mediterranean coast in southern Israel discovered a 2,500-year-old marble talisman to ward off the evil eye. The lifeguard turned over the ancient disc that once adorned the bow of an ancient warship or cargo ship to keep evil away, the Israeli archaeology body said.

Channel: News Tags: Isreal lifeguard relic found evil

Russia reintroduces warship patrols in Arctic

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:05:12 EDT

Russia announced that it is sending warships to patrol Arctic waters for the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union -- the latest move to increase the country's global military presence.

Channel: News Tags: Russia military Arctic Soviet Union warship

Thriller master Ridley Pearson strikes again

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:29:53 EDT

"Killer View", by Ridley Pearson: Only Ridley Pearson could take a timeless children's tale and deftly turn it into a series of engaging thrillers.

Channel: Books Tags: thriller Ridley Pearson children novel

Arenas makes it official, signs $111M deal

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:27:37 EDT

Gilbert Arenas signed his six-year, $111 million contract with the Washington Wizards, securing the return of a franchise player who is accepting less money than he was offered.

Channel: Sports Tags: NBA contract Arenas Wizards Washington

Surging Perry wins John Deere Classic

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:26:06 EDT

Kenny Perry beat Brad Adamonis and Jay Williamson in a playoff to win the John Deere Classic and escape with his third victory in five starts after bogeying the 18th hole.

Channel: Sports Tags: Perry golf John Deere bogey win

Maker of Shirtless Mormon Missionaries Calendar Excommunicated

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:23:08 EDT

The creator of a calendar that featured shirtless Mormon missionaries was excommunicated after a disciplinary meeting with local church leaders in Las Vegas.

Channel: Religion Tags: Mormon calendar excommunicate topless Las Vegas

Sudanese president charged with genocide

cmetzger4 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:21:17 EDT

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has filed genocide charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, accusing him of masterminding attempts to wipe out African tribes in Darfur.

Channel: News Tags: Sudan Darfur President genocide Africa

Klitschko retains heavyweight titles with late KO

cmetzger4 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:02:26 EDT

With his jab ineffective, Klitschko knocked out former sparring partner Tony Thompson in the 11th round with a big right to successfully defend his heavyweight titles.

Channel: Sports Tags: boxing Klitschko KO title heavyweight