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  • Keith Richards has given up liquor: ‘It was interesting to play sober’

    Keith Richards and Jack Daniels are no longer one of rock music’s most famous pairings. The famously hard-partying Rolling Stone tells Rolling Stone that he has almost completely quit drinking and has given up hard liquor entirely. “It’s been about a year now,” says Richards, who turns 75 next week. “I pulled the plug on it. I got fed up with it.” He says he still has “a glass of wine occasionally, and a beer,” but with liquor, “it was time to […]

  • Videos shows Iowa State Trooper running from semi that hit patrol car

    JASPER COUNTY, Iowa – The Iowa State Patrol has released dash cam video that shows a trooper running to get out of the way as a semi bears down on his parked patrol car. The incident happened on October 29th in Jasper County east of Des Moines. The trooper was conducting traffic on a state highway following a fatal rear-end accident that happened earlier that morning. The Iowa State Patrol says the lights on the trooper’s vehicle were activated and […]

  • Family will pay $100K for photographer to document their travels for a year

    A dream job is available for anyone who loves photography and travel. A wealthy family in the United Kingdom is looking for a photographer to travel the world with them and document their travels, according to Perfocal, a website that connects people in need of photographers. The job pays £80,000 (a little more than $100,000) per year and the family will also cover travel, food and accommodation expenses. The family is looking for a photographer who can work up to 10 […]

  • Michigan mother calls police on son who refused to get up for school

    GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A Michigan mom called the police on her son after repeatedly trying to wake him up for school, according to WEYI. Crystal Towns apparently reached her limit with the morning struggle Thursday, and decided to take things to a whole new level. “I woke him up,” she told WEYI. “He thought he was just going to not go and I said, ‘Nope you’re learning today, boy.'” Towns reportedly said her son tried to blame his sister for not […]

  • Woman arrested after video shows her attacking subway rider, using racial slur

    NEW YORK — A woman has been arrested after cellphone video showed her attacking a woman and shouting a racial slur at her, police said Thursday. Anna Lushchinskaya, 40, faces a felony assault charge after being arrested by officers in Brooklyn, NYPD Transit tweeted. Police retweeted video allegedly showing Lushchinskaya attacking a woman on a crowded train before being detained by a civilian at the 36th Street station. The incident happened Tuesday, according to one of several people who filmed it. […]

  • Walmart shoplifter says customer ‘should be punished’ for tackling him

    GREENFIELD, Wis. — A customer at a Wisconsin Walmart  tackled Christopher Simpson as he was trying to walk out of the store with stolen video games and held him down until police arrived. Simpson said he’s sorry for what he did but he wants to know: did he need to be tackled over it – or was that a job better left to police? Security footage obtained by WITI shows Simpson getting tackled as he tried to leave the Walmart. “Me […]

  • Science and KFC have blessed us with a firelog that smells like fried chicken

    Who needs a yule log for the holidays when you can get one that smells like fried chicken? It sounds a little out there, but it’s a real thing. KFC is selling a limited-edition firelog that gives off the aroma of fried chicken. Introducing the 11 Herbs & Spices Firelog from Enviro-Log®, the best way to make a fire smell less like fire and more like fried chicken. Get yours today at https://t.co/u2baCmHQYF. pic.twitter.com/y4TRf4cqQs — KFC (@kfc) December 13, 2018 […]

  • Mother travels to Mexico to find man accused of molesting her young son

    FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A mother from Colorado traveled to Mexico to find the man accused of sexually assaulting her son. Now months after the trip, the suspect entered a plea deal and could face up to 20 years in prison, according to KDVR. Andrew Vanderwal faces the sexual assault charges. He didn’t show up to a court date in 2017, and that’s when a mother says she took matters into her own hands. “I knew I had to do […]

  • Scientists think this exotic fish hitchhiked from Japan to California in tsunami debris

    MONTEREY, Calif. — Divers swimming in the cold, murky waters of Monterey Bay, California, say they’ve spotted a fish that’s a long way from home. It’s called a barred knifejaw, and it’s native to Japan, Korea and China. The distinctive black-and-white striped fish, also known as a striped beakfish or Ishi Dai in Japan, has been spotted several times in the kelp beds at Breakwater Cove near Monterey. “It can’t be mistaken for any local fish,” said Nicholas Ta, who […]

  • Outrage over ‘Deadpool’ poster that mimics iconic LDS painting of Jesus Christ

    SALT LAKE CITY – An online petition is demanding the removal of a Deadpool poster, calling it a form of religious discrimination, according to KSTU. A self-proclaimed anti-hero like Deadpool has no business being compared to Jesus Christ, according to the petition. “A movie character which is all about crude humor and satire and sarcasm. They would see it being as precisely the opposite of the kind of characters and virtues that Jesus embodies,” said Patrick Mason, chair of Mormon […]