Sep 17 Washington Post profiles victims of the Navy Yard shooting He was "a wonderful person and a wonderful neighbor," said an acquaintance of 59-year-old Michael Arnold, one of 13 people who died in Monday's shootout at Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. The Washington Post profiles some of the victims… Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch the Costa Condordia Salvage Time Lapse .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } After being partially submerged off… Continue reading
Sep 17 Need a cape? You could nab one of Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Photo by Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call If you're in the need of a new cape for fall, you're in luck. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s fur and mink capes are among some of his many items the U.S. Marshals Service has… Continue reading
Sep 17 FBI to hold press briefing on Navy Yard shooting at 2 p.m. EDT 2 p.m. Press Conference @FBIWFO updating #NavyYardShooting w/ FBI Asst. Dir, @DCPoliceDept , DC US Atty, NCIS, @dcfireems, & US Park Police— FBI PressOffice (@FBIPressOffice) September 17, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 17 Missing: one lucky millionaire Have you ever walked out of a store and realized that you've forgotten your wallet or your keys? Well one lucky (or unlucky, depending on how you look at it) customer walked out of a shop in Spain and… Continue reading
Sep 17 Wave of car bombs kill 16 in Iraq BREAKING: Iraqi officials say wave of car bombs across Baghdad kills 16 people.— The Associated Press (@AP) September 17, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 17 Moment of Silence When the House convenes this afternoon Rep.Eleanor Holmes Norton(D) DC will ask for a moment of silence for 12 federal employees killed .— LJ. Scott (@ljspbs) September 17, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 17 Life at the 'Top of the World' By Mike Fritz At 330 miles above the Arctic Circle, life has never been easy for those brave enough to call Barrow home. The population currently hovers around 5,000 and about half of the residents are native Inupiat Eskimo, indigenous people who have… Continue reading
Sep 17 What happens when kids aren't allowed to play with toy guns? Photo by flickr user woodleywonderworks When Jonathan Gourlay was a kid, he was jealous of the boy across the alley who had a "toy arsenal" of grenades, machine guns and a western-style cap gun. But Gourlay wasn't… Continue reading
Sep 17 Census reports median household income, poverty level steady in 2012 Dominick Aldridga (8) stands with members of his family at a distribution point by the Food Bank of the Southern Tier Mobile Food Pantry on June 19, 2012 in Deposit, New York. Spencer Platt/Getty Images. The U.S. Census Bureau… Continue reading