Chicago-Based Calumet Photographic Shutters U.S. Stores
A Chicago-based photography store has closed its doors and filed for Chapter 7 liquidation. Calumet Photographic, which sells and rents photography equipment and supplies, announced on its Facebook...
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Rare Meningitis Strain at Drexel
Tests confirm a rare meningitis strain that hit Princeton University in 2013 caused the death of a Drexel University student Monday. Stephanie Ross, a mechanical engineering major, died at the Penn...
View ArticleScrabble Seeks New Word
Playing made up words that sound like the real thing to fool your relatives has been a long-standing tradition in the game of Scrabble. Now players have a chance to nominate a word they’d like to see...
View ArticleGadgets Aim for Spring Break Safety
Spring break season is finally here, and thousands of college students are swapping their down jackets for bikinis and heading to resort spots. Amid the crush of alcohol-fueled beach parties, it might...
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NYC Explosion: Before/After Photos
An upper Manhattan block has been drastically altered after two buildings were leveled by a gas explosion Wednesday. Seven people died and more than 70 were injured in the blast at 116th Street and...
View ArticleMan Who Woke Up in Body Bag Dies
A 78-year-old Mississippi man who two weeks ago was discovered alive and kicking inside a body bag after he was pronounced dead, died on Thursday, The Clarion-Ledger reported. Holmes County, Miss.,...
View ArticleAccused Theater Shooter Texted: Doc
A former police officer accused of killing a man in a movie theater during a dispute over texting had used his own phone to send a message to his son minutes before the shooting, according to documents...
View ArticlePlane Evacuated at Philly Airport
Passengers ran from a US Airways flight that was forced to abort take-off on its way from Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Thursday evening. US Airways flight #1702 was leaving from Philadelphia...
View ArticleRAW: Plane Evacuated in Philly
Passengers were forced to flee a US Airways flight at Philadelphia International Airport after a mechanical failure.
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Tweets Threatened Shooting: Police
Police arrested a 20-year-old man Thursday for allegedly using Twitter to make shooting threats, actions that the man's friends claim were part of a prank that got out of hand. Dakkari Mcanuff, of Los...
View ArticleUrinating Man Shoots Resident
A Miami man who police say was shot after asking a man to stop urinating on his lawn remains in critical condition as police continue to search for his shooter. Jose Diaz Martinez's family says he was...
View ArticleHospital Compliant in McMath Case
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services concluded Children's Hospital Oakland didn't violate medical standards in the the case of Jahi McMath, although the physical status and location of of the...
View ArticleMilitary Fugitive Nabbed in SoFla
One of the U.S. Army’s “15 Most Wanted” fugitives – on the run since he escaped from a military prison in Kansas in 1977 – was arrested Thursday when he showed up for work in Pompano Beach, authorities...
View ArticleSkyscraper to Offer "Tilted" View
The city that produced the first skyscraper is again breaking new ground in elevated innovation. Chicago residents and tourists alike will have a new way to get a fresh perspective on the city this...
View ArticleBlue Angels Ready to Fly After Sequestration
It's before dawn at Naval Air Facility El Centro, and most of the Blue Angels 100-person support team is already on the flight line. They are inspecting every inch of the familiar blue F/A-18 Hornet...
View ArticleFBI Standoff Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
The man accused of breaking into the FBI’s San Diego headquarters and damaging a government vehicle has pleaded not guilty in the incident. Lakeside resident Richard William Durant III made his first...
View ArticleSDSU Helps Search For Missing Jet
A San Diego group has joined the search for a missing Malaysian Airlines jetliner that mysteriously disappeared a week ago en route to Beijing. The San Diego State Visualization Lab, also known as the...
View ArticleTexas Couple Accused of Stealing $400,000 Worth of Sorority Pins
An Arlington woman and her husband are behind bars, accused of stealing thousands of pins worth $400,000 from a sorority's headquarters where she worked. At first glance, the pin may not look like much...
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Man Arrested in W. Va. May Be Linked to High-Profile Murders
Federal agents are investigating whether a man in custody in West Virginia has a connection to a series of shocking murders that have made residents of Alexandria, Va., afraid to open their own doors....
View ArticleFinal Walls Down at Explosion Site
Police said Friday that no one else is missing in the rubble of two buildings that were destroyed by a deadly gas explosion in upper Manhattan two days ago, but the FDNY said it is still clearing...
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