Lew Unveils Less Loopy Signature for Dollar Debut
Treasury Secretary Jack "Lewpty" Lew has a new and improved signature – and it will soon be appearing on your dollar bills. Some people, including President Barack Obama, thought Lew needed to improve...
View ArticleBlagojevich Lawyer Wants More Time to File Appeal
It looks like the world is going to have to wait a bit longer for Rod Blagojevich's version of why he deserves a new trial. The former Illinois governor was convicted in 2011 of 17 counts of corruption...
View ArticleReal-Life Snakes on a Plane: Man Smuggles 7 Snakes
A Tyler snake expert pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to smuggling seven Peruvian snakes into the United States by concealing them underneath his jacket. William Lamar, 63, was caught with the...
View ArticleWATCH: 2nd Round of Potential Juror Questions in Zimmerman Trial
The second round of questioning of potential jurors in the George Zimmerman trial was set to begin Wednesday morning. A pool of 40 potential jurors has been reached in the trial, Circuit Judge Debra...
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Facebook Outage Sparks Online Frenzy
Facebook crashed on Tuesday and people took to Twitter to lob complaints, laugh and joke about the outage. Website monitoring site DownRightNow noted that the social network went down at around 9:10...
View ArticleStarbucks to Post Calorie Counts Nationwide
Coffee drinkers might soon reconsider splurging on 460-calorie Java Chip Frappuccino at Starbucks. Beginning next week, the coffee giant will post calorie counts on their menu boards, getting ahead of...
View ArticleEx-USC Prof. Wanted by FBI Arrested in Mexico
A former USC professor on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted fugitives list for alleged child-sex crimes has been arrested in the resort city of Playa del Carmen in Mexico, authorities said Tuesday - just a day...
View ArticleChicago Hospital Allows Visiting Hours for Pets
Sometimes the most effective comfort comes from man's best friend. Rush University Medical Center took that to heart, adopting a formal policy that allows pets to visit certain patients in their rooms....
View ArticleVolunteers Sought to Monitor Police Surveillance
One Southern California city is looking for volunteers -- to monitor a new surveillance camera system. With Banning, Calif., becoming the latest city in Inland Empire to add a surveillance system,...
View Article"Radioactive-Looking" Sinkholes
A hole opens up in the street and a fluorescent green fluid appears inside. What is that stuff? It sounds like a scene from an episode of "The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," a Nickelodeon slime show or...
View ArticleYahoo: 13,000 Data Requests From Law Enforcement in Six Months
Do you Yahoo? The government does. Yahoo says that U.S. law enforcement agencies filed "between 12,000 and 13,000" requests for data from Jan. 1, 2013 to May 31 of this year, according to Reuters....
View ArticleUTA Threat Cleared; Campus Reopened
The campus at the University of Texas at Arlington was closed and classes were canceled Wednesday morning due to reports of an armed man headed toward the school. An alert sent on the MavAlert...
View ArticleVideo: School Employee Accused of Abusing Autistic Student
The Broward State's Attorney on Monday released shocking video of an Alternative Education Foundation employee accused of child abuse charges. David Baier, 50, was arrested last August on three counts...
View ArticleGood Samaritan Rescues Dog From Storm Drain
A Frisco woman's 10-year-old Pomeranian ran away Tuesday night. The dog was found on Wednesday stuck in a storm drain when a Good Samaritan helped rescue the dog and reunited the pup with its family.
View ArticleMarines Trek 2,700 Miles for Wounded Brethren
Adam Shatarsky and Chris Senople are walking from Camp Pendleton to Washington, D.C., to raise awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project, which helps men and women wounded in battle heal after...
View Article"Violent" Sports Gambling Ring Busted by FBI
FBI agents in Southern California served search and arrest warrants Wednesday morning as part of an ongoing investigation involving an international sports gambling ring, according to officials....
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Men's Wearhouse Founder George Zimmer Fired
Follow @nbcbayarea In a surprise move, the Men's Wearhouse board of directors on Wednesday ousted George Zimmer - a national icon known for personally guaranteeing the inexpensive suits and prom...
View Article2 Arrested in Plot to Use X-Ray Weapon
Two upstate New York men, one who prosecutors say is a member of the Ku Klux Klan, are accused of conspiring to develop a portable X-ray machine capable of emitting lethal doses of radiation that they...
View ArticleJoe Torre's Daughter Makes Life-Saving Catch
The daughter of Yankee legend Joe Torre made the catch of a lifetime in Brooklyn on Wednesday, saving a baby who got out of a window and then fell off a fire escape and into her arms. Ida Siegal...
View ArticlePriest Targets Drug Dealers, Gets "Watch Your Back" Note
A Manhattan priest who was tired of neighborhood drug dealers and urged his parishioners during a sermon to take action got a threatening letter in the mail days later. "Watch your back," read the...
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