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  • Tornadoes tear through central US

    Tornadoes tore through three central American states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa with baseball-sized hail and wind blasts ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted Sunday night on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas and a second confirmed one was seen near Edmond, Oklahoma, the ...

  • Alleged unmasked CIA agent leaves Russia

    Ryan Fogle, the man Russia's security services claimed to have captured last week as he tried to recruit a Russian to spy for the US, left Moscow Sunday, a media report said. Fogle checked in on a flight at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, NTV said. The Russian foreign ministry had earlier declared Fogle, a third secretary at the US Embassy in Moscow, persona non grata for "activity incompatible ...

  • Sarah Michelle Gellar shares best parenting advice

    Sarah Michelle Gellar shared her best parenting advice ever as she showed up at the CBS Upfront event for her new comedy series, The Crazy Ones, in New York City. When it comes to her parenting style, the Vampire Slayer actress said she likes to keep it simple, Us magazine reported. The mom of two told the publication that her parenting tip is not too original but it works. The 36-year-old ...

  • NY bar to host smallest penis contest

    King's County Bar in Brooklyn, New York is set to host the first ever 'Smallest Penis Contest', on July 20. According to an advertisement on Craigslist, the contest invites 'less endowed men' who can prove that 'good things can come in small packages,' the Huffington Post reported. The 'pageant style' contest would involve 'talent, evening wear, and swimsuit elements.' A 'small member expert ...

  • Suspected U.S. drone attack in Yemen kills 4 Al Qaeda militants

    A suspected American drone attack has reportedly killed four Al Qaeda militants in the southern province of Yemen according to security officials. A fight between Yemeni forces and Al Qaeda in Abyan province last year had drove away militants from several cities that the outfit had ruled over for a brief period in 2011, Fox News reports. According to some security officials, the attack took ...

Movie Review

Insomnia

Like the original, Christopher Nolan's remake of Erik Skjoldbjærg's 1997 Norwegian thriller Insomnia is less of a police procedural than it is a morality play. Pitting a seasoned police detective against an intelligent murderer, it moves along familiar lines for roughly half the film before everything becomes suddenly blurred when the detective and the killer join forces. All blacks ... ...

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  • I want to shoot Hillary Clinton right in the vagina says radio host

    Radio host Pete Santilli has made shocking comments about former First Lady Hillary Clinton, claiming that she should be shot in the vagina for her involvement in the killings of US troops. He hosts a show on his website, but said that he is ready to take his show to national syndication but only if the FCC regulated AM/FM radio stations can handle his truth and honesty. Santilli said that ...

  • Central China woos Latin American investors

    /enpproperty--> Central China's Henan province said on Saturday it will try to create a more amicable investment environment for Latin American countries, in a bid to further lure investors from the Caribbean adjacent region amid China's economic slowdown. "We will continue to open up fields including education, medical care, finance, aviation, and modern services to foreign ...

  • Bay To Breakers Reveler Injured In Fall From Roof At SF House Party

    SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A man suffered life-threatening injuries in a fall from a roof during what appears to have been a Bay to Breakers house party Sunday afternoon, according to San Francisco police. The 3:30 p.m. incident on the 2000 block of Fell Street appears to be among the most serious reported during the race and subsequent celebrations. San Francisco police arrested 21 people ...

  • Steel Tendons In New Bay Bridge Were Exposed To Salt Water

    SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Thousands of steel tendons used to strengthen the skyway portion of the new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge were exposed during construction to rainfall and salty bay mist, leading to corrosion concerns. The Sacramento Bee reports that California Department of Transportation engineers in 2006 discovered that the ducts containing the tendons ...

  • Henry Galaxy were better than New York

    New York Red Bulls striker Thierry Henry has conceded his team were lucky to defeat Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 in Major League Soccer.Tim Cahill struck for New York in the first minute of second-half stoppage time on Sunday, stealing victory at the Red Bull Arena but Henry claimed after the match that the Galaxy 'were better'.Henry praised the Red Bulls for their ability to grind out wins ...

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