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Terrell Suggs' Guns, Including AK-47, Surrendered In Ravens Linebacker's Domestic Case

(991) Comments | Posted December 7, 2012 | 1:56 PM

In a staggering report by USA Today Friday, NFL players estimated that 75 percent of them are gun owners.

Now there is one fewer.

Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs was ordered to surrender his arsenal -- an AK-47 and six other guns -- after his girlfriend...

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Evelynn Biondo Wheelchair Ramp Stolen: Good Samaritan Carpenter Builds A New One

(6) Comments | Posted December 7, 2012 | 12:32 PM

NEW YORK -- Evelynn Biondo, a 5-year-old girl from Mastic, N.Y., who is severely disabled as a result of being violently shaken at the age of 3 months, had her wheelchair ramp stolen this week, CBS 2 reported.

But a generous carpenter has managed to turn the heartbreak into hope,...

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Aaron Green, 3, Saves Mom Having Diabetic Seizure By Dialing Cell Phone For First Time

(44) Comments | Posted December 6, 2012 | 5:07 PM

A mother who was in the grip of a life-threatening diabetic seizure is thankful her 3-year-old son has a feel for technology.

Despite never having used a cellphone before and never being shown how, Aaron Green of Coventry, England, managed to dial for help to save his mom,...

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Jack Culolias Missing: Family Wonders If Hazing Played A Part In ASU Student's Disappearance

(14) Comments | Posted December 6, 2012 | 11:35 AM

Arizona State University freshman Jack Culolias has been missing since Nov. 30 amid family concerns that fraternity hazing might have played a part, according to news outlets.

During an event for Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the under-age Culolias, 19, was reportedly tossed drunk from the Cadillac Ranch...

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Adam Nelson Gold Medal: U.S. Shot Putter Could Win Olympic Gold Eight Years Later

(9) Comments | Posted December 6, 2012 | 11:19 AM

Thanks to new technology that reveals more steroid cheats, Adam Nelson may win the 2004 Olympics shot put more than eight years after he finished second, the New York Times reported.

Nelson, now 37, climbed to first place after the original winner at the Athens Games, Yuriy Bilonog...

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Chihuly Glassblowing iPhone App Allows Users To Make Art By Blowing Into Microphone (VIDEO)

(2) Comments | Posted December 6, 2012 | 11:02 AM

The Chihuly app, a new iPhone application that launched Wednesday, allows users to create virtual blown glass by blowing into the phone's microphone.

"It's taking a thousand-year-old craft and merging it with a brand new technology," said Joe Alexander, chief creative officer for the Martin Agency, one of the...

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Owen Thompson, 14-Year-Old With Tourette Syndrome, Banned From Soccer For Swearing

(70) Comments | Posted December 5, 2012 | 3:40 PM

In a decision his mother called "ridiculous," a British soccer league suspended a 14-year-old player with Tourette syndrome for cursing at the referee, The Sun reports.

Owen Thompson, playing goalkeeper last month for Ware Youth in the Hertfordshire Football Association, reportedly objected to a goal scored...

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NYPD Cop Ivan Marcano Shot In Chest, Promoted To Detective In Hospital For Pursuing Suspects (VIDEO)

(251) Comments | Posted December 5, 2012 | 12:00 PM

This story is part of an ongoing series, "American Heroes," which recognizes extraordinary actions beyond the call of duty by our military members, police force, firefighters and many others.

It was a scene you've probably watched many times on your favorite police drama: An officer takes a bullet...

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Paul Wallich, Vermont Dad, Builds Helicopter Drone To Follow His Son To The Bus Stop

(24) Comments | Posted December 5, 2012 | 10:20 AM

Paul Wallich's ingenuity is no joke, but feel free to insert your own helicopter-parent joke here: The Vermont dad built a camera-mounted drone helicopter to follow his grade-school-aged son to the bus stop.

The distance from Wallich's home to the stop is just 400 yards, he wrote in...

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6 Train Fight Video Shows Enraged Rider Trying To Stab Woman With Pen

(85) Comments | Posted December 4, 2012 | 5:45 PM

With more than 5 million daily riders on the New York City subway, violence happens. But it usually doesn't involve writing instruments wielded as weapons.

A Gothamist tipster rode an uptown 6 train in Manhattan Monday morning and videotaped a fight between riders that involved...

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Caden Beggan Tribute: Classmates Record 'O Holy Night' After 6-Year-Old Dies

(31) Comments | Posted December 4, 2012 | 1:16 PM

A 6-year-old Scottish boy who died from meningitis now has a hit song as part of his legacy.

Ladywell Primary School classmates of Caden Beggan recorded a rendition of the Christmas favorite "O Holy Night" to honor the boy, the Wishaw Press reports.

Caden, from Cleland, Scotland, died...

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Sheherazad Jaafari, Former Bashar al-Assad Press Aide, Enrolled At New School In New York City

(39) Comments | Posted December 4, 2012 | 9:23 AM

Sheherazad "Sherry" Jaafari, a 22-year-old former press aide for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is now studying at the New School in New York City after causing an uproar over her admittance to Columbia University, Communique reported.

“I came here [to The New School] to remain anonymous and to...

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Air New Zealand Testicle 'Joke' About Female Shotputter Nadzeya Ostapchuk Causes Backlash

(240) Comments | Posted December 3, 2012 | 5:47 PM

An Air New Zealand riddle about a steroid-enhanced female shot putter from the Olympics is causing turbulence, the Dominion-Post reported. Twitter followers have called it "transphobic" and in bad taste.

According to the paper, the airline's "Christmas Cracker" promotion at its Grabaseat website offered a joke...

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Jenna Miller, BYU Student, Launches Puppies For Rent, Loans Pooches By The Hour (VIDEO)

(84) Comments | Posted December 3, 2012 | 5:10 PM

BYU student Jenna Miller is conquering the dog-eat-dog business world by renting out puppies.

Miller told the Daily Herald in Provo, Utah, that she got the idea for Puppies For Rent from a Yale program that lends a pooch to stressed scholars. Since starting Puppies for Rent last...

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Wade Haskett, North Carolina Man, Unwittingly Carried Winning Jackpot Lottery Ticket In Wallet For Weeks

(15) Comments | Posted December 3, 2012 | 11:30 AM

Wade Haskett had wanted a new roof and new hardwood floors for his home -- little did he know that he had carried the necessary funds around in his wallet for weeks, the Henderson Times-News reports.

According to the paper, Haskett, of Waynesville, N.C, hadn't bothered to check...

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Twins Fighting In Womb Video: New MRI Technique Reveals Early Double Trouble (VIDEO)

(2404) Comments | Posted November 30, 2012 | 5:56 PM

"It's my womb!" "No, it's my womb!"

Siblings apparently are never too young to be rivals, a video taken from a new high-clarity MRI scan shows.

The high-tech monitor, also dubbed the "cinematic MRI," allows doctors to see, in better detail, when twins vie for space in...

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Twins Fighting In Womb Video: New MRI Technique Reveals Early Double Trouble (VIDEO)

(0) Comments | Posted November 30, 2012 | 5:56 PM

"It's my womb!" "No, it's my womb!"

Siblings apparently are never too young to be rivals, a video taken from a new high-clarity MRI scan shows.

The high-tech monitor, also dubbed the "cinematic MRI," allows doctors to see, in better detail, when twins vie for space in...

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Tony Auriemma, Long Island Plumber Who Helped Sandy Victims, Wins $1 Million Lottery Jackpot

(58) Comments | Posted November 30, 2012 | 1:30 PM

In what appears to be a nice blend of karma and luck, a Long Island man who has helped numerous Hurricane Sandy victims won $1 million on a New York Lottery scratch-off ticket, NBC New York reports.

Tony Auriemma, of Greenlawn, N.Y., would have been on...

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Ramon Severino Brings Bag Of Dead Rats To Housing Court As Evidence Against Landlord In Rent Dispute

(115) Comments | Posted November 30, 2012 | 10:48 AM

Odor in the court! Manhattan tenant Ramon Severino needed evidence against his landlord, so he brought a bag of dead rats to a New York City housing court Thursday, the New York Daily News reports.

Severino's landlord, Riverside Community Management, was seeking $326 in rent money that Severino...

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Larry Chandler, Indiana Electrician Facing Foreclosure, Wins $1 Million In Powerball Lottery

(387) Comments | Posted November 29, 2012 | 5:45 PM

Larry Chandler of Highland, Ind., didn't grab the monster prize in Wednesday's record Powerball lottery drawing, but he's feeling thankful just the same.

Chandler won $1 million of the massive jackpot, NBC Chicago reports. He didn't waste any time in claiming the money, either. He showed...

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