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Astronaut makes music video aboard space station
It’s being called the first music video made in space. In an online video, astronaut Chris Hadfield sings the David Bowie song “Space Oddity” while floating around in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station. The video features shots of a floating guitar that would look like a Hollywood special effect anywhere else. It also [...]
Ohio suspect’s brothers: Hope he ‘rots in jail’
CLEVELAND (AP) — The two brothers of the Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive for about a decade say they have no sympathy for him. One called him a “monster” who he hopes “rots in jail.” Onil and Pedro Castro told CNN that they want Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight to [...]
Huge drug cost disparities seen in health overhaul
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer alert: If you or someone you know needs costly medications and you’re hoping President Barack Obama’s health care law will meet the need, you may be in for a surprise. Where you live could make a huge difference in what you’ll pay. To keep premiums low, some states are allowing insurers [...]
Marathon bombing survivor wants others remembered
BOSTON (AP) — A survivor of the Boston Marathon bombings who was shown in a widely publicized photo staggering away from the scene of the explosions wants people to remember the victims of the April 15 blasts. James “Bim” Costello, a 30-year-old Harvard University employee, says he’ll make a full recovery. But, now that a [...]
Ginsburg: Roe gave abortion opponents a target
CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she supports a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion, but feels her predecessors’ landmark Roe v. Wade ruling 40 years ago was too sweeping and gave abortion opponents a symbol to target. Ginsburg, one of the most liberal members of the nation’s [...]
OJ to get Vegas court hearing on bid for new trial
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson will return next week to the Las Vegas courthouse where he was convicted of leading an armed sports memorabilia heist to ask a judge for a new trial on the grounds that his lawyer botched his case. Simpson will take the witness stand to testify that the Florida lawyer [...]
Crowds swoon, but Prince Harry is all business
WASHINGTON (AP) — The throngs swooned but Prince Harry was having none of it. The British soldier-prince is spending most of his week in the U.S. honoring the wounded and the dead of war, a salute that began Thursday at a land-mine exhibition in Congress at the side of one of America’s most storied wounded [...]
Ohio man’s ex-relatives say he is a ‘monster’
CLEVELAND (AP) — The man accused of holding three women captive for a decade in his Cleveland home terrorized and beat the mother of his children and locked her indoors, her relatives say. Several relatives of Grimilda Figueroa have painted a nightmarish portrait of Ariel Castro’s family life as authorities made public horrifying details of [...]
Whole Foods mixes up chicken, vegan salads
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Whole Foods Market Inc. said Thursday that labels on a chicken salad and those on a vegan version of the salad were reversed at some of its cold food bars in the Northeast. The mislabeled salads — a curried chicken salad and a vegan curried “chick’n” salad — were sold in [...]
Feds in NYC: Hackers stole $45M in ATM card breach
NEW YORK (AP) — A worldwide gang of criminals stole a total of $45 million in a matter of hours by hacking their way into a database of prepaid debit cards and then draining cash machines around the globe, federal prosecutors said Thursday — and outmoded U.S. card technology may be partly to blame. Seven [...]
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