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Although their marriage was never supposed to happen, John and Anne Betar of Fairfield, Connecticut said “I do” 80 years ago and are now honored as 2013′s longest married couple. John and Anne originally met …
08 Feb 13
For years the U.S. Postal Service has discussed cutting back to a five-day delivery schedule, but as of a Wednesday announcement by Postmaster General Donahoe it seems the plan is finally going into effect. The …
07 Feb 13
An ordinarily busy stretch of the Mississippi River is closed today due to a barge colliding with a railroad bridge. The barge was carrying 80,000 gallons of oil, which is now leaking into the river, …
29 Jan 13
In response to ever growing concerns about the link between soft drink consumption and obesity, Coca-Cola has created a series of ads meant to bring awareness to the problem of obesity in general while emphasizing …
15 Jan 13
A preliminary hearing started today for James Holmes, the 25-year-old former graduate student charged with killing 12 and wounding 58 people last July during a screening of “Batman” at a Colorado movie theater. During the …
08 Jan 13
Politicians had 507 days to steer the U.S. economy away from the fiscal cliff, but chose to come to a solution during the wee hours on the day of the deadline — technically falling over …
02 Jan 13
A masked gunman opened fire Tuesday afternoon in a mall in suburban Portland, Oregon, killing three people, including himself, and critically wounding another. According to authorities, the gunman entered the Clackamas Town Center through a …
12 Dec 12
Forget spiking the punch, two University of Colorado at Boulder students took things to the next level by feeding their unsuspecting classmates and professor pot-laced brownies during a “bring food to class” day. The brownie …
10 Dec 12
The warm, dry weather of the past week gave farmers their best opportunity yet for fieldwork this season. Around 5 days were suitable for fieldwork last week in Minnesota. That let corn planting advance by …
