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Honey Smacks Danger

Honey Smacks Danger

The Centers for Disease Control  #CDC is getting serious about Honey Smacks, warning not to eat the Kellogg’s cereal in any size package or with any best-if-used-by date due to a salmonella outbreak

Sarah Palin speaks out after being ‘duped’ into spoof interview by Sacha Baron Cohen

Sarah Palin speaks out after being ‘duped’ into spoof interview by Sacha Baron Cohen

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin spoke out about being “duped” into a spoof interview with British actor Sacha Baron Cohen. “It was proposed to me as a legitimate interview to speak about veterans’ issues in our military and current events to a new audience,” […]

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FEMA unprepared, understaffed in facing 2017 hurricane season, report says

FEMA unprepared, understaffed in facing 2017 hurricane season, report says

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — No tarps, no cots, and fewer than 200 blue roofs. That is what the Federal Emergency Management Administration’s warehouse in Puerto Rico looked like as Hurricane Maria made landfall in September 2017. The vital supplies had been siphoned off elsewhere when Hurricane Irma had slammed into the […]

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Teen spends 10 hours treading water after a rip current swept him out to sea

Teen spends 10 hours treading water after a rip current swept him out to sea

Kirk Spataro(ST. SIMON’S ISLAND, La.) — A 19-year-old Louisiana teen spent 10 hours in the open sea after a rip current dragged him out into the ocean off the Georgia coast. Blake Spataro said he was sitting in the ocean off the coast of St. Simon’s Island Tuesday when a […]

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Schlitterbahn water slide where 10-year-old boy was killed to be torn down, park officials say

Schlitterbahn water slide where 10-year-old boy was killed to be torn down, park officials say

ABC News(KANSAS CITY, Kan.) — Officials have approved plans to tear down Schlitterbahn water slide in Kansas City that killed a 10-year-old boy in 2016, according to the park’s spokeswoman. Deconstruction of the Verrückt will proceed in the coming months, Schlitterbahn Waterpark spokeswoman Winter Prospio confirmed to ABC News. Caleb […]

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A single fingerprint led to arrest in cold case murder of elderly woman 31 years later

A single fingerprint led to arrest in cold case murder of elderly woman 31 years later

Robeson County Sheriffs Office(ROBESON COUNTY, Calif.) — A single fingerprint and the actions of an “above and beyond” deputy led investigators to arrest a man in North Carolina for allegedly murdering an elderly woman 31 years ago in California, according to officials. Grace Hayden, 79, was raped and killed in […]

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Artist without arms accused of stabbing tourist with scissors

Artist without arms accused of stabbing tourist with scissors

Miami-Dade Department of Corrections (MIAMI BEACH, Fla.) — A homeless artist without arms has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a tourist in Florida with a pair of scissors — using only his feet to wield the weapon, police said. Jonathan Crenshaw, 46, was taken into custody after officers from the […]

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Mother, daughter killed when 800-pound boulder fell off truck, smashed their car; driver in custody: Police

Mother, daughter killed when 800-pound boulder fell off truck, smashed their car; driver in custody: Police

KSTP(ROSEMOUNT, Minn.) — A mother and daughter died when a roughly 800-pound boulder fell off a truck and smashed into their car, and now that truck driver is in custody, according to police. Karen Christiansen, 67, was driving with her daughter, Jena Christiansen, 32, in Rosemount, Minnesota, Monday afternoon when […]

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Woman abandoned at birth discovers she has multiple siblings who were also deserted by mother

Woman abandoned at birth discovers she has multiple siblings who were also deserted by mother

ABC News(COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho) — One early morning in 1987, staff at a local hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, noticed an odd sight: a pregnant woman in labor had checked herself in alone, without any luggage or personal items. She signed in with the name Amy Dee Beach, claiming she […]

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US service member killed in Afghanistan marks second American combat death in one week

US service member killed in Afghanistan marks second American combat death in one week

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. service member was killed in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday due to wounds sustained during a combat operation, according to a release from U.S. Forces Afghanistan. The service member, who has not yet been identified, marks the fourth American combat death in Afghanistan this year and the […]

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