Solitary Man Reaches Out, But Now Is Lonely In A Crowd
(Dear Abby)
Dear Abby - DEAR ABBY: I'm a gay 44-year-old man with self-esteem problems. I have never seen myself as worthy of affection, and I don't consider myself attractive. I have never been in a relationship, and no one outside of my family has ever said "I love you" to me.
Time to scrap BP brand? Gas-station owners divided
(AP)
AP - BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of efforts to repair the company's badly damaged reputation.
Schwarzenegger declares California fiscal emergency
(Reuters)
Reuters - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency over the state's finances on Wednesday, raising pressure on lawmakers to negotiate a state budget that is more than a month overdue and will need to close a $19 billion shortfall.
Inmate sues man he's convicted of burglarizing
(AP)
AP - A Florida inmate is suing the man he's convicted of burglarizing, claiming the man and two others roughed him up during a citizen's arrest. Michael Dupree is serving a 12-year sentence for burglary and cocaine possession stemming from a 2007 break-in of a van in St. Petersburg. Dupree allegedly stole a bicycle locked inside and was apprehended after the owner, Anthony McKoy, saw him with the bike down the street.
Paris police: Tear gas in letter for US Embassy
(AP)
AP - Two men who work for the U.S. Embassy in Paris underwent medical tests after handling a suspicious letter Friday, the embassy said, and Paris police said it appeared they had been exposed to tear gas fumes.
Prodigal gun: Man reunited with stolen revolver
(AP)
AP - A rural east Texas man has been reunited with his long-lost gun more than two decades after it was stolen. Kauffman County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Pat Laney says Bruce Garner received his H&R nine-shot revolver at an upbeat property hearing Thursday morning.
Bill Clinton emerges on Chelsea's NY wedding eve
(AP)
AP - Bill Clinton made a long-anticipated appearance in the upstate New York village where his daughter is getting married, drawing crowds of onlookers Friday afternoon as preparations continued largely out of sight for the grand and secretive occasion.
Antarctica Experiment Discovers Puzzling Space Ray Pattern
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - A puzzling pattern in the cosmic rays bombarding Earth from
space has been discovered by an experiment buried deep under the ice of
Antarctica.
Dead whale found pinned to Alaska cruise ship
(Reuters)
Reuters - A dead whale was discovered pinned to the bow of a Princess Cruises luxury liner near Juneau, the third such incident involving the company's Alaska fleet in a decade, officials said on Thursday.
Great white shark sightings close Cape Cod beach
(AP)
AP - Officials have closed five miles of a Cape Cod beach after a spotter pilot saw three more great white sharks, including one swimming about 100 yards from a party on the sand.
Police: Cheeseburger found in SC woman's gas tank
(AP)
AP - A South Carolina woman found out fast food won't make your car go fast. The Herald of Rock Hill reported Thursday a 30-year-old woman made a complaint to police after she took her car to a Rock Hill mechanic last week because it would suddenly stop running.
Vitaminwater's Sugar Content: Are Shoppers Being Misled?
(Time.com)
Time.com - The popular sports drink is being sued for its name, which fails to mention its sugar content. Are consumers being misled?
Activist: Iranian with stoning sentence tormented
(AP)
AP - An Iranian woman whose sentence of death by stoning was lifted earlier this month says she's grateful for the international support she's received, but remains heartbroken at the separation from her children and tormented by the fear she could still be executed, a rights activist said Friday.
Official: 2 dead in South LA building explosion
(AP)
AP - An industrial building with a tampered gas line exploded Friday, killing a man who was hurled into the street and another who was electrocuted by a downed power line, officials said.
Calif. wildfire forces hundreds from homes
(AP)
AP - A huge wildfire churned through high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles on Friday, destroying a few buildings and forcing people from about 2,000 homes. Most of the displaced residents were allowed to return as the threat eased.
500-pound alligator rounded up in SC lagoon
(AP)
AP - As gators go, the one found in a South Carolina lagoon was downright gargantuan. The Island Packet of Hilton Head reported that an 11-foot-long, 500 pound alligator was removed from a lagoon on the resort island on Wednesday. It took three gator wrestlers from the Critter Management company and a truck to pull the gator from the lagoon near a church.
AZ, FL, UT, VT to get Air Force's new F-35 fighter
(AP)
AP - The U.S. Air Force has chosen bases in Arizona, Florida, Utah and Vermont as homes for the military's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, prompting applause from officials banking on the pricey new combat jets to supercharge their communities' economies.
Obama defends economy, takes wheel of electric car
(AFP)
AFP - President Barack Obama took to the wheel of a new electric car Friday on a Detroit-area tour of the revitalized auto industry, touting his economic policies but urging the need to do more.
Knicks' Stoudemire in Israel to trace Hebrew roots
(AP)
AP - Amare Stoudemire already knows some Hebrew phrases and sports a Star of David tattoo. Now he's come to Israel to explore what might be his Jewish heritage.
Bleak outlook for economy as growth slows
(AP)
AP - The economy is still growing, just not by much. And until that changes, don't look for the jobs to come back.