State police officers and dogs searched the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez again Saturday as they continue to investigate the killing of a semi-pro football player whose body was found about a mile away.
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Police in Istanbul used water cannon on Saturday to disperse thousands of people who returned to the city’s central square.
The Food Network said Friday it’s dumping Paula Deen, barely an hour after the celebrity cook posted a videotaped apology online begging forgiveness from fans and critics troubled by her admission to having used racial slurs in the past.
Members of the Manhattan Area Amateur Radio Society gathered under a shelter at Tuttle Creek State park this weekend to spend twenty four hours testing their equipment and making some important contacts. From noon Saturday until noon Sunday, members of the society ran their radios and other equipment off of solar power and generators, making sure that everything worked on power that did not come from the main source of power. Member Dave Mills says the reason for doing this is to make sure that in the event of a natural disaster or other catastrophe, their equipment can still work…
WATHENA, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas man who made his 9-year-old son stand by a highway with a sign admitting he lied about stealing says he had to take a hard line. The St. Joseph News-Press reports the boy’s two-hour stint drew strong reactions from people driving along U.S. 36 in Wathena yesterday morning.
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) A top political supporter confirms that Kansas Governor Sam Brownback will seek a second term next year. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the first-term Republican governor recently sent a message to supporters seeking to raise funds for the 2014 campaign. David Kensinger, who heads Brownback’s political action committee, said yesterday that the governor “is actively raising funds and mobilizing grassroots supporters.”
Eight competitors from around the United States competed in the National Festival of Bread’s Bread Baking Contest. The festival was held at the Hilton Garden Inn Saturday. Kicking off at 9 a.m., the nation’s only amateur bread-baking competition began. Originally, 500 entries were submitted, and eventually were narrowed down to the top eight contestants. Each of the eight individuals had their own temporary kitchen and baked bread live for on-goers to observe. One of the competitors, Elke Roby of Lincoln, Nebraska, made the attempt years ago to “bake without the box”. Once this was successful, she began an exploration in…
Family members of the man found slain a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez’s house say they are looking for answers about what happened the night he died.
President Barack Obama has chosen a former George W. Bush administration official best known for a dramatic hospital bedside standoff against a warrantless wiretapping program to head the FBI for the next decade.
A three-story building collapsed Friday in India’s financial capital killing ten, half of those children. The collapse comes amid monsoon rains and flooding that are being blamed for near 600 deaths.