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  • Man with foot fetish admits to preying on female realtors in Arizona

    PHOENIX – Arizona realtors know him as “the foot fetish guy,” and he’s been creeping them out for years, according to KPHO. A news crew finally tracked him down outside a north Phoenix coffee shop Monday. His name is Anthony, and he admits to contacting countless Phoenix-area realtors through text and email, offering to rub their feet and asking about their high heels, according to KPHO. When asked why he keeps doing it, Anthony replied, “I don’t know. I apologize.” Staci Smedstad, […]

  • “Twerk,” “Yowza,” and “OK” can now score points in Scrabble

    Scrabble players might find themselves twerking their way to victory soon, as hundreds of new words have been added to the game. The sixth edition of Merriam-Webster’s “Official Scrabble Players Dictionary” includes 300 words such as twerk, beatdown and sriracha. And it finally adds a common two-letter word that players have been waiting to use for decades: OK. “For a living language, the only constant is change,” said Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for Merriam-Webster. “The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary […]

  • Congressman jokes that Ruth Bader Ginsburg was groped by Abraham Lincoln

    Rep. Ralph Norman opened up a debate between himself and Democratic challenger Archie Parnell on Thursday afternoon by making a joke about the sexual assault allegations surrounding Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. “Did y’all hear this latest late-breaking news from the Kavanaugh hearings? Ruth Bader Ginsburg came out that saying she was groped by Abraham Lincoln,” the South Carolina Republican said to the crowd at the Kiwanis Club in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The remarks come as President Donald Trump’s […]

  • Trump administration moves $260M from cancer research, other programs to help pay for custody of immigrant children

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump administration is planning to shift more than $260 million to cover the rising cost and strain of housing thousands of undocumented immigrant children in their custody – including millions of dollars from programs like cancer research and HIV/AIDS prevention. The request comes as the program has been strained by record-high levels of children in custody, driven in large part by new policies that are holding kids longer and making it more difficult for them to be […]

  • Plane passengers bled from their noses, ears on Jet Airways flight

    MUMBAI, India – A Jet Airways flight from Mumbai to Jaipur was forced to turn back Thursday after around 30 passengers complained of nose and ear bleeds due to low pressure in the cabin. “The B737 aircraft, with 166 guests and 5 crew landed normally in Mumbai,” Jet Airways said in a statement. “All guests were deplaned safely and taken to the terminal. First aid was administered to few guests who complained of ear pain, bleeding nose etc.” An official […]

  • Bicyclist sets speed record – by pedaling twice as fast as a cheetah

    Denise Mueller-Korenek brings a whole new meaning to pedal to the metal – bike pedals that is. Mueller-Korenek, 45, set a world record this week by averaging 183.9 miles per hour on a bicycle. That speed, by the way, is twice as fast as a cheetah. The American cyclist and mother of three used a racecar draft and custom-made bicycle to smash the men’s motor-paced bicycle land speed record of 167 mph (she already broke the women’s record in 2016), […]

  • Pig feces and coal ash a serious concern in North Carolina floods

    DUPLIN COUNTY, N.C. – Even after a hurricane’s immediate threat of flooding goes away, North Carolina residents could face a host of potential health problems from the water brought by Hurricane Florence — and from what that water leaves behind. In addition to the usual physical and mental challenges floodwaters can typically bring, there is a potential problem for human health that involves some of the state’s key industries: hog farming and coal power generation. Hog farms flooded out An earthen dam surrounding a hog lagoon was breached by floodwaters […]

  • Julie Chen leaving ‘The Talk’ after husband Les Moonves exits CBS

    Julie Chen is stepping down from “The Talk” on CBS, one week after her husband Les Moonves left the CBS Corporation under pressure. Chen’s decision is effective immediately, according to two sources close to her. She will address the decision through a videotaped message to viewers on Tuesday’s episode. “She has decided that her main focus needs to be clearing her husband’s name from accusations made 25-30 years ago and tending to her son,” one of the sources said. The […]

  • Emmy winner’s surprise marriage proposal stuns, delights crowd

    We did not see it coming and it was beautiful. Director Glenn Weiss took the stage to accept the Emmy Award for his work calling the shots at The Academy Awards and used the moment to propose to his girlfriend, Jan Svendsen. “Jan, you are the sunshine in my life,” he said. “And mom was right, don’t ever let go of your sunshine. You wonder why I don’t like to call you my girlfriend? Because I want to call you […]