Even places that normally don’t see wintry weather are set for cold hit, according to the old secret formula. CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Just when you thought you had gotten over last winter, be warned: The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts it will be super cold with a slew of snow …
More than 1.5 million older Americans already have lost their homes, with millions more at risk as the national housing crisis takes its toll on those who are among the worst positioned to weather the storm, a new AARP report says. Older African Americans and Hispanics are the hardest hit. …
Analysis: The depreciation of the Russian ruble hurts the whole country, especially the poorer masses who don’t deal in dollars. And no, you can’t just blame it on foreigners. MOSCOW – We are being told not to storm the currency exchange bureaus, where people are already starting to fight over …
Today is Friday, June 15, the 167th day of 2012 with 199 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. Evening stars are Mercury, Saturn and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include Prince Edward of England, …
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An oil company exploration crew’s chance discovery of a 200-year-old shipwreck in a little-charted stretch of the Gulf of Mexico is yielding a trove of new information to scientists who say it’s one of the most well-preserved old wrecks ever found in the Gulf. “When we …
Mitt Romney’s camp has come unglued because a gay rights advocate is on her way to San Francisco. Horrors! But it gets worse: she’s coming from Cuba! And — brace yourself — her last name is Castro! If you can think of a more perfect storm of Republican bogeymen, I’d …
Storm chasers get in the way of responders ABILENE, Kan., April 17 (UPI) — Emergency officials in Kansas said storm chasers have been creating safety hazards while on the lookout for tornadoes in the north-central part of the state. Chancy Smith, director of Dickinson County Emergency Management, said a huge …
You can go ahead and start planning your season-three Game of Thrones premiere party now. HBO’s epic adventure series returned Sunday to dragon-size ratings, attracting a series-best 3.9 million viewers with its season-two premiere. That’s up a whopping 53 percent from the show’s season one finale, indicating plenty of folks …
As the 150th anniversary of a pivotal Civil War naval battle approaches, forensic experts at Louisiana State University have put faces on the remains of two men who served aboard the USS Monitor, the revolutionary ironclad warship that fought the Confederate dreadnought CSS Virginia to a draw during the Battle of Hampton …
Rush Limbaugh is a storied shock artist not inclined to apologize or suffer for his blunt, often offensive language. This is the man who has suggested that parents would abort their pregnancies if they knew their kid would be gay and quipped that the NFL “all too often looks like …
Russians go to the polls today to select their president. Arend van Dam of the Netherlands suspects their votes won’t count for much, and Sweden’s Olle Johansson thinks Vladimir Putin, the expected winner, is equipped to weather any storm of criticism. via Double Take ‘Toons: Putin On The Blitz? : …
MORUP, Sweden, Jan. 13 (UPI) — A Swedish woman who discovered pages covered in handwriting while walking in the countryside said she was shocked to read they were from 1862. Susann Bollo, 45, of Stockholm, said she was walking with her boyfriend, Roger Bengtsson, in a field outside of Morup …