Homeless man surrenders 31 dogs he lived with in Tenn. woods

A Tennessee man surrendered 31 dogs he was living with in the woods of a state park on Friday, according to officials. Animal Rescue Corps recovered the animals from their owner, who was living in Natchez Trace State Park, about 120 miles northeast of Memphis, according to the organization's president, Scotlund Haisley. Haisley said the dogs' owner had lived in the woods for at least 16 years. "It was a very interesting,...

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Flushing Sound? Japanese Toilets Explained

  After a 13-hour flight, upon our arrival at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, I made my usual ladies room stop upon deplaning. This proved to be my first, "Toto, we're not in Philadelphia anymore" moment of our trip. I assume it is merely coincidental that "Toto" is the name of a popular Japanese toilet manufacturer. Although my husband has cooled his heels waiting for me outside ladies rooms in airports all over the world,...

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ISIS Burns Its Own Jihadis Alive After Losing Ramadi to the Iraqi Army

Iraqi security forces and allied Sunni tribal fighters evacuate an injured woman after she was shot by Islamic State group fighters (AP Photo, File)   In what's just more proof that ISIS is by far the most diabolical terrorist organization in the world, Fox News reports that its leaders burned their own jihadists alive because they fled when the Iraqi city of Mosul was attacked by the...

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Another rare, venomous sea serpent washes ashore in Southern California

  For the third time in recent months, a rare venomous sea snake has washed up on a Southern California beach, hundreds of miles from its normal waters. The 20-inch-long yellow-bellied serpent was found about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dog Beach in Coronado by a passerby who alerted lifeguards, Coronado city officials said in a statement. The lifeguard put the snake in a bucket, where it died soon afterward, officials said. Two of the...

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Suicide bomber kills 13 in Cameroon mosque

Scene of an explosion where two female suicide bombers killed at least 10 people and injured 12 in a mosque in Cameroon ...on Wednesday A suicide bomber on Wednesday killed 13 worshippers and wounded at least one in an attack on a mosque in northern Cameroon, according to officials. The attack was suspected to have been carried out by terror group, Boko Haram.  Cameroonian troops...

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Health workers flee from suspected Lassa fever patient

  Health workers at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, took to their heels when a patient who was suspected to have been down with Lassa fever was brought to the Medical Emergency Unit of the hospital on Wednesday. According to an attendant at the unit, the middle aged security officer was rushed to the hospital by his colleagues on Wednesday morning after he began bleeding through the nose. It was gathered that...

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Lawrence Phillips, imprisoned ex-NFL rusher, dies in suspected suicide

Lawrence Phillips, an imprisoned former NFL running back who was awaiting trial on charges of killing his cellmate last year, died Wednesday morning after being found unresponsive in his prison cell, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.  The death of Phillips, 40, is being investigated as a suicide, the department said. Phillips was a star running back at Nebraska and a first-round pick for the St....

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Avalanche swamps students in French Alps, 3 dead, 1 missing

  Scores of rescuers worked into the night Wednesday looking for victims of an avalanche that struck in the French Alps, killing two teenagers and a Ukrainian skier after engulfing them on a closed slope, officials said. Ten students from the St.-Exupery school in Lyon, accompanied by their teacher, as well as the Ukrainian skier were in the Les Deux Alpes ski resort when the avalanche occurred late Wednesday afternoon, the regional...

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Pennsylvania girl, 12, killed after father aims gun at constable

Constable fatally shoots 12-year-old girl 01:20 Ciara Meyer stood directly behind her father as he raised a .223-caliber rifle and pointed it at the chest of a constable who'd come to serve an eviction notice at their apartment. The constable responded with a single shot. That bullet went through the arm of 57-year-old Donald Meyer and into his 12-year-old daughter, Ciara, killing her. Meyer now faces...

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German Justice Minister: More migrants will be deported after Cologne attacks

German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said Wednesday that more foreign criminals will be deported once new rules are introduced in response to an unprecedented wave of mob sex attacks blamed on migrants in Cologne.  In an interview with German broadcaster and CNN affiliate ARD, Maas said that Germany's plans to lower the threshold for deportation would lead to more criminal migrants being expelled. "Criminals should be punished consistently," he said. "That will also lead to more deportations." On Tuesday, German officials...

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Man charged in fatal stabbings of woman, her 2 kids in Ohio

This 2007 photo made available by the Franklin County (Ohio) Sheriff’s Office shows Wendell Louis Callahan, … Police vehicles and...

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Cristiano Ronaldo Statue Defaced with Pro-Lionel Messi Graffiti

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo attend a press conference prior to the FIFA Ballon d'Or at the Kongresshaus on January 11, 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland. Messi's named has been daubed on a statue dedicated to Ronaldo.Philipp Schmidli/Getty Images Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the world’s two best footballers, have long had a storied rivalry on the pitch. The intensity was ratcheted up to new levels on...

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No Cash To Open A Bank Account? Don't Do What This Guy Allegedly Did.

Land O' Lakes Detention Center    Steve Leon Coley Jr. of Florida walked into a Bank of America to open an account, but the teller told him he didn't have the $25 minimum. Police say he solved the problem in a simple way -- he robbed the place. The 36-year-old was arrested Wednesday hours after he entered the bank to make his first deposit, according to WTSP.com.   Deputies in Pasco County said the suspect showed his...

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