Country music icon Randy Travis is staying in a Dallas, Texas hospital and listed in critical condition after being admitted a day earlier for viral cardiomyopathy – a heart condition that’s caused by a virus. His publicist, Kirt Webster, sent out a news release saying the star was admitted Sunday in Dallas and was listed […]
Microsoft’s MSN TV is set to be unplugged come Sept. 30. The service, previously known as WebTV, began in the mid-1990s and was the initial set-top box services that provide people Internet access through their television sets. In 1996, Web entrepreneur Steve Perlman founded WebTV, which was attained by Microsoft in a $425 million bid […]
A Southern California fireworks explosion mishap sent hundreds running for safety during a July 4 celebration Thursday, and police suspect there was a malfunction with one of the launch platforms. According to Simi Valley authorities, the detonation occurred because a platform holding the fireworks broke and fell over after the fireworks had been lit. The […]
The Los Angeles Lakes face a tough next season after Dwight Howard decided not to stay with the team. The team’s roster is filled with veteran basketball players like Kobe Bryant who is still recovery from an Achilles’ tendon surgery. It’s not clear of Bryant – a five-time champion – will come back. Howard chose […]
San Francisco’s emergency responders are on the scene of a deadly airline crash at the airport after an Asiana Airlines flight, coming in from Seoul, crash landed around 11:30 a.m. According to Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White and Mayor Edwin Lee, the accident killed two people and forced the passengers to get out of the aircraft […]
According to Seattle & King County Public Health, the public may have been exposed to the measles after an adoptee child from Beijing arrived at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on July 4. The child, unknown age or gender, came with his adoptive parents on a Hainan Airlines flight, said James Apa, a spokesman with the […]
Sean Payton, coach for the New Orleans Saints, has moonlighted as a caddie for Ryan Palmer at the Greenbrier Classic. Payton said he’s taking the week at The Greenbrier resort to relax before the start of the NFL training camp, when Payton decided to help his friend Palmer by being a caddie. Palmer’s regular PGA […]
A June listeria outbreak that has made six people sick – one of them fatally, another suffering a miscarriage – has been traced back to Crave Brothers cheese, which is sold in Kroger and Whole Foods stores all across the nation. The Food and Drug Administration said the affected states include Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana and […]
Congress failed to take action and strike a deal on federally subsidized Stafford student loan rates, causing them to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. It’s possible for lawmakers to pass a bill that would undo the damage that’s been done. According to the Joint Economic Committee, students – if Congress fails to act […]
A CVS pharmacist discovered acetaminophen pills in a 120-pill bottle of baby aspirin, sparking an immediate nationwide aspirin recalls. More than 16,000 bottles of the pills are being voluntary recalled by Advance Pharmaceutical, Inc. They’re supposed to be filled with 81-mg aspirin pills. However, one bottle in the recalled lot had 500-mg acetaminophen pills. To […]