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Bristol Palin And Joan Rivers To Appear Together On ‘Wife Swap’
LOS ANGELES, (UPI) – U.S. television personality Bristol Palin and comedian Joan Rivers are to appear together on the family docu-series “Celebrity Wife Swap,” ABC announced. Since neither woman is married, Palin, 22, will temporarily trade her 19-year-old sister Willow for 79-year-old Rivers’ daughter Melissa, 45. “Bristol and Willow Palin reside in Wasilla, Alaska with […]
Letter From George Washington Donated To The University Of Texas
AUSTIN, Texas, (UPI) – A Dallas oil company executive has donated a letter written by George Washington, the first U.S. president, to the University of Texas, school officials said. The 244-year-old letter, donated by Dallas oil company owner Barron U. Kidd, condemns the killing of three American Indians by white settlers, the Austin (Texas) American-Statesman […]
White House Defends NSA Order To Verizon To Reveal Call Data
FORT MEADE, Md., (UPI) – A “robust legal regime” is in place to ensure civil liberties aren’t violated by government use of powers under the Patriot Act, the White House said Thursday. The Obama administration defended its collection of the telephone records of millions of Americans as part of U.S. counter-terrorism efforts after the British […]
911 Operator Fired For Racist Facebook Posts
DALLAS, (UPI) – A 911 operator from Dallas was fired after she made a racist comment on Facebook, officials said. April Sims was fired from her job at the Dallas Police Department for violating the department’s social media policy, The Dallas Morning News reported. Sims, who had been working as a 911 operator since November, […]
Teacher, Aide, Resign After Taping Student To Chair
SAN ANTONIO, (UPI) – A teacher and teacher’s aide from Texas who admitted duct taping a second-grader to his chair have resigned from their posts, officials said. The Judson Independent School District was alerted to the incident May 30 and conducted an investigation, the San Antonio (Texas) Express-News reported. During the investigation, the teacher and […]
Man Tries To Kill Himself With A Knife Outside ‘Today Show’
NEW YORK, (UPI) – A man tried to kill himself with a knife Thursday morning outside “The Today Show” studio in New York, police said. The New York Post said the unidentified man, who appeared to be in his 50s, was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in Manhattan for treatment. The newspaper did not say […]
Massachusetts Governor Recalls Marathon Manhunt, Getting Drunk When It Ended
BOSTON, (UPI) – Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick told an audience in Cambridge he got “quite drunk” following the manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. During a question-and-answer session with Brian Halligan, founder of the firm HubSpot, Patrick offered a behind-the-scenes look at how public officials dealt with the bombings — which killed three people […]
Tropical Storm Andrea Moves Onshore Along Florida’s West Coast
MIAMI, (UPI) – Tropical Storm Andrea began to move onshore along Florida’s West Coast Thursday and forecasters said the Florida peninsula faced the threat of tornadoes. The first named storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph, was about 110 miles west of Tampa and 110 miles south-southeast of […]
Poll: Americans Say The City Where They Live Getting Better
PRINCETON, N.J., (UPI) – Nearly 62 percent of Americans say where they live is improving — the highest percentage in five years, results of a Gallup poll released Thursday indicated. Americans were less optimistic about the future of the cities and areas where they live during the economic downturn in 2009, with 51 percent saying […]
NSA Said To Be Spying On Millions Of Verizon Users
FORT MEADE, Md., (UPI) – The FBI is amassing millions of U.S. Verizon customers’ phone records for a top-secret Defense Department domestic spying program, a court order indicates. The program requires Verizon Business Services to give the FBI an “ongoing, daily” download of “all call detail records,” including caller and recipient locations, call time and […]
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