Category: News Briefs

  • Police Officer Killed in Northeast Ohio

    Authorities in northeast Ohio said a police officer was fatally struck while directing morning rush-hour traffic at a busy intersection. Daniel Stiles, 46, died at Akron City Hospital about three hours after the accident Tuesday morning. Capt. Stiles has been with the Uniontown Police Department for two years. Prior to that, he worked with the…

  • Construction of 1,000 mph Car Begins

    Building work on a car designed to breach that 1,000 mph barrier has started. The manufacturing of the Bloodhound SSC is a major milestone for the UK-based team behind it and formally marks the end of a painstaking design process led by chief engineer, Mark Chapman. “We spent two and a half years building up…

  • Woman dies after receiving butt implants

    According to ABC 6 Philadelphia, police are investigating the death of a women after she had a procedure to enhance her buttocks.† The procedure was done on Monday in Southwest Phillly mean the Philadelphia International Airports. Complications ensued. She died later at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Delaware County.

  • Catholicism? There’s an App For That

    New mobile app, with the church’s blessing, is designed to help Catholics confess. “Confession” offers password-protected profiles and advice on contrition. The app received the official blessing of a U.S. bishop — the first for an iPhone app

  • Youngstown Campus Shooters Arrested and Charged

    Two men have been arrested and charged for the† Youngtown State University campus shooting. Each man is charged with aggravated murder, shooting into a house and eleven counts of felonious assault. Suspects where involved in a dispute at the party, and came back later that evening opening fire on eleven people.

  • AOL AGREES TO ACQUIRE HUFFINGTON POST

    Arianna Huffington is slated to lead the newly firmed The Huffington Post Media Group, which will integrate Huffington Post with AOL Content. This media group will reach 117 million Americans and 270 million people around the world. The acquisition will solidify AOL’s strategy of creating a premier content network with local, national and international reach.(The…