There’s nothing more shameful than scamming innocent seniors out of their hard earned pennies and nickels. One California insurance agent did just that, and now he’s paying big time. John Paul Slawinski has just been charged with three counts of embezzlement from an elderly, two counts of burglary and...
Read MoreMore than 50 years since strumming their first note, the Rolling Stones are still pushing the envelope. Now, even in the midst of dealing with potential strikes and and continuous criticisms of its service, the London Underground has found time to ban a poster advertising the British band’s upcoming...
Read MoreA 14-year-old girl bravely confronted and scared off a burglar who tried to enter her family’s Loma Linda, California, home on Tuesday, July 7. Alison Thormahlen, who lives in the 11000 block of Vollmer Drive in the small San Bernardino County city, reported the invasion to her mother after...
Read MoreAt a recent campaign event, hopeful Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley let it slip that he and his family have racked up an unfathomable $339,000 in student loan debt after putting his two daughters through college. The statement, made on Wednesday, July 8, is the type of anecdote that...
Read MoreIf you need to get STD testing, you might want to go to urgent care. According to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, emergency rooms are over-diagnosing urinary tract infections, and in many cases, failing to diagnose the sexually transmitted infections that are actually causing the...
Read MoreFor most retired military dogs, coming home after years of working in war zones can be a drastic life change. This has been the case ever since the U.S. military began enlisting dogs in the Revolutionary War era. However, a new program could soon be helping many retired canine...
Read MoreSince 2002, cars sold in the U.S. have been required to incorporate hardware making it easier to safely install child seats. But new tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have found that only three out of more than a hundred cars tested scored well for this hardware....
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The problem of homelessness in the United States is one that seems almost shameful for a developed country. Yet one organization has come up with a way to solve the problem that is novel in its simplicity. The Los Angeles-based Weingart Center has determined that it costs around $35,000...
Read MoreAll over the country, local and state politicians are working with their police departments to find more effective ways to bust drugged drivers under the influence of marijuana. One counter-intuitive bill in Illinois would crack down on drugged driving by both decriminalizing marijuana and raising the threshold police use...
Read MoreGuidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics’ new clinical report propose that parents and pediatricians work together to improve children’s diets and activity levels at home, in order to help curb childhood obesity rates. “I think the good that can be done in terms of prevention and early intervention...
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