Student activists broadcast debt owed with ball and chains
(Wed, 23 May 2012 13:54:57 -0400)
A handful of student activists are expressing their displeasure at the rising cost of college by wearing inflatable ball and chain accessories over their graduation robes. The props state the amount of debt with which they're graduating. The silent commencement protest, dubbed "Occupy Graduation" by its organizers, is taking place at seven universities around the [...]

Obama aides gave Hollywood team rare access on bin Laden raid info
(Wed, 23 May 2012 12:26:54 -0400)
Barely one month after Navy SEALs staged the daring raid that killed Osama bin Laden, Hollywood came knocking at the Pentagon. "Hurt Locker" screenwriter Mark Boal's late-night June 5, 2011, email to a Defense Department spokesman led to unlocked doors at the Pentagon, the White House and the CIA—even getting him access to a SEAL [...]

Mistaken identity woman now lives a pretty normal life
(Wed, 23 May 2012 14:21:25 -0400)
Whitney Cerak lives a pretty normal life nowadays. Which seems just fine with her. Six years after being mistaken for dead, Cerak is now a wife and mother. In fact, she married her soldier boyfriend Matt Wheeler in the same church where her family held her funeral. When Matt Lauer of Today asked her to [...]

Most call high school off-limits in evaluating candidate character
(Wed, 23 May 2012 12:00:44 -0400)
Most Americans by far dismiss the relevance of accusations that Mitt Romney bullied a high-school classmate, calling it off-point in the election debate – and indicating they’d say the same about Barack Obama’s behavior as a high-school student, as well. Three-quarters in this ABC News/Washington...

Man survives 2,400-foot helicopter jump without a parachute
(Wed, 23 May 2012 15:25:36 -0400)
Stuntman Gary Connery has pulled off a truly amazing feat, jumping 2,400 from a helicopter and landing safely on the ground without the use of a parachute. The 42-year-old Connery made his landing on top of 18,600 cardboard boxes in a stunt captured live on video by the London Telegraph. "I feel absolutely wonderful, I [...]

Video: Dog bites into spray can; explosion ignites kitchen fire
(Wed, 23 May 2012 13:13:34 -0400)
In the words of his human mom, 8-year-old Yogi is one "rotten" dog. But after the incorrigible Corgi caused a kitchen fire that was caught on film, she's just happy he's safe and sound. Hali Hudson had agreed to let Yogi appear on an episode of the new animal Web series, "Pet Sense," being produced [...]