Society

China a Good Business Model for Human Feces Management

Vittorio Hernandez   | Feb 02, 2015 05:59 AM EST

Instead of the mass migration in China from rural to urban areas adding to the central government's problems, such as the large volume of human waste from migrants, a German engineer is helping the Asian giant tap toilet matter into good business opportunity. read more

Lawyer Cites Boston Marathon Shoveler's Photo A Reason To Move Trial

Geann Pineda   | Feb 02, 2015 05:23 AM EST

The defense in the Boston Marathon bombing case has found another reason to move their client's trial -- a photograph of a man shoveling snow off the Boston Marathon finish line. read more

Food Safety, Modern Farms Top China's Agenda

Geann Pineda   | Feb 02, 2015 05:41 AM EST

China had placed food safety and farm modernization as top priorities this year. read more

Former Power Rangers Actor Kills Roommate With Sword

Kat De Guzman   | Feb 02, 2015 04:20 AM EST

Former Power Rangers actor Ricardo Medina, Jr. was arrested in Palmdale over the fatal stabbing of his roommate. read more

Utah Mother Drives Herself To Hospital, Gives Birth On Roadside

Geann Pineda   | Feb 02, 2015 02:14 AM EST

A woman gave birth to a healthy 9-pound baby boy on a roadside as she drove herself to a hospital. read more

Toddler Shoots Parents in New Mexico Motel Room

Raymond Legaspi   | Feb 01, 2015 10:14 PM EST

A 3-year-old boy apparently managed to take a handgun from his parent's purse and fired a shot that hit his pregnant mother and father inside an Albuquerque motel room in New Mexico, police said on Sunday. read more

Brooklyn Warehouse Fire Sends Thick Smoke over NYC

Vittorio Hernandez   | Feb 01, 2015 10:26 AM EST

Four million boxes of documents went up in smoke on Saturday morning when the Williamsburg warehouse near the East River burned. It took firefighters more than eight hours to control the blaze. read more

China Offers $50K Reward for Tibet Terror Tips

Vittorio Hernandez   | Feb 01, 2015 07:27 AM EST

Beijing is offering monetary rewards of up to 300,000 yuan or $50,000 to people who could provide tips about violent terror attacks in Tibet as China pushes for stability due to ethnic tensions. read more

San Francisco Suitcase Murder Yields One Suspect

Vittorio Hernandez   | Feb 01, 2015 06:58 AM EST

San Francisco Police arrested on Friday evening a 60-year-old man who is the suspect in a murder case in which the body parts of the victim were placed inside a suitcase and left on a sidewalk at the corner of 11th and Mission Streets near the headquarters of Twitter. read more

Angry Passenger Beats Up Homeless Person at Newark Airport

Desiree Sison   | Feb 01, 2015 07:05 AM EST

A raging traveler who missed two flights to Guatemala vented his rage at a homeless man by beating him up with a chair while he was sleeping read more

'Year of the Sheep' Beliefs Could See Less Chinese Giving Birth

Desiree Sison   | Feb 01, 2015 03:42 AM EST

Chinese couples are postponing giving birth under the year of the sheep believing that the doomed zodiac sign will give bad luck to their child. read more

Hold That Smoke: California Could Raise Legal Smoking Age to 21

Raymond Legaspi   | Jan 31, 2015 04:40 AM EST

California youth aching for a smoke would have to wait until they are 21 years old before they can pick up the habit if the state legislature passed a measure prolonging the minimum age to smoke by three years. read more

Court Junks Appeal to Reopen Michael Jackson Negligence Case

Raymond Legaspi   | Jan 31, 2015 04:30 AM EST

An appeals court in California threw out on Friday a plead from Michael Jackson's family to strike down the decision of a jury, which found concert organizer, AEG Live, not guilty of negligence in the King of Pop's death. read more

State Secretary John Kerry Fined for Not Clearing Blizzard Snow Outside Home

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 31, 2015 05:00 AM EST

As proof that being a high government official does not exempt U.S. State Secretary John Kerry from federal and state laws, Boston authorities fined him $50 for not shoveling the snow outside his house. read more

Putin’s Daughter Dances Her Way into Public Life … Literally!

Vittorio Hernandez   | Jan 31, 2015 04:00 AM EST

Russian President Vladimir Putin's youngest adult daughter was exposed by a Russian journalist, giving Russians and the rest of the world more than just a glimpse of who 28-year-old Ekaterina Tikhonova is. read more

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