According to a Miami Herald report, Anna Burgese, the petite wife of a wealthy suburban Philadelphia homebuilder, claims in the federal lawsuit that as many as 10 prostitutes pounced on her in the hotel lobby on Jan. 19. They mistakenly believed that she was encroaching on their turf, according to Miami Beach police. Read article
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NBC News reports that a 19-year-old California man is feared dead after he was caught in river currents and swept over a giant waterfall while swimming in Yosemite National Park over the weekend. Aleh Kalman of Sacramento was swimming in the Merced River during a church retreat just before 3 p.m. Saturday when fast-moving waters […]
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Sky News reports that a British man on an adventure trip has died in a white-water rafting accident, just days after reportedly scaling America’s tallest mountain. Stephen Morton fell from a boat while exploring the rapids and canyons of Six Mile Creek near Hope, Alaska. He is believed to have been part of a 10-man […]
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The Los Angeles Times reports that Anaheim police were reviewing video surveillance footage and examining Internet postings and social media as part of their investigation of an apparent dry ice explosion at Disneyland. The dry ice appeared to have been placed in a plastic bottle that was left in a trash can in Toontown. The […]
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Buffalonews.com reports that nearly $4,000 worth of electronics were stolen from a tourist group who parked their van near a Buffalo Avenue inn on Memorial Day. Police said it appeared that entry to the locked van was made by punching out a lock in the rear van door sometime between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. […]
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Register-herald.com reports that National Park Service officials reported that a tourist was injured Sunday while whitewater rafting on the New River. Douglas Downs, 51, of Loveland, Ohio, reportedly suffered a back injury when his raft flipped over on a rapid known as “Double Z,” located on the Lower New River. Read article
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CBS News reports that a surging wildfire forced more than 1,000 people, including Memorial Day campers, to evacuate the mountains of California’s Santa Barbara County, officials said. The fire broke out about 2:45 p.m. Monday in Los Padres National Forest about 15 miles north of Santa Barbara and quickly surged to 700 acres amid winds […]
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Nydailynews.com reports that a “hissing” Alaska Airlines passenger who tried to open an aircraft door mid-flight was restrained after being tied up with shoelaces. Alexander Michael Herrera, 23, freaked out fellow flyers just 10 minutes before Flight 132 from Anchorage to Portland, Ore., was due to land Monday. Read article
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According to a tylerpaper.com report, an Anderson County man is the state’s first confirmed case of West Nile illness this season, the Texas Department of State Health Services today confirmed in a news release. The illness was confirmed in an adult male from Anderson County. The patient is recovering from the neuroinvasive form of the […]
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NBC News reports that a fire broke out early Monday aboard a cruise ship off the Florida coast, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed. The fire was contained to a small area of the Royal Caribbean Grandeur of the Seas and had been put out early Monday morning, the agency said. Responders were using equipment onboard […]
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