A man who shot three women dead in a Pennsylvania gym was studious and quiet, according to a woman in a self-help seminar he attended. George Sodini, 48, posted at least two videos on YouTube last year, apparently referring to a desire for a girlfriend in both. Videos of Sodini at a Los Angeles, California, workshop surfaced on the video-sharing site Thursday, two days after he opened fire at a LA Fitness center outside Pittsburgh.
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Nudity, cartoons grab air travelers’ attention
Complete this sentence: In the event of a loss of cabin pressure … If you guessed, “oxygen masks will drop from above,” you are not alone. Because the federally mandated preflight safety announcement is about as well known as the pledge of allegiance to many travelers, they immediately tune it out
British hostages in Iraq feared dead
The families of three British hostages held in Iraq for more than two years are due to make a statement Wednesday amid British press reports that two of the men are dead. Take the case of Minnesota residents Kevin Heinz and Jill Peterson.
Couple boogies into spotlight with viral wedding video
Sometimes, the effects of fame can ripple like a stone dropped in a pond. Take the case of Minnesota residents Kevin Heinz and Jill Peterson. The couple had a fun idea for their wedding party to do a nontraditional procession to a catchy tune, “Forever” by Chris Brown.
Surgeon: Strangers saved life of boy trapped in burning SUV
The off-duty firefighters who rushed into a burning SUV and cut a 4-year-old boy out of the seatbelt saved his life, the boy’s doctor said during a press conference Tuesday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The depth of the boy’s burns “indicates to me this was a very hot fire, and he was in close contact with it,” pediatric surgeon David Gourlay said. “These firefighters were clearly heroic and saved D.J.’s life.” D.J
Taliban’s video of captured soldier an effort to change image?
The United States military has been relatively mum on the recent capture of Army Pfc.
Capture of U.S. soldier ‘breaks our heart,’ friend says
A family friend of a U.S. soldier captured by the Taliban said his friends and family want Pfc
U.S. soldier captured by Taliban: ‘I’m afraid’
A United States soldier captured by the Taliban says in a video posted on the Internet he is "scared I won’t be able to go home." The soldier was identified Sunday by the Pentagon as Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho.
Obama throws ceremonial first pitch at All-Star game
President Obama is not shy about showing off his jump shot on the basketball court, but on Tuesday night, it was his baseball skills that were put to the test. Obama, clad in a Chicago White Sox jacket and blue jeans, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in St
Egyptians angry over German court slaying
Hundreds of Egyptians took part Monday in the funeral of Marwa Sherbini, an Egyptian woman who was stabbed to death last week in the German city of Dresden in a crime believed to be racially motivated. Sherbini, 33, was stabbed to death Wednesday in a courtroom as she prepared to give testimony against a German man of Russian descent whom she had sued for insult and abuse. The man, identified in German media as Alex A., 28, was convicted of calling Sherbini, who wore a headscarf, “terrorist,” “bitch” and “Islamist” when she asked him him to leave a swing for her 3-year-old son Mustafa during an August 2008 visit to a children’s park.