A defendant who vanished from his Texas gang rape trial has been found guilty. Eric McGowen was not present for his conviction today. He was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a child. He took off during a court break on Wednesday and authorities are still looking for him.
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The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is holding a Internet cat video festival today from 4 to 10 p.m. Held at Open Field, attendees will be able to come and view the best of the best cat videos of the interwebs.
It's the summer of the bear. Bizarre bear sightings have been reported from around North America. Click through to see some of the most unusual places the furry creatures have been spotted.
Singer enters 30-day in-patient treatment facility for emotional help.
In honor of one of their biggest fans, Campbell’s will release their tomato soup with Andy Warhol-inspired designs. The cans celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Warhol’s pop art masterpiece, “32 Campbell’s Soup Cans.” “I used to have the same lunch every day for twenty years,”...
The late entrepreneur, David Gundlach, pictured left, shocked his hometown in Indiana after his estate left $125 million to a community foundation there. Gundlach was an entrepreneur in the insurance industry who also dabbled in film by producing the 2009 movie, “Get Low,” featuring Robert...
For Americans weary of the acrimonious partisan gridlock in Washington, President Obama has a rosy message of hope and change: reelect me in November and the stalemate will end. “My expectation is that there will be some popping of the blister after this election, because...
A driver who will be 101 in September backed out of a parking lot near an elementary school in Los Angeles, plowing into 11 people, including nine children. Fortunately no one died as a result of the incident on Wednesday, but it highlights the challenge...
Rates of medical exemptions from vaccination requirements are higher in states where exemptions are easier to get, potentially compromising immunity and posing a threat to other children.
Former basketball player's karaoke rendition of "End of the Road" gets support at fundraiser.