MIDLAND CITY, Ala. Authorities stormed an underground bunker in southeastern Alabama Monday, freeing a 5-year-old boy and shooting his captor to death after a week of fruitless negotiations that left authorities convinced the child was in imminent danger. Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, had taken the child off a school bus after fatally shooting the driver [...]
Syrian Opposition Chief Renews Dialogue Offer
February 5, 2013 By
(DAMASCUS, Syria) — The leader of Syria’s main opposition group urged President Bashar Assad on Monday to respond to his offer for a dialogue, insisting he is ready to sit down with members of the regime despite sharp criticism from some of his colleagues. Mouaz al-Khatib, leader of the Western-backed Syrian National Coalition, said he [...]
Heroic Hitchhiker Is the Next Viral Local News Star
February 5, 2013 By
“Smash! Smash! Suh-MASH!” That gem of a quote from a hitchhiking good Samaritan looks poised to join “Hide your kids, hide your wife,” and the erstwhile “Ain’t nobody got time for that” in the lexicon of catchphrases culled from local newscasts gone viral. The quote comes from Kai (no last name given) a hitchhiking surfer [...]
Marketing Association to Host a 2-day Seminar on Mobile Marketing
February 5, 2013 By
(PRWEB) February 05, 2013 Because more and more consumers are embracing the use of mobile devices, 2013 will quickly establish itself as the year of mobile. In order to get marketers up-to-speed on this hot trend, the Association of Strategic Marketing (ASM) is offering a 2-day seminar in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 21st and [...]
Skylanders Swap Force is the next annual entry in the ‘toys to life’ gaming franchise, we go hands-on
February 5, 2013 By
SKYLANDERS SWAP FORCETM “MIXES IT UP” AT TOY FAIR 2013 From the Innovators who Brought “Toys to Life” Comes an Entirely New Innovation – Swapability 16 New Characters With Swappable Top and Bottom Halves Can Be Customized into More Than 250 Unique Combinations, Taking Skylanders and the “Toys to Life” Category to a New Level [...]
Northern California Personal Injury Attorneys Bohn & Fletcher, LLP Join the American Association for Justice Leaders Forum
February 5, 2013 By
San Jose, CA (PRWEB) February 04, 2013 The law firm of Bohn & Fletcher, LLP is pleased to announce its membership in the American Association for Justice Leaders Forum, an exclusive comprised of the best trial lawyers in the country. AAJ is the premier national organization tasked with protecting the rights and remedies of ordinary [...]
Twitter Pursues Two-Factor Authentication After Password Breach
February 5, 2013 By
Twitter is pursuing two-factor authentication to improve log-on security. That news follows Twitter’s Friday disclosure of a security breach affecting an estimated 250,000 of its 250 million users. Following the breach, Twitter reset passwords for all affected users but said its related investigation — including identifying exactly what data attackers accessed — remains underway. “This [...]
Richard III: King’s face to be revealed by experts using data collected from CT …
February 5, 2013 By
The face of King Richard III is set to be unveiled to the world after a skeleton found under a council car park was confirmed as that of the last Plantagenet king. A facial reconstruction of the monarch is to be released by the Richard III Society after it was confirmed that a skeleton unearthed [...]
Barack Obama ‘Sings’ the Pokemon Theme Song
February 5, 2013 By
Another day, another lip-dub parody of Barack Obama. This time around, the U.S. president is “singing” the Pokémon theme song, courtesy of the folks from Barack’s Dubs. Be sure to watch the video until the end, or you’ll miss a message from a special guest; then, tell us what you think of the video in [...]
Dyson’s Airblade Tap lets you wash and dry right in the sink
February 5, 2013 By
