Candidate Mourdock Criticized Over Rape, Pregnancy Comments

Top Republicans were slow to embrace tea party-backed Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock after he ousted a longtime GOP senator from office. Though he eventually won their support – and money – Mourdock could see both fade after telling a live television audience that when a woman becomes pregnant during a…

Teenage Brothers Charged With Killing 12 Year Old Girl

CLAYTON, N.J. — A teenage boy lured a 12-year-old girl into his house under the guise of getting parts for her treasured bicycle and then, with his older brother, killed her, police said Tuesday. The girl’s disappearance had sparked a frantic search by residents of her small…

Superman Is Looking For A New Job

The Daily Planet has a new job opening.

In Superman issue 13, the Man of Steel’s alter ego, mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent, quits the Metropolis newspaper that has been his employer since the DC Comics superhero’s earliest days in 1940.

But that’s just one of many…

NFL Considers Canceling Pro Bowl

NEW YORK — The NFL will consider dropping the Pro Bowl if the level of play doesn’t improve, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Monday night.

Appearing on SiriusXM NFL Radio’s “Town Hall,” Goodell agreed with host Michael Strahan that last January’s Pro Bowl “was embarrassing.”

“If we cannot accomplish…

Obama,Romney Debate Focuses On Foreign Affairs

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate Monday night, accusing him of “wrong and reckless leadership that is all over the map.” The Republican coolly responded, “Attacking me is not an agenda” for dealing with a dangerous world…