Romney Makes VP Pick

NORFOLK, Va.–Mitt Romney announced Saturday he’s selected Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate. The announcement came just after 7am ET via Mitt’s VP, a mobile application launched by the campaign earlier this month.
According to a statement the campaign released late Friday…

Doctors Perform Unnecessary Procedures, Motivated by Profits?

In the summer of 2010, a troubling letter reached the chief ethics officer of the hospital giant HCA, written by a former nurse at one of the company’s hospitals in Florida.

In a follow-up interview, the nurse said a doctor at the Lawnwood Regional Medical Center, in the…

Man Brings Weapons to 'Dark Night' Movie for "Protection"

COLUMBUS, Ohio —  A northeast Ohio man brought a gun, ammunition and several knives to a showing of the latest Batman movie because he wanted to protect himself in case someone tried to replicate last month’s deadly Colorado theater shooting, his attorney said Tuesday.

Scott A. Smith, 37, had no…

After being Fired, Former Cook Sent Threatning Photos

A Chicago man on probation for a weapons conviction sent threatening photos of himself armed with a shotgun to a chef at a popular Oak Park restaurant where he had recently been fired, authorities said Monday.

Chicago police released a photo that allegedly shows the suspect, identified as Nicholas Claxton…

First Color Picture from Mars

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA’s Curiosity rover has transmitted its first color photo and a low-resolution video showing the last 2 1/2 minutes of its white-knuckle dive through the Martian atmosphere, giving earthlings a sneak peek of a spacecraft landing on another world.

As thumbnails of the…