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(Update) Lower Pottsgrove bank robbery ends with 3 in custody, Villanova lockdown (video)
(Updated 8 p.m.)LOWER POTTSGROVE - A robbery Wednesday afternoon of a National Penn Bank branch led to a police chase, the lockdown of Villanova University and the apprehension of three men. According to the Lower Pottsgrove Police, two suspects entered the bank on the 1800 block of East High Street displaying...
thereporteronline.com (57 minutes ago)
(Update) Lower Pottsgrove bank robbery ends with 3 in custody, Villanova lockdown (video)
(Updated 8 p.m.)LOWER POTTSGROVE - A robbery Wednesday afternoon of a National Penn Bank branch led to a police chase, the lockdown of Villanova University and the apprehension of three men. According to the Lower Pottsgrove Police, two suspects entered the bank on the 1800 block of East High Street displaying...
pottsmerc.com (2 hours ago)
Instagram... For Drones
Social media has long been a tool for web-savvy artists, but there's something about James Bridle's ability to turn an Instagram snapshot into a powerful political statement that makes his artwork truly unique. His cleverly named project, Dronestagram, has been making the internet rounds since late 2012, using...
huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington: Montreal's First Mural Festival Is A Hit
The MURAL Festival in Montreal took over Boulevard Saint-Laurent this past weekend. More than 25 local, national and international street artists worked separately and in concert across large walls for this first ever event, and many have taken notice. Nevermind the gossip on the street about mayoral corruption and...
huffingtonpost.com (8 hours ago)
WATCH: Lauren Disobeys Briggs In 'Graceland' Sneak Peek
USA's "Graceland" has already taught us that "your lies are your life," but no matter how stressful undercover work is, you should always be able to rely on your team. Sadly, in this week's episode, it seems like Lauren (Scottie Thompson) didn't get that memo. As the FBI agents team up with Lauren's DEA for a...
huffingtonpost.com (8 hours ago)
Relive 'Pretty Wild'
"Pretty Wild" is returning to E! in celebration of "The Bling Ring." The network will air a marathon of the 2010 reality series that followed Alexis Neiers, Tess Taylor, Gabby Neiers and their mom Andrea Arlington, on Friday, June 21, the same day Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring" hits theaters nationwide. The...
huffingtonpost.com (8 hours ago)
'MythBusters' + Nik Wallenda = Serious Daredevil Action
Duct tape is pretty powerful and definitely handy in a lot of situations, but can you trek through the desert, repel down cliffs and survive serious rapids armed with only a few rolls of the super sticky stuff and some bubble wrap? If anyone can, it's the "MythBusters," who are certified duct tape enthusiasts. The...
huffingtonpost.com (8 hours ago)
Fall River man arrested in fatal hit and run in Somerset
Police have arrested a Fall River man in connection with a hit and run Friday in Somerset that killed a 65-year-old man who was crossing the street in his electric wheelchair, Somerset police said today. Police arrested Richard Reis, 35, this morning after his wife responded to a reverse 911 call and told police...
boston.com (9 hours ago)
You Can’t Do That with a Kindle: Library Builds Record-Breaking Domino Chain from Old Books
To promote its summer reading program, the Seattle Public Library did what any enterprising library would do: take a bunch of old books, set them up like dominoes and knock them over. And we’re talking about a lot of books here: 2,131 in all. “The books used to make this domino chain were either donated or are out...
time.com (9 hours ago)
Columbia's Cons: Ivy League social work program run by team of former prisoners
EXCLUSIVE: In the hallowed halls of Columbia University, a nest of ex-cons -- who have served time for murder, attempted murder, robbery and assault -- hold court on their unique brand of social justice for admiring students enrolled in the school's social work program, according to a FoxNews.com investigation. The...
foxnews.com (10 hours ago)
Is Woman's Hour really an example of extreme feminism?
Age: 66. Appearance: None – it's a radio programme. I've heard of it. How would you sum it up? "A determinedly anti-scientific dinosaur of 40-years-out-of-date extreme feminism." They do recipes as well, don't they? Yes, but with "zero integrity when it comes either to science or any sense of fairness to men...
guardian.co.uk (11 hours ago)
PSA: Do NOT update your PlayStation 3 to 4.45 (UPDATE)
Edit: A post by Gmr_Leon on the popular site, Reddit, is currently detailing the problem a bit further, complete with details that the update is being rolled back by Sony to 4.41 as of now.Basic problem description:Tbomega...
examiner.com (13 hours ago)
'Days of our Lives:' Marlena hypnotizes Sami and Kristen plans Eric's demise
On yesterday's episode of "Days of our Lives," Hope grew concerned about slight differences in Sami's confessions when it came to her description of the weapon Detective Bernardi was carrying when she pumped a...
examiner.com (15 hours ago)
How I got hooked on open-water swimming
I have only swum in open water a few times, and always in calm reservoirs or gentle lakes, so I wasn't quite prepared for how imposing and rough Lake Windermere appeared on a cold grey day. But I, along with 10,000 others, braved the lake to complete the challenge of the Great North Swim, an experience I am already...
guardian.co.uk (18 hours ago)
HE'S BACK: Double Rainbow Guy Catches Unbelievable Yosemite Fire On Camera
The last time the internet saw Paul "Bear" Vasquez, he was famously witnessing a double rainbow that went "all the way." A video posted to Youtube on Monday saw him narrating a much more serious event--a massive wildfire that threatened his California home near Yosemite National Park. (CAUTION: Video contains...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
NSA says snooping foiled bombing plots
Susan Ferrechio The National Security Agency’s power to scrutinize the nation’s telephone records have helped to thwart more than 50 potential terrorist plots, including plans to bomb both the New York City subway system and the New York Stock Exchange, officials said Tuesday as they defended the controversial...
washingtonexaminer.com (1 day ago)
Should You Consider Public Speaking As A Career, And Other Questions Answered
Entrepreneur and adventurer (I love that self-description) Rodolphe “Rudy” Dutel got in touch with me to help him kick off his new blog on self-improvement, Karma, and yes, adventures. I think I checked the self-improvement box, since the discussion was all about storytelling, rehearsal, the career of professional...
forbes.com (1 day ago)
Police: Body found in Cameron could be fugitive
CAMERON, W.Va. -- Police say a body found in Cameron could be that of an inmate who escaped while on work release.Marshall County Sheriff Kevin Cecil tells WTRF-TV that clothes on the body match the description of clothes worn by Derek Midcap when he was l...
wvgazette.com (1 day ago)
Skyjacked: The Strange History of Plane Hijackings in America
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wired.com (1 day ago)
Carr: Martorano’s ‘career’ nothing to be proud of
Johnny Martorano seems a little more subdued these days. He’s 72 now, but it’s more than that. I think it’s the fact that unlike during the earlier Zip Connolly trials, he’s been back in Boston for a while now. He sees his family, they can read the papers, and even though “hit man” is a fearsome job description,...
bostonherald.com (1 day ago)
Discovery’s ‘Blood and Oil’: Mostly sludge
From its description alone, Discovery’s “Blood and Oil” (premiering Tuesday night) sounds like welcome relief from the usual jagged landscape of manly reality shows, simply because it’s not set in Alaska, where viewers have wearied of watching get-rich-quick schemes devolve in get-poorer-slower sagas of...
washingtonpost.com (2 days ago)
PHOTOS: Half-Nude Victoria's Secret Protest Outside San Francisco Store Demands Body Diversity
Victoria's Secret hasn't maintained a pristine rep as of late, from its controversial Bright Young Things tagline that had conservative parents in a tizzy to its failure to deliver on the promised "survivor" mastectomy bras. The lingerie retailer became the target of more negative attention on Saturday, when a...
huffingtonpost.com (2 days ago)
Six Verbal And Nonverbal Tips For Selling Products, Services Or Ideas
If you think that these tips aren't for you because don't have "sales" in your job description, I'd ask you to think again.
forbes.com (2 days ago)
Bullets strike car on Ellis Street
Police continue to investigate a Friday evening shooting that damaged a vehicle as it traveled down Ellis Street. According to a news release, police were called to the Broad Street Family Dollar around 10 p.m. where they discovered a 2005 Chevrolet Impala that had been damaged by bullets. The driver, Michael Dequez...
chronicle.augusta.com (2 days ago)
Charles Saatchi Choked Nigella Lawson at a Restaurant
Depressing. Celebrity chef and The Taste co-host Nigella Lawson was choked and physically abused by her multimillionaire husband Charles Saatchi after they dined at an outdoor table at Scott's in Mayfair. Several photos depict Lawson being choked and pushed. The Mirror has a detailed description of the incident,...
nymag.com (2 days ago)
10.8% unemployment not high enough for Marco Rubio
Conn Carroll Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has issued a statement responding to quotes from an unidentified aide of his in The New Yorker. “The quote attributed to a member of my staff was a description of one argument used against big labor’s opposition to a guest worker program.Read more on WashingtonExaminer.com
washingtonexaminer.com (2 days ago)
Shots fired at woman, son driving through Providence neighborhood
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A mother and son were shot at while driving through the city's Wanskuck neighborhood Sunday night, the police said. The police were called to Rhode Island Hospital shortly before 11 Sunday night. A security guard told officers a car had just pulled up with two gunshot victims. Melody Main, 45, of...
providencejournal.com (2 days ago)
Genital herpes is putting a dampener on our marriage
We both have genital herpes. We've been married for 33 years, both of us are sexually faithful, and were only occasionally troubled by it until a few years ago. Now no sooner are we free of it than one of us infects the other and we have to abstain until it clears up. We have Aciclovir tablets but a course makes you...
guardian.co.uk (2 days ago)
3A softball MVP: Stansbury’s Janessa Bassett
If softball is going to dominate a player’s life, then it helps if the player can dominate a game. Stanbury’s Janessa Bassett fit that description this season, dominating games and the base paths while helping the 4-year-old high school win its first state championship in any sport. “She’s the best player I’ve ever...
sltrib.com (2 days ago)
Colin & Justin: Nine Ways to Pull Off Monochrome
Hot on the heels of their attendance at several European and American design fairs, Colin and Justin report the emergence of monochrome as a growing trend in design... "If you want to make beautiful music," espoused Richard Nixon, "you must play black and white notes together." Contextually speaking, the former US...
huffingtonpost.com (2 days ago)
