State of Missouri failed Lucas Barnes Webb time and time again, documents show

A 373-page file provides a rare and extensive look into one boy's life in the child welfare world, where workers and their supervisors made missteps and questionable judgments.

kansascity.com (55 minutes ago)

Announcer Goes Ballistic After Blown Call

By Joe Lucia, Awful Announcing Say what you want about Hawk Harrelson's homerism with the White Sox, but in some cases, his bluntness is completely justified. That was the case on Friday night in Chicago, when first base umpire Angel Hernandez blew yet another call. This one wasn't nearly as dreadful as his...

huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)

Thousands Of Bridges At Risk Of Freak Collapse

SEATTLE — Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound. The crossings are kept standing by engineering design, not supported with brute strength or redundant protections like their more modern counterparts. Bridge...

huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)

4-Year-Old Prodigy Violinist Suffers From Debilitating Disease

Caesar Sant is a four-year-old child prodigy with a gift for playing the violin. He started learning the instrument just over a year ago and, as you can see in the video above, is already impressing instructors with his adorable renditions of "The Star Spangled Banner." "[Caesar is] very remarkable, he is...

huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)

The Pet Collective: Odin The Dog, Abandoned And In Pain, Saved By Rescue But Now Needs A Home

Odin turned up at the shelter with a severe medical condition in his left eye. His previous owners did not provide treatment, and probably didn't even realize the severe pain this condition caused him. It wasn't until rescuers from New Leash on Life in Newhall, Calif. pulled him from the shelter and paid for surgery...

huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)

Elk Creek Niobium project could move forward soon

OMAHA - A Canadian mining firm says it's close to securing the funding needed to move forward with a plan to extract a valuable and rare heat-resistant element from beneath southeast Nebraska.

journalstar.com (4 hours ago)

Apollo 11 Moon dust found after missing for 40 years

An extremely rare and out of this world treasure was discovered recently. One that has many asking questions about why and how it went missing in the first place. Multiple priceless vials of Moon dust collected by the one and only Apollo 11, the late Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin have been found after missing ...

slashgear.com (6 hours ago)

Sergio García puts Tiger Woods slur behind him at PGA Championship

Surely the final act of this BMW PGA Championship could not involve the chief executive of the European Tour, George O'Grady, presenting the trophy to Sergio García. Could it? Whatever else can be said of García, and plenty has since he sparked a worldwide race storm on Tuesday nightthis week, he clearly retains the...

guardian.co.uk (6 hours ago)

This Apple-1 is the Most Expensive Apple Computer Ever

$671,400. It seems like rather a lot of money for any personal computer - and especially for one which is too out-of-date to run the latest software. Except that the computer in question is an Apple-1, the bare-bones machine which Steve Wozniak designed and Steve Jobs marketed in 1976, shortly before they devised...

time.com (7 hours ago)

What does a £2,500 record sound like?

Four years ago, Pete Hutchison realised that his record-collecting habit was getting out of control. From a young age he had been buying music across a wide variety of genres – folk, rock, punk, jazz, house and techno – but recently he'd been getting into classical music, and that, for a lover of rare vinyl, is an...

guardian.co.uk (8 hours ago)

Recreating rare vinyl: an analogue labour of love – video

Veteran engineer Sean Davies of the Electric Recording Company talks us through the machines he has lovingly restored    

guardian.co.uk (8 hours ago)

Thousands of bridges at risk of freak collapse

Thousands of bridges around the United States may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound. The crossings are kept standing by engineering design, not supported with brute strength or redundant protections like their more modern counterparts. The...

foxnews.com (9 hours ago)

Girl's suicide after alleged attack troubles town

One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott headed to a friend's house. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls planned to party. That night Audrie Pott got drunk. She was allegedly sexually assaulted by three boys. A humiliating photo was circulated, her family's attorney says. Eight days later, she...

foxnews.com (10 hours ago)

Planetary alignment peaks with celestial show this weekend

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 24 (Reuters) - Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets in the sky this month, will be joined by tiny Mercury for a rare celestial show this weekend.

dailypress.com (10 hours ago)

Music to the rescue: Benefit concert event in Deep Ellum helps a little boy with a rare brain tumor

dallasnews.com (10 hours ago)

10 things to know for the Champions League final

It's time for the biggest game in club soccer — brought to you by Germany. This year's Champions League final will be an all-German affair played out before a global TV audience, as Bayern Munich takes on Borussia Dortmund at London's Wembley Stadium. Here are 10 things to know about Saturday's game: 1. WHY IS IT A...

foxnews.com (12 hours ago)

East Lansing sexual predator search continues; records show rape is rare in city, Michigan State

Over the past decade, "forcible rape" has been uncommon in East Lansing and MSU, but police fear a serial attacker may be at large.

mlive.com (13 hours ago)

Police Apologize for Beating Russian Activists

In a rare display of public humility, head of police in the Russian city of St. Petersburg publicly apologized to motorist rights activists allegedly beaten up by his subordinates.    

rian.ru (14 hours ago)

Rare 1938 Superman comic book found inside wall

It's considered the Holy Grail of comic books: Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring the debut of Superman. And David Gonzales found one mixed in with old newspapers insulating a ceiling in a house he was renovating in a small town in Minnesota.

htrnews.com (15 hours ago)

Rare three-way tie in Equitation Championship at Devon

Three riders, Victoria Colvin of Loxahatchee, Fla.; Gabrielle Bausano of New York; and Sydney Shulman of Greenwich, Conn., tied for the Equitation Championship on Friday, a very unusual result at the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair.

philly.com (17 hours ago)

Safe room mandates remain rare in tornado states

MOORE, Okla. - After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery - for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor finished installing the concrete bunker beneath ...

normantranscript.com (17 hours ago)

Brunswick had a night of dancing

Brunswick's Kyle Michalik, left, and Kyle Burson celebrate after completing a double play in the top of the fifth. (JUDD SMERGLIA / PHOTO) Rick Noland The Gazette HUDSON - Brunswick baseball players were concerned about their goal of reaching The Big Dance. Getting to prom on time was not a concern. In a rare...

medinagazette.northcoastnow.com (20 hours ago)

Rare Superman comic discovered in wall of abandoned house in Minnesota

Minnesota man finds Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, Superman's debut, mixed with old newspapers insulating house he was renovating.    

telegraph.co.uk (20 hours ago)

Marathon runner’s ordeal, survival defy odds

CLEVELAND: A mile into the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon last weekend, Richard Strain felt a bad case of heartburn coming on. He kept running, determined to finish his half-marathon. Strain, who had been running for nearly a year, made it another five miles before the pain became so great he was forced to walk. He...

ohio.com (20 hours ago)

Foreign preacher takes rare turn on Vietnam stage

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to C...

rn-t.com (21 hours ago)

Concert to aid Nashua man with rare disease

While Nashua resident David 8216Taz8217 Yandell has battled a deadly, rare and mysterious disease, his friends have fought to help him, whether it is filing paperwork or putting together a benefit concert.

unionleader.com (21 hours ago)

Rare Superman comic found in house insulation

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - It’s considered the Holy Grail of comic books: Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring the debut of Superman. And David Gonzales found one mixed in with old newspapers insulating a house he was renovating in a small town in Minnesota. ...

yoursun.com (22 hours ago)

Geocaching a growing sport in Brainerd lakes area

An olive green ammo box is covered by wet pieces of tree bark. It sits about 100 feet off the path near Lougee Lake. Twigs snap under the weight of Mark Moser’s hiking boots as he bends over and opens the camouflaged container. To the average passerby, it might be an odd scene. But to a geocacher, it’s an uncovered...

brainerddispatch.com (22 hours ago)

Health reminder: be vigilant for ticks and tick-borne illness symptoms

Crow Wing County Community Services reminds residents ticks are back and so are the tick-borne diseases they carry. Lyme disease remains Crow Wing County’s most commonly reported tick-borne disease, but two other tick- borne diseases, anaplasmosis and babesiosis are being reported with increased frequency. During...

brainerddispatch.com (22 hours ago)

Time Lapse: For Memorial Day, a rare Civil War photo

This weekend's history mystery at our Time Lapse blog is perhaps our strangest photo -- a scene that seems to involve a camp wife and a scallop-roofed cottage at Gettysburg: For Memorial Day, a rare Civil War photo from our archives See a large photo and help figure this one out in comments at that second link, then...

providencejournal.com (22 hours ago)