By Samuel Roth, CNN (CNN) – A homeless man was arrested Sunday for constructing and living in a cave that was dug 15 feet underground in Fairfax, Virginia. Yosue Joel Rios, 25, dug stairs that descended to two rooms, according to Fairfax Police Department’s Public Information Officer Natalie Hinesley. “To the left was a small alcove…
Author: SuperSam
I am Georgia-born and the third child out of four in a military family. Growing up an army brat, I spent most of my life moving across the United States and also internationally to Germany and South Korea. When my father retired from the army, I graduated from the Columbus High School Magnet for Literary Arts in Columbus, GA. I then attended Columbus State University, and transferred to Georgia State University halfway through my sophomore year to pursue a degree in Telecommunications. During my college career at Georgia State University, I wrote for the award-winning school newspaper, The Signal, created media packages for the online student-run television station GSTV, and worked with both GPB and Creative Loafing ATL.
Actress Marjorie Lord of ‘Make Room for Daddy’ dies
By Emanuella Grinberg and Samuel Roth, CNN (CNN) – Actress Marjorie Lord, who rose to fame in Hollywood’s Golden Age and starred in the television series “Make Room for Daddy,” died of natural causes at age 97, her family said. Lord died in her Beverly Hills home on November 28, said her daughter, actress Anne Archer….
Chris Carney, MTV reality star and musician, dies
By Emanuella Grinberg and Samuel Roth, CNN (CNN) – Musician Chris Carney, who starred in an MTV reality show before marrying actress Tiffany Thornton, died in a car crash Friday in Hot Springs, Arkansas, according to law enforcement. Carney, 35, was a passenger traveling westbound on U.S. 70 in Hot Springs — his hometown — when…
Salem, Utah, teacher has students design ISIS poster
By Samuel Roth, CNN (CNN) – When parents got word their children were making terrorist propaganda posters in class, they demanded answers. A teaching intern at Salem Junior High in Salem, Utah, gave what she intended to be an innocent assignment to her students: Create a terrorist propaganda poster to illustrate how terror organizations function. The…
Toys ‘R’ Us Chief Play Officer Retiring at Age 13
By Samuel Roth, CNN (CNN) – Retirement isn’t usually part of a growing child’s life, but Alex Thorne’s life is far from ordinary. Come December 31, Alex will not only be celebrating his 14th birthday, he’s stepping down from his position as chief play officer for Toys “R” Us Canada. Alex, of Pickering, Ontario, became the…
Let’s Get Personal
As much as I try not to think about Adam Sandler movies, especially those of the last decade, it is impossible to title my love life this year as anything else but “50 First Dates”. At least that movie had Drew Barrymore, while my love life only stars the perpetually single break-out actor: Me. Thankfully,…
Mormon church labels same-sex couples apostates
By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) – A new Mormon church policy considers church members in same-sex marriages as apostates whose children will be barred from baptism and church membership unless they disavow same-sex unions. The policy is outlined in a guide for lay leaders known as Handbook 1, parts of which were posted online by a…
Driver Adacia Chambers faces murder charges in Oklahoma State crash
By Catherine E. Shoichet, Susannah Cullinane and Kevin Conlon, CNN (CNN) – The woman accused of driving under the influence and plowing her car into a crowd of spectators at an Oklahoma State University homecoming parade also faces murder charges, police said Sunday. Adacia Chambers is being held in jail on four counts of second-degree murder…
Michigan high school students volunteer as pallbearers for homeless veterans
By Samuel Roth, CNN (CNN) – Some Michigan high school students are redefining the term “extracurricular activity.” In addition to club meetings, band practices and football games, University of Detroit Jesuit High School teens are also signing up to serve as pallbearers for homeless veterans. Six students recently volunteered to be pallbearers for three dead homeless…
Plane catches fire on runway at Fort Lauderdale airport
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN (CNN) – The engine of a Boeing 767 carrying 101 people caught fire as the plane taxied for departure Thursday at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, officials said. It was bound for Caracas, Venezuela. Seventeen people were taken to Broward Health Medical Center, according to a spokeswoman there. Among those…
United Airlines apologizes after disabled man crawls off flight
By Melissa Gray and Samuel Roth, CNN (CNN) – A man returning from a meeting about disabled accessibility policies arrived home with his own personal example of the problem. D’Arcee Neal, who has cerebral palsy, took a five-hour flight last week from San Francisco to Washington. A mix-up at the gate meant there was no wheelchair…
Authorities: Ohio man on GPS ankle device abducted, raped girl
By Sarah Jorgensen and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) – A 20-year-old Ohio man allegedly raped, impregnated and held a minor captive for months while wearing an electronic monitoring device in connection with a previous abduction case, according to unsealed court records. Cody Lee Jackson was arrested October 8 at a Greyhound station in Salt Lake City,…
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