That was Warren Buffett’s soothing advice for equity investors in October 2008, after the collapse of Lehman Brothers had triggered a global financial panic and sent stock markets tumbling. He’s been betting on the U.S. economy ever since with remarkable results, as he explained Saturday in his annual letter to shareholders, which had more than the usual amount of explicit ... Read More »
Prosecutors could seek the death penalty against the man accused of kidnapping and murdering missing nursing student Holly Bobo. In a press conference on Wednesday afternoon, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director Mark Gwyn announced a specially called Decatur County grand jury had issued a true bill and indicted Zachary Rye Adams, 29, on charges of especially aggravated kidnapping and first-degree ... Read More »
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today threw out the state’s case against an Andover man accused of secretly taking photographs up women’s skirts on the MBTA, arguing the women did not have a legal expectation of privacy on the trolley and were not partially nude as defined under current law. Read More »
A second baby born with the AIDS virus may have had her infection put into remission and possibly cured by very early treatment — in this instance, four hours after birth. Doctors revealed the case Wednesday at an AIDS conference in Boston. The girl was born in suburban Los Angeles last April, a month after researchers announced the first case ... Read More »
Former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary, who will be a prosecution witness in an upcoming conspiracy trial against former PSU leaders, reportedly told players in November 2011 that he was sexually abused as a boy, according to ESPN the Magazine. Read More »
A New Jersey honor student who has sued to get her parents to support her after she moved out of their home had her initial request denied Tuesday by a judge who cautioned that the case could lead to a “potentially slippery slope” of claims by teens against their parents. Rachel Canning had sought immediate relief in the form of ... Read More »
A high school student who suffers from multiple sclerosis has turned the condition into an advantage on the track field because she cannot feel pain in her legs. Since Kayla Montgomery (18), from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was diagnosed with the condition three years ago, she has gone on to become one of the fastest high school runners in the country. Read More »
Thanks to the power of Twitter, one Houston-area teen is taking an NFL cheerleader to his prom. Seventeen-year-old Michael Ramirez of Crosby High told The Houston Chronicle it started as a joke. But it became a reality thanks to the power of social media. He tweeted a cheerleader named Caitlyn Beth and asked if she would be his prom date ... Read More »
The world’s oldest living person celebrated her 116th birthday Wednesday. Misao Okawa, of Japan, has lived in three centuries. She celebrated her big day with staff at Kurenai nursing home, where she lives. Read More »
A mother was undergoing a mental health evaluation after driving a van with her three children inside into the ocean in Daytona Beach, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Department stated in a news release Wednesday. All four family members were safely rescued in the incident, which began about 5 p.m. Tuesday and was captured on video. A beach safety officer near ... Read More »
The Chicago City Council passed an ordinance Wednesday banning pet stores from using so-called puppy mills. Under the ordinance, stores will have to get their dogs, cats, and rabbits from shelters and humane adoption centers. They’re forbidden from getting the animals from for-profit breeders. The goal is to protect animals from what critics call inhumane conditions in breeding operations. Read More »
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