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Jerry Sandusky gets appeal hearing on child sexual abuse conviction. The former Penn State assistant coach, currently serving 30 to 60 years in prison after being convicted on 45 counts of child sexual abuse, will have a hearing later this month on May 20, according to the Associated Press. In that hearing, Sandusky’s lawyers will present a case claiming that …

A boy has been born in Hunan, China, with 31 fingers and toes, a condition known as polydactylism. The poor parents of the baby, named Honghong, are seeking help because the surgery to correct polydactyly would cost thousands of dollars and would be very difficult. Polydactyly is a family trait and if one parent has the condition there is a …

Former Gov. Rick Perry endorsed Donald Trump on Thursday evening. Rick Perry, speaking to CNN by phone from his home in Round Top, said that although Trump is not his ideal choice, he thinks Trump will surround himself with the right people to lead the country. Some have urged Perry to reignite his campaign and run as a third-party candidate, …

Florida lawyer Linda Hadad was arrested for a DUI in 2010. Things only snowballed from there. The former public defender was recently disbarred for allegedly using pretty much every drug under the sun, and reportedly getting intimate with two inmates. Florida Bar records show Linda Hadad admitted to using cocaine, crack ecstasy, pot, crystal meth and acid, as well as …

Sony has today released Uncharted: Fortune Hunter, an iOS and Android title that unlocks extras in Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End on PS4. This is a free-to-play game with some in-app currency microtransactions. It’s a top-down puzzle solver, featuring a more cartoon-like art style than what the console version of Uncharted offers up on the PlayStation 4.

Firefighters in Turlock, California, rescued four kittens while battling a fire early Monday morning and the adorable rescue was all caught on camera. The fire ignited a pile of wood rounds next to a home, and it’s believed that the mother cat had given birth to litter of kittens underneath the wood pile, where they had been living.

A plane crash near an airport north of Anchorage that killed all all four people on board occurred after the small craft struck a bald eagle, investigators have revealed. The aircraft burst into flames as it went down just north of Anchorage on 20 April claiming the lives of the pilot, co-pilot and two passengers. It is the first US …

Visitors to the Knudson Cove Marina in Alaska were treated to an up-close-and-personal encounter with a massive humpback whale on Monday. Candace Barnes was visiting from out-of-town and happened to walk down to the Knudson Cove Marina when a humpback whale surfaced out of the water near the docks. According to other passersby, the whales have been making appearances in …

A husband and wife were attacked and injured, the husband seriously, by their pig at their farm in Townsend Tuesday evening. Police were called to the farm in Townsend, Massachusetts, on Tuesday after reports a boar had attacked and wounded a woman. A 38-year-old woman was found with lacerations on her body from an apparent pig attack and was taken …

The FBI arrested a suspect Tuesday in the abduction of an 11-year-old Navajo girl Ashlynne Mike who was found dead in Shiprock, New Mexico. Ashlynne Mike was kidnapped along with her 9-year-old brother from a Navajo reservation after school Monday by a man who has been described as a stranger in a van. An FBI spokesman said Tom Begaye, 27, …

Former child star Joey Cramer, best known for his leading role in Disney’s Flight of the Navigator, has been arrested in connection with a bank robbery in Canada. Cramer was wearing a disguise, but was easily recognized by police officers when they watched the bank’s surveillance video as they have had previous encounters with Cramer. The 42-year-old allegedly wore a …