The Second Amendment Is Invalid Wednesday, February 27

Its relevance disappeared with the dramatic change in weapons technology

Be Careful What Closet You Choose 12 hours ago

Three men committed a home invasion of a Houston residence May 14 and, although two escaped, one wound up in the hospital and under arrest. The three men kicked in a door and shut the resident in an upstairs closet while they ransacked the home, but …

Ancient Germ Killer 12 hours ago

Researchers writing recently in the journal PLoS ONE disclosed that they had found certain types of dirt that contain antimicrobial agents capable of killing E. coli and the antibiotic-resistant MRSA. According to the article, medical "texts" back …

Alligator Assists in Arrest 12 hours ago

Bryan Zuniga, 20, was (according to a deputy) weaving in traffic in his SUV in May near the St. Petersburg city limit, but instead of submitting to the deputy, he fled on foot and eventually climbed a fence to a water-treatment plant — and …

Disney Disabled Pass Abusers 12 hours ago

As recently as mid-May, people with disabilities had been earning hefty black-market fees by taking strangers into Disneyland and Disney World using the parks' own liberal "disability" passes (which allow for up to five relatives or guests at a time …

Sex and Moving Cars Don't Mix 12 hours ago

In Albuquerque in May, Luis Briones, 25, became the most recent person arrested for distracted driving — after he crashed into another car while engaged in sexual intercourse in the driver's seat. (His naked lady-friend was thrown from the car, …

ARIES: June 19-25 Yesterday at 8:00 PM

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Maybe you've seen that meme circulating on the Internet: "My desire to be well-informed is at odds with my desire to remain sane." If you feel that way now, you have cosmic permission, to emphasize sanity over being …

TAURUS: June 19-25 Yesterday at 8:00 PM

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I expect you will be called on to move fluidly between opposing camps or different realities. Maybe you'll volunteer to serve as an arbiter between the crabby good guys and the righteous bad guys. Perhaps you'll try to …

GEMINI: June 19-25 Yesterday at 8:00 PM

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Pablo Casals was one of the greatest cello players who ever lived. Among his early inspirations was the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Casals discovered Bach's six cello suites when he was 13 years old and played them every …

CANCER: June 19-25 Yesterday at 8:00 PM

CANCER (June 21-July 22): "I know that I am not a category," said philosopher Buckminster Fuller. "I am not a thing – a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process." Philosopher Norman O. Brown had a similar experience. "The human body is …