Aerobics video syncs perfectly with Taylor Swift song (Video)
Was Taylor Swift meant to dance to aerobics? Maybe not. But this
aerobics sure was meant to dance to Taylor Swift.
Man dies doing maintenance work at bowling alley
FAIRFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Officials in southwest Ohio say a 53-year-old man performing maintenance work at a bowling alley became trapped in the pin-setting machinery and died. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the worker at Northwest Bowling Alley in Fairfield died when his clothes became tangled. The man’s name was not immediately released. Police say it…
Frederick woman finds body in back seat of car
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a Frederick man whose body was found in the backseat of a couple’s car. Frederick County sheriff’s deputies say a woman found the body of 50-year-old Curtis Alan Strange in the back seat of her car Wednesday just after she began driving and noticed items…
Poland moves to renegotiate Russian gas deal
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland says it has asked to renegotiate the price it pays for gas imports from Russia. Rafal Pazura, spokesman for Polish gas company PGNiG, says Russian supplier Gazprom has confirmed receiving the request to alter the terms of their 1996 deal. It was not clear when talks might start. PGNiG said…
ArcelorMittal: 3Q steel shipments, profits rise
AMSTERDAM (AP) — ArcelorMittal SA, the world’s largest steelmaker, says operating profits rose strongly in the third quarter on improved European operations and higher steel volumes, despite a decline in iron ore prices. The Luxembourg-based company Friday reported third-quarter net profit of $22 million, compared with a loss of $193 million in the third quarter…
Of course the new Star Wars has a dumb name. They all do.
Commentator, Clinton Yates
Labor strife at ports further slows goods movement
JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Spreading labor strife at major West Coast seaports is exacerbating problems that importers have had getting products to market, threatening the on-time delivery of some holiday goods. Until this week, dockworkers and their employers were negotiating a new contract with little of the public drama that characterized…
Local race could clog traffic near Chesapeake Bay Bridge
The first ever Across the Bay 10K race is set for Sunday.
Ex-tabloid news editor jailed for hacking
JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — As fallout continues from Britain’s tabloid phone-hacking scandal, former News of the World news editor Ian Edmondson was sentenced Friday to eight months in prison for conspiring to hack the phones of celebrities, politicians and royals. Another former reporter from the tabloid has been found guilty of paying…
Feds call new Silk Road defendant a flight risk
LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A California man confessed to operating a spinoff version of the shuttered Silk Road website, which enabled more than 100,000 people to buy and sell illegal drugs over the Internet, a prosecutor said Thursday. Blake Benthall, 26 years old and wearing a hooded sweatshirt with “Internet Better”…
