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While working on a Verizon tower near Kentucky 36 in Harrison County, a worker was decapitated with his body suspended on the tower as a cable broke [...] Joel Metz, 28, of Indianapolis was killed Wednesday by an 1,800-pound antenna that fell while a construction crew was replacing the antenna. Police and first responders called at 2:00 p.m.; Northern Kentucky Technical Rescue Team was called about 6:15 p.m. [...] Harrison County, Kentucky [MAP] ...

U.S. intelligence sources have named the Sinaloa cartel as 'the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world', and they are thought to be responsible for much of the heroin smuggled into America; Los Antrax is the drug cartel's elite contract killer squad, and was previously led by Claudia's lover Jose Rodrigo Arechiga Gamboa, 33, who was arrested in January [...] The Sinaloa Cartel handle transportation across the U.S. border to distribution cells in Arizona, California, Texas, Chicago and New York. DEA Chicago Head Jack Riley described Chicago as one of Sinaloa's most important cities, not only as a final destination for drugs but as a hub to distribute them across the U.S. [...]

Colorado's inaugural first-in-the-nation recreational marijuana industry have seen a rise in fiery explosions and injuries as pot users try to make the drug's intoxicating oil in crude home-based laboratories [...] Wayne Winkler, of Denver, suffered burns to 12 percent of his body when butane fumes ignited while he was making hash oil at home. Colorado's only adult burn center has treated 10 people with serious burn injuries while making hash oil from January 1, 2014 to May 6, 2014. Eleven were treated in 2013 and one person was treated in 2012 [...] MEDIA RELEASE from Santa Cruz Police Department ... On September 29, 2013, the Santa Cruz Fire and Police Departments responded to an explosion and fire at an apartment building in the 700 block of Third Street. As they arrived, officers and fire personnel were confronted with additional explosions from butane canisters. These explosions hindered fire suppression and rescue efforts by emergency personnel. In spite of th...

Ahmad served as Chicago comptroller from April 2011 until he abruptly resigned last summer. He fled the country via Mexico, and was detained after landing in the Pakistani city of Lahore with a forged visa, passport and birth certificate as well as $176,000 in cash [...] Ahmad titled his diary “Journey to Freedom: Who said escaping injustice would be easy?” which was found on his laptop computer, which Pakistani authorities confiscated when they detained him upon his arrival Monday [...] Crain's Chicago Business "40 Under 40: 2012" Profile: Amer Ahmad, 38, Comptroller, City of Chicago ... What's next? Government pension reform, he says, adding with a smile, "Sometimes I miss the private sector." [...] According to the law, a child – regardless of age – who arrives in Pakistan is allowed landing permission if his parents are of Pakistani origin. Pakistani FIA authories, after learning that the accused is wanted by the FBI in a financial fraud case and t...

ABC News Nightline: Guns built at home from kits bought online are increasingly becoming more popular and dangerous. The goal of Dimitri Karras, CEO of Ares Armor, is to arm the people. His business sells parts to weapons, but does not sell any complete weapons. A loophole in the Gun Control Act of 1968 allows untraceable parts to be sold. The parts are assembled by the end user. And the crucial part of the weapon, "the receiver," is sold without being completely finished. The end user makes some modifications by drilling some holes, and "the receiver" because an actual receiver. The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA or GCA68), Pub.L. 90–618, 82 Stat. 1213-2, enacted October 22, 1968, is a federal law in the United States signed by President Lyndon Johnson that broadly regulates the firearms industry and firearms owners. The Gun Control Act primarily focuses on regulating interstate commerce in firearms by generally prohibiting interstate firearms transfers except a...

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was taken to a Washington, D.C. hospital Thursday morning as a precaution after feeling faint and experiencing shortness of breath [...] Justice Department spokesman Brian Fallon said Holder is "currently resting comfortably and in good condition" [...]

Nurse describes attempt to save firefighter after shooting. Newly-released video shows a fight between a Kansas City police officer and a Kansas City firefighter moments before the police officer fatally shot the firefighter [...] The night began with Kansas City, Mo., firefighter Anthony Bruno celebrating at a wedding reception with his new wife; and ended with Bruno being fatally shot by the police officer, who had delivered a knee to the firefighter's head, but now believed his life was in danger as Bruno repeatedly punched his head against the sidewalk  [...] Soon an arriving police officer asked what direction the gunman had fled. Police officer Donald Hubbard looked up. “I shot him,” he said [...] KansasCity.com Editorial: The big lesson of KC cop killing firefighter: Don’t resist arrest   [...] Bruno's blood-alcohol content was .21, according to his autopsy; photos of both subjects [...]

Liam Neeson recounts arriving in a Canadian hospital, where doctors told him Richardson was brain dead from swelling of the brain caused by her fall on the slopes [...] Liam Neeson in an interview with Anderson Cooper for 60 Minutes on 60 Minutes February 23, 2014: Liam Neeson says wife Natasha Richardson 2009 death still doesn't feel real [...] FLASHBACK: Natasha Richardson, Actress, Dies at 45 [...] Natasha Richardson IMDb [...]

After firefighters given free meals after fighting a fire found out that  Heather Levia, 23, from Olean, New York,  had paid for the food herself, some firefighters called her boss and complained. At her next shift she was fired [...] Levia sent her boss a text message to see if the company would pay the tab. She thought they might because she claims they regularly give free meals to police officers who stop by [...] Firefighter Gordon Scott says he is upset that Heather Levia allegedly lost her job at McDonald’s because she paid for their meals [...] Levia was not satisfied with her current job at McDonald’s in the weeks prior to the incident. On January 29, Levia posted on her Facebook page that she may be looking for a new job. She posted “Listen all [expletive deleted] hit the fan today [...]

Two former Navy SEALs working as security contractors aboard the Maersk Alabama were found dead Tuesday a day after it was docked near an island northeast of Madagascar [...] The vessel, portrayed in the movie "Captain Phillips," was moored in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean [...]

Described as a Walmart employee shoveling snow at an unknown location. "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein Could be excusable, considering the insane Winter we have had this season.

Caesar, partnered with Imogene Coca, is credited with breaking ripe comedic ground with the 90-minute live program “Your Show of Shows” [...] Sid Caesar died on Wednesday at age 91 at his home in Los Angeles, according to his friend and former collaborator, Carl Reiner [...]

Crash at 5:30 a.m. in a busy commercial district in Greenwich Village [...] Bus driver killed, at least 4 injured at 14th Street and 7th Avenue [...] LIVE TRAFFIC MAP 14th Street and 7th Avenue, NYC ...

Explosion at New Hampshire Ball Bearings, at 175 Jaffrey Rd. in Peterborough, N.H [...] Firefighters from Peterborough, Keene, Milford, and the Southwestern New Hampshire District battling a four-alarm fire caused by an explosion [...] Jaffrey Fire Units have been dispatched to a report of a major explosion at New Hampshire Ball Bearing in Peterborough, NH — Jaffrey Fire Dept. (@jaffreyfire) February 10, 2014 BREAKING: First picture from the scene of an explosion at NH Ball Bearing in #Peterborough , NH #wbz - no visible fire pic.twitter.com/HX3QlsEE02 — Steven Bognar (@BogsWBZ) February 10, 2014 View Larger Map View Larger Map

Stacy St. Clair (Chicago Tribune Olympic Bureau) on water at Sochi hotel: "It will be fixed in 40 minutes," the sympathetic man at the reception desk told me. "But when it comes back on, please do not use on your face because it contains something very dangerous." [...] Her tweet about the situation has gone viral [...] Water restored, sorta. On the bright side, I now know what very dangerous face water looks like. #Sochi #unfiltered pic.twitter.com/sQWM0vYtyz — Stacy St. Clair (@StacyStClair) February 4, 2014 My hotel has no water. If restored, the front desk says, "do not use on your face because it contains something very dangerous." #Sochi2014 — Stacy St. Clair (@StacyStClair) February 4, 2014