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Drug scheme leads to prison for ex-NFL player Hurd

YoopyaNov 14, 2013January 31, 20240

DALLAS (AP) — Once an NFL wide receiver and local hero with a $5 million contract, Sam Hurd was reduced to being a convicted felon

Next generation of biofuels is still years away

YoopyaNov 14, 2013January 31, 20240

NEW YORK (AP) — The first trickle of fuels made from agricultural waste is finally winding its way into the nation’s energy supply, after years

Police probe shooting of 3 outside Pa. high school

YoopyaNov 14, 2013March 6, 20240

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh police were relieved that what was first reported as a possible shooting inside the city’s largest high school turned out to

Yahoo! users gripe over latest email change

YoopyaNov 14, 2013March 6, 20240

Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer’s latest peace offering to angry users of the company’s popular email service is getting a big, fat thumbs down. In a

Young Frenchman too heavy to fly will go home by ship

YoopyaNov 14, 2013March 6, 20240

New York City (AFP) A young Frenchman who weighs 230 kilograms (500 pounds) and was deemed too heavy to fly on a jetliner arrived in New

14.82-Carat Orange Diamond Sells For $35.5 Million: A World Record

YoopyaNov 13, 2013March 6, 20240

The largest fancy vivid orange diamond to ever appear at auction shattered a world record as it sold for more than $35.5 million Tuesday at Christie’s

Francis Bacon artwork sets auction record in NY

YoopyaNov 13, 2013March 6, 20240

NEW YORK (AP) — A 1969 painting by Francis Bacon set a world record for the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction and a

Lady Gaga unveils ‘flying dress’ at album party

YoopyaNov 13, 2013March 6, 20240

Lady Gaga’s album sales are already stratospheric, so why not her evening wear? The Applause singer unveiled a high-tech, white vehicle she bills as the

One World Trade Center named tallest US building

YoopyaNov 13, 2013March 6, 20240

NEW YORK (AP) — They set out to build the tallest skyscraper in the world — a giant that would rise a symbolic 1,776 feet

When online romance goes bad

YoopyaNov 13, 2013March 6, 20240

It’s the online romance from hell. A Manhattan architect has filed a $1.25 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-lover for trashing his reputation by making