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Ohio kidnap case hero not endorsing free burgers
FILE - This May 6, 2013 file photo shows neighbor Charles Ramsey speaking to media near the home where missing women Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were rescued in Cleveland. Ramsey, the man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown. Ramsey has been promised free ...
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Elite NYC school apologizes for past abuse
NEW YORK -- The Horace Mann School, one of New York City's most prestigious private schools, has apologized for more than three decades of sexual abuse perpetrated by some of its teachers and administrators, according to a letter posted on its website Friday."We sincerely apologize for the harm that was caused by the teachers and administrators who abused anyone during their years at ...
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Wayward Productions and Chicago Fusion Theatres Sons of Anarchy- inspired pr
* Wayward Productions and Chicago Fusion Theatre's "Sons of Anarchy"-inspired production of Shakespeare's "Richard III" gets a remount at The Den Theatre, 1333 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. Director Carlo Lorenzo Garcia imagines the Rose Wars as a fight between two outlaw motorcycle gangs in this production, which was a hit earlier this year at The Underground Wonder ...
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Park police officer furlough to end
The U.S. Park Service announced Friday the furloughs of park police officers will be coming to an end in June now that the agency has found cost savings elsewhere. NBC's Ann Curry ...
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US judge rules department of toughest sheriff engages in racial profiling
By JACQUES BILLEAUD and WALTER BERRY , The Associated Press PHOENIX -- A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.The 142-page decision by U.S. District Judge Murray Snow in Phoenix backs up ...
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Oklahoma mom thanks heroic daycare workers
Shielding the children with their own bodies, the daycare workers in Moore, Okla., managed to save all of the children they were looking after. NBC's Ann Curry ...
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Is it time to rebuild America
america . but these days you do. the collapsed bridge was listed as functionally obsolete. it was given a rating of just 57.4 out of 100. but 759 bridges ...
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Associate of arms dealer Viktor Bout extradited to New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S-Syrian citizen accused of conspiring with jailed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has been extradited to New York from Australia to face charges he conspired to buy aircraft in violation of economic sanctions, federal prosecutors said on ...
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Illinois closer to concealed carry but it would also end Chicago ban on assault weapons
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Gun owners could carry concealed weapons in Illinois, the last state in the nation to prohibit it, under legislation that swept through the House Friday with the backing of the powerful Democratic speaker from Chicago, a longtime proponent of firearms ...
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Video Congressional gold medal awarded to civil rights heroes
A turning point in the Civil Rights movement came 50 years ago when the Ku Klux Klan bombed a black Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. -- killing four girls. On Friday, President Obama signed a law to honor the victims' memories by giving them Congressional Gold Medals. Bill Plante speaks with a survivor of the deadly ...
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Video Obama urges honorable conduct on military grads
A U.S. Army missile unit at Fort Greely, Alaska is under investigation for allegations of sexual assault and fear of reprisals. On Friday, President Obama reminded graduating military cadets that they must uphold honorable conduct. Major Garrett ...
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Video On the road Three siblings survive Okla. tornado
As part of our continuing series "On the Road," Steve Hartman reports on three siblings who survived the Okla. tornado that destroyed their home and elementary school. But what they were most worried about was finding their ...
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Sibling rivalry takes a backseat after Okla. tornado
(CBS News) MOORE, Okla. - So many parents share the same wish -- that the kids will stop fighting and get along. Sometimes it takes something big for them to get the message -- as we discovered "on the road." They may be fraternal twins, but 11-year-olds Caleb and Colby Brown couldn't be more different. They disagree on almost everything -- even about how Monday's tornado ...
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Video Security watch lists growing too large
Similar to the Boston Marathon bombings, the two London terror suspects were on a U.K. government watch list. But investigators said there was no way to predict they would commit a crime. Bob Orr reports on how the watch list system maybe be getting ...
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Video After superstorm Sandy the Jersey Shore is open for business
Governor Chris Christie cut a symbolic ribbon to officially open the beach season in New Jersey after the area suffered massive damage from superstorm Sandy. He said that around 80 percent of the beaches have been restored. Michelle Miller ...
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Jersey Shore shop owners reopen for Memorial Day
(CBS News) SEA BRIGHT, N.J. - Seven months after an epic storm, the Jersey Shore is open for business. In Seaside Heights Friday, Governor Chris Christie cut a symbolic 5-1/2-mile-long ribbon to open the beach season following the damage done by superstorm ...
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The forecaster who sounded the alarm for Moore Okla.
CBS News (CBS News) The massive tornado in Oklahoma on Monday killed a total of 24 people. The toll would likely have been much greater, were it not for the early warning put out by the National Weather Service. We meet the man who sounded the alarm. A video shows Monday's twister charging into Moore, Oklahoma. The funnel cloud morphed within moments into a historic EF-5 tornado, with ...
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Survivor of KKK Baptist Church bombing I had to forgive
(CBS News) BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- A turning point in the Civil Rights movement came 50 years ago when members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama. Four young girls were killed. And nationwide outrage led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act one year later. Today, President Obama signed a law to honor the victims-; Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley and ...
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Video I-5 bridge collapses north of Seattle
A section of the Interstate-5 bridge near Seattle collapsed after a truck hit an overhead beam, plunging cars into the Skagit River below. Henry Rosoff of CBS affiliate KIRO-TV ...
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Video Inside Plaza Towers Elementary
As part of our continuing series "On the Road," Steve Hartman reports on three siblings who survived the Okla. tornado that destroyed their home and elementary school. But what they were most worried about was finding their ...
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Video Colin Farrell talks Epic new role
Colin Farrell is shedding his Hollywood bad boy image with a series of upcoming roles in films like the animated children's tale "Epic." Farrell spoke to CBSNews.com's Ken Lombardi about "Epic" and several of other his upcoming ...
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Feds pull plug on Kentucky uranium plant and 1000 jobs
The operator of a Cold War-era plant in western Kentucky that supplies enriched uranium to nuclear power plants said Friday it planned to cease production after federal energy officials decided to end its work, putting more than 1,000 workers out of high-paying jobs with ...
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Report Feds call marathon bomb suspect lone wolf
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a lone wolf who appeared to be radicalized before he traveled to Russia last year, investigators said. Citing officials briefed on the investigation, ABC News reported Friday Tsarnaev -- who was killed three days after he and his brother allegedly carried out bomb attacks that killed three people and injured 270 others at the marathon finish ...
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Parolee indicted in theft of Gold Rush jewelry box
OAKLAND, Calif. -; A parolee was indicted by a federal grand jury in the theft of a valuable Gold Rush-era jewelry box from the Oakland Museum of California, authorities said ...
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Jersey Shore reopens 7 months after Sandy
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie cut a 5.5 mile-long ribbon to officially reopen the Jersey Shore, which has been 80 percent restored. NBC's Ann Curry ...
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