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Greek Yogurt Dark Side: By-Product, Acid Whey is Toxic for Waterways

Greek yogurt is a booming low-calorie, protein packed, $2 billion a year industry that has a dark side. According to a new report from Modern Farmer, for every three or four ounces of milk, companies can produce one ounce of Greek yogurt. The rest becomes acid whey. Acid whey is a thin, runny waste product that can’t be dumped. Whey decomposition is toxic to the natural environment, for which it... 

Storm Chasers in Kansas get inside Tornado and Capture Video

Brandon Ivey and Sean Casey, Severe Storm chasers used their specialized tornado intercept vehicle to catch video footage from inside a Kansas tornado on Monday. The pair of storm chasers appear in the Discovery Channel series Storm Chasers and were able to get footage from an eastern Smith County, Kansas Tornado before it started to rip instruments from the top of their special vehicle. Dubbed as... 

Operation Swill Catches New Jersey Liquor Scam

State officials raided 29 New Jersey bars and restaurants on Wednesday morning, all part of Operation Swill, a year-long operation that caught establishments pouring bottom-shelf liquor into top-shelf bottles and fooling customers to thinking and paying as if it’s the real deal. The establishments allegedly aimed to “fool the customer and increase their profits,” according to a statement... 

Target Launches Bridal Collection Featuring Wedding Dresses by Tevolio

You may think of Target when it comes to bridal registries, but Target has announced a bridal collection. You got it, Target will be selling an in-house collection of wedding dresses ranging from $99.99 to $129.99. With that kind of price tag, don’t expect anything fancy by all-means. With that all said though, Target’s design team really put some thought into each dress in trying to... 

3 Men Charged in Bank of America Robbery, Kidnapping and Fake Bomb in Sept 2012

The boyfriend of an assistant bank manager of Bank of America in Los Angeles California strapped a fake bomb to her, setting the stage of her to be a hostage and rob the bank of $565,000, in September of last year. The three men Ray Vega, 34, Richard Menchaca, 36, and Bryan Perez, 27, were charged with conspiracy to commit bank robbery, bank robbery and aiding and abetting the other by force, violence... 

John Potter, a 91-year old Being Evicted by his Daughter Raises $128,000

John Potter, a 91-year old World War II veteran is being evicted by his daughter from a home he built 56 years ago in Zaleski, Ohio. In 2004, John Potter and his late-wife, gave the general power of attorney to his daughter, Janice Cottrill in case of health declining in the future, which included taking care of her autistic adult brother, who is now 63-years old. In 2004 John’s daughter Janice... 

Woman Kicked off Plane for Singing Whitney Houston’s iconic song, ‘I Will Always Love You’

A woman singing Whitney Houston’s iconic song, ‘I Will Always Love You’ was kicked off an American Airlines flight last Thursday. The American Airlines flight departed Los Angeles International Airport at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. It was headed to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The pilot was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Kansas City at 6:06 p.m. after the... 

Skaters Brutally Beat Man in Huntington Beach with Skateboards, Could Face Murder Charges

Four teens in Huntington Beach could face murder charges after they chased a man and almost beat him to death with their skateboards on Friday night. Investigators said two large groups, with as many as 40 teenagers, were fighting just before 8 p.m. Friday at Murdy Park at Goldenwest Street and Warner Avenue. A woman attempted to break up the fight, but when some of the teenagers started to attack... 

3D Printed Gun Blueprints Ordered to be Removed from DefCad Site by Feds

State Department Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance ordered Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson to take down online blueprints for a 3D-printable “Liberator” handgun. Earlier this week, Wilson posted a YouTube video showing a shot fired from “The Liberator,” the plastic handgun that, well the exception of a metal firing pin and a piece of metal included to comply with... 

CNN Anchor Robbed: Carol Costello’s iPhone Stolen from Hand while Talking on it

CNN Anchor, Carol Costello’s iPhone was stolen right out of her hands while walking south in the 1100 block of Piedmont Avenue in Atlanta Thursday around 4:30 p.m. Two teens ran up behind the CNN anchor and robbed her of her iPhone while she was talking on it. Costello said in a post on her Facebook page that she struggled with one suspect as she tried to keep her phone, but he pulled a chunk... 
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