Who doesn’t appreciate a pat on the back, now and then? In that spirit, the Denver Police Department launched an initiative aimed at acknowledging people and rewarding them with pizza gift cards for their courteous actions, for helping others and for obeying the law. On July 29, patrol officers downtown began giving out 500 vouchers …
A Tacoma, WA Buffalo Wild Wings recently helped a woman honor her brother, a fallen soldier. The woman entered the restaurant, and upon being seated, requested two beers: a Blue Moon for her, and then a Corona for her brother, a soldier who had died serving in Iraq. At first, the restaurant server Brian Avey told her …
A Spanish national treasure, the painting “Head of a Young Woman” was seized by French customs on Tuesday from a boat docked in Corsica. The painting is worth 25 million euros. The painting is owned by Spanish banker Jaime Botin. He was not aboard the boat from which the painting was seized, and the export …
Federal court officers are recommending a sentence of life in prison for a peanut company executive recently convicted of selling salmonella-tainted food, a move that attorneys on both sides called “unprecedented” for a food-poisoning case. The potential life sentence for former Peanut Corporation of America owner Stewart Parnell was disclosed by prosecutors in a court filing …
The original rejection of Robert Zemecki’s classic sci-fi comedy was not the end for Back to the Future. Back when the “timeless” masterpiece (pardon the pun) was pitched, it was rejected by 40 studios. Zemecki even had to take a break from trying and focus his efforts elsewhere. After getting a hit with Romancing the …