They say dead men tell no tales. It’s a pity, because that means they can’t respond to some pretty tall tales either. Take John F. Kennedy, Jr. (search).He’s dead, but he’s alive and well in the press again thanks to Edward Klein’s much talked about book, The Kennedy Curse: Why …

FRANKFORT, Ky. – State regulators have fined a Kentucky fire department $25,000 for improper training and equipment after a firefighter was killed and three others hurt while the crew tried to help a college marching band participate in the ice bucket challenge. Tony Grider, 41, died and three other Campbellsville …

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – The military says two Marines were killed when their helicopter crashed during a training exercise in Southern California. The Third Marine Aircraft Wing chopper was carrying just the two when it went down late Friday afternoon at the base in Twentynine Palms. Both Marines on board …

SALT LAKE CITY – A pregnant Utah woman driving herself to the hospital gave birth to a healthy, nearly 10-pound baby boy on the side of an interstate highway Saturday, police said. The 32-year-old woman’s labor became overwhelming shortly after she left the North Ogden area and she called 911, …

LINCOLN, Neb. – Emergency personnel and a bomb disposal expert have determined that a suspicious “banana” hanging in a pine tree in Nebraska is simply a harmless geocache. The Lincoln Journal Star reports (http://bit.ly/1Fwa2wl ) that a utility worker spotted the device wrapped in yellow tape and attached to a …

WAUKESHA, Wis. – Police interrogation video of two Wisconsin girls accused of nearly killing a classmate to please a fictional character shows them describing their calculated plan to kill their friend. WISN-TV obtained the 9-hour videotaped interrogation of the girls, ages 12 and 13. One of the girls wipes away …

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – A blind dog who wandered away from her Ester home during a cold snap has been reunited with her owner. The 11-year-old Labrador retriever named Madera ventured away from home on Feb. 6, when the temperature dipped below 40 degrees. Her owner Ed Davis says he didn’t …

Everyone is for peace. We put the sentiment on Christmas and other holiday cards and we talk about a “peace process” in the Middle East, which is more process than peace. Since Cain murdered his brother Abel, humanity has tried to make peace on Earth and create good will toward …

LEWISTON, Idaho – A mystery man photographed pulling a driver from an SUV dangling over a 20-foot cliff above a northern Idaho canyon has come forward as the daring rescuer. Jason Warnock of Clarkston, Washington, tells the Lewiston Tribune newspaper (http://bit.ly/1IRKY7o ) that he left soon after saving the 23-year-old …

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – One sailor has died and another has been seriously injured while training in a swimming pool at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, officials say. The two were found unresponsive Friday at the bottom of the base’s Combat Swimmer Training Facility, which personnel use for fitness …