Facebook Outage Sparks Online Frenzy
Facebook crashed on Tuesday and people took to Twitter to lob complaints, laugh and joke about the outage. Website monitoring site DownRightNow noted that the social network went down at around 9:10...
View ArticleSalmonella Scare Prompts Pet Food Recall
A popular pet food company has announced a massive, worldwide, voluntary recall of several of its products, saying the food might be tainted with salmonella that could harm pets who eat it or people...
View ArticleYahoo: 13,000 Data Requests From Law Enforcement in Six Months
Do you Yahoo? The government does. Yahoo says that U.S. law enforcement agencies filed "between 12,000 and 13,000" requests for data from Jan. 1, 2013 to May 31 of this year, according to Reuters....
View ArticleStarbucks to Post Calorie Counts Nationwide
Coffee drinkers might soon reconsider splurging on 460-calorie Java Chip Frappuccino at Starbucks. Beginning next week, the coffee giant will post calorie counts on their menu boards, getting ahead of...
View ArticleMan Smuggles 7 Snakes in His Jacket
A Tyler snake expert pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to smuggling seven Peruvian snakes into the United States by concealing them underneath his jacket. William Lamar, 63, was caught with the...
View ArticleChicago Hospital Allows Visiting Hours for Pets
Sometimes the most effective comfort comes from man's best friend. Rush University Medical Center took that to heart, adopting a formal policy that allows pets to visit certain patients in their rooms....
View Article2nd Round of Potential Juror Questions in Zimmerman Trial
The second round of questioning of potential jurors in the George Zimmerman trial began Wednesday morning. A pool of 40 potential jurors were in the Seminole County courtroom, which was reconfigured to...
View ArticleMan Arrested in Connection With UTA Threat
The campus at the University of Texas at Arlington was closed and classes were canceled Wednesday morning due to reports of an armed man headed toward the school. Dallas police said the incident began...
View ArticleCity of Calistoga Removes Gay Pride Flag
The City of Calistoga on Monday took down a gay pride flag from city hall after it received complaints from residents. Mayor Chris Canning says the complaints were about the process, or the lack of...
View ArticleKids Learn How to "Smoke" Alcohol
Doctors are growing concerned over a new, potentially dangerous way young people are consuming alcohol: smoking it. Chris Glorioso reports.
View ArticleNBC4 Wednesday Lineup Changed
The NBC4 programming lineup for Wednesday, June 19, 2013 has changed to accommodate the Stanley Cup Finals. The Ellen DeGeneres Show will air at 2 p.m. The Steve Harvey Show will air at 3 p.m. The NBC...
View ArticleSheriff's Deputy Sues Department Over Firing
A former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy is suing the Sheriff's Department, claiming she was fired for refusing to go along with a coverup. Penelope Armstrong, who was a deputy for 10 years, told...
View ArticlePersonal Information for Sale
The Get Garcia team has been investigating the underground world of confidential medical information available for purchase. They learned that your doctor's name, your medical history, even the pills...
View ArticleSuspected Pipe Bomb Was Drug Paraphernalia
Federal agents serving a search warrant drew a police bomb squad to the Mid-City scene after they believed they found a pipe bomb Wednesday morning. The device turned out to be drug paraphernalia,...
View ArticleMiami Heat Fans Left Game 6 Early, Missed Amazing Overtime Win
Dozens of Heat fans streamed out of AmericanAirlines Arena Tuesday night in the final minute of the game, missing the incredible comeback by Miami in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. With San Antonio ahead by...
View Article$25K Reward in Transgender Woman Attack
Police on Tuesday announced a $25,000 reward for information that will lead to the arrest of multiple people who seriously assaulted a transgender woman in Hollywood last month. The victim, known as...
View Article2 Arrested in Plot to Use X-Ray Weapon
Two upstate New York men, one who prosecutors say is a member of the Ku Klux Klan, are accused of conspiring to develop a portable X-ray machine capable of emitting lethal doses of radiation that they...
View ArticleFire Weather Warning for SoCal Mountains
A red flag warning -- indicating weather conditions that increase the risk of wildfires -- is in effect Wednesday for Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara county mountains amid an already destructive...
View ArticleTiger Woods to Miss Own Tournament With Elbow Strain
Tiger Woods will miss next week's AT&T National at Bethesda's Congressional Country Club -- a tournament that he hosts and which benefits his own foundation -- with an elbow injury. "I was examined...
View ArticleMen's Wearhouse Founder George Zimmer Fired
Follow @nbcbayarea In a surprise move, the Men's Wearhouse board of directors on Wednesday ousted George Zimmer - a national icon known for personally guaranteeing the inexpensive suits and prom...
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