CNN is reporting that a bomb threat made at an airport ticket counter in Dayton, Ohio, prompted a search of a US Airways flight that landed safely at Washington’s Reagan airport Sunday, authorities said. A law-enforcement official said Sunday afternoon that no explosives were found and the scene was cleared.  Hours earlier, the FBI, Transportation Security…

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AFP is reporting that Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker will be named goodwill ambassador for peace and reconciliation, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said on Thursday. The nomination was “in recognition of Mr. Whitaker’s humanitarian and artistic commitment. His commitment to social change and art is evident in his projects, like Better…

Yahoo News is reporting that Destiny Mathis, a struggling young mother from Indiana, is selling a letter sent to her from Barack Obama. Last November, Mathis wrote to the president that even though she graduated at the top of her college class and worked for years as a surgical technologist, she had lost her job in…

MSNBC is reporting that University of New Mexico football player Deshon Marman, 20, was kicked off of a U.S. Airways flight for refusing to pull up his sagging pants. Marman, who was returning from attending a friend’s funeral in San Francisco, was asked by the flight attendant to pull up his pants, which exposed his…

Michael Gormley of NBC New York is reporting that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is lobbying individual senators in a quest to secure what appears to be one more vote needed to legalize gay marriage in that state and deliver a major win for the national effort. The Democrat met with three Republican senators in…

News One is reporting that former New York Giant David Tyree is speaking out against gay marriage. Tyree, who became a hero after making a game-changing catch in Super Bowl XLII, made a video for the National Organization for Marriage, warning of “anarchy” if gay marriage is legalized. “If they pass this gay-marriage bill, what…

MSNBC is reporting that reclusive funk legend Sylvester “Sly Stone” Stewart pleaded not guilty to possession of cocaine rocks on Wednesday. The 68-year-old frontman for Sly and the Family Stone was arrested April 1 when Los Angeles police pulled over a live-in van for a minor traffic violation. Cocaine rocks were found in the clothing…