Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Sorted by date Results 1 - 5 of 5
FLAT ROCK (AP) - The fact that Yvette Vajcner of Flat Rock lost 100 pounds in almost exactly one year is remarkable. The additionally impressive detail is that she achieved this goal without the help of a professional trainer or weight loss service membership.Her diet and meal plans were researched and created on her own, and her exercise plan was stepping on an old treadmill day after day, according to the Monroe News. "It was all me and the will to change my life," she wrote on her...
BERLIN (AP) - The Munich zoo's 14-week-old polar bear twins don't yet have names, but they're already stars. The tiny cubs - one male, one female - were greeted by nearly 100 reporters as they skipped across their enclosure during their first public appearance Wednesday. The still unnamed cubs were born on Dec. 9 and made their first outing under the watchful eye of their mother, Giovanna. "She is only seven years old, so she is a very young mother and everything is excellent," said the Zoo's...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Toyota agreed to pay $1.2 billion to settle an investigation by the U.S. government, admitting that it hid information about defects that caused Toyota and Lexus vehicles to accelerate unexpectedly and resulted in injuries and deaths. Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the penalty is the largest of its kind ever imposed on an auto company. The four-year criminal investigation focused on whether Toyota promptly reported the problems related to unintended...
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) - Surrendering to Russia's inexorable seizure of Crimea, Ukraine announced plans Wednesday for mass troop withdrawals from the strategic peninsula as Moscow-loyal forces seized control of Kiev's naval headquarters here and detained its commander. Attempting to face down the unblinking incursion, Ukraine said it would hold joint military exercises with the United States and Britain. Hours after masked Russian-speaking troops forced their way onto Ukraine's main naval base...