UK weather: Travellers stranded in the snow as blizzards sweep across country

Texas soldier beat toddler to death for soiling diaper: police

By Lisa Maria Garza DALLAS (Reuters) – A Fort Bliss, Texas, soldier beat his 2-year-old daughter to death after he became upset that she soiled her diaper, police said on Monday. Dartarious Graham, a 20-year-old U.S. Army specialist, was arrested by El Paso police and charged with capital murder in the death of his daughter. […]

Root for oil prices to go back up?

  American drivers across the country are rejoicing at falling gasoline prices, but there’s a downside, writes Sharon Burke         http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/07/opinion/burke-low-oil-prices-instability/index.html?hpt=hp_t5

Sad Songs: Our Readers Pick The Tunes That Make Them Cry

  We recently ran a story about the 21 most epic sad songs of all time. Fittingly, our list made people sad, partly because of the songs we chose and partly because of the ones we didn’t. See, the thing about sad songs is that they can be incredibly…         http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/10/02/sad-songs_n_5920050.html