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Actor "beyond shocked" after seeing leg amputated in altered ad
Mon,30 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST
The Sideshow - An overweight man in Los Angeles says he was "beyond shocked" to discover an altered photo of him on New York City billboards with his leg removed. 27-year-old Cleo Berry tells the New York Times that while living in NYC several years ago, he participated in a $500 photo shoot with photographer Morten Smidt. Unbeknownst [...] Full Story
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Jake Reilly's 'Amish Project:' 90 Days Without a Cell Phone, Email and Social Media
Mon,30 Jan 2012 11:23 AM PST
Yahoo! Contributor Network - Could you live without daily electronic conveniences -- Twitter, Facebook, email, texting and more -- for 90 days? Jake P. Reilly, a 24-year-old college student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, did just that. Full Story
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Jury finds Afghan family guilty in honor killings
Sun,29 Jan 2012 06:19 PM PST
Associated Press -

Mohammad Shafia, centre, Tooba Yahya, right, and Hamed Shafia, left, arrive at the Frontenac County courthouse in Kingston, Ontario, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. A jury took 15 hours to find Shafia, 58, his wife Tooba Yahya, 42, and their son Hamed, 21, each guilty of four counts of first-degree murder in a case so shocking it has riveted Canadians from coast to coast. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes) A jury on Sunday found three members of an Afghan family guilty of killing three teenage sisters and another woman in what the judge described as "cold-blooded, shameful murders" resulting from a "twisted concept of honor," ending a case that shocked and riveted Canadians.


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School suspends cancer survivor teen over hair he plans to donate
Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:05 AM PST
The Sideshow - UPDATE: Here's a link to the change.org petition started by J.T.'s mom. A Michigan teen who survived a bout with leukemia has been suspended from school over the length of his long hair, which he is planning to donate. The Detroit News reports that 17-year-old J.T. Gaskins has been growing out his hair since last [...] Full Story
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Causes Founder's $400M Facebook 'Mistake'
Mon,30 Jan 2012 06:18 AM PST
Good Morning America -

Causes Founder's $400M Facebook 'Mistake'Joe Green Walked Away From Friend Zuckerberg's Billion-Dollar Idea


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Obama rides favorable political winds
Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST
AFP -

For once, Barack Obama is behaving like a president with the wind at his back,For once, Barack Obama is behaving like a president with the wind at his back, rather than one taking the full force of a political gale in the face.


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Nearly 14-pound baby boy born in Des Moines
Mon,30 Jan 2012 01:05 PM PST
Associated Press -

Asher Stewardson was born Jan. 26, 2012, weighing 13 pounds, 13 ounces. He measured 23 1/2 inches. He is believed to be the biggest baby ever born at Mercy Hospital without a surgical delivery. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Todd Erzen)An Iowa woman has given birth to a boy weighing 13 pounds and 13 ounces — without the aid of surgery.


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In interviews, American Muslims say they reject separate 'sharia' law system
Mon,30 Jan 2012 11:43 AM PST
The Lookout - A new study based on interviews with more than 200 North American Muslims concludes that a recent spate of state laws banning "sharia law" from the court system may be an overreaction to a non-existent threat. Oklahoma, Tennessee and Louisiana each passed laws or referendums to ban state judges from considering sharia and other foreign [...] Full Story
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Kermit and Piggy Fire Back at Fox News
Mon,30 Jan 2012 02:35 PM PST
The Upshot - Several weeks ago, Dan Gainor of the conservative Media Research Center told Fox Business host Eric Bolling that "The Muppets," the new movie starring Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, had a liberal agenda. "It's amazing how far the left will go ... to manipulate your kids to ... give them the anti-corporate message." Gainor [...] Full Story
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Pythons apparently wiping out Everglades mammals
Mon,30 Jan 2012 03:06 PM PST
Associated Press -

In this November 14, 2009 photo provided by the University of Florida, University of Florida researchers hold a 162-pound Burmese python captured in Everglades National Park, Fla. Therese Walters, left, Alex Wolf and Michael R. Rochford, right, are holding the 15-foot snake shortly after the python ate a six-foot American alligator. The National Academy of Science report released Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, indicates that the proliferation of pythons coincides with a sharp decrease of mammals in the park. (AP Photo/ University of Florida, Michael R. Rochford)A burgeoning population of huge pythons — many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big — appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals in the Everglades, a study says.


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Woman Dumps Boyfriend With Cancer But Still Wants His Super Bowl Tickets
Mon,30 Jan 2012 09:17 AM PST
Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow me on Twitter @Knowlesitall! Still looking for Super Bowl tickets? You may be in luck, but you're going to have to work for them. Jason Elia told ESPN 97.5 in Houston that he is giving his tickets to the person who gets him the most Twitter followers. Elia, a television [...] Full Story
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Romney-Christie, Gingrich-Rubio are most likely ticket pairings
Mon,30 Jan 2012 04:31 AM PST
The Signal - If you're curious why the candidates were tripping over themselves to out-praise Marco Rubio, Florida's Republican junior senator, at the last debate, look no further than the political market Intrade, where Rubio is in first place to be second fiddle with a 24 percent chance of being the eventual winner's running mate. (Meanwhile Joe Biden is the [...] Full Story
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Joe Biden Advised Against the Osama Bin Laden Raid
Mon,30 Jan 2012 09:04 AM PST
ABC News - Vice President Joe Biden confessed this weekend that he advised President Obama not to launch the mission that ultimately killed Osama bin Laden last spring. During remarks at a Democratic congressional retreat this weekend, Biden explained that when it came time to make the final... Full Story
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Yosemite planning to limit access to Half Dome
Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST
Associated Press -

In this 2006 photo provided by the National Park Service, tourists climb Half Dome at Yosemite National Park, Calif. A climb up Half Dome was once only for the most seasoned outdoors people, but in recent years tourists and weekend warriors have been scaling the steep granite slope with the aid of steel cables. When daily traffic on the route reached 1,200 in 2009 and hikers routinely backed up like cars at rush hour, park officials realized something had to be done. (AP photo/National Park Service)There was a time not long ago when a climb to the top of Yosemite National Park's Half Dome was a solitary trek attempted by only the most daring adventurers.


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Diane Sawyer and Jake Tapper on the challenges of interviewing the President
Sun,29 Jan 2012 09:30 PM PST
Power Players - Political Punch Interviewing the leader of the free world is not like any other interview. Everything that comes out of his mouth has the potential to make news, change policy, even disrupt the tectonic plates of geopolitics. Just ask ABC's Diane Sawyer. She's interviewed President Obama so many times she can't even count how many [...] Full Story
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Florida highway pileup kills at least 10 people
Sun,29 Jan 2012 07:38 PM PST
Associated Press -

Firemen hose down a commercial carrier truck on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., after it was involved in a multi-vehicle wreck which killed at least nine people in the early hours of Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the pileup on the highway, which had been closed for a time because of the mixture of fog and heavy smoke from a brush fire. At least five cars and six tractor-trailers were involved, and some burst into flame. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin) A long line of cars and trucks collided one after another early Sunday on a dark Florida highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were instantly blinded. At least 10 people were killed.


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Cause sought for deadly Fla. highway pileup
Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:11 AM PST
Associated Press -

Firemen hose down a commercial carrier truck on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., after it was involved in a multi-vehicle wreck which killed at least nine people in the early hours of Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the pileup on the highway, which had been closed for a time because of the mixture of fog and heavy smoke from a brush fire. At least five cars and six tractor-trailers were involved, and some burst into flame. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)Authorities are still trying to determine what caused a horrific pileup on Interstate 75 in north-central Florida that left at least 10 people dead and injured at least 18 others.


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Newt Gingrich Says Mitt Romney 'Mislead' Country, But Would Still Endorse Him If He's the Nominee
Mon,30 Jan 2012 06:23 AM PST
ABC News Blogs - He has called Mitt Romney a "liar" who "mislead the entire country" in last week's debate. But that won't keep Newt Gingrich from endorsing Romney should he become the Republican nominee for president.   "I think reelecting Obama is a disaster and I'll certainly endorse the... Full Story
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Iraqi officials outraged by use of US drones: report
Sun,29 Jan 2012 07:17 PM PST
AFP -

Iraqi officials have expressed outrage at the United States' use of a small fleet of surveillance dronesIraqi officials have expressed outrage at the United States' use of a small fleet of surveillance drones to help protect the US embassy, consulates and American personnel in Iraq, The New York Times reported.


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Gingrich's narrowcast Florida campaign swamped by Romney's dollars
Mon,30 Jan 2012 07:41 AM PST
The Ticket - JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--With stakes this high, Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign is taking a moon shot. Since Gingrich arrived in Florida after winning the South Carolina primary last Saturday, his campaign has stumbled, despite his every effort to reach the state's largest voting blocs. In less than a week, Gingrich has made the traditional Florida rounds. He [...] Full Story
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Santorum Says Daughter Bella Has a 'Miraculous Turnaround'
Mon,30 Jan 2012 07:20 AM PST
ABC News Blogs -

Santorum Says Daughter Bella Has a 'Miraculous Turnaround'DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Rick Santorum made his first public comments on the health of his youngest daughter, Isabella, this evening on a tele-town hall with voters, saying she has had a "miraculous turnaround." "She's had a miraculous turnaround," Santorum said on the call with...


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Is Freddie Mac Betting Against Homeowners?
Mon,30 Jan 2012 09:54 AM PST
ABC News - Is Freddie Mac trying to help homeowners–or hurt them? A recent investigation into trades made by the taxpayer-owned mortgage giant shows that while Freddie with one hand is helping consumers get mortgages, it is, with its other, making those mortgages harder to refinance. Result: Homeowners trying to refinance their way out of high-interest mortgages... Full Story
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Keystone to be linked to U.S. highway bill: Boehner
Sun,29 Jan 2012 09:42 AM PST
Reuters -

House Speaker John Boehner gestures during the GOP news conference on the Keystone XL pipeline decision in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers will try to force the Obama administration to approve the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline by attaching it to a highway bill that Congress will consider next month, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday. President Barack Obama earlier this month denied TransCanada's application for the oil sands pipeline, citing lack of time to review an alternative route within a 60-day window for action set by Congress. ...


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Bin Laden Raid: Will CIA's Secret Doctor Face Treason Trial?
Mon,30 Jan 2012 06:53 AM PST
ABC News -

Bin Laden Raid: Will CIA's Secret Doctor Face Treason Trial?Leon Panetta Revealed Dr. Shakeel Afridi Launched Fake Vaccination Program to Spy for CIA


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Americans' Political Views Not So Far Apart
Sun,29 Jan 2012 07:58 AM PST
LiveScience.com - SAN DIEGO — In an election year, it's hard to turn on the television or read a newspaper without getting the sense that Americans are becoming ever more divided into red versus blue. But a new study finds that perception may be downright wrong. Full Story
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Emboldened GOP wants to abolish state income taxes
Mon,30 Jan 2012 01:23 PM PST
Associated Press -

Steve Schlegel, owner of Schlegel Bicycles, answers a question while working on a bicycle in the shop's pro shop, in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) A year after Republicans swept into office across the country, many have trained their sights on what has long been a fiscal conservative's dream: the steep reduction or even outright elimination of state income taxes.


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Santorum: Daughter with pneumonia recovering
Mon,30 Jan 2012 07:03 AM PST
Associated Press -

FILE - In this June 6, 2011 file photo, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum holds his daughter Isabella before announcing he is entering the Republican presidential race, on the steps of the Somerset County Courthouse in Somerset, Pa. Santorum canceled his morning campaign events, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, and planned to spend time with his hospitalized daughter, Bella. Isabella Santorum has Trisomy 18, a genetic condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 18th chromosome. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Sunday his daughter Bella remains in the hospital with pneumonia but is recovering after a rough 36 hours.


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Santorum's Hypocrisy Highlighted by Daughter's Illness
Sun,29 Jan 2012 02:49 PM PST
Yahoo! Contributor Network - COMMENTARY | Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum suspended his bid for the GOP nod to run against Barack Obama when his daughter, Bella Santorum, was hospitalized, according to the Associated Press. Bella suffers from Trisomy 18, a rare genetic disorder in which a baby has some or all of an extra chromosome. While it is always tragic for a parent to face losing a child, the situation highlights a political issue: Santorum's hypocrisy on health care, abortion and embryonic stem cell research. Full Story
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Protesters in capital pledge to stay despite ban
Mon,30 Jan 2012 03:24 PM PST
Reuters -

Occupy DC demonstrator packs up his camping gear at McPherson Square in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defiant anti-Wall Street protesters in Washington vowed to remain peacefully entrenched in two parks near the White House on Monday despite a police order to stop camping on federal land, raising the specter of possible confrontation. The U.S. National Park Service, in its first challenge to the demonstrators, said last week it would start enforcing a ban at noon on Monday against camping in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza, where protesters have camped out since October. ...


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Unwitting amputee blasts health ad's altered photo
Sun,29 Jan 2012 10:38 PM PST
Associated Press - An overweight man who unwittingly became an amputee in advertisements that New York City is posting to warn against diabetes says he's worried the ads might hurt his acting career. Full Story
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Gingrich drops the heavy red meat in final day before Florida primary
Mon,30 Jan 2012 03:06 PM PST
The Ticket - TAMPA, Fla. -- Newt Gingrich swooped into the Tampa Jet Center on his chartered plane this afternoon in full conservative populist mode to deliver a hunk of red meat to his supporters before speeding off to Fort Meyers. A rowdy little assembly awaited the candidate and his surrogates Michael Reagan and Herman Cain in the [...] Full Story
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Pentagon chief sees Iran bomb potential in year
Sun,29 Jan 2012 04:14 PM PST
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US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asked Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi to lift the travel banIran could develop a nuclear bomb in about a year and create the means for delivery in a further two to three years, the US defense chief said Sunday, reiterating President Barack Obama's determination to halt the effort.


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Romney ridicules Gingrich on eve of Florida vote
Mon,30 Jan 2012 03:39 PM PST
Reuters -

U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich speaks during a rally in Tampa, FloridaDUNEDIN, Florida (Reuters) - A confident Mitt Romney solidified his lead in Florida polls and ridiculed Republican rival Newt Gingrich on Monday, calling his opponent's attacks "sad" and "painfully revealing" the day before the state's crucial presidential primary. Romney's self-assuredness was on full display during a campaign tour that felt at times like a victory lap, with the front-runner telling a crowd of 2,000 in Dunedin, Florida: "With a turnout like this I got a feeling we might win tomorrow. ...


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Mitt Romney: The Once and Future Front Runner Looks Beyond Florida
Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:20 AM PST
Time.com - In a Republican primary season marked by political chaos, here's something that finally seems settled: Mitt Romney will win Tuesday's Florida primary. So say the latest public polls, several of which suggest Romney has a double-digit lead over Newt Gingrich. So say Romney supporters, who have delighted in discombobulating the former Speaker with a week of overwhelming force from all directions. And so say many Gingrich backers, who are already looking past Tuesday's contest to find states in which their candidate might live to fight another day. Full Story
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Missing ME toddler's blood found in father's home
Sun,29 Jan 2012 08:20 PM PST
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FILE - This undated file photo obtained from a Facebook page shows missing toddler Alya Reynolds. Investigators say they've found blood inside the Maine home where a toddler was reported missing six weeks ago. State police spokesman Steve McCausland said the blood was found in the basement early in the investigation into Ayla Reynolds' disappearance from her father's home in Waterville. The father, Justin DiPietro, said Ayla was missing from her bed when he checked on her the morning of Dec. 17. (AP Photo/obtained from Facebook, File) Some of the blood found in a Maine home where a missing toddler was last seen six weeks ago belonged to the little girl, an official said Sunday.


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Arrests in Oakland protests rise to more than 400
Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:00 AM PST
Reuters -

Occupy Oakland demonstrator waits for medical assistance during a mass arrest outside a YMCA after a day-long demonstration in Oakland, CaliforniaOAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - Crews cleaned up Oakland's historic City Hall on Sunday from damage inflicted overnight during violent anti-Wall Street protests that resulted in about 400 arrests, marking one of the largest mass arrests since nationwide protests began last year. At a press conference on Sunday, Oakland police and city officials said they did not have a final tally of arrests. Earlier in the day, the city's emergency operations office put the figure at around 400. The skirmishes injured three officers and at least one demonstrator. ...


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Health Reform Law Gaining Wider Acceptance: Poll
Mon,30 Jan 2012 04:10 PM PST
HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Americans are slowly starting to embrace some key components of the controversial health care reform act signed into law by President Barack Obama nearly two years ago, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll found. Full Story
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Afghan woman killed, apparently for bearing girl
Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST
Associated Press -

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 file photo, an Afghan woman, center, peeks inside a hospital while she and others wait for an employee to let them enter, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. An Afghan woman has been strangled to death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he wanted, police said Monday. It was the latest in a series of grisly examples of subjugation of women that have made headlines in Afghanistan in the past few months including a 15-year-old tortured and forced into prostitution by in-laws and a female rape victim who was imprisoned for adultery. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File) An Afghan woman has been strangled to death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he wanted, police said Monday.


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Capitol architect wanted to reanimate George Washington's corpse
Mon,30 Jan 2012 11:00 AM PST
The Sideshow - George Washington wasn't only America's first president, he was also almost its first zombie. After Washington died from an illness in December 1799, his family nearly accepted an offer from a physician who believed he could bring America's first commander in chief back to life. The website io9 writes that physician William Thornton is best [...] Full Story
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State Dept: Americans take refuge at Cairo embassy
Mon,30 Jan 2012 12:56 PM PST
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FILE - In this Aug. 14, 1998 file photo, the U.S. embassy in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Three U.S. citizens whom Egyptian authorities have barred from leaving the country have sought refuge in the American Embassy in Cairo, U.S. officials said Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Leila Gorchev, File) Three American citizens barred from leaving Egypt have sought refuge at the American Embassy in Cairo amid growing tensions between the two allies over an Egyptian investigation into foreign-funded pro-democracy groups.


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