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Woman's Coca-Cola 'habit' cited in death
Fri,20 Apr 2012 09:13 AM PDT
The Sideshow - When people attribute someone's untimely death to a Coke overdose, they're usually not talking about the world's most popular soda. But experts in New Zealand say Natasha Harris' 2-gallon-a-day Coca-Cola consumption "probably" contributed to her death. The soda company responded to the alleged connection by noting that even water consumption can be fatal in excessive [...] Full Story
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How to delete yourself from the Internet
Fri,20 Apr 2012 01:51 PM PDT
CNET.com - You may not feel like the flotsam and jetsam that make up the facts of your life are important, but increasingly companies are using that dry data to make your every online step as indelible as if written in blood. Here's how to take back your digital dignity. Full Story
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Experts say Zimmerman attorney made smart move
Sat,21 Apr 2012 02:22 AM PDT
Associated Press -

George Zimmerman appears before Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester Jr. Friday, April 20, 2012, during a bond hearing in Sanford, Fla. Lester says Zimmerman can be released on $150,000 bail as he awaits trial for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Martin. He claims self-defense. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Gary W. Green, Pool)By questioning a state investigator on the witness stand during a routine bail hearing, George Zimmerman's defense attorney showed some of the weaknesses in prosecutors' claims that the neighborhood watch volunteer committed second-degree murder, legal experts say.


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'Pregnant man' Thomas Beatie splits from wife
Sat,21 Apr 2012 03:22 PM PDT
The Upshot - Thomas Beatie, who made headlines in 2008 as the only legally recognized man known to have given birth, has separated from his wife of nine years, according to People magazine. Beatie, who has had three children with wife Nancy, announced the split during a taping of the CBS syndicated show "The Doctors." "Like all marriages, [...] Full Story
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'Dog Whisperer' host finalizes divorce, must pay ex-wife $23,000 a month
Sat,21 Apr 2012 12:32 PM PDT
The Upshot - "Dog Whisperer" host Cesar Millan might need some consolation from man's best friend after his divorce was finalized. TMZ is reporting that the self-taught expert dog trainer must pay his ex-wife, Ilusión, a one-time amount of $400,000, a monthly spousal payment of $23,000, and another $10,000 for monthly child support. That may seem like a [...] Full Story
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China military warns of confrontation over seas
Sat,21 Apr 2012 07:41 AM PDT
Reuters -

A U.S. army soldier makes a hand signal while patrolling during a live fire drill as part of the Filipino-U.S. joint military exercises inside a Philippine army campChina's military warned the United States on Saturday that U.S.-Philippine military exercises have raised risks of armed confrontation over the disputed South China Sea in the toughest high-level warning yet after weeks of tensions. China's official Liberation Army Daily warned that recent jostling with the Philippines over disputed seas where both countries have sent ships could boil over into outright conflict, and laid much of the blame at Washington's door. ...


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Kitten Gets New Legs and Lease on Life
Fri,20 Apr 2012 12:18 PM PDT
ABC News Blogs -

Kitten Gets New Legs and Lease on LifeCorky, a stray cat born with a rare congenital birth defect was set to be euthanized in Fargo, N.D.  He was given a new lease on life when he was picked up at a local shelter, Cat's Cradle, at the end of March. Corky was...


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Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July
Fri,20 Apr 2012 03:25 PM PDT
Associated Press -

This undated handout image provided by The DNS Changer Working Group (DCWG) shows the webpage. It will only take a few clicks of the mouse. But for hundreds of thousands of computer users, those clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing their connections this July. (AP Photo/DNC Changer Working Group)For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer.


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$1 million for a penny; one of world's rarest coins sold at auction
Fri,20 Apr 2012 11:17 AM PDT
The Sideshow - One of the first pennies ever produced by the U.S. Mint was put up for auction Thursday night and reportedly sold for more than $1 million. Bids for the 1792 Silver Center penny reached $1.15 million Thursday night, according to Heritage Auctions, which conducted the sale. The U.S. Mint itself was founded in April, 1792. [...] Full Story
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Trayvon Martin's killer gets bail, apologizes to family
Fri,20 Apr 2012 03:51 PM PDT
Reuters -

George Zimmerman appears before judge at bond hearing in Sanford, FloridaSANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman apologized to the family of Trayvon Martin on Friday, stunning a rapt courtroom and a national television audience at a hearing in which the judge granted Zimmerman $150,000 bail on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of the unarmed black teenager. Zimmerman's surprise appearance on the witness stand added an unexpected twist to a saga that has riveted the country, provoked civil rights protests nationwide and fired a national debate over guns, self-defense laws and race in America. ...


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New curbs on voter registration could hurt Obama
Sat,21 Apr 2012 04:10 AM PDT
Reuters -

U.S. Secret Service agents are pictured behind President Obama as he greets audience members after sending off the Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride at the White HouseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - New state laws designed to fight voter fraud could reduce the number of Americans signing up to vote in this year's presidential election by hundreds of thousands, a potential problem for President Barack Obama's re-election bid. Voting laws passed by Republican-led legislatures in a dozen states during the past year have sharply restricted voter-registration drives that typically target young, low-income, African-American and Hispanic voters - groups that have backed the Democratic president by wide margins. ...


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Warning Graphic Photo: Possible New Evidence Shows George Zimmerman's Bloodied Head
Thu,19 Apr 2012 10:01 PM PDT
Good Morning America -

George Zimmerman Tells Trayvon Martin's Parents 'I Am Sorry'New Photograph Obtained by ABC News Shows the Bloodied Back of Zimmerman's Head


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Andrew Breitbart Died of Heart Failure: Coroner
Sat,21 Apr 2012 05:28 AM PDT
ABC News Blogs -

Andrew Breitbart Died of Heart Failure: CoronerConservative blogger and commentator Andrew Breitbart died of heart failure stemming from coronary artery disease, Los Angeles County coroner's office officials said. The 43-year-old collapsed as he was walking his dog near his Brentwood home and died on March 1. Breitbart had a negligible...


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Interview with Ian Usher, The Man Who Sold His Life on eBay
Fri,20 Apr 2012 11:50 AM PDT
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Report: Wal-Mart hushed up Mexico bribe network
Sat,21 Apr 2012 05:49 PM PDT
Associated Press -

In this Nov. 18, 2011 photo, a man pays at the cash register at a Wal-Mart Superstore in Mexico City. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hushed up a vast bribery campaign that top executives of its Mexican subsidiary carried out to build stores across Mexico, according to a published report by the New York Times. (AP Photo)Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hushed up a vast bribery campaign that top executives of its Mexican subsidiary carried out to build stores across that country, according to a published report.


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Ted Nugent agrees to plead guilty in illegal kill
Fri,20 Apr 2012 09:21 PM PDT
Associated Press -

FILE - In this May 1, 2011 file photo, musician and gun rights activist Ted Nugent addresses a seminar at the National Rifle Association's convention in Pittsburgh. Nugent says he will meet with the Secret Service on Thursday to explain his raucous remarks about what he called Barack Obama's Rocker and wildlife hunter Ted Nugent has agreed to plead guilty to transporting a black bear he illegally killed in southeast Alaska.


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Stinky fish helps limit potfest at Colo university
Fri,20 Apr 2012 07:21 PM PDT
Associated Press -

A student uses a water pipe to smoke marijuana outside the police barrier on the Norlin Quad at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo., on Friday, April 20, 2012. Police blocked off the quad to prevent a 420 marijuana smoke out. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)Stinky fish fertilizer and two dozen law-enforcement officers kept pot smokers away from a grassy quad at the University of Colorado on Friday, but a few hundred protesters defied the crackdown and rallied on another field, where some lit up at 4:20 p.m.


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Obama wooing young voters with student loan focus
Sat,21 Apr 2012 06:55 AM PDT
Associated Press -

President Barack Obama blows an air horn during a ceremony to welcome the Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride to the White House Friday, April 20, 2012, in Washington, in celebration of the sixth annual Soldier Ride. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Eager to energize young voters, President Barack Obama is depicting Republicans as obstacles to an affordable college education as he previews an argument he will make on university campuses next week in states crucial to his re-election.


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John Goodman, polo tycoon, ordered to pay $46 million to parents of manslaughter victim
Fri,20 Apr 2012 03:20 PM PDT
The Upshot - John Goodman (not the actor) has been ordered to pay $46 million to the parents of a 23-year-old man, Scott Wilson, whom Goodman killed while driving under the influence. The case made headlines because Goodman, the founder of the International Polo Club Palm Beach, attempted to avoid paying the settlement by legally adopting his 42-year-old [...] Full Story
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George Zimmerman apologizes to Trayvon Martin's family, could be released from jail soon
Fri,20 Apr 2012 11:10 AM PDT
The Lookout - Click photo to view more images. (Reuters, Pool) Updated at 2:10 p.m. ET Accused Florida murderer George Zimmerman will be allowed to go free on bail after a dramatic two-hour hearing in which he took the stand and apologized for gunning down Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old. "I wanted to say I am sorry for [...] Full Story
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Mitt Romney, the New Cookie Monster?
Fri,20 Apr 2012 03:52 AM PDT
Power Players - Politically Foul Politics: it's not a game exactly. But there are rules, and when you break the rules you are running…Politically Foul! Mitt Romney made a pit stop for some campaign trail carb-loading at a bakery in Pennsylvania. Too bad he left his sportsmanlike conduct on the tour bus. Unhappy with his baker's dozen, Romney [...] Full Story
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After 4-month surge, gas prices start falling
Fri,20 Apr 2012 03:52 PM PDT
Associated Press -

FILE - In this April 9, 2012 file photo, gas prices are posted at a gas station in Breezewood, Pa. Pump prices rose relentlessly from January through April, pushing average gas prices above $3.90 a gallon and taxing families' budgets. Some forecasters expected a $5 peak by the time families got on the road for summer vacations. But prices are expected drop by 10 cents by next week, thanks to a recent drop in oil and wholesale gas prices and frugality at the pump. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)The worst appears to be over. Gasoline prices are going down.


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Obama enjoys 10-1 financial edge over Romney
Fri,20 Apr 2012 07:29 PM PDT
Associated Press -

FILE - In this April 18, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Charlotte, N.C. Romney's presidential campaign said it raised $12.6 million in contributions in March, adding to roughly $14 million his Republican Party brought in last month. But the combined figure still puts Romney at a disadvantage with the man whose job he wants in November. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)President Barack Obama's re-election effort enjoyed a 10-to-1 financial edge over Republican rival Mitt Romney last month, out-raising the former Massachusetts governor by millions as Obama stuffed more than $104 million into his campaign war chest.


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Watergate figure Charles Colson has died at 80
Sat,21 Apr 2012 06:15 PM PDT
Associated Press -

FILE - In a Aug. 2, 2000 file photo, Charles Colson bears testimony at a conference for evangelical Protestants at Amsterdam's RAI congress center. Colson, the tough-as-nails special counsel to President Richard Nixon who went to prison for his role in a Watergate-related case and became a Christian evangelical helping inmates, has died. He was 80. Jim Liske, chief executive of the Lansdowne-based Prison Fellowship Ministries that Colson founded, said Colson died Saturday, April 21, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)He was described as the "evil genius" of the Nixon administration, and spent the better part of a year in prison for a Watergate-related conviction. His proclamations following his release that he was a new man, redeemed by his religious faith, were met with more than skepticism by those angered at the abuses he had perpetrated as one of Nixon's hatchet men.


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US woman becomes hero for battered wives in China
Sat,21 Apr 2012 05:02 AM PDT
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In this Thursday, March 22, 2012 photo, Kim Lee, center, wife of Her head was ringing from the blows. Once, twice, three times, her husband slammed her face into the living room floor.


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Calif. 'rudest waiter' eatery may stay open
Sat,21 Apr 2012 09:44 AM PDT
Associated Press -

Signs taped to the walls from long ago are shown inside the Sam Wo restaurant in Chinatown in San Francisco, Friday, April 20, 2012. The 100-year-old Chinese restaurant known for having A San Francisco Chinese restaurant once known for having "the world's rudest waiter" may not be closing for good after all.


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Solution for a disaster? House in a box, maybe
Sat,21 Apr 2012 08:09 AM PDT
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS APRIL 21-22 - In a Thursday, April 5, 2012 photo, the Roese Sunshower SSIP house is seen in New Orleans. The house is meant to go up quickly after disasters and then serve as permanent housing that can withstand future calamities. It's designed to be environmentally friendly, survive outside damaged utility grids and can be shipped in pieces in a single container and assembled like an erector set. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)In one of the neighborhoods hit hardest by flooding in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, developers have built a prototype house that's aimed at providing a quick housing solution for areas blown away by hurricanes and tornadoes or knocked down by earthquakes.


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Mike Tyson impregnated prison official while doing time
Fri,20 Apr 2012 09:02 AM PDT
The Daily Caller - Today in gross news: While serving time behind bars for a rape charge in 1992, Mike Tyson impregnated a prison official. Full Story
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Three more Secret Service Agents resign
Fri,20 Apr 2012 04:57 PM PDT
Reuters -

Prostitutes walk on the square of the old city in CartagenaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Secret Service said on Friday that three more of its employees have resigned, bringing to six the number that have left the agency in connection with alleged misconduct involving prostitutes in Colombia last week before President Barack Obama's trip there. The Secret Service also said that a 12th employee had been implicated in the ongoing investigation into a night of partying on April 11-12 that embarrassed the United States and overshadowed Obama's participation in the Summit of the Americas last weekend. ...


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Analysis: Did U.S. fumble chance to peer inside China's secretive leadership?
Sat,21 Apr 2012 09:33 AM PDT
Reuters -

Deputy Mayor of Chongqing Wang reads documents as he attends a session of CPPCC of the Chongqing Municipal Committee, in Chongqing municipalityInformation about a Chinese policeman who implicated the wife of a top Chinese official in a British businessman's murder was not circulated widely in Washington as he was considered of marginal intelligence value, current and former U.S. officials said. In the weeks since Wang Lijun's visit to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu and his subsequent detention, some critics of the Obama administration have accused it of fumbling what could have been one of the highest-level defectors ever from inside China's clannish leadership class. ...


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Romney's task: Learn from errors made in primaries
Sat,21 Apr 2012 08:38 AM PDT
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In this Feb. 7, 2012, file photo Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during an election night rally in Denver. While Romney didn't finish off rival Newt Gingrich in South Carolina, his failure turn back Rick Santorum in Colorado cost him even more. Mitt Romney's urgent assignment now is to learn the lessons of a Republican primary season where missteps cost time and money while reinforcing doubts about his presidential candidacy.


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Miss Wales Sophie Moulds Is Kate Middleton Lookalike
Fri,20 Apr 2012 03:38 PM PDT
ABC News Blogs -   Sophie Moulds was crowned the new Miss Wales for her poise, brains and looks, and those looks are strikingly similar to those of Britain's Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge. Moulds, 19, is a first-year student majoring in business at Cardiff University. Like Middleton,... Full Story
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Bird Strikes Hit Senior Obama Administration Officials' Planes
Sat,21 Apr 2012 05:14 AM PDT
ABC OTUS News - So much for the friendly skies — lately it seems like they're full of angry birds, taking aim at high-ranking officials. Bird strikes are very common, but sometimes they can cause significant damage. On Thursday, there were three high profile incidents of birds flying into... Full Story
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Most-liked cities: Seattle and Portland tops, Detroit dead last (poll)
Fri,20 Apr 2012 01:23 PM PDT
The Sideshow - New research from Public Policy Polling finds that Seattle, Wash., and Portland, Ore., are America's most favorably viewed cities. Conversely, Detroit is the nation's least favorably viewed city. The report found that 57 percent of respondents in the poll view Seattle favorably, compared with 14 percent who view it unfavorably. Similarly, Portland has a favorability [...] Full Story
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AMR unions want to take a chance on U.S. Air merger
Sat,21 Apr 2012 01:02 AM PDT
Reuters -

US Airways jets taxi on the tarmac in Charlotte, North CarolinaLabor groups at bankrupt American Airlines said on Friday they support a potential merger with rival US Airways Group Inc in a deal they say would save more jobs than a plan by parent AMR Corp to reorganize as a stand-alone carrier. The unions representing American's pilots, flight attendants and ground workers said they struck a deal with US Airways that would preserve 6,200 of the 14,200 jobs American says it would cut if it pursues its current plan. ...


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Young twins charged with faking 'stock-picking robot' to swindle investors out of millions
Fri,20 Apr 2012 03:07 PM PDT
Associated Press - WASHINGTON - U.S. investors thought they were buying access to a stock-picking robot named "Marl." Instead, they paid millions to teenage twin brothers in England who now face civil fraud charges for an alleged penny-stock swindle. Full Story
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Obama briefed as Secret Service scandal unfolds
Sat,21 Apr 2012 08:45 AM PDT
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People walk past Hotel El Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia, late Thursday, April 19, 2012. Eleven Secret Service employees are accused of misconduct in connection with a prostitution scandal at the hotel last week before President Barack Obama's arrival for the Summit of the Americas. The identities of two Secret Service supervisors who have been pushed out of the agency in the wake of the scandal have been revealed. (AP Photo/Pedro Mendoza)A week after a Secret Service prostitution scandal began unfolding in the hallway of a Colombian hotel, six agents have lost their jobs and hundreds of people have been interviewed.


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Secret Service ousts three more, White House hits out at Palin
Fri,20 Apr 2012 11:46 AM PDT
The Ticket - The Colombia prostitute scandal engulfing the Secret Service widened Friday as the agency announced that three more employees would resign in connection to the alleged misconduct, bringing the overall number of employees to lose their jobs to six. The agency also said that the total number of agents implicated had risen by one to 12. [...] Full Story
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Shocking nation, Norway killer describes island massacre
Fri,20 Apr 2012 08:43 AM PDT
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Defendant Anders Behring Breivik arrives in the courtroom on the fifth day of his trial in OsloOSLO (Reuters) - In an account that shocked the nation, Norwegian anti-Muslim fanatic Anders Behring Breivik described with a chilling calm on Friday how he methodically chased teenagers room by room and shot them dead on an island summer camp last year. Addressing a courtroom frozen in horror, Breivik said he shot most of his victims several times, using the first shot to take them down, then following up with a shot to the head. His trial, now into its fifth day and due to last 10 weeks, has deeply traumatized Norway, one of the most tolerant and stable countries in Europe. ...


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Primary stumbles warnings for Romney versus Obama
Sat,21 Apr 2012 01:22 AM PDT
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In this Feb. 7, 2012, file photo Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during an election night rally in Denver. While Romney didn't finish off rival Newt Gingrich in South Carolina, his failure turn back Rick Santorum in Colorado cost him even more. The pregame warm-up is over.


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