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News: Wife Skyping with soldier saw bullet hole in wall South Korea seizes capsules containing powdered flesh of dead babies Illinois Ponzi scheme fugitives caught in Arizona Female Breasts Are Bigger Than Ever, But Under Threat Fighter Pilots Claim Intimidation Over F-22 Raptor Jets Woman 'Quite Traumatized' by Cheetah Attack, Husband Is Angry 4 high-tech ways the federal government is spying on private citizens US: CIA thwarts new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot George Lindsey, known as Goober Pyle, dies Al-Qaida hostage makes video plea to Obama from Pakistan: 'My life is in your hands' Obama's gay marriage balancing act gets awkward Missing Tennessee Family: Police Say Mother and Girls Are in 'Extreme Danger' Al-Qaida releases video of American hostage It's a gas: dinosaur flatulence may have warmed Earth Army: no bullet wound found in soldier Skype death What French election result means for US, world Clinton hopes to see female US president Fat Forecast: 42% of Americans Obese by 2030 Who's who? Obama, Romney projecting mirror image Austria's 'upside down house' becomes tourist attraction Soldier Who Died While Skype Chatting Was Not Shot, Army Concludes Julia Orayen, former Playboy Playmate, steals the show at Mexican debate Secretive Blue Origin Reveals New Details of Spacecraft Plans U.S. secretly released prisoners in Afghanistan: report "Crab" chips, fruity Oreos? They're big overseas Angry Greeks reject bailout, risk euro exit Putin sworn in as Russia's president for 6 years GOP plan boosts Pentagon, cuts social programs Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Prehistoric Earth Hollande defeats Sarkozy to win French election Secret Pork Recipe: Worth $1.8 Million? New Obama ad strikes 'don't blame me' tone on economy Linda Evangelista Settles Child Custody Case Valerie Trierweiler: new 'first lady' of France Horrifyingly, Ground Baby Pills Are a Real Thing Al Qaeda Leader Linked to USS Cole Attack Killed in Airstrike in Yemen Congress' intelligence heads: Taliban stronger Angry Greek Voters Punish Leaders over Austerity at the Ballot Box Unabomber billboard on climate change taken down; Heartland Institute loses Diageo's support Iran news alters missile test image to include 'Star Wars' character Wife Skyping with soldier saw bullet hole in wall Sun,6 May 2012 06:53 PM PDT Associated Press - An Army nurse showed no alarm or discomfort before suddenly collapsing during a Skype video chat with his wife, who saw a bullet hole in a closet behind him, his family said Sunday. Full Story Top South Korea seizes capsules containing powdered flesh of dead babies Mon,7 May 2012 12:03 PM PDT The Sideshow - The South Korean government revealed Monday that it recently seized thousands of capsules filled with the powdered flesh of dead babies. Reportedly, some people believe the powder has medicinal purposes and was created in northeastern China. South Korea has reportedly been reluctant to criticize China directly over the incident, out of fears of creating diplomatic [...] Full Story Top Illinois Ponzi scheme fugitives caught in Arizona Mon,7 May 2012 04:31 PM PDT Associated Press - Acting on a tip, U.S. marshals in Arizona put an end to an Illinois couple's life on the lam, a dozen years after they fled punishment for running a Ponzi scheme that targeted friends, the elderly, and even family members, authorities said. Full Story Top Female Breasts Are Bigger Than Ever, But Under Threat Mon,7 May 2012 09:22 AM PDT Good Morning America - Breasts Are Exposed to Chemicals and Vulnerable to Cancer Full Story Top Fighter Pilots Claim Intimidation Over F-22 Raptor Jets Mon,7 May 2012 05:38 AM PDT ABC News - Defiant Airmen Say Their Careers Threatened Over Troubled $420M Fighters, Air Force Says Whistleblowers Protected Full Story Top Woman 'Quite Traumatized' by Cheetah Attack, Husband Is Angry Mon,7 May 2012 04:50 AM PDT ABC News Blogs - ABC News' Suzan Clarke and Alyssa Newcomb report: The woman who was mauled by cheetahs at a South African game preserve said she was "quite traumatized" by the  incident. The woman tried to play dead as the two supposedly tame animals bit and clawed her... Full Story Top 4 high-tech ways the federal government is spying on private citizens Mon,7 May 2012 11:40 AM PDT Today in Tech - One of the running jokes in the 1980s was how the former Soviet Union spied on its private citizens. As comedian Yakov Smirnoff used to joke: "In Soviet Russia, TV watches you!" But here in America, we were all safe from … Continue reading → Full Story Top US: CIA thwarts new al-Qaida underwear bomb plot Mon,7 May 2012 02:39 PM PDT Associated Press - The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, The Associated Press has learned. Full Story Top George Lindsey, known as Goober Pyle, dies Sun,6 May 2012 10:38 AM PDT Associated Press - George Lindsey, who spent nearly 30 years as the grinning Goober on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Hee Haw," has died. He was 83. Full Story Top Al-Qaida hostage makes video plea to Obama from Pakistan: 'My life is in your hands' Mon,7 May 2012 05:43 AM PDT The Lookout - A video of an American citizen kidnapped in Pakistan last year was released online late Sunday, showing the hostage making a desperate plea to President Barack Obama. "My life is in your hands, Mr. President," Warren Weinstein, the 70-year-old hostage, said in the two-minute video, posted on several Islamist websites. "If you accept the demands, [...] Full Story Top Obama's gay marriage balancing act gets awkward Mon,7 May 2012 11:24 AM PDT The Lookout - Ever since Vice President Joe Biden appeared on "Meet the Press" on Sunday and described his own journey to accepting gay marriage, President Barack Obama's campaign has been insisting that Biden's comments are "entirely consistent" with Obama's own position on the issue. The vice president's office also walked back the statements, clarifying that Biden was [...] Full Story Top Missing Tennessee Family: Police Say Mother and Girls Are in 'Extreme Danger' Mon,7 May 2012 12:23 AM PDT Good Morning America - Discovery of Bodies Led to an Amber Alert for Missing Woman and Girls Full Story Top Al-Qaida releases video of American hostage Mon,7 May 2012 08:44 AM PDT Associated Press - In a video released Sunday by al-Qaida, American hostage Warren Weinstein said he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group's demands. Full Story Top It's a gas: dinosaur flatulence may have warmed Earth Mon,7 May 2012 11:40 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a major new climate finding, researchers have calculated that dinosaur flatulence could have put enough methane into the atmosphere to warm the planet during the hot, wet Mesozoic era. Like gigantic, long-necked, prehistoric cows, sauropod dinosaurs roamed widely around the Earth 150 million years ago, scientists reported in the journal Current Biology on Monday. And just like big cows, their plant digestion was aided by methane-producing microbes. ... Full Story Top Army: no bullet wound found in soldier Skype death Mon,7 May 2012 02:09 PM PDT Associated Press - Army investigators say they found no bullet wound and no foul play in the death of a soldier who died during a Skype video chat with his wife. Full Story Top What French election result means for US, world Sun,6 May 2012 02:41 PM PDT Associated Press - French voters chose Socialist Francois Hollande as their new president Sunday in a race that will have implications for Europe's debt crisis, the Afghanistan war and global diplomacy. Full Story Top Clinton hopes to see female US president Sun,6 May 2012 10:48 PM PDT Associated Press - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday she has no desire to make another run for the White House but hopes to see an American woman president in her lifetime. Full Story Top Fat Forecast: 42% of Americans Obese by 2030 Mon,7 May 2012 12:27 PM PDT ABC News - The report also predicts that the proportion of Americans who are severely obese, meaning more than 100 pounds overweight, will reach 11 percent, about double the current rate. The report's authors give a sobering price tag for these predictions: such an increase would create $550... Full Story Top Who's who? Obama, Romney projecting mirror image Mon,7 May 2012 12:51 AM PDT Associated Press - He's a smug, Harvard-trained elitist who doesn't get how regular Americans are struggling these days. More extreme than he lets on, he's keeping his true agenda hidden until after Election Day. He's clueless about fixing the economy, over his head on foreign policy. Who is he? Full Story Top Austria's 'upside down house' becomes tourist attraction Mon,7 May 2012 10:30 AM PDT The Sideshow - The western Austrian village of Terfens has unveiled a house that is literally upside down, both on the inside and out. The house was designed by two Polish architects, Irek Glowacki and Marek Rozhanski, and is meant to be a tourist attraction. The house is open for public viewing and includes an upside down garage, [...] Full Story Top Soldier Who Died While Skype Chatting Was Not Shot, Army Concludes Mon,7 May 2012 06:43 AM PDT ABC News - Wife of Soldier Said She Saw Bullet Hole Via Skype; Army Says No Bullet Wound Found Full Story Top Julia Orayen, former Playboy Playmate, steals the show at Mexican debate Mon,7 May 2012 03:31 PM PDT The Upshot - The buzziest moment during the first debate among Mexico's four candidates for president this Sunday happened before anyone had said a word. At the debate's start, a curvy model wearing a form-fitting white dress with a revealing cutout showing off her generous cleavage, presented a box for candidates to draw papers that would determine who [...] Full Story Top Secretive Blue Origin Reveals New Details of Spacecraft Plans Mon,7 May 2012 03:25 AM PDT SPACE.com - The curtain of secrecy is being raised by Blue Origin, a private entrepreneurial space group designing both suborbital and orbital vehicles. Full Story Top U.S. secretly released prisoners in Afghanistan: report Sun,6 May 2012 09:37 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has been secretly releasing detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negotiations with insurgent groups, the Washington Post reported in its Monday editions. The "strategic release" program has allowed American officials over the past several years to use prisoners as bargaining chips to reduce violence in restive provinces, it said, citing U.S. officials who it said spoke on condition of anonymity. The freed detainees are often fighters who would not be released under the legal system for military prisoners in Afghanistan. ... Full Story Top "Crab" chips, fruity Oreos? They're big overseas Sun,6 May 2012 10:46 AM PDT Associated Press - Russians prefer their Lay's potato chips dusted in caviar and crab flavors. The Chinese like their Oreos stuffed with mango and orange cream. And in Spain, Kellogg's All-Bran cereal is served floating in hot coffee instead of cold milk. Full Story Top Angry Greeks reject bailout, risk euro exit Sun,6 May 2012 04:42 PM PDT Reuters - Greek voters enraged by economic hardship caused by the terms of an international bailout turned on ruling parties in an election on Sunday, putting the country's future in the euro zone at risk and threatening to revive Europe's debt crisis. The latest official results, with over 61 percent of the vote counted, showed the only two major parties supporting an EU/IMF program that keeps Greece from bankruptcy would be hard pressed to form a lasting coalition. ... Full Story Top Putin sworn in as Russia's president for 6 years Mon,7 May 2012 09:26 AM PDT Associated Press - Vladimir Putin took the oath of office in a brief but regal Kremlin ceremony on Monday, while on the streets outside thousands of helmeted riot police prevented hundreds of demonstrators from protesting his return to the presidency. Full Story Top GOP plan boosts Pentagon, cuts social programs Mon,7 May 2012 12:10 PM PDT Associated Press - A key House committee has voted to cut food aid, health care and social services like Meals on Wheels to protect the Pentagon from a crippling wave of budget cuts come January. Full Story Top Dinosaur Farts May Have Warmed Prehistoric Earth Mon,7 May 2012 09:02 AM PDT LiveScience.com - We might want to rename the Brachiosaurus with the moniker Gassiosaurus, new research indicates. The gassy emissions from these giant dinosaurs may have been enough to warm the Earth, the researchers say. Full Story Top Hollande defeats Sarkozy to win French election Sun,6 May 2012 11:23 AM PDT The Lookout - François Hollande won the French presidential election on Sunday, capturing more than 51 percent of the vote to defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and become France's new president, according French television. Sarkozy, who has held the French presidency since 2007, grabbed 48.1 percent, according to the polls. Hollande, the 57-year-old socialist challenger, narrowly edged Sarkozy, also [...] Full Story Top Secret Pork Recipe: Worth $1.8 Million? Mon,7 May 2012 11:00 AM PDT ABC News - Think "most valuable recipes," and what comes to mind might be the secret formula for Coca Cola, say; or Col. Sanders' famous recipe for finger-lick'in good chicken. But now to that hallowed list must now be added a newcomer from Singapore: Betty Kong's recipe for... Full Story Top New Obama ad strikes 'don't blame me' tone on economy Mon,7 May 2012 07:35 AM PDT The Ticket - President Barack Obama's campaign released a new ad on Monday that takes aim squarely at his greatest vulnerability: the sour economy. The ad emphasizes that the president inherited the financial disaster when he took office and insists that, thanks to his policies, "we're coming back." The minute-long message, dubbed "Go," will air in Virginia, Pennsylvania, [...] Full Story Top Linda Evangelista Settles Child Custody Case Mon,7 May 2012 11:38 AM PDT Good Morning America - No Details Released of Settlement with French Billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault Full Story Top Valerie Trierweiler: new 'first lady' of France Mon,7 May 2012 10:17 AM PDT The Upshot - As France bids "adieu" to Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, supermodel-singer Carla Bruni, a new fascinating female steps into the role of France's "premiere dame." Here, some facts about Valerie Trierweiler. 1. The divorced mother of three is the companion of newly elected president Francois Hollande. This will make her the first unmarried "first lady" [...] Full Story Top Horrifyingly, Ground Baby Pills Are a Real Thing Mon,7 May 2012 05:26 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - In news that will make you want to shut the blinds, go back to bed until next week ... there's disturbing news out of South Korea that since August, officials have found over 17,000 pills filled with human flesh, in particular the placentas and ground up bodies of dead Chinese babies. Full Story Top Al Qaeda Leader Linked to USS Cole Attack Killed in Airstrike in Yemen Sun,6 May 2012 07:05 PM PDT ABC News - The government of Yemen says an airstrike has killed a top al Qaeda leader who was on the FBI's most wanted terrorist list because of his role in the attack on the USS Cole .  The attack on the U.S. Navy destroyer in October, 2000 killed 17... Full Story Top Congress' intelligence heads: Taliban stronger Sun,6 May 2012 09:49 AM PDT Associated Press - The leaders of the congressional committees said Sunday they believed that the Taliban had grown stronger since President Barack Obama sent 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in 2010. Full Story Top Angry Greek Voters Punish Leaders over Austerity at the Ballot Box Mon,7 May 2012 04:05 AM PDT Time.com - In a deep repudiation of European austerity policies and the lawmakers forced to impose them at home, Greeks punished their ruling parties in parliamentary elections on Sunday and turned instead to an array of anti-bailout parties on the far left and right. PASOK and New Democracy, the two parties that have dominated Greek politics for nearly 40 years, received a combined 33% of the vote -- less than half what they garnered during the last elections in 2009. ... Full Story Top Unabomber billboard on climate change taken down; Heartland Institute loses Diageo's support Mon,7 May 2012 09:58 AM PDT The Cutline - A billboard suggesting that those who believe in global warming are as crazy as the Unabomber was taken down less than 24 hours after it went up--but not before the group behind the ad lost another prominent backer. A quote, attributed to Ted Kaczynski, was displayed on the electronic billboard: "I still believe in global [...] Full Story Top Iran news alters missile test image to include 'Star Wars' character Mon,7 May 2012 08:09 AM PDT The Cutline - Iran's Mehr News Agency used a blatantly altered image to illustrate a story downplaying its ballistic missile test program. The Atlantic Wire first reported on the digitally enhanced image--which includes the "Star Wars" character Jar Jar Binks--after it was published Friday on the agency's website. As Atlantic Wire pointed out, Friday was also the day [...] Full Story Top

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