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News: Police Rescue Malnourished Girl From Closet in Kansas City World loses species with death of Lonesome George Supreme Court upholds key part of Arizona immigration law, strikes down rest Mom says she filed complaint against judge over daughter's ponytail-cutting sentence Rising sea level puts US Atlantic coast at risk: report Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights' Critics blast Tennessee's 'no holding-hands bill' Saudi Arabia will enter women for London Olympics North Korea condemns 'grave' use of flag during U.S.-South Korea war games Poll: Election winner won't affect economy much Elder fraud: One couple's losses and hard lessons Both sides claim victory after Supreme Court rules on Arizona immigration law Darrell Issa: President's Executive Privilege Claims 'Simply Wrong' Loch Ness Monster used to debunk evolution in state-funded school Thousands march for gay pride in San Francisco Conn. cops: Dylan McDermott's mom murdered in '67 In Arizona dissent, Scalia blasts Obama's deportation stay, immigration policies WikiLeaks founder wants guarantee he won't be sent to US Poking holes in Obama lore: A new biography on the president's life Romney: States have right to secure their borders Most Americans oppose health law but like provisions Mitt Romney Flexes Muscle as Huge Week Looms for President Obama Court: No more life without parole for juveniles Egypt's Morsi to rethink Israel peace pact: report White House scolds guests who flipped off Reagan portrait What Romney's Donors Heard at This Weekend's Retreat Denver officer shot, killed near park concert Biden, in leaked memo, told Obama war plan flawed 13 Iconic Brands Still Made in America 'Jeopardy!' Host Alex Trebek Hospitalized for Heart Attack Utah mom upset over judge's hair-cut punishment Biden warned Obama on 2009 troop surge, according to memo Sandusky lawyers may use NBC tape error in appeal What was he thinking? Study turns to ape intellect Five not so obvious ways to extend the battery life on your smartphone Debby's slow march through Gulf drenches Florida Subway work unearths ancient road in Greece Raging Colorado wildfire grows near U.S. Air Force Academy Michael Jackson Death: Three Years Later Cash Rules at Romney Retreat While Condoleezza Rice Steals the Show Police Rescue Malnourished Girl From Closet in Kansas City Sun,24 Jun 2012 09:11 AM PDT ABC News - Police Arrest Woman for Allegedly Locking Malnourished Daughter in Closet Full Story Top World loses species with death of Lonesome George Mon,25 Jun 2012 12:04 AM PDT AFP - Lonesome George has died, leaving the world one species poorer. Full Story Top Supreme Court upholds key part of Arizona immigration law, strikes down rest Mon,25 Jun 2012 07:19 AM PDT The Supreme Court upheld a key part of Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration law in a 5-3 decision on Monday that allows police officers to ask about immigration status during stops. That part of the law, which never went into effect because of court challenges, will now immediately be enforced in Arizona. Other parts of the [...] Full Story Top Mom says she filed complaint against judge over daughter's ponytail-cutting sentence Mon,25 Jun 2012 08:10 AM PDT A mom who felt "intimidated" when a juvenile court judge offered to reduce her teenage daughter's sentence if she agreed to cut off the 13-year-old's ponytail in court has filed a complaint against him. Valerie Bruno of Price, Utah, filed a formal complaint with the Utah Judicial Conduct Commission against Scott Johansen, a judge in [...] Full Story Top Rising sea level puts US Atlantic coast at risk: report Sun,24 Jun 2012 10:15 AM PDT AFP - The sea level on a stretch of the US Atlantic coast that features the cities of New York, Norfolk and Boston is rising up to four times faster than the global average, a report said Sunday. Full Story Top Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights' Mon,25 Jun 2012 08:40 AM PDT ABC News - A former U.S. president is accusing the current president of sanctioning the "widespread abuse of human rights" by authorizing drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists. Jimmy Carter, America's 39th president, denounced the Obama administration for "clearly violating" 10 of the 30 articles of  the Universal... Full Story Top Critics blast Tennessee's 'no holding-hands bill' Sun,24 Jun 2012 12:28 PM PDT Associated Press - Spurred by a classroom demonstration involving a sex toy, Tennessee recently enacted a pro-abstinence sex education law that is among the strictest in the nation. Full Story Top Saudi Arabia will enter women for London Olympics Mon,25 Jun 2012 03:09 AM PDT Reuters - RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia will enter women athletes in the Olympics for the first time ever in London this summer, the Islamic kingdom's London embassy said on Sunday. Human rights groups had called on the International Olympic Committee to bar Saudi Arabia from competing in London, citing its failure ever to send a woman athlete to a Games and its ban on sports in girls' state schools. Powerful Muslim clerics in the ultra-conservative state have repeatedly spoken out against the participation of girls and women in sports. ... Full Story Top North Korea condemns 'grave' use of flag during U.S.-South Korea war games Mon,25 Jun 2012 07:34 AM PDT Click image to see more photos of South Korea-U.S. joint military drills. (Lee Jin-man/AP) North Korea publicly condemned the use of its flag by U.S. and South Korean forces during a war simulation as a "grave" provocation—and further justification for its nuclear program. "It is an extremely grave military action and politically-motivated provocation to fire [...] Full Story Top Poll: Election winner won't affect economy much Mon,25 Jun 2012 05:24 AM PDT Associated Press - When it comes to the economy, half of Americans in a new poll say it won't matter much whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney wins — even though the presidential candidates have staked their chances on which would be better at fixing the economic mess. Full Story Top Elder fraud: One couple's losses and hard lessons Mon,25 Jun 2012 02:12 AM PDT Associated Press - With their elderly parents seated across the octagonal oak table, Donna and Jim Parker were back in the kitchen they knew so well — the hutch along one wall crammed with plates, bells and salt-and-pepper shakers picked up during family trips; at the table's corner, the spindly wooden high chair where a 7-year-old Jim had tearfully confessed to setting a neighbor's woods ablaze. Full Story Top Both sides claim victory after Supreme Court rules on Arizona immigration law Mon,25 Jun 2012 10:19 AM PDT President Barack Obama and some of his top Democratic allies in Congress claimed victory Monday after the Supreme Court struck down key parts of a controversial Arizona law aimed at curbing undocumented immigration. But the justices' 5-3 ruling gave Republicans something to cheer by letting stand—for now—a core provision that allows police to check the [...] Full Story Top Darrell Issa: President's Executive Privilege Claims 'Simply Wrong' Sun,24 Jun 2012 07:05 AM PDT ABC News -   Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. said this morning on "This Week" that he will send a letter to President Obama today or tomorrow that "breaks down the points" of why the president's executive privilege claims are "overbroad" or "simply wrong" concerning documents related to the... Full Story Top Loch Ness Monster used to debunk evolution in state-funded school Mon,25 Jun 2012 12:08 PM PDT It sounds like a hoax, but it's apparently true: The Loch Ness Monster is on the science class syllabus for kids at Eternity Christian Academy in Westlake, Louisiana. As reported by the Herald Scotland (which must track all Loch Ness-related news), a school that will receive tax-payer dollars, will teach kids that the mythological sea [...] Full Story Top Thousands march for gay pride in San Francisco Sun,24 Jun 2012 07:43 PM PDT Associated Press - Loud sirens, flashing lights and countless rainbow flags and banners accompanied uniformed police officers, cheerleaders and politicians who marched in San Francisco's gay pride parade Sunday, the 42nd year the city has celebrated the lesbian, gay and transgender community. Full Story Top Conn. cops: Dylan McDermott's mom murdered in '67 Mon,25 Jun 2012 02:07 PM PDT Associated Press - A reopened police investigation has concluded that actor Dylan McDermott's mother was killed in 1967 by her now-dead gangster boyfriend. Full Story Top In Arizona dissent, Scalia blasts Obama's deportation stay, immigration policies Mon,25 Jun 2012 11:54 AM PDT In a stinging, 22-page dissent to Monday's decision striking down most of Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration law, Justice Antonin Scalia criticized President Barack Obama's announcement earlier this month that he would stay the deportation of young illegal immigrants and suggested that the federal government does not want to enforce its immigration laws. "The president said [...] Full Story Top WikiLeaks founder wants guarantee he won't be sent to US Sun,24 Jun 2012 08:22 PM PDT AFP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Monday called for diplomatic guarantees he will not be pursued by the United States for publishing secret documents if he goes to Sweden to face criminal allegations. Full Story Top Poking holes in Obama lore: A new biography on the president's life Mon,25 Jun 2012 03:17 AM PDT Political Punch A new biography of President Obama pokes holes in the president's own memoir. David Maraniss's "Barack Obama: The Story" takes readers on an international journey through Indonesia, Kansas, Hawaii, Chicago -- the meandering path that shaped Obama before he landed at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. "The moment that overwhelmed me was actually in Indonesia, [...] Full Story Top Romney: States have right to secure their borders Mon,25 Jun 2012 01:01 PM PDT Associated Press - Mitt Romney on Monday said states have a duty and a right to secure their borders even as he declined to address the merits of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down key parts of Arizona's tough immigration enforcement law. Full Story Top Most Americans oppose health law but like provisions Sat,23 Jun 2012 10:13 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans oppose President Barack Obama's healthcare reform even though they strongly support most of its provisions, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Sunday, with the Supreme Court set to rule within days on whether the law should stand. Fifty-six percent of people are against the healthcare overhaul and 44 percent favor it, according to the online poll conducted from Tuesday through Saturday. ... Full Story Top Mitt Romney Flexes Muscle as Huge Week Looms for President Obama Sun,24 Jun 2012 03:53 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - ANALYSIS If you want a live-action version of a Democratic nightmare these days, the weekend events in Park City, Utah, are a decent start. And that might look like the fun part of the week for Democrats before we're through. In Utah, at an exclusive... Full Story Top Court: No more life without parole for juveniles Mon,25 Jun 2012 08:50 AM PDT Associated Press - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it is unconstitutional for states to require juveniles convicted of murder to be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. Full Story Top Egypt's Morsi to rethink Israel peace pact: report Mon,25 Jun 2012 12:13 PM PDT AFP - Egypt's Islamist president-elect, Mohamed Morsi, wants to "reconsider" the peace deal with Israel and build ties with Iran to "create a strategic balance" in the Middle East, according to an interview published by Iran's Fars news agency on Monday. Full Story Top White House scolds guests who flipped off Reagan portrait Mon,25 Jun 2012 06:40 AM PDT The White House on Monday verbally rapped the knuckles of a pair of guests who posed for photographs giving former President Ronald Reagan's portrait the one-finger salute while attending a gay pride reception a week ago. As first reported in Philadelphia Magazine, Matthew "Matty" Hart and photographer Zoe Strauss flipped off the Gipper's likeness and [...] Full Story Top What Romney's Donors Heard at This Weekend's Retreat Sun,24 Jun 2012 03:26 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - ABC News' Arlette Saenz and Shushannah Walshe report: Mitt Romney's donors attended a golf outing today at the Red Ledges Gold Club in Heber, Utah, but the excitement was really what went on Friday and Saturday at the events and panels. Romney's top donors were... Full Story Top Denver officer shot, killed near park concert Mon,25 Jun 2012 03:33 AM PDT Associated Press - A Denver police officer trying to break up a confrontation was shot and killed at a city park where families had gathered for a free weekly jazz concert before gunfire erupted and sent hundreds running. Full Story Top Biden, in leaked memo, told Obama war plan flawed Mon,25 Jun 2012 02:28 AM PDT Associated Press - As President Barack Obama considered adding as many as 40,000 U.S. forces to a backsliding war in Afghanistan in 2009, Vice President Joe Biden warned him that the military rationale for doing so was flawed, a new book about Obama's expansion of the conflict says. Full Story Top 13 Iconic Brands Still Made in America Mon,25 Jun 2012 09:09 AM PDT LiveScience.com - "Made in America" is making a comeback. Every time you turn around, someone is talking about the need to bring manufacturing back to the United States and, with it, manufacturing jobs. Designers are increasingly finding ways to produce goods in the U.S. again, and American consumers are starting again to look for a "Made in America" label. Full Story Top 'Jeopardy!' Host Alex Trebek Hospitalized for Heart Attack Sun,24 Jun 2012 12:38 PM PDT ABC News' Sidney Lupkin reports: "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek is in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a mild heart attack, according to a statement from his representative. Trebek, 71, who was admitted on Saturday, was said to be in good spirits. He... Full Story Top Utah mom upset over judge's hair-cut punishment Mon,25 Jun 2012 06:02 AM PDT Associated Press - A Utah mother says she felt intimidated in court when a judge told her that he would reduce her 13-year-old daughter's sentence if she chopped off the girl's ponytail in court — an offer the mother says she now wishes she hadn't taken. Full Story Top Biden warned Obama on 2009 troop surge, according to memo Mon,25 Jun 2012 06:14 AM PDT Vice President Joe Biden warned President Barack Obama that the underlying rationale for the 2009 troop surge in Afghanistan was profoundly flawed, according to a leaked memo that is set to be published this week in a new book about the war in Afghanistan. According to "Little America: The War Within the War for Afghanistan," [...] Full Story Top Sandusky lawyers may use NBC tape error in appeal Sun,24 Jun 2012 03:28 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Lawyers for Jerry Sandusky sought a mistrial before his conviction for child sex abuse on the grounds that prosecutors showed jurors an inaccurate version of a bombshell NBC News interview with the former football coach, and the mistake may now form part of the basis for an appeal. In response to a subpoena, NBC News turned over three versions of Bob Costas' NBC News interview with Sandusky, which aired last November on different NBC shows. ... Full Story Top What was he thinking? Study turns to ape intellect Sun,24 Jun 2012 08:56 AM PDT Associated Press - The more we study animals, the less special we seem. Full Story Top Five not so obvious ways to extend the battery life on your smartphone Fri,22 Jun 2012 01:30 PM PDT While smartphones are taking on many of the features of personal computers, it is not really practical to leave them plugged into a wall throughout the day. This is a problem as apps, navigation services and faster network connections are causing our batteries to run out of juice more quickly than ever. Full Story Top Debby's slow march through Gulf drenches Florida Mon,25 Jun 2012 05:14 AM PDT Associated Press - Tropical Storm Debby spun drenching rains Monday over northern Florida as it hung nearly stationary over the Gulf of Mexico, making its biggest threat flooding rather than winds. Full Story Top Subway work unearths ancient road in Greece Mon,25 Jun 2012 02:52 PM PDT Associated Press - Archaeologists in Greece's second-largest city have uncovered a 70-meter (230-foot) section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was city's main travel artery nearly 2,000 years ago. Full Story Top Raging Colorado wildfire grows near U.S. Air Force Academy Mon,25 Jun 2012 11:54 AM PDT Reuters - COLORADO SPRINGS (Reuters) - An out-of-control wildfire near some of Colorado's most visited tourist sites expanded overnight, keeping some 6,000 people from their homes on Monday, and forecasts said winds could push the flames toward the United States Air Force Academy. On Monday morning, the Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs, about 80 miles south of Denver, continued to burn near the base of Pikes Peak, whose vistas helped inspire the patriotic tune "America the Beautiful. ... Full Story Top Michael Jackson Death: Three Years Later Mon,25 Jun 2012 10:09 AM PDT Good Morning America - What's Happened in Three Years Since King of Pop Died Full Story Top Cash Rules at Romney Retreat While Condoleezza Rice Steals the Show Sat,23 Jun 2012 09:40 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - PARK CITY, Utah — If the majority of donors who attend this weekend's gathering of hundreds of high dollar fundraisers go back home as fired up as Rodger Young, the Romney campaign will be in quite strong a financial position and the investment in time... Full Story Top

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