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News: Grizzly bear kills hiker in Denali National Park Neil Armstrong, the moon's mystery man Airlines can say: You can't wear that Romney stars in Obama camp's 'The Do-Over' Ron Paul on Romney: 'I don't fully endorse him for president' Report: Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' delivers baby boy Obama-Romney race is focused on 7 states New Hover Vehicle Recalls 'Star Wars' Bike McDonnell on Crist's Endorsement of Obama: Just One Vote Kidney for Ohio Transplant Thrown in Trash AP Interview: Obama on Romney's 'extreme' views Hurricane warnings issued for New Orleans, Gulf Coast as Isaac churns off Florida NYPD: Empire State victims hit by police gunfire Isaac Upsets Plans for GOP Lobbyists, Wealthy Donors Romney's convention: Big storm, rape controversy In Ohio, Romney and Ryan target women voters American Taliban seeks group prayer in Ind. prison Florida's GOP governor touts recovery; Tampa convention to disagree Parents deported, what happens to US-born kids? Analysis: Europe far right shuns Breivik's acts, flirts with ideas Apple's $1B patent verdict could corner market Tropical Storm Isaac starts lashing Florida Keys Man mistakes son for monkey, shoots him dead Former SC Gov. Sanford engaged to ex-mistress Livestrong donations skyrocket in wake of Lance Armstrong's decision to stop fighting charges Rand Paul's message to Republican convention: 'Audit the Pentagon' Romney reaches out to women before GOP convention Scotland's Catholic priests blast gay marriage plan Republican National Convention events delayed due to Isaac Ann Romney Gets Secret Service Protection U.S. rape controversy reflects teachings of anti-abortion hero The 6 sleekest gadgets of 2012 A surprise party at the GOP convention: Dan Quayle and Pat Buchanan ensured that 1988 was the last of its kind Romney birth certificate remark rekindles Obama controversy AP Interview: Obama Calls Romney's Ideas 'Extreme' True/False: Never Sell Your Old Phone Republicans tease with gold standard, but idea seen full of bugs 2 Pussy Riot members flee Russia to escape arrest Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital Afghans: Sources confirm Badruddin Haqqani is dead Grizzly bear kills hiker in Denali National Park Sat,25 Aug 2012 07:45 PM PDT Associated Press - A hiker in Alaska's Denali National Park photographed a grizzly bear for at least eight minutes before the bear mauled and killed him in the first fatal attack in the park's history, officials said Saturday. Full Story Top Neil Armstrong, the moon's mystery man Sat,25 Aug 2012 07:22 PM PDT "A lot of people couldn't figure out Armstrong." With those words Tom Wolfe introduced Neil Armstrong, the astronaut hero of his nonfiction masterpiece, "The Right Stuff." Armstrong, of course, was a masterpiece himself: the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission and the first of two men ever to walk on the moon. Armstrong died [...] Full Story Top Airlines can say: You can't wear that Sat,25 Aug 2012 06:58 AM PDT Associated Press - Airlines give many reasons for refusing to let you board, but none stir as much debate as this: How you're dressed. Full Story Top Romney stars in Obama camp's 'The Do-Over' Sun,26 Aug 2012 05:22 AM PDT Tampa - President Barack Obama's campaign may be tempted to throw everything but the kitchen sink at Mitt Romney before election day, but for now they'll settle for "Sirens, Etch-A-Sketches, Fire, Severely Conservative VP Choices, The Go Back Team, Press Quotes, And Romney Jogging." Team Obama has released a movie trailer-style digital video mocking Romney [...] Full Story Top Ron Paul on Romney: 'I don't fully endorse him for president' Sun,26 Aug 2012 06:26 AM PDT TAMPA -- Mitt Romney's presidential campaign gave Texas Rep. Ron Paul a chance to speak at the Republican National Convention, but he declined due to the conditions of the offer, the New York Times reports: Mr. Paul, in an interview, said convention planners had offered him an opportunity to speak under two conditions: that he [...] Full Story Top Report: Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' delivers baby boy Sun,26 Aug 2012 03:28 AM PDT Associated Press - MTV is reporting that TV celeb Snooki has given birth to her first child, a boy. Full Story Top Obama-Romney race is focused on 7 states Sun,26 Aug 2012 02:05 AM PDT Associated Press - On the eve of their national party conventions, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are locked in a close race to amass the requisite 270 Electoral College votes for victory. And the contest is exactly where it was at the start of the long, volatile summer: focused on seven states that are up for grabs. Full Story Top New Hover Vehicle Recalls 'Star Wars' Bike Mon,20 Aug 2012 10:14 AM PDT LiveScience.com - A resurrected hover vehicle won't fly through dense forests as effortlessly as the "Star Wars" speeder bikes from "Return of the Jedi," but its intuitive controls could someday allow anyone to fly it without pilot training. Full Story Top McDonnell on Crist's Endorsement of Obama: Just One Vote Sun,26 Aug 2012 07:55 AM PDT ABC News - Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell dismissed former Florida GOP Governor Charlie Crist's endorsement of Obama this morning on "This Week," calling it just one more vote for the president in the Sunshine State. "Governor Crist's endorsement adds one more vote in Florida and that's it," said  McDonnell, chair of... Full Story Top Kidney for Ohio Transplant Thrown in Trash Sat,25 Aug 2012 10:47 AM PDT ABC News - An Ohio nurse accidentally put a kidney in the trash, prompting the University of Toledo Medical Center to suspend its live donor program as it investigates the incident. Doctors tried to resuscitate the kidney, which came from a live donor, but it was rendered unusable.... Full Story Top AP Interview: Obama on Romney's 'extreme' views Sat,25 Aug 2012 03:58 PM PDT Associated Press - President Barack Obama said Mitt Romney has locked himself into "extreme positions" on economic and social issues and would surely impose them if elected, trying to discredit his Republican rival at the biggest political moment of his life. Full Story Top Hurricane warnings issued for New Orleans, Gulf Coast as Isaac churns off Florida Sun,26 Aug 2012 03:46 PM PDT The storm that killed as many as six people in Haiti and forced the delay of the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa is on track to hit the Gulf Coast and possibly New Orleans, forecasters said late Sunday. Tropical Storm Isaac, with sustained winds of 60 mph, lashed the Florida Keys and [...] Full Story Top NYPD: Empire State victims hit by police gunfire Sat,25 Aug 2012 02:01 PM PDT Associated Press - All nine people injured during a dramatic confrontation between police and a gunman outside the Empire State Building were wounded by gunfire from the two officers, police said Saturday, citing ballistics evidence. Full Story Top Isaac Upsets Plans for GOP Lobbyists, Wealthy Donors Sun,26 Aug 2012 08:46 AM PDT ABC News - Watchdog: 'I've Never Seen Anything Like This' Full Story Top Romney's convention: Big storm, rape controversy Sun,26 Aug 2012 04:03 PM PDT Associated Press - His Republican National Convention curtailed by a threatened hurricane, Mitt Romney conceded Sunday that fresh controversy over rape and abortion is harming his party and he accused Democrats of trying to exploit it for political gain. Full Story Top In Ohio, Romney and Ryan target women voters Sat,25 Aug 2012 08:23 AM PDT Mitt Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, made a direct appeal to female voters Saturday, telling supporters at an Ohio rally that, if elected, they would do more to help women in business. "Just a word to the women entrepreneurs out there," Romney said at a campaign event in Powell, Ohio. "If we [...] Full Story Top American Taliban seeks group prayer in Ind. prison Sun,26 Aug 2012 12:29 PM PDT Associated Press - An American-born Taliban fighter imprisoned in Indiana will try to convince a federal judge that his religious freedom trumps security concerns in a closely watched trial that will examine how far prisons can go to ensure security in the age of terrorism. Full Story Top Florida's GOP governor touts recovery; Tampa convention to disagree Sun,26 Aug 2012 07:15 AM PDT Rick Scott, the Republican governor of Florida, likes to tell voters that his state has experienced a major economic turnaround since he took office 19 months ago. In a press release last week, Scott's office pointed to numbers indicating that Florida's unemployment rate had the "fastest in the nation" decrease since early 2011. On the [...] Full Story Top Parents deported, what happens to US-born kids? Sat,25 Aug 2012 09:10 AM PDT Associated Press - Alexis Molina was just 10 years old when his mother was abruptly cut out of his life and his carefree childhood unraveled overnight. Full Story Top Analysis: Europe far right shuns Breivik's acts, flirts with ideas Sun,26 Aug 2012 01:06 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON/ROME (Reuters) - Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik may have failed to ignite a race war with Muslims, but he succeeded in stoking anxieties about the stability of Europe's increasingly diverse societies. Though his talk of an international underground of killers - latter-day Crusaders he called the Knights Templar - seemed to be mere fantasy, and while his methods place him far beyond the pale of mainstream politics, many of his beliefs are to be found within the fold of anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant populists. ... Full Story Top Apple's $1B patent verdict could corner market Sat,25 Aug 2012 03:06 PM PDT Associated Press - It was the $1 billion question Saturday: What does Apple Inc.'s victory in an epic patent dispute over its fiercest rival mean for the U.S. smartphone industry? Full Story Top Tropical Storm Isaac starts lashing Florida Keys Sun,26 Aug 2012 11:18 AM PDT Associated Press - Tropical Storm Isaac started pelting the Florida Keys with rain and strong winds on Sunday, and it could strengthen into a dangerous hurricane by the time it starts hitting the northern Gulf Coast in the coming days. Full Story Top Man mistakes son for monkey, shoots him dead Sat,25 Aug 2012 11:18 PM PDT AFP - A farmer in southern Nepal mistook his son for a monkey trying to steal his crops and shot the 12-year-old dead, police said on Sunday. Full Story Top Former SC Gov. Sanford engaged to ex-mistress Sun,26 Aug 2012 12:25 PM PDT Associated Press - Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford confirmed Sunday he is engaged to the Argentine woman he secretly left the state to visit under the cover story he was hiking the Appalachian Trail. Full Story Top Livestrong donations skyrocket in wake of Lance Armstrong's decision to stop fighting charges Sun,26 Aug 2012 09:26 AM PDT Last week, after iconic American cyclist Lance Armstrong said he would no longer fight the charges brought against him by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, many wondered if Livestrong--the foundation for cancer survivors founded by the seven-time Tour de France winner and testicular cancer survivor--would suffer as a result. It doesn't look like it. On Friday, [...] Full Story Top Rand Paul's message to Republican convention: 'Audit the Pentagon' Sun,26 Aug 2012 04:06 PM PDT TAMPA -- Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul will use his prime-time speaking slot at the Republican National Convention to urge party members to be more open to scrutinizing military spending, a position that puts him in the minority within the GOP. Paul made the remarks Sunday when he addressed thousands of supporters at a rally for [...] Full Story Top Romney reaches out to women before GOP convention Sun,26 Aug 2012 07:34 AM PDT Associated Press - Mitt Romney said it is "sad" that President Barack Obama's campaign is trying to link him to Rep. Todd Akin's statements about abortion, as top Republicans preparing for the party's nominating convention urged the GOP presidential challenger to reach out to women and Hispanics. Full Story Top Scotland's Catholic priests blast gay marriage plan Sun,26 Aug 2012 03:30 AM PDT AFP - Scotland's Roman Catholic priests on Sunday condemned plans by the devolved government in Edinburgh to legalise gay marriage. Full Story Top Republican National Convention events delayed due to Isaac Sat,25 Aug 2012 03:55 PM PDT TAMPA -- The events planned for the Republican National Convention on Monday will be postponed due to severe weather predictions near the conference's host city, Republican officials said Saturday. "The Republican National Convention will convene on Monday August 27th and immediately recess until Tuesday afternoon, August 28th," said Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus in [...] Full Story Top Ann Romney Gets Secret Service Protection Sun,26 Aug 2012 06:52 AM PDT ABC News - BOSTON – Ann Romney has been given her own Secret Service detail, ABC News has learned. Ann Romney, the wife of presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was first assigned a detail late Friday afternoon, a campaign aide confirmed. She was first spotted by the press in... Full Story Top U.S. rape controversy reflects teachings of anti-abortion hero Sat,25 Aug 2012 07:07 PM PDT Reuters - KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Eric Scheidler was in grade school when he was introduced to the power of John Willke's persuasion. It was the 1970s and the now 87-year-old Dr. "Jack" Willke was renowned as a physician-turned-advocate for abolishing abortion. Willke's teachings resonated four decades later in the controversy this week over Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin's remarks on pregnancy and rape. Willke's use of graphic photos of "unborn children" energized followers in the nascent anti-abortion movement of the 1970s. ... Full Story Top The 6 sleekest gadgets of 2012 Fri,24 Aug 2012 02:31 PM PDT When it comes to design, these pieces of tech stand alone. Full Story Top A surprise party at the GOP convention: Dan Quayle and Pat Buchanan ensured that 1988 was the last of its kind Sun,26 Aug 2012 04:26 AM PDT T.S. Eliot (or, at least, his J. Alfred Prufrock) "measured out my life with coffee spoons." For me, the seasons of a working life have been measured in political conventions. Full Story Top Romney birth certificate remark rekindles Obama controversy Fri,24 Aug 2012 03:47 PM PDT Reuters - COMMERCE, Michigan (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney took a dig at President Barack Obama on Friday over his birth certificate in comments that reignited a controversy over the Democrat's eligibility to be president. "No one's ever asked to see my birth certificate," a smiling Romney told a rally of some 7,000 people in his home state of Michigan. "They know that this is the place that we were born and raised," he said to the laughter of the crowd, speaking alongside his wife, Ann. ... Full Story Top AP Interview: Obama Calls Romney's Ideas 'Extreme' Sun,26 Aug 2012 02:00 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - AP Interview: Obama says Romney lacks serious proposals and deals in dishonest arguments Full Story Top True/False: Never Sell Your Old Phone Wed,22 Aug 2012 02:56 PM PDT I recently read an article that proclaimed you should never sell or recycle an old cell phone. It was based on a security researcher who said it is incredibly easy to get personal information off of a phone, making identity theft and credit card fraud a snap. But when you can get upwards of $100 [...] Full Story Top Republicans tease with gold standard, but idea seen full of bugs Sat,25 Aug 2012 10:01 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans have all but guaranteed the backing of the "gold vote" this November by raising an idea that even the most bullish mainstream bullion boosters believe is unrealistic - a return to the gold standard. Gold prices would likely surge to $10,000 an ounce, the greenback's credibility would vanish and global superpowers would risk a new trade war if Republicans were to restore the link between the U.S. dollar and gold that was severed 40 years ago. ... Full Story Top 2 Pussy Riot members flee Russia to escape arrest Sun,26 Aug 2012 06:30 AM PDT Associated Press - Two members of the punk band Pussy Riot have fled Russia to avoid prosecution for a protest against Vladimir Putin that sent three of their band mates to prison, the group said Sunday. Full Story Top Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital Sun,26 Aug 2012 03:14 PM PDT Reuters - ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's army of massacring hundreds of people in a town close to the capital that government forces recaptured from rebels. About 320 bodies, including women and children, were found in houses and basements in the town of Daraya, southwest of Damascus, according to activists who said on Sunday most had been killed "execution-style" by troops. Activists uploaded several videos to the Internet showing rows of bloodied bodies wrapped in sheets. ... Full Story Top Afghans: Sources confirm Badruddin Haqqani is dead Sun,26 Aug 2012 08:21 AM PDT Associated Press - Afghanistan's intelligence agency said Sunday its operatives have confirmed that the son of the founder of the powerful Haqqani militant network was killed in an airstrike in Pakistan, even as the Taliban vowed that he was alive and well. Full Story Top

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