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| GOP prepares comeback: ‘We can’t come off as a bunch of angry white men’ Friday, Jan 25, 2013 10:04 AM PST CHARLOTTE, N.C.â€"Republican National Committee members gathered here to re-elect Chairman Reince Priebus for a second term. But by week's end, that vote seemed secondary to the question of the party's long-term survival. After three months of denial, anger, despair and depression over the results of a bruising national election that gave Democrats an edge in [...] Full Story | Top |
| Exclusive: NRA senior lobbyist says attack ad was "ill-advised" Friday, Jan 25, 2013 12:19 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the National Rifle Association's senior lobbyists said an ad by the nation's leading gun-rights group after a school shooting in Connecticut that refers to President Barack Obama's children was "ill-advised." Jim Baker, head of the federal affairs division at the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action, said he had made his views known to others at the powerful gun-rights organization. ... Full Story | Top |
| Clinton's Glasses a Concussion Result Friday, Jan 25, 2013 07:10 AM PST  The Glasses Clinton Has Been Wearing Are the Result of Her Health Problems Full Story | Top |
| Court says Obama recess appointments invalid Friday, Jan 25, 2013 03:06 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that President Barack Obama violated the U.S. Constitution when he used recess appointments to fill a labor board, a decision that could curtail the president's options in filling vacancies. Obama, frustrated by Republican opposition to his nominees, made the three "recess" appointments to the National Labor Relations Board in January 2012, while the Senate was on one of its many recesses but not formally adjourned for the year. ... Full Story | Top |
| Texting Woman Falls Into Icy Canal Friday, Jan 25, 2013 08:37 AM PST We’ve all done itâ€"texting while walking. And bumping into someone or falling off a curb or …. In  Birmingham, England,  Capital FM Radio personality Laura Safe was texting a message to her boyfriend while on her way to a Birmingham shopping center. She was so... Full Story | Top |
| Radio host tricked by Onion story on drones at Obama’s inauguration Friday, Jan 25, 2013 05:45 AM PST The Onion strikes again. A radio host fell for a fake story from the satirical website that showed a doctored image of a “drone flyover†on President Barack Obama’s inauguration day. The post on the Facebook page of KFAI host Andy Driscoll was surfaced by City Pages, which pointed out that Driscoll, who hosts “TruthToTell†[...] Full Story | Top |
| Cancer-Stricken Dog Gets Epic Last Meal Friday, Jan 25, 2013 11:33 AM PST One of the hardest experiences that anyone can endure is the loss of a pet. The sometimes prolonged illness leading up to the pet's passing can be even more gut-wrenching. Lennox, a boxer breed, was plagued with cancer and arthritis, and he had survived multiple surgeries, but a recent tumor growth on his left shoulder [...] Full Story | Top |
| White House rejects ruling on NLRB recess appointments Friday, Jan 25, 2013 12:22 PM PST The White House on Friday expressed strong disagreement with a court ruling that the president's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board violated the Constitution. "The decision is novel and unprecedented," White House press secretary Jay Carney said at Friday's briefing. "It contradicts 150 years of practice by Democratic and Republican administrations." He added: [...] Full Story | Top |
| North Korea threatens war with South over U.N. sanctions Friday, Jan 25, 2013 11:27 AM PST  SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea threatened to attack rival South Korea if Seoul joined a new round of tightened U.N. sanctions, as Washington unveiled more of its own economic restrictions following Pyongyang's rocket launch last month. In a third straight day of fiery rhetoric, the North directed its verbal onslaught at its neighbor on Friday, saying: "'Sanctions' mean a war and a declaration of war against us." The reclusive North this week declared a boycott of all dialogue aimed at ending its nuclear program and vowed to conduct more rocket and nuclear tests after the U.N. ... Full Story | Top |
| Woman Sues Match.Com After Date Attacks Her Friday, Jan 25, 2013 03:53 PM PST  Las Vegas Woman Seeks $10M After Online Date Nearly Hilled Her Full Story | Top |
| Fox News, Palin cutting ties Friday, Jan 25, 2013 04:21 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) â€" Fox News Channel is parting ways with former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, ending her three-year tenure as a contributor on the network. Full Story | Top |
| Obama taps McDonough as White House chief of staff in shake-up Friday, Jan 25, 2013 06:26 AM PST President Barack Obama on Friday formally announced his choice of Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough as White House chief of staff, part of a sweeping shake-up at the dawn of the president's second term. McDonough has played a "key role in every major national security decision" during my presidency, the president said, speaking in [...] Full Story | Top |
| Outrage After Exes Post Revenge Pics Friday, Jan 25, 2013 05:34 AM PST Dozens of women are fighting back after intimate photos they sent to former romantic interests have been sent by their exes to a so-called “revenge porn†website and posted online. Holley Toups says that she was at work one day and a friend called to... Full Story | Top |
| The Rise of Superbugs Called 'Apocalyptic Scenario' Friday, Jan 25, 2013 08:24 AM PST  A prominent British health official has declared the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs so grave a threat that the world is now facing an "apocalyptic scenario" in which people die of routine infections. Full Story | Top |
| Obama to discuss immigration reform Tuesday Friday, Jan 25, 2013 12:46 PM PST After a meeting with leadership of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Friday, the White House announced in a statement that President Barack Obama will travel to Las Vegas, Nev., on Tuesday to speak about immigration reform. White House press secretary Jay Carney confirmed the trip at his Friday press briefing. "This blueprint that the president's [...] Full Story | Top |
| Reince Priebus re-elected as Republican National Committee chair Friday, Jan 25, 2013 10:47 AM PST CHARLOTTE, N.C.â€"The Republican National Committee re-elected Reince Priebus to a second term as the organization's chairman on Friday. He will serve for two more years. In his acceptance speech, Priebus focused on widespread criticism after the November presidential election that Republicans were perceived as a party for the privileged few. While he didn't specifically mention [...] Full Story | Top |
| Tina Turner on her way to Swiss citizenship Friday, Jan 25, 2013 07:05 AM PST  GENEVA (AP) â€" Tina Turner is on her way to becoming a Swiss citizen. Full Story | Top |
| Sports are a civil right for disabled, US says Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 09:09 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Breaking new ground, the U.S. Education Department is telling schools they must include students with disabilities in sports programs or provide equal alternative options. The directive, reminiscent of the Title IX expansion of athletic opportunities for women, could bring sweeping changes to school budgets and locker rooms for years to come. Full Story | Top |
| Billionaire GOP donor Foster Friess says contraception has been ‘good’ to him Friday, Jan 25, 2013 10:34 AM PST Republican Party donor Foster Friess, 72â€"Rick Santorum's backer in his bid to be presidentâ€"made headlines in 2012 for joking that, in his day, "Gals put [aspirin] between their knees" as a form of inexpensive contraception. When Yahoo News on Friday asked Friess about the GOP's relationship with women, he once again showed interest in the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Bindi Irwin expresses frustration over Clinton org’s essay editing Friday, Jan 25, 2013 10:11 AM PST Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin, told Sydney's Daily Telegraph that an essay she wrote for Hillary Clinton's e-journal was so heavily edited that her message became twisted in the process. Bindi, 14, said she was asked to write a 1,000-word essay on wildlife conservation and overpopulation. She submitted her work [...] Full Story | Top |
| Pentagon cutting jobs, maintenance due to budget fears: official Friday, Jan 25, 2013 02:18 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has begun laying off many of its 46,000 temporary and contract workers and delaying maintenance on aircraft and ships to slow spending due to fears it may be hit by new budget cuts, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said on Friday. The Pentagon also plans to formally notify Congress in the next few weeks that if further budget cuts take place on March 1, it will furlough most of its 800,000 full-time civilian employees, probably by asking them to take a day off per week for the last 22 weeks of the fiscal year, Carter said. ... Full Story | Top |
| N.J. Mayor Cory Booker Helps Rescue Freezing Dog Friday, Jan 25, 2013 08:12 AM PST  While out working on a story in freezing New Jersey, a reporter and camera crew from New York station WABC-TV noticed a dog left out in the cold. Hours later, when they passed by again and saw that the dog was still outside, they decided... Full Story | Top |
| Luddites: They raged against the machine and lost Friday, Jan 25, 2013 04:24 AM PST  Their name is synonymous with futile attempts to roll back technology â€" and with fuddy-duddies who can't figure out how to use the iPhone.The Luddites were British textile artisans who 200 years ago smashed ... Full Story | Top |
| Blind NH sled dog thrives with brother's help Friday, Jan 25, 2013 12:01 AM PST  JEFFERSON, N.H. (AP) â€" When Gonzo started tripping over his food dish three years ago, no one could explain or stop the Alaskan husky's quickly advancing blindness. But a veterinarian offered some simple advice: "Run this dog." Full Story | Top |
| Russian parliament backs ban on "gay propaganda" Friday, Jan 25, 2013 12:51 PM PST  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's parliament backed a draft law on Friday banning "homosexual propaganda" in what critics see as an attempt to shore up support for President Vladimir Putin in the country's largely conservative society. Only one deputy in the State Duma lower house voted against the bill, but passions spilled over outside the chamber, where 20 people were detained after scuffles between Russian Orthodox Christians and gay activists who staged a "kiss-in" protest. ... Full Story | Top |
| After threatening the US, North Korea turns its ire on South Korea Friday, Jan 25, 2013 06:09 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues. Full Story | Top |
| ‘Beautiful women and booze’: Famed Coyote Ugly bar celebrates 20 years Friday, Jan 25, 2013 12:57 PM PST NEW YORKâ€"Liliana “Lil†Lovell was just 25 when she walked away from an up-and-coming career on Wall Street to open her bar Coyote Ugly in New York’s East Village in 1993. The bar marks its 20th anniversary this weekend, and Lovell has more than a few stories to tell. Lovell, who had just graduated with [...] Full Story | Top |
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