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| Heidi Klum: My Racy Photographer Is My Mom! Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 01:25 PM PDT  Heidi Klum is far from shy - as evident by her recent online bottom-barring photos - and it turns out the person snapping those shots is someone who has seen the supermodel's backside since its debut! Full Story | Top |
| Anniversary hike ends in tragedy near scenic spot Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 01:08 AM PDT  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — They left their two young children with relatives and set off to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary at one of the most beautiful hiking destinations in the Southwest. Full Story | Top |
| Judge stops lawsuits against Detroit bankruptcy Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 01:00 PM PDT  A federal judge agreed with Detroit on Wednesday and stopped any lawsuits challenging the city's bankruptcy, declaring his courtroom the exclusive venue for legal action in the largest filing by a local ... Full Story | Top |
| Queen arrives to visit Britain's new prince Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 05:00 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Britain's Queen Elizabeth II met her new great-grandson for the first time Wednesday at Kensington Palace, where the royal baby spent a first night at home with his parents, Prince William and Kate. Full Story | Top |
| ROLL CALL: Teen Wolf's Tyler Hoechlin To Play Batman In Man Of Steel Sequel? Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 09:43 AM PDT  Plus, more casting news about "The Real Housewives," "The Mindy Project" and the Freddie Mercury movie! Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Casting Shenanigans! Full Story | Top |
| What is it like to be Muslim in Congress? Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 04:31 AM PDT The Fine Print Keith Ellison stands out on Capitol Hill. The Minnesota Democrat is the first Muslim elected to Congress, and now is only one of two. He leads a progressive caucus in a Republican-controlled House of Representatives. And he's not afraid to break out the guitar that he keeps in his office, even playing [...] Full Story | Top |
| Congress Sets a New Record for Being Hated Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 04:03 AM PDT  A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal polls finds that in addition to setting new milestones for futility, Congress is also more hated than it's ever been. A full 83 percent of respondents say they disapprove of the job Congress is doing, the highest number for that questions since the poll began. (The last time it was even above 50 percent was in 2002.) You can read the full poll questions and results here. Full Story | Top |
| Weiner faces new scandal, now with wife at side Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 09:03 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — When a heckled, harried Anthony Weiner resigned from Congress and apologized for the explicit text messages that had destroyed his career, a key figure was notably absent: his then-pregnant wife, Huma Abedin. Full Story | Top |
| Clinton leads potential opponents in new poll Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 09:50 AM PDT  In a new McClatchy-Marist Poll, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outdistances rival Democrats and Republicans. Full Story | Top |
| What Google's Chromecast Has That All the Other Web-to-TV Devices Don't Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 10:55 AM PDT  Google today announced a new Internet-to-television device, a well-developed area of technology that doesn't really need another gizmo. Yet, Chromecast, as it's called, has the techies all giddy. A few of them said they already went on over to the Play store and bought one — before Google had even finished up its little event. The general upshot of the stick is that it ports the television on your computer — like Netflix — to your television. A lot of things already do this, like Roku, Apple TV, and Google's own Google TV. ... Full Story | Top |
| Japan scrambles jets after China plane flies by southern islands Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 06:10 AM PDT  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan scrambled fighter jets on Wednesday after a Chinese military aircraft flew for the first time through international airspace near its southern islands out over the Pacific, in a move seen by Japan as underlining China's maritime expansion. Ties between China and Japan have been strained by a territorial dispute over uninhabited East China Sea islets and hawkish Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a decisive victory in upper house elections on Sunday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gov't needs $95.51 per share to break even on GM Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 08:09 AM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — General Motors stock would have to sell for $95.51 per share for taxpayers to break even on bailing out the company, according to a government watchdog's report released Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Obama to try to focus public attention on economy Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 06:59 AM PDT  Seeking to focus public attention on the problem he was sent to the White House to solve, President Barack Obama is making a renewed push for policies to expand the middle class, helping people he says ... Full Story | Top |
| William and Kate name Britain's new royal heir George Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 04:13 PM PDT  By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate have chosen three traditional royal names by calling their new-born baby boy George Alexander Louis, William's office said on Wednesday. The baby, born on Monday to global media frenzy and third in line to the British throne, will be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, Kensington Palace said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Arms makers boost profits despite Pentagon budget headwinds Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 07:17 AM PDT  By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. arms makers reported higher quarterly earnings on Wednesday despite Pentagon budget cuts, with many raising their full-year forecasts, but the companies' order books showed an increasingly tough market. The Pentagon began implementing $37 billion in mandated budget cuts for fiscal 2013 in March, and it faces additional cuts of $50 billion annually over the next nine years unless Congress acts to avert a process known as "sequestration. ... Full Story | Top |
| Britain's new prince heads to grandparents' house Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 06:40 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II met her new great-grandson for the first time Wednesday at Kensington Palace, before Prince William and Kate took the baby to visit his maternal grandparents outside London. Full Story | Top |
| Obama: Washington has 'taken eye off' the economy Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 05:49 PM PDT  GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) — Seeking to build momentum for looming fiscal fights, President Barack Obama on Wednesday cast himself as the champion for middle-class Americans struggling to make ends meet. He chided Washington for having "taken its eye off the ball" and declared that the economy would be the "highest priority" of his second term. Full Story | Top |
| Palace: Royal baby named George Alexander Louis Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 10:58 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — His Royal Highness has a name. Full Story | Top |
| 'Cubicle guy' behind Weiner captivates Internet Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 05:56 AM PDT The mayoral candidate and his sexting pseudonym, Carlos Danger, weren't the only things trending on social media during Tuesday's press conference. Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive Snowden's hopes of leaving Moscow airport dashed Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 04:44 PM PDT  By Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden's hopes of leaving Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport for the first time in a month on Wednesday were dashed when he failed to secure permission from Russia to leave. An airport source said Snowden, who is wanted by the United States on espionage charges for revealing details of government intelligence programs, was handed documents by his lawyer that were expected to include a pass to leave the transit area. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama targets Republicans, income gap in economic policy speech Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 11:18 AM PDT  President Barack Obama, in a sweeping campaign-style speech on the economy, urges Republicans to stop "meaningless" attacks on Obamacare and help him help America's middle class. Full Story | Top |
| Detroit bankruptcy tests state pension protections Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 12:10 PM PDT  As the once-proud city of Detroit humbles itself in bankruptcy court, its financial future may hinge on this key question: Is the city obliged to its past? Or can Detroit renege on its promises to thousands of retirees for the sake of its present city services? Full Story | Top |
| Town crier's royal birth cameo confuses US journos Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 10:22 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Well-wishers waiting outside St. Mary's Hospital in London might have been forgiven for thinking a town crier announcing the birth of the Prince of Cambridge had the royal seal of approval. Full Story | Top |
| George H.W. Bush shaves head in solidarity with cancer-stricken child Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 02:00 PM PDT  Former president George Bush shaves his head for a good cause. Full Story | Top |
| Public school teachers go ballistic over teacher dress code in West Va., threaten to sue Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 05:50 AM PDT The last time The Daily Caller's education section checked in on West Virginia, police in Logan County had arrested an eighth-grader over an NRA shirt and the kid was facing a year in jail. (RELATED: Charges dropped against 8th-grader who wore NRA shirt) Full Story | Top |
| Jason Sudeikis says he is leaving NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 05:01 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Longtime "Saturday Night Live" cast member Jason Sudeikis said on Wednesday he has left the NBC late-night sketch comedy show, joining fellow comedians Bill Hader and Fred Armisen out the door after the show finished its 38th season in May. Sudeikis, who has worked on the show for 10 years, made the announcement during a taping of CBS late-night talk show "Late Show with David Letterman." "Yeah, I'm going to leave. Yeah, I'm not coming back next fall," Sudeikis said, according to a transcript distributed by CBS before the show airs on Wednesday night. ... Full Story | Top |
| No more mail at your door? Delivery changes eyed Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 05:37 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Door-to-door mail delivery is about as American as apple pie. With the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, that tradition could be virtually phased out by 2022 under a proposal in Congress. Full Story | Top |
| By George! Britain's little prince gets a name Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 02:23 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — The little prince was in need of a name, and now, by George, he's got one. Full Story | Top |
| Weiner faces growing calls to quit mayor's race Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 04:22 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner pressed ahead with his bid for mayor Wednesday despite growing calls for him to drop out over a new sexting scandal, saying the campaign is too important to abandon over "embarrassing personal things" becoming public. Full Story | Top |
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