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| 2 'Real Housewives of NJ' stars charged with fraud Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:09 PM PDT  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two stars of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" were indicted Monday on federal fraud charges, accused of exaggerating their income while applying for loans before their TV show debuted in 2009, then hiding their improving fortunes in a bankruptcy filing after their first season aired. Full Story | Top |
| Medieval Coffin at King Richard III Site Holds … Another Coffin Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:25 AM PDT King Richard III's rediscovered resting place is turning out more mysteries this summer. Excavators finally lifted the heavy lid of a medieval stone coffin found at the site in Leicester, England, only to reveal another lead coffin inside. Full Story | Top |
| Protect Yourself from Extreme Weather Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:51 AM PDT Katie's Take As hurricane season takes full force, in the wake of the devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma, people are more concerned than ever about protecting themselves in the event of dangerous weather. ABC News' Weather Editor and Good Morning America weather anchor, Sam Champion shares his advice on how to stay safe and survive the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Self-taught Mechanic Creates “Transformers” Truck From Scratch Monday, Jul 29, 2013 10:37 AM PDT 1981 Chevrolet pickup truck. Red, white and blue exterior. 46,259 miles. Asking price on Ebay: $250,000. Sound crazy? That's the starting bid for Orlando Figueroa's Chevy on the popular auction site. But judging by the reaction Figueroa's truck gets on the street from others, he may reach his quarter million asking price. That's because Figueroa's [...] Full Story | Top |
| Actress Leah Remini gives clues about Scientology split Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:32 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. actress Leah Remini has offered clues about why she left the Church of Scientology, telling People magazine no one is going to tell her how to think or who she can talk to. Up until now the actress known for her role in the CBS comedy "King of Queens" gave little explanation for her split after three decades with the church that lists actors John Travolta and Tom Cruise among its members. In a statement this month after the New York Post newspaper broke the story, Remini, 43, thanked fans and colleagues for their support but did not mention the Church of Scientology. ... Full Story | Top |
| Russians smell something fishy in Putin's latest stunt Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:47 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - There was a time when Vladimir Putin's macho antics inspired pride among Russians, but many are finding it hard to believe the president's latest stunt - catching a huge pike in Siberia. Video footage released by the Kremlin last week showed Putin dressed in camouflage fatigues and sunglasses, fishing, driving a motorboat and petting reindeer in a remote region of Siberia with his prime minister and defense minister. But the images of the 60-year-old president hauling in a pike which the Kremlin said weighed 21 kg (46 pounds) proved too much for some Russians to swallow. ... Full Story | Top |
| Beer by beer, Houston home morphs into landmark Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:35 AM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — A child of the Great Depression, John Milkovisch didn't throw anything away — not even the empty cans of beer he enjoyed each afternoon with his wife. Full Story | Top |
| Obama hosts Hillary Clinton for lunch — 'friendship' on the menu Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:24 PM PDT  Is 2016 on the menu as President Barack Obama hosts Hillary Clinton for lunch? Full Story | Top |
| Ariel Castro's son says life sentence 'appropriate' Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:44 AM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — The son of the Cleveland man who admitted kidnapping, raping and enslaving three women for about a decade said Monday his father belongs in prison for the rest of his life. Full Story | Top |
| Unsealed birth records give adoptees peek at past Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:57 AM PDT  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Maura Duffy spent a day in Chicago last September with her mother: A walk along Lake Michigan, shared meals, a boat tour highlighting Second City architecture. Full Story | Top |
| Rush Limbaugh vs. Cumulus Media: Who's dumping whom? Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 11:30 PM PDT  Politico reports that America's No. 2 radio network is dropping Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. But there may well be more to this story. Full Story | Top |
| Exclusive: Signs of declining economic security Monday, Jul 29, 2013 01:00 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Full Story | Top |
| In cash-strapped Detroit, few question sports arena funding Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:02 AM PDT  By Joseph Lichterman DETROIT (Reuters) - While Detroit has become a top emblem of U.S. urban economic decline with its recent bankruptcy filing, it remains a resilient and vibrant sports town. Major League Baseball's Tigers and the National Football League's Lions, like teams in other U.S. cities, have obtained public financing for new arenas, despite questions about their promised economic windfalls. The Tigers' home stadium Comerica Park, which opened in 2000, was built at a cost of $300 million, 38 percent of which was publicly financed. ... Full Story | Top |
| Buffett auctions off personal tour of See's Candy Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:41 PM PDT  Billionaire Warren Buffett is auctioning off an all-you-can-eat tour of the See's Candy factory in California to benefit an education nonprofit there. Bidding had already reached $35,000 by Monday afternoon, ... Full Story | Top |
| How Much Is Huma Like Hillary? Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:43 AM PDT  Bill and Hillary Clinton are reportedly upset that Huma Abedin is implicitly comparing herself to Hillary so much. "The Clintons are upset with the comparisons that the Weiners seem to be encouraging — that Huma is 'standing by her man' the way Hillary did with Bill, which is not what she in fact did," a New York Democrat tells the New York Post's Frederic U. Dicker. In private conversations with Democrats, Weiner and Abedin have cited the Clintons' example as proof he can win over voters in the New York City mayoral race. ... Full Story | Top |
| Woman diagnosed with terminal cancer gets wedding of her dreams Monday, Jul 29, 2013 09:30 AM PDT Jen Bulik, a 35-year-old who was recently diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, got the wedding of her dreams over the weekend — thanks in large part to the generosity of strangers. Full Story | Top |
| Pope says he won't judge gay priests Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:36 AM PDT ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) — Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. Full Story | Top |
| Black lawyer group urges Florida governor to repeal 'Stand Your Ground' Monday, Jul 29, 2013 11:50 AM PDT  By Kevin Gray MIAMI BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - A leading group of black lawyers on Monday urged Florida's governor to call a special legislative session to repeal the state's "Stand Your Ground" law after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. "Stand Your Ground must fall," said John Page, the president of the National Bar Association, one of the oldest organizations of African-American lawyers, during the group's annual meeting in Miami Beach, Florida. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pope says gays should not be marginalized Monday, Jul 29, 2013 11:41 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis has said gay people should not be marginalized but integrated into society, in some of the most conciliatory remarks by a pontiff on the issue of homosexuality. In a broad-ranging 80-minute conversation with journalists on the plane bringing him back from a week-long visit to Brazil on Sunday night, he also said he could not judge gay priests, an emotive topic that divides Catholic opinion. But the 76-year-old Argentine did reaffirm Church teaching that homosexual acts are a sin. ... Full Story | Top |
| Trying to save part of Rosie the Riveter's factory Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:11 AM PDT  YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit-area factory where Rosie the Riveter showed that a woman could do a "man's work" by building World War II-era bombers, making her an enduring symbol of American female empowerment, will be demolished if money can't be found to save it. Full Story | Top |
| 8 arrested in Calif. city after US Open of Surfing Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:16 AM PDT  An unruly crowd surged through a Southern California city's seaside downtown after the U.S. Open of Surfing, brawling, looting a bicycle shop, clashing with police and trashing property before authorities ... Full Story | Top |
| Police: Woman arrested in DC cathedral vandalism Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:29 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman was arrested Monday after green paint was found splattered inside two chapels at the Washington National Cathedral, and police were investigating her in connection with two similar incidents on the National Mall, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| White House takes aim at Obamacare opposition's economic claims Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:42 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday shot back at critics who claim Obamacare is leading to higher healthcare costs, slower job growth and rising numbers of part-time workers, saying the latest economic statistics show none of those effects. Nearly one-third of the sharp rise in part-time workers seen in employment numbers for June was due to federal employee furloughs caused by automated spending cuts, rather than employers shifting to part-time workers due to concern about President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, a senior administration official said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Wall St. declines as investors focus on Fed policy meeting Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:26 PM PDT  By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Monday, pulling back before this week's Federal Reserve meeting that could signal when the Fed is going to begin reducing its bond purchases aimed at helping the economic recovery. Losses were led by the energy and financial sectors, with both the S&P energy index and S&P financial index down 0.8 percent. Shares of Southwestern Energy slid 3 percent to $38.14 and shares of Noble Energy fell 2.1 percent to $62.07 following as a decline in natural gas prices. ... Full Story | Top |
| Two Swiss trains collide, 35 injured, driver feared dead Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:27 PM PDT GRANGES-PRES-MARNAND, Switzerland (Reuters) - Two trains collided head-on in Switzerland on Monday evening, injuring about 35 people, five seriously, police said. The driver of one of the trains was still unaccounted for and thought to be inside the wreckage, at Granges-près-Marnand in the canton of Vaud, police spokesman Jean-Christophe Sauterel said. "These are regional trains. The speeds are a little lower and even if one deeply regrets the likely loss of life of one person as well as five serious injuries, the situation could have been much more catastrophic," Sauterel said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Wolves in Yellowstone Help Grizzly Bears Fatten Up Monday, Jul 29, 2013 11:31 AM PDT  The reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park has an unexpected upside: It's helping to fatten up the bears, new research suggests. Full Story | Top |
| AP Exclusive: GOP donor's school grade changed Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:42 PM PDT  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana and current Florida schools chief Tony Bennett built his national star by promising to hold "failing" schools accountable. But when it appeared an Indianapolis charter school run by a prominent Republican donor might receive a poor grade, Bennett's education team frantically overhauled his signature "A-F" school grading system to improve the school's marks. Full Story | Top |
| Obama, Clinton meet for lunch, sparking 2016 buzz Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:45 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — When is a lunch more than just a midday meal? When the two diners are President Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, and inquiring minds want to know who, if anyone, the president will endorse in 2016. Full Story | Top |
| Angelina Jolie highest earning U.S. actress: Forbes Monday, Jul 29, 2013 12:37 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Angelina Jolie, who will next be seen on the big screen in the film "Maleficent," is Hollywood's highest paid actress with estimated earnings of $33 million in the last year, according to Forbes. She easily surpassed this year's Best Actress Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, who came in second with $26 million, and pushed Kristen Stewart of the "Twilight" series, who topped the list last year, into third place with earnings of $22 million. "Hollywood hasn't shied away from Jolie. ... Full Story | Top |
| Big Asteroid Flies By Earth Tonight: How to Watch Live Monday, Jul 29, 2013 11:15 AM PDT  An asteroid as large as five football fields will zoom by Earth tonight, and you can watch the close approach live from the comfort of your home. Full Story | Top |
| Young GOP leaders see need for substantive changes Monday, Jul 29, 2013 12:57 AM PDT  MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Republicans hoping to reach beyond the party's white, aging core must do more than retool campaign strategy and tactics, say young GOP leaders pressing elected officials to offer concrete policies to counter Democratic initiatives. Full Story | Top |
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