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| Is there a brain drain from Capitol Hill? If so, the GOP just lost its “evil genius” Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 04:06 AM PDT The Fine Print In the 11th hour negotiations on Capitol Hill, away from the glare of the media and behind closed doors, there are high-level Congressional staffers working to close the deal. In many of the nation's biggest legislative crises in recent memory, Rohit Kumar has been at the table. As the chief negotiator [...] Full Story | Top |
| GLAAD finds movies lag behind TV in LGBT roles Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 03:28 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — We may be seeing more prominent gay and lesbian characters on TV shows, but the movie industry lags well behind the small screen, an advocacy group reports. Full Story | Top |
| Family of man who kidnapped California teen says he may be her father Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 08:44 AM PDT  (Reuters) - The family of a man authorities say abducted a California girl after killing her mother and brother is claiming the kidnapper was the biological father of the two children, according to a news report. James DiMaggio allegedly kidnapped Hannah Anderson, 16, and took her into the Idaho wilderness, where police rescued her after shooting and killing him earlier this month. ... Full Story | Top |
| Poll: Many who could get 'Obamacare' don't know it Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 09:37 AM PDT Most of those who might qualify for insurance coverage or tax breaks under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul don't know it, a poll released Wednesday found. The Field Poll, surveying uninsured, ... Full Story | Top |
| Ex-pope Benedict says "God told me" to resign-report Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 10:08 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Former Pope Benedict has said he resigned after "God told me to" during what he called a "mystical experience", a Catholic news agency reported. Benedict, whose formal title is now Pope Emeritus, announced his shock resignation on February 11 and on February 28 became the first pontiff to step down in 600 years. "God told me to do it," the Zenith agency quoted Benedict as saying to a visitor to the convent in the Vatican gardens where he is living out his retirement in near isolation. ... Full Story | Top |
| Suspect's family wants DNA test on Hannah Anderson Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 07:33 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — The family of a man suspected of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl and killing her mother and younger brother wants paternity tests to determine if the suspect fathered the children, a spokesman said Wednesday, a suggestion that was quickly rebutted by the victims' family. Full Story | Top |
| Manning sentenced to 35 years in WikiLeaks case Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 12:15 PM PDT  FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison for giving hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks in one of the biggest leak cases in the U.S. since the Pentagon Papers a generation ago. Full Story | Top |
| Josh Duhamel: I'll Miss Seeing Fergie Pregnant! Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 03:16 PM PDT  Fergie could go into labor at any moment, but the pregnant pop star powered through to support Josh Duhamel at his movie premiere on Tuesday, which didn't shock her doting husband. Full Story | Top |
| VP Biden's son evaluated at Texas cancer center Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 11:37 PM PDT  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Beau Biden, the Delaware attorney general and the son of Vice President Joe Biden, is being evaluated at a cancer center in Texas, according to people with knowledge of his condition. Full Story | Top |
| Parents wait, worry after Ga. school shooting Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 05:05 AM PDT  DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Rufus Morrow was at work when he got a phone call with the worst news he could imagine: Shots fired at his daughter's elementary school. Full Story | Top |
| 50,000 abandoned dogs roaming streets of Detroit in packs Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 03:06 PM PDT Packs of wild, abandoned dogs are roaming the streets of Detroit , leaving city officials overwhelmed at the prospect of handing an issue that raises both animal rights and safety concerns. Full Story | Top |
| Details emerge about Ga. school shooting suspect Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 05:18 PM PDT  LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) — A man who allegedly exchanged gunfire with police at an Atlanta-area school didn't seem to have any friends and rarely talked about his family or past during the months he lived with a couple who serve as pastors at a small church. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. soldier Manning gets 35 years for passing documents to WikiLeaks Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 02:03 PM PDT  By Ian Simpson and Medina Roshan FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. soldier Bradley Manning was sentenced on Wednesday to 35 years in a military prison for turning over more than 700,000 classified files to WikiLeaks in the biggest breach of secret data in the nation's history. The 25-year-old former low-level intelligence analyst, in uniform, stood quietly and showed no emotion as Judge Colonel Denise Lind sentenced him to less time behind bars than the 60 years sought by military prosecutors. ... Full Story | Top |
| Facebook-led project seeks Internet access for all Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 02:36 PM PDT  By Sinead Carew (Reuters) - Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg has enlisted Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Qualcomm Inc and other technology companies to help him in a project aimed at making Internet access affordable for the 5 billion people around the world who are not online. The group, called internet.org, is the latest effort by an Internet company to seek to expand Web access to emerging economies. It follows a similar thrust by Facebook rival Google Inc, which uses everything from balloons to fiber connections to expand connectivity. ... Full Story | Top |
| Reported Syria attack tests US hope to avoid war Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 10:59 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration searched for answers Wednesday about a reported chemical weapons attack in Syria that would mark the most flagrant violation yet of the U.S. "red line" for potential military action. But the possibility of intervention seemed ever smaller after America's top general offered a starkly pessimistic assessment of options. Full Story | Top |
| No defense from suspect in 2009 Fort Hood shooting Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 10:57 AM PDT  FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The soldier on trial for the deadly 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood refused to put up a fight on Wednesday, resting his case without calling a single witness or testifying in his own defense. Full Story | Top |
| McEnroe cannot see another grand slam win for Federer Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 03:59 PM PDT  By Simon Evans (Reuters) - John McEnroe finds it hard to envisage Roger Federer adding to his record 17 grand slam titles and believes the Swiss maestro is showing signs of slowing down. The 32-year-old Federer heads into next week's U.S. Open seeded seventh, his first time outside the top three in any slam in the past decade, and his recent form offers no suggestion of a quick improvement at Flushing Meadows in New York. McEnroe, a four-time U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| ACLU: Muslims face more scrutiny for citizenship Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 11:47 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — A government program to screen immigrants for national security concerns has blacklisted some Muslims and put their U.S. citizenship applications on hold for years, civil liberties advocates said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Biden: Son had successful procedure in Texas Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 05:26 PM PDT  DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, the eldest son of Vice President Joe Biden, underwent a medical procedure at a Texas cancer center on Tuesday and will be returning soon to his home state, the vice president's office said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| For leak, Bradley Manning gets stiffest punishment Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 04:11 PM PDT  FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Army Pfc. Bradley Manning stood at attention in his crisp dress uniform Wednesday and learned the price he will pay for spilling an unprecedented trove of government secrets: up to 35 years in prison, the stiffest punishment ever handed out in the U.S. for leaking to the media. Full Story | Top |
| Obama does not favor changing pot laws … 'at this point' Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 11:49 AM PDT Legalization activists hope "former marijuana aficionado" president will "evolve." Full Story | Top |
| Police: Ga. school suspect had nearly 500 rounds Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 12:07 PM PDT LITHONIA, Ga. (AP) — A woman whose family once took in the suspect in an Atlanta-area school shooting said Wednesday that he was mentally ill but never violent in the past. Full Story | Top |
| Japan's nuclear crisis deepens, China expresses 'shock' Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 03:25 AM PDT  By Kiyoshi Takenaka and James Topham TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's nuclear crisis escalated to its worst level since a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima plant more than two years ago, with the country's nuclear watchdog saying it feared more storage tanks were leaking contaminated water. The U.N. ... Full Story | Top |
| Marches, events to mark anniversary of King's 'dream' speech Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 02:20 AM PDT  By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Marches, speeches and global bell-ringing are set to mark the 50th anniversary this month of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" speech, a key event in the struggle of African Americans for racial equality. The week of commemorations in Washington will culminate on August 28, when President Barack Obama, the first black U.S. president, will speak at the Lincoln Memorial 50 years to the day after King made his historic address at the site. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rapper DMX arrested on marijuana charge in South Carolina Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 02:24 PM PDT  By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Rapper DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was arrested on Tuesday in South Carolina and charged with possession of marijuana, two days before he was due in court on a drunk driving charge. Police stopped a truck in which Simmons was a passenger for making an improper lane change shortly before midnight, according to a police report. On inspecting the car, police found three bags of marijuana, the report said. Simmons complained of a medical condition and was aggressive, police said. ... Full Story | Top |
| 18 athletes who refused to visit the White House Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 08:51 AM PDT  "If the president wants to see me, he knows where to find me"President Obama honored the 1972 Miami Dolphins this week, the only NFL team to complete an undefeated season (sorry, Patriots fans). However, three members of that team — Hall of Fame center Jim Langer, guard Bob Kuechenberg, and defensive tackle Manny Fernandez — declined the invite, citing political differences.Kuechenberg: "I just don't believe in this administration at all."Fernandez: "[M]y views are diametrically opposed to the president's. ... Full Story | Top |
| Dollywood to build resort, add shows and rides Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 12:21 PM PDT  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — To see the future of Dollywood, you need to borrow the vision of its chief imaginer, Dolly Parton. Full Story | Top |
| ROLL CALL: Elizabeth Olsen To Play Scarlet Witch In Avengers: Age of Ultron? Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 10:40 AM PDT  Plus, Rihanna and Lindsay Lohan are making headlines! Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Shenanigans! Full Story | Top |
| Not-so-roughing-it: Glamorous 'camping' in NYC Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013 04:11 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Ahh, the joys of roughing it in the great outdoors — champagne, high thread-count sheets, flat-screen television. Camping, New York City-style. Full Story | Top |
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