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Video: Student "freaks out" in library over others "breathing loudly"
Fri,9 Dec 2011 11:31 AM PST
The Sideshow - This video from the California State University, Northridge campus has ignited controversy across the Internet this morning. In the video, reportedly taken during finals week, a female student loses her temper with her fellow students, accusing them of being disruptive. (Be warned, there are a few choice words whispered during the rant): The unnamed student [...] Full Story | Top |
Rick Perry's ad moves the Web
Fri,9 Dec 2011 11:48 AM PST
The Upshot - Rick Perry's latest ad has divided his campaign and gone viral on the Web. The TV spot shows Rick Perry wearing a jacket that could have been swiped from the "Brokeback Mountain" set (as former "Star Trek" star and gay activist George Takei has pointed out), as the candidate criticizes Obama for reversing the ban on [...] Full Story | Top |
New Jersey 'Map' Goes Viral
Fri,9 Dec 2011 09:51 AM PST
News - Local Philadelphia - Chris Lipczynski, AroundPhilly This must be a difficult time for New Jersey. You see, in addition to finding out that they're harboring the second most dangerous city in America (for the second year in a row), they've now got a … Continue reading → Full Story | Top |
Gingrich fuels more Mideast conflict: Palestinians
Sat,10 Dec 2011 04:58 AM PST
Reuters -  RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders said on Saturday U.S. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich had invited more conflict in the Middle East by calling the Palestinians an "invented" people who want to destroy Israel. Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian official, described his comments in an interview as "despicable." Hanan Ashrawi, another top official, said Gingrich's "very racist comments" showed he was "incapable of holding public office. ...
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Mysterious planet-sized object spotted near Mercury
Thu,8 Dec 2011 08:03 AM PST
The Sideshow - Is a giant, cloaked spaceship orbiting around Mercury? That's been the speculation from some corners after a camera on board NASA's STEREO spacecraft caught a wave of electronically charged material shooting out from the sun and hitting Mercury. Theorists have seized on the images captured from the "coronal mass ejection" (CME) last week as suggestive of alien [...] Full Story | Top |
NY-NJ bridge policeman earns $221,000
Fri,9 Dec 2011 04:43 PM PST
AP - A rank-and-file policeman at the George Washington Bridge has made more than $200,000 so far this year, along with dozens of other police officers for the agency that patrols New York City's airports, the tunnels under the Hudson River and the new World Trade Center site. Full Story | Top |
White House rejects Republican payroll tax proposal
Fri,9 Dec 2011 02:47 PM PST
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House rejected on Friday the latest proposal from Republicans in Congress on a payroll tax cut, saying its costs needed to be offset in a balanced away and not with budget cuts exempting the rich. "We are open to looking at other ways to pay for this, but they have to be economically responsible and fair," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. "It is important that the overall package meet the standards the president has set. ...
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Raw Cookie Dough Linked to E. Coli Outbreak
Fri,9 Dec 2011 06:02 PM PST
ABC News - Licking the spoon for a couple tastes of raw cookie dough is an added bonus to the baking process, but the risk of falling ill from the batter might be greater than once thought. New research published in the journal Clinical Infectious Disease found that the culprit... Full Story | Top |
Smuggler tried to hide $140,000 drug stash in nacho cheese
Fri,9 Dec 2011 02:22 PM PST
The Lookout - Customs and Border officials nabbed a 21-year-old Mexican citizen this week on suspicion of smuggling $140,000 worth of methamphetamine in these three cans of liquid nacho cheese and jalapenos, the LA Times reports. Incredibly, this is not the first time nacho cheese has been used as a smuggling tool. In October, a customs officials found 7 [...] Full Story | Top |
Top 5 weirdest natural formations
Fri,9 Dec 2011 11:51 AM PST
Wanderlust - If your taste runs to the offbeat and quirky, these top 5 weirdest natural formations should be on your list of places to visit. 5) Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah: This park, located in southwest Utah, is famous for its otherworldly geological formations. Rainwater and frost have carved slot canyons, fins and freestanding pinnacles called [...] Full Story | Top |
Va. Tech gunman called quiet; went to small school
Sat,10 Dec 2011 06:12 AM PST
AP -  The man who authorities say killed a Virginia Tech police officer was described as a typical college student in many ways, making it difficult to understand why he would commit an armed robbery and then, apparently at random, target the patrolman before killing himself.
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Paris Jackson Lines Up First Feature Film Role -- Alongside Larry King
Fri,9 Dec 2011 12:49 PM PST
Access Hollywood - 
Just last week, at the Las Vegas premiere of Cirque Du Soliel's "Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour," Paris Jackson told Access Hollywood she planned to follow in her father's footsteps and enter the entertainment world -- as an actress. And now, Access has confirmed the 13-year-old has lined up her first feature film role.
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Russia's stunning protests end with hint of change
Sat,10 Dec 2011 04:01 PM PST
AP -  Tens of thousands of people held the largest anti-government protests that post-Soviet Russia has ever seen to criticize electoral fraud and demand an end to Vladimir Putin's rule. Police showed surprising restraint and state-controlled TV gave the nationwide demonstrations unexpected airtime, but there is no indication the opposition is strong enough to push for real change from the prime minister or his ruling party.
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3 women accept Nobel Peace Prize
Sat,10 Dec 2011 12:28 PM PST
AP -  Three women who fought injustice, dictatorship and sexual violence in Liberia and Yemen accepted the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize on Saturday, calling on repressed women worldwide to rise up against male supremacy.
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Obama decides high-profile issues ahead of 2012
Sat,10 Dec 2011 06:07 AM PST
AP -  On issues from air pollution to contraception, President Barack Obama has broken sharply with liberal activists and come down on the side of business interests and social conservatives as he moves more to the political middle for his re-election campaign.
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Gingrich comes to debate with front-runner status
Sat,10 Dec 2011 08:58 AM PST
AP -  Newt Gingrich is facing his first debate as the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination. Standing next to him will be Mitt Romney, whose campaign has launched an all-out offensive against Gingrich's record and leadership style.
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Meteor Crater Helps Unlock Planetary History
Fri,9 Dec 2011 07:35 AM PST
SPACE.com - The Barringer meteorite crater — known popularly as "Meteor Crater" — near Winslow, Ariz., was formed some 50,000 years ago in the flat-lying sedimentary rocks of the Southern Colorado Plateau in Arizona. Now, scientists are using the crater to study mysteries near and far. Full Story | Top |
Ford recalls 129,000 sedans; wheels may fall off
Fri,9 Dec 2011 09:04 PM PST
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co has recalled nearly 129,000 of its Mercury Milan and top-selling Ford Fusion in the United States because their 17-inch steel wheels may fall off, U.S. safety regulators said on Friday. In some vehicles from model years 2010 and 2011, the wheel studs may fracture and make the car shake. If ignored, the wheels may fall off a moving car, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a posting on its website. Ford, the No. 2 U.S. ...
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High court halts new Texas electoral maps
Fri,9 Dec 2011 07:41 PM PST
AP - Texas' March primary will likely be delayed after the Supreme Court on Friday blocked the use of state legislative and congressional district maps that were drawn by federal judges. Full Story | Top |
Alabama promises revisions to tough immigration law
Fri,9 Dec 2011 04:09 PM PST
Reuters -  BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama's governor said on Friday he would work to revise the state's tough new immigration law following embarrassing incidents where foreign workers were detained because they were not carrying sufficient identification. Republican Governor Robert Bentley said in a statement with House Speaker Mike Hubbard and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh that they did not plan to repeal or weaken the law, widely considered the toughest of its kind in the nation. Several U.S. ...
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James Cameron slapped with lawsuit over "Avatar" plot
Fri,9 Dec 2011 11:24 AM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Avatar" director James Cameron has been hit with a lawsuit by a writer who claims that the plot for the hit sci-fi movie was lifted from his own project. In the suit, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Thursday, Eric Ryder claims that he entered into an agreement with Cameron's production company, Lightstorm Entertainment, to develop a movie based on his story "KRZ 2068. ... Full Story | Top |
Obama says economic fix could take years
Fri,9 Dec 2011 05:01 PM PST
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite some recent signs the sluggish U.S. economy might be improving, President Barack Obama warns it could be years before the country is on a sound footing. In excerpts from an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" program that will air on Sunday, Obama was asked whether he underestimated how difficult it would be to fix the U.S. economy when he became president in 2009. "I always believed that this was a long-term project," the Democratic president told "60 Minutes. ...
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Big Moscow protest rally against vote fraud begins
Sat,10 Dec 2011 06:37 AM PST
AP -  Tens of thousands of Muscovites thronged to a square across the river from the Kremlin on Saturday to protest alleged electoral fraud and urge an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule, demands repeated at other rallies across this vast country in the largest public show of discontent in post-Soviet Russia.
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Newt Gingrich 'Ignorant,' 'Racist' Say Palestinians
Sat,10 Dec 2011 03:17 PM PST
ABC News -  Republican Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has been slammed by Palestinians for telling a Jewish television channel that they are an "invented" people. "These are extremely trivial, demeaning and ridiculous remarks," Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said, according to the Ma'an News Agency . "Even the most...
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NY, California hitting up millionaires, again
Sat,10 Dec 2011 09:29 AM PST
AP -  Hollywood moguls and Manhattan stock brokers are facing a slap by the Occupy Wall Street movement as California and New York again target high-wage earners to address a continued fiscal crisis in the states.
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