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News: Actor "beyond shocked" after seeing leg amputated in altered ad Jake Reilly's 'Amish Project:' 90 Days Without a Cell Phone, Email and Social Media Jury finds Afghan family guilty in honor killings School suspends cancer survivor teen over hair he plans to donate Causes Founder's $400M Facebook 'Mistake' Obama rides favorable political winds Nearly 14-pound baby boy born in Des Moines In interviews, American Muslims say they reject separate 'sharia' law system Kermit and Piggy Fire Back at Fox News Pythons apparently wiping out Everglades mammals Woman Dumps Boyfriend With Cancer But Still Wants His Super Bowl Tickets Romney-Christie, Gingrich-Rubio are most likely ticket pairings Joe Biden Advised Against the Osama Bin Laden Raid Yosemite planning to limit access to Half Dome Diane Sawyer and Jake Tapper on the challenges of interviewing the President Florida highway pileup kills at least 10 people Cause sought for deadly Fla. highway pileup Newt Gingrich Says Mitt Romney 'Mislead' Country, But Would Still Endorse Him If He's the Nominee Iraqi officials outraged by use of US drones: report Gingrich's narrowcast Florida campaign swamped by Romney's dollars Santorum Says Daughter Bella Has a 'Miraculous Turnaround' Is Freddie Mac Betting Against Homeowners? Keystone to be linked to U.S. highway bill: Boehner Bin Laden Raid: Will CIA's Secret Doctor Face Treason Trial? Americans' Political Views Not So Far Apart Emboldened GOP wants to abolish state income taxes Santorum: Daughter with pneumonia recovering Santorum's Hypocrisy Highlighted by Daughter's Illness Protesters in capital pledge to stay despite ban Unwitting amputee blasts health ad's altered photo Gingrich drops the heavy red meat in final day before Florida primary Pentagon chief sees Iran bomb potential in year Romney ridicules Gingrich on eve of Florida vote Mitt Romney: The Once and Future Front Runner Looks Beyond Florida Missing ME toddler's blood found in father's home Arrests in Oakland protests rise to more than 400 Health Reform Law Gaining Wider Acceptance: Poll Afghan woman killed, apparently for bearing girl Capitol architect wanted to reanimate George Washington's corpse State Dept: Americans take refuge at Cairo embassy Actor "beyond shocked" after seeing leg amputated in altered ad Mon,30 Jan 2012 09:30 AM PST The Sideshow - An overweight man in Los Angeles says he was "beyond shocked" to discover an altered photo of him on New York City billboards with his leg removed. 27-year-old Cleo Berry tells the New York Times that while living in NYC several years ago, he participated in a $500 photo shoot with photographer Morten Smidt. Unbeknownst [...] Full Story Top Jake Reilly's 'Amish Project:' 90 Days Without a Cell Phone, Email and Social Media Mon,30 Jan 2012 11:23 AM PST Yahoo! Contributor Network - Could you live without daily electronic conveniences -- Twitter, Facebook, email, texting and more -- for 90 days? Jake P. Reilly, a 24-year-old college student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, did just that. Full Story Top Jury finds Afghan family guilty in honor killings Sun,29 Jan 2012 06:19 PM PST Associated Press - A jury on Sunday found three members of an Afghan family guilty of killing three teenage sisters and another woman in what the judge described as "cold-blooded, shameful murders" resulting from a "twisted concept of honor," ending a case that shocked and riveted Canadians. Full Story Top School suspends cancer survivor teen over hair he plans to donate Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:05 AM PST The Sideshow - UPDATE: Here's a link to the change.org petition started by J.T.'s mom. A Michigan teen who survived a bout with leukemia has been suspended from school over the length of his long hair, which he is planning to donate. The Detroit News reports that 17-year-old J.T. Gaskins has been growing out his hair since last [...] Full Story Top Causes Founder's $400M Facebook 'Mistake' Mon,30 Jan 2012 06:18 AM PST Good Morning America - Joe Green Walked Away From Friend Zuckerberg's Billion-Dollar Idea Full Story Top Obama rides favorable political winds Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST AFP - For once, Barack Obama is behaving like a president with the wind at his back, rather than one taking the full force of a political gale in the face. Full Story Top Nearly 14-pound baby boy born in Des Moines Mon,30 Jan 2012 01:05 PM PST Associated Press - An Iowa woman has given birth to a boy weighing 13 pounds and 13 ounces — without the aid of surgery. Full Story Top In interviews, American Muslims say they reject separate 'sharia' law system Mon,30 Jan 2012 11:43 AM PST The Lookout - A new study based on interviews with more than 200 North American Muslims concludes that a recent spate of state laws banning "sharia law" from the court system may be an overreaction to a non-existent threat. Oklahoma, Tennessee and Louisiana each passed laws or referendums to ban state judges from considering sharia and other foreign [...] Full Story Top Kermit and Piggy Fire Back at Fox News Mon,30 Jan 2012 02:35 PM PST The Upshot - Several weeks ago, Dan Gainor of the conservative Media Research Center told Fox Business host Eric Bolling that "The Muppets," the new movie starring Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, had a liberal agenda. "It's amazing how far the left will go ... to manipulate your kids to ... give them the anti-corporate message." Gainor [...] Full Story Top Pythons apparently wiping out Everglades mammals Mon,30 Jan 2012 03:06 PM PST Associated Press - A burgeoning population of huge pythons — many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big — appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals in the Everglades, a study says. Full Story Top Woman Dumps Boyfriend With Cancer But Still Wants His Super Bowl Tickets Mon,30 Jan 2012 09:17 AM PST Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow me on Twitter @Knowlesitall! Still looking for Super Bowl tickets? You may be in luck, but you're going to have to work for them. Jason Elia told ESPN 97.5 in Houston that he is giving his tickets to the person who gets him the most Twitter followers. Elia, a television [...] Full Story Top Romney-Christie, Gingrich-Rubio are most likely ticket pairings Mon,30 Jan 2012 04:31 AM PST The Signal - If you're curious why the candidates were tripping over themselves to out-praise Marco Rubio, Florida's Republican junior senator, at the last debate, look no further than the political market Intrade, where Rubio is in first place to be second fiddle with a 24 percent chance of being the eventual winner's running mate. (Meanwhile Joe Biden is the [...] Full Story Top Joe Biden Advised Against the Osama Bin Laden Raid Mon,30 Jan 2012 09:04 AM PST ABC News - Vice President Joe Biden confessed this weekend that he advised President Obama not to launch the mission that ultimately killed Osama bin Laden last spring. During remarks at a Democratic congressional retreat this weekend, Biden explained that when it came time to make the final... Full Story Top Yosemite planning to limit access to Half Dome Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST Associated Press - There was a time not long ago when a climb to the top of Yosemite National Park's Half Dome was a solitary trek attempted by only the most daring adventurers. Full Story Top Diane Sawyer and Jake Tapper on the challenges of interviewing the President Sun,29 Jan 2012 09:30 PM PST Power Players - Political Punch Interviewing the leader of the free world is not like any other interview. Everything that comes out of his mouth has the potential to make news, change policy, even disrupt the tectonic plates of geopolitics. Just ask ABC's Diane Sawyer. She's interviewed President Obama so many times she can't even count how many [...] Full Story Top Florida highway pileup kills at least 10 people Sun,29 Jan 2012 07:38 PM PST Associated Press - A long line of cars and trucks collided one after another early Sunday on a dark Florida highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were instantly blinded. At least 10 people were killed. Full Story Top Cause sought for deadly Fla. highway pileup Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:11 AM PST Associated Press - Authorities are still trying to determine what caused a horrific pileup on Interstate 75 in north-central Florida that left at least 10 people dead and injured at least 18 others. Full Story Top Newt Gingrich Says Mitt Romney 'Mislead' Country, But Would Still Endorse Him If He's the Nominee Mon,30 Jan 2012 06:23 AM PST ABC News Blogs - He has called Mitt Romney a "liar" who "mislead the entire country" in last week's debate. But that won't keep Newt Gingrich from endorsing Romney should he become the Republican nominee for president.   "I think reelecting Obama is a disaster and I'll certainly endorse the... Full Story Top Iraqi officials outraged by use of US drones: report Sun,29 Jan 2012 07:17 PM PST AFP - Iraqi officials have expressed outrage at the United States' use of a small fleet of surveillance drones to help protect the US embassy, consulates and American personnel in Iraq, The New York Times reported. Full Story Top Gingrich's narrowcast Florida campaign swamped by Romney's dollars Mon,30 Jan 2012 07:41 AM PST The Ticket - JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--With stakes this high, Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign is taking a moon shot. Since Gingrich arrived in Florida after winning the South Carolina primary last Saturday, his campaign has stumbled, despite his every effort to reach the state's largest voting blocs. In less than a week, Gingrich has made the traditional Florida rounds. He [...] Full Story Top Santorum Says Daughter Bella Has a 'Miraculous Turnaround' Mon,30 Jan 2012 07:20 AM PST ABC News Blogs - DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Rick Santorum made his first public comments on the health of his youngest daughter, Isabella, this evening on a tele-town hall with voters, saying she has had a "miraculous turnaround." "She's had a miraculous turnaround," Santorum said on the call with... Full Story Top Is Freddie Mac Betting Against Homeowners? Mon,30 Jan 2012 09:54 AM PST ABC News - Is Freddie Mac trying to help homeowners–or hurt them? A recent investigation into trades made by the taxpayer-owned mortgage giant shows that while Freddie with one hand is helping consumers get mortgages, it is, with its other, making those mortgages harder to refinance. Result: Homeowners trying to refinance their way out of high-interest mortgages... Full Story Top Keystone to be linked to U.S. highway bill: Boehner Sun,29 Jan 2012 09:42 AM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers will try to force the Obama administration to approve the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline by attaching it to a highway bill that Congress will consider next month, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said on Sunday. President Barack Obama earlier this month denied TransCanada's application for the oil sands pipeline, citing lack of time to review an alternative route within a 60-day window for action set by Congress. ... Full Story Top Bin Laden Raid: Will CIA's Secret Doctor Face Treason Trial? Mon,30 Jan 2012 06:53 AM PST ABC News - Leon Panetta Revealed Dr. Shakeel Afridi Launched Fake Vaccination Program to Spy for CIA Full Story Top Americans' Political Views Not So Far Apart Sun,29 Jan 2012 07:58 AM PST LiveScience.com - SAN DIEGO — In an election year, it's hard to turn on the television or read a newspaper without getting the sense that Americans are becoming ever more divided into red versus blue. But a new study finds that perception may be downright wrong. Full Story Top Emboldened GOP wants to abolish state income taxes Mon,30 Jan 2012 01:23 PM PST Associated Press - A year after Republicans swept into office across the country, many have trained their sights on what has long been a fiscal conservative's dream: the steep reduction or even outright elimination of state income taxes. Full Story Top Santorum: Daughter with pneumonia recovering Mon,30 Jan 2012 07:03 AM PST Associated Press - Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Sunday his daughter Bella remains in the hospital with pneumonia but is recovering after a rough 36 hours. Full Story Top Santorum's Hypocrisy Highlighted by Daughter's Illness Sun,29 Jan 2012 02:49 PM PST Yahoo! Contributor Network - COMMENTARY | Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum suspended his bid for the GOP nod to run against Barack Obama when his daughter, Bella Santorum, was hospitalized, according to the Associated Press. Bella suffers from Trisomy 18, a rare genetic disorder in which a baby has some or all of an extra chromosome. While it is always tragic for a parent to face losing a child, the situation highlights a political issue: Santorum's hypocrisy on health care, abortion and embryonic stem cell research. Full Story Top Protesters in capital pledge to stay despite ban Mon,30 Jan 2012 03:24 PM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defiant anti-Wall Street protesters in Washington vowed to remain peacefully entrenched in two parks near the White House on Monday despite a police order to stop camping on federal land, raising the specter of possible confrontation. The U.S. National Park Service, in its first challenge to the demonstrators, said last week it would start enforcing a ban at noon on Monday against camping in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza, where protesters have camped out since October. ... Full Story Top Unwitting amputee blasts health ad's altered photo Sun,29 Jan 2012 10:38 PM PST Associated Press - An overweight man who unwittingly became an amputee in advertisements that New York City is posting to warn against diabetes says he's worried the ads might hurt his acting career. Full Story Top Gingrich drops the heavy red meat in final day before Florida primary Mon,30 Jan 2012 03:06 PM PST The Ticket - TAMPA, Fla. -- Newt Gingrich swooped into the Tampa Jet Center on his chartered plane this afternoon in full conservative populist mode to deliver a hunk of red meat to his supporters before speeding off to Fort Meyers. A rowdy little assembly awaited the candidate and his surrogates Michael Reagan and Herman Cain in the [...] Full Story Top Pentagon chief sees Iran bomb potential in year Sun,29 Jan 2012 04:14 PM PST AFP - Iran could develop a nuclear bomb in about a year and create the means for delivery in a further two to three years, the US defense chief said Sunday, reiterating President Barack Obama's determination to halt the effort. Full Story Top Romney ridicules Gingrich on eve of Florida vote Mon,30 Jan 2012 03:39 PM PST Reuters - DUNEDIN, Florida (Reuters) - A confident Mitt Romney solidified his lead in Florida polls and ridiculed Republican rival Newt Gingrich on Monday, calling his opponent's attacks "sad" and "painfully revealing" the day before the state's crucial presidential primary. Romney's self-assuredness was on full display during a campaign tour that felt at times like a victory lap, with the front-runner telling a crowd of 2,000 in Dunedin, Florida: "With a turnout like this I got a feeling we might win tomorrow. ... Full Story Top Mitt Romney: The Once and Future Front Runner Looks Beyond Florida Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:20 AM PST Time.com - In a Republican primary season marked by political chaos, here's something that finally seems settled: Mitt Romney will win Tuesday's Florida primary. So say the latest public polls, several of which suggest Romney has a double-digit lead over Newt Gingrich. So say Romney supporters, who have delighted in discombobulating the former Speaker with a week of overwhelming force from all directions. And so say many Gingrich backers, who are already looking past Tuesday's contest to find states in which their candidate might live to fight another day. Full Story Top Missing ME toddler's blood found in father's home Sun,29 Jan 2012 08:20 PM PST Associated Press - Some of the blood found in a Maine home where a missing toddler was last seen six weeks ago belonged to the little girl, an official said Sunday. Full Story Top Arrests in Oakland protests rise to more than 400 Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:00 AM PST Reuters - OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) - Crews cleaned up Oakland's historic City Hall on Sunday from damage inflicted overnight during violent anti-Wall Street protests that resulted in about 400 arrests, marking one of the largest mass arrests since nationwide protests began last year. At a press conference on Sunday, Oakland police and city officials said they did not have a final tally of arrests. Earlier in the day, the city's emergency operations office put the figure at around 400. The skirmishes injured three officers and at least one demonstrator. ... Full Story Top Health Reform Law Gaining Wider Acceptance: Poll Mon,30 Jan 2012 04:10 PM PST HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Americans are slowly starting to embrace some key components of the controversial health care reform act signed into law by President Barack Obama nearly two years ago, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll found. Full Story Top Afghan woman killed, apparently for bearing girl Mon,30 Jan 2012 08:30 AM PST Associated Press - An Afghan woman has been strangled to death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he wanted, police said Monday. Full Story Top Capitol architect wanted to reanimate George Washington's corpse Mon,30 Jan 2012 11:00 AM PST The Sideshow - George Washington wasn't only America's first president, he was also almost its first zombie. After Washington died from an illness in December 1799, his family nearly accepted an offer from a physician who believed he could bring America's first commander in chief back to life. The website io9 writes that physician William Thornton is best [...] Full Story Top State Dept: Americans take refuge at Cairo embassy Mon,30 Jan 2012 12:56 PM PST Associated Press - Three American citizens barred from leaving Egypt have sought refuge at the American Embassy in Cairo amid growing tensions between the two allies over an Egyptian investigation into foreign-funded pro-democracy groups. Full Story Top

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