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Edwards: 'I did an awful, awful lot that was wrong'
Thu,31 May 2012 11:32 AM PDT

Ex-presidential candidate John Edwards speaks outside a federal courthouse as his daughter, Cate Edwards, left, and father Wallace Edwards, listen after his campaign finance fraud case ended in a mistrial Thursday, May 31, 2012 in Greensboro, N.C. Jurors acquitted Edwards on one charge and deadlocked on the other five, unable to decide whether he used money from two wealthy donors to hide his pregnant mistress while he ran for president and his wife was dying of cancer. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)The jury can only come to a consensus on one of the six counts against the former presidential candidate.


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Sheriff hopeful faces kidnapping charges
Thu,31 May 2012 06:10 PM PDT
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Former Secret Service Agent Charged in Kidnapping PlotA former U.S. Secret Service agent campaigning to be a sheriff in South Carolina is facing charges for allegedly plotting to kidnap a retired judge.


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Nandipati wins National Spelling Bee
Thu,31 May 2012 07:17 PM PDT
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California, holds her trophy after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee at National Harbor in MarylandSnigdha Nandipati heard a few words she didn't know during the National Spelling Bee, but never when she stepped to the microphone.


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House rejects ban on sex-selection abortions
Thu,31 May 2012 01:23 PM PDT
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Lawmakers, Activists Target 'Gendercide' Sex SelectionThe House voted today to reject a measure that would have banned sex-selection abortions in the United States, pitting Republicans and Democrats in a showdown over a woman's right to choose, which opponents contended was "intended to chip away at woman's right to obtain safe,...


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Sandusky asks court for delay in child molestation case
Thu,31 May 2012 04:58 PM PDT
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Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State football defensive coordinator, arrives for a hearing at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, PennsylvaniaA former Penn State assistant football coach accused of molesting boys is asking an appeals court to delay the proceedings against him.


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Symbolic weddings and more photos of the day
Thu,31 May 2012 03:00 PM PDT
Symbolic weddings and more photos of the dayA Chinese bride poses with a Bavarian coachman after her symbolic wedding in Fuessen, Germany, Thursday, May 31, 2012. 15 Chinese couples who already got married in China, travelled to Germany to repeat their promise of marriage at Neuschwanstein Castle. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Nancy Reagan endorses Mitt Romney
Thu,31 May 2012 05:10 PM PDT

Former first lady Nancy Reagan shakes hands with Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as wife Ann Romney looks on at Reagan's residence in Los AngelesNancy Reagan announced Thursday she's backing Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. The endorsement came after Romney and his wife, Ann, met with the former first lady at her home outside Los Angeles over "lemonade and cookies," according to a statement. Reagan called him the "clear choice" in the 2012 race. "I offered my [...]


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Cosmic collision: Milky Way to crash head-on with Andromeda
Thu,31 May 2012 12:46 PM PDT
SPACE.com -

Milky Way Galaxy Doomed to Head-On Crash with AndromedaFour billion years from now, the Milky Way galaxy as we know it will cease to exist.


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Police: 'Hero' saved lives in Seattle shootings
Thu,31 May 2012 04:31 PM PDT
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Friends and neighbors stand at the scene of where a gunman killed four people and severely wounded another in a cafe a day earlier, Thursday, May 31, 2012, in Seattle. Police say the assailant later killed a woman during a carjacking before shooting himself. As officers closed in during a widespread manhunt on Wednesday, the suspect put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger and later died at a hospital. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Someone inside an artsy Seattle cafe where a gunman opened fire threw stools at the assailant during a shooting rampage police described as "callous, horrific and cold," a move that allowed others to run to safety.


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Clinton blasts Russia for supporting Syrian regime
Thu,31 May 2012 02:25 PM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a Green Partnership for Growth event at the Parliament in CopenhagenSecretary of State Hillary Clinton bluntly warned Russia on Thursday that its support for Syria's Bashar al-Assad could help trigger a "catastrophic" civil war in Syria that risks spilling across the Middle East with devastating consequences. "My argument to the Russians is — they keep telling me they don't want to see a civil war, [...]


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Ready for Taxmageddon?
Thu,31 May 2012 12:53 PM PDT
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The US Capitol Building is pictured at duskThe reality of "Taxmageddon" – a heavy load of tax code provisions expiring at the end of the year – is that lawmakers probably won't come together on a comprehensive agreement until after the election this fall. But that has not stopped congressional leaders from...


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'Sesame Street' allegedly used in Guantanamo interrogations
Thu,31 May 2012 06:45 PM PDT
A new documentary alleges that detainees at Guantanamo Bay were "tortured" by being forced to listen to songs from Sesame Street for days on end. The Al Jazeera film, "Songs of War," features Christopher Cerf, who has worked as a composer on Sesame Street for more than four decades. "My first reaction was this just [...] Full Story
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Court: Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional
Thu,31 May 2012 10:52 AM PDT

Court: Heart of Gay Marriage Law UnconstitutionalOn Thursday, a federal appeals court in Boston ruled that the government's ban on gay marriage, called the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), violates the Constitution and should be struck down.


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Do campaign slogans matter?
Thu,31 May 2012 01:36 PM PDT

Romney Rebounds Among Women, While Obama's Favorability SlipsSo, what is President Obama's slogan this campaign? You don't know, do you?  How about Mitt Romney's?  Bet you didn't know that one either. The answer is "Forward" for Obama and "Believe in America" for Romney — and neither has the kind of pop that Obama got from "Hope and Change" back in [...]


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Romney makes unannounced visit to Solyndra
Thu,31 May 2012 10:27 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 29, 2012 file photo, epublican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks in Las Vegas. President Barack Obama's campaign was opening a new critique of Mitt Romney's record on Wednesday, focusing attention on the Republican nominee's economic agenda while he served as governor of Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)Mitt Romney has made the Obama administration's loans to failed energy company Solyndra central to his argument that the president doesn't understand how to create jobs or stimulate the economy.


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Osama bin Laden doctor in danger inside, outside prison
Thu,31 May 2012 11:02 AM PDT
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Osama Bin Laden Doctor in Danger Inside, Outside PrisonThe recently-jailed Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden is not only in danger inside prison, according to officials there, but now faces threats from the Taliban and another terrorist organization should they find him outside.


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Tourist captures video of tipping iceberg
Thu,31 May 2012 11:53 AM PDT
A tourist has captured some rare and startling video of an iceberg tipping over. The tourist was traveling on a boat near the Upsala Glacier in Argentina and caught the unexpected moment. Writing on YouTube under the name "osibaruch," the tourist says: "While we were passing by it with a catamaran, the huge berg lost [...] Full Story
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Guitar Pee urinal turns user into a music whiz
Thu,31 May 2012 01:54 PM PDT
There's no denying it, this is a clear case of yellow journalism. Billboard Brasil has created a new musically interactive urinal that strums guitar chords while someone goes to the bathroom. The Guitar Pee is designed to look like an actual electric guitar and plays a unique set of notes with each use. In fact, [...] Full Story
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Authorities: Md. man admits eating heart of victim
Thu,31 May 2012 04:51 PM PDT
Associated Press - A 21-year-old college student accused of killing a housemate told police he ate the victim's heart and part of his brain after he died. Full Story
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New NASA telescope will hunt for black holes
Thu,31 May 2012 11:08 AM PDT
On June 13, NASA's new orbiting telescope, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), will launch into space so we can have a closer look at mysterious black holes and dazzling supernova explosions. The telescope will take off aboard a rocket from the Kwajalein … Continue reading Full Story
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