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News: Deadline expires for 'Doomsday' fix: What you need to know Babies in dog-owning families may be healthier Obama: Let Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest expire Great White Shark: Cape Cod Beach Reopens After Sighting Rick Perry joins Republican governors who won't implement Obamacare Locals vow revenge for Afghan woman's execution Detroit Woman Dead After Hugging Off-Duty Cop, Discharging Gun 'Obama pays your bills' scam claims more victims Obama team targets Romney over taxes, Republicans cry foul Georgia Little League Brawl Caught on Tape, Two Men Arrested Obama picks tax-cut fight with Republicans NY man nears 3 millionth mile in beloved '66 Volvo Romney outraised Obama by $35 million in June Campaign ads already having an impact in swing states Manhunt for Georgia money manager accused of embezzling millions Jordanian parliment member throws shoe, pulls gun on critic on live TV Democrats want Romney to explain offshore accounts How Obama squandered the surge Obama to push extension of middle-class tax cuts Oscar-winning film star Ernest Borgnine dies in LA at age 95 Texas to test 1965 voting rights law in court Democrats cast GOP as 'out of touch' using Romney donor's quote Mitt Romney, meet your fundraising match: Elizabeth Warren Manhunt is on for Taliban militants who executed Afghan woman accused of adultery Obama Campaign Renews Call for Romney Release of Tax Returns 'What's happening, Mitt': Spike Lee on the time he met Romney Democrats accuse conservative political groups of exploiting tax-exempt status More public schools splitting up boys, girls Monday's Internet 'blackout' fizzles Feds Offer $1 Million Reward for Alleged 'Fast and Furious' Killers Opossum protein neutralizes nearly all poisons, could have benefits for humans Tough ID laws could block thousands of 2012 votes First half of year: hottest on record On drug reform, Chris Christie shows his gentler side Feds name 4 suspects linked to Fast and Furious WHO finds virus link to Cambodia mystery disease NATO: 6 killed in Afghanistan blast were US troops Pakistan shuns physicist linked to 'God particle' Terror Suspect Tagged, Tracked, Nabbed Near Olympic Park 3 gored at Pamplona's 3rd running of bulls Deadline expires for 'Doomsday' fix: What you need to know Sun,8 Jul 2012 08:58 AM PDT Thousands of computer users may be without Internet access Monday after a deadline expired for a temporary fix to a malicious software scam shut down by the FBI last year. What is it? Millions of computers were infected with the so-called "Internet Doomsday" virus used in the hacking scam, which redirected Internet searches through DNS [...] Full Story Top Babies in dog-owning families may be healthier Sun,8 Jul 2012 09:19 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Dogs are no longer just man's best friend: The furry family members may also protect infants against breathing problems and infections, a new study suggests. Researchers found that Finnish babies who lived with a dog or - to a lesser extent - a cat spent fewer weeks with ear infections, coughs or running noses. They were also less likely to need antibiotics than infants in pet-free homes. Dr. ... Full Story Top Obama: Let Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest expire Mon,9 Jul 2012 10:28 AM PDT Sounding every bit like the candidate he is, President Barack Obama called Monday for a one-year extension of Bush-era tax cuts on annual income up to $250,000, while letting those that chiefly benefit the very wealthy expire on schedule at year's end. The proposal reignited an election-year fight designed to polish his credentials as a [...] Full Story Top Great White Shark: Cape Cod Beach Reopens After Sighting Sun,8 Jul 2012 09:45 AM PDT ABC News - Swimmers in Cape Cod, Mass. are venturing back into the water Sunday after a great white shark sighting closed a popular beach this weekend. Lifeguards and swimmers spotted the shark some 100 to 150 yards off Nauset Beach in Orleans Saturday afternoon. The 12-14 foot... Full Story Top Rick Perry joins Republican governors who won't implement Obamacare Mon,9 Jul 2012 09:50 AM PDT (LM Otero/AP) Texas Gov. Rick Perry has vowed not to implement state programs required under President Barack Obama's federal health care law. He joins several other Republican governors who remain opposed to the state mandates after the Supreme Court upheld the law's constitutionality. NBC's Dallas affiliate reports that Perry announced his refusal to create a [...] Full Story Top Locals vow revenge for Afghan woman's execution Sun,8 Jul 2012 02:47 PM PDT Reuters - CHARIKAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Sayed Jalal furrowed his eyebrows in anger as he vowed to avenge the public execution of a woman in front of a large crowd not far from Kabul, brazen violence that spurred shock and sharp condemnation from Afghan authorities and the United States. The Taliban denied involvement in the killing in Parwan province, in which an unnamed woman's head and body were riddled with bullets at close range in punishment for alleged adultery. Authorities in Kabul directly blamed the Islamist group. "We will take revenge for this. ... Full Story Top Detroit Woman Dead After Hugging Off-Duty Cop, Discharging Gun Mon,9 Jul 2012 08:54 AM PDT ABC News - Woman Who Hugged Off-Duty Detroit Cop Dead After Gun Discharges Full Story Top 'Obama pays your bills' scam claims more victims Mon,9 Jul 2012 09:35 AM PDT A multistate identity theft scam that claims President Barack Obama will pay your utility bills appears to have widened. According to MSNBC.com, more than 2,000 customers in Tampa, Fla., fell for the fake offer last week. The scheme was first reported in May, when Dallas-based Atmos Energy warned its 3 million customers in 12 states [...] Full Story Top Obama team targets Romney over taxes, Republicans cry foul Sun,8 Jul 2012 03:45 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign and top Democrats on Sunday called on Mitt Romney to release more personal tax records and raised questions about his offshore assets that the Republican challenger's campaign condemned as an "unseemly and disgusting" character assault. Democrats and Republicans tussled over the economy, but it was Romney's offshore assets that Democrats seized on during the Sunday talk shows in their quest to portray him as a wealthy man out of touch with ordinary Americans. Romney faces Obama in the November 6 election and polls indicate a close race. ... Full Story Top Georgia Little League Brawl Caught on Tape, Two Men Arrested Mon,9 Jul 2012 09:11 AM PDT A fun day at a Little League baseball diamond in Georgia turned into anything but this weekend after a dispute about music resulted in a Major League brawl between two men who are now headed to court. The fight started when Iram King, 36, asked... Full Story Top Obama picks tax-cut fight with Republicans Mon,9 Jul 2012 06:53 AM PDT President Barack Obama will call Monday for a one-year extension of the Bush-era tax cuts that chiefly benefit families making less than $250,000 annually, setting an election-year collision course with Republicans that seems designed to amplify his core campaign message. An Obama aide confirmed the news, which was first reported in The New York Times. [...] Full Story Top NY man nears 3 millionth mile in beloved '66 Volvo Mon,9 Jul 2012 05:31 AM PDT Associated Press - It just keeps going, and going, and going. No, it's not a battery. It's Irvin Gordon's 1966 Volvo P1800S. Full Story Top Romney outraised Obama by $35 million in June Mon,9 Jul 2012 04:31 AM PDT Mitt Romney's campaign officially confirmed June as a record-breaking fundraising month, announcing Monday that he raised $106 million for his campaign and the Republican National Committee. The total includes contributions to the Romney campaign and the Romney Victory Fund, a joint committee set up between the campaign and the RNC. According to a statement from [...] Full Story Top Campaign ads already having an impact in swing states Mon,9 Jul 2012 07:19 AM PDT With four months to go until Election Day, more than $150 million has already been spent on campaign ads in key swing states, and a new poll suggests that spending is already having an impact on voters' views of the campaign. A new USA Today/Gallup poll of swing state voters finds most of those polled [...] Full Story Top Manhunt for Georgia money manager accused of embezzling millions Mon,9 Jul 2012 07:43 AM PDT Did Georgia money manager Aubrey Lee Price commit suicide in shame or skip town with $17 million? According to the FBI, the 46-year-old disappeared in mid-June "after telling acquaintances that he had lost a large amount of money through trading activities and that he planned to kill himself." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Price told [...] Full Story Top Jordanian parliment member throws shoe, pulls gun on critic on live TV Mon,9 Jul 2012 03:13 PM PDT Talk about must-see TV. In Jordan, a furious TV debate turned into a YouTube moment when a member of parliament threw a shoe and pulled a gun on his rival. The scene has been replayed on the Web more than 110,000 times, and counting. Luckily, nobody was hurt, although the gun-drawing parliamentarian, identified by the [...] Full Story Top Democrats want Romney to explain offshore accounts Mon,9 Jul 2012 05:30 AM PDT Associated Press - Mitt Romney privately raised millions of dollars from New York's elite on Sunday, as Democrats launched coordinated attacks against the likely Republican presidential nominee, intensifying calls for him to explain offshore bank accounts and release several years of tax returns. Full Story Top How Obama squandered the surge Mon,9 Jul 2012 03:13 AM PDT Political Punch The war in Afghanistan has faced mountainous hurdles, many of which, a new book reveals, originated not in the desert mountains of Kandahar or Helmand Province, but at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, where Washington infighting reached a fevered pitch. "We squandered the troop surge," says Rajiv Chandrasekaran, author of Little America: The War Within [...] Full Story Top Obama to push extension of middle-class tax cuts Mon,9 Jul 2012 08:54 AM PDT Associated Press - President Barack Obama is launching a push to extend tax cuts for the middle class, as he seeks to shift the election-year economic debate from the dismal jobs market to assertions that Republican rival Mitt Romney protects the rich. Full Story Top Oscar-winning film star Ernest Borgnine dies in LA at age 95 Sun,8 Jul 2012 02:26 PM PDT Ernest Borgnine, who created a variety of memorable characters in both movies and television and won the best-actor Oscar for his role as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955, died Sunday. He was 95. Borgnine's longtime spokesman, Harry Flynn, told The Associated Press that Borgnine died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with [...] Full Story Top Texas to test 1965 voting rights law in court Sun,8 Jul 2012 06:46 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Voting Rights Act - a cherished safeguard for minority voters since 1965 - has been under siege for two years and this week faces one of its toughest tests on an apparent path to the U.S. Supreme Court. Twenty-five hours of argument, starting on Monday and spread over five days, will help the judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia decide whether Texas can require voters to present a photo identification at the polls. Formulated at a time of racial turmoil, the Voting Rights Act passed 77-19 in the U.S. ... Full Story Top Democrats cast GOP as 'out of touch' using Romney donor's quote Mon,9 Jul 2012 01:10 PM PDT Democrats aiming to cast Mitt Romney and Republicans as out of touch with average Americans are seizing on comments an unnamed GOP donor made to a reporter outside a Romney campaign fundraiser in the Hamptons on Sunday suggesting "common people" don't understand what's at stake in the upcoming election. "I don't think the common person [...] Full Story Top Mitt Romney, meet your fundraising match: Elizabeth Warren Mon,9 Jul 2012 09:57 AM PDT Elizabeth Warren, the Democrat who is running for Scott Brown's U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, is nearly keeping pace with Mitt Romney's astronomical fundraising levels, according to the latest figures released Monday by each campaign. If the measurement is money raised per voter, rather than total dollars, that is. In the month of June, according to [...] Full Story Top Manhunt is on for Taliban militants who executed Afghan woman accused of adultery Mon,9 Jul 2012 06:43 AM PDT A manhunt is under way in Afghanistan for a group of men who publicly executed a woman accused of adultery. The video of the execution—which showed men cheering after the woman was killed—sparked immediate outrage. It's unclear when the execution in the village of Qimchok in the Parwan province near Kabul took place. Afghan authorities [...] Full Story Top Obama Campaign Renews Call for Romney Release of Tax Returns Sun,8 Jul 2012 05:51 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - The Obama campaign is renewing calls on Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney to release more of his tax returns, saying a fuller disclosure is the only way to resolve questions about his secretive offshore finances, which Democrats have been scrutinizing for the past week. "These... Full Story Top 'What's happening, Mitt': Spike Lee on the time he met Romney Mon,9 Jul 2012 10:00 AM PDT Spike Lee is an unabashed supporter of President Barack Obama's re-election this fall. But in an interview with New York Magazine's Will Leitch, the New York filmmaker skips an opportunity to bash Mitt Romney and instead recounts a story about the time he randomly met the future Republican nominee at an airport: What do you [...] Full Story Top Democrats accuse conservative political groups of exploiting tax-exempt status Mon,9 Jul 2012 07:25 AM PDT The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee will file a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission Monday against politically active conservative groups operating under tax-exempt status, Yahoo News has confirmed. The organizations under fire from the DSCC include Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies, Americans for Prosperity and the 60 Plus Association, which have already spent millions on [...] Full Story Top More public schools splitting up boys, girls Sun,8 Jul 2012 11:24 AM PDT Associated Press - Robin Gilbert didn't set out to confront gender stereotypes when she split up the boys and girls at her elementary school in rural southwestern Idaho. Full Story Top Monday's Internet 'blackout' fizzles Mon,9 Jul 2012 10:24 AM PDT The Great Internet Blackout of 2012, which the FBI feared could impact thousands of Internet users, came and went with little more than a whimper on Monday, as the so-called "Doomsday" deadline passed with few reports of outages. At 12:01 a.m. EDT, the FBI shut down temporary servers it had set up to handle Web [...] Full Story Top Feds Offer $1 Million Reward for Alleged 'Fast and Furious' Killers Mon,9 Jul 2012 12:56 PM PDT ABC News - Brian Terry Killed with ATF Gun by Mexican 'Border Bandits' Full Story Top Opossum protein neutralizes nearly all poisons, could have benefits for humans Mon,9 Jul 2012 12:06 PM PDT Opossums may someday provide an antidote to nearly all forms of poison, including everything from snakebites to ricin. The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins has found that the American opossum produces a protein known as Lethal Toxin-Neutralizing Factor (LTNF). And as the Boing Boing blog points out, the LTNF protein is exactly what it [...] Full Story Top Tough ID laws could block thousands of 2012 votes Sun,8 Jul 2012 10:08 AM PDT Associated Press - When Edward and Mary Weidenbener went to vote in Indiana's primary in May, they didn't realize that state law required them to bring government photo IDs such as a driver's license or passport. Full Story Top First half of year: hottest on record Mon,9 Jul 2012 02:49 PM PDT Click image to view more photos. In what should come as no surprise to many people living in the United States in the last month or so, the first half of 2012 was officially the hottest ever recorded. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the period from January through June was "the [...] Full Story Top On drug reform, Chris Christie shows his gentler side Mon,9 Jul 2012 10:42 AM PDT Meet the softer, gentler side of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Just weeks after New Jersey lawmakers passed a bill that would establish a program offering medical treatment instead of jail time for nonviolent drug offenders, Christie, a possible vice presidential contender, praised the measure during a speech in Washington, D.C. "If you're pro-life, as [...] Full Story Top Feds name 4 suspects linked to Fast and Furious Mon,9 Jul 2012 01:55 PM PDT Associated Press - Authorities made a rare disclosure Monday linked to the botched gun-smuggling investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious, revealing identities and requesting the public's help in capturing four fugitives accused in the shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent 18 months ago. Full Story Top WHO finds virus link to Cambodia mystery disease Mon,9 Jul 2012 04:05 AM PDT AFP - Health experts working to identify an illness that has killed dozens of children in Cambodia found a link to a virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease, the UN health agency said on Monday. Full Story Top NATO: 6 killed in Afghanistan blast were US troops Mon,9 Jul 2012 04:13 AM PDT Associated Press - All six troops killed in a weekend roadside bombing in eastern Afghanistan were Americans, NATO confirmed Monday. Full Story Top Pakistan shuns physicist linked to 'God particle' Sun,8 Jul 2012 09:12 PM PDT Associated Press - The pioneering work of Abdus Salam, Pakistan's only Nobel laureate, helped lead to the apparent discovery of the subatomic "God particle" last week. But the late physicist is no hero at home, where his name has been stricken from school textbooks. Full Story Top Terror Suspect Tagged, Tracked, Nabbed Near Olympic Park Mon,9 Jul 2012 11:34 AM PDT ABC News - An accused terrorist was re-arrested for repeatedly getting too close to London's Olympic Park thanks to a GPS monitoring device that British authorities have used in special cases to track terror suspects who may pose a risk but cannot be prosecuted, local authorities said Sunday.... Full Story Top 3 gored at Pamplona's 3rd running of bulls Mon,9 Jul 2012 05:59 AM PDT Associated Press - A bull gored two Britons and an American during the running of the bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona on Monday, officials said. Full Story Top

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