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- Colorado Batman Movie Shooting Suspect James Holmes Was PhD Student
- Aurora, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting: 12 Dead; James Holmes Held as Suspect
- Experts argue Obamacare mistake could doom key part of law
- VIDEO: Marines in Afghanistan Perform 'Call Me Maybe'
- Witnesses: Chaos and confusion inside the Colorado movie theater shooting
- New Planet Found, Smaller Than Earth, Orbiting Distant Star
- U.S. whooping cough outbreak could be worst in half century
- Colorado shooting suspect's neighbors: one was going to movie but bailed
- Boy dies after sand tunnel collapse in New Jersey
- Mass Shooting at Colo. Movie Theater, 10 People Dead
- Aurora Suspect James Holmes' Mother: 'You Have the Right Person'
- Top Republicans denounce attack on Clinton aide
- George Zimmerman Prosecution May Use TV Interview as Evidence
- Couple in Colo. Theater Shooting Escape With Baby and Toddler in Tow
- First Military Base Same-Sex Wedding Held
- Generosity greatly changes fortunes of bullied bus monitor
- FBI, police say suspect's apartment 'booby-trapped'
- Was James Holmes, Suspected Aurora Shooter, Inspired by Batman?
- President Obama in Florida: Mitt Romney's Medicare Plan Leaves Seniors 'Out of Luck'
- $20K for Drumsticks? GSA Blasted for One-Day Quarter-Million Dollar Awards Conference
- 3 LA-area homeless people found stabbed with notes
- Police: 14 dead in Colorado theater shooting
- Movie theater shooting victim Jessica Ghawi narrowly missed a previous attack
- Ron Paul: I 'Have Not' Decided If I'll Vote for Romney
- House votes to appropriate $606 billion for defense
- Water-only café opens to flood of criticism in New York City
- Vice President Joe Biden Hits Mitt Romney, GOP on Outsourcing
- George W. Bush skipping Republican convention
- Photos: 300,000 Caribou Huddle Together To Avoid Insects
- North Korea speculation rampant in Seoul
- AT&T vs. Verizon: Who has the better shared data plan?
- Ladies of Florida retirement village pucker up for the president
- CDC: Whooping cough rising at alarming rate in US
- 'Media manipulator' admits he lied as a source for the Times, ABC, CBS
- Service members to march in gay pride parade
- Navy's "Great Green Fleet" debuts in Pacific
- McDonald's: Digital specs prompt privacy fears
- Businessman buys Texas town, renames it 'Bikinis'
- 48 Tons of Silver Recovered From World War II Shipwreck
- Chick-fil-A president slams gay marriage
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Experts argue Obamacare mistake could doom key part of law
Thu,19 Jul 2012 02:28 PM PDT
States could dodge a key part of the health care reform law because of a little-noticed mistake in the lengthy bill, according to a white paper by conservative health care experts Michael Cannon and Jonathan Adler. A missing word in the law's definition of a health insurance exchange could prevent the federal government from [...] Full Story | Top |
VIDEO: Marines in Afghanistan Perform 'Call Me Maybe'
Wed,18 Jul 2012 04:17 PM PDT
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then "Call Me Maybe," the catchy song from Carly Rae Jepsen, must have many admirers. The pop tune has been imitated, duplicated, parodied and lip-synced numerous times by a diverse field of performers including former Secretary of... Full Story | Top |
U.S. whooping cough outbreak could be worst in half century
Thu,19 Jul 2012 10:13 PM PDT
Reuters - SEATTLE (Reuters) - The number of U.S. whooping cough cases has risen to around 18,000 in an outbreak that is on track to become the most severe in over a half century and could in part stem from possible waning vaccine protection, health officials said on Thursday. Washington state, which declared an epidemic in April, and Wisconsin were particularly hard hit, with each reporting more than 3,000 cases, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nine people have died overall and the number of cases was already more than double than at the same time last year. ... Full Story | Top |
Colorado shooting suspect's neighbors: one was going to movie but bailed
Fri,20 Jul 2012 01:51 PM PDT
Click image to see more photos (Barry Gutierrez/AP) AURORA, Colo.--Leilannah White woke Friday morning thankful her last-minute plans fell through. Hours earlier, the 22-year-old Aurora resident and her husband planned to catch the midnight premiere of newest Batman movie at the Century 16 theater at the Aurora Town Center. But they couldn't find someone to [...] Full Story | Top |
Boy dies after sand tunnel collapse in New Jersey
Thu,19 Jul 2012 07:35 AM PDT
A 12-year-old boy who was rushed to the hospital after a sand tunnel collapsed on him at a New Jersey beach has died. The boy and his brother were digging a tunnel at the Long Branch, N.J., beach late Tuesday when it collapsed on him, trapping him under the sand, police and witnesses said. Lifeguards [...] Full Story | Top |
Top Republicans denounce attack on Clinton aide
Thu,19 Jul 2012 11:02 AM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - The top Republican in the Congress on Thursday criticized Representative Michele Bachmann and four other fellow House Republicans for making "pretty dangerous" accusations when they questioned the security clearance of a Muslim aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. ...
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First Military Base Same-Sex Wedding Held
Thu,19 Jul 2012 02:21 PM PDT
ABC News -  Two men became the first same-sex couple to marry on a military base when they held their wedding ceremony last month at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. Tech Sgt. Erwynn Umali and his partner, Will Behrens, married June 23 on the base where Umali,...
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Generosity greatly changes fortunes of bullied bus monitor
Fri,20 Jul 2012 07:35 AM PDT
Life hasn't always been kind to Karen Klein. She was a widow at 51. She lost her son, Rusty, to suicide 10 years ago. She had to take out a loan against her paid-off home to make ends meet. Health problems have limited her hearing and, sometimes, her ability to walk. Then, last month, a [...] Full Story | Top |
FBI, police say suspect's apartment 'booby-trapped'
Fri,20 Jul 2012 08:04 AM PDT
Aurora, Colo., police and FBI officials told Denver NBC affiliate 9News Friday morning that the suspect in the early Friday movie theater mass shooting has "booby-trapped" his apartment with a sophisticated setup of flammable devices that could take authorities days to disarm. Your thoughts: If you are a Denver-area resident, share your perspective, thoughts and observations [...] Full Story | Top |
Police: 14 dead in Colorado theater shooting
Fri,20 Jul 2012 05:12 AM PDT
Associated Press -  A gunman wearing a gas mask set off an unknown gas and fired into a crowded movie theater in suburban Denver theater at a midnight opening of the Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises," killing 14 people and injuring at least 50 others, authorities said.
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Movie theater shooting victim Jessica Ghawi narrowly missed a previous attack
Fri,20 Jul 2012 07:32 AM PDT
Click image to see more photos. (REUTERS/Evan Semon) An aspiring sports journalist and "The Dark Knight Rises" fan, Jessica Ghawi was among 12 people killed in the mass shooting early Friday morning at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. The native Texan had written movingly about witnessing an earlier mass shooting incident in Toronto. [[Your [...] Full Story | Top |
Ron Paul: I 'Have Not' Decided If I'll Vote for Romney
Thu,19 Jul 2012 03:08 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - Ron Paul, who is still technically running for the Republican nomination, says he has not decided whether or not he'll vote for Mitt Romney. "I have not made a decision," Paul told Fox Business Network's Liz Claman and David Asman. When asked what he thinks about... Full Story | Top |
House votes to appropriate $606 billion for defense
Thu,19 Jul 2012 06:23 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives approved on Thursday $606 billion in defense spending for next year after two days of debate that saw lawmakers from both parties line up to condemn the ongoing war in Afghanistan as a waste of lives and money. The Republican-dominated House voted 326-90 to approve the annual defense appropriations bill, which includes a Pentagon base budget of $518 billion plus $87.7 billion in spending for the Afghanistan war and other overseas operations, according to the House Appropriations Committee. ... Full Story | Top |
Water-only café opens to flood of criticism in New York City
Thu,19 Jul 2012 01:09 PM PDT
A water-only café serving filtered New York City tap water is facing a wave of criticism for its overpriced, artisanal H20. Molecule, which recently opened in Manhattan's East Village, charges $2.50 per 16-ounce glass of water treated with its custom-built, $25,000 purifier. It's "a cocktail bar for water enthusiasts," the Wall Street Journal said in [...] Full Story | Top |
Vice President Joe Biden Hits Mitt Romney, GOP on Outsourcing
Thu,19 Jul 2012 06:45 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - Speaking to a union in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden accused Mitt Romney and Republicans of fostering a business environment that promotes outsourcing. He accused Romney of making his business experience the hallmark of his campaign and even credited him for creating jobs... Full Story | Top |
George W. Bush skipping Republican convention
Fri,20 Jul 2012 02:17 PM PDT
Add former president George W. Bush to the list of no-shows at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. (The Democrats have their own issues on the convention-skipping front). Bush, who has mostly kept out of sight since leaving office in January 2009, was "grateful" for an invitation to the gathering that will formally nominate Mitt [...] Full Story | Top |
Photos: 300,000 Caribou Huddle Together To Avoid Insects
Fri,20 Jul 2012 06:51 AM PDT
LiveScience.com -  Humans are not the only creatures bothered by mosquitoes and flies. They harass caribou so much that earlier this month, about 300,000 of the animals huddled closely together in Northwest Alaska to avoid being bitten and parasitized.
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Ladies of Florida retirement village pucker up for the president
Thu,19 Jul 2012 05:20 PM PDT
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The next time President Barack Obama needs to feel some love, the lips of the ladies from the Century Village retirement community in South Florida will be ready to greet him. The president was met by about 700 mostly elderly and excited supporters here Thursday, where a row of grannies [...] Full Story | Top |
CDC: Whooping cough rising at alarming rate in US
Thu,19 Jul 2012 04:09 PM PDT
Associated Press -  The U.S. appears headed for its worst year for whooping cough in more than five decades, with the number of cases rising at an epidemic rate that experts say may reflect a problem with the effectiveness of the vaccine.
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'Media manipulator' admits he lied as a source for the Times, ABC, CBS
Thu,19 Jul 2012 11:58 AM PDT
A self-described "media manipulator" who served as an "expert" source for a slew of news outlets admitted he made it all up to prove that the media "will literally print anything." He also did it to promote a book. Ryan Holiday, a 25-year-old marketing director for American Apparel, revealed his "experiment" in an interview with [...] Full Story | Top |
Navy's "Great Green Fleet" debuts in Pacific
Thu,19 Jul 2012 06:09 AM PDT
Reuters - HONOLULU (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy's "Great Green Fleet," a group of warships and fighter jets burning an expensive blend of biofuels and petroleum, made its operational debut on Wednesday as the Senate prepared for a political fight over the program's cost. Dozens of F/A-18 Super Hornets and other aircraft powered by conventional jet fuel mixed with recycled cooking grease and algae oil screamed off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during international military exercises in the central Pacific. ... Full Story | Top |
McDonald's: Digital specs prompt privacy fears
Thu,19 Jul 2012 07:52 AM PDT
Associated Press - McDonald's workers in Paris who stopped a Canadian professor from wearing computerized eyeglasses feared he could be recording or photographing people in violation of their privacy, the company said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
Businessman buys Texas town, renames it 'Bikinis'
Thu,19 Jul 2012 01:15 PM PDT
If you like ordering burgers and beer from women dressed in bikinis, there's now a town just for you. Literally. Self-described "breastaurateur" Doug Guller has purchased an unincorporated ghost town in Texas and renamed it "Bikinis" after his Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill franchise. "Bikinis, TX will be a world class destination and I am [...] Full Story | Top |
Chick-fil-A president slams gay marriage
Wed,18 Jul 2012 01:11 PM PDT
The president of Chick-fil-A, the fast food chain with more than 1,600 restaurants and $4 billion in revenue, has come out against same-sex marriage. "I think we are inviting God's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, 'We know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage,'" Dan [...] Full Story | Top |
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