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- Voters on Christie's Address: Likable, Honest but Lacking Romney Focus
- 'Hitler' clothing store stirs anger in India
- School asks deaf preschooler to change his sign language name
- Race incident sees Republican convention expulsions
- SEAL book raises questions about bin Laden's death
- Hurricane Isaac storm surge tops levee in Plaquemines Parish
- Ann Romney, Chris Christie: Mitt Romney's heart and spine
- Jewish Student Says Attackers Stapled His Lips Shut
- Ann Romney Woos Hispanic Voters, Urging They Get Past 'Their Biases'
- GOP OKs platform barring abortions, gay marriage
- Obama administration hikes CAFE fuel economy standard to 54.5 mpg
- FACT CHECK: Anti-Obama film muddy on facts
- 'Missing' woman unknowingly joins search for herself
- Are You Being Monitored At Work?
- Rudy Giuliani: Election between 'Mr. Cool' and 'Mr. Competent'
- Obama - Don't Boo the RNC, Vote
- Live-blog: Tropical Storm Isaac batters Gulf Coast
- Isaac Makes Second Landfall, Levee Overtopped in Plaquemines Parish
- Navy SEAL on Bin Laden Raid Speaks Out
- Butterball Farm Worker Guilty of Animal Cruelty
- Ron Paul delegates cause ruckus on convention floor
- Ann Romney just knows: Can a speech by a woman, for women, draft female voters for Mitt?
- Yosemite officials say 1,700 visitors risk disease
- Officials may breach levee as Isaac storms inland
- Unusual earthquake swarm shakes Southern California
- Ex-Democrat Artur Davis: Obama has lost his 'halo'
- NYC man gets 40 years to life for dismembering boy
- Obama participates in surprise Reddit chat
- Putin Lives Large: Yachts and Planes
- U.S. activist's death a 'regrettable accident,' Israeli court rules
- Space Sugar Discovered Around Sun-Like Star
- Blunt Christie tells Republicans it's time to face fiscal truth
- #HashOut goes on location: What role should First Spouses play in the White House?
- Bigfoot Hoaxer Killed in Accident
- Two Alien Planets Found with Twin Suns Like 'Star Wars'' Tatooine
- 'It's a little like a reunion': Romney donors get VIP treatment at RNC
- Ryan promises he and Romney will lead America back
- Low Favorability Trails Romney Up to the Convention Dais
- In the RNC hall, young Republicans wonder: where's the beer?
- Argentines plan to shoot gulls to save the whales
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School asks deaf preschooler to change his sign language name
Tue,28 Aug 2012 12:16 PM PDT
Video courtesy KOLN/KGIN 1011 News/Nebraska Central News Three-and-a-half year old Hunter Spanjer, who is deaf, signs his name by crossing his forefinger and index finger and moving his hand up and down. To his family, friends and those who know the Signing Exact English (S.E.E.) language that the Grand Island, Neb., boy uses, that gesture [...] Full Story | Top |
SEAL book raises questions about bin Laden's death
Wed,29 Aug 2012 11:21 AM PDT
Associated Press -  A firsthand account of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden contradicts previous accounts by administration officials, raising questions as to whether the terror mastermind presented a clear threat when SEALs first fired upon him.
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Hurricane Isaac storm surge tops levee in Plaquemines Parish
Wed,29 Aug 2012 05:49 AM PDT
A storm surge from Hurricane Isaac topped a levee in Plaquemines Parish south of New Orleans early Wednesday, officials said, trapping those who chose not to evacuate. Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said the 18-mile-long, 8-foot-high levee—which is not part of the nearly $15 billion federal levee system constructed after Hurricane Katrina—was in the process [...] Full Story | Top |
Ann Romney, Chris Christie: Mitt Romney's heart and spine
Tue,28 Aug 2012 08:50 PM PDT
Ann Romney, resplendent in red, vouched for Mitt Romney's heart. Chris Christie vouched for the Republican presidential candidate's spine. The potential future first lady and the blunt-talking New Jersey governor capped the second day of the Republican National Convention with a pair of much-anticipated speeches seemingly designed to counter two of Mitt Romney's perceived weaknesses. [...] Full Story | Top |
Jewish Student Says Attackers Stapled His Lips Shut
Tue,28 Aug 2012 03:23 PM PDT
ABC News - A 19-year-old college student who was attending a party near Michigan State University early Sunday morning said he was beaten and his lips were stapled together after his attackers asked if he was Jewish, according to police. Zachary Tennen told police that while he was... Full Story | Top |
Ann Romney Woos Hispanic Voters, Urging They Get Past 'Their Biases'
Wed,29 Aug 2012 11:38 AM PDT
ABC OTUS News -  Tampa, Fla. -Ann Romney's convention speech was directly aimed at wooing female voters, but at a lunch event Wednesday she changed her focus and pitched her husband to Hispanic voters, a voting bloc that is especially important in this battleground state, urging them to get...
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GOP OKs platform barring abortions, gay marriage
Wed,29 Aug 2012 05:52 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Republicans emphatically approved a toughly worded party platform at their national convention Tuesday that would ban all abortions and gay marriages, reshape Medicare into a voucher-like program and reject federal spending as an antidote for the nation's ailing job market.
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FACT CHECK: Anti-Obama film muddy on facts
Tue,28 Aug 2012 05:23 AM PDT
Associated Press -  "2016: Obama's America," a new conservative film exploring the roots of President Barack Obama's political views, took in $6.2 million to make it one of the highest-grossing movies of last weekend. The film, written and narrated by conservative scholar Dinesh D'Souza, argues that Obama was heavily influenced by what D'Souza calls the "anti-colonial" beliefs of his father, Barack Obama Sr., a Kenyan academic who was largely absent from the president's life.
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'Missing' woman unknowingly joins search for herself
Wed,29 Aug 2012 09:52 AM PDT
A woman who was reported missing from an Icelandic tour unwittingly joined a search for herself. According to the Reykjavik Grapevine, a woman described as "Asian, about 160cm, in dark clothing and speaks English well" was listed as missing Saturday near the Eldgjá volcanic canyon in southern Iceland. A search continued through the weekend with [...] Full Story | Top |
Are You Being Monitored At Work?
Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:49 AM PDT
A 2011 survey found that over half of US employers are monitoring their employees' computer usage. How can you find out if you are one of them? And if you are, what should you do about it? There are two main ways employers track computer usage — with monitoring software on your desktop, and by [...] Full Story | Top |
Rudy Giuliani: Election between 'Mr. Cool' and 'Mr. Competent'
Wed,29 Aug 2012 12:10 PM PDT
TAMPA—Voters should consider "competence" over "cool" when deciding who to support for president in November, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday. Giuliani stopped by the media filing center near the Republican National Convention site, where he told reporters that voters "made a big mistake" by electing President Barack Obama in 2008. "If I [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama - Don't Boo the RNC, Vote
Tue,28 Aug 2012 05:27 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - FORT COLLINS, Colo. — As Republicans began their first night of convention speakers, President Obama told supporters his opponents will put on an "entertaining" show in Tampa with lots of glitz, but little substance. "The show in Tampa I'm sure will be very entertaining and... Full Story | Top |
Live-blog: Tropical Storm Isaac batters Gulf Coast
Wed,29 Aug 2012 09:10 AM PDT
Isaac has weakened to a tropical storm, with sustained winds at 70 mph or less. Hundreds of thousands are without power in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, and many areas are under flash flood warnings and watches. Yahoo News will be tracking the storm's progress in the player below. Join the conversation by letting us know [...] Full Story | Top |
Ron Paul delegates cause ruckus on convention floor
Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:53 PM PDT
He might not be the Republican nominee, but Ron Paul certainly has loyal delegates. And they're here to make their voices heard—literally. The boisterous delegates caused somewhat of an altercation on the convention floor this Tuesday evening, a night that should belong to Mitt Romney. Whenever a state that had Paul delegates announced its vote, [...] Full Story | Top |
Ann Romney just knows: Can a speech by a woman, for women, draft female voters for Mitt?
Wed,29 Aug 2012 07:58 AM PDT
Ann Romney took the stage at the Republican National Convention in Tampa Tuesday night, talking of nasty weather, and the clouds parted. She seemed to be sunshine itself. In a bespoke, belted, Oscar de la Renta shirtdress of fire-engine red—with a glorious blonde coif that will no doubt inspire salon requests—Romney looked like a pinup girl on a USO tour. A bombshell. At 63. She was fantastic. Full Story | Top |
Officials may breach levee as Isaac storms inland
Wed,29 Aug 2012 02:28 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Newly downgraded Tropical Storm Isaac plodded its way across Louisiana on Wednesday, inundating parts of a mostly rural area southeast of New Orleans, while in the city, on the seventh anniversary of Katrina, levees were so far holding.
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Unusual earthquake swarm shakes Southern California
Tue,28 Aug 2012 06:31 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An unusual swarm of hundreds of mostly small earthquakes has struck Southern California over the last three days and shaken the nerves of quake-hardy residents, but scientists say the cluster is not a sign a larger temblor is imminent. The earthquakes, the largest of which measured magnitude 5.5, began on Saturday evening and have been centered near the town of Brawley close to the state's inland Salton Sea, said Jeanne Hardebeck, research seismologist for the U.S. Geological Survey. ... Full Story | Top |
Ex-Democrat Artur Davis: Obama has lost his 'halo'
Tue,28 Aug 2012 07:17 PM PDT
TAMPA—Former congressman Artur Davis—once a Democratic rising star, now a Republican weapon—accused President Barack Obama late Tuesday of bamboozling voters four years ago with "flowery words" and charged that the incumbent has lost the "halo" his supporters thought he had in 2008. "America is a land of second chances, and I gather in this close [...] Full Story | Top |
NYC man gets 40 years to life for dismembering boy
Wed,29 Aug 2012 03:19 PM PDT
Associated Press -  A hardware store clerk was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping, killing and dismembering a lost little boy, bringing an end to a gruesome crime that horrified a tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn.
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Obama participates in surprise Reddit chat
Wed,29 Aug 2012 01:41 PM PDT
President Obama made a surprise appearance online on Wednesday, participating in a live chat on Reddit.com. "Hi, I'm Barack Obama, President of the United States," Obama wrote in a message on the site. "Ask me anything." The post prompted immediate skepticism about its authenticity, so the commander in tweet offered some proof, posting a message [...] Full Story | Top |
Putin Lives Large: Yachts and Planes
Tue,28 Aug 2012 01:59 PM PDT
ABC News - To paraphrase the comedian Mel Brooks: it's good to be the President of Russia. According to a report released today by a pair of Russian opposition leaders, President Vladimir Putin enjoys the use of 20 official villas and residences around the country, a billion-dollar fleet... Full Story | Top |
Space Sugar Discovered Around Sun-Like Star
Wed,29 Aug 2012 06:05 AM PDT
SPACE.com -  What a sweet cosmic find! Sugar molecules have been found in the gas surrounding a young sun-like star, suggesting that some of the building blocks of life may actually be present even as alien planets are still forming in the system.
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Blunt Christie tells Republicans it's time to face fiscal truth
Tue,28 Aug 2012 08:00 PM PDT
Reuters -  TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie accused Democrats of refusing to tell Americans the truth about the depth of the country's deep fiscal woes on Tuesday in a pugnacious keynote speech in support of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Christie delivered the main speech of the evening at the Republican National Convention. The rotund, combative governor drew sustained applause from the thousands of delegates who gathered to formally nominate Romney as their candidate to face Democratic President Barack Obama in the November 6 election. ...
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Bigfoot Hoaxer Killed in Accident
Tue,28 Aug 2012 05:15 AM PDT
LiveScience.com -  A Montana man was struck and killed by cars Sunday night while trying to hoax a Bigfoot sighting. The Montana Highway Patrol reported that Randy Lee Tenley of Kalispell was pronounced dead at the scene on U.S. Highway 93 south of Kalispell after being hit by two cars consecutively.
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'It's a little like a reunion': Romney donors get VIP treatment at RNC
Wed,29 Aug 2012 12:59 PM PDT
TAMPA—For many of the thousands of delegates in town for this week's Republican National Convention, getting to the convention site in downtown Tampa means a long bus ride through heavy traffic from hotels located as far as 40 miles away. But it's a different story for top donors to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, many of [...] Full Story | Top |
Ryan promises he and Romney will lead America back
Wed,29 Aug 2012 04:49 PM PDT
Reuters -  TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican vice presidential contender Paul Ryan promised on Wednesday that he and running mate Mitt Romney would lead America out of the economic doldrums by making tough choices that would generate jobs and strengthen the middle class. Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman, will accept his assignment as Romney's No. 2 at the Republican convention with the biggest speech of his political career - one designed to fire up conservatives while reaching out to independents still uncertain about the Republican team. "We will not duck the tough issues - we will lead. ...
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Low Favorability Trails Romney Up to the Convention Dais
Tue,28 Aug 2012 07:01 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - Mitt Romney accepts the Republican nomination for president this week with the lowest personal popularity of any major-party nominee in polls dating to Ronald Reagan's presidency, a difficulty for Romney that's persisted throughout this election cycle. Forty percent of registered voters in the latest ABC... Full Story | Top |
In the RNC hall, young Republicans wonder: where's the beer?
Tue,28 Aug 2012 06:10 PM PDT
As Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin delivered her speech at the Republican National Convention Tuesday night, three men moved rapidly through the packed crowd on the concourse outside the convention floor, stopping briefly at every concession stand along the way to inspect the menu. "Beer? Do you have beer?!" one young man asked. His tone was [...] Full Story | Top |
Argentines plan to shoot gulls to save the whales
Wed,29 Aug 2012 05:58 AM PDT
Associated Press -  What began as bizarre bird behavior has turned into something out of a horror film for threatened whales in Argentina, where seagulls have learned that pecking at the whales' backs can get them a regular seafood dinner.
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