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Viral photo helps 19-year-old arthritic dog recover
Wed,26 Sep 2012 11:09 AM PDT
A photograph of a man wading in Lake Superior with his 19-year-old arthritic dog captured the hearts of millions when it was posted online last month--an outpouring that inspired the dog's owner to launch a foundation to help low-income families care for their aging canines. John Unger says Schoep's Legacy Foundation has raised more than [...] Full Story | Top |
Slammed for Using Food Stamps: Ga. Woman Seeks Apology
Wed,26 Sep 2012 05:10 AM PDT
ABC News -  Is a $15 gift card enough to compensate for public humiliation at your local grocery store? According to one Georgia woman, the answer is absolutely not. Cindy Nerger, 28, who relies on food stamps to feed her family, said she was brought to tears after...
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Worldwide bacon shortage 'unavoidable'
Tue,25 Sep 2012 03:31 PM PDT
Is it pork-ageddon? Britain's National Pig Association has sounded the alarm that the world should brace for an "unavoidable" bacon and pork shortage next year. The cause of the trouble is high pig-feed costs caused by what it describes in a press release as "the global failure of maize and soya harvests." The organization notes [...] Full Story | Top |
AP Interview: Ahmadinejad pushes new world order
Wed,26 Sep 2012 12:20 PM PDT
Associated Press -  After an hour of fielding questions about Syria, sanctions and nuclear weapons, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had enough. Now, he said, it was his turn to choose the topic — his "new order" which will inevitably replace the current era of what he called U.S. bullying.
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Romney in Ohio: 'My heart aches' for struggling Americans
Wed,26 Sep 2012 08:37 AM PDT
WESTERVILLE, Ohio—Mitt Romney kicked off a day of campaigning in this battleground state by insisting his "heart aches" for struggling Americans and that he is better prepared than President Barack Obama to help those who are "hurting" under the tough economy. Speaking at a rally located in a swing district just outside Columbus, Romney kept [...] Full Story | Top |
Ahmadinejad addresses U.N. General Assembly amid protests
Wed,26 Sep 2012 08:58 AM PDT
Amid warnings from other world leaders—and planned protests outside—Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, his last speech in front of the world body as president of Iran. The outspoken Iranian leader called for a "new world order," criticizing capitalism and the United States and Europe for "trampling on the rights of [...] Full Story | Top |
Army soldier tries to cure hiccups, shoots friend
Wed,26 Sep 2012 05:45 AM PDT
An attempt to cure a case of hiccups has left one U.S. Army soldier dead and another behind bars. According to the Killeen Daily Herald, 22-year-old Pfc. Isaac Lawrence Young was hiccuping while watching football on Sunday night with fellow soldier Spc. Patrick Edward Myers, 27. In an apparent attempt to scare him and make [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama leads in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania: Poll
Wed,26 Sep 2012 05:19 AM PDT
President Barack Obama has stretched his lead over Republican nominee Mitt Romney in battleground states Ohio and Florida and retains a 12-point lead in Pennsylvania, according to a Quinnipiac University/New York Times/CBS poll released Wednesday. The president is ahead 53 to 43 percent in Ohio and 53 to 44 percent in Florida, according to surveys [...] Full Story | Top |
With superior ground operations, Obama widens his lead in Ohio
Wed,26 Sep 2012 01:21 PM PDT
BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio—For Mitt Romney's campaign, the location was nothing more than a friendly business that had agreed to host a rally to promote the candidate's policies toward small businesses and manufacturing. But it was hard not to view Romney's midday appearance at American Spring Wire, a company that makes wire that bounces back into [...] Full Story | Top |
Mitt Romney lowers debate expectations
Tue,25 Sep 2012 05:20 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - With just over a week to go before he faces President Obama in their first debate, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney lowered expectations a hair, noting it is his first time in a presidential debate and his opponent is an "eloquent, gifted speaker." "The president... Full Story | Top |
Nazi-Acquired Buddha Statue Came From Space
Wed,26 Sep 2012 10:23 AM PDT
LiveScience.com -  It sounds like a mash-up of Indiana Jones' plots, but German researchers say a heavy Buddha statue brought to Europe by the Nazis was carved from a meteorite that likely fell 10,000 years ago along the Siberia-Mongolia border.
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Newt Gingrich offers free debate advice to Mitt Romney
Wed,26 Sep 2012 08:54 AM PDT
Newt Gingrich, who was once Mitt Romney's chief rival during the Republican primaries, is offering the Republican nominee free advice before he debates President Barack Obama next week. Writing in Human Events on Wednesday, Gingrich relayed four suggestions for the upcoming debates: Newt's advice: Relax and be prepared I tell the stories to make the [...] Full Story | Top |
Self-driving cars are now street legal in California
Tue,25 Sep 2012 06:16 PM PDT
California has become the third state to welcome driverless cars with open arms. Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law today that officially legalized self-driving vehicles, following in the footsteps of Nevada and Florida. The signing event was held … Continue reading → Full Story | Top |
Homeless boy wins $130,000 peace prize
Wed,26 Sep 2012 07:22 AM PDT
The obstacles seemed insurmountable for a 13-year-old Filipino street kid. Forced to scavenge for his survival from the age of 2, sleep in a coffin and run away to seek help after he was badly injured, Cris "Kesz" Valdez had every reason to merely look out for himself. But at age 7, he started a [...] Full Story | Top |
Fox News Climate Coverage 93% Wrong, Report Finds
Tue,25 Sep 2012 12:34 PM PDT
LiveScience.com -  Primetime coverage of global warming at Fox News is overwhelmingly misleading, according to a new report that finds the same is true of climate change information in the Wall Street Journal op-ed pages.
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U.S. carbon tax could halve deficit in 10 years: report
Wed,26 Sep 2012 01:24 AM PDT
Reuters - WAHSINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters Point Carbon) - Imposing a $20 per metric ton carbon tax in the U.S. could reduce the country's budget deficit by 50 percent over the next 10 years, a report by the Congressional Research Service said on Tuesday. Such a tax would generate approximately $88 billion in 2012, rising to $144 billion by 2020, the report said, slashing U.S. debt by between 12 and 50 percent within a decade, depending on how high the deficit climbs The U.S. budget deficit has exceeded $1 trillion annually in each fiscal year since 2009, and could rise to between $2. ... Full Story | Top |
Ann Romney Explains Mitt's Airplane Remark
Wed,26 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT
ABC OTUS News -  Ann Romney said the air scare she had last week happened so fast there wasn't time to panic and recalled the details of the flight diversion, resulting in her plane making an emergency landing in Denver. "I was just watching a movie and I could...
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Libyan president: Benghazi attack was a 'preplanned act of terrorism'
Wed,26 Sep 2012 06:31 AM PDT
Libyan President Mohammed Magarief said the controversial film that mocked Islam's Prophet Muhammad and ignited protests throughout the Muslim world had "nothing to do" with the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, and that he has "no doubt" it was an act of terrorism. "It's a preplanned act of terrorism directed at [...] Full Story | Top |
Father and son launch toy train into space (VIDEO)
Tue,25 Sep 2012 03:27 PM PDT
Ron Fugelseth and his four-year-old son Jayden are enjoying a bit of Internet fame after the duo launched Jayden's toy train, Stanley, into the stratosphere. Fugelseth said he was inspired to launch his son's prized toy after seeing a similar video using a Lego figure. "I figured if two high school kids can send a [...] Full Story | Top |
Rare 1943 Penny Sells for $1 Million
Wed,26 Sep 2012 04:24 AM PDT
A 1943 Lincoln penny that soared in value because it was made from the "wrong" material reportedly has sold for $1 million. The penny was erroneously made of bronze instead of zinc-coated steel at the San Francisco Mint, according to UPI news agency. Texas Rangers... Full Story | Top |
Stink Bug Invasion Promises Foul Fall
Tue,25 Sep 2012 01:40 PM PDT
LiveScience.com -  An invading force is laying the groundwork for a coup in the United States this year, and it's going on right under our noses. The brown marmorated stink bug, an insect species from Asia that has been steadily expanding its range since it landed on the East Coast 15 years ago, will begin to sneak into the homes of unprepared Americans by the hundreds in the coming weeks, entomologists say.
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Town rallies around girl pranked for homecoming
Tue,25 Sep 2012 06:22 AM PDT
A small town in Michigan is rallying behind a teenage girl who had thoughts of killing herself after students at her high school elected her to the homecoming court as a joke. "I had actually thought about suicide," Whitney Kropp, a 16-year-old at Ogemaw Heights High School in West Branch, Mich., told Detroit's WXYZ-TV after [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama campaign: Romney's White House path 'narrowing'
Wed,26 Sep 2012 02:20 PM PDT
President Barack Obama's re-election campaign said Wednesday that recent polls have shown Mitt Romney's path to the White House "narrowing" but flatly denied that it was spiking the ball on the 30-yard line. "We're running this race in every single swing state like we're five points down," campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters. The Obama [...] Full Story | Top |
Must win: Debate advice for Romney from former McCain-Palin aide
Wed,26 Sep 2012 04:00 AM PDT
Top Line The first presidential debate is just a week away, and with Mitt Romney trailing in the latest polls, the pressure is on for him to turn things around. Nicolle Wallace is a former adviser to President George W. Bush, as well as John McCain's 2008 campaign, and she knows a little something about [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney campaign: Internal polls indicate race remains close in battlegrounds
Tue,25 Sep 2012 02:09 PM PDT
VANDALIA, Ohio—Mitt Romney's campaign insists its internal polls say the race remains very close, as aides pushed back on the perception they are losing ground to President Barack Obama in important swing states. Ahead of Romney's appearance here with his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, Rich Beeson, the candidate's political director, and Zac Moffatt, who [...] Full Story | Top |
Brazil judge orders arrest of Google president
Tue,25 Sep 2012 06:26 PM PDT
Associated Press - A Brazilian judge ordered the arrest of the head of Google's operations in Brazil for failure to remove YouTube videos that attacked a mayoral candidate, which runs counter to the South American nation's strict pre-vote electoral laws. Full Story | Top |
Netanyahu promises tough response to Ahmadinejad
Wed,26 Sep 2012 11:15 AM PDT
Reuters -  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday promised a tough response at the United Nations to the latest verbal attacks on Israeli by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and said he was determined to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons. Before boarding a flight to New York to address the annual U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu issued an open letter to Israelis marking the end of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the most sacred holiday in the Jewish calendar. "On the question of Iran, we are all united in the goal of preventing Iran from achieving nuclear weaponry. ...
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Texas executes ex-Army recruiter after 3 reprieves
Tue,25 Sep 2012 07:42 PM PDT
Associated Press -  A former Army recruiter failed to win a fourth reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court and was executed Tuesday evening in Texas for participating in the shooting death of a woman he and a buddy met 10 years ago at a bar.
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Obama summons world leaders to reject extremism
Tue,25 Sep 2012 05:43 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Confronting global tumult and Muslim anger, President Barack Obama exhorted world leaders Tuesday to stand fast against violence and extremism, arguing that protecting religious rights and free speech must be a universal responsibility and not just an American obligation.
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