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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
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Stingray photobomb goes viral
Thu,27 Sep 2012 06:57 AM PDT
A photo of three seemingly terrified women being greeted by a giant stingray is making the rounds online. The "photobomb," posted to Reddit.com on Wednesday, appears to show a man in the water behind the women lift the stingray onto their backs just as the photo was taken. Several commenters pointed out that the undated [...] Full Story
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Suspect in killing of Los Angeles woman was actor
Thu,27 Sep 2012 08:27 AM PDT
Associated Press -

FILE - This Sept. 14, 2011 file photo shows actor Johnny Lewis posing for a portrait during the 36th Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada. Authorities say Lewis fell to his death after killing an elderly Los Angeles woman. Lewis appeared in the FX television show "Sons of Anarchy," for two seasons. The woman killed is identified as 81-year-old Catherine Davis. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, file)Los Angeles police say they don't know whether a "Sons of Anarchy" actor jumped or fell to his death after apparently killing his landlady.


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Netanyahu says world must draw "red line" for Iran
Thu,27 Sep 2012 12:59 PM PDT
Associated Press -

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel shows an illustration as he describes his concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions during his address to the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Thursday that Iran will have enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear bomb by next summer and urged the world to draw a clear "red line" to stop it in its tracks.


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Afghan Baby 'Happiness,' Found Beside Road, Gets a Family
Thu,27 Sep 2012 06:03 AM PDT
ABC News' Aleem Agha reports: KABUL, Afghanistan – A newborn girl left abandoned on the side of the road in southern Afghanistan has been adopted by a childless Afghan couple. "We have named her Arya [which means happiness], and we will take care of her... Full Story
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Slammed for Using Food Stamps: Ga. Woman Seeks Apology
Wed,26 Sep 2012 05:10 AM PDT
ABC News -

Slammed for Using Food Stamps: Ga. Woman Seeks ApologyIs 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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Mitt Romney tells voters: If I'm elected, don't expect huge tax cuts
Thu,27 Sep 2012 08:20 AM PDT
Christian Science Monitor - Mitt Romney says Americans shouldn't expect a big tax cut from him if he's elected president, because the nation also has to think about how to tame out-of-control federal deficits. Full Story
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Romney talks polls, 'character assassination,' and Mass. health law
Wed,26 Sep 2012 06:41 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - Mitt Romney took part in three network TV interviews Thursday night that veered in wildly different directions. With ABC, Romney addressed polls that show him trailing President Obama, with NBC he promoted the Massachusetts health law that was a model for the national law he... Full Story
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Suitors bombard Hong Kong tycoon's gay daughter after dowry
Thu,27 Sep 2012 08:57 AM PDT
Reuters -

Gigi Chao, the daughter of Hong Kong property tycoon Cecil Chao Sze-tsung, poses at the conference room of her office in Hong KongHONG KONG (Reuters) - The newly married lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong tycoon who offered a $65 million "marriage bounty" to any man able to win her love, on Thursday said she'd been flooded by marriage proposals but harbored no animosity towards her father. ...


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Romney: Bain Builds up, Then Harvests Companies
Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:16 AM PDT
ABC OTUS News -

Romney: Bain Builds up, Then Harvests CompaniesIn a video made public today, but recorded sometime in the summer of 1985, Mitt Romney explains in frank terms how his then newly-minted private equity firm planned on making money. "Bain Capital is an investment partnership which was formed to invest in startup companies...


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Obama flubs line on jobs, says he's "channeling" Romney
Wed,26 Sep 2012 07:15 PM PDT
Reuters -

U.S. President Barack Obama greets supporters at the end of his election campaign rally at Kent State UniversityKENT, Ohio (Reuters) - President Barack Obama flubbed a line during a campaign speech on Wednesday, mistakenly saying he wanted to export U.S. jobs, before correcting himself and jokingly blaming Republican rival Mitt Romney. In the middle of remarks to an enthusiastic crowd in the battleground state of Ohio, Obama was describing a five-point plan to boost employment and lay a "stronger foundation" for the U.S. economy when he stumbled at a crucial word. "I want to see us export more jobs," Obama said, before catching himself quickly and saying, "Export more products. ...


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NJ woman accused of cancer scam for wedding, cash
Thu,27 Sep 2012 01:27 PM PDT
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This image provided by the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office shows Lori Stilley, 40, of Delran, N.J., who is accused of accepting money from fundraisers after falsely claiming she had bladder cancer. Authorities say supporters raised more than $10,000 after she said she didn't have medical insurance. Prosecutor Robert Bernardi calls the scam "extremely cruel." Stilley is free on $25,000 bail. (AP Photo/Burlington County Prosecutor's Office)Authorities say a New Jersey woman scammed relatives and others out of cash, meals and even a wedding by falsely claiming she had bladder cancer.


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Four ways Mitt Romney can still win the election
Thu,27 Sep 2012 11:46 AM PDT
National Constitution Center - Despite recent trends in public opinion polls, Mitt Romney is far from out of the presidential race, if several historic trends break his way. Full Story
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Russian dash-cam captures lightning striking SUV roof
Wed,26 Sep 2012 04:47 PM PDT
The National Weather Service reports that a person's odds of being struck by lightning are around 1 in 775,000. Meet the unfortunate "1" in that statistic. A driver captured footage of lightning striking the roof of another car on a rainy Russian day. In the video, an unidentified driver cruises along with a dashboard camera [...] Full Story
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Romney: 'I'm going to win Ohio'
Wed,26 Sep 2012 03:42 PM PDT
TOLEDO, Ohio—Mitt Romney projected confidence Wednesday that he's going to win Ohio, in spite of a recent spate of polls showing him trailing President Barack Obama in this crucial swing state. "I'm going to win Ohio," Romney told NBC's Ron Allen in an interview. "I'm going to become the next president." In a separate interview [...] Full Story
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ABC News Tracks Missing iPad To Florida Home of TSA Officer
Thu,27 Sep 2012 09:24 AM PDT
Good Morning America -

ABC News Tracks Missing iPad To Florida Home of TSA OfficerInvestigation Reveals 381 TSA Officers Fired for Theft from Passengers; Agency Cites 'Zero Tolerance'


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Nazi-Acquired Buddha Statue Came From Space
Wed,26 Sep 2012 10:23 AM PDT
LiveScience.com -

Nazi-Acquired Buddha Statue Came From SpaceIt 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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Army General Charged with Forcible Sodomy During Tour in Afghanistan
Wed,26 Sep 2012 03:12 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - An Army brigadier general has been charged with forcible sodomy, inappropriate relationships, and possessing alcohol and pornography while serving as a senior commander in Afghanistan earlier this year. Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, a deputy commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, faces a possible court... Full Story
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Tycoon Offers $65M to Man Who Woos Gay Daughter
Thu,27 Sep 2012 06:15 AM PDT
Cecil Chao Sze-tung is Hong Kong's perennial playboy. Call him the city's Hugh Hefner, minus the pajamas and add a pair of shades. Never married, real estate and shipping tycoon Chao, 76, has been a staple of the Hong Kong tabloid and social rags since... Full Story
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Conservative fund backs Akin despite rape comments
Thu,27 Sep 2012 12:54 PM PDT
Reuters -

U.S. Senate candidate Akin speaks during rally outside Missouri Capitol with the New Women's Group in Jefferson CityKANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A conservative fundraising group on Thursday endorsed Todd Akin in a key Senate race in Missouri and pledged over $290,000 to his campaign in a sign more Republicans are coming to his aid despite his inflammatory comments about rape. The backing from the Senate Conservatives Fund follows a loss of support from other Republican groups after Akin last month said women have biological defenses to prevent pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape", making legal abortion unnecessary. ...


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Netanyahu draws "red line" on Iran's nuclear program
Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:39 PM PDT
Reuters -

Prime Minister of Israel Netanyahu draws red line on graphic of bomb as he addresses 67th United Nations General Assembly in New YorkUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drew his "red line" for Iran's nuclear program on Thursday despite a U.S. refusal to set an ultimatum, saying Tehran will be on the brink of a nuclear weapon in less than a year. By citing a time frame in an address to the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu - who has clashed with President Barack Obama over the urgency of military action against Iran - appeared to suggest no Israeli attack was imminent before the November 6 U.S. presidential election. ...


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Teen bitten by 'world's most venomous snake'
Thu,27 Sep 2012 08:16 AM PDT
A 17-year-old Australian boy is in serious condition after being bitten by what most reptile experts believe is the world's most venomous snake. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the boy was admitted to a hospital in the town of Kurri Kurri with a snakebite on his left hand. He was later transferred to Calvary [...] Full Story
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Ex-QB Jim McMahon talks of early-stage dementia
Wed,26 Sep 2012 06:34 PM PDT
Associated Press - Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, who is suffering from early-stage dementia, has told a Chicago television station that while he appreciates what football has done for him, if he could do it over, he would play baseball. Full Story
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Obama ahead of Romney in Iowa polls as vote starts
Thu,27 Sep 2012 12:08 AM PDT
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Presidential and vice presidential candidate names are seen on a ballot at the Polk County Election Office, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. Voting in Iowa, one of 32 states that allow early voting, begins Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)Republican Mitt Romney is struggling in swing-state Iowa at a perilous point: just as voters here start casting early ballots in the presidential race.


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What do Ohio's white working-class voters want?
Thu,27 Sep 2012 11:01 AM PDT
Associated Press -

Millie Brown, a cook and waitress at Buch's truck stop, right, pets "Star" a Labrador Retriever that belongs to one of her customers, after her shift, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, in Steubenville, Ohio. To look at Ohio is to glimpse America in a nutshell — a state full of places where laborers, truck drivers, cooks, store clerks and business owners form the backbone of small-town life. Places where the deli cashes checks, cars and trucks are "vehicles" and the NFL takes a back seat to high-school football .(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)To look at Ohio is to glimpse America in a nutshell — a state full of places where laborers, truck drivers, cooks, store clerks and business owners form the backbone of small-town life. Places where the deli cashes checks, cars and trucks are "vehicles" and the NFL takes a back seat to high-school football.


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Lawsuit: $73,000 Glass Pool Table Not Up to Scratch
Tue,25 Sep 2012 07:11 AM PDT
Good Morning America -

Lawsuit: $73,000 Glass Pool Table Not Up to ScratchBuyer of Exotic, Futuristic Table Claims He Was Snookered


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UC Davis in $1M Pepper Spray Settlement
Wed,26 Sep 2012 11:29 AM PDT
ABC News -

UC Davis in $1M Pepper Spray SettlementThe University of California regents will pay about $1 million to 21 UC Davis current and former students who were pepper-sprayed during a peaceful campus protest last November. A video of the incident that went viral shows an officer casually walking up to and aiming...


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Paul Ryan Says President Obama's Policies 'Project Weakness'
Thu,27 Sep 2012 03:42 AM PDT
ABC OTUS News - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — At a rally this evening here in the Rocky Mountain State, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan sharpened his criticism of President Obama's leadership as commander-in-chief, telling this military-friendly crowd that the president's policies "project weakness abroad." Obama proposals to cut... Full Story
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Police chief resigns, NM force has gone to the dog
Thu,27 Sep 2012 07:49 AM PDT
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The kennel to a drug-sniffing police dog Nikka of Vaughn, N.M. is shown in backyard of former Vaughn Police Chief Ernest "Chris" ArmijoWednesday, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. Vaughn officials announced Wednesday that Armijo resigned after news stories reported that he was not allowed to carry a gun due to his criminal record, leaving the town with just one certified member on its police- force a drug-sniffing dog named Nikka. The town's only other officer isn't certified and pleaded guilty to charges of assault and battery last year. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)A drug-sniffing dog now is the only certified member of the police force in the small eastern New Mexico town of Vaughn.


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Taunted San Diego Teen Dropped Out but Alleged Bullying Continued Online
Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:11 AM PDT
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Taunted San Diego Teen Dropped Out but Alleged Bullying Continued OnlineKatie Uffens Says Bullying Continued Online Through Social Media


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'Sons of Anarchy' Actor Johnny Lewis Found Dead
Thu,27 Sep 2012 04:15 AM PDT
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'Sons of Anarchy' Actor Johnny Lewis Released From Jail Days Before DeathActor Found Dead in LA Along With an Elderly Woman Who Died in an Altercation


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Rights group: isolation units in California prisons cruel
Thu,27 Sep 2012 12:06 AM PDT
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An interior courtyard at Pelican Bay prison in Crescent City, CaliforniaSACRAMENTO (Reuters) - The use of solitary confinement for prolonged periods of time in California's Pelican Bay State Prison constitutes cruel and degrading treatment in violation of international law, according to Amnesty International report released on Thursday. The human rights group found that roughly 3,000 prisoners in the super maximum security Pelican Bay facility in Northern California and the Corcoran State Prison in the state's rural heartland were being held in "extreme" isolation, with no direct human contact, access to rehabilitation programs, sunlight or fresh air. ...


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'Britishisms' Creeping into American English
Thu,27 Sep 2012 11:36 AM PDT
LiveScience.com -

'Britishisms' Creeping into American EnglishBritish people have long bemoaned the gradual encroachment of Americanisms into everyday speech, via Hollywood films and sitcoms. Now, "Britishisms" are crossing the pond the other way, thanks to the growing online popularity of British media such as Harry Potter, Downton Abbey and The Daily Mail.


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Romney slams Obama on defense cuts
Thu,27 Sep 2012 10:08 AM PDT
SPRINGFIELD, Va.—For the third straight day, Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama campaigned in the same state, with Romney arguing before an audience of military veterans that potential cuts to the defense budget are "unthinkable and devastating." Speaking in the battleground state at an American Legion post outside Washington, D.C., Romney blamed Obama for planned [...] Full Story
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AP IMPACT: Air Force insiders foresaw F-22 woes
Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:40 PM PDT
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In this Aug. 14, 2012 photo, a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter taxis before take-off at Kadena Air Base on the southern island of Okinawa in Japan. The U.S. is hoping a dozen F-22 stealth fighters now roaring through the skies of southern Japan will prove its most prized combat aircraft is finally ready to resume full operations after years of investigations into why its pilots were getting dizzy and disoriented. But questions remain over whether the Air Force has taken enough action to fix a potentially bigger problem - the shriveling of programs to test cockpit life support systems after nearly 20 years of budget cuts, downsizing and outsourcing. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)Years before F-22 pilots began getting dizzy in the cockpit, before one struggled to breathe as he tried to pull out of a fatal crash, before two more went on television to say the plane was so unsafe they refused to fly it, a small circle of U.S. Air Force experts knew something was wrong with the prized stealth fighter jet.


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Mexico catches Zetas drug capo 'El Taliban'
Thu,27 Sep 2012 05:59 AM PDT
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This undated image provided by U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control shows Ivan Velazquez Caballero, known as "El Taliban." "A person who is presumed to be, and acknowledges being, Ivan Velazquez Caballero, was captured in the state of San Luis Potosi" in north-central Mexico, the navy said in a statement Wednesday night Sept. 26, 2012. If confirmed, Velazquez Caballero's arrest could calm some of the brutal violence that has hit border cities like Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas, in recent weeks. (AP Photo/US Department of Treasury)Mexico appeared to strike a major blow against one faction of the hyper-violent Zetas cartel, with the navy announcing it has captured one of the country's most-wanted drug traffickers, Ivan Velazquez Caballero, known as "El Taliban."


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Hillary Clinton drops strong hint that Al Qaeda was behind Libya attack
Thu,27 Sep 2012 03:36 AM PDT
Christian Science Monitor - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday suggested a link between Al Qaeda and the Sept. 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, going further than other Obama administration officials have previously in asserting that the deadly attack involved terrorists. Full Story
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Obama: Time for 'new economic patriotism'
Thu,27 Sep 2012 06:35 AM PDT
Forty-one days before Election Day, President Barack Obama made what sounded a lot like his closing arguments for a second term in a new two-minute television ad in which he criticizes Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and calls for "a new economic patriotism." "If I could sit down with you, in your living room or [...] Full Story
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Police checking out Hoffa tip in Detroit suburb
Wed,26 Sep 2012 04:43 PM PDT
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People photograph the driveway in Roseville, Mich., Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012 where police plan to take soil samples f Friday after a tipster said it could be the final resting place of missing Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa. Roseville Police Chief James Berlin says a man claims to have seen a body buried there approximately 35 years ago. Berlin says the man believes it could be Hoffa. Hoffa disappeared in suburban Detroit in 1975, and his remains haven't been found. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)Investigators will take soil samples from the ground beneath a suburban Detroit driveway after a man told police he believes he witnessed the burial of missing Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa about 35 years ago, police said Wednesday.


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Air Force mystery plane set for next mission
Wed,26 Sep 2012 01:04 PM PDT
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Air Force Mystery Space Plane Set for Next Secret MissionABC News' Taylor Hom reports: The U.S. military's mysterious X-37B space plane is headed back into the great beyond to do… whatever it does up there. The X-37B is slated for its third launch in October, the Air Force said, but like its two orbital...


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