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News: Kentucky restaurant shut down after roadkill found in kitchen Romney's garbage man stars in new attack ad (VIDEO) NYC gym teacher claims 6-year-old student beat him up Judge halts Pa.'s tough new voter ID requirement Mystery illness solved when family discovers new home was a meth lab The story behind the stingray photobomb Attorney: Conn. man who shot masked son devastated Philly officer caught on video hitting woman Analysis: Romney would send consumers healthcare bill, with benefits America could be 'taken over,' warns Ross Perot Authorities: Oregon farmer eaten by his hogs Romney: Debates won't be about 'winning or losing' Dog takes a ride in car's grille Border Patrol agent killed, another wounded in Arizona Obama: Debate prep is 'a drag' Unusual Dallas Earthquakes Linked to Fracking, Expert Says 'Stoner dog' epidemic sees dramatic rise in number of hospitalized pets Romney won't deport immigrants who have Obama's deferred action status True or false? Fact checkers expect to be busy during Obama, Romney debate Pa. voter ID law ruling could mean political swing Endangered Spider Halts, Reroutes Construction of $15 Million Texas Highway Baby Has Rare Disease That Hardens Blood Vessels, Skin, Muscle US begins flying home deported Mexicans $2 million in gems, gold stolen from Calif. museum Six crew arrested after Hong Kong ferry collision kills 37 Obama Ad Says Romney Backed 'Sweatshop' Conditions in China Biden: Middle class been 'buried' the last 4 years O'Reilly's debate advice for Romney: 'Smack the president' Andrew McCarthy: I Wore A Wig In Pretty In Pink's Last Scene Testy debate in Massachusetts for key U.S. Senate seat Bracing for Impact Ups Chances of Surviving Plane Crash, Test Crash Finds Analysis: Will the Debates Make a Difference? House committee: Security requests denied in Libya Half of Great Barrier Reef Lost in Past 3 Decades Body language signs to watch during the debates Friends for 91 Years Celebrate 100th Birthdays Together Jihadists Warned U.S. on Facebook Colorado's pro-pot initiative could threaten medical marijuana paradise Romney won't revoke young illegal immigrant visas Presidential debates: Game-changers or time-wasters? Kentucky restaurant shut down after roadkill found in kitchen Tue,2 Oct 2012 09:02 AM PDT Customers at the Red Flower Chinese Restaurant in Williamsburg, Ky., alerted authorities after they spotted something they probably wish they hadn't: restaurant employees wheeling roadkill back to the kitchen. Local CBS affiliate WYMT interviewed the witnesses. The roadkill was apparently a deer stuffed into a trash can. "There was actually a blood trail they were [...] Full Story Top Romney's garbage man stars in new attack ad (VIDEO) Tue,2 Oct 2012 06:25 AM PDT A labor union that supports President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has released an attack ad that features a sanitation worker collecting trash outside Mitt Romney's multimillion-dollar California mansion. "My name is Richard Hayes, and I pick up Mitt Romney's trash," the man says to the camera in the 60-second Web ad. "We're kind of like [...] Full Story Top NYC gym teacher claims 6-year-old student beat him up Mon,1 Oct 2012 12:53 PM PDT At 5-foot-10 and 220 pounds, gym teacher John Webster is not a slight figure. But the former college football player claims a 50-pound, 6-year-old student physically assaulted him and sent him into therapy. The New York Post reports that Webster fractured his ankle and injured his knee, all at the hands of 4-foot-2 Rodrigo Carpio. [...] Full Story Top Judge halts Pa.'s tough new voter ID requirement Tue,2 Oct 2012 02:29 PM PDT Associated Press - A judge on Tuesday blocked Pennsylvania's divisive voter identification requirement from going into effect on Election Day, delivering a hard-fought victory to Democrats who said it was a ploy to defeat President Barack Obama and other opponents who said it would prevent the elderly and minorities from voting. Full Story Top Mystery illness solved when family discovers new home was a meth lab Mon,1 Oct 2012 11:48 AM PDT Click the image to see more photos. The foreclosed house for sale on the up-and-coming street pined for fresh paint and other fixes, but the Hankins family saw its potential. Plus, at $36,000, the price was perfect for a young family trying to make ends meet in small-town Klamath Falls, Ore. "We said, 'It needs [...] Full Story Top The story behind the stingray photobomb Mon,1 Oct 2012 01:47 PM PDT An image of three seemingly terrified women being "photobombed" by a man with a giant stingray went viral last week after it was posted online, catching the women in it by surprise. "Our phones just started going off," Kendall Harlan, one of the women, told Yahoo News. "Friends were texting us [things] like, 'Did you [...] Full Story Top Attorney: Conn. man who shot masked son devastated Mon,1 Oct 2012 03:11 PM PDT Associated Press - A popular teacher who fatally shot a knife-wielding prowler in a ski mask and then learned it was his 15-year-old son is devastated and filled with questions about what the boy was doing, his attorney said Monday. Full Story Top Philly officer caught on video hitting woman Tue,2 Oct 2012 05:34 AM PDT Associated Press - Police have launched an internal investigation after a video was posted online that shows an officer striking a woman twice in the face at a neighborhood party associated with Philadelphia's annual Puerto Rican Day parade. Full Story Top Analysis: Romney would send consumers healthcare bill, with benefits Tue,2 Oct 2012 04:04 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has a prescription for controlling soaring costs within the $2.8 trillion U.S. healthcare system, partly by making consumers pay more of their own medical bills. Romney's vow to repeal and replace President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul has played prominently in the campaign, even as Romney has offered few details about his alternative. But as he prepares to face Obama in their first presidential debate on Wednesday, Romney is giving a few hints. ... Full Story Top America could be 'taken over,' warns Ross Perot Mon,1 Oct 2012 08:24 AM PDT Former presidential contender and billionaire Ross Perot is worried that America is a sitting duck for an unnamed foreign invader. In an interview for his new autobiography, Perot said the nation's weak economy has left us open for a hostile takeover—and neither presidential candidate is the man to save the country. Citing an impending fiscal [...] Full Story Top Authorities: Oregon farmer eaten by his hogs Mon,1 Oct 2012 09:14 PM PDT Associated Press - Oregon authorities are investigating how a farmer was eaten by his hogs. Full Story Top Romney: Debates won't be about 'winning or losing' Mon,1 Oct 2012 07:35 PM PDT DENVER—Two days before his first face-off with President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney said on Monday that the presidential debate won't be about "winning or losing" but instead it will be a chance for the candidates to describe the "pathway" on which they'd like to take the country. "People want to know who's going to win, [...] Full Story Top Dog takes a ride in car's grille Tue,2 Oct 2012 09:51 AM PDT A very unlucky dog was transported around 11 miles along a Massachusetts highway in the grille of a Toyota sedan without the driver knowing it. Fortunately, the pooch escaped with relatively minor injuries. According to the Taunton Daily Gazette, the driver of the car saw a white dog dart out in the middle of the [...] Full Story Top Border Patrol agent killed, another wounded in Arizona Tue,2 Oct 2012 09:47 AM PDT Reuters - PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent was shot dead and another wounded while on patrol on Tuesday in a drug smuggling corridor in Arizona, near the border with Mexico, authorities said. Sheriff's deputies were called to the scene in Naco, southeast of Tucson, at 1:33 a.m. local time (4:33 a.m. EDT/0833 GMT) by the Border Patrol following reports that one of its agents had been shot, Cochise County Sheriff's spokeswoman Carol Capas said. Deputies found one dead agent and another with non-life-threatening injuries, Capas said. ... Full Story Top Obama: Debate prep is 'a drag' Mon,1 Oct 2012 04:07 PM PDT President Barack Obama, holed up at a swank Las Vegas-area resort to get ready for his first debate with Mitt Romney, jokingly told a volunteer on Monday that debate prep can be "a drag." Obama popped in his campaign's field office in Henderson, Nev., to give staff there a pep talk and phone a few [...] Full Story Top Unusual Dallas Earthquakes Linked to Fracking, Expert Says Tue,2 Oct 2012 11:10 AM PDT LiveScience.com - Three unusual earthquakes that shook a suburb west of Dallas over the weekend appear to be connected to the past disposal of wastewater from local hydraulic fracturing operations, a geophysicist who has studied earthquakes in the region says. Full Story Top 'Stoner dog' epidemic sees dramatic rise in number of hospitalized pets Tue,2 Oct 2012 12:26 PM PDT Colorado veterinarians have a message for medical marijuana users: Don't get your dog stoned. Marijuana is toxic in a dog's system, they say, and has even resulted in some canine deaths. "There are huge spikes in the frequency of marijuana ingestion in places where it's become legal," veterinarian Dr. Debbie Van Pelt told local CBS [...] Full Story Top Romney won't deport immigrants who have Obama's deferred action status Tue,2 Oct 2012 07:48 AM PDT Mitt Romney told The Denver Post on Monday that if he's elected president, he will not cancel President Barack Obama's deferred action program for young illegal immigrants before instituting another immigration plan: "The people who have received the special visa that the president has put in place, which is a two-year visa, should expect that [...] Full Story Top True or false? Fact checkers expect to be busy during Obama, Romney debate Tue,2 Oct 2012 03:59 AM PDT Spinners and Winners Voters have seen the Obama and Romney campaigns be cavalier with facts this year. So much so, that some of the leading fact checkers believe 2012 could be the worst election season when it comes to campaigns' willingness to lie and misrepresent. "As a journalist who has been covering this stuff for [...] Full Story Top Pa. voter ID law ruling could mean political swing Tue,2 Oct 2012 12:03 AM PDT Associated Press - Some political momentum could be on the line when a judge rules on whether to keep intact Pennsylvania's tough new law requiring voters to show photo identification in next month's presidential election. Full Story Top Endangered Spider Halts, Reroutes Construction of $15 Million Texas Highway Tue,2 Oct 2012 10:49 AM PDT What do an endangered spider and highway construction have in common? Well, in San Antonio, Texas, the discovery of a Braken Bat Cave meshweaver, an eyeless spider named for the unique web it spins, has halted a highway construction project. The $15 million project was stopped until authorities can determine how to protect the spider's [...] Full Story Top Baby Has Rare Disease That Hardens Blood Vessels, Skin, Muscle Mon,1 Oct 2012 11:14 AM PDT Good Morning America - Family Estimates Treatment Will Cost Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars Full Story Top US begins flying home deported Mexicans Tue,2 Oct 2012 07:23 PM PDT Associated Press - The U.S. government began flying Mexican deportees home on Tuesday in a two-month experiment aimed at relieving Mexican border cities overwhelmed by large numbers of people ordered to leave the United States, some who fall prey to criminal gangs. Full Story Top $2 million in gems, gold stolen from Calif. museum Mon,1 Oct 2012 05:11 PM PDT Associated Press - California investigators searched Monday for thieves who made off with an estimated $2 million in precious gems and gold from a mining museum in the Sierra Nevada foothills during a brazen daytime robbery. Full Story Top Six crew arrested after Hong Kong ferry collision kills 37 Tue,2 Oct 2012 06:28 AM PDT Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police arrested six crew on Tuesday after a ferry and a company boat carrying more than 120 staff and family celebrating the mid-autumn festival collided, killing 37 people as the boat sank. The boat, belonging to Hongkong Electric Co, controlled by billionaire Li Ka-shing, was taking passengers to watch fireworks in the city's Victoria Harbor on Monday when the two vessels collided near the picturesque outlying island of Lamma. Five children were among the dead. ... Full Story Top Obama Ad Says Romney Backed 'Sweatshop' Conditions in China Mon,1 Oct 2012 03:08 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - A hard-hitting new TV ad from the Obama campaign accuses Mitt Romney of profiting from and indirectly supporting "sweatshop conditions" at a Chinese appliance company in which his Bain Capital invested. "A company called Global Tech maximized profits by paying its workers next to nothing... Full Story Top Biden: Middle class been 'buried' the last 4 years Tue,2 Oct 2012 01:42 PM PDT Associated Press - Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the middle class has been "buried" during the past four years, a statement that Republicans immediately seized upon as an unwitting indictment of the Obama administration. Full Story Top O'Reilly's debate advice for Romney: 'Smack the president' Tue,2 Oct 2012 11:04 AM PDT Bill O'Reilly thinks Mitt Romney has to verbally "smack the president" during Wednesday's debate in Denver. "It's all on him," O'Reilly said on "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday. "All President Obama has to do is basically just be himself and not say anything, just repeat the same old thing. But Mitt Romney has to convince [...] Full Story Top Andrew McCarthy: I Wore A Wig In Pretty In Pink's Last Scene Mon,1 Oct 2012 01:10 PM PDT Access Hollywood - Andrew McCarthy - '80s brat pack star-turned-author - says fans with a good eye will be able to catch his less than amazing hair in the last scene of "Pretty in Pink." Full Story Top Testy debate in Massachusetts for key U.S. Senate seat Mon,1 Oct 2012 07:28 PM PDT Reuters - BOSTON (Reuters) - Democrat Elizabeth Warren's claim of Native American heritage was once again in the spotlight as she sparred with Republican rival Scott Brown on Monday in the second debate of the pair's contest for the U.S. Senate seat from traditionally Democratic Massachusetts. Recent polls show Warren, 63, a Harvard Law School professor and former official in President Barack Obama's administration, maintains a slim lead over Brown, who swept into the Senate in a special election in 2010 after the death of revered Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy. ... Full Story Top Bracing for Impact Ups Chances of Surviving Plane Crash, Test Crash Finds Mon,1 Oct 2012 03:26 AM PDT Good Morning America - A Test Crash of a 727 Was Orchestrated by Discovery TV to Reveal Safety Tips Full Story Top Analysis: Will the Debates Make a Difference? Tue,2 Oct 2012 06:31 AM PDT ABC OTUS News - ANAYSIS: Last week Mitt Romney opened an Ohio bus tour on the same day that a new poll in the state showed him lagging behind President Obama by a 10 point margin.This week, he enters his final day of preparations before the first presidential debate as a new national poll finds the race close: Obama leads Romney, 49 percent to 45 percent among likely voters across the country, according to the Quinnipiac University survey. ... Full Story Top House committee: Security requests denied in Libya Tue,2 Oct 2012 03:02 PM PDT Associated Press - Leaders of a House committee said Tuesday that U.S. diplomats in Libya made repeated requests for increased security for the consulate in Benghazi and were turned down by officials in Washington. Full Story Top Half of Great Barrier Reef Lost in Past 3 Decades Tue,2 Oct 2012 03:27 AM PDT LiveScience.com - Australia's Great Barrier Reef is a glittering gem — the world's largest coral reef ecosystem — chock-full of diverse marine life. But new research shows it is also in steep decline, with half of the reef vanishing in the past 27 years.   Full Story Top Body language signs to watch during the debates Tue,2 Oct 2012 04:00 PM PDT National Constitution Center - Looking for clues about who is winning the big debate? Just watch for a few body language signs on the podium. Full Story Top Friends for 91 Years Celebrate 100th Birthdays Together Mon,1 Oct 2012 11:42 AM PDT It really was the celebration of the century. Best friends for 91 years, Joseph Katz and Al Spiegal, celebrated their 100th birthdays together in Lauderhill, Fla., on Saturday. "We've been friends since we were 10-years-old. We both went to the same elementary school and we... Full Story Top Jihadists Warned U.S. on Facebook Tue,2 Oct 2012 01:45 AM PDT The Daily Beast - Jihadists twice set off explosives at the consulate prior to the incident that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens, according to a letter obtained by Eli Lake. Full Story Top Colorado's pro-pot initiative could threaten medical marijuana paradise Mon,1 Oct 2012 10:25 AM PDT DENVER—A ballot initiative in Colorado that could make the state the first to effectively legalize marijuana has an unlikely bunch of people very nervous: owners of the state's medical marijuana dispensaries. Despite an expected surge in demand, some fear passage of the initiative, called Amendment 64—which legalizes the buying and selling of up to one [...] Full Story Top Romney won't revoke young illegal immigrant visas Tue,2 Oct 2012 07:21 AM PDT Associated Press - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he would honor temporary work permits for young illegal immigrants who were allowed to stay in the U.S. because of a decision by President Barack Obama. Full Story Top Presidential debates: Game-changers or time-wasters? Tue,2 Oct 2012 09:23 AM PDT Christian Science Monitor - Do presidential debates sway voters? Or are they political entertainment that just affirm electoral choices Americans have already made? Full Story Top

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