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| ‘Obama bin Laden’: Schieffer’s debate gaffe unfortunate but not unusual Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 05:59 AM PDT While prefacing a question for Mitt Romney about Pakistan during Monday's presidential debate on foreign policy, moderator Bob Schieffer had an unfortunate slip of the tongue, referring to Osama bin Laden as "Obama bin Laden." "We know that Pakistan has arrested the doctor who helped us catch Obama-uh-bin Laden," Schieffer said, seeming to realize his [...] Full Story | Top |
| FACT CHECK: Flunking geography, history Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 12:03 AM PDT Voters didn't always get the straight goods when President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney made their case for foreign policy and national security leadership Monday night before their last super-sized audience of the campaign. A few of their detours into domestic issues were problematic too. Full Story | Top |
| Obama’s Inflated Jobs Claim Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 11:46 AM PDT In a new TV ad, President Obama makes an inflated claim to have added 5.2 million new jobs. The total added during his time in office is actually about 325,000. In the ad, the president says “over 5 million new jobs†while the figure “5.2 million†appears on screen. But … More Full Story | Top |
| Obama hammers Romney after Florida debate Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 08:39 AM PDT DELRAY BEACH, Fla.â€"The morning after Monday's showdownâ€"the third and final between the candidatesâ€"President Barack Obama spent a postdebate rally here accusing Mitt Romney of switching positions on foreign policy and called his ideas "wrong and reckless." "Last night [former Gov. Romney] was all over the map. Did you notice that?" Obama asked the crowd. "During [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama in Ohio: Romney is not to be trusted Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 02:43 PM PDT DAYTON, Ohioâ€"The presidential debates are over, Election Day is two week awayâ€"and the gloves are officially off. For weeks, President Barack Obama has criticized Republican nominee Mitt Romney for moderating his position on a range of issues throughout the campaign, but in a Tuesday afternoon rally here, he suggested that his challenger was not "trustworthy" [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ohio Student Suspended for Growing Out Hair to Donate Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 05:14 AM PDT Zachary Aufderheide has run afoul of his Ohio high school’s dress code because of his desire to grow his hair long enough to donate it to Locks of Love, an organization that provides wigs to needy children who’ve lost their hair because of medical problems.... Full Story | Top |
| US may soon become world's top oil producer Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 01:10 PM PDT  U.S. oil output is surging so fast that the United States could soon overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's biggest producer. Full Story | Top |
| Romney’s ‘Let Detroit Go Bankrupt’ op-ed jumps to top of NYT’s ‘Most Viewed’ list Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 09:26 AM PDT Mitt Romney's 2008 op-ed "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" soared to the top of The New York Times' online "Most Viewed" list Tuesday, following a testy exchange between the former governor and President Barack Obama over the auto bailout at Monday night's debate. Romney referenced the editorial after Obama said that if he had taken Romney's [...] Full Story | Top |
| Disney defends new Hispanic-influenced princess Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 05:06 AM PDT  The Walt Disney Co. is defending its newest princess following a backlash over her Hispanic-influenced ethnicity. Full Story | Top |
| Kansas case puts face on 'total identity theft' Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 07:10 AM PDT  When Candida L. Gutierrez's identity was stolen, the thief didn't limit herself to opening fraudulent credit and bank accounts. She assumed Gutierrez's persona completely, using it to get a job, a driver's license, a mortgage and even medical care for the birth of two children. Full Story | Top |
| Romney: Obama’s campaign is ‘slipping’ Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 01:36 PM PDT HENDERSON, Nev.â€"Mitt Romney sought to claim momentum after Monday's final presidential debate, telling a packed rally in this battleground state that the one-on-one face-offs with President Barack Obama have "super charged" his campaign. Sharing the stage with his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, Romney repeated his charge that Obama has not put forward a clear [...] Full Story | Top |
| Arby’s Manager Fired After Escaping Armed Robbery Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 10:08 AM PDT Quick! You're being robbed at knifepoint. What's the first thing you do? For most of us, unless we're actually put in that situation or have some prior training in how to escape unharmed, it's hard to know how we would react. An Arby's employee named Maria Archer is grateful to have escaped last Friday, when [...] Full Story | Top |
| Poll: Romney Ekes Out Bragging Rights Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 02:00 PM PDT  Mitt Romney eked out bragging rights in the latest ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll, claiming 49 percent support among likely voters vs. Barack Obama’s 48 percent â€" Romney’s first numerical edge, however slight, since before the party conventions. Slight is the word: Taking it to... Full Story | Top |
| The Top 20 Airports for TSA Theft Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 08:24 AM PDT  Miami, JFK, LAX Lead List for Most TSA Employees Fired for Theft Full Story | Top |
| Polish Pup Could be World's Smallest Dog Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 11:57 AM PDT In a world where everything seems to keep getting supersized, man’s best friend keeps getting smaller. First there was Beyonce, the tiny pup who fit in a tablespoon at her birth in March and at two weeks old was just the size of an iPhone.... Full Story | Top |
| Gay GOP group hesitantly backs Romney Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 12:01 PM PDT  A prominent gay Republican group offered Mitt Romney its "qualified endorsement" on Tuesday, calling it the right decision for the nation even as it slammed Romney's opposition to gay marriage. Full Story | Top |
| Arizona ballot measure contests ownership of the Grand Canyon Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 06:12 AM PDT  PHOENIX (Reuters) - When voters in Arizona go to the polls next month, they will be asked to decide a landownership tug of war: Should the Grand Canyon belong to all Americans, or just the residents of Arizona? A controversial ballot measure backed by Republicans in the state legislature is seeking sovereign control over millions of acres of federal land in the state, including the Grand Canyon. ... Full Story | Top |
| Slithering theater thief convicted, faces serious jail time Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 12:24 PM PDT A Pennsylvania man was convicted of slithering around theater floors and stealing moviegoers' wallets and purses. Anthony Johnson, 49, may have taken as much as $70,000 per week, according to authorities. Along with his accomplices, Johnson used the stolen credit cards and IDs to secure cash advances at local casinos. They also purchased thousands of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Major Solar Flare Erupts From the Sun Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 08:06 AM PDT  The sun unleased a powerful solar flare late Monday (Oct. 22), releasing waves of radiation into space that have already caused a short radio blackout on Earth. Full Story | Top |
| US outspends Islamabad on flood relief in Pakistan Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 05:02 AM PDT  The US government has pledged more money toward this year's flood relief efforts in Pakistan than the country's own government, according to a report this month from the Congressional Research Service. Full Story | Top |
| Obama holds narrow edge two weeks ahead of election: Reuters/Ipsos poll Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 11:36 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pulled slightly ahead of Republican Mitt Romney in a Reuters/Ipsos daily tracking poll on Tuesday, but the race remained essentially tied with two weeks to go until the November 6 election. Obama led Romney among likely voters by a statistically insignificant margin of 1 percentage point, 47 percent to 46 percent. The four-day online tracking poll includes some responses taken after the two candidates' final televised debate, but the full impact will not register for several days. ... Full Story | Top |
| NYC putting foot down after $442 pedicab fare Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 09:12 AM PDT  Even in an era of $500 hotel rooms and $18 cocktails, the $442 that a Texas family paid for a ride in a New York City pedicab has become notorious. Full Story | Top |
| Unserious debates for serious times: how the empty, vacuous Obama-Romney faceoffs failed voters Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 11:05 AM PDT The saddest part of Monday night’s debate was moderator Bob Schieffer’s repeated plaintive pleas to “get back to foreign policy.†Full Story | Top |
| Informant: NYPD paid me to 'bait' Muslims Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 02:21 PM PDT  A paid informant for the New York Police Department's intelligence unit was under orders to "bait" Muslims into saying inflammatory things as he lived a double life, snapping pictures inside mosques and collecting the names of innocent people attending study groups on Islam, he told The Associated Press. Full Story | Top |
| Billionaire John Paulson gives $100 million to NY's Central Park Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 09:22 AM PDT  BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson pledged $100 million to New York's Central Park Conservancy, making the largest gift ever in the history of the city's 155-year-old urban icon. Paulson, whose personal net worth is estimated at $12.3 billion by Forbes, invests $20 billion for wealthy clients, pension funds and endowments at Paulson & Co. ... Full Story | Top |
| With 60,000 dead, Mexicans wonder why drug war doesn't rate in presidential debate Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 07:18 AM PDT Mitt Romney’s single mention of Latin America last night, calling it a “huge opportunity" for the United States, generated immediate glee from Latin Americanists across Twitter â€" but the hemisphere got no nod from President Obama, and then both went silent on the topic. Full Story | Top |
| Official: Body of missing NJ girl believed found Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 05:21 AM PDT  The small New Jersey town where a missing girl's body is believed to have been found has turned from desperate searching to mourning. Full Story | Top |
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