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| $600 car issued more than $100,000 in parking tickets Monday, Nov 26, 2012 03:45 PM PST An abandoned car in Chicago worth an estimated $600 has been issued more than $100,000 in parking tickets over the past three years. Jennifer Fitzgerald, 31, is currently stuck with the bill but says the 1999 Chevy Monte Carlo actually belongs to an ex-boyfriend who registered the car in her name without her knowledge or [...] Full Story | Top |
| Artist seeks a garden in the sky Monday, Nov 26, 2012 02:47 PM PST Artist Stephen Glassman wants you to look up. The Los Angeles-based artist is looking to create an urban air garden above the streets of L.A. Right now the air garden is in the concept phase. If enough money is raised (Glassman is seeking $100,000 on Kickstarter), the City of Angels will be home to a [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama has not yet decided on post-2014 Afghan presence Monday, Nov 26, 2012 02:40 PM PST President Barack Obama has not yet settled on how many U.S. troops he would like to see stay in Afghanistan past 2014, a number that must be negotiated with the the Afghan government in Kabul, the White House said Monday. Press secretary Jay Carney also suggested that no troops at all might stay in the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama will push for immigration reform, White House says Monday, Nov 26, 2012 01:57 PM PST On the eve of a visit by Mexican President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto, the White House promised Monday that President Barack Obama "will be pressing for action" in Congress on comprehensive immigration reform and regards that goal as "achievable." "There is a real opportunity here to move forward and the president is committed to that," press [...] Full Story | Top |
| Rick Santorum ‘open’ to running for president again Monday, Nov 26, 2012 01:57 PM PST Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator who ran for president this year, says he is considering a second campaign for the White House in 2016. During a visit to Capitol Hill Monday, Santorum told The Weekly Standard magazine that he is "open" to running again. "I'm open to it, yeah," Santorum told reporter Michael Warren. [...] Full Story | Top |
| White House cites ‘concerns’ over Egypt, won’t criticize Morsi Monday, Nov 26, 2012 01:16 PM PST The White House expressed "significant and serious" concerns on Monday about Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi's shock power grab last week. But press secretary Jay Carney carefully avoided offering any criticism of a leader who just one week ago seemed to be on President Barack Obama's speed dial as they worked on a cease-fire between Israel [...] Full Story | Top |
| Chris Christie to run for re-election in 2013 Monday, Nov 26, 2012 12:57 PM PST New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie filed for re-election Monday, news outlets report. The step will enable the Republicanâ€"who has been heavily courted to run for higher officeâ€"to officially begin his 2013 campaign. Full Story | Top |
| Andrew W.K. won’t be U.S. ‘Cultural Ambassador of Partying’ after all Monday, Nov 26, 2012 12:12 PM PST Despite the best efforts of an a unnamed Bahraini group, Andrew W.K will not be bringing his message to the Persian Gulf any time soon. Full Story | Top |
| Groucho Marx voted America’s favorite facial hair icon Monday, Nov 26, 2012 11:46 AM PST A new survey confirms that America is a country full of "Marxists." But in this case, we're talking about facial hair, not political preferences. According to results from the findmypast.com survey, Americans chose the late comedian Groucho Marx as having the best facial hair. Of course, the results were particularly noteworthy since Marx's mustache was [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ex-Republicans claim Fla. GOP suppressed Democratic vote Monday, Nov 26, 2012 11:41 AM PST Former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer has been claiming for months that state party members engineered a new law to suppress voter turnout, falsely touting voter fraud concerns to advance their mission. Now, other former Republicans and consultants are backing Greer up, The Palm Beach Post reports. Greer, who is under indictment and accused [...] Full Story | Top |
| Supreme Court allows new challenge to Obama health care law Monday, Nov 26, 2012 10:20 AM PST The Supreme Court has opened the door to a new challenge to President Barack Obama's sweeping health care reform law, just five months after upholding the law's individual mandate in a dramatic 5-4 decision. The court decided on Monday that Liberty University, an evangelical institution in Virginia, must get a second hearing from a lower court [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama elevates SEC commissioner to chair agency Monday, Nov 26, 2012 09:34 AM PST  President Barack Obama announced Monday he had picked Securities and Exchange Commissioner Elisse Walter to replace outgoing Chairman Mary Schapiro, who plans to step down in mid-December. Schapiro has helmed the agency since January 2009, winning confirmation with the economy shaken to its core by the global financial meltdown. Walter is a former top official [...] Full Story | Top |
| Cop taunts teen suspect after wrestling him to ground (VIDEO) Monday, Nov 26, 2012 07:47 AM PST [Updated at 1:10 p.m. ET] It's the kind of taunt worthy of a flag for excessive celebration. But the man confronting the camera is no NFL star; he's a suburban Dallas police officer. After allegedly kneeing, then cursing and cuffing a teenage suspect, Officer Disraeli Arnold boasts to the video being recorded by the arrested [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sweet Krispy Kreme worker surprises man on quest for rejection Monday, Nov 26, 2012 07:38 AM PST A man's quest to overcome his fear of rejection by making at least one crazy request a day for 100 days was throttled last week when a Krispy Kreme employee accepted his order for five doughnuts linked together in the colors and shape of the Olympic symbol. "It's only my third day and I have [...] Full Story | Top |
| JFK portrait found hidden in old frame Monday, Nov 26, 2012 07:07 AM PST A $5 garage-sale find turned out to contain a hidden treasure worth thousands. Here's what happened. Pam Dwyer of Glendale, Ariz., picked up a picture of a horse at a garage sale in Sun City. Dwyer's husband had a hunch they were getting something more. Dwyer told CBS 5, "He says, 'I just have this [...] Full Story | Top |
| Rep. Capito announces 2014 U.S. Senate bid in W.Va. Monday, Nov 26, 2012 06:35 AM PST Weeks after winning re-election, Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia announced Monday morning her candidacy for U.S. Senate in 2014. Capito's early announcement puts potential opponent Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller, 75, on notice amid speculation over his retirement. But don't expect Rockefeller to speed up his campaign timetable. The longtime lawmaker lamented Capito's [...] Full Story | Top |
| Grover Norquist on tax pledge: ‘No one is caving’ Monday, Nov 26, 2012 06:25 AM PST Some Republicans are showing a willingness to raise taxes, but conservative activist Grover Norquist, who has convinced Republican candidates and policymakers to sign a pledge never to increase rates, thinks it's all a bluff. "No one is caving," Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Sunday. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Confetti that fell during Thanksgiving Day parade included police documents, sparking investigation Monday, Nov 26, 2012 06:21 AM PST A parade-goer watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on New York's Upper West Side noticed that the confetti that fell on him and some friends contained what appeared to be confidential personal information about Nassau County Police Department employees, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, bank routing numbersâ€"even references to Mitt Romney's motorcade during last [...] Full Story | Top |
| Monday in politics: Getting back to work on avoiding ‘fiscal cliff,’ and more Monday, Nov 26, 2012 03:39 AM PST Thanksgiving is over, the Senate gets back to work on Monday, the House on Tuesday and everybody seems to agree that it's time to talk turkey about the "fiscal cliff," a combination of tax increases and deep spending cuts scheduled to automatically go into effect on the first two days of January. President Barack Obama [...] Full Story | Top |
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