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| Republicans scoff at White House’s ‘fiscal cliff’ opening bid Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 03:59 PM PST Bolstered by his reelection, President Barack Obama on Thursday made a detailed opening bid to Congressional Republicans for averting the so-called fiscal cliff -- the mix of tax hikes and deep spending cuts that risk plunging the economy into a new recession come 2013. Republicans flatly rejected the offer, which mostly repackaged Obama's previous budget [...] Full Story | Top |
| Mustache transplants on the rise in Middle East Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 01:31 PM PST Movember is coming to a close in the U.S., but men in the Middle East are reportedly seeking out mustache transplants in order to give their facial hair a thicker and fuller appearance. "For some men who look young and junior, they think (a mustache) is a must to look senior ... more professional and [...] Full Story | Top |
| Tips to Finding Love Online Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 01:18 PM PST Katie's TakeIf you've ever been skittish about trying online dating, here's a statistic that might help you take the plunge: 17% of marriages this year began on the Internet. In fact, at least 40 million Americans have tried online dating. But that doesn't necessarily mean they're all doing it correctly, so we got a few [...] Full Story | Top |
| Powerball winners would have paid $17.7 million more in taxes if they won after going over ‘fiscal cliff’ Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 01:05 PM PST The winners of the $587 million Powerball jackpot should obviously consider themselves lucky. But they should be especially grateful that they won in 2012 and not next year, when a possible dive over the so-called fiscal cliff would certainly slash their winnings. Two Powerball winners, one from Arizona and another from Missouri, were announced on [...] Full Story | Top |
| Romney, Obama have lunch, agree to ‘stay in touch.’ Maybe. Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 12:08 PM PST President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney met for lunch at the White House on Thursday, their first face-to-face meeting since the bitter election campaign in which each man basically warned voters that the other risked destroying the economy. A syrupy White House statement released after the meal said they had discussed America's global [...] Full Story | Top |
| NASA: There’s enough ice on Mercury to encase Washington, D.C. Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 11:44 AM PST NASA's Messenger spacecraft has discovered evidence that the planet Mercury has enough ice on its surface to encase Washington, D.C., in a block two and a half miles deep. "For more than 20 years the jury has been deliberating on whether the planet closest to the Sun hosts abundant water ice in its permanently shadowed [...] Full Story | Top |
| Cop car ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ singer appears in court Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 11:18 AM PST The man made famous on the Web for his impassioned rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the back of a Royal Canadian Mounted Police car had his court appearance today. He wore a Viking hat, sunglasses and a NASA "I need my space" T-shirt. Naturally. Robert Wilkinson of Edson, Alberta, represented himself. Perhaps not surprisingly, the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Axelrod to shave ‘stache Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 10:08 AM PST After occupying his upper lip for more than 40 years, David Axelrod's mustache is coming off. The senior adviser to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign said he will make good on his postelection promise to Joe Scarborough to shave the 'stache because the "Morning Joe" host helped him raise more than $1 million for epilepsy [...] Full Story | Top |
| John Boehner: ‘No substantive progress’ on ‘fiscal cliff’ talks Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 09:16 AM PST WASHINGTONâ€"House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday offered a grim portrayal of the progress between Republicans and Democrats on a deal to avoid a series of automatic tax increases next year. "No substantive progress has been made in the talks between the White House and the House during the past two weeks," Boehner said during a [...] Full Story | Top |
| Man with Romney face tattoo prepares for laser removal Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 08:56 AM PST Eric Hartsburg, the 30-year-old Michigan City, Ind., man who had Mitt Romney's campaign logo tattooed on his face, has had enough. Even though in the wake of Romney's defeat, Hartsburg said he planned to keep the 5-by-2-inch image, he told Politico on Wednesday that he's now preparing to get the image removed by laser after Romney's [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama campaign finally opens up about email strategy Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 08:19 AM PST Has Barack Obama ever invited you to dinner? If you were one of the tens of millions of people on the president's campaign email list this cycle, your inbox was full of odd dinner invitations, personal questions and leading statements such as "So," "It doesn't have to be this way" and "Meet me for dinner." [...] Full Story | Top |
| Animated breaking news alert scares Fox News host Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 08:19 AM PST When a television news network needs to interrupt programming with breaking news, the alert animation is not supposed to scare the host more than the actual news. But that's what happened, and now video of Fox News host Megyn Kelly's reaction is getting attention. The segment on the "fiscal cliff" began with a brand-new breaking [...] Full Story | Top |
| Biden hits new D.C. Costco: ‘I’m looking for pies’ Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 08:11 AM PST Best office "Secret Santa" ever? Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise shopping blitz through the brand-new Washington, D.C., Costco store on Thursday, emerging with a 32-inch Panasonic flat-screen TV, some kids' books, a big apple pie and Duraflame logs. He then brought his loot back to the White House compound. "I'm looking for pies," [...] Full Story | Top |
| Former Gov. Mike Rounds to run for Senate in South Dakota Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 06:56 AM PST Republican former Gov. Mike Rounds announced on Thursday morning plans to enter the 2014 U.S. Senate race in South Dakota, immediately emerging as a heavyweight candidate for the seat. The senator currently occupying that seat, Democrat Tim Johnson, has yet to formally announce that he's running for re-election. But following news of Rounds' decision, he [...] Full Story | Top |
| NYPD officer photographed giving boots to barefoot homeless man melts icy hearts online Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 06:52 AM PST A photo of a New York City police officer kneeling down to give a barefoot homeless man in Times Square a pair of boots on a cold November night is melting even the iciest New Yorkers' hearts online. On Nov. 14, NYPD officer Lawrence DePrimo, who was on counterterrorism duty in Times Square, saw the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Democrat McIntyre wins House race in North Carolina Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 06:42 AM PST North Carolina Democratic Rep. Mike McIntyre officially won re-election on Wednesday after a recount and GOP opponent David Rouzer's decision to concede. "Now that the recount has been completed and the tally of votes is official, we can move forward satisfied that each vote was counted properly and accurately," Rouzer said in a statement. Rouzer [...] Full Story | Top |
| Thursday in politics: Obama, Romney have lunch at White House, and more Thursday, Nov 29, 2012 03:24 AM PST Mitt Romney will finally make it to the White House on Thursday, but only for a 12:30 p.m. EST private â€" make that very private, no reporters â€" lunch with President Barack Obama. What will they talk about? Maybe a spot on the Cabinet? "No," White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday. Obama said [...] Full Story | Top |
| One Step Closer to Iron Man Wednesday, Nov 28, 2012 09:04 PM PST The Johnson Space Center in Houston and Tony Starks' Cliffside mansion in Malibu are both hubs of innovation, one real and one fictional. But with NASA's newest creation, the X1 Exoskeleton, reality appears to be following fiction. The 57 pound, 10 joint exoskeleton resembles a real life Iron Man suit, capable of increasing a humans [...] Full Story | Top |
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