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| Ride along as deep-sea Odyssey crew uncover a record 48 tons of silver Friday, Feb 22, 2013 02:46 PM PST In July 2012, the crew of the deep-sea recovery team Odyssey Marine Expedition (OME) unearthed a record-setting 48 tons of silver from a sunken World War II-era British naval vessel, the SS Gairsoppa. A camera crew was along for the ride, documenting the trip three miles below the surface. This Sunday, Discovery Channel viewers will [...] Full Story | Top |
| Pets re-create this year’s best films in ‘The Pawscars’ (VIDEO) Friday, Feb 22, 2013 11:43 AM PST During each year’s Super Bowl broadcast pet lovers worldwide get the Puppy Bowl. So, why shouldn’t there be an equivalent for the Oscars? The Pet Collective has given us a hint of what such an event might be like with its new video “The Pawscars.†The video opens with this year’s Oscars' host “Seth MacFarlane†[...] Full Story | Top |
| Transportation secretary warns of flight cancellations, delays under sequester Friday, Feb 22, 2013 11:35 AM PST President Barack Obama's administration on Friday brought out Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to strike fear in the American public over the sequester right where it hurts: their impatience with air travel. Ahead of the sequesterâ€"across-the-board spending cuts set to take effect March 1 in the absence of a budget dealâ€"the Federal Aviation Administration is planning [...] Full Story | Top |
| Jon Huntsman urges Republicans to support same-sex marriage Friday, Feb 22, 2013 10:46 AM PST Republican former presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is urging Republicans to support same-sex marriage, calling the effort "a conservative cause." The stance is a reversal, as he had reaffirmed his opposition to extending marriage rights to gays as late as 2011. Huntsman outlined his case in the American Conservative magazine on Thursday: [C]onservatives should start to [...] Full Story | Top |
| Supposedly haunted house up and moves Friday, Feb 22, 2013 10:46 AM PST Here’s a new twist on an old ghost story: A house with a reputation for being haunted was filmed moving, literally, across town. This time, however, ghosts were not to blame: Its original lot had been sold to one person, the house to another. As a result, the new owner of the 1865 Iowa home, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Robin Roberts’ Candid Conversation With Diane Sawyer on MDS, Being a ‘Symbol of Hope’ Friday, Feb 22, 2013 09:48 AM PST Robin Roberts made her return to “Good Morning America†Wednesday, five months to the day since she underwent a bone marrow transplant to treat myelodysplastic syndrome or MDS, a rare blood disorder. For the “GMA†anchor, anchoring again after 174 days was a major milestone. From coming to terms with her life-threatening diagnosis, to intensive [...] Full Story | Top |
| Snowplow driver covers up cars and blocks driveways—on purpose Friday, Feb 22, 2013 09:19 AM PST The snowplow driver calling himself Dogg has been ticking off a lot of people. Mark Hussey, who plows the streets of Lowell, Mass., for a private contractor, made a video of himself as he buried cars in the white stuff and blocked driveways by pushing back the snow shoveled off of them. The worst part: [...] Full Story | Top |
| What’s ‘Joe the Plumber’ up to these days? He’s giving away an AR-15 Friday, Feb 22, 2013 09:14 AM PST After an unsuccessful bid for Congress last year, Joe Wurzelbacher, better known as "Joe the Plumber," recently launched a new conservative advocacy websiteâ€"and announced this week he's giving away an AR-15 rifle to promote it. "Despite what national news commentators say, the AR 15 is NOT an 'assault weapon' or 'weapon of mass destruction,'" the [...] Full Story | Top |
| As sequestration looms, Americans say to cut basically nothing Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:49 AM PST If you were in charge of government spending, what programs would you cut to reduce the deficit and maybe take a bite out of the debt? A new poll from the nonpartisan Pew Research Center suggests that the answer is: Nothing…well, maybe aid to the world’s poor. The survey was released one week before automatic [...] Full Story | Top |
| Marco Rubio featured in ad for Google Friday, Feb 22, 2013 08:13 AM PST Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio appears with three Democratsâ€"Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Sly Jamesâ€"in a Google-sponsored ad that encourages businesses to start websites. The video is part of Google's Get Your Business Online initiative, which offers a free domain name and web hosting to [...] Full Story | Top |
| Carlos Gutierrez resigns from Citigroup to head up Republican immigration reform effort Friday, Feb 22, 2013 07:31 AM PST Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez has left his job at Citigroup to head up a political action committee designed to support Republicans who back immigration reform. The recently formed super PAC, called Republicans for Immigration Reform, will financially back Republicans who embrace "common-sense" comprehensive reform, which includes giving legal status to most of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ready for the Oscars? A Yahoo News chat about all things Academy Awards Friday, Feb 22, 2013 07:00 AM PST The Academy Awards are Sunday night. Which film do you want to see win? Do you have a favorite for best actor? Which films caught your eye this year? Join Yahoo! Entertainment's features editor Matt Whitfield and BuzzFeed's Adam Vary as we run through all things Oscars. Bring your predictions and your questions. Full Story | Top |
| Weekend in politics: Obama meets with Japanese PM, first lady on Fallon, and more Friday, Feb 22, 2013 03:15 AM PST President Barack Obama meets Friday at the White House with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe’s focus on stronger relations with Washington has assumed more importance as Japan has tangled with China over the control of unoccupied islands in the seas between the two countries, the Associated Press reports. Abe, who arrived Thursday afternoon and [...] Full Story | Top |
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