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| Exclusive: 4 in 5 in US face near-poverty, no work Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 10:59 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Full Story | Top |
| 'The Voice' mentors aren't looking to find a star Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 03:40 PM PDT  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The mentors on "The Voice" may be superstars, but the consensus is it's not on them that the singing competition show has failed to find big stars such as themselves. Full Story | Top |
| 'Wolverine' claws past ghosts to claim weekend box office crown Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 11:07 AM PDT  By Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - "The Wolverine," starring Hugh Jackman as Marvel Comics' sharp- clawed superhero, slashed its way to $55 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales to claim the box office crown in a summer that hasn't been kind to some other big-budget action films. "The Conjuring," the low-budget horror film that led last weekend's box office, slipped to second place with $22.1 million in domestic sales from Friday through Sunday, according to studio estimates. ... Full Story | Top |
| Austrian flap over bell dedicated to Hitler Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 11:19 AM PDT  VIENNA (AP) — Like many others in Austria's countryside, a tower bell above the red-tiled rooftops of Wolfpassing village marks the passing of each hour with an unspectacular "bong." But this bell is unique: It is embossed with a swastika and praise to Adolf Hitler. Full Story | Top |
| Neighbors describe different sides of Fla. gunman Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 02:46 AM PDT  HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — The gunman who went on a shooting rampage at a South Florida apartment complex was described as a quiet man who took his mother to doctor appointments, yet also someone who was known for getting into fights and yelling at his mom. Full Story | Top |
| Treasury's Lew: Congress needs to pass debt limit Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 12:14 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress needs to raise the debt limit and take away the "cloud of uncertainty" about the nation's ability to pay its bills, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said in an interview broadcast Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| Weiner's New Sexts Were Too Much for His Campaign Manager Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 06:32 AM PDT  The latest revelations about Anthony Weiner's habit of sending sexy messages with young girls have hit where it really hurts. According to a report from The New York Times, Weiner's campaign manager resigned this weekend because it was all too much to handle. Full Story | Top |
| Spacecraft Sees Giant 'Hole' In the Sun (Video) Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 08:30 AM PDT  A space telescope aimed at the sun has spotted a gigantic hole in the solar atmosphere — a dark spot that covers nearly a quarter of our closest star, spewing solar material and gas into space. Full Story | Top |
| Unsealed birth records give adoptees peek at past Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 06:24 PM PDT  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Maura Duffy spent a day in Chicago last September with her mother: A walk along Lake Michigan, shared meals, a boat tour highlighting Second City architecture. Full Story | Top |
| Fla. apartment gunman described as lonely, angry Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 04:00 PM PDT HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — The gunman who went on a shooting rampage at his South Florida apartment building, killing six people, was a lonely man who spoke about having pent up anger, those who knew him said Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| Exclusive: Signs of declining economic security Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 06:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Full Story | Top |
| Anthony Weiner's campaign manager reportedly quits Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 11:08 PM PDT  NEW YORK—Anthony Weiner's campaign manager reportedly quit Saturday amid turmoil over the mayoral hopeful's admission that he exchanged lewd messages with women he met online even after a sexting scandal forced him out of Congress. Full Story | Top |
| 3 Nutrients Linked with a Better Night's Sleep Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 06:55 AM PDT I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but the U.S. seems to have become a nation obsessed with pills. If something doesn't work right, no worries, there's a pill for that. Full Story | Top |
| Amanda Berry surprises Cleveland concert crowd Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 11:28 AM PDT  CLEVELAND (AP) — One of three women held captive in a Cleveland home for a decade made her first public appearance at a concert featuring the rapper Nelly a day after her abductor pleaded guilty to kidnap and rape charges. Full Story | Top |
| Weiner's campaign manager in NY mayoral race quits Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 11:59 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner vowed to stay in the race for New York City mayor Sunday despite the loss of his campaign manager and the drumbeat of critics questioning his fitness for public office. Full Story | Top |
| Witness: Spain train driver said he went fast Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 06:28 AM PDT  SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (AP) — The driver of a speeding train that derailed in Spain, killing 78 people, said minutes after the crash that he had been going fast and couldn't brake, a local resident who rushed to the scene of the accident said in an interview broadcast Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| Young GOP leaders see need for substantive changes Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 04:38 AM PDT  MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Republicans hoping to reach beyond the party's white, aging core must do more than retool campaign strategy and tactics, say young GOP leaders pressing elected officials to offer concrete policies to counter Democratic initiatives. Full Story | Top |
| Why the Fox News Scandal Is Good News for Reza Aslan Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 03:18 PM PDT  Religious scholar Reza Aslan recently appeared on the FoxNews.com show Spirited Debate and the host insisted that his being a Muslim somehow affects the quality of his new book about Jesus. The whole ordeal was embarrassing for Fox News, but things are only going to get better from here for the author. Full Story | Top |
| Study Finds Only 28 Percent of Millionaires Think They're Rich Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 10:30 AM PDT  According to a new study, sixty percent of those with $5 million in investable assets said they felt wealthy. Conversely, 72 percent of investors who had between $1 and $ 5 million in investable assets did not consider themselves to be wealthy. Full Story | Top |
| Feds force school district to allow transgender girl to use boys’ bathrooms, locker rooms Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 08:20 AM PDT It's all the rage these days for transgender students (or their parents) to sue or make a big fuss because their genitalia doesn't match the bathrooms and locker rooms they prefer to use. Full Story | Top |
| What Made 'The Wolverine' Such a Disappointment? Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 02:09 PM PDT  Welcome to the Box Office Report, where we're betting some Fox executive is telling Hugh Jackman that he's "not mad at him, just disappointed," right this very second. Full Story | Top |
| Can Muslims write about Christianity? Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 01:33 PM PDT American public discourse about Islam is filled with essentialist paranoia, fear, and the commentary of people who not only don't know much about the topic but are often dismissive of people who do. Full Story | Top |
| Lew says stubborn Congress risks repeating U.S. fiscal wounds Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 06:10 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Sunday warned Congress against manufacturing a crisis over federal spending in the months ahead, as looming deadlines set the stage for a repeat of the political deadlock which two years ago triggered worldwide financial market turmoil. In coming negotiations with Republicans, who control the House of Representatives, Democratic President Barack Obama will focus on ways to create economic gains for the middle class over spending cuts, Lew said. "We have already done a lot of deficit reduction," he said in an interview on NBC. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'The Wolverine' claws way to top of box office Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 12:02 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Wolverine" slashed monsters and minions to debut atop the weekend box office. Full Story | Top |
| Differences small between student loan bills Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 03:41 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is set to go along with a bipartisan Senate compromise that would link college students' interest rates to the financial markets and offer borrowers lower rates this fall. Full Story | Top |
| Pope wraps up historic trip with Copacabana Mass Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 07:46 AM PDT  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a historic trip to his home continent Sunday with a Mass on Copacabana beach that drew a reported 3 million people, who cheered the first Latin American pope in a remarkable response to his message that the Catholic Church must shake itself up and get out into the streets to find the faithful. Full Story | Top |
| Flossie: Tropical storm warning in parts of Hawaii Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 11:16 AM PDT  HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Flossie moved westward Sunday across the central Pacific toward Hawaii, where a tropical storm warning has been issued for Hawaii and Maui counties. Full Story | Top |
| Turkey Captures Bird, Accuses It of Spying for Israel — See Why They Finally Let It Go Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 07:16 AM PDT "…the falsely accused bird was free to fly away." Full Story | Top |
| Fox News Flabbergasted That a Muslim Author Wrote a Book About Jesus Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 11:36 AM PDT Reza Aslan is the author of Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. He's also a religious scholar who's fluent in biblical Greek, and possesses multiple degrees, including a P.h.D in the history of religions. Full Story | Top |
| Glenn Greenwald: Low-Level NSA Analysts Have 'Powerful and Invasive' Search Tool Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 12:37 PM PDT  Today on "This Week," Glenn Greenwald – the reporter who broke the story about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs – claimed that those NSA programs allowed even low-level analysts to search the private emails and phone calls of Americans. "The NSA has trillions of... Full Story | Top |
| Motive a mystery in Miami area mass shooting Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 06:51 PM PDT  By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - Miami police on Sunday searched for a motive for a shooting rampage in which six people were killed by a gunman who set his apartment on fire before shooting several neighbors and taking others hostage. The police said they were investigating reports that the man, Pedro Alberto Vargas, 42, was in the process of being evicted and had prior disputes with the managers of the building. The owner of the 90-unit apartment building was not immediately available for comment. ... Full Story | Top |
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