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| CNN, NBC won't be hosting GOP presidential debates Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 03:37 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee, responding to plans by two television networks for programs about Hillary Rodham Clinton, approved a resolution Friday to block CNN and NBC from hosting GOP presidential primary debates. Full Story | Top |
| Donald Faison & Cacee Cobb Welcome Baby Boy Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 09:33 AM PDT  It's a boy for Donald Faison and Cacee Cobb! Full Story | Top |
| 'Duck Dynasty' star greets camo couple in W. Pa. Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 03:13 PM PDT  MARS, Pa. (AP) — A camouflage-clad bride and groom got a little advice from a bewhiskered witness on their wedding day: "Duck Dynasty" star Willie Robertson. Full Story | Top |
| Kim Kardashian Blasts Katie Couric: Don't 'Send Gifts Then Talk S**t' Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 01:00 PM PDT  Ouch! Kim Kardashian didn't mince words regarding a baby gift she received from Katie Couric. Full Story | Top |
| SPIN METER: Who's jumping through which 2016 hoops Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 06:03 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Get your face on TV and write a book: Check. Start meeting the big money people: Check. Visit Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina — Israel, too: Check. Full Story | Top |
| Egypt: Islamists hit Christian churches Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 05:13 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like "prisoners of war" before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. Two other women working at the school were sexually harassed and abused as they fought their way through a mob. Full Story | Top |
| Egypt challenges Obama's Arab Spring philosophy Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 07:55 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — As Arab Spring democracy uprisings spread across the Middle East, President Barack Obama's response to the political unrest has been to voice support for people seeking representative governments but limit the role the United States will play to shape those efforts. Full Story | Top |
| Theft of 840K coins sends NY meter-man to prison Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 06:31 AM PDT  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A former Buffalo, N.Y., parking meter mechanic has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for stealing thousands of dollars in quarters while on the job. Full Story | Top |
| Obama golfs with Larry David on last vacation day Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 07:17 PM PDT  OAK BLUFFS, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama hit the links on his Martha's Vineyard vacation with comedian Larry David. Full Story | Top |
| Obama Blasts Government-Shutdown Threat; GOP Wants Individual-Mandate Delay Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 11:16 AM PDT WASHINGTON — President Obama used his weekly radio/YouTube address to tout the pending implementation of his signature health-care law and bash the GOP for threatening a government shutdown, while Republicans used theirs to call for a delay in one of the Affordable Care Act's controversial... Full Story | Top |
| Ill-fated UPS jet was on autopilot seconds before crash Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 04:56 PM PDT  By Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - The UPS cargo jet that crashed in Alabama this week, killing its two crew members, was flying on autopilot until seconds before impact, even after an alert that it was descending too quickly, authorities said on Saturday "The autopilot was engaged until the last second of recorded data," said Robert Sumwalt, a senior official with the National Transportation Safety Board. ... Full Story | Top |
| SF Bay Area building demolition fuels quake study Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 03:34 PM PDT  HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — It took just seconds for a 13-story building overlooking San Francisco Bay to implode, spewing smoke and chunks of concrete as it crumbled into a heap of rubble. But U.S. Geological Survey scientist Rufus Catchings was marveling less at the visual spectacle than what he could feel with his feet. Full Story | Top |
| Florida Keys considering drones to fight mosquitoes Friday, Aug 16, 2013 10:01 PM PDT  By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - The Florida Keys agency charged with keeping the island chain's mosquito swarms at bay might become the nation's first to use drones to spot remote breeding grounds as part of efforts to eradicate the insect. "If you try to get across the small islands it's back country, it's jungle," said Michael Doyle, executive director of the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, who added the drones wouldn't replace boots on the ground, but would help turn eradication efforts into "smart bombing. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama family hits the beach on last vacation day Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 08:45 AM PDT  EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Obama is hitting the beach for his last day of family vacation on Martha's Vineyard. Full Story | Top |
| Drug lord's release painful for victims' relatives Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 10:48 AM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — On a sunny winter morning in 1984, two young American couples dressed in their Sunday best walked door to door in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara, trying to spread their faith as Jehovah's Witnesses. A few hours later they disappeared. Full Story | Top |
| Obama to GOP: Health insurance is now a 'right.' Is he right? Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 10:27 AM PDT In a forceful defense of government-supported healthcare, President Obama on Saturday called health insurance a fundamental "right" that Republicans are trying to deny the American family. Full Story | Top |
| RNC votes to block CNN, NBC from hosting debates Friday, Aug 16, 2013 09:55 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee, responding to plans by two television networks for programs about Hillary Rodham Clinton, approved a resolution Friday to block CNN and NBC from hosting GOP presidential primary debates. Full Story | Top |
| White House travel director moves Obama entourage Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 12:28 AM PDT  VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) — Even on a summer family vacation, President Barack Obama is followed by an entourage whose behind-the-scenes movements are juggled by a woman who was born into politics and has been with him since his Chicago days. Full Story | Top |
| Tejada hit with 105-game doping ban Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 11:57 AM PDT (Reuters) - Kansas City Royals infielder Miguel Tejada, a former-American League Most Valuable Player, has received 105-game suspension for a failed drugs test, Major League Baseball said on Saturday as the sport continued to be plagued by it's doping problem. The 39-year-old six time All-Star, Tejada tested positive for an amphetamine which was in violation of Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, the statement said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Naturally Grown: An alternative label to organic Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 11:57 AM PDT  SCHAGHTICOKE, N.Y. (AP) — Justine and Brian Denison say they adhere to all the growing practices required for organic certification, yet if they label their beans and tomatoes "organic" at the farmer's market, they could face federal charges and $20,000 or more in fines. Full Story | Top |
| IT'S TIME TO DECRIMINALIZE POSSESSION OF POT Friday, Aug 16, 2013 10:00 PM PDT Since his first year in office, President Obama has drawn scathing critiques from a handful of prominent black critics, mostly for his failure to pursue an explicit "black" agenda aimed at ameliorating the legacy of racism.Usually, I disagree with those critics, who are unrealistic about the limits of the presidency, unfair in their assessments of Obama's broader agenda and, most important, bizarrely naive about the tightrope he walks as the first black man to win the office. If he announced a "black" agenda, the rest of his presidency would be swallowed up by the ensuing controversy. ... Full Story | Top |
| Shock claim: 40,000 public school teachers moonlight on sugar-daddy website Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 06:34 AM PDT Believe it when The Daily Caller tells you: If you find any fault with public school teachers, you will definitely hear about how very hard they work, and how they care so much about making the world a better place. Full Story | Top |
| Muslim Brotherhood faces ban as Egypt rulers pile on pressure Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 03:59 PM PDT  By Crispian Balmer and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood risks political elimination, with the new army-backed government threatening to ban the Islamist organization after launching a fierce crackdown on its supporters that has killed hundreds. Struggling to stamp its authority on Egypt following the ousting last month of President Mohamed Mursi, the country's new rulers have upped the rhetoric, saying the Arab world's most populous nation is at war with terrorism. More than 700 people have died, most of them backers of Mursi, in four days of violence. ... Full Story | Top |
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