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| Miriam Carey, Capitol Suspect, Suffered Post-Partum Depression Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 10:40 PM PDT Suspect's Child Still in Car After Cops Chase, Shoot Suspect at Capitol Full Story | Top |
| Just what is in that chicken nugget? Friday, Oct 04, 2013 06:15 AM PDT By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Stand-up comedians have long joked that some things, like the actual components of chicken nuggets, are better left mysterious. Recently, Mississippi researchers found out why: two nuggets they examined consisted of 50 percent or less chicken muscle tissue, the breast or thigh meat that comes to mind when a customer thinks of "chicken." The nuggets came from two national fast food chains in Jackson. The three researchers selected one nugget from each box, preserved, dissected and stained the nuggets, then looked at them under a microscope. ... Full Story | Top |
| Could Oswald have been stopped? Untold stories around JFK assassination 50 years later Friday, Oct 04, 2013 04:24 AM PDT Top Line Half a century after President John F. Kennedy was shot, the new movie "Parkland" relives history from the perspective of those who were most intimately connected to the president's assassination in the chaotic hours and days that followed that fateful motorcade ride through downtown Dallas. "Parkland" writer and director Peter Landesman told "Top [...] Full Story | Top |
| Chicago burger garnished with communion wafer Thursday, Oct 03, 2013 10:21 PM PDT  A Chicago restaurant has cooked up a controversial burger of the month for October, garnishing it with an unconsecrated communion wafer and a red wine reduction sauce. Kuma's Corner, a foodie destination ... Full Story | Top |
| TV pitchman may avoid jail due to gov't shutdown Friday, Oct 04, 2013 03:40 AM PDT  A television pitchman accused of misleading viewers about his weight-loss books during his late-night infomercials could avoid jail — for now — because of the partial federal government shutdown. A U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Undercover NYPD Cop Watched SUV Driver Get Beaten Friday, Oct 04, 2013 03:29 PM PDT  NYPD Cop Was with Motorcyclists Who Beat SUV Driver in NYC Full Story | Top |
| California gives immigrants driver's licenses Friday, Oct 04, 2013 03:52 AM PDT  California on Thursday joined the growing list of states that allow immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally to obtain driver's licenses — a measure supported not only by Latino activists but by police ... Full Story | Top |
| 6 lessons of the government shutdown Friday, Oct 04, 2013 09:57 AM PDT The first days of Shutdown October have taught us some things about politics. Full Story | Top |
| Pa. gov: Gay marriage is like marriage of siblings Friday, Oct 04, 2013 10:24 AM PDT  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Republican Gov. Tom Corbett compared the marriage of same-sex couples to the marriage of a brother and sister during an appearance on a Friday morning TV news show, a remark that was quickly condemned by advocates involved in the state's ongoing battle over whether to allow gays to wed. Full Story | Top |
| Blaming GOP House Speaker Boehner for shutdown, Dem attack ad compares him to crying baby Friday, Oct 04, 2013 01:50 PM PDT There have been plenty of jokes over the years about House Speaker John Boehner's tendency to cry in public. But a new Democratic attack ad goes one step further, comparing Boehner to a bawling infant. Full Story | Top |
| Evacuations ordered as Tropical Storm Karen nears U.S. coast Friday, Oct 04, 2013 03:22 PM PDT  By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Authorities issued mandatory evacuation orders for low-lying areas south of New Orleans on Friday as a weakened Tropical Storm Karen closed in on the Louisiana coast after disrupting U.S. energy output in the Gulf of Mexico. Karen's top winds were holding at 50 mph, down from 65 mph a day earlier, and National Hurricane Center forecasters in Miami said the storm was expected to strengthen somewhat but remain a tropical storm. Oil output in the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| When will CNN shut down its shutdown clock? Friday, Oct 04, 2013 06:32 AM PDT While all the major cable news networks continue with mostly wall-to-wall coverage of the shutdown, CNN and Fox News are taking strikingly different tacks. Full Story | Top |
| Siri's voice: Susan Bennett reveals that she is the real voice behind Apple's Siri Friday, Oct 04, 2013 08:31 AM PDT  Meet the voice behind Apple's Siri, Susan Bennett. Full Story | Top |
| Dems say it's time for GOP to unite, end shutdown Friday, Oct 04, 2013 10:24 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama decided to stay home from economic summits in Asia as Democrats stepped up pressure on congressional Republicans to rein in their tea party faction and reopen the government with no strings attached. Full Story | Top |
| As shutdown drags on, lawmakers focus on posturing, not solutions Friday, Oct 04, 2013 03:49 AM PDT  As shutdown drags on, lawmakers focus on posturing, not solutions. "Save us from the madness," the Senate chaplain prayed Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Republicans rip White House in shutdown reprisal Friday, Oct 04, 2013 06:49 PM PDT  Washington (AFP) - Republicans launched a furious counter-attack on the White House as the US government shutdown dragged deep into a fourth day, but no fresh path to ending the crisis was offered. Full Story | Top |
| Heavy snow, thunderstorms moving into Midwest Friday, Oct 04, 2013 11:44 AM PDT  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Blizzards rolled into parts of Wyoming and South Dakota on Friday, bringing the snow-savvy states to an unseasonably early wintery standstill by closing highways and schools, and even forcing a tourist town to cancel its annual Octoberfest's polka-dancing bar crawl. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. government shutdown likely to drag on into next week Friday, Oct 04, 2013 09:36 AM PDT  House Republicans plan several votes this weekend — but none that would restore funds to the entire government. Instead, they will continue passing bills to pay for inidividual popular programs. Full Story | Top |
| What Happened to 'Compassionate' Conservatives? Friday, Oct 04, 2013 07:09 AM PDT There's an empty space in the Republican Party where compassionate conservatism used to be, and an opportunity for a presidential prospect to step into the breach. Full Story | Top |
| News helicopter helps police nab reckless motorcycle thief Friday, Oct 04, 2013 06:35 AM PDT A TV news helicopter in Los Angles helped police to keep tabs on a reckless motorcycle thief Full Story | Top |
| Obama, Biden take a rare stroll for lunch Friday, Oct 04, 2013 11:07 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are stepping out of the White House on a surprise and rare off-campus stroll to grab lunch at a neighborhood eatery and draw attention to the fourth day of the government shutdown. Full Story | Top |
| A seafood stew than can be ladled up in 30 minutes Friday, Oct 04, 2013 10:03 AM PDT  When fall weather has us hankering for a bowl of warmth, we tend to think of chili and beef stew. Full Story | Top |
| Man sets himself on fire on the National Mall Friday, Oct 04, 2013 08:08 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A man set himself on fire on the National Mall in the nation's capital as passers-by rushed over to help put out the flames, officials and witnesses said Friday afternoon. Full Story | Top |
| Verdict should ease Jackson's court 'appearances' Friday, Oct 04, 2013 03:45 AM PDT  A jury's rejection of a long-running lawsuit by Michael Jackson's mother against the promoter of his ill-fated comeback concerts could finally allow Jackson to disappear from a forum he has dominated for ... Full Story | Top |
| GOP govs jockey for political edge in shutdown Friday, Oct 04, 2013 01:13 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — With no end in sight to the federal government shutdown, Republican governors eyeing the 2016 presidential race are pitching themselves as can-do politicians and highlighting records of achievement. Full Story | Top |
| Photographer describes viral image from Capitol car chase Friday, Oct 04, 2013 10:48 AM PDT With sirens blaring and people scrambling for safety all around him, an unidentified man in a suit and tie seems to be buried in his BlackBerry as he strolls by a Capitol Hill Police officer taking position with an assault rifle. "That's D.C., right? People are so wrapped up in that little device in their hands that nothing else matters," said Doug Mills, a New York Times photographer who captured the surreal moment during Thursday's lockdown at the U.S. Capitol. Full Story | Top |
| Pope says Church should rid itself of 'worldliness' Friday, Oct 04, 2013 12:30 PM PDT  ASSISI (Italy) (AFP) - Pope Francis on Friday called for the Catholic Church and its faithful to rid themselves of earthly concerns like St Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage to the saint's Italian hometown. Full Story | Top |
| Obama cancels Asia trip to deal with shutdown Friday, Oct 04, 2013 12:53 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is canceling a trip to Asia to stay in Washington and push for an elusive funding bill to get the nation's business back up and running. Full Story | Top |
| Obama, Dems mock GOP lawmaker's budget remark Friday, Oct 04, 2013 03:40 AM PDT  Indiana GOP Rep. Marlin Stutzman said he wanted respect in the budget standoff. Instead, he got ridicule from President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats. Stutzman is being mocked for saying Republicans ... Full Story | Top |
| Karen threatens US during quiet hurricane season Friday, Oct 04, 2013 04:55 PM PDT BRAITHWAITE, La. (AP) — Pickups hauling boat trailers and flatbed trucks laden with crab traps exited vulnerable, low-lying areas of southeast Louisiana on Friday as Tropical Storm Karen headed toward the northern Gulf Coast, a late-arriving worry in what had been a slow hurricane season in the U.S. Full Story | Top |
| Iranians still chant against US after prayers Friday, Oct 04, 2013 05:37 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians chanted "Death to America" and burned the U.S. flag after weekly prayers in Tehran on Friday despite their new president's outreach to the West and promises of moderation and easing of tensions with the outside world. Full Story | Top |
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