2012年4月19日星期四

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McCain tweets quip about Obama eating his son’s dog

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A November 2010 photo of John McCain standing next to his son's dog Apollo. (AP)John McCain took a swipe at President Barack Obama on Twitter Thursday afternoon, referencing a story about Obama eating dog meat as a child.


Secret Service, Ted Nugent talk it out

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Rocker Ted Nugent plays the national anthem during a rally for Senate candidate John Raese at Haddad Riverfront Park in Charleston, W.Va., on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Jon C. Hancock)The agency met with the rocker over his contentious remarks and now says "the issue has been resolved."


Obama fires back at criticisms of his travel

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President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One before his departure from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Friday, March, 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)The White House dismissed as "kinda ridiculous" complaints that Obama has been billing taxpayers for criss-crossing the country, giving speeches in states that could be critical to his reelection campaign.


Levon Helm, key member of The Band, dies at 71

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FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2009 file photo, Levon Helm performs with the Levon Helm band during the Heroes of Woodstock concert at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, N.Y. Helm, who was in the final stages of his battle with cancer, died Thursday, April 19, 2012 in New York. He was 71. He was a key member of The Band and lent his distinctive Southern voice to classics like One of the most treasured voices in American music has been silenced.


Obama spokesman: Romney ‘oversensitive’ to ‘silver spoon’ remark

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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney speaks to the news in the daily press briefing at the White House in WashingtonAccording to White House spokesman Jay Carney, President Barack Obama wasn't referring to Mitt Romney in his comment at a campaign-style event Wednesday.


Flight makes emergency landing after bird strike

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Delta Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Bird StrikeDelta Flight 1063 was forced to make an emergency landing at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport after its right engine reportedly experienced a bird strike shortly after takeoff this afternoon.


GOP pushes business tax cut through divided House

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FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2012, file photo, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., accompanied by fellow GOP leaders, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, to discuss the payroll tax cut negotiations. From left are, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Cantor, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. Republicans are using a House vote on tax cuts for nearly every employer in the country to make an election-year statement that they want to help companies create jobs. Democrats say the measure is merely the latest GOP effort to funnel federal help to those who are already successful. The GOP-run House was ready to approve the legislation on Thursday, April 19, 2012, in a vote lacking either suspense or any expectation that the plan would become law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)Republicans rammed an election-year, $46 billion tax cut for most of America's employers through the House, ignoring a White House veto threat.


Rice, Christie and Rubio top VP polls

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Mitt Romney could choose star US Senator Marco Rubio (pictured) of Florida as his running mateWho should Mitt Romney pick as his running mate? Most Republican voters still have no opinion, but two new polls found some favorites among the names most frequently mentioned as possible picks.


Chuck Colson, Watergate figure, reportedly near death

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FORMER NIXON AIDE CHUCK COLSON SPEAKS AT WHITE HOUSE.Chuck Colson, an aide to President Richard Nixon who was convicted in the Watergate scandal, is near death after having surgery more than two weeks ago, according to a statement from the Christian ministry he founded.


Romney counters Obama’s ‘silver spoon’ jab

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves to supporters after speaking at a campaign stop in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, April 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)He responds to a sly comment the president made about his wealth with some barbs of his own.


Tea party candidate aims to upend Utah Senate race

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FILE - In this May 12, 2011, file photo Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, speaks at the committee's hearing with oil company executives on Capitol Hill in Washington, to address high gasoline prices and high profits amid a push by Democratic leaders to strip billions of dollars worth of industry tax breaks. Disgruntled conservatives planted the seeds of defeat for another Utah senator, Robert Bennett, long before delegates at the Utah Republican Convention made it official two years ago. Now some hope to replicate their success against six-term senator Hatch Thursday, March 15, 2012, in Utah's Republican caucuses. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)Two years ago, Republican delegates in Utah stunned the country by voting 17-year Republican Sen. Robert Bennett out of office. But don't expect those kinds of fireworks this Saturday.


Obama honors Alabama’s Crimson Tide, jokes he’ll need gift helmet

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President Barack Obama honored the University of Alabama's Crimson Tide football team at the White House on Thursday for their BCS national championship victory and joked that a gift helmet from coach Nick Saban would come in handy in the 2012 campaign. Speaking on the South Lawn of the White House, Obama praised the players not [...]

Romney: Obama 'more intent on punishing people'

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney arrives at a campaign rally held at the closed National Gypsum drywall factory in Lorain, Ohio, Thursday, April 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Mitt Romney continued his assault on President Obama's record Thursday, insisting he's "more intent on punishing people" with higher taxes and government regulation than "getting people back to work."


Notorious missing child case takes new turn

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Etan Patz Search Leads to Othneil Miller's Basement Workshop 33 Years LaterEtan Patz was the first face to appear on a milk carton after vanishing in NYC 33 years ago.


Spirit Airlines offering GSA, Secret Service sales

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Spirit Airlines has seized upon the ongoing GSA spending and Secret Service sex scandals as a marketing opportunity. The Miramar, Fla.-based discount commercial airline is offering a "GSA Sale!" with "scandal-free fares starting from just $19.80 one way." "You don't have to spend lavishly to travel in style," a note on Spirit's website reads. "Book [...]

Rumors swirl of smaller iPad, which Jobs detested

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FILE - In this March 7, 2012 file photo, an Associated Press reporter holds up the new iPad during an event in San Francisco. Rumors of a smaller iPad, or Apple generates more gossip than the Kardashians.


Photos: Titanic memorial cruise arrives in NYC

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Titanic memorial cruise arrives in NYC

Y! Big Story: Tupac hologram and questions over raising the dead

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In case you were busy paying attention to the living and missed the news, Tupac Shakur was the latest dead celebrity to be digitally reincarnated. The reaction—from thrilled to queasy—at the Coachella festival may call for a repeat performance this Saturday. (A Coachella spokesperson could only confirm Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's concert, not the [...]

6-year-old allegedly locked in jail cell as part of school field trip

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It was supposed to be a field trip to a public library for 6-year-old Stephen Stovall and his classmates. Instead, the kindergartner told his Mom that found himself locked in jail. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that parents at Sunnyside Elementary were told their children would be taking a visit to a library and even signed [...]

Armchair aviator builds Boeing 737 simulator in his garage

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Most flight enthusiasts are content having the latest version of Microsoft Flight installed on their home computers, but not James Price of Pleasanton, California. An air traffic controller at Oakland International Airport, Price has spent the past 12 years building a … Continue reading

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