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Woodward and Bernstein look back on Watergate

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 11:22 AM PDT

Bob Woodward And Carl Bernstein Visit Face The NationBob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, arguably the two most famous newspaper reporters in American history, did something on Sunday they haven't done in 36 years: They shared a byline in the Washington Post. Woodward and Bernstein, who are on a mini-publicity tour surrounding the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-ins, published a joint opinion essay [...]


Ex-football players dead in Auburn shooting

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 01:56 PM PDT

A police officer stands guard at the scene of an overnight shooting at an apartment complex Sunday, June 10, 2012, in Auburn, Ala. Auburn Police Chief Tommy Dawson said authorities responded during the night to a report of multiple gunshot victims at the apartment complex, but he released no immediate information early Sunday. (AP Photo/David Goldman)Two former Auburn University football players were among three people killed in a shooting at an off-campus party late Saturday--and a manhunt is on for the suspected shooter. The players, Edward Christian and Ladarious Phillips, both 20, were confirmed dead by police on Sunday; 20-year-old Demario Pitts was also killed.


Hundreds evacuated as western wildfires grow

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 04:11 PM PDT

Smoke is visible from Tie Siding, Wyo., as a wildfire burns northwest of Fort Collins, Colo., on Saturday, June 9, 2012. The cause of the fire is not yet known. (AP Photo/Laramie Daily Boomerang, Andy Carpenean)Firefighters on Sunday were fighting wildfires in parched forests in Colorado and New Mexico that have forced hundreds of people from their homes.


Megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar denies beating daughter

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 12:22 PM PDT

Creflo Dollar Denies Cruelty Allegation, Tells Congregation 'All Is Well'The founder and leader of a Georgia megachurch--who was arrested last week on charges of choking his teenage daughter, slamming her into the ground and hitting her with a shoe--told churchgoers on Sunday that he did not beat her. "The truth is, she was not choked, she was not punched," Creflo Dollar, the pastor, said [...]


Republicans renew attacks over security leaks

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 01:06 PM PDT

Sen. McCain on National Security LeaksRepublicans on Sunday renewed their attacks on the Obama administration over suspected leaks of classified security information, with one influential senator saying the Justice Department should appoint a special prosecutor to investigate.


Study digs into secrets of keeping HIV in check

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 04:11 PM PDT

COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS Healthcare Foundation volunteer Julnelle Fortes demonstrates an HIV screening test on fellow volunteer Hector Alcantara, as part of 'Condom Nation', a its six-month, 25 state free condom hand-out tour on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 in Providence, R.I. (Aynsley Floyd/AP Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation)A small number of HIV-infected patients have immune systems that are able to keep AIDS at bay by preventing the virus from reproducing for years, and researchers are reporting that they've gained new insight into how that works.


Six killed, 38 wounded in Iraq mortar attack

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 01:59 PM PDT

An Iraqi soldier stands near anti-blast walls being removed from a street in Baghdad's Mansour districtAt least six people were killed and 38 others wounded when two mortar rounds struck a square filled with Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq's capital on Sunday, police and hospital sources said.


Assad forces renew Homs assault

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 03:35 PM PDT

Syrian residents carry bodies of people whom protesters say were killed by forces loyal to Syria's Assad during their funeral in DeraaSyrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have renewed efforts to impose control in Homs province, killing at least 35 people in one of the biggest bombardments since a failed U.N.-mandated ceasefire in April, opposition activists said on Sunday. They said the Syrian army used artillery, mortars and rockets to hit opposition strongholds in the city of Homs and the towns of Qusair, Talbiseh and Rastan in central Syria. Free Syrian Army rebels had been intensifying attacks in the area, the Syrian Network for Human Rights and other opposition campaigners said. ...


Undoing health care law may have ripple effects

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 02:58 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 28, 2012 file photo, supporters of health care reform rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on the final day of arguments regarding the health care law signed by President Barack Obama. Arguments in the Supreme Court failed to yield clear hints how the justices would rule on the question of whether President Barack Obama's health care overhaul would be left standing if the high court were to strike down the linchpin provision that all Americans must have health insurance. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)It sounds like a silver lining. Even if the Supreme Court overturns President Barack Obama's health care law, employers can keep offering popular coverage for the young adult children of their workers.


Mood toward Romney's prospects brighten

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 09:15 AM PDT

In this June 8, 2012, photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney smiles has he talks with his staff while riding on his bus after a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Republicans riding high from a string of breaks in their favor are increasingly optimistic about Romney's chances to claim the White House in November, even among conservatives who had qualms about making him the party's nominee. The bullish take is reflected in interviews with party strategists and activists, including people who supported Romney rivals during the primary season. Mood matters because it can fuel fundraising and volunteer hustle. But some of those GOP players stress that Romney has little room for error if he expects to topple an incumbent president. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Republicans riding high from a string of breaks in their favor are increasingly optimistic about Mitt Romney's chances to claim the White House in November, even among conservatives who had qualms about making him the party's nominee.


Rain stops Nadal, Djokovic in French Open final

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 01:14 PM PDT

Spain's Rafael Nadal reatcs as he plays Serbia's Novak Djokovic during their men's final match in the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)His big lead over Novak Djokovic in Sunday's drenched French Open final slipping away, Rafael Nadal tossed a soaked, clay-smeared tennis ball toward the chair umpire.


Axelrod: Romney 'living on a different planet'

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 06:57 AM PDT

David Axelrod Defends Obama, Says Romney 'Living On a Different Planet'This morning on "This Week," David Axelrod told me that Mitt Romney is "living on a different planet" when it comes to the economy. Axelrod was responding to my question about the presumptive GOP presidential candidate's attacks on the president after Obama's comment Friday that...


Calif. official resigns after stepson abuse video

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 03:06 PM PDT

A California water agency director has resigned his elected office several days after a neighbor posted online video that shows the official apparently hitting his stepson with a belt for dropping a baseball during a game of backyard catch.

Gabby Giffords pushes for Barber campaign in Ariz.

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords spent the weekend campaigning for her ex-aide, Ron Barber, as he attempts to inherit the vacant seat left by his old boss in the House of Representatives. On Tuesday voters in Arizona's 8th District will decide the outcome of the special...

Pinochet homage heats up bitter debate over legacy

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 03:19 PM PDT

A group of actors perform a woman being tortured during a protest against the premiere of a documentary about the late Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Santiago, Chile, Sunday June 10, 2012. Police used tear gas and water cannons to try to disperse hundreds of anti-Pinochet demonstrators against the documentary about the run-up to his dictatorship years and casting him as a national hero who saved Chile from communism,(AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)The poster makes its plea from one of the pock-marked walls once splattered with blood at Londres 38, a former detention and torture center where 96 people were killed or disappeared during Chile's long dictatorship. It reads: "Pinochet, may your legacy die."


French left seen winning control in parliament

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 04:36 PM PDT

France's President Hollande enters voting both in the legislative elections at the polling station in TulleFrench President Francois Hollande was on track for a Socialist-led majority in parliament after a solid win in a first-round vote on Sunday that should free him from having to rely on hard leftists hostile to European integration. Hollande's Socialist bloc looks likely to win the 289 seats needed for an outright majority in the 577-seat National Assembly in next Sunday's run-off.


Spain relieved, angry over humiliating bank rescue

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 01:30 PM PDT

Spain relieved, angry over humiliating bank rescueSpain's grinding economic misery will get worse this year, despite the country's request for a European financial lifeline of up to €100 billion ($125 billion) to save its banks, Prime Minister Mariano ...


Ex-Goldman board member changes mind on testifying

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 02:42 PM PDT

Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc board member Gupta leaves Manhattan Federal Court in New YorkFormer Goldman Sachs Group Inc board member Rajat Gupta, on trial on insider trading charges, has decided not to testify in his own defense, two days after his lawyer said it was "highly likely" he would take the stand.


George H.W. Bush visits namesake carrier off Maine

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 12:11 PM PDT

Former President George H.W. Bush was performing ceremonial duties and posing for photos while visiting an aircraft carrier named for him off the Maine coast.

Earthquake shakes areas of Greece and Turkey

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 09:39 AM PDT

A powerful earthquake shook Greece's island of Rhodes and southwestern Turkey on Sunday. No deaths or serious damage were reported, but officials said six people were hurt in Turkey by jumping out of buildings.

RFK Jr. called wife Mary abusive in court papers

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 11:33 AM PDT

FILE - In this 2005 photo provided by Peter Michaelis, Mary Richardson Kennedy poses for a photo outside her Bedford, N.Y. home. In a confidential affidavit filed in connection to his divorce proceedings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said his estranged wife Mary Kennedy was abusive toward his children from an earlier marriage and asked the court to prohibit her from threatening suicide in front of their kids. Portions of the affidavit were posted online Sunday, June 10, 2012 at The Daily Beast site, to go along with a cover story in Newsweek magazine about her. (AP Photo/Peter T. Michaelis, file)Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused his estranged wife, Mary, of abusing his children from an earlier marriage, including stealing items from his young daughter, showing up uninvited on trips he took after they separated and sometimes calling him dozens of times a day, according to a legal filing revealed Sunday.


Les Paul guitar auction fetches nearly $5M

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 11:08 AM PDT

An auction of guitars and memorabilia owned by the late Les Paul, known as the godfather of the electric guitar, has raised nearly $5 million for a foundation in his name benefiting music education and innovation.

Iran warns Moscow nuclear talks could stall

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 12:49 PM PDT

An Iranian negotiator warned Sunday that this month's talks in Moscow over Iran's nuclear program could stall because of faulty preparation.

Heavy rains flood homes, jail in Florida Panhandle

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 04:29 PM PDT

Storm clouds are reflected in the flooded parking lot of a gas station in Level Plains, Ala. after heavy rains moved through the area Sunday, June 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Dothan Eagle, Max Oden)Floodwaters from torrential rains damaged homes and closed roads throughout the Florida Panhandle, cutting power to the county jail and sending residents to emergency shelters as the area braced for additional rains Sunday.


State of emergency declared for western Myanmar

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 09:01 AM PDT

Myanmar's Rakhine ethnic people pray at Shwedagon pagoda on Saturday, June 9, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. A group of some 150 Rakhine ethnic nationals and Buddhist monks went to the Shwedagon Pagoda - Myanmar's most revered Buddhist shrine - to say prayers for those killed in sectarian violence in western Rakhine state. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)Myanmar's president on Sunday night declared a state of emergency in a western state where sectarian tensions between Buddhists and Muslims have unleashed deadly violence. He warned that if the situation spun out of control, it could jeopardize the democratic reforms he has been instituting since taking office last year.


James 'Whitey' Bulger's girlfriend faces sentencing

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 09:11 AM PDT

Catherine Greig has been by James "Whitey" Bulger's side for more than three decades, first as a secret girlfriend he kept on the side while he lived with another woman, then as the faithful woman who left behind her life in Massachusetts so she could go on the run with him.

Lawmakers: Justice must move fast on leaks inquiry

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 12:00 PM PDT

Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., center, flanked by Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., vice-chair of the committee at right, and, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2012, following a closed-door meeting with Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on national security leaks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The heads of the House and Senate intelligence committees say the Justice Department must move quickly and ignore politics in investigating possible unauthorized disclosures of classified information.


Gunmen and suicide bomber attack Nigerian churches

Posted: 10 Jun 2012 07:47 AM PDT

Militants attacked two churches in Nigeria on Sunday, spraying the congregation of one with bullets, killing at least one person, and blowing up a car in a suicide bombing at the other, wounding 41, witnesses and police said.

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