2012年6月21日星期四

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Sandusky's adopted son says father sexually abused him

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 02:41 PM PDT

Former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky arrives at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., Thursday, June 21, 2012. Sandusky is charged with 51 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 boys over a period of 15 years. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Just hours after the sex abuse trial of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky wrapped up on Thursday, his adopted son revealed that he had been "a victim of Jerry Sandusky's abuse" and had offered to testify against his father. It is unclear whether prosecutors were prepared to put Matt Sandusky on the stand. [...]


Moody's downgrades 15 major global banks

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 04:34 PM PDT

File photo of the Moody's sign on 7 World Trade Center tower in New YorkMoody's Investors Service cut the credit ratings of 15 of the world's biggest banks on Thursday in an expected move that was part of a broad review of major financial institutions. Moody's announced the review on February 15, saying these global investment banks' ratings did not capture the evolving challenges of more fragile funding conditions, wider credit spreads, increased regulatory burdens and more difficult operating conditions. ...


White House denies Fast and Furious ‘cover up’

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 02:20 PM PDT

Rough week for the White House?President Barack Obama has "full confidence" in Attorney General Eric Holder, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Thursday, brushing aside a growing Republican chorus of calls for the nation's top law-enforcement official to resign or be ousted over the botched Fast and Furious gun-smuggling investigation. And Carney flatly denied that Obama had invoked executive [...]


Mitt Romney, Internet buzzkill?

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 09:21 AM PDT

Romney, buzzkillPolitical websites that are inundated with traffic right now ought to consider an astoundingly effective app for turning readers away. It's free. It's the phrase "Mitt Romney."


Boehner to GOP: Don't gloat if Obama's health care is struck down

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 11:57 AM PDT

Boehner: House to vote on AG contempt next weekThe Supreme Court is expected to rule on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care law within the next week, and House Speaker John Boehner has issued a pre-emptive warning to fellow House Republicans if parts of the law are struck down: Forget about celebrating. In a memo sent to his entire caucus Friday, [...]


Video: Zimmerman re-enacts Trayvon Martin shooting

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:22 AM PDT

George Zimmerman explains the sequence of events leading up to the February 26, 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin in SanfordA video released Thursday by George Zimmerman's defense team shows the neighborhood watch volunteer giving police a step-by-step account of what led him to shoot and kill an unarmed teenager in February. His re-enactment was taped at the scene a day after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin died. In the video, Zimmerman tells Sanford, Fla., detectives he [...]


Scott Walker gets Honey Badger’d

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 11:04 AM PDT

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker addresses campaign event in WisconsinOver at Misfit Politics, a website for young conservatives, Scott Walker fans put together their own "Honey Badger" parody spot to celebrate the Wisconsin governor's recent victory in the state's recall election. The video is based on the 2011 "Honey Badger" viral sensation, which has been viewed more than 46 million times. Wisconsin is, of [...]


Stocks post worst drop in three weeks

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 01:53 PM PDT

Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock ExchangeStocks posted their worst day in three weeks on Thursday on mounting evidence that slowing manufacturing growth worldwide was poised to hurt profit growth


Obama: Republicans ‘playing chicken’ on student loans

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:55 PM PDT

President Barack Obama accused congressional Republicans on Thursday of "playing chicken" ahead of a looming deadline to pass legislation or see some student loan rates double come July 1. "This is all about the economy," Obama told a crowd of students packed into the White House's East Room. "This should be a no-brainer." Republican leaders [...]

Rubio chooses family time over Romney fundraiser

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 09:58 AM PDT

Mitt Romney Says Marco Rubio Is Being VettedWhen it was first reported this week that Mitt Romney was hosting an exclusive retreat in Park City, Utah, this weekend with high dollar donors and a handful of possible running mates, one big name was missing from the list: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. The omission sparked a wave of speculation about whether Rubio's absence [...]


Natalee Holloway's mother sues National Enquirer

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:47 AM PDT

FILE - An undated file family photo released by Marcia Twitty shows Natalee Holloway of Mountain Brook, Ala. Alabama Judge Alan King signed a court order Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 declaring Natalee Holloway legally dead, more than six years after the teenager vanished in Aruba on a high school graduation trip. King took that step after a hearing Thursday requested by the teen's father, David Holloway. The father told the judge in September he believed his daughter had died and he wished to stop paying her medical insurance and use her college fund for her brother. (AP Photo/Family photo, File)The mother of Natalee Holloway is suing The National Enquirer, saying the tabloid published untrue stories to profit from her daughter's 2005 disappearance in Aruba.


Mass grave of ‘giant wombats’ discovered in Australia

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 01:16 PM PDT

Scientists have discovered a mass grave that is home to about 50 prehistoric "giant wombats," the largest known marsupial that ever lived. The BBC reports the Diprotodon skeletons, believed to be between 100,000 and 200,000 years old, were discovered in Queensland, Australia, and represent a potentially historic find. "It's a paleontologist's' goldmine where we can [...]

Texas woman hit with $1.3 million-plus electric bill

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 09:55 AM PDT

We all dread opening an electric bill, especially when air-conditioning drives up costs and maxes out a family budget. But Kristin Harriger's recent electric bill was beyond shocking.

Why McDonald’s ads look so much better than the real thing

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 10:39 AM PDT

There's no denying that pretty much any photo of a fast-food burger looks better than the real thing. And in a fascinating development, McDonald's Canada has revealed the exacting process of food styling the company's burgers for advertising campaigns. The qualitative gap between food advertising and the actual product raises all sorts of questions, not [...]

Ohio 'personhood' push faces hurdle

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 01:45 PM PDT

File - In this Feb. 28, 2012 file photo, people at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City cheer at a rally in opposition to the state Senate's passage of a bill that grants the rights of personhood to fertilized human eggs. An anti-abortion group in Ohio is facing a significant shortfall in the number of signatures needed to ask voters in the presidential battleground this fall whether they want to amend the state's constitution to declare that life begins when a human egg is fertilized. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)An anti-abortion group in Ohio is facing a significant shortfall in the number of signatures needed to ask voters in the presidential battleground this fall whether the state constitution should declare that life begins when a human egg is fertilized, throwing up another obstacle for the "personhood" movement.


Romney will ‘replace and supersede’ Obama’s immigration plan

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 09:06 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to supporters at the Holland State Park beach Tuesday, June 19, 2012. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press,Chris Clark )Mitt Romney will criticize President Obama's immigration plan on Thursday, saying that as president, he will "put in place my own long-term solution that will replace and supersede the President's temporary measure," according to excerpts of his speech.


Bryson resigns as Commerce Secretary

Posted: 21 Jun 2012 08:41 AM PDT

US commerce secretary John BrysonCommerce Secretary John Bryson, already on medical leave, has formally resigned his post.


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