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• Texas ‘stand your ground’ shooter gets 40 years in prison
• Raging fire prompts presidential visit
• Why Nora Ephron gave us heartburn
• Parties prepare for Eric Holder showdown
• Bernie Madoff's brother to plead guilty
• Obama's favorite catch phrase: 'It's the right thing to do'
• Helmets, boots found, but no pilots in Turkish plane crash
• Dad battles hospital for guardianship of comatose son
• If you believe in UFOs you may be in better company than you think
• TV reporter loses her smile after Bell's Palsy attack
• Poland celebrates summer solstice with 15,000 lanterns
• Teacher who was fired over controversial blog sues school district
• Mexican doctors remove 33-pound tumor from toddler
• Video: Tennessee man returns $13,000 he found on trash can

Texas ‘stand your ground’ shooter gets 40 years in prison Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:07 PM PDT A Texas man convicted of shooting and killing his unarmed neighbor during a dispute over loud music received a 40-year prison sentence on Wednesday. Raul Rodriguez, 47, faced a minimum of five years and a maximum of life in prison.  He claimed he shot schoolteacher Kelly Danaher in self-defense under Texas' version of the "stand [...]

Raging fire prompts presidential visit Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:25 PM PDT President Obama will tour wildfire-ravaged Colorado on Friday, the White House announced Wednesday afternoon. The president called Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach to express his concern, thank the state's firefighters and reiterate his support of the use of federal resources in battling the fires, the White House said. White House [...]

Why Nora Ephron gave us heartburn Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:31 AM PDT The first day we didn't think it was funny. That the great Nora Ephron died last night at 71. That it was sudden—a vigil on Twitter, a flurry of worried texts from friends, and then Tuesday night the bell tolled. Ephron, the legendary writer and director, had died of pneumonia, a complication of myeloid leukemia.

Parties prepare for Eric Holder showdown Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:12 PM PDT Following yet another failed attempt at compromise Tuesday evening between the Justice Department and Republican lawmakers, House Speaker John Boehner confirmed Wednesday that a vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress will proceed Thursday as scheduled. "We'd really rather not be here," Boehner told reporters. "We'd really rather have the attorney [...]

Bernie Madoff's brother to plead guilty Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:19 PM PDT The brother of con man Bernie Madoff will plead guilty Friday morning to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and falsifying records for his alleged role in his brother's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, prosecutors said Wednesday, and will serve 10 years in federal prison.

Obama's favorite catch phrase: 'It's the right thing to do' Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:47 PM PDT Doing the right thing seems to be hard for everyone, except President Obama. He always seems to know the "right thing to do." Indeed, he uses his presidential remarks to instruct the American people on the right thing to do over and over again. At...

Helmets, boots found, but no pilots in Turkish plane crash Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:27 AM PDT Search teams have reportedly found the boots and helmets belonging to two Turkish aviators whose plane was shot down by Syrian forces last week, but there's still no sign of the pilots themselves. Top Turkish officials announced today the helmets were found among the two-seat...

Dad battles hospital for guardianship of comatose son Posted: 27 Jun 2012 09:51 AM PDT A North Carolina father is embroiled in a legal battle with a hospital that wants to assume guardianship of his comatose son.

If you believe in UFOs you may be in better company than you think Posted: 27 Jun 2012 01:10 PM PDT If you believe in UFOs, you may be in better company than you think. Thirty-six percent of Americans -- about 80 million people if the survey applied to the whole country -- believe UFOs exist, and a tenth believe they have spotted one, a new National Geographic poll shows.

TV reporter loses her smile after Bell's Palsy attack Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:28 PM PDT It was a terrifying moment for Mary King. On June 1, sitting on the runway in Charlotte, N.C., on a plane bound for Baltimore where she planned to celebrate her upcoming wedding with friends, the 25-year-old television reporter realized she couldn't rub her lips together. Then, she couldn't move the right side of her face or blink her right eye.

Poland celebrates summer solstice with 15,000 lanterns Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:45 PM PDT To celebrate the shortest night of the year, crowds descended on the Polish city of Poznan to release 15,000 gleaming lanterns into the night sky. The candle-lit balloons, which floated overhead, cast a magical glow over the city--giving meaning to what organizers on Facebook called the "most romantic night in Poland." The event for St. [...]

Teacher who was fired over controversial blog sues school district Posted: 27 Jun 2012 02:12 PM PDT Natalie Munroe, a teacher at Central Bucks East High School in Doylestown, Pa., was fired Tuesday night after a long controversy over the content of her foul-mouthed, tell-all blog, "Where are we going & why are we in this hand basket." In it, the honors English teacher complained of "disengaged, lazy students" and of feckless faculty [...]

Mexican doctors remove 33-pound tumor from toddler Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:31 PM PDT Mexican doctors successfully removed a tumor from a young patient who weighed less than the tumor itself. Two-year-old Jesus Rodriguez weighed just 26 pounds at the time of his surgery. The tumor, externally attached to his body, weighed 33 pounds. Dr. Gustavo Hernandez says the benign tumor was the first one ever removed by Mexican [...]

Video: Tennessee man returns $13,000 he found on trash can Posted: 27 Jun 2012 11:20 AM PDT When Kenneth Allen picked up the paper bag sitting atop a trash can outside a Tennessee convenience store, he found two things: A bottle of cologne and nearly $13,000 in cash. "It never crossed my mind to take it, because that's not the right thing to do," Allen told local affiliate Fox4KC about the $12,764.73 [...]

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