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• U.K. preps for Olympics — with missiles
• Pakistan reopens vital supply routes after Clinton says 'sorry'
• Beloved TV icon Andy Griffith dies at 86
• East coast heat wave bears down on millions without power
• What the frack? N.C. lawmaker accidentally votes to legalize fracking
• Suspended police officer who’s been fired 6 times wants to return to work
• Americans still support Declaration of Independence: poll
• Obama defiantly attacks Romney on ‘outsourcing’
• Anchorage mayor takes oath of office in Honolulu
• Chinese company claims Snow Leopard trademark, sues Apple
• Video: SUV goes airborne after hitting road buckle
• Student’s eBay listing to save school taken down by school district

U.K. preps for Olympics — with missiles Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:05 AM PDT The British government confirmed Tuesday that it had placed missile batteries at six sites around London in advance of the upcoming Summer Olympics, including atop two apartment buildings where residents had previously expressed reservations about hosting the anti-aircraft weapons.

Pakistan reopens vital supply routes after Clinton says 'sorry' Posted: 03 Jul 2012 11:35 AM PDT Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that Pakistan was reopening ground supply lines into neighboring Afghanistan after she apologized for the death of 24 Pakistani soldiers in a NATO strike in November. "We are sorry for the losses suffered by the Pakistani military," Clinton told Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar by telephone. America's [...]

Beloved TV icon Andy Griffith dies at 86 Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:53 AM PDT Beloved TV icon Andy Griffith died at his Manteo, North Carolina, home on Tuesday morning. He was 86

East coast heat wave bears down on millions without power Posted: 03 Jul 2012 12:25 AM PDT Power Outages Could Last Through the Week

What the frack? N.C. lawmaker accidentally votes to legalize fracking Posted: 03 Jul 2012 11:30 AM PDT A North Carolina lawmaker says she feels "rotten" after accidentally voting to override the veto of a bill to legalize fracking—the controversial technique of extracting natural gas—in the state. Rep. Becky Carney, a Democrat from Mecklenburg, said she accidentally voted late Monday to override the governor's veto after asking fellow Democrats to uphold it. The [...]

Suspended police officer who’s been fired 6 times wants to return to work Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:35 AM PDT A suspended Florida police officer—who's been fired six times over the years for alleged misconduct, only to be reinstated—says he's the victim of a "witch hunt" and wants to go back to work, even though he's being paid $60,000 a year to stay home. Since becoming an officer in 1990, Sgt. German Bosque of the [...]

Americans still support Declaration of Independence: poll Posted: 03 Jul 2012 09:25 AM PDT USA! USA! USA! The timing could hardly be better. On the eve of July Fourth, a strong majority of Americans—70 percent—still firmly support the Declaration of Independence, according to a public opinion survey by Rasmussen Reports. Here's how Rasmussen puts it: The Declaration of Independence, ratified by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, asserts that "governments [...]

Obama defiantly attacks Romney on ‘outsourcing’ Posted: 03 Jul 2012 07:51 AM PDT President Barack Obama's re-election campaign on Tuesday redoubled its attack on Mitt Romney as someone who shipped jobs overseas, defying findings from independent fact-checking outlets that have branded the accusation largely baseless. In a new television ad, dubbed "Believe," Team Obama says that companies taken over by Romney's Bain Capital "were pioneers in outsourcing U.S. [...]

Anchorage mayor takes oath of office in Honolulu Posted: 03 Jul 2012 11:37 AM PDT Dan Sullivan was 4,664 miles from home. But thanks to video conferencing technology, the re-elected mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, was able to take his oath of office from Honolulu, Hawaii. It was 80 degrees in Honolulu, the Associated Press reported, compared with the seasonal highs of the mid-50s in Anchorage. Sullivan wore a Hawaiian shirt [...]

Chinese company claims Snow Leopard trademark, sues Apple Posted: 03 Jul 2012 10:29 AM PDT Earlier this year, iPads were pulled from shelves in numerous electronic stores in China due to a case filed by Proview, a Chinese company that used to own the iPad trademark in the country from the year 2000 up until … Continue reading →

Video: SUV goes airborne after hitting road buckle Posted: 03 Jul 2012 07:07 AM PDT A Wisconsin woman who had stopped on a bridge to take a picture with her cell phone of a buckled highway near Eau Claire accidentally caught video of an SUV going airborne instead. Theresa Reich told Milwaukee's WISN she didn't know her phone was taking video when the SUV hit the clearly-marked lip. "You don't [...]

Student’s eBay listing to save school taken down by school district Posted: 03 Jul 2012 11:36 AM PDT Like us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending. A father and son's creative way to help save a school from being shut down has been quashed by school district officials. Casey Young, a former student at the Learning Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, suggested listing the school on eBay as a way to offset [...]

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