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• Mitt Romney, the $100 million cash cow
• Is Quora the un-Twitter?
• Today's top photos
• Man acquitted beating of priest he said sexually abused him
• Expert: Air France Flight 447 crash 'didn't have to happen'
• 2 ex-Argentine dictators convicted in baby thefts
• Obama promises to get tough on trade with China
• San Diego’s ‘Big Bay Boom’ fireworks display goes bust
• Investigators locate where Colorado wildfire began, cause unknown
• Fired Florida lifeguard to be offered job back
• First NATO supply trucks cross Pakistan border
• Jesse Jackson Jr. in ‘more serious’ health situation
• Obama on marriage: ‘Do whatever she tells you’
• Wall Street Journal editorial slams Romney campaign
• Americans are already tired of this blog post
• Romney super PAC to run ads during Olympic Games
• Controversial Princess Diana film dropped

Mitt Romney, the $100 million cash cow Posted: 05 Jul 2012 12:27 PM PDT Mitt Romney reportedly raised more than $100 million in June, the best fundraising month of his campaign so far. Politico's Mike Allen first reported the total, which includes contributions to both Romney's campaign and the Romney Victory Fund—a joint account between the Romney campaign and the Republican National Committee. A Romney spokeswoman did not immediately [...]

Is Quora the un-Twitter? Posted: 05 Jul 2012 01:28 PM PDT Man. The smarties at Quora can class up even the lowest partisan bickering. Quora kids don't ask, Is Mitt Romney a nutcase? That would be too much like normal people. Instead, these Jesuitical know-it-alls ask "Does Mitt Romney have psychopathy?"

Today's top photos Posted: 05 Jul 2012 03:00 PM PDT Ten-year-old Lilly Hwang-Geddes (L) of Ithaca, New York, plays in a fountain at the Yards Park July 5, 2012 in Washington, DC. A record heat wave has been in the area for more than a week. Weather forecast predicted the hot weather will last through Sunday with possible daily triple-digit temperature. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Man acquitted beating of priest he said sexually abused him Posted: 05 Jul 2012 04:31 PM PDT William Lynch, the 44-year-old California man who admitted he pummeled a Jesuit priest who he said abused him as a boy, has been found not guilty of felony assault and elder abuse charges.

Expert: Air France Flight 447 crash 'didn't have to happen' Posted: 05 Jul 2012 04:31 PM PDT The Air France Flight 447 crash, considered one of the worst aviation disasters in history, could have been avoided, a top-ranking aviation safety expert said.

2 ex-Argentine dictators convicted in baby thefts Posted: 05 Jul 2012 04:53 PM PDT Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was convicted and sentenced to 50 years Thursday for a systematic plan to steal babies from prisoners who were kidnapped, tortured and killed during the military junta's war on leftist dissenters three decades ago.

Obama promises to get tough on trade with China Posted: 05 Jul 2012 12:09 PM PDT In an unabashedly populist appeal to voters in the electorally pivotal state of Ohio, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that his policies had brought America's auto industry "roaring back" and highlighted a new trade action against China. "As long as I'm president, that's what I'm going to be doing: waking up every single day [...]

San Diego’s ‘Big Bay Boom’ fireworks display goes bust Posted: 05 Jul 2012 10:41 AM PDT Independence Day celebrations are known for packing a punch when it comes to fireworks displays. People show up in droves at local parks to see colorful and magnificent pyrotechnics that usually last for several minutes. That was not the case in San Diego this Fourth [...]

Investigators locate where Colorado wildfire began, cause unknown Posted: 05 Jul 2012 01:56 PM PDT Investigators probing the cause of a deadly Colorado wildfire that charred more than 300 homes, making it the most destructive in state history, have located the point of ignition but have not concluded how the blaze started, officials said on Thursday. At its height, the 12-day-old blaze forced the evacuation of some 35,000 people in and around Colorado Springs, the state's second most populous city, and threatened the campus of the U.S. Air Force Academy before fire crews gained an upper hand late last week. ...

Fired Florida lifeguard to be offered job back Posted: 05 Jul 2012 12:04 PM PDT The Florida lifeguard who was fired after leaving his "zone" to help save a swimmer earlier this week will be offered his job back, the head of the company that fired him said Thursday. "I am of the opinion that the supervisors acted hastily," Jeff Ellis told the Orlando Sun Sentinel. "It was not the [...]

First NATO supply trucks cross Pakistan border Posted: 05 Jul 2012 12:45 PM PDT Trucks carrying NATO supplies rolled into Afghanistan for the first time in more than seven months Thursday, ending a painful chapter in U.S.-Pakistan relations that saw the border closed until Washington apologized for an airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

Jesse Jackson Jr. in ‘more serious’ health situation Posted: 05 Jul 2012 10:13 AM PDT The office of Illinois Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. announced in a statement Thursday that the congressman is at an "in-patient medical facility" and his undisclosed condition is "more serious" than originally assumed. "Congressman Jackson's medical condition is more serious than we thought and initially believed," the statement read. "Recently, we have been made aware [...]

Obama on marriage: ‘Do whatever she tells you’ Posted: 05 Jul 2012 01:06 PM PDT President Barack Obama, marriage counselor? The president stopped at the Kozy Corners diner in Oak Harbor, Ohio, on Thursday for what political campaigns dub an "OTR"—an "off the record" event that isn't on the formal schedule—and doled out a bit of marriage advice. "Just do whatever she tells you to," Obama told a man sitting [...]

Wall Street Journal editorial slams Romney campaign Posted: 05 Jul 2012 09:35 AM PDT The Wall Street Journal opinion page offered up a blistering rebuke of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign on Thursday, suggesting it is "slowly squandering a historic opportunity" to defeat President Barack Obama this fall. "Mr. Obama is being hurt by an economic recovery that is weakening for the third time in three years," the Journal's editorial [...]

Americans are already tired of this blog post Posted: 05 Jul 2012 12:48 PM PDT Democrats and Republicans are as divided as ever heading into November's presidential election, but there's one thing both parties agree on: They are already tired of this campaign. With Election Day still four months away, a new Pew Research Center poll finds that 67 percent of Americans already find the election "exhausting," while 63 percent [...]

Romney super PAC to run ads during Olympic Games Posted: 05 Jul 2012 08:40 AM PDT And you thought the Olympic Games would be politics-free. Restore Our Future, a super PAC supporting Mitt Romney's presidential campaign, announced a $7.2 million campaign Thursday that will run ads in 11 states during the Olympic Games in London. The group did not discuss the content of the ads, but in a statement Thursday, Restore [...]

Controversial Princess Diana film dropped Posted: 05 Jul 2012 12:35 PM PDT A controversial documentary delving into the details of Princess Diana's death will not see the light of day in the United States or Britain. The film, "Unlawful Killing," directed by Keith Allen, claims the princess and her boyfriend, Dodi Al Fayed, were murdered in a plot involving her former father-in-law, Prince Philip. The movie was [...]

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