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• Will Rep. Todd Akin drop out of Senate race?
• U.S.: Assange trying to distract from sex case
• Comedienne Phyllis Diller dies at age 95
• 11-mile stretch of Mississippi River closed
• Facebook director sells 20 million shares after lock-up
• Pakistan girl jailed, accused of blasphemy
• Obama warns Syria of military ‘red line’ on chemical weapons
• Syria airstrikes, shelling kill 100 during holiday
• Obama: Romney not ‘responsible’ for death of woman in political ad
• Photos: Diana Nyad continues historic Cuba to Florida swim
• Lack of exercise is U.S. kids' biggest health problem: poll
• Photos: First lady hosts first-ever kids 'state dinner'
• Fisker issues second recall of electric car
• Restaurant offers discount for surrendering phone before meal
• PETA angry over program pairing homelss people, homeless puppies
• Does bacon-flavored Coke really exist?
• Scientists developing nasal spray to treat depression, suicide
• Survery: And the No. 1 party school in America is ...
• New hover vehicle recalls 'Star Wars' speeders
• Binge-drinking students happier, more accepted, study finds
• Midwest drought reveals Indiana ‘ghost towns’

Will Rep. Todd Akin drop out of Senate race? Posted: 20 Aug 2012 11:57 AM PDT Rumors were flying Monday afternoon that Rep. Todd Akin would resign his candidacy after causing a firestorm of controversy with his "legitimate rape" comments on Sunday. A senior Republican official told Buzzfeed's Ben Smith that Akin is planning to withdraw his Senate candidacy at 5:00 pm tomorrow. The source said Akin may still change his [...]

U.S.: Assange trying to distract from sex case Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:32 PM PDT The Obama administration on Monday accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of making "wild assertions" about U.S. persecution to deflect attention from sex allegations he faces questioning for in Sweden.

Comedienne Phyllis Diller dies at age 95 Posted: 20 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle, died Monday morning in Los Angeles at age 95.

11-mile stretch of Mississippi River closed Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:40 PM PDT Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage Monday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to low water levels, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Facebook director sells 20 million shares after lock-up Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:34 PM PDT Facebook Inc director Peter Thiel sold roughly 20 million shares in the Internet social networking company last week, cashing out the majority of his stake, according to a regulatory filing. Thiel sold his shares on Thursday and Friday, at prices ranging between $19.27 and $20.69 per share, as the first "lock-up" barring early investors and insiders from selling shares after the initial public offering was lifted. Facebook, founded by Mark Zuckerberg in his Harvard University dorm room, became the only U.S. ...

Pakistan girl jailed, accused of blasphemy Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:14 PM PDT A Christian girl was sent to a Pakistani prison after being accused by her furious Muslim neighbors of burning pages of the Islamic holy book, the Quran, in violation of the country's strict blasphemy laws.

Obama warns Syria of military ‘red line’ on chemical weapons Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:59 PM PDT President Barack Obama warned Monday that he would consider military force if Syria's Bashar Assad either tries to relocate his regime's arsenal of chemical and biological weapons or attempts to use them on his own people in a bid to crush an uprising that could topple him from power. "I have, at this point, not [...]

Syria airstrikes, shelling kill 100 during holiday Posted: 20 Aug 2012 01:05 PM PDT Government forces pummeled the battered city of Aleppo with airstrikes and tanks and shelled parts of Damascus and southern Syria Monday, killing at least 100 people during a major Muslim holiday, rights groups and activists said.

Obama: Romney not ‘responsible’ for death of woman in political ad Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:24 PM PDT President Barack Obama on Monday effectively repudiated a controversial and misleading ad, crafted by a super PAC fighting for his re-election, that essentially blamed Mitt Romney for the cancer death of the wife of a laid-off steelworker. The White House had previously resisted calls to denounce the commercial, which has run only once as a [...]

Photos: Diana Nyad continues historic Cuba to Florida swim Posted: 19 Aug 2012 06:04 PM PDT Veteran US endurance swimmer Diana Nyad braves the treacherous waters of the Florida Straits on August 18 in her fourth attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. (AFP Photo/Christi Barli)

Lack of exercise is U.S. kids' biggest health problem: poll Posted: 20 Aug 2012 01:23 PM PDT Lack of exercise tops the list of the biggest concerns about kids' health, according to a new survey of American adults. The plight of young couch potatoes outranked teen pregnancy and drug abuse as problems that adults are concerned about, according to the survey.

Photos: First lady hosts first-ever kids 'state dinner' Posted: 20 Aug 2012 10:13 AM PDT President Barack Obama, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama, speaks during Kids' "State Dinner," hosted by Mrs. Obama, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Fisker issues second recall of electric car Posted: 20 Aug 2012 02:51 PM PDT Fed-Backed Carmaker Blames Cooling Fan for Karma Car Fire

Restaurant offers discount for surrendering phone before meal Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT Like us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending. Many of us carry our smartphone everywhere -- even when we eat out at restaurants. Some people consider smartphones a necessity, much like their eating utensils, at mealtime -- whether it's to use Instagram to take enhanced pictures of meals or to check in on [...]

PETA angry over program pairing homelss people, homeless puppies Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:53 PM PDT A new community program that pairs homeless puppies with formerly homeless people is being tested in San Francisco and has drawn the ire of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which calls the plan "puppy Russian roulette." Organizers of the pilot program, which launched Aug. 1, say the pound pups—who are matched with [...]

Does bacon-flavored Coke really exist? Posted: 20 Aug 2012 02:22 PM PDT Is bacon-flavored Coke on the way? That's what some Twitter users are wondering, after an image of a Diet Coke can emblazoned with the words "with Bacon" below the logo appeared online. "Timeout," the user @coolmaterial wrote. "This actually exists?" Turns out, it doesn't. At least, not yet. "To answer your question," Scott Williamson, vice [...]

Scientists developing nasal spray to treat depression, suicide Posted: 20 Aug 2012 01:39 PM PDT The U.S. Army gave $3 million to the University of Indiana to develop an antidepressant that can be taken as a nasal spray. The grant could speed the development of a portable and easy-to-use device for preventing mental health problems. … Continue reading →

Survery: And the No. 1 party school in America is ... Posted: 20 Aug 2012 03:22 PM PDT West Virginia University is back on top for the first time in five years, bumping off Ohio University to reclaim its title as the nation's No. 1 party school.

New hover vehicle recalls 'Star Wars' speeders Posted: 20 Aug 2012 10:14 AM PDT A resurrected hover vehicle won't fly through dense forests as effortlessly as the "Star Wars" speeder bikes from "Return of the Jedi," but its intuitive controls could someday allow anyone to fly it without pilot training.

Binge-drinking students happier, more accepted, study finds Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:44 PM PDT Researchers completing a new study on alcohol consumption have discovered that college-age students who binge drink are happier than those who don't. Those who engaged in binge drinking tend to belong to so-called high-status groups: wealthy, white, male and active in fraternity life. And those who did not belong to the high-status groups could achieve [...]

Midwest drought reveals Indiana ‘ghost towns’ Posted: 20 Aug 2012 10:52 AM PDT The severe drought scorching much of the nation's Midwest has lowered water levels so drastically that towns that were intentionally submerged decades ago are starting to surface. The historic drought has dried the Salamonie River in northeast Indiana so much that its receding banks are now revealing the remnants, bricks and foundations of Monument City, [...]

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