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• Obama campaign unleashing 'the Big Dog' in battleground states
• Holmes made threats, was barred from campus in June
• Romney: My health care plan is superior to Obama's
• Will Isaac hit Tampa during the Republican convention?
• Romney energy plan aims to expand drilling on federal land
• SEAL who wrote book on bin Laden raid revealed
• Study: U.S. trade gap with China cost 2.7M jobs
• Flesh-eating disease survivor goes home
• Dazzling map shows more than 150 years of hurricanes
• Former ambassador Ryan Crocker arrested in DUI
• Florida man learns lesson when stolen gun returned with a message
• Washed out bridge strands Missouri couple in their home
• Video: Family of four stranded at airport for six days
• Lance Armstrong faces big decision in doping case
• Gawker publishes records about Romney’s investments
• See the best RNC party invitation yet
• Photo: Stunning drawing of Russian girl not a photograph
• South Africans mourn victims of platinum mine carnage
• Woman who fought flesh-eating illness goes home

Obama campaign unleashing 'the Big Dog' in battleground states Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:14 PM PDT Do you look back fondly on Bill Clinton's time in office as an era of prosperity? President Obama's re-election campaign hopes you do—because it will be unleashing the gifted politician, sometimes known as "the Big Dog," in battleground states.

Holmes made threats, was barred from campus in June Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:50 PM PDT CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- The prosecution in the James Holmes mass murder case said on Thursday that the suspect's school life is linked to the July 20 shootings that killed 12 people during a midnight screening of the new Batman movie. Karen Pearson, a lawyer with the Arapahoe County District Attorney's office, said during a hearing [...]

Romney: My health care plan is superior to Obama's Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:47 PM PDT Claiming health care bragging rights, Mitt Romney said Thursday his plan to provide health insurance to everyone in Massachusetts was superior to the one it inspired, President Barack Obama's much-debated national law.

Will Isaac hit Tampa during the Republican convention? Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:40 PM PDT A day after the mayor of Tampa said he was prepared to call off next week's Republican National Convention if Tropical Storm Isaac hits the bay area as a major storm, Florida Gov. Rick Scott assured conventiongoers that "Tampa is open for business." "We're a hospitality state," Scott said on CNN. "We do this every [...]

Romney energy plan aims to expand drilling on federal land Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:21 PM PDT In what his campaign billed as a major policy speech, Mitt Romney unveiled an energy plan Thursday that would give states the power to determine whether drilling and mining should occur on federal lands within their borders as part of a larger effort to increase domestic oil, coal and natural gas production and achieve energy [...]

SEAL who wrote book on bin Laden raid revealed Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:37 PM PDT The Navy SEAL who used a pseudonym to write an upcoming book on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden has been revealed. Penguin Books—which is publishing "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama bin Laden" on Sept. 11 on its Dutton imprint—said the author used the pen name Mark [...]

Study: U.S. trade gap with China cost 2.7M jobs Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:03 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The huge U.S. trade deficit with China, fueled by Beijing's actions to depress the value of its currency, displaced or eliminated more than 2.7 million American jobs between 2001 and 2011, the labor-friendly Economic Policy Institute said on Thursday in its latest look at the issue. The institute estimated that nearly 77 percent, or more than 2.1 million, of the lost jobs were in manufacturing. ...

Flesh-eating disease survivor goes home Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:03 AM PDT Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old who lost both hands, her left leg and her right foot when she contracted a flesh-eating bacteria in April, slept in her own bed last night for the first time in months.

Dazzling map shows more than 150 years of hurricanes Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:42 AM PDT A new map done up in glowing colors reveals the swirling paths hurricanes and tropical storms have tread across our planet since 1851.

Former ambassador Ryan Crocker arrested in DUI Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT Former U.S. ambassador Ryan Crocker is facing hit-and-run and drunken driving charges in Washington state after striking a semi-truck when he tried to make a right turn from the left lane, authorities said Thursday.

Florida man learns lesson when stolen gun returned with a message Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:01 PM PDT A Port St. Lucie man says he learned a valuable lesson in gun safety after his stolen gun was secretly returned—with a disturbing message. Mike Maisonneuve told local police that a gun with bullets and a knife were stolen from his unlocked car in his driveway, WPBF-TV reports. But when he started to go back [...]

Washed out bridge strands Missouri couple in their home Posted: 23 Aug 2012 01:26 PM PDT For Bob and Connie Bushner, a trip to the grocery store involves a trek on a four-wheel ATV down a creek bank, across the creek, up another steep bank and then to a car parked away from their home. It's been that way since December of 2010, when a storm washed away a small bridge [...]

Video: Family of four stranded at airport for six days Posted: 23 Aug 2012 01:50 PM PDT A Virginia family spent six days stranded at Salt Lake City International Airport before a generous donor purchased them a flight back home. "We just sit and walk around and wait for our flights," Curtis Saxton told local affiliate ABC 4. "We've been here for every flight, rolled over for every flight," said Saxton. "We're [...]

Lance Armstrong faces big decision in doping case Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:07 AM PDT Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong faced a deadline Thursday to formally challenge sweeping doping allegations from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency or accept sanctions that could include a lifetime ban from the sport and potentially strip him of his titles.

Gawker publishes records about Romney’s investments Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:25 AM PDT Mitt Romney has repeatedly pushed back on Democratic calls for him to release more information about his personal finances—pointing to the 2010 tax returns and 2011 tax summary he released earlier this year. But Gawker's John Cook has gotten his hands on 950 pages of financial statements for at least 21 funds in which Romney [...]

See the best RNC party invitation yet Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:58 AM PDT In search of the most creative invitations to parties at next week's Republican National Convention, Yahoo News combed through dozens of announcements, and Americans for Tax Reform wins the prize. The only problem is that this party will never happen—ATR staff inform us that the event never made it past the concept phase and no [...]

Photo: Stunning drawing of Russian girl not a photograph Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:02 AM PDT Samuel Silva, a 29-year-old attorney in Portugal, has shocked and delighted countless viewers online this week when he uploaded a stunning painting that many mistook for a photograph. As Colossal notes, the artwork, which was created using only Bic ballpoint pens, is based on this photograph by Russian photographer Kristina Tararina. Silva, who describes his [...]

South Africans mourn victims of platinum mine carnage Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:47 AM PDT MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africans held a memorial service on Thursday at a mine where police shot dead 34 strikers, bloodshed that revived memories of apartheid-era violence and laid bare workers' anger over enduring inequalities since the end of white rule. Some 500 people crammed into a marquee pitched at the platinum mine, near what has been dubbed the "Hill of Horror" where police opened fire on striking miners in the deadliest security incident since apartheid ended in 1994. Crowds spilled out into the scorched, dusty fields outside, listening to hymns and prayers. ...

Woman who fought flesh-eating illness goes home Posted: 23 Aug 2012 12:10 PM PDT A 24-year-old Georgia woman who survived a rare, flesh-eating disease is back home after more than three months in the hospital and a rehabilitation clinic.

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