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Sikh temple shooting: Domestic terrorism or hate crime?

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 01:17 PM PDT

A distraught women is helped to a car outside of the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, WisconsinThe FBI is treating a mass shooting on Sunday at a Milwaukee-area Sikh Temple as a possible act of domestic terrorism, officials announced in a press conference Monday. Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran and suspected white supremacist, is believed to be the gunman and was killed at the scene of the crime. Domestic [...]


Photos: Historic Mars landing

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 10:36 AM PDT

Photos: Historic Mars landingThis still from NASA TV shows a photo of the Mars rover Curiosity under its parachute as it landed on Mars on Aug. 5 PDT, 2012. The photo was taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The inset is has been enlarged and adjusted to reduce sat

The battle over Ohio early voting

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 10:32 AM PDT

Obama, Romney Hold High Noon Duel Over JobsMitt Romney and his staff are accusing President Barack Obama of threatening the ability of military personnel to vote early in Ohio following the administration's decision to sue the state over new early voting laws. The Democratic lawsuit aims to restore early voting rights for all Ohio voters, but Republicans are crying foul. "We disagree [...]


‘Mohawk Guy’ becomes star of NASA mars landing

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 10:35 AM PDT

'Mohawk Guy' Becomes Mars Rover StarLast night NASA landed a rover named Curiosity on Mars. The $2.5 billion mission was a success, but the unlikely star of the landing's live-stream wasn't the rover but a NASA flight director with an unusual haircut. During the webcast viewers noticed a guy with a black, red, and yellow Mohawk and stars colored into [...]


Poll: More Obama voters than McCain voters are switching parties

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:43 AM PDT

Obama looks at reporters as he returns from birthday visit at Camp David, to the White House in WashingtonPresident Barack Obama is having more difficulty keeping 2008 supporters on his side than Mitt Romney is having holding onto John McCain voters, according to a new Gallup poll. A survey of registered voters conducted July 23-29 found that 92 percent of Americans who voted for McCain in 2008 plan to vote for Romney this [...]


Clinton trip disrupted by pesky intruders

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:54 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton speaks at the U.S.-South Africa Business Partnership Summit in JohannesburgThe Internet and blogosphere has been buzzing with the news that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came under attack by bees in  Malawi during her African tour. According to reports, Clinton and her staff were literally chased on the tarmac of the Lilongwe International airport...


Joplin mosque razed in fire; 2nd blaze this summer

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 03:44 PM PDT

Imam Lahmuddin holds his hands over his face after a fire destroyed the Islamic Society of Joplin, Mo., mosque, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, in Joplin, Mo. The fire was the second fire to hit the Islamic center in little more than a month. (AP Photo/The Joplin Globe, T. Rob Brown) MANDATORY CREDITA mosque in southwest Missouri burned to the ground early Monday in the second fire to hit the Islamic center in little more than a month, officials said.


White House: No new gun laws push after Wisconsin rampage

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:35 AM PDT

Jay Carney speaks about the situation in Syria during a briefing at the White House in WashingtonThe White House on Monday all but ruled out the possibility that President Barack Obama would make a push for new gun control laws in the aftermath of the shooting rampage in Oak Creek, Wis. Press secretary Jay Carney noted that Obama had called for better enforcement of existing laws in the wake of the [...]


White House: Harry Reid ‘speaks for himself’ on Romney’s taxes

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 12:54 PM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to reporters just after Senate Democrats passed their version of a yearlong tax cut extension bill by a near party-line 51-48 vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 25, 2012. At right is Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The White House declined to criticize Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid over his unsubstantiated charge that Mitt Romney may not have paid taxes at all for a decade. "I would simply say that you all probably know Sen. Reid well and, you know, he speaks for himself," press secretary Jay Carney told reporters at [...]


Jared Loughner expected to plead guilty in Tucson shootings

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:50 AM PDT

Prosecutors Expect Jared Loughner to Be Found Unfit for TrialA year and a half after the Arizona shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded 13, including then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the suspected shooter is reportedly set to enter a plea bargain.


Painting found in Scottish farmhouse could be worth $150 million

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:38 AM PDT

Fiona McLaren, 59, had kept an old painting in her Scottish farmhouse for decades. She reportedly didn't think much of the painting, which had been given to her as a gift by her father. But after she finally decided to have the painting appraised, some experts are speculating that it may in fact be a [...]

Found: Lost camera reunited with owner after three years

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 10:13 AM PDT

A bagel shop, a purple door, and a street sign helped reconnect a lost camera with its owner after three long years. John Noerr uncovered a water-logged Canon XT digital camera in a creek in upstate New York near his parents' home. The art educator from Poultney, Vt., realized that the memory card of the [...]

Illinois couple shows off Star Wars themed nursery

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:56 AM PDT

If you're in the market for some nursery décor inspiration, we have a great one for you. Two "Star Wars" fanatics from Grayslake, Illinois, outfitted their son Rocky's nursery in an homage to their favorite sci-fi trilogy. (Wait -- why isn't he named Luke? Just asking.) Setting the scene is a throw pillow with these [...]

Tennessee Democrats reject U.S. Senate nominee Mark Clayton

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 07:54 AM PDT

Last Thursday, Democrat Mark Clayton won his party's nomination for U.S. Senate in Tennessee, but Democrats aren't celebrating. From the state party: Mark Clayton is associated with a known hate group in Washington, D.C., and the Tennessee Democratic Party disavows his candidacy, will not do anything to promote or support him in any way, and [...]

Social Security costs high-income recipients more than they get

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 12:54 AM PDT

The first person to get a monthly retirement check from Social Security certainly got her money's worth. Ida May Fuller, a retired legal secretary from Ludlow, Vt., received her first monthly check in January 1940. She was 65 years old and lived to be 100. She had paid Social Security taxes for three years.

Chronic exposure to 'butter flavoring' could harm brain process

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:01 PM PDT

Chronic exposure to an artificial butter flavoring ingredient, known as diacetyl, may worsen the harmful effects of a protein in the brain linked to Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.

White House says Assad losing his grip on power

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 01:15 PM PDT

Syrian rebel fighters take part in target practice in DarayaThe White House said on Monday the defection of Syria's prime minister showed that President Bashar al-Assad's government was "crumbling from within" and it repeated its call for him to step aside and end the violence gripping the country.


President Obama’s coming: Close the beach!

Posted: 06 Aug 2012 07:30 AM PDT

President Barack Obama flies to Connecticut on Monday for a star-studded fundraiser at movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's sprawling estate in Westport.

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