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• Portman vows to work his ‘heart out for’ Romney ‘no matter what’
• FBI: Temple shooter killed himself with head shot
• Romney campaign takes press pool on a wild ride
• Space junkies try to explain mysterious image in photo from Mars rover
• Skateboard 'bombing' banned in Los Angeles
• Obama camp denies knowledge of cancer tale it told in May
• 'Red to Blue': Dems hope to win over 13 new House races
• NASA's 'Mohawk Guy' gets galaxy of marriage proposals
• Alaska Airlines passenger's confidence shaken by message on wing
• Team Obama to Romney: Hey, how ’bout Gingrich or Bachmann as VP?
• Obama campaign mocks Romney use of Bill Clinton
• Mystery customer picks up tab for entire Denny’s restaurant
• Obama warns women Romney would roll back their rights
• Obama’s defense on Romney’s welfare attacks: GOP governors
• Facebook photo of arthritic dog swimming with owner goes viral
• Couple's backyard roller coaster video a hit
• Twitter gives police information on source of threatening tweet
• U.S. starts landmark Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam

Portman vows to work his ‘heart out for’ Romney ‘no matter what’ Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT Being on the shortlist for vice president has its perks: The media take an interest in your every move, you sell off those extra copies of your memoir and everyone wants to hear your stance on the issues. But as the remaining hopefuls are discovering, it also takes work. "I've spent a lot [...]

FBI: Temple shooter killed himself with head shot Posted: 08 Aug 2012 08:55 AM PDT Officials said the shooter was first wounded by a shot by an officer to the body.

Romney campaign takes press pool on a wild ride Posted: 08 Aug 2012 02:28 PM PDT Reporters covering Mitt Romney Wednesday experienced an extra dose of adventure complete with nerve-wracking high-speed rides, an Orthodox Jewish wedding and attempted fence-scaling. "Some unusual things happened," pool reporter Holly Bailey of Yahoo News reported. Romney arrived Wednesday afternoon at Lake Terrace in Lakewood, N.J for a fundraiser after managing to shorten a 61-minute drive [...]

Space junkies try to explain mysterious image in photo from Mars rover Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:04 PM PDT A mysterious blotch that appeared along the horizon in a photo from the surface of Mars stirred speculation about what it might be, as two hours later it was gone. One image from the Curiosity rover as it landed on the fourth planet from the sun showed a "faint but distinctive" image on the horizon, [...]

Skateboard 'bombing' banned in Los Angeles Posted: 08 Aug 2012 02:16 PM PDT Los Angeles skateboarders can still go on high-risk "bombing" sessions, but they will have to abide by new safety regulations because of a city ordinance passed  Tuesday. The City Council voted to institute several regulations and penalties on unsafe skateboarding practices. Riders will now have...

Obama camp denies knowledge of cancer tale it told in May Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:52 PM PDT Oops? President Barack Obama's re-election campaign washed its hands Wednesday of an independent group's vicious (and misleading) ad effectively blaming Mitt Romney for the death of a laid-off steelworker's wife from cancer. Campaign officials flatly denied any knowledge of the facts in the case—but it turns out the widower told the same story on an [...]

'Red to Blue': Dems hope to win over 13 new House races Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:03 PM PDT The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) on Wednesday added 13 House races to their "Red to Blue" list of districts the party feels confident they can win this fall. Committee Chairman Steve Israel repeated many of the party's 2012 campaign lines in a conference call announcing the additions, arguing that these districts contain Democrats who [...]

NASA's 'Mohawk Guy' gets galaxy of marriage proposals Posted: 08 Aug 2012 02:45 PM PDT Gone are the days when a NASA control room would be filled with guys with buzz cuts and pocket protectors.

Alaska Airlines passenger's confidence shaken by message on wing Posted: 08 Aug 2012 11:54 AM PDT While aboard an Alaska Airlines flight leaving Burbank, Calif. bound for Seattle, Wash., a passenger looked out a window to see by a handwritten message scrawled on what appeared to be a damaged area of the plane's wing. "We know about this," the note said....

Team Obama to Romney: Hey, how ’bout Gingrich or Bachmann as VP? Posted: 08 Aug 2012 10:39 AM PDT Pick Paul Ryan! Bobby Jindal! Rob Portman! Tim Pawlenty! When it comes to advising Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on choosing a running mate, it seems as though everyone inside the Beltway is getting in on the act—including, now, the Obama campaign. "Newt Gingrich or Michele Bachmann would be an excellent choice for Mitt Romney [...]

Obama campaign mocks Romney use of Bill Clinton Posted: 08 Aug 2012 10:15 AM PDT President Barack Obama's re-election spokeswoman mocked the Mitt Romney campaign for using Bill Clinton in its latest ad, joking that the Republican standard-bearer must have run out of supporters in his own party. "If that's the best validator they can find—someone who thinks President Obama is a far better choice on the economy and on [...]

Mystery customer picks up tab for entire Denny’s restaurant Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:59 PM PDT An anonymous customer at a Denny's restaurant decided to voluntarily pay for the meals of all her fellow diners. "People thought we were joking. She didn't want anybody to know she paid and then she left," Carol Kronberger, a waitress at a Sacramento, Calif., location, told KCRA. "It just put a smile on everyone's faces [...]

Obama warns women Romney would roll back their rights Posted: 08 Aug 2012 02:55 PM PDT Campaigning in the battleground state of Colorado, President Barack Obama warned women voters vital to his reelection effort that Mitt Romney would roll back their rights and had embraced "policies more suited to the 1950s than the 21st century." Obama got a vocal assist from Sandra Fluke, who as a Georgetown law student advocated health [...]

Obama’s defense on Romney’s welfare attacks: GOP governors Posted: 08 Aug 2012 10:24 AM PDT The Romney campaign has hit President Barack Obama hard this week for his administration's decision to grant waivers to states that want more flexibility in experimenting with their welfare programs. Mitt Romney is characterizing the move, announced mid-July, as a total rollback of the 1996 bipartisan welfare reform. That's when Congress added benefit limits and [...]

Facebook photo of arthritic dog swimming with owner goes viral Posted: 08 Aug 2012 10:57 AM PDT A photograph of a 19-year-old arthritic dog taking a relaxing dip in Lake Superior has captured the hearts of millions online. The image was posted to Facebook by photographer Hannah Stonehouse Hudson, who wrote: "This 19-year-old [Schoep is] being cradled in his father's arms last night in Lake Superior. Schoep falls asleep every night when [...]

Couple's backyard roller coaster video a hit Posted: 08 Aug 2012 10:28 AM PDT A video of a three-year-old boy riding a backyard roller coaster built by what he no doubt thinks are the coolest parents ever has been making the rounds online. The video--uploaded to YouTube in February--shows the boy whipping around the makeshift roller coaster as his father, Jon Cain, looks on. The Lancaster, Ohio, couple, who [...]

Twitter gives police information on source of threatening tweet Posted: 08 Aug 2012 07:31 AM PDT Twitter has now turned over information it had initially denied to NYC police about the user whose account issued threats of an attack "just like in Aurora" on the Broadway theater where Mike Tyson's one-man show is playing.

U.S. starts landmark Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam Posted: 08 Aug 2012 02:39 AM PDT Vo Duoc fights back tears while sharing the news that broke his heart: A few days ago he received test results confirming he and 11 family members have elevated levels of dioxin lingering in their blood.

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