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• Self-proclaimed messiah, Unification Church founder Rev. Moon dies at 92
• Navy SEAL book excerpts claim Osama bin Laden was unarmed
• Obama: After the White House beer, POTUS pizza
• Clint Eastwood gets cut from Romney RNC video
• JW Marriott thanks Romney for bringing spotlight to faith
• Are Americans better off? Obama aides won't say
• Hundreds decry corporate greed in pre-DNC protest
• Obama: ‘I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan’
• Monster truck injures 3 in stands during Oregon show
• Neb. wildfires burn more than 285 square miles
• Poll: 19 percent of New Jersey voters have tattoos
• Rebels hit Syrian army headquarters in Damascus
• Biden: Romney wants war with Syria, Iran
• U.S. stops training some Afghan forces after attacks
• Air show disaster in Iowa caught on tape
• Police: N.Y. man, 69, throws acid in daughter's face
• Detroit murder suspect tries twice to turn himself in
• Late court decisions may impact election
• Tutu: Bush, Blair should face trial at the Hague
• Source: New York probing equity firms, including Bain

Self-proclaimed messiah, Unification Church founder Rev. Moon dies at 92 Posted: 02 Sep 2012 04:55 PM PDT The Rev. Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah who built a global business empire. He called both North Korean leaders and American presidents his friends, but spent time in prisons in both countries. His followers around the world cherished him, while his detractors accused him of brainwashing recruits and extracting money from worshippers.

Navy SEAL book excerpts claim Osama bin Laden was unarmed Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:19 PM PDT The controversial book written by a member of the U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 who took part in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden doesn't come out until Tuesday, but excerpts from the story have now been published. The U.K.'s Sun printed the prologue of the book, "No Easy Day," along with several excerpts [...]

Obama: After the White House beer, POTUS pizza Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:14 PM PDT Courting young voters who are critical to his hopes for a second term, President Barack Obama urged a crowd of 13,000 at University of Colorado Boulder to eat a pizza named after him at a popular local spot. "I've been told that The Sink renamed one of their pizzas after me," Obama [...]

Clint Eastwood gets cut from Romney RNC video Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:39 PM PDT A video mash-up of speakers from last week's Republican National Convention does not include an appearance from the "mystery RNC speaker," Clint Eastwood. The two-and-a-half minute video posted today to the Romney campaign's YouTube account features former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, New Mexico Gov....

JW Marriott thanks Romney for bringing spotlight to faith Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:01 AM PDT The head of the prominent Marriott hotel chain and fellow Mormon J.W. Marriott thanked Mitt Romney today during a Mormon church service for bringing "positive attention" to the religion, which is often considered to be shrouded in mystery. "There has never been as...

Are Americans better off? Obama aides won't say Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT Flinching in the face of economic weakness, President Barack Obama's top aides refused to say Sunday in the run-up to the Democratic National Convention if Americans are better off than they were four years ago.

Hundreds decry corporate greed in pre-DNC protest Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:55 AM PDT Hundreds marched Sunday through Charlotte's central business district ahead of the Democratic National Convention to protest corporate greed in a demonstration that was lively but smaller than organizers had touted.

Obama: ‘I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan’ Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:18 AM PDT Consider him un-unforgiven? President Barack Obama shrugged off Clinton Eastwood's memorable Republican National Convention performance in part of a USA Today interview published Sunday, declaring: "I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan." "He is a great actor, and an even better director," the president told the paper aboard Air Force One on Saturday. "I think [...]

Monster truck injures 3 in stands during Oregon show Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:26 PM PDT Three people were injured at an outdoor sports complex in Oregon when a monster truck struck a barrier and plowed into the crowd during a Labor Day Weekend show. The injured, whose names and conditions had not been released today, were taken to the hospital...

Neb. wildfires burn more than 285 square miles Posted: 02 Sep 2012 04:11 PM PDT Strong winds helped wildfires grow Sunday, burning more than 285 square miles in northwest Nebraska and southwest South Dakota.

Poll: 19 percent of New Jersey voters have tattoos Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT Nearly 20 percent of New Jersey's registered voters have at least one tattoo, a new poll conducted by Rutgers University ahead of the final season of MTV's "Jersey Shore" finds. According to the Rutgers-Eagleton Institute poll, 19 percent of nearly 1,000 registered voters in the state said they have at least one tattoo. And 37 [...]

Rebels hit Syrian army headquarters in Damascus Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they planted bombs inside the Syrian army's General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad's forces bulldozed buildings to the ground in parts of the capital that have backed the uprising. Syrian state television said four people were wounded in what it called a terrorist attack on the General Staff compound in the highly guarded Abu Rummaneh district, where another bomb attack killed four of Assad's top lieutenants two months ago. ...

Biden: Romney wants war with Syria, Iran Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:02 PM PDT Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday that Republican rival Mitt Romney is "ready to go to war in Syria and Iran" while hurting the middle class.

U.S. stops training some Afghan forces after attacks Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:15 AM PDT The U.S. military has halted the training of some Afghan forces while it digs deeper into their background following a surge of attacks by soldiers and police on their international partners, officials said Sunday.

Air show disaster in Iowa caught on tape Posted: 02 Sep 2012 07:20 AM PDT A pilot was killed at an air show this weekend in Iowa after his Soviet Cold War era jet crashed into a nearby field. Three jets in tight formation rumbled over the crowd at the Quad-City Air Show in Davenport, Iowa Saturday when one of...

Police: N.Y. man, 69, throws acid in daughter's face Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:24 AM PDT A man hurled acid in his daughter's face in a gruesome attack that sent her into a street screaming for help as her skin peeled and her clothes disintegrated, police and witnesses said.

Detroit murder suspect tries twice to turn himself in Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:19 AM PDT Detroit police are investigating why a murder suspect had to turn himself twice before he was arrested. The 36-year-old man walked into a fire station two hours after he allegedly shot four people at a party early Saturday morning, police said in a statement. Two...

Late court decisions may impact election Posted: 02 Sep 2012 07:19 AM PDT Before voters get a say in this year's presidential race, lawyers and judges are having theirs.

Tutu: Bush, Blair should face trial at the Hague Posted: 02 Sep 2012 04:14 AM PDT Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu called Sunday for Tony Blair and George Bush to face prosecution at the International Criminal Court for their role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq

Source: New York probing equity firms, including Bain Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:39 AM PDT New York's attorney general is investigating tax strategies of some of the nation's largest private equity firms, including Bain Capital, founded by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, an official ...

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