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• Voters still like Clint Eastwood
• Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54
• For San Antonio mayor, reflections of American Dream
• Obama, Romney visits to Gulf highlight differences
• Marchers lament NC union stance but support Obama
• Democratic National Convention: What to watch for
• Co-author: 'Bad blood' didn't cause ex-SEAL to pen Bin Laden book
• Wildfire in Southern CA forest grows by 500 acres
• Stolen Biden U-Haul truck recovered
• Mexico pres seeks to cement legacy in last address
• Syria says no dialogue before it crushes rebels
• Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run
• Starship guitarist Mark Abrahamian dies at 46
• Eureka! 'Light bulb' solar storm erupts from active sun
• Experts cautiously optimistic about whales being treated after Fla. beaching
• UK's Prince Harry happy to joke about racy Vegas pics
• Democrat ejected for impersonating congressman
• Korean 'messiah' leaves behind religious and business empire
• Poll: Voters interested more in platforms than speeches

Voters still like Clint Eastwood Posted: 03 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT Clint Eastwood's bizarre speech at the Republican National Convention last week didn't go over so well with voters in Florida and North Carolina, but it didn't hurt his overall image, a pair of new polls show.

Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54 Posted: 03 Sep 2012 04:33 PM PDT Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in "The Green Mile" and such other box office hits as "Armageddon," ''Planet of the Apes" and "Kung Fu Panda," is dead at age 54.

For San Antonio mayor, reflections of American Dream Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:12 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Civil rights activist Rosie Castro toted her painfully shy twin boys everywhere, and they weren't always thrilled about the outings: distributing political literature, attending farm worker rallies and visiting the voting booth. But the early introduction into political life made its mark on Julian and Joaquin Castro, who left their hardscrabble San Antonio neighborhood to attend Stanford and Harvard Law School before returning to their native city. ...

Obama, Romney visits to Gulf highlight differences Posted: 03 Sep 2012 03:36 PM PDT President Barack Obama's trip to the hurricane zone three days after rival Mitt Romney looked over flooded homes and businesses underscores the differences in the way the presidential candidates see the role of government.

Marchers lament NC union stance but support Obama Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:10 PM PDT Union activists walked a political tightrope on Monday — voicing support for President Barack Obama's re-election bid while lamenting adversarial attitudes toward organized labor in the state Democrats chose for the presidential nominating convention.

Democratic National Convention: What to watch for Posted: 03 Sep 2012 08:02 AM PDT Starting Tuesday, the Obama campaign gets their chance to make its case to the American public.

Co-author: 'Bad blood' didn't cause ex-SEAL to pen Bin Laden book Posted: 03 Sep 2012 11:24 AM PDT E-Book Written by Former Special Operations Members Claims 'No Easy Day' Author Dissed by Navy

Wildfire in Southern CA forest grows by 500 acres Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:42 PM PDT A fast-spreading fire has erupted in Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County.

Stolen Biden U-Haul truck recovered Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:30 AM PDT Vice President Biden's Missing U-Haul Gets Hauled In By Police

Mexico pres seeks to cement legacy in last address Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:15 PM PDT As he nears the end of his six-year term, Mexican President Felipe Calderon leaves his country with a better-armored economy — and also more armored cars.

Syria says no dialogue before it crushes rebels Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:51 PM PDT The Syrian regime said Monday there will be no dialogue with the opposition before the army crushes the rebels, the latest sign that President Bashar Assad is determined to solve the crisis on the battlefield even if many more of his people have to pay with their lives.

Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run Posted: 03 Sep 2012 03:38 PM PDT A grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning hit-and-run, police said Monday.

Starship guitarist Mark Abrahamian dies at 46 Posted: 03 Sep 2012 04:19 PM PDT (Reuters) - Mark Abrahamian, the longtime guitarist for the rock band Starship, has died at age 46, the group said on Monday. Abrahamian had played since 2000 for the band, whose lineage reaches back to the 1960s with Jefferson Airplane and as Jefferson Starship in the 1980s. "We are shocked and saddened at the sudden loss of our guitar player Mark Abrahamian. We will miss you, brother. Rest in peace, Mark," Starship said in a Twitter message. The band did not give a cause or place of death. Starship played on Sunday in Norfolk, Nebraska, at a concert with Boston and Survivor. ...

Eureka! 'Light bulb' solar storm erupts from active sun Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:20 AM PDT An enormous sun eruption, shaped like a giant glowing light bulb, was captured by a veteran spacecraft that closely monitors our nearest star. NASA scientists dubbed the sun storm a solar "Eureka! moment."

Experts cautiously optimistic about whales being treated after Fla. beaching Posted: 03 Sep 2012 08:43 AM PDT Experts say they're cautiously optimistic about five pilot whales that were part of a pod of 22 stranded on a Florida beach.

UK's Prince Harry happy to joke about racy Vegas pics Posted: 03 Sep 2012 01:41 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry was happy to poke fun at himself on Monday when he made his first official public appearance since pictures of him cavorting naked while on holiday in Las Vegas were published. The 27-year-old prince, third-in-line to the British throne, made news around the world two weeks ago when the pictures of him naked with a young woman in his hotel suite were printed in newspapers and on websites. ...

Democrat ejected for impersonating congressman Posted: 03 Sep 2012 09:50 AM PDT A delegate from California has been turfed out of the Democratic convention for allegedly lying to police and claiming to be a member of Congress after a late-night drunken incident.

Korean 'messiah' leaves behind religious and business empire Posted: 03 Sep 2012 07:31 AM PDT The Rev. Moon Sun-myung, who called himself the "messiah" and founded a global religious movement as well as far-flung business interests, died Monday at his Unification Church complex east of South Korea's capital Seoul surrounded by family members and well-wishers.

Poll: Voters interested more in platforms than speeches Posted: 03 Sep 2012 07:00 AM PDT A study from the Pew Research Center shows potential voters are more focused on each party's convention platforms than big-name speakers in Tampa and Charlotte.

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