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• Commentary: Political conventions were unworthy of an important election
• Romney pounces on disappointing job news
• Top Obama aide claims ‘momentum’ from DNC
• 'This is a bad move': U.S. declares Haqqani network a terrorist group
• Just Explain It: What is the Electoral College again?
• Quakes kill at least 64 in mountainous SW China
• Nazi comparisons: The dumbest political quotes of the week
• Canada closes Tehran embassy, kicks out diplomats
• Drew Peterson case shifts to appeal, missing fourth wife
• Feds: Love triangle feud led to false jet threat
• Photo of couple kissing as they are handcuffed by police
• Eastwood explains empty chair gag, calls Obama ‘greatest hoax'
• Arlen Specter released from hospital, has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Prince Harry heads to war in Afghanistan
• Interactive 'Sleeping Beauty' recreated at Ukraine museum
• Mother of quadruplets shaves numbers into their hair
• Photos: 100,000 unwanted toys turned into art
• Obama 'HOPE' poster artist gets probation
• Photos: LIFE.com images from Miss America 1945
• Family feud eyed in grisly killings in French Alps

Commentary: Political conventions were unworthy of an important election Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:28 PM PDT What do we know about Barack Obama and Mitt Romney that we didn't know 10 days ago?

Romney pounces on disappointing job news Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:43 PM PDT President Barack Obama charged back onto the campaign trail on Friday and faced a withering attack from Republican rival Mitt Romney over disappointing new U.S. jobs numbers.

Top Obama aide claims ‘momentum’ from DNC Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:47 AM PDT Despite a dismal August jobs report, President Barack Obama emerged from the Democratic National Convention with "momentum," a top aide said Friday.

'This is a bad move': U.S. declares Haqqani network a terrorist group Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:11 AM PDT Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signed documents on Friday declaring the Haqqani network a foreign terrorist organization – a potential blow to US-Pakistan relations according to Pakistani analysts.

Just Explain It: What is the Electoral College again? Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:45 PM PDT Every four years, Americans get a refresher course in civics: We don't elect the president directly. Instead, our votes elect 'electors' who make up the Electoral College.

Quakes kill at least 64 in mountainous SW China Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:47 PM PDT Twin earthquakes and a spate of aftershocks struck southwestern China on Friday, toppling thousands of houses and sending boulders cascading across roads. At least 64 people were killed and hundreds injured in the remote mountainous area, and more than 100,000 residents were evacuated.

Nazi comparisons: The dumbest political quotes of the week Posted: 07 Sep 2012 10:06 AM PDT Each week, the Daily Caller picks the dumbest political statements and ranks them (just for Yahoo! readers) on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the worst). Who do you think said the dumbest thing? Vote in our poll below!

Canada closes Tehran embassy, kicks out diplomats Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT Canada shut its embassy in Tehran on Friday, severed diplomatic relations and ordered Iranian diplomats to leave, accusing the Islamic Republic of being the most significant threat to world peace.

Drew Peterson case shifts to appeal, missing fourth wife Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:09 AM PDT She loomed over Drew Peterson's murder trial, though her disappearance and the suspicion that the former Illinois police officer killed her was never mentioned in front of the jury.

Feds: Love triangle feud led to false jet threat Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:28 PM PDT A man angry about a compromising Facebook photo of his girlfriend took revenge against the ex-boyfriend who posted it, making a hoax call to police that set off a terrorism scare and got the former beau ...

Photo of couple kissing as they are handcuffed by police Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:30 PM PDT One man's timely photograph of a couple kissing just as they are being handcuffed by the police could end up being the basis for a film. That's the good news for amateur photographer Mo Gelber, 42. The bad news is that Gelber's "Last Kiss" snapshot will be eligible to win this year's "Project Imaginat10n" contest [...]

Eastwood explains empty chair gag, calls Obama ‘greatest hoax' Posted: 07 Sep 2012 09:53 AM PDT Clint Eastwood defended his speech at the RNC, saying his unconventional performance was a spontaneous decision.

Arlen Specter released from hospital, has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:59 AM PDT Former Sen. Arlen Specter, who has already survived two bouts of Hodgkin's disease, is now battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to his son's law firm.

Prince Harry heads to war in Afghanistan Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:48 AM PDT Britain's Prince Harry is back on the front lines, returning to military duty for a four-month deployment in Afghanistan.

Interactive 'Sleeping Beauty' recreated at Ukraine museum Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:38 PM PDT Looking for true love? Fall asleep in Ukraine's top museum and wait for a kiss.

Mother of quadruplets shaves numbers into their hair Posted: 07 Sep 2012 10:58 AM PDT A Chinese mother of identical quadruplets has taken an unusual step to help people avoid confusing her children with one another: giving them numerically shaped haircuts. "My sons are identical, even to me," their mother, Tan Chaoyun, told the Chinese language paper News Now. "Even now, their father can't tell which one is which." However, [...]

Photos: 100,000 unwanted toys turned into art Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:43 AM PDT A boy plays on an artwork made of unwanted toys at the solo exhibition of Japanese artist Hiroshi Fuji, known for his creations that recycle unwanted toys and waste materials, in Tokyo September 6, 2012. More than 100,000 unwanted toys collected by social groups across Japan for the past 13 years were used in the exhibition. Called "Central Kaeru Station - where have all these toys come from?", the exhibition runs until Sunday. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Obama 'HOPE' poster artist gets probation Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:29 AM PDT The artist who created the "HOPE" poster that came to symbolize Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign was sentenced Friday to two years of probation and 300 hours of community service by a judge who cited his charity work.

Photos: LIFE.com images from Miss America 1945 Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Family feud eyed in grisly killings in French Alps Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:41 PM PDT The brother of an Iraqi-born British man shot dead in the French Alps with his wife and two other people came forward to British police on Friday and denied any conflict in the family, while investigators looked into a possible money dispute among the siblings, a French prosecutor said.

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