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• Sikh temple shooting: Domestic terrorism or hate crime?
• Photos: Historic Mars landing
• The battle over Ohio early voting
• ‘Mohawk Guy’ becomes star of NASA mars landing
• Poll: More Obama voters than McCain voters are switching parties
• Clinton trip disrupted by pesky intruders
• Joplin mosque razed in fire; 2nd blaze this summer
• White House: No new gun laws push after Wisconsin rampage
• White House: Harry Reid ‘speaks for himself’ on Romney’s taxes
• Jared Loughner expected to plead guilty in Tucson shootings
• Painting found in Scottish farmhouse could be worth $150 million
• Found: Lost camera reunited with owner after three years
• Illinois couple shows off Star Wars themed nursery
• Tennessee Democrats reject U.S. Senate nominee Mark Clayton
• Social Security costs high-income recipients more than they get
• Chronic exposure to 'butter flavoring' could harm brain process
• White House says Assad losing his grip on power
• President Obama’s coming: Close the beach!

Sikh temple shooting: Domestic terrorism or hate crime? Posted: 06 Aug 2012 01:17 PM PDT The 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 This 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 Mitt 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 Last 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 President 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 The 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 A 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 The 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 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 A 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 The 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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