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Samsung loses high-stakes patent trial against Apple

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 04:37 PM PDT

An employee poses as he holds Apple's iPhone 4s and Samsung's Galaxy S III at a store in SeoulA U.S. jury on Friday handed Apple Inc. a sweeping victory in its legal war with Samsung, ruling that the Korean company had copied critical features of the hugely popular iPhone and iPad and awarding the U.S. company $1.051 billion in damages. The verdict could lead to an outright ban on sales of key Samsung products and will likely solidify Apple's dominance of the exploding mobile computing market. ...

Isaac bears down on flood-prone Haiti, south Florida under storm watch

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 04:11 PM PDT

Residents of a camp for displaced people of the 2010 earthquake voluntarily remain in their camp homes as tropical Storm Isaac bears down on Port au PrinceTropical Storm Isaac strengthened on Friday as its lashing rains took aim at flood-prone Haiti, but it was not expected to become a hurricane until it barreled into the Gulf of Mexico early next week. On its current path, forecasters said Isaac would hit Cuba and the southern tip of Florida before making landfall anywhere from the Florida Panhandle in the northwestern part of the state to Alabama and as far west as New Orleans. Forecasters put the entire coast of south Florida under tropical storm watch as of 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) on Friday. ...

9 people injured in shooting believed to be hit by stray police gunfire

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 04:43 PM PDT

In this photo made with a cell phone, officials examine the body of gunman Jeffrey Johnson, who was killed by police gunfire after he fatally shot Steven Ercolino, an executive at his former company, outside the Empire State Building, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. At least nine bystanders were hit by gunfire in the confrontation. (AP Photo/Lee Weinstein)The nine people believed injured by stray police gunfire outside the Empire State Building were not the first to learn how dangerous a crowded street can be in a gunfight.

Sponsors stand by Armstrong, despite doping accusations

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:16 PM PDT

FILE - This July 28, 2002 file photo shows Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, center, flanked by best sprinter Robbie McEwen, of Australia, right, and best climber Laurent Jalabert, of France, after the 20th and final stage of the Tour de France cycling in Paris. The superstar cyclist, whose stirring victories after his comeback from cancer helped him transcend sports, chose not to pursue arbitration in the drug case brought against him by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. That was his last option in his bitter fight with USADA and his decision set the stage for the titles to be stripped and his name to be all but wiped from the record books of the sport he once ruled. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)Lance Armstrong could lose millions in winnings and endorsements fees if he is stripped of his racing titles, but so far his major sponsors say they have no intention of dropping Armstrong, largely because of his work with the Livestrong Foundation.

No one asked to see my birth certificate, Romney jokes

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 09:54 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands during a campaign event at Watson Truck and Supply, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, in Hobbs, N.M. (AP Photo/Hobbs News-Sun, Todd Bailey)Mitt Romney made a joke about the so-called "birther" conspiracies that question whether President Barack Obama is an American citizen, telling a crowd in his home state of Michigan that no one has ever questioned his birthplace.

James Holmes allegedly told classmate he wanted to kill people

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:22 PM PDT

FILE - In this Monday, July 23, 2012 file photo, James Holmes, accused of killing 12 people in Friday's shooting rampage in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater, appears in Arapahoe County District Court with defense attorney Tamara Brady in Centennial, Colo. Colorado prosecutors are filing formal charges Monday July 30, 2012, against Holmes, the former neuroscience student accused of killing 12 people and wounding 58 others at an Aurora movie theater. (AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File)James Holmes, the suspect in the Aurora, Colo., movie theater massacre, told a classmate in March that he wanted to kill people, according to court records released Friday.

Photos: See the issues voters want addressed at the RNC

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 09:00 AM PDT

Photos: See the issues voters want addressed at the RNCWhen President Obama assumed office, I was a manager earning $100,000 a year. Today, I am awaiting a call to see if I have been hired for a part-time position which would net me $15 to $18 an hour. I am cautiously optimistic about the GOP convention. It isn't because I believe Republicans can actually create jobs. On the contrary -- I believe governments only build barriers to a strong business environment. Yet I will listen closely to each speaker and absorb the Republican plan regarding how they will stimulate an environment conclusive to hiring, particularly in the small business sector. For me and my family, it's all about one thing -- jobs. -- Robert Watkins, Lancaster, Pa., days unemployed: 518

Confidential document lays out Assange police tactics

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 12:50 PM PDT

A document is held by an unidentified British police officer, which outlines that A confidential document photographed by Britain's Press Association news agency lays out Scotland Yard's simple strategy for dealing with Julian Assange should he ever try to leave Ecuador's Embassy in London.

Photos: Greenpeace activists storm Russian oil rig

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 10:24 AM PDT

Photos: Greenpeace activists storm Russian oil rigGreenpeace activists are in a boat in front of energy giant Gazprom's Arctic oil platform Prirazlomnaya in the Pechora Sea on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. Greenpeace activists have stormed a floating oil rig in Russia's Pechora Sea, hundreds of miles (kilometers) from the nearest port, to protest oil drilling in the Arctic, the environmental organization said Friday. (AP Photo/Denis Sinyakov, Greenpeace)

Norwegian mass killer sentenced to 21 years

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 06:24 AM PDT

Norwegian mass killer Breivik gestures as he arrives in the court room at Oslo CourthouseA Norwegian court found Anders Behring Breivik sane on Friday and gave him a maximum jail term for murdering 77 people in a shooting and bombing last year.

2 US gov't employees said hurt in Mexico shooting

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 01:33 PM PDT

An armored U.S. Embassy vehicle is checked by military personal after it was attacked by unknown assailants on the highway leading to the city of Cuernavaca, near Tres Marias, Mexico, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. Two U.S. government employees were shot and wounded in an attack on their vehicle south of Mexico City on Friday, a law enforcement official said. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)The Mexican Navy says federal police shot at a vehicle carrying two U.S. government employees after the vehicle came under attack from unidentified gunmen.

Navy vet shot by deputy in own backyard—family seeks answers

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 12:37 PM PDT

The brother of a Navy veteran shot by a deputy in her own backyard wants the sheriff's department to admit its mistake and take responsibility for the incident. Jennifer Orey, 36, was shot Sunday in a surprise encounter with two sheriff's deputies who were searching for a man reportedly in the area wearing a ski [...]

More Prince Harry photos may emerge, UK publicist claims

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 12:51 PM PDT

FILE- Britain's Prince Harry watches track cycling during the 2012 Summer Olympics, in this file photo dated Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in London. Nude photographs of Prince Harry in a Las Vegas, USA, hotel room are published on the Internet Wednesday Aug. 22, 2012, and now security experts are wondering whether the Scotland Yard officers who are assigned to keep the 27-year-old royal safe from harm, might have done a better job of keeping him out of trouble. The photos available on the Internet and not taken by Photographers' long lenses but are up close and personal. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)Brace yourself, Harry.

Suri Cruise reportedly to get $400K a year from dad

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 12:01 PM PDT

Actor Tom Cruise carries his daughter Suri past a group of photographers as they make their way from a hotelLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Katie Holmes walked away without a payment or alimony in her divorce with Tom Cruise, but the couple's six-year-old daughter, Suri, stands to receive $400,000 annually in child support until she turns 18, celebrity website TMZ.com reported on Friday. Citing sources familiar with court documents filed by the former couple, whose divorce was finalized earlier this week, TMZ said the "TomKat" pre-nuptial agreement blocked Holmes from receiving any portion of the 50-year-old actor's $250 million fortune. ...

U.S. court strikes down graphic warnings on cigarettes

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 09:33 AM PDT

People react to new cigarette warningsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday struck down a law that requires tobacco companies to use graphic health warnings, such as of a man exhaling smoke through a hole in his throat. The 2-1 decision by the court in Washington, D.C., contradicts another appeals court's ruling in a similar case earlier this year, setting up the possibility the U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in on the dispute. The court's majority in the latest ruling found the label requirement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration violated corporate speech rights. ...

S. African hippo stuck in swimming pool dies

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 09:26 AM PDT

A hippo is lifted from a swimming pool Friday Aug. 24, 2012, at the Monate Conservation Lodge, near Modimolle, South Africa, after being trapped there for three days. The young hippo had plunged into the deep pool on Tuesday after being chased off from his herd by male members seeking dominance, wandered into the lodge's camp and fell into the pool. The animal died just before the rescue operation got under way. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)A hippo who wandered into a swimming pool at a South African game lodge three days ago died Friday before a rescue team could pull him out with a crane, a cruel blow to many across this country who hoped the animal would be saved.

Photos: See a roundup of the day's best images

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Photos: See a roundup of the day's best imagesA five-day-old baby hippopotamus swims next to its mother, Kibu, at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin)

The hidden risks of getting a tattoo

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 04:36 AM PDT

When a cluster of skin infections in upstate New York last fall led back to one tattoo artist, local public health officials took the usual step of investigating the artist's hygiene practices. They found that all of his equipment and methods were sanitary, but the nationally distributed ink he had been using, even in unopened bottles, wasn't.

White House's secret beer recipe may be released

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:31 AM PDT

White House's Secret Beer Recipe May Be ReleasedThere is hope for the beer aficionados who want the recipe of President Obama's "White House Honey Ale," made in part from honey from First Lady Michelle Obama's South Lawn beehive. As ABC News has covered before, the honey ale first came to light when...

Paul Ryan favors asparagus over cake, and Obama

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 07:44 AM PDT

Paul Ryan Favors Asparagus Over Cake, and ObamaYou only have a few minutes with the man who wants to be vice president of the United States. One way to get some answers? Play word association.

What's the best way to avoid mosquito bites?

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:45 AM PDT

As the West Nile outbreak grows, many may be looking for the best ways to avoid mosquito bites.

Syria refugee exodus swells as fighting heats up

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 12:35 PM PDT

A Free Syrian Army fighter climbs through a damaged wall during clashes with forces loyal to President Bashar al-AssadThe number of refugees fleeing civil war in Syria has surged to more than 200,000, the UN said on Friday, as fighter jets and tanks reportedly unleashed deadly new raids in hotspots across the country.

Air crews make dent in massive Calif. wildfire

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Fire crews drop water unto the Ponderosa Fire from a helicopter near Mineral, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. The Ponderosa Fire was 57 percent contained, with full containment expected early next week. The blaze threatened 900 other homes Thursday as it burned a new front to the south. More than 2,500 firefighters are battling the wildfire, which grew to 44 square miles in the hills about 25 miles southeast of Redding. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)Air tankers and helicopters flew repeatedly into a deep rim rock canyon to douse the spearhead of a massive wildfire in Northern California and stop it from driving into a nearby mountain community and Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Romney touts Bain experience in Wall Street Journal op-ed

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

President Obama Tries to 'Akin-nize' Romney-RyanAfter months of negative attacks from Democrats, Mitt Romney argues in a new editorial that his experience at Bain Capital will help him in the White House.

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