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Casey Anthony seeking $1.5 million for interview, but will networks bite?
Wed,27 Jul 2011 09:12 AM PDT
The Cutline - Just 11 days ago, Casey Anthony walked out of a Florida jail and made a carefully orchestrated escape from the media mob that had followed her throughout her daughter's murder case. Now Anthony wants the attention back. According to several rumors now floating around, including one from Nancy Grace, Anthony and her team of lawyers [...] Full Story | Top |
Gay couple asked to reverse shirt at Dollywood
Wed,27 Jul 2011 05:26 AM PDT
AP -  A lesbian couple is asking for changes at Dollywood after an employee asked one of the women to turn her T-shirt reading "marriage is so gay" inside-out to avoid offending others on a recent visit to the Tennessee theme park complex.
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Rival debt plans in doubt, alternatives sought
Wed,27 Jul 2011 01:46 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Republicans and Democrats worked behind the scenes on Wednesday on a compromise to avert a crippling U.S. default even as they publicly pressed ahead with rival debt plans that have little chance of winning broad congressional approval.
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Boehner delays vote on his debt-ceiling measure
Tue,26 Jul 2011 07:32 PM PDT
AP -  Stung by revelations that his plan would cut spending less than advertised, House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday postponed a vote on a debt-ceiling measure that was already running into opposition from tea party conservatives. The move came just a week before an Aug. 2 deadline for staving off the potential financial chaos of the nation's first-ever default.
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Donations pour in for 9-year-old's clean water cause after tragic accident
Wed,27 Jul 2011 08:38 AM PDT
The Lookout - Nine-year-old Rachel Beckwith didn't live long enough to reach her goal of raising $300 to bring clean water to African villagers. She died in a 13-car accident on Interstate 90 in Bellevue, Wash., last week, the Seattle Times reported. Since then, hundreds of thousands of dollars have flowed into the charity page she set up shortly before [...] Full Story | Top |
Could accused Norway killer land in luxurious prison?
Wed,27 Jul 2011 10:33 AM PDT
The Lookout - Confessed mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik may end up serving time in a newly built maximum-security prison that's considered among the world's most luxurious, according to The Telegraph. The prison, Halden Fengsel, opened last year outside of Oslo and houses around 250 male inmates. But a Norwegian news outlet TV2 claims Breivik will more likely [...] Full Story | Top |
North Korea demands peace treaty with US
Wed,27 Jul 2011 04:03 AM PDT
AP -  North Korea demanded Wednesday that the United States sign a peace treaty formally ending the Korean War, as a senior North Korean diplomat visited New York to negotiate ways to restart six-nation nuclear disarmament talks.
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U.S. likely to lose top rating: economists
Wed,27 Jul 2011 04:53 AM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - The United States will lose its top-notch AAA credit rating from at least one major rating agency, according to a Reuters poll that also found wrangling over the debt ceiling has already damaged the economy.
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Americans view debt deadlock with worry and scorn
Wed,27 Jul 2011 11:11 AM PDT
Reuters -  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Americans already concerned about their jobs Wednesday begged Washington politicians to stop dithering, cut the budget and resolve a debt crisis they fear could lead to higher interest rates, or worse.
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Job listings say the unemployed need not apply
Tue,26 Jul 2011 06:31 AM PDT
The Lookout - Hundreds of job opening listings posted on Monster.com and other jobs sites explicitly state that people who are unemployed would be less attractive applicants, with some telling the long-term unemployed to not even bother with applying. The New York Times' Catherine Rampell said she found preferences for the already employed or only recently laid off [...] Full Story | Top |
Mom spared jail in jaywalking conviction
Tue,26 Jul 2011 11:13 AM PDT
The Lookout - Georgia mom Raquel Nelson was spared prison today in the sentencing phase of the jaywalking conviction she faced after her son was killed in a hit-and-run. Nelson could have ended up spending more time in jail than the man who ran over her four-year-old son and sped off after a jury convicted her of jaywalking. [...] Full Story | Top |
The Fast Fix: Is Palin failin'?
Wed,27 Jul 2011 02:26 AM PDT
The Fast Fix - Does Palin still have what it takes to maintain support of the Republican base? A box office star Sarah Palin isn't. A new documentary about her time as governor of Alaska has grossed less than $100,000 since its release earlier this month, including a paltry $24,000 last weekend. That flop is leading some people to [...] Full Story | Top |
Tea Party takes on Boehner
Tue,26 Jul 2011 09:00 PM PDT
The Daily Beast -  Tea Party chief Mark Meckler says GOP backers of the plan will be targeted at the polls. By Patricia Murphy.
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Wealth gap widens between whites, minorities
Tue,26 Jul 2011 08:28 AM PDT
AP -  The wealth gaps between whites and minorities have grown to their widest levels in a quarter-century. The recession and uneven recovery have erased decades of minority gains, leaving whites on average with 20 times the net worth of blacks and 18 times that of Hispanics, according to an analysis of new Census data.
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Girl's disappearance rattles tiny NH town
Wed,27 Jul 2011 10:52 AM PDT
AP -  The disappearance of an 11-year-old girl from her house just a mile from the Canadian border has rattled nerves in her small town as crews Wednesday searched the Connecticut River.
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How do Obama, McCain stack up against Bachmann on missed votes?
Wed,27 Jul 2011 10:00 AM PDT
The Ticket - The Ticket received a significant number of responses to our story yesterday highlighting The Hill's analysis of the number of votes Michele Bachmann has missed since launching her presidential bid. Many of you asked, "But what about Barack Obama? Didn't he miss votes when he was running?" And the answer is yes. Every sitting member [...] Full Story | Top |
Conservatives squeeze Boehner on debt limit hike
Wed,27 Jul 2011 12:18 AM PDT
AP -  Neither the House nor the Senate has a clear path forward for must-pass legislation to allow the government to continue to borrow to pay its bills, putting lawmakers and financial markets alike on edge less than a week before the deadline for heading off the nation's first-ever default.
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The Hate-GOP Machine
Wed,27 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT
Brent Bozell III - The latest polls show the people are not happy with President Obama's handling of budget matters, but Republicans look even worse. And yet, while the GOP delivers one idea after another, Obama has offered nothing, instead just attacking, attacking, attacking, blaming everyone but himself in utter denial of the reality that no man on the face of this Earth is more responsible for our debt catastrophe than he. Full Story | Top |
This is the saddest movie of all-time, according to science
Tue,26 Jul 2011 03:55 PM PDT
Digital Trends -  When you think of the saddest movie in history, the choice you come up with likely depends on factors like your age, gender and, of course, which movies you've seen. For movie-goers in your reporter's generation, Bambi is certainly right there near the top. According to the scientific community, however, the saddest movie in the world is director Franco Zeffirelli's 1979 remake, The Champ.
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Korean scientists create glowing dog: report
Wed,27 Jul 2011 08:51 AM PDT
Reuters - SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean scientists said on Wednesday they have created a glowing dog using a cloning technique that could help find cures for human diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, Yonhap news agency reported. Full Story | Top |
Norway agrees to security review after killings
Wed,27 Jul 2011 12:20 PM PDT
Reuters -  OSLO (Reuters) - Norway agreed Wednesday to review security and the police response to the killings of 76 people in bombing and shooting attacks by a right-wing zealot that have traumatized the nation.
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Guns from U.S. sting found at Mexican crime scenes
Tue,26 Jul 2011 01:30 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 122 firearms from a botched U.S. undercover operation have been found at crime scenes in Mexico or intercepted en route to drug cartels there, a Republican congressional report issued on Tuesday said.
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Mexico judge sentences teenage assassin to 3 years
Tue,26 Jul 2011 09:16 PM PDT
AP -  A Mexican judge on Tuesday sentenced a teenage U.S. citizen to three years in prison for homicide, kidnapping and drug and weapons possession. Authorities say the teen confessed to killing four people whose beheaded bodies were found suspended from a bridge.
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Olympic skier commits suicide in Utah
Tue,26 Jul 2011 06:31 PM PDT
Reuters -  SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Olympic skier Jeret "Speedy" Peterson has committed suicide in Utah, days after his arrest on suspicion of drunken driving, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association said on Tuesday.
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White House threatens to veto Boehner's House plan
Tue,26 Jul 2011 01:37 PM PDT
AP - The White House threatened on Tuesday to veto emergency House legislation that aims to avert a threatened national default, a pre-emptive strike issued as Republican Speaker John Boehner labored to line up enough votes in his own party to pass the measure.
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The GOP's debt test: Can the 'hell no' caucus get to yes?
Wed,27 Jul 2011 03:10 AM PDT
Time.com - The first thing to know about the group of House Republicans who will determine the fate of Speaker John Boehner's bill to cut the deficit and raise the debt ceiling is that many of them came to Congress to say no. This Tea Party-infused contingent, many of them freshman, arrived on a wave of frustration with the status quo. Its members delivered a million warnings about the death of the American dream, "think of the children" speeches about our country's future, and ceaseless critiques of "business as usual" in Washington. ... Full Story | Top |
Lockerbie bomber attends pro-Kadhafi meeting
Wed,27 Jul 2011 12:39 AM PDT
AFP -  Ailing Libyan agent Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, convicted for life over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, made his first public appearance in nearly two years at a meeting in support of strongman Moamer Kadhafi.
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Conservative leader takes fight to his own party
Wed,27 Jul 2011 12:08 PM PDT
AP -  When President Barack Obama complains about House Republicans unwilling to compromise on a deficit reduction package, he's talking about Rep. Jim Jordan, a former wrestling champion from Ohio who is becoming a driving force in the debt debate on Capitol Hill.
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Rep. David Wu to resign amid sexual scandal
Tue,26 Jul 2011 09:39 AM PDT
The Ticket - Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) announced Tuesday he will resign from Congress following accusations he had unwanted sexual contact with a teenage girl. "I cannot care for my family the way I wish while serving in Congress and fighting these very serious allegations," Wu said in a statement. Wu claims the incident with the daughter of [...] Full Story | Top |
Police: Body of Ill. girl killed in 1957 exhumed
Wed,27 Jul 2011 12:48 PM PDT
AP -  Illinois authorities on Wednesday exhumed the body of a 7-year-old girl who was abducted and killed more than 50 years ago, saying they hoped modern technology would help them put together a criminal case against a 71-year-old former neighbor.
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