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News: Karzai condemns video of urination on corpses Pentagon condemns Marines' behavior in graphic video, as unit identified Ruling over controversial pool sign stands U.S. military moves carriers, denies Iran link Anthony says she became pregnant after party Michelle Obama Dismisses 'Angry Black Woman' Image Ringtone halts NY Philharmonic performance Judge declares missing teen Natalee Holloway dead Ex-congressman gets year over links to defunct Islamic charity Video: President Obama sings "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga Court: Judges cannot get involved in church dispute Still in ruins: Haiti marks two years after quake Amish men say they won't budge on buggy fight US: Mexico kingpin Guzman 'world's most powerful' Obama, party allies raise $68 million for re-election Scientists: UN Soldiers Brought Deadly Superbug to Americas Judge Halts Mississippi Pardons After Uproar Stacy Keibler: George Clooney Is 'Not Allowed To Play Pranks On Me' Pew Survey: Majority of Mormons Lean Republican; Half Cite Discrimination Against Their Faith Republicans move to control Keystone approval Xbox workers threaten suicide in China labor tiff Ron Paul continues assault on the media Outrage over Indian islands 'human zoo' video Perry's father apologizes for remarks about Jews iPhone ringtone brings New York Philharmonic to a stop Viral Video Pokes Fun at America's Obsession with Beauty Homeland Security watches Twitter, social media Actress Heather Locklear in hospital after 911 call Romney's Killer Instinct: How Mitt's Winning and Why Obama Should Take Note South Carolina GOP voters think Mitt is it: 'I'm here because I'd like to shake hands with the new president' After encampment ends, NYC Occupiers become nomads Conflict between rich, poor strongest in 24 years Russian spacecraft to crash soon, risks unclear New snake in Tanzania: 'Fierce, probably venomous' Kim Jong Il's body to be permanently displayed Drone helping mission to ship fuel to Alaska town Obama caucuses in Oval Office with Pitt, Jolie Could Internet Addiction Disrupt Brain's Connections? Miss. court halts quick release of some pardoned Perry loses key SC backer after attack on Romney Karzai condemns video of urination on corpses Thu,12 Jan 2012 06:44 AM PST Associated Press - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday condemned a video depicting what appears to be four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters. Full Story Top Pentagon condemns Marines' behavior in graphic video, as unit identified Thu,12 Jan 2012 09:07 AM PST The Envoy - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday harshly condemned alleged behavior in a video that appears to show U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters. The Pentagon chief said he'd ordered a full investigation into the alleged incident, which comes amid sensitive diplomatic initiatives to try to advance reconciliation talks with the Taliban. "I [...] Full Story Top Ruling over controversial pool sign stands Thu,12 Jan 2012 05:01 PM PST Associated Press - A state panel on Thursday upheld its decision that a Cincinnati landlord, who claimed a black girl's hair products clouded an apartment complex's swimming pool, discriminated against the child by posting a "White Only" sign poolside. Full Story Top U.S. military moves carriers, denies Iran link Wed,11 Jan 2012 06:39 PM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Wednesday that a new aircraft carrier strike group had arrived in the Arabian Sea and that another was on its way to the region, but denied any link to recent tensions with Iran and portrayed the movements as routine. The shift in the powerful U.S. naval assets comes at a moment of heightened tensions with Iran, which has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz - the world's most important oil shipping lane - if U.S. and EU sanctions over its nuclear program cut off its oil exports. The U.S. ... Full Story Top Anthony says she became pregnant after party Thu,12 Jan 2012 09:24 AM PST Associated Press - Casey Anthony told a psychiatrist that she became pregnant with her daughter, Caylee, after passing out at a party when she was 18 years old, according to depositions in which the doctor said tests gave no indication that Anthony was mentally ill as she faced her murder trial. Full Story Top Michelle Obama Dismisses 'Angry Black Woman' Image Wed,11 Jan 2012 11:23 AM PST ABC News - First Lady Michelle Obama denied reports of tension between her and White House aides, saying people have tried to portray her as "some kind of angry black woman."  In an interview with CBS News, the first lady said she has not read New York Times... Full Story Top Ringtone halts NY Philharmonic performance Thu,12 Jan 2012 03:19 PM PST Associated Press - It's the dreaded sound at any live performance — a ringing mobile phone. Full Story Top Judge declares missing teen Natalee Holloway dead Thu,12 Jan 2012 03:55 PM PST Associated Press - An Alabama judge has signed a court order declaring Natalee Holloway legally dead, more than six years after the teenager vanished in Aruba. Full Story Top Ex-congressman gets year over links to defunct Islamic charity Wed,11 Jan 2012 09:11 PM PST Reuters - KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - A former U.S. congressman from Michigan was sentenced to a year in prison on Wednesday for accepting secret payments to try to help an Islamic charity get removed from a congressional watch list of relief agencies suspected of supporting terrorism. Mark Deli Siljander, 60, a former three-term Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, pleaded guilty in 2010 to obstruction of justice and acting as an unregistered foreign agent on behalf of the now-defunct Islamic American Relief Agency. ... Full Story Top Video: President Obama sings "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga Thu,12 Jan 2012 09:56 AM PST The Sideshow - Lady Gaga has no shortage of famous friends; Tony Bennett recently compared the postmodern chanteuse to Picasso, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg shared a New Year's kiss with her. But in this video, President Obama puts down the teleprompter and breaks into song, performing a cover version of Gaga's "Born This Way." Well, [...] Full Story Top Court: Judges cannot get involved in church dispute Wed,11 Jan 2012 01:02 PM PST Associated Press - In a groundbreaking case, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held for the first time that religious employees of a church cannot sue for employment discrimination. Full Story Top Still in ruins: Haiti marks two years after quake Thu,12 Jan 2012 01:49 PM PST AFP - Haitians flocked to churches Thursday to mark the second anniversary of the catastrophic 2010 earthquake that killed a quarter-of-a-million people in the poorest country in the Americas. Full Story Top Amish men say they won't budge on buggy fight Wed,11 Jan 2012 11:02 AM PST Associated Press - On Jacob Gingerich's farm in western Kentucky, there is no phone or electricity for his family of 12 children. He even sees putting an orange safety triangle on their black horse-drawn buggy as a violation of the simple and pious life his Amish faith requires. Full Story Top US: Mexico kingpin Guzman 'world's most powerful' Wed,11 Jan 2012 01:31 PM PST Associated Press - The U.S. Treasury Department called Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman "the world's most powerful drug trafficker" Tuesday. The fugitive Sinaloa cartel leader also got a boost from Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo, who said she believed in Guzman more than in the government. Full Story Top Obama, party allies raise $68 million for re-election Thu,12 Jan 2012 03:45 PM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and its Democratic allies raised more than $68 million in the last three months of 2011, dwarfing Republican rivals as the White House race approaches. In a video message sent to supporters on Thursday, Obama's 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina announced the haul, which brings the shared fundraising by Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee at over $200 million for 2011. ... Full Story Top Scientists: UN Soldiers Brought Deadly Superbug to Americas Thu,12 Jan 2012 07:26 AM PST ABC News - On Second Anniversary of Earthquake, Haiti Cholera Blamed on Peacekeepers Full Story Top Judge Halts Mississippi Pardons After Uproar Thu,12 Jan 2012 08:06 AM PST ABC News - A Mississippi state judge has temporarily halted the release of 21 of the 200-plus inmates pardoned or given early release by former Gov. Haley Barbour as he left office. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood had requested the injunction against the inmates' releases, telling reporters he believes some of Barbour's pardons... Full Story Top Stacy Keibler: George Clooney Is 'Not Allowed To Play Pranks On Me' Wed,11 Jan 2012 08:51 AM PST Access Hollywood - George Clooney might be planning a major prank on pal Brad Pitt, but when it comes to girlfriend Stacy Keibler - she's off limits! Access Hollywood caught up with the star couple on Tuesday at New York's Cipriani 42nd Street, where George was honored with the Best Actor award for his role in "The Descendants" from the National Board of Review. Full Story Top Pew Survey: Majority of Mormons Lean Republican; Half Cite Discrimination Against Their Faith Wed,11 Jan 2012 09:01 PM PST ABC News - With Mitt Romney's Mormon faith often under the microscope, a new survey to be released Thursday finds that most Mormons feel they are misunderstood, discriminated against and not accepted by Americans as part of mainstream society. In a survey by the Pew Research Center's Forum... Full Story Top Republicans move to control Keystone approval Thu,12 Jan 2012 02:53 PM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans, who are urging President Barack Obama to give a permit to the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL oil pipeline project, are working on a plan to take the reins of approval from the president should the White House say no. Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota, a state counting on TransCanada Corp's pipeline to help move its newfound bounty of shale oil, is drafting contingency legislation that would see Congress green-light the project, an aide told Reuters. ... Full Story Top Xbox workers threaten suicide in China labor tiff Thu,12 Jan 2012 05:37 AM PST Associated Press - Dozens of workers assembling Xbox video game consoles climbed to a factory dormitory roof, and some threatened to jump to their deaths, in a dispute over job transfers that was defused but highlights growing labor unrest as China's economy slows. Full Story Top Ron Paul continues assault on the media Wed,11 Jan 2012 12:22 PM PST The Cutline - Fresh off his second place finish in the New Hampshire primary, Ron Paul still found reasons to criticize the media's coverage of his presidential campaign. "You know, it's pretty amazing how sometimes if you're in second place, they talk about the first and the third place," Paul told supporters at a campaign stop in West [...] Full Story Top Outrage over Indian islands 'human zoo' video Wed,11 Jan 2012 10:31 AM PST AFP - Rights campaigners and politicians Wednesday condemned a video showing women from a protected and primitive tribe dancing for tourists reportedly in exchange for food on India's Andaman Islands. Full Story Top Perry's father apologizes for remarks about Jews Thu,12 Jan 2012 06:45 AM PST Associated Press - A suburban Cleveland church where the father of pop star Katy Perry delivered a sermon that drew accusations of anti-Semitism has released an apology in which he says he regrets his "hurtful and ugly language." Full Story Top iPhone ringtone brings New York Philharmonic to a stop Thu,12 Jan 2012 12:08 PM PST The Sideshow - The New York Philharmonic came to a dramatic--but decidedly unscheduled--stop on Tuesday night when a spectator's cell phone started ringing and wouldn't stop. Conductor Alan Gilbert was nearing the end of Mahler's Ninth Symphony when the interruption began. As the New York Times writes, the symphony, "contains some of the most spiritual and peaceful music [...] Full Story Top Viral Video Pokes Fun at America's Obsession with Beauty Thu,12 Jan 2012 10:27 AM PST Trending Now - "Like" us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow me on Twitter @Knowlesitall! The last time you went to almost any store, walked through an airport, or saw a billboard, you were likely bombarded with images of perfection. It is not a secret anymore that Photoshop is the tool of choice for many magazine ad editors and photographers [...] Full Story Top Homeland Security watches Twitter, social media Wed,11 Jan 2012 11:15 AM PST Reuters - (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, WikiLeaks and news and gossip sites including the Huffington Post and Drudge Report, according to a government document. A "privacy compliance review" issued by DHS last November says that since at least June 2010, its national operations center has been operating a "Social Networking/Media Capability" which involves regular monitoring of "publicly available online forums, blogs, public websites and message boards. ... Full Story Top Actress Heather Locklear in hospital after 911 call Thu,12 Jan 2012 07:22 PM PST Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Melrose Place" actress Heather Locklear was taken to the hospital on Thursday after emergency services were called to her home near Los Angeles, police said. The Sheriff's department in Ventura County, west of Los Angeles said that emergency services responded to a 911 call from Locklear's home and "determined that she needed to be transported to the hospital for further medical attention." Representatives of the actress did not return calls for comment but celebrity websites TMZ and RadarOnline said Locklear may have mixed prescription drugs and alcohol. ... Full Story Top Romney's Killer Instinct: How Mitt's Winning and Why Obama Should Take Note Thu,12 Jan 2012 10:50 AM PST Time.com - Mitt Romney has been running his presidential campaign based on a primal instinct: kill or be killed. And so after Rick Santorum fought Romney to a virtual tie in Iowa and arrived in New Hampshire trailed by media hordes, Romney's Boston headquarters decided it was time to take the former Pennsylvania Senator down. Full Story Top South Carolina GOP voters think Mitt is it: 'I'm here because I'd like to shake hands with the new president' Thu,12 Jan 2012 06:26 AM PST The Ticket - COLUMBIA, S.C.--Republicans in South Carolina who aren't sold on Mitt Romney as the party's 2012 presidential nominee were skeptically scoping out the other options on Wednesday as the fractured field tried to convince the state's voters that they have what it takes to beat the front-runner and--more important--President Barack Obama. Rick Perry--who soared in the [...] Full Story Top After encampment ends, NYC Occupiers become nomads Thu,12 Jan 2012 02:18 PM PST Associated Press - It was only a few nights after the Occupy protesters began sleeping in his church sanctuary when the Rev. Bob Brashear realized that his laptop was missing. Full Story Top Conflict between rich, poor strongest in 24 years Wed,11 Jan 2012 06:32 PM PST Associated Press - Tensions between the rich and poor are increasing and at their most intense level in nearly a quarter-century, a new survey shows. Americans now see more social conflict over wealth inequality than over the hot-button topics of immigration, race relations and age. Full Story Top Russian spacecraft to crash soon, risks unclear Thu,12 Jan 2012 09:08 AM PST Associated Press - A Russian space probe designed to burnish the nation's faded space glory in a mission to one of Mars' moons has turned into one of the heaviest, most toxic pieces of space junk ever. Full Story Top New snake in Tanzania: 'Fierce, probably venomous' Wed,11 Jan 2012 01:28 PM PST Associated Press - The world's newest snake has menacing-looking yellow and black scales, dull green eyes and two spiky horns. And it's named after a 7-year-old girl. Full Story Top Kim Jong Il's body to be permanently displayed Thu,12 Jan 2012 06:52 AM PST Associated Press - North Korea said Thursday it will enshrine "eternal leader" Kim Jong Il's preserved body in the palace housing the body of his father, national founder Kim Il Sung, and labeled his Feb. 16 birthday the "Day of the Shining Star," deepening its veneration of the late leader as it links his son and successor to the family legacy. Full Story Top Drone helping mission to ship fuel to Alaska town Thu,12 Jan 2012 07:19 AM PST Associated Press - As a Russian fuel tanker slowly moves through the frozen Bering Sea toward an iced-in city in western Alaska, it has been getting help from an unusual source at its destination: a drone that flies overhead and sends images of the sea ice to researchers onshore. Full Story Top Obama caucuses in Oval Office with Pitt, Jolie Thu,12 Jan 2012 09:53 AM PST Associated Press - President Barack Obama might be powerful and well-known, but the White House got some Hollywood star power Wednesday: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie stopped by for a chat with the chief executive. Full Story Top Could Internet Addiction Disrupt Brain's Connections? Thu,12 Jan 2012 08:48 PM PST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A small Chinese study suggests that the brains of teenagers who are seemingly addicted to the Internet have abnormal "white matter," the biological insulation that surrounds the wiring between neurons. Full Story Top Miss. court halts quick release of some pardoned Thu,12 Jan 2012 08:39 AM PST Associated Press - A Mississippi judge has temporarily blocked the release of 21 inmates who'd been given pardons or medical release by Republican Haley Barbour in one of his final acts as governor. Full Story Top Perry loses key SC backer after attack on Romney Thu,12 Jan 2012 08:17 AM PST Associated Press - Presidential candidate Rick Perry's criticism of Mitt Romney's business past had a boomerang effect Thursday, costing him the support of a prominent Republican in South Carolina. Full Story Top

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