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News - Latest News & Headlines: Hurricane warnings issued for New Orleans, Gulf Coast Romney, Obama in dead heat heading into GOP convention Poll: Raise taxes to save Social Security Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital Quake of 7.4 magnitude hits off El Salvador coast: USGS Big names of GOP left offstage, and not by accident Empire State Building shooter didn't expect to return home NATO says Afghan ally fires on coalition, kills 2 Series of earthquakes rattle Southern California No. 1 Trump's bucket list: Get Mitt Romney elected Ex-South Carolina governor to marry former mistress Rand Paul to GOP: 'Audit the Pentagon' Powerful typhoon lashes Japan's Okinawa island Ron Paul on Romney: 'I don't fully endorse him' Venezuela struggles with refinery blaze after deadly blast Space elevator project shoots for the moon Despite Isaac's soaking, Keys residents laid back Isaac upsets plans for GOP lobbyists, wealthy donors Hurricane warnings issued for New Orleans, Gulf Coast Sun,26 Aug 2012 03:46 PM PDT The storm that killed as many as six people in Haiti and forced the delay of the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa is on track to hit the Gulf Coast and possibly New Orleans, forecasters said late Sunday. Tropical Storm Isaac, with sustained winds of 60 mph, lashed the Florida Keys and [...] Full Story Top Romney, Obama in dead heat heading into GOP convention Sun,26 Aug 2012 09:03 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Mitt Romney heads into his nominating convention with a solid shot at the presidency but substantial challenges en route, an ABC News/Washington Post poll shows. Full Story Top Poll: Raise taxes to save Social Security Sun,26 Aug 2012 09:03 PM PDT Associated Press - Most Americans say go ahead and raise taxes if it will save Social Security benefits for future generations. And raise the retirement age, if you have to. Full Story Top Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital Sun,26 Aug 2012 03:14 PM PDT Reuters - Syrian opposition activists accused President Assad's army of massacring hundreds of people in a town close to the capital that government forces recaptured from rebels. Full Story Top Quake of 7.4 magnitude hits off El Salvador coast: USGS Sun,26 Aug 2012 10:23 PM PDT Reuters - A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit in the Pacific Ocean about 78 miles off the coast of El Salvador late Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Full Story Top Big names of GOP left offstage, and not by accident Sun,26 Aug 2012 03:09 PM PDT National Journal - Some of the biggest names in politics will be missing from the stage during the Republican National Convention this week in Tampa, and that's no accident. Full Story Top Empire State Building shooter didn't expect to return home Sun,26 Aug 2012 02:28 PM PDT ABC News (RSS) - A search of the apartment of the gunman killed by police outside the Empire State Building showed he apparently had no intention of returning home after shooting a former co-worker. Full Story Top NATO says Afghan ally fires on coalition, kills 2 Sun,26 Aug 2012 11:16 PM PDT Associated Press - An Afghan soldier turned his weapon on international allies in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing two soldiers, the NATO military coalition said. Full Story Top Series of earthquakes rattle Southern California Sun,26 Aug 2012 11:07 PM PDT Associated Press - Dozens of small to moderate earthquakes struck southeastern California on Sunday, knocking trailer homes off their foundations, shattering windows and rattling nerves in a small town east of San Diego. Full Story Top No. 1 Trump's bucket list: Get Mitt Romney elected Sun,26 Aug 2012 08:35 PM PDT Yahoo! Contributor Network - SARASOTA, Fla. -- What's atop Donald Trump's bucket list? Full Story Top Ex-South Carolina governor to marry former mistress Sun,26 Aug 2012 02:21 PM PDT Reuters - Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford said on Sunday he is engaged to marry his Argentine girlfriend, Maria Belen Chapur. "Yes, it's true and I stand by my statement," Sanford told Reuters. Full Story Top Rand Paul to GOP: 'Audit the Pentagon' Sun,26 Aug 2012 04:06 PM PDT Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul will use his prime-time speaking slot at the Republican National Convention to urge party members to be more open to scrutinizing military spending, a position that puts him in the minority within the GOP. Paul made the remarks Sunday when he addressed thousands of supporters at a rally for [...] Full Story Top Powerful typhoon lashes Japan's Okinawa island Sun,26 Aug 2012 07:22 PM PDT Associated Press - More than 75,000 households lacked power on Monday after a powerful typhoon lashed the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, injuring four people but doing less damage than feared before moving off to sea. Full Story Top Ron Paul on Romney: 'I don't fully endorse him' Sun,26 Aug 2012 06:26 AM PDT Mitt Romney's campaign gave Ron Paul a chance to speak at the Republican National Convention, but he declined due to the conditions of the offer, the New York Times reports. Full Story Top Venezuela struggles with refinery blaze after deadly blast Sun,26 Aug 2012 07:55 PM PDT Reuters - Venezuelan firefighters struggled on Sunday to put out a blaze at the country's biggest refinery sparked by an explosion that killed 41 people in one of the global oil industry's deadliest accidents. Officials at the 645,000 barrel-per-day Amuay refinery are trying to stop the fire still raging at two storage tanks from spreading to other nearby fuel storage facilities. That would delay Amuay's restart beyond the current estimate of two days. ... Full Story Top Space elevator project shoots for the moon Sun,26 Aug 2012 12:50 PM PDT SPACE.com - A space elevator capable of shuttling robots or humans from the Earth to space remains decades away. But a company headed by a former NASA researcher says it can build a space elevator on the moon using today's technology. Full Story Top Despite Isaac's soaking, Keys residents laid back Sun,26 Aug 2012 08:16 PM PDT Associated Press - Tropical Storm Isaac barely stirred Florida Keys residents from their fabled nonchalance Sunday, while the Gulf Coast braced for the possibility that the sprawling storm will strengthen into a dangerous hurricane by the time it makes landfall there. Full Story Top Isaac upsets plans for GOP lobbyists, wealthy donors Sun,26 Aug 2012 08:46 AM PDT ABC News - A tropical storm may accomplish what watchdog groups, newspaper editorials and ethics laws have not: it put a dent in the over-the-top entertaining and partying by lobbyists and special interests trying to buy access and influence. Full Story Top

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