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| Joe Biden vs. Ted Cruz in South Carolina Friday, May 03, 2013 07:43 PM PDT COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Just two miles apart here on Friday night, Vice President Joseph Biden and Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz addressed their own party faithful, both outlining two wildly different visions for the future of the nation. It may be early, but both men are considered possible presidential prospects in the next national election, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Man buys WWII jacket at Goodwill, returns it to grateful vet Friday, May 03, 2013 12:57 PM PDT  The military newspaper Stars and Stripes reports that Pentagon employee and military history enthusiast John Dodds was browsing the racks at a Washington Goodwill when his daughter called him over. Her find: an authentic WWII leather bomber jacket. From Stars and Stripes: The leather was a little stiff, but the jacket was still in good [...] Full Story | Top |
| FBI seeks Benghazi tips with Arabic video, Facebook page Friday, May 03, 2013 12:23 PM PDT Amid mounting congressional frustration with the pace of the investigation into the Benghazi attack, the FBI on Friday released a new Arabic-language video on its official website asking for tips. The video—also viewable on YouTube and on the agency's Arabic-language Facebook site devoted to the Sept. 11, 2012, attack—features photographs of three possible suspects. The [...] Full Story | Top |
| Man wearing ‘jail sucks’ T-shirt arrested and sent to jail Friday, May 03, 2013 12:21 PM PDT Don Castner was already in danger of arousing the suspicions of the fashion police. But the 39-year-old Floridian got a taste of delicious irony when he was arrested Wednesday by the actual police while wearing a T-shirt that read, "jail sucks!" The Smoking Gun reports that Castner was arrested on charges of welfare fraud as [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama pursues ‘permission structure’ politics in second term Friday, May 03, 2013 11:45 AM PDT "Permission structure" wasn't the oddest thing to come out of President Barack Obama's mouth this week. That honor goes to Obama's assurance that NBA veteran Jason Collins, having come out as gay, "can bang with Shaq," which had West Wing aides wincing. Still, the jokes flew. Is that "structure" like having a safe word? Isn't [...] Full Story | Top |
| Boy with terminal illness helps feed the hungry Friday, May 03, 2013 10:50 AM PDT  A 10-year-old boy battling a terminal illness in Colonie, N.Y., has used his upcoming birthday to help feed the hungry. TimesUnion.com reports that NaSeaph Williams suffers from Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome. The rare genetic condition has weakened his muscles, heart and lungs. It has also left him unable to walk and prone to seizures. NaSeaph's mother told [...] Full Story | Top |
| Authorities search woods near Boston Marathon bombing suspect’s college Friday, May 03, 2013 09:47 AM PDT Federal investigators are searching various sites around Dartmouth, Mass., near where Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev went to college as authorities continue to look for evidence related to the attack. Christina DiIorio-Sterling, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office in Boston, confirmed the searches in an email amid local reports that law enforcement officials [...] Full Story | Top |
| Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade in danger after Superstorm Sandy Friday, May 03, 2013 08:50 AM PDT It's been more than six months since Superstorm Sandy ravaged the coastal areas of New York and New Jersey, but the deadly storm is on the verge of claiming another high profile victim. Coney Island's famed Mermaid Parade, an annual event dating back to 1983 in which thousands of people dress up like fantastical sea [...] Full Story | Top |
| Notre Dame professor tackles ‘myth’ of Christian martyrdom Friday, May 03, 2013 08:16 AM PDT Candida Moss, a professor of early Christianity at the University of Notre Dame and a practicing Catholic, wants to shatter what she calls the "myth" of martyrdom in the Christian faith. Sunday school tales of early Christians being rounded up at their secret catacomb meetings and thrown to the lions by evil Romans are mere [...] Full Story | Top |
| April jobs report: Employment up; February, March numbers revised upward Friday, May 03, 2013 07:40 AM PDT Employment rose by 165,000 jobs in April, according to the monthly economic report released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. And unemployment dropped slightly from 7.6 to 7.5 percent—a minimal change, but one marking a steady, .4 percent drop since January. It's the lowest unemployment rate in four years. Employment increases were seen [...] Full Story | Top |
| Lucid Dream Mask Turns Bedtime into ‘Inception’ Friday, May 03, 2013 07:23 AM PDT Hollywood has glamorized the notion of lucid dreaming with films like "Inception" and "Waking Life." But what if "waking up" inside your dream was as easy as putting on a sleep mask? You could hurdle any impossible obstacle, like flying without a jet or swimming to the bottom of the ocean, from your bed. Brooklyn-based [...] Full Story | Top |
| Miami cop fired 8 times could make it 9 Friday, May 03, 2013 07:14 AM PDT For one police officer, will the ninth strike mean he's out? This time around, Sgt. German Bosque—who has been fired eight times from three different police departments—has been charged with leaving his assault weapon with his girlfriend's father, a trained security guard, while on an eight-day leave, according to CBS4 Miami. That's a no-no, says [...] Full Story | Top |
| Rubio’s pitch to conservatives on immigration reform: If you don’t act, Obama will Friday, May 03, 2013 07:01 AM PDT In preparation for a new round of Senate hearings on bipartisan legislation to overhaul the nation's immigration system, bill co-author Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is urging skeptical conservatives who oppose it to instead work to toughen measures such as border security. Rubio, a Republican with one of the most conservative voting records in the chamber—and [...] Full Story | Top |
| Out there: Former Sen. Mike Gravel says White House suppressing evidence of ETs Friday, May 03, 2013 04:29 AM PDT Top Line Even as most Americans wonder what planet politicians are from, is it possible that the government is squelching evidence of extraterrestrials visiting Earth? One former presidential hopeful says yes – and that the conspiracy goes all the way to the top. Former Sen. Mike Gravel (D-Alaska) says the White House has helped keep [...] Full Story | Top |
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