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Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:44 PM PDT
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Mother of newborn in sewer was present for rescue 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:44 PM PDT
In this still image made from video from May 25, 2013, a baby who was rescued after being trapped in a sewage pipe just below a squat toilet in a public building, lies on a bed at a hospital in Jinhua city, eastern China. A 22-year-old single woman who alerted the authorities of a newborn boy trapped in a sewer in eastern China has admitted that she was the mother, but had refused to come forward because she could not support the child. (AP Photo/Shaanxi TV via AP Video) CHINA OUTBEIJING (AP) — The mother of the Chinese newborn trapped in a sewer pipe in a stunning ordeal caught on video had raised the initial alarm and was present for the entire two-hour rescue but did not admit giving birth until confronted by police, reports said Wednesday.
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New virus called ‘threat to the entire world’ 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:20 AM PDT
The first death in France from a new SARS-like coronavirus brings the worldwide total for the disease to 27 deaths and 49 infections, CNN reports. The 65-year-old Frenchman was diagnosed after returning from a stay in Dubai. According to CNN, the World Health Organization has said the disease was first seen in Saudi Arabia last [...]
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Missing man walks up to news crew reporting on … missing man 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:40 AM PDT
A local television news crew reporting on a missing Maine man found him as they were about to shoot a live update near his home. Robert McDonough, a 73-year-old who suffers from dementia, had been missing for more than 14 hours when he walked past the WMTW News 8 crew camped out on the side [...]
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Obama explains lipstick on his collar 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 06:47 AM PDT
President Barack Obama had some explaining to do. The commander in chief arrived at the East Room for an event Tuesday night honoring Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders—one of whom had shown him some love. There to speak of their contributions, he began his remarks by discussing a very red mark on his collar left by [...]
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Old Torah scroll found in Italy university library 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:25 PM PDT
ROME (AP) — An Italian expert in Hebrew manuscripts said Wednesday he has discovered the oldest known complete Torah scroll, a sheepskin document dating from 1155-1225. It was right under his nose, in the University of Bologna library, where it had been mistakenly catalogued a century ago as dating from the 17th century.
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Tsarnaev’s first phone call to mom: ‘Be patient. Everything will be fine.’ 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:30 AM PDT
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the mother of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, says she has spoken with her son for the first time since his arrest. "I couldn't stop myself from crying," Tsarnaeva said in an phone interview with Bloomberg News late Monday from her home in Dagestan, Russia. "He said: 'I am absolutely fine; my [...]
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Does Adam Levine Hate America or Just Country Music? 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 06:40 AM PDT
Does Adam Levine Hate America or Just Country Music?Last night on NBC, Adam Levine—the tattooed, six-packed bro of Maroon 5 turned "coach" on The Voice—faced off with either all of the nation or at least the vast swath of it that loves country music. Either way you read it, Levine lost a war with a hot mic when, disappointed with the results of The Voice's top six voting, he muttered "I hate this country" live on national television.
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Michele Bachmann won’t seek re-election 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 01:48 AM PDT
Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann said early Wednesday that she will not run for re-election in 2014. The Minnesota conservative made the announcement in a video posted on her website. "After a great deal of thought and deliberation, I have decided next year I will not seek a fifth congressional term," Bachmann said in the eight-and-a-half-minute [...]
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Like your health care policy? You may be losing it 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:27 PM PDT
Like your health care policy? You may be losing itMany people who buy their own health insurance could get surprises in the mail this fall: cancellation notices because their current policies aren't up to the basic standards of President Barack Obama's ...
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George Zimmerman Spent His Trayvon Kickstarter, So His Lawyers Want You to Pay Them 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 01:25 PM PDT
George Zimmerman Spent His Trayvon Kickstarter, So His Lawyers Want You to Pay ThemWith 12 days remaining until George Zimmerman goes on trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman's lawyers are pleading for more money, insisting that they've somehow burned through almost all of the more than $300,000 in online donations the public somehow have to an alleged murderer. "We've calculated that we need another $120,000 to give George the defense he deserves. ...
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U.S. drone kills Pakistan Taliban Number two: security officials 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 03:50 AM PDT
File photo of deputy Pakistani Taliban leader Wali-ur-Rehman speaking to a group of reporters in Shawal townBy Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed the number two of the Pakistani Taliban in the North Waziristan region on Wednesday, three security officials said, in what would be a major blow in the fight against militancy. The drone strike killed seven people, Pakistani security officials said, including Taliban deputy commander Wali-ur-Rehman, in the first such attack since a May 11 general election in which the use of the unmanned aircraft was a major issue. ...
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Ho! Ho! Ho! ‘Merry Christmas Bill’ expected to become law in Texas soon 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:36 AM PDT
After a good amount of hoopla, Texas Governor Rick Perry is expected to quietly sign legislation allowing public schools to celebrate Christmas and other winter holidays plainly and explicitly without fear of lawsuits.
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Crazy Isn't as Crazy Was: How the GOP Ran Out of Use for Michele Bachmann 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:59 AM PDT
Crazy Isn't as Crazy Was: How the GOP Ran Out of Use for Michele BachmannMichele Bachmann's career took off in November 2008, when she told MSNBC's Chris Matthews that reporters needed to "do a penetrating exposé" on members of Congress to "find out if they are pro-America or anti-America." Given then-Sen. Barack Obama's sketchy past, she said, "What it is that Barack Obama really believes?" Democrats gave her opponent $8 million in 10 days, but she won anyway. ...
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To Save Holder, the White House Tries to Keep the GOP from Meeting the Press 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:43 AM PDT
To Save Holder, the White House Tries to Keep the GOP from Meeting the PressDespite strong opposition from conservatives, Eric Holder has never faced any real threat to his position. That's largely because the threats have never been substantive; the most serious, Fast and Furious, landed some distance from his desk, and the media didn't bite at right-wing efforts to make it a big deal. But the Department of Justice's heavy-handed media subpoenas and search warrants have shifted that perspective, aligning the media for the first time with the interests of a Republican Congress antsy to see Holder go. ...
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Bachmann’s rise and fall—and what it says about the GOP 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:26 AM PDT
There was a time, albeit brief, when polls showed Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann topping the 2012 Republican presidential primary field. And that tells you something about the challenges the GOP faces as it tries to rebrand itself as a viable party in presidential politics. Bachmann, who announced on Wednesday she would not seek re-election to [...]
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4 of the early 20th century's wildest, most self-destructive celebrities 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 02:15 AM PDT
Mary Nolan and Lindsay Lohan.Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Bynes would be well advised to learn the lessons of these cautionary tales from the Depression era...
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Republicans challenge U.S. attorney general on leak testimony 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 02:30 PM PDT
U.S. Attorney General Holder looks on during a special naturalization ceremony at the Department of Justice in WashingtonBy Lawrence Hurley and David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Republican lawmakers asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday to clarify testimony he gave Congress this month about his role in the targeting of journalists in a leak probe. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia and colleague James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin sent a letter to Holder saying recent media reports "appear to be at odds with your sworn testimony. ...
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Move over tequila, here comes Chinese firewater 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:49 AM PDT
File photo of a customer walking past a glass case displaying Maotai liquors at a supermarket in ShenyangBy Pete Sweeney CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese baijiu, a flammable, pungent white liquor averaging a 110-proof wallop, is the world's most consumed form of liquor thanks to its popularity in China, but for the first time distillers are looking to develop export markets. According to data from International Wine & Spirit Research, Chinese people drank over 11 billion liters of baijiu in 2012; the spirit, distilled from sorghum, wheat or rice, accounted for more than one-third of all spirits consumed in the world. ...
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Staking tomatoes brings benefits, responsibilities 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:03 AM PDT
n this image taken May 20, 2013, a tomato sucker is shown in New Paltz, New York. Lopping the overgrown sucker off keeps the plant neat and uncongested, which are long-term benefits that make this option best earlier in the season. (AP Photo/Lee Reich)A month from now, don't say I didn't warn you.
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Angry about immigration plan, some gay donors cut off Democrats 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 04:57 PM PDT
Bernie Liang and Ryan Hamachek show their rings after getting married outside Seattle City HallBy Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some disappointed activists say they are yanking their support for the Democratic Party after Senate Democrats opposed a proposal in an immigration bill that would have allowed citizens to bring their foreign-born, same-sex spouses to the United States. Jonathan Lewis, a Miami philanthropist who donated more than $35,000 in 2012, has stopped giving and is urging others to do the same until President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats stop breaking promises to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. ...
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Researchers Find Tinnitus Cause and Treatment 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:12 AM PDT
Pennsylvania scientists have discovered the cause of the chronic disorder known as tinnitus, and have also found a way to treat it. Their goal is a preventive strategy for individuals whose work situations could cause them to be exposed to very loud noise.
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Woman raises funds to visit Alaska ghost town with family ties 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 04:20 PM PDT
Woman raises funds to visit Alaska ghost town with family tiesForty miles off the coast of Alaska lies an uninhabited island, abandoned for the past 50 years. For Joan Naviyuk Kane, who launched a crowdsourced Web-funding campaign to visit the island, it's rich with family history and ancestral roots. Now, an anonymous donation has assured the 35-year-old's travel to King Island this summer, which is [...]
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Letters sent to Bloomberg tested positive for ricin 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 03:51 PM PDT
NEW YORK—Two threatening letters mailed to Mayor Michael Bloomberg and opened last week have tested positive for ricin, the New York Police Department said Wednesday. The letters, first reported by The New York Times, were addressed to Bloomberg and mailed to a municipal building in New York City that houses the Department of Housing Preservation [...]
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China Doesn't Care if Its 'Digitalized' Military Cyberwar Drill Scares You 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 07:39 AM PDT
China Doesn't Care if Its 'Digitalized' Military Cyberwar Drill Scares YouIn the face of fears from President Obama to the Pentagon and across the globe about the increasing military might behind Chinese hacking, China's state news agency announced Wednesday that the nation's People's Liberation Army "will conduct an exercise next month to test new types of combat forces including units using digital technology amid efforts to adjust to informationalized war." You know, right after Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping are meeting about the state of, among other things, a cyberwar going on underneath their noses.
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Vets advocate: Obama must ‘step up’ to shrink disability benefits backlog 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 04:07 AM PDT
Top Line With nearly 900,000 veterans waiting to hear from the Veterans Administration about disability benefits claims—and the average wait time stretching to almost 300 days—the advocacy group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) is calling on the president to make policy changes that will help diminish the backlog. IAVA's Chief Policy Officer Tom [...]
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Wife: I'm sorry for trusting Pa. abortion doctor 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 01:52 PM PDT
Pearl Gosnell, wife of Kermit Gosnell, walks to the center for criminal justice, Wednesday, May 29, 2013, in Philadelphia. Pearl Gosnell is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for performing illegal, third-term abortions. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The wife of a rogue abortion doctor told a judge Wednesday that her husband deserves his life sentence for killing babies born alive, but complained that she and her children are left to deal with the public scorn.
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Rep. Bachmann says she won't run for re-election 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:22 AM PDT
FILE - In this March 16, 2013 file photo, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R- Minn., speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. Bachmann said Wednesday, May 29, 2013, that she will not run for re-election in 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman whose sharply conservative views on social and fiscal issues elevated her to a leader of the tea party movement, announced Wednesday she will not seek a fifth term but insisted the decision was unrelated to ethics inquiries or her near-loss last fall.
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Growing crystal meth use blurs drug-hungry Afghanistan's future 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 03:02 AM PDT
An Afghan pharmacist analyses samples of drugs, at a laboratory under the Interior Ministry's Counter Narcotics, in KabulBy Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL (Reuters) - Impoverished Afghanistan, already plagued by insurgency and struggling to contain crippling rates of opium addiction, faces another potential headache with spiraling usage of the synthetic drug crystal methamphetamine. The growing use of the drug, known as crystal meth or ice, comes at a critical time. Some fear that, with the exit of most foreign troops by the end of next year and dwindling interest and aid from the international community, significant addiction to the relatively new drug could wreak social havoc. ...
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Michele Bachmann Is Quitting Under Fire 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:19 AM PDT
Michele Bachmann Is Quitting Under FireRep. Michele Bachmann, the notorious four-term congresswoman whose political star power, like the Tea Party movement she came to embody, has quietly faded almost as quickly as it so vehemently burst onto the national scene, will not seek reelection in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District. 
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Controversies add to Obama's 2nd term frustrations 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:00 PM PDT
FILE - In this May 22, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama pauses while speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington. For President Barack Obama, the opening months of his second term have been a frustrating reminder of the limits of presidential power and the relentless Washington political apparatus he disdains. Obama has yet to score a legislative victory or change the bitter political partisanship he promised to fix _ both efforts that may get tougher as the White House contends with three major controversies. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, the opening months of his second term have been a frustrating reminder of the limits of presidential power and the durability of the Washington political apparatus he disdains.
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AP Exclusive: Soldier to admit Afghan massacre 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:00 PM PDT
FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2011, file photo provided by the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales participates in an exercise at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. Bales, charged with slaughtering 16 villagers during one of the worst atrocities of the Afghanistan war, has agreed to plead guilty in a deal to avoid the death penalty, his attorney told The Associated Press on Wednesday May 29, 2013. (AP Photo/DVIDS, Spc. Ryan Hallock, File)SEATTLE (AP) — The Army staff sergeant charged with slaughtering 16 villagers in one of the worst atrocities of the Afghanistan war will plead guilty to avoid the death penalty in a deal that requires him to recount the horrific attack for the first time, his attorney told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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Scientists say: Give drones a chance 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:46 AM PDT
ATLANTA—As dozens of protesters waved signs proclaiming, "Stop Assassinations: Ground the Drones!" outside the Grand Hyatt on Tuesday, a room full of scientists, oblivious to their demonstrations, raptly watched a 30-minute PowerPoint presentation about "riparian vegetation," "river morphology" and the helpful qualities of beaver dams. The researchers who came from around the world to attend [...]
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Judge rejects Holmes' challenge to insanity law 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 06:23 PM PDT
DENVER (AP) — Colorado's laws on insanity pleas and the death penalty are constitutional, a judge ruled Wednesday, rejecting a key argument by lawyers for the defendant in the deadly movie theater shootings.
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Independent RI Gov. Chafee, ex-GOP, to become Dem 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 05:44 PM PDT
FILE - In this May 29, 2012 file photo, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee speaks at the Statehouse in Providence, R.I. Chafee, an independent, is joining the Democratic Party ahead of his bid for a second term, two Democratic officials said Thursday, May 29, 2013. He served in the U.S. Senate as a Republican but left the GOP in 2007. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) — Independent Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee is joining the Democratic Party ahead of his 2014 bid for a second term, his spokeswoman said Wednesday, confirming a move that Chafee has been talking about for months as a way to better position himself for re-election.
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Spot a Bad Hotel – Before You Book 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:13 AM PDT
How to decode online listings to find the best hotels - and avoid the worst.
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Buddhist mobs spread fear among Myanmar's Muslims 
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 08:46 PM PDT
Hundreds of Buddhists on motorcycles armed with sticks patrol in the streets of in Lashio, northern Shan State, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Sectarian violence spread to a new region of Myanmar, with a mob burning shops in the northeastern town after unconfirmed rumors spread that a Muslim man had set fire to a Buddhist woman. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)LASHIO, Myanmar (AP) — It was a terrifying sight: hundreds of angry, armed men on motorcycles advancing up a dusty street with no one to stop them.
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