Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Daily News: Most Popular News Headlines - Obama to propose 'grand bargain'

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Today's Most Popular News Headlines - Yahoo! News:

Obama to propose 'grand bargain' 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 02:39 PM PDT
By Steve Holland CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (Reuters) - President Barack Obama proposed a "grand bargain for middle-class jobs" on Tuesday that would cut the U.S. corporate tax rate and use billions of dollars in revenues generated by a business tax overhaul to fund projects aimed at creating jobs. The goal, as outlined in his speech to an enthusiastic audience at an Amazon.com Inc facility in southeastern Tennessee, was to break through partisan gridlock in Congress with a formula that satisfies Republicans and Democrats alike. ...
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The life of a DREAMer: One young woman’s journey to live legally in the U.S. 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 04:20 AM PDT
Power Players Evelyn Rivera is a "DREAMer." Her family came to the United States from Colombia when she was 3 years old and, for much of her childhood, Rivera didn't know that she was an undocumented immigrant. Rivera tells "Power Players" that although she was born in Colombia, she feels "very American in blood, in [...]
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Bradley Manning acquitted of aiding the enemy 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 11:57 AM PDT
FILE - In this Monday, July 29, 2013, file photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted to a security vehicle outside of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md. U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was acquitted Tuesday, July 30, 2013, of aiding the enemy for giving classified secrets to WikiLeaks. The military judge hearing the case, Army Col. Denise Lind, announced the verdict. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy — the most serious charge he faced — but was convicted of espionage, theft and other charges Tuesday, more than three years after he spilled secrets to WikiLeaks.
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Appeals court strikes down NYC's big-soda ban 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 08:57 AM PDT
New York City's crackdown on big, sugary sodas is staying on ice. An appeals court ruled Tuesday that New York City's Board of Health exceeded its legal authority and acted unconstitutionally when it tried ...
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Fla insurance officials: rates will rise under ACA 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 12:00 PM PDT
Florida's insurance officials said Tuesday that health insurance rates will rise 5 to 20 percent for small businesses and 30 to 40 percent in the individual market through the state's new exchange under ...
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Time Warner drops CBS, then halts decision 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 11:09 AM PDT
This publicity image released by CBS shows Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer for CBS Corporation during the TCA Summer Press Tour 2013, on July 29, 2013 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/CBS, Monty Brinton)BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The fee dispute between Time Warner Cable and CBS Corp. took an odd turn when the cable giant announced it was turning off the broadcaster in three major cities, then quickly reversed the decision.
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Obama challenges GOP to accept corporate tax deal 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 02:16 PM PDT
President Barack Obama speaks at the Amazon fulfillment center in Chattanooga, Tenn., Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Obama came to Chattanooga to give the first in a series of policy speeches on his proposals for private sector job growth and to strengthen the manufacturing sector. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday offered congressional Republicans a new corporate tax cut and jobs spending package he said might "help break through some of the political logjam in Washington," only to have GOP lawmakers immediately throw cold water on the idea.
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Massive explosions rock central Fla. gas plant 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 02:38 PM PDT
In this image taken from Associated Press video, flames rise from an explosion at the Blue Rhino propane plant in Tavares City, Fla., late Monday, July 29, 2013. John Herrell of the Lake County Sheriff's Office said early Tuesday that there were no fatalities despite massive blasts that ripped through the gas plant. Seven people were injured and transported to local hospitals. (AP Photo/AP video)TAVARES, Fla. (AP) — After hearing two explosions, maintenance worker Gene Williams looked outside to see a 20-by-20 foot fireball rising above an outdoor storage area at the Blue Rhino propane plant.
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4-year-old with IQ of 145 becomes Mensa's newest member 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 07:13 AM PDT
Anala Beevers is smarter than you.
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Ark. district arming more than 20 teachers, staff 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 07:41 AM PDT
In this photo taken July 11, 2013, Cheyne Dougan, assistant principal at Clarksville High School, is interviewed at the school in Clarksville, Ark. Dougan is one of 20 Clarksville School District staff members are training to be armed security guards on campus. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)CLARKSVILLE, Ark. (AP) — As Cheyne Dougan rounded the corner at Clarksville High School, he saw three students on the floor moaning and crying. In a split-second, two more ran out of a nearby classroom.
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Conn. warns of dire climate change consequences 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 12:02 PM PDT
Connecticut environmental officials are warning of dire consequences from climate change that will affect agriculture, dams and levees, waterfront habitats and public health. For example, sea level rise ...
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Businesses call for action on immigration 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 01:19 PM PDT
Hundreds of leading business groups and GOP donors called for action on immigration legislation Tuesday, seeking to increase pressure on the House GOP as lawmakers prepare to leave Washington for a five-week ...
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WikiLeaks' Assange condemns Manning verdict, Obama 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 05:17 PM PDT
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a speech from the balcony of Ecuador's Embassy, in central LondonBy Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accused President Barack Obama of "national security extremism" on Tuesday after an American military judge convicted Bradley Manning over the biggest leak of classified documents in U.S. history. Praising Manning as "the most important journalistic source that the world has ever seen", Assange said the U.S. soldier, who prosecutors said had supplied WikiLeaks with hundreds of thousands of classified U.S. documents, did not receive a fair trial and called for the verdict to be overturned. ...
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2 'Real Housewives of NJ' stars to appear in court 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 03:36 AM PDT
FILE - This Sept. 13, 2009 file photo originally released by Oral-B Pulsonic shows "Real Housewives of New Jersey" stars, Teresa Giudice, left, and her husband Joe Giudice at the Caravan Fashion Show sponsored by Oral-B Pulsonic in New York. Teresa and Giuseppe NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two stars of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" are scheduled to make initial court appearances on federal fraud charges.
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Is Bradley Manning a hero, traitor or something more complex? Military veterans react to verdict 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 02:48 PM PDT
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Tuesday, July 30, 2013, after receiving a verdict in his court martial. Manning was acquitted of aiding the enemy, the most serious charge he faced, but was convicted of espionage, theft and other charges, more than three years after he spilled secrets to WikiLeaks. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)After a military court on Tuesday acquitted former U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning of aiding the enemy when he released classified documents to the website Wikileaks, Yahoo News asked military service members and veterans for their reactions.
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Obama proposes 'grand bargain' for jobs 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 11:01 AM PDT
President Barack Obama reacts to a reporters question about the Palestinian and Israeli peace talks as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 30, 2013, for Andrews Air Force Base, Md., prior to traveling to Chattanooga, Tenn. to speak about middle class policy speech at a Amazon fulfillment center. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — President Barack Obama is offering Republicans something they've wanted for a long time, a simpler corporate tax code, in exchange for more spending on programs to create jobs for the middle class.
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Spain investigators: Train driver was on phone 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 01:55 PM PDT
FILE - In this July 25, 2013 file photo, a derailed train car is lifted by a crane at the site of a train accident in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. A Spanish court official said Monday July 29, 2013 that judicial police would soon begin extracting information from the MADRID (AP) — The driver was on the phone with a colleague and apparently looking at a document as his train barreled ahead at 95 mph (153 kph) — almost twice the speed limit. Suddenly, a notorious curve was upon him.
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'Housewives' stars free on bond, travel restricted 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 02:14 PM PDT
Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice, 43, left, and his wife, Teresa Giudice, 41, of Montville Township, N.J., walk out of Martin Luther King, Jr. Courthouse after a court appearance, Tuesday, July 30, 2013, in Newark, N.J. The two stars of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" were indicted Monday on federal fraud charges, accused of exaggerating their income while applying for loans before their TV show debuted in 2009, then hiding their improving fortunes in a bankruptcy filing after their first season aired. They are charged in a 39-count indictment with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements on loan applications and bankruptcy fraud. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A star of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" and her husband were each released on $500,000 bond after making initial court appearances Tuesday on federal fraud charges.
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Nazi suspects ordered out of U.S. never left 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 04:52 AM PDT
John KalymonMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — At least 10 suspected Nazi war criminals ordered deported by the United States never left the country, according to an Associated Press review of Justice Department data — and four are living in the U.S. today. All remained eligible for public benefits such as Social Security until they exhausted appeals, and in one case even beyond.
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Prosecutors: Woman had soda can with green paint 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 06:33 PM PDT
William Adair of Gold Leaf Studios remove green paint from the organ in the Washington National Cathedral's historic Bethlehem Chapel, Tuesday, July 30, 2013, in Washington. Officials at the cathedral discovered the paint inside two chapels Monday afternoon. The paint was splashed onto the organ and on the floor inside the Bethlehem Chapel on the basement level and inside Children's Chapel in the nave of the cathedral. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman charged with defacing the Washington National Cathedral had a soda can of green paint with her when she was arrested, and she has been linked to at least four other incidents of vandalism, including at the Lincoln Memorial, according to prosecutors and court documents.
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2 'Real Housewives of NJ' stars free on $500K bond 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 08:00 AM PDT
Teresa Giudice, 41, right, and her husband Giuseppe "Joe" Giudice, 43, center, of Montville Township, N.J., walk toward Martin Luther King, Jr. Courthouse before a court appearance, Tuesday, July 30, 2013, in Newark, N.J. The two stars of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" were indicted Monday on federal fraud charges, accused of exaggerating their income while applying for loans before their TV show debuted in 2009, then hiding their improving fortunes in a bankruptcy filing after their first season aired. They are charged in a 39-count indictment with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, bank fraud, making false statements on loan applications and bankruptcy fraud. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two stars of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" were released on $500,000 bond each after making initial court appearances Tuesday on federal fraud charges.
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Unemployment rates rise in 90 pct. of US cities 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 10:45 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates rose in nearly all large U.S. cities in June as college graduates and many of those still in school began searching for jobs.
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Russian anti-gay laws impact Olympics, vodka sales 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 06:42 AM PDT
Russian anti-gay laws impact Olympics, vodka salesRussian vodka and the Winter Olympics in Sochi. For now, those are the prime targets as gays in the United States and elsewhere propose boycotts and other tactics to convey their outrage over Russia's ...
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NJ woman accused of 'trashing' dog pleads guilty 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 03:33 PM PDT
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 5, 2011 file photograph, a one-year-old pit bull nicknamed Patrick sits next to flowers sent by a supporter in Alaska as he recovers at Garden State Veterinary Specialists in Tinton Falls, N.J., after being found starved and dumped in a trash chute. The Essex County Prosecutor's Office says 29-year-old Kisha Curtis pleaded guilty Tuesday, July 30, 2013, in Newark to a count of 4th degree animal cruelty. (AP Photo/Mel Evans,file)NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to an animal cruelty charge after authorities say her emaciated dog was found starved and near-death, wrapped in a plastic bag and thrown down a building's garbage chute.
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Manning acquitted of aiding enemy, still may face long jail term 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 02:59 PM PDT
U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning (C) departs the courthouse at Ft. Meade, MarylandBy Medina Roshan and Scott Malone FORT MEADE, Md./BOSTON (Reuters) - A military judge on Tuesday found U.S. soldier Bradley Manning not guilty of aiding the enemy, the most serious charge he faced for handing over documents to WikiLeaks, but he still likely faces a long jail term after being found guilty of 19 other counts. Colonel Denise Lind ruled the 25-year-old Army private first class was guilty of five espionage charges, among many others, for the largest unauthorized release of classified U.S. data in the nation's history. ...
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New EPA chief: Climate controls will help economy 
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 11:45 AM PDT
President Barack Obama's top environmental official wasted no time Tuesday taking on opponents of the administration's plan to crack down on global warming pollution. In her first speech as the head of ...
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