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News: Seven ways Rick Perry wants to change the Constitution Foreign students walk off Hershey's factory job in protest Nivea pulls 'offensive' ad Arkansas judge accepts plea deal, frees Memphis 3 US makes criminals priority for deportation American girl in Italy: 60 years later Critters moving away from global warming faster Giant lobster avoids becoming lunch and finds home on Coney Island Lesbian Bride Rejected By Bridal Salon, Celebrity Sends Warning Tweet Before Stage Collapse, and Social Media Dominates Dictionary Additions Chicago police must pay 330k for killing dog in home raid Archaeologists comb newly-found Civil War POW camp Bank of America to lay off thousands–and struck by lightning Palin tells the tea party to lay off Orrin Hatch 'West Memphis Three' freed after 18 years Kansas City sets youth curfew after weekend shooting Nine dead in Taliban assault on British Council in Kabul O'Donnell says she felt sexually harassed by CNN host Rockets, airstrikes follow attack on Israel Bill Clinton: poster child for plant-based diet 3 plead guilty in Arkansas murders to win freedom Survey's surprising finding: tea party less popular than atheists and Muslims Rush Limbaugh Goes Full-Tilt Racial Slur with "Or-Bam-eo" Cookies Pope laments 'amnesia' about God during Spain trip Wall Street sinks for fourth straight week The Fast Fix: Obama on break? 3 men convicted in 1993 Cub Scout slayings go free Protesters greet GOP candidate Perry in NH Police say Japanese have returned $78 million in missing cash after quake Former New York lifeguard sues over skimpy swimwear rules Air Force discharging sergeant who doubts Obama Obama pushes for action on jobs Egypt to withdraw ambassador to Israel over ambush Israel-Gaza attacks stoke tension with Cairo 2 Fort Bragg soldiers charged in teenager's death Canine hero retires after 9/11 rescues SC pastor charged with raping 2 women near church If elected president, Rick Perry could still jog with his gun White House orders agencies to cut their budgets Suicide bomber kills 40 in Pakistan mosque Relaxing Obama hits bookstore, Vineyard golf links Seven ways Rick Perry wants to change the Constitution Fri,19 Aug 2011 06:16 AM PDT The Ticket - Rick Perry has many ideas about how to change the American government's founding document. From ending lifetime tenure for federal judges to completely scrapping two whole amendments, the Constitution would see a major overhaul if the Texas governor and Republican presidential candidate had his druthers. Perry laid out these proposed innovations to the founding document [...] Full Story Top Foreign students walk off Hershey's factory job in protest Thu,18 Aug 2011 02:43 PM PDT The Lookout - Hundreds of foreign students on a State Department cultural exchange visa program walked off their factory jobs in protest on Wednesday. The J-1 visa program brings foreign students to the country to work for two months and learn English, and was designed in part to fill seasonal tourism jobs at resorts and seaside towns. The [...] Full Story Top Nivea pulls 'offensive' ad Fri,19 Aug 2011 11:52 AM PDT The Lookout - Companies like to push the envelope with their ads. Sometimes the gamble works, sometimes it doesn't, and sometimes, like in the case of a new advertising campaign from Nivea, the whole thing turns into a fiasco. Nivea, a company that specializes in skin-care products, recently released a print ad that it has since pulled. How [...] Full Story Top Arkansas judge accepts plea deal, frees Memphis 3 Fri,19 Aug 2011 10:46 AM PDT AP - Three men convicted of killing three 8-year-old Cub Scouts and dumping their bodies in an Arkansas ditch changed their pleas Friday, resolving a yearslong effort to win their freedom. Full Story Top US makes criminals priority for deportation Fri,19 Aug 2011 05:05 AM PDT AP - Many illegal immigrants who were facing deportation despite having no criminal record will be allowed to stay in the country and apply for a work permit under new rules from the Homeland Security Department. Republicans are balking at the change. Full Story Top American girl in Italy: 60 years later Thu,18 Aug 2011 03:10 PM PDT The Lookout - A stunning young woman walks down a street in Florence, her head held high. All around, men playfully gawk at her grace and beauty. Just then the camera shutter snaps. "American Girl in Italy" is among the most popular snapshots of all time, and it's turning 60 years old this month. The photo, which was [...] Full Story Top Critters moving away from global warming faster Thu,18 Aug 2011 12:26 PM PDT AP - Animals across the world are fleeing global warming by heading north much faster than they were less than a decade ago, a new study says. Full Story Top Giant lobster avoids becoming lunch and finds home on Coney Island Thu,18 Aug 2011 04:35 AM PDT The New York City Local - Barry Paddock, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER A freakishly large lobster destined for the pot has instead found a new home in - where else? - Coney Island. The colossal crustacean went on exhibit this week at the New York Aquarium, … Continue reading → Full Story Top Lesbian Bride Rejected By Bridal Salon, Celebrity Sends Warning Tweet Before Stage Collapse, and Social Media Dominates Dictionary Additions Fri,19 Aug 2011 09:08 AM PDT Trending Now - Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Outrage is spreading across the web after a New Jersey bridal salon refused to sell a wedding dress to a lesbian. Bride-to-be Alix Genter had crossed out "groom" and wrote in "partner" on the store's paperwork. She then received a voicemail from the manager of the "Here Comes The [...] Full Story Top Chicago police must pay 330k for killing dog in home raid Fri,19 Aug 2011 01:01 PM PDT The Lookout - A federal jury says Chicago law enforcement must pay $330,000 to a family after officers shot their dog during a home raid that turned up no illegal activity. Thomas Russell, then 18, opened the door to his home in February 2009 to find police officers with their guns drawn. He asked if he could lock [...] Full Story Top Archaeologists comb newly-found Civil War POW camp Thu,18 Aug 2011 02:12 PM PDT AP - When word reached Camp Lawton that the enemy army of Gen. William T. Sherman was approaching, the prison camp's Confederate officers rounded up their thousands of Union army POWs for a swift evacuation — leaving behind rings, buckles, coins and other keepsakes that would remain undisturbed for nearly 150 years. Full Story Top Bank of America to lay off thousands–and struck by lightning Fri,19 Aug 2011 06:46 AM PDT The Lookout - Thousands more people are set to be thrown out of work by one of the banks that played a key role in the mortgage mess. Bank of America is going to shed 3,500 jobs, the Wall Street Journal reports. And as part of a broader restructuring, it could cut another 10,000 or more--around 3.5 percent [...] Full Story Top Palin tells the tea party to lay off Orrin Hatch Fri,19 Aug 2011 09:58 AM PDT The Ticket - Sarah Palin defended Orrin Hatch, the Republican senator from Utah, Thursday evening, and said that the tea party should stop criticizing him. "He is doing good in terms of trying to get a balanced budget and he has been for the last couple of decades," the former Alaska governor told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren. [...] Full Story Top 'West Memphis Three' freed after 18 years Fri,19 Aug 2011 12:07 PM PDT The Lookout - Three Arkansas men, who served 18 years in prison for the brutal murder of three boys, are going home. "I'm just tired," Jesse Misskelley Jr. told reporters. "This has been going on for 18 years. It's been an absolute living hell." The release of the "West Memphis Three" came after a complex and confusing plea [...] Full Story Top Kansas City sets youth curfew after weekend shooting Thu,18 Aug 2011 07:55 PM PDT Reuters - KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The weekend shooting of three teenagers at a large late-night "flash mob" gathering prompted local authorities to pass an ordinance on Thursday that sets curfews as early as 9 p.m. for people under age 18. Full Story Top Nine dead in Taliban assault on British Council in Kabul Fri,19 Aug 2011 01:11 PM PDT Reuters - KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban attackers laid siege to a British cultural center in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing at least nine people during an hours-long assault on the 92nd anniversary of Afghanistan's independence from British rule. Full Story Top O'Donnell says she felt sexually harassed by CNN host Fri,19 Aug 2011 12:14 PM PDT The Ticket - Former Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell is back in the news after she walked off in the middle of an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan where she was discussing her new book, an exchange she now says felt like "harassment." O'Donnell ended the interview abruptly when Morgan asked her about gay marriage, but it [...] Full Story Top Rockets, airstrikes follow attack on Israel Fri,19 Aug 2011 01:24 PM PDT AP - Gaza militants launched barrages of rockets deep into Israel early Friday and Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Palestinian territory in the aftermath of the deadliest attack against Israelis in three years. Full Story Top Bill Clinton: poster child for plant-based diet Fri,19 Aug 2011 12:56 PM PDT The Lookout - Bill Clinton, once famous for his larger-than-life appetite, is now the poster child for a vegan lifestyle. Back in the 1990s, the former president was known--and even mocked--for his fast-food cravings. In a "Saturday Night Live" skit, the late Phil Hartman, playing Clinton, is shown jogging three blocks to McDonald's to mix it up with [...] Full Story Top 3 plead guilty in Arkansas murders to win freedom Fri,19 Aug 2011 10:56 AM PDT AP - Three men convicted of killing three 8-year-old Cub Scouts and dumping their bodies in an Arkansas ditch were freed from nearly two decades in prison Friday, after they agreed to plead guilty to secure the release of one of them from death row. Full Story Top Survey's surprising finding: tea party less popular than atheists and Muslims Wed,17 Aug 2011 09:02 AM PDT The Ticket - In an op-ed article in the New York Times, Robert D. Putnam, a professor of public policy at Harvard, and David E. Campbell, a political scientist at Notre Dame, say they have collected data indicating that the tea party is "less popular than much maligned groups like 'atheists' and 'Muslims.'" But Campbell says the tea [...] Full Story Top Rush Limbaugh Goes Full-Tilt Racial Slur with "Or-Bam-eo" Cookies Wed,17 Aug 2011 04:02 PM PDT Yahoo! Contributor Network - COMMENTARY | Most who listen to Rush Limbaugh don't think too much about what he is saying. That's why they -- as a collective -- earned the nickname "dittoheads" back in the day when Limbaugh lorded it over both a radio and television empire. ... Full Story Top Pope laments 'amnesia' about God during Spain trip Fri,19 Aug 2011 12:01 PM PDT AP - Pope Benedict XVI lamented Friday what he called modern society's "amnesia" about God as he traveled to a famed Spanish monastery on the second day of his four-day visit for the church's world youth festival. Full Story Top Wall Street sinks for fourth straight week Fri,19 Aug 2011 02:16 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street ended a fourth week of losses on a down note on Friday as most buyers left the market before the weekend on growing fears of another U.S. recession and destabilization in Europe's financial system. Full Story Top The Fast Fix: Obama on break? Thu,18 Aug 2011 07:13 AM PDT The Fast Fix - President Obama's annual vacation to Martha's vineyard is already under fire, and he's barely unpacked. Is it fair for the commander in chief to relax when the country is facing big problems? President Obama leaves for a 10-day vacation to Martha's Vineyard today, a trip that has already stirred controversy. Republicans have criticized Obama not [...] Full Story Top 3 men convicted in 1993 Cub Scout slayings go free Fri,19 Aug 2011 07:52 PM PDT AP - Three men convicted in the nightmarish slayings of three Cub Scouts went free Friday, nearly two decades after they were sent to prison in a case so gruesome it raised suspicions the children had been sacrificed in a Satanic ritual. Full Story Top Protesters greet GOP candidate Perry in NH Thu,18 Aug 2011 01:34 PM PDT AP - It was supposed to be a friendly meeting with voters inside a local coffee shop, but Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry's first stop in New Hampshire on Thursday was overshadowed by protesters. Full Story Top Police say Japanese have returned $78 million in missing cash after quake Thu,18 Aug 2011 10:42 AM PDT The Lookout - In the five months since a devastating earthquake struck, Japanese police say they've received $78 million in missing cash and valuables that citizens have found in the rubble and promptly turned in. Thousands of missing wallets contained $48 million in cash, and nearly 6,000 more safes turned in by volunteers contained an extra $30 million, the Japanese [...] Full Story Top Former New York lifeguard sues over skimpy swimwear rules Thu,18 Aug 2011 05:34 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former lifeguard is suing the New York State Department of Parks and Recreation for doing what he says they have no right to do -- compelling a man in his late 50s to wear Speedo-style swim briefs. Full Story Top Air Force discharging sergeant who doubts Obama Wed,17 Aug 2011 05:45 PM PDT AP - The Air Force said Wednesday it is discharging a hero of the so-called birther movement who refused to report to duty in Germany for a few days earlier this month because he doubts President Barack Obama's citizenship. Full Story Top Obama pushes for action on jobs Sat,20 Aug 2011 03:25 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says members of Congress should put country before politics, set aside their differences and act together to put people back to work. Full Story Top Egypt to withdraw ambassador to Israel over ambush Sat,20 Aug 2011 12:30 AM PDT AP - Egypt recalled its ambassador from Israel Saturday to protest the deaths of at least three Egyptian troops killed in a shootout between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants who had launched a deadly attack on Israel from Egyptian soil. Full Story Top Israel-Gaza attacks stoke tension with Cairo Fri,19 Aug 2011 04:12 PM PDT Reuters - GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft struck militant outposts in Gaza and Palestinians fired rockets back Friday following deadly gun attacks along the desert border with Egypt that have raised tensions between Israel and the new rulers in Cairo. Full Story Top 2 Fort Bragg soldiers charged in teenager's death Fri,19 Aug 2011 11:39 AM PDT AP - The family of a 17-year-old boy whose slain body was found dumped in the woods near his home is searching for answers after a pair of soldiers at nearby Fort Bragg was charged with murder. Full Story Top Canine hero retires after 9/11 rescues Thu,18 Aug 2011 04:10 PM PDT Yahoo! 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Site - Abby, a black lab who helped rescue victims from the wreckage of the World Trade Center, has ended a lifetime of service with a perfect canine retirement. Full Story Top SC pastor charged with raping 2 women near church Thu,18 Aug 2011 02:36 PM PDT AP - A South Carolina pastor has been charged with raping two women in a trailer behind his church. Full Story Top If elected president, Rick Perry could still jog with his gun Tue,16 Aug 2011 12:08 PM PDT The Ticket - When Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry goes for a jog in Texas, the governor doesn't just throw on a pair of gym shorts and tennis shoes before dashing out the door. He also packs a concealed .380 Ruger loaded with deadly hollow-point bullets, fully equipped with a laser-sight for precise killing. (What, you don't?) He [...] Full Story Top White House orders agencies to cut their budgets Fri,19 Aug 2011 12:59 AM PDT AP - It's a microcosm of the budget battling that has consumed Congress all year: The Obama administration wants federal agencies to save money while Republicans push for additional savings to take a substantial bite out of the government's towering pile of IOUs. Full Story Top Suicide bomber kills 40 in Pakistan mosque Fri,19 Aug 2011 05:32 AM PDT AP - A suicide bomber struck a mosque in a Pakistani tribal region during Friday prayers, officials said, killing at least 40 people and wounding 85 others in the deadliest attack in the country in recent weeks. Full Story Top Relaxing Obama hits bookstore, Vineyard golf links Fri,19 Aug 2011 06:53 PM PDT AP - Summer reading and a bit of golf. That says vacation for many Americans. And briefings on the economy and national security if you're the president. Full Story Top

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