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News - Latest News & Headlines: Neil Armstrong, first to walk on the moon, was a masterpiece and a mystery Republican National Convention events delayed due to Isaac Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital Explosion kills 39 at Venezuela's biggest refinery Apple's $1 billion patent verdict could corner market Romney and Ryan make pitch to women voters Ecuador says Britain withdraws threat to raid embassy Bus collides with tanker in China, killing 36 Grizzly bear kills hiker in Denali National Park New Novartis drug shows potential in heart failure treatment Biden postpones Florida travel over Isaac Obama-Romney race is focused on seven states Man mistakes son for monkey, shoots him dead Man charged in case of teen allegedly held captive U.S. rape controversy reflects teachings of anti-abortion hero NYPD: Empire State Building victims hit by police gunfire Kidney for Ohio transplant accidently thrown in trash Lance Armstrong takes part in bike race amid controversy Neil Armstrong, first to walk on the moon, was a masterpiece and a mystery Sat,25 Aug 2012 07:22 PM PDT "A lot of people couldn't figure out Armstrong." With those words Tom Wolfe introduced Neil Armstrong, the astronaut hero of his nonfiction masterpiece, "The Right Stuff." Armstrong, of course, was a masterpiece himself: the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission and the first of two men ever to walk on the moon. Armstrong died [...] Full Story Top Republican National Convention events delayed due to Isaac Sat,25 Aug 2012 03:55 PM PDT TAMPA -- The events planned for the Republican National Convention on Monday will be postponed due to severe weather predictions near the conference's host city, Republican officials said Saturday. "The Republican National Convention will convene on Monday August 27th and immediately recess until Tuesday afternoon, August 28th," said Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus in [...] Full Story Top Assad's forces accused of massacre near Syrian capital Sat,25 Aug 2012 08:41 PM PDT Reuters - AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Sunday of committing a massacre of scores of people in a town close to the capital that the army had just retaken from rebels. More than 200 bodies were found in houses and basements around Daraya, a working-class Sunni Muslim town to the southwest of Damascus, according to activists who said most had been killed "execution-style" by troops on house-to-house raids. Due to restrictions on non-state media in Syria, it was impossible to independently verify the accounts. ... Full Story Top Explosion kills 39 at Venezuela's biggest refinery Sat,25 Aug 2012 06:03 PM PDT Reuters - PARAGUANA/CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - An explosion tore through Venezuela's biggest refinery on Saturday, killing at least 39 people, wounding dozens and halting operations at the facility in the worst accident to hit the OPEC nation's oil industry. Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez told Reuters no production units at the Amuay refinery were affected and that there were no plans to halt exports, a sign that the incident will likely have little impact on fuel prices. ... Full Story Top Apple's $1 billion patent verdict could corner market Sat,25 Aug 2012 03:06 PM PDT Associated Press - It was the $1 billion question Saturday: What does Apple Inc.'s victory in an epic patent dispute over its fiercest rival mean for the U.S. smartphone industry? Full Story Top Romney and Ryan make pitch to women voters Sat,25 Aug 2012 08:23 AM PDT Mitt Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, made a direct appeal to female voters Saturday, telling supporters at an Ohio rally that, if elected, they would do more to help women in business. "Just a word to the women entrepreneurs out there," Romney said at a campaign event in Powell, Ohio. "If we [...] Full Story Top Ecuador says Britain withdraws threat to raid embassy Sat,25 Aug 2012 04:49 PM PDT Reuters - Britain has withdrawn a threat to enter Ecuador's embassy in London to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has taken refuge there, President Rafael Correa said on Saturday, taking the heat out of the diplomatic standoff. "We consider this unfortunate incident over, after a grave diplomatic error by the British in which they said they would enter our embassy," Correa said in a weekly media address. In a statement, Ecuador's government said it had received "a communication from the British Foreign Office which said that there was no threat to enter the embassy. ... Full Story Top Bus collides with tanker in China, killing 36 Sat,25 Aug 2012 08:25 PM PDT Associated Press - A double-decker sleeper bus rammed into a tanker loaded with highly-flammable methanol on a northern Chinese highway early Sunday, causing both vehicles to burst into flames and killing 36 people, state media said. Full Story Top Grizzly bear kills hiker in Denali National Park Sat,25 Aug 2012 07:45 PM PDT Associated Press - A hiker in Alaska's Denali National Park photographed a grizzly bear for at least eight minutes before the bear mauled and killed him in the first fatal attack in the park's history, officials said Saturday. Full Story Top New Novartis drug shows potential in heart failure treatment Sat,25 Aug 2012 11:01 PM PDT Reuters - MUNICH (Reuters) - An experimental drug from Novartis may help up to half of heart failure patients for whom no effective treatment is available, although the evidence so far is indirect. Results of a mid-stage clinical trial of the drug known as LCZ696, unveiled on Sunday, gauged its effectiveness by measuring whether patients had lower levels of a protein linked to the debilitating condition. ... Full Story Top Biden postpones Florida travel over Isaac Sat,25 Aug 2012 04:14 PM PDT Tampa - Vice President Joe Biden, who had scaled back planned campaign events in Florida this week because of the approach of Tropical Storm Isaac, has postponed his visit to the state altogether, the Obama campaign announced Saturday. "Due to the statewide state of emergency declared in Florida, Vice President Biden's travel to Orlando and [...] Full Story Top Obama-Romney race is focused on seven states Sat,25 Aug 2012 05:02 PM PDT Associated Press - On the eve of their national party conventions, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are locked in a close race to amass the requisite 270 Electoral College votes for victory. And the contest is exactly where it was at the start of the long, volatile summer: focused on seven states that are up for grabs. Full Story Top Man mistakes son for monkey, shoots him dead Sat,25 Aug 2012 11:18 PM PDT AFP - A farmer in southern Nepal mistook his son for a monkey trying to steal his crops and shot the 12-year-old dead, police said on Sunday. Full Story Top Man charged in case of teen allegedly held captive Sat,25 Aug 2012 08:15 PM PDT Associated Press - A southwestern Illinois man was charged Saturday with aggravated criminal sexual abuse in connection with a St. Louis teenager who told police she was held captive in his home for three years and conceived a child with him before escaping. Full Story Top U.S. rape controversy reflects teachings of anti-abortion hero Sat,25 Aug 2012 07:07 PM PDT Reuters - KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Eric Scheidler was in grade school when he was introduced to the power of John Willke's persuasion. It was the 1970s and the now 87-year-old Dr. "Jack" Willke was renowned as a physician-turned-advocate for abolishing abortion. Willke's teachings resonated four decades later in the controversy this week over Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin's remarks on pregnancy and rape. Willke's use of graphic photos of "unborn children" energized followers in the nascent anti-abortion movement of the 1970s. ... Full Story Top NYPD: Empire State Building victims hit by police gunfire Sat,25 Aug 2012 02:01 PM PDT Associated Press - All nine people injured during a dramatic confrontation between police and a gunman outside the Empire State Building were wounded by gunfire from the two officers, police said Saturday, citing ballistics evidence. Full Story Top Kidney for Ohio transplant accidently thrown in trash Sat,25 Aug 2012 01:15 PM PDT ABC News - Kidney for Ohio transplant accidently thrown in trash Full Story Top Lance Armstrong takes part in bike race amid controversy Sat,25 Aug 2012 09:42 AM PDT Associated Press - For a few hours, Lance Armstrong was back in his element — on a bike and in a race. Full Story Top

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