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| Simpson wins small parole victory on some charges Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 09:52 AM PDT  CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — O.J. Simpson won a small victory Wednesday in his bid for freedom as Nevada granted him parole on some of his convictions in a 2008 kidnapping and armed robbery involving the holdup of two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas hotel room. Full Story | Top |
| Simon Cowell Expecting A Baby With Friend's Wife (Report) Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 08:33 AM PDT  Simon Cowell is reportedly going to be a dad... though there's a bit of a twist. Full Story | Top |
| Patrick Kennedy: Members of Congress battle mental illness in their families but vote against help Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 03:56 AM PDT Top Line When Patrick Kennedy returned to Congress following a DWI for driving drunk in 2006, he made a point of going to thank fellow members of Congress who had sent him "get well" cards in rehab. The former Rhode Island congressman tells "Top Line" that he came across story after story from members of [...] Full Story | Top |
| The 10 most easily stolen ATM card PINs Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 11:46 AM PDT A new study from DataGenetics lists the top 10 most-used PIN numbers. And because they are the most commonly used PIN numbers, they are by default the least safe PINs as well. Full Story | Top |
| Fed downgrades US economic growth to modest Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 11:20 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the U.S. economy is growing only modestly, a downgrade from its June assessment. The Fed expects growth will pick up in the second half of the year, but the more cautious message may be a signal that it's not ready to slow its bond purchases soon. Full Story | Top |
| George Zimmerman pulled over by Texas police Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 01:58 PM PDT By Karen Brooks AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - George Zimmerman, a volunteer watchman whose acquittal in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin led to protests, was pulled over by police in Texas on Sunday for speeding, officials said on Wednesday. Zimmerman told the officer that he had a weapon in his glove compartment and was going "nowhere in particular," said Brian Brooks, city manager of Forney, Texas, about 25 miles southeast of Dallas, where Zimmerman was stopped. ... Full Story | Top |
| Should Saudi Arabia Fear North Dakota? One Man Says Yes Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 11:04 AM PDT Saudi Oil Minister Warned U.S. Oil Boom Threatens OPEC Full Story | Top |
| George Zimmerman armed during recent Texas traffic stop Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 01:48 PM PDT  DALLAS – George Zimmerman, who was recently acquitted in the controversial shooting death of Trayvon Martin, had a handgun in his truck's glove box when a Texas police officer pulled him over for speeding near Dallas last Sunday, authorities say. Full Story | Top |
| GOP leaders halt debate on austere spending bill Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 03:45 PM PDT House GOP leaders Wednesday halted debate on an austere measure that was full of cuts to transportation and housing programs and community development grants, a setback for their budget strategy of embracing ... Full Story | Top |
| Fla insurance officials: rates will rise under ACA Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 05:52 AM PDT Florida's insurance officials said Tuesday that health insurance rates will rise an average of 5 to 20 percent for small businesses and 30 to 40 percent in the individual market through the state's new ... Full Story | Top |
| Restored Star Trek ship Galileo arrives in Houston Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 11:44 AM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — When the smoke cleared and the music died down, Candy Torres could no longer contain herself. Looking at the shiny, restored Star Trek Galileo shuttlecraft sitting in Houston in all its TV glory, she broke down. Full Story | Top |
| McCain: Hillary Clinton vs. Rand Paul in 2016 would be ‘tough choice’ Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 06:46 AM PDT  Hillary's a "rock star" and Palin was a good VP choice, the Arizona senator and 2008 GOP presidential nominee says in a new interview. Full Story | Top |
| 33 Bizarre New Ant Species Discovered Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 07:00 AM PDT  A total of 33 previously unknown ant species have been discovered in Central America and the Caribbean. The nearly blind ants live in leaf litter and rotten logs in rainforests and are all quite tiny, each less than one-twelfth of an inch (2 millimeters) in length, according to new research. Full Story | Top |
| Responses, many angry, flood Ohio St after remarks Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 04:26 PM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joseph Nally was disappointed on three fronts by disparaging remarks made by Ohio State University's former president — as a Roman Catholic, a graduate of Ohio State and a Notre Dame grad. Full Story | Top |
| Prosecutor: Kidnapped Ohio women kept diaries Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 10:05 PM PDT  CLEVELAND (AP) — Three women held captive in a run-down home for a decade kept diaries documenting the horrific physical and sexual abuse they suffered on a daily basis, prosecutors said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Fla. Gov. criticizes Jesse Jackson over comments Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 05:27 PM PDT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday demanded an apology from longtime civil rights activist Jesse Jackson for comparing the state's struggle with the Trayvon Martin case to the civil rights clashes with police during the 1960s in Selma, Ala. Full Story | Top |
| New Snowden leak upstages U.S. move to declassify documents Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 04:10 PM PDT  By Patricia Zengerle and Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New revelations from former security contractor Edward Snowden that U.S. intelligence agencies have access to a vast online tracking tool came to light on Wednesday, as lawmakers put the secret surveillance programs under greater scrutiny. The Guardian, citing documents from Snowden, published National Security Agency training materials for the XKeyscore program, which the British newspaper described as the NSA's widest-reaching system that covers "nearly everything a typical user does on the Internet. ... Full Story | Top |
| Not a car or bicycle, but a blend _ an ELF vehicle Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 01:53 PM PDT  RESTON, Va. (AP) — Mark Stewart turns quite a few heads as he zips through the streets on his neon green ELF bike. With each pedal, his feet take turns sticking out from the bottom while a gentle motor hums in the background. Full Story | Top |
| Obama stays silent on Dems mired in scandals Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 04:26 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama ran for re-election last year, he and his advisers were quick to condemn comments from Republicans that were deemed offensive or demeaning to women. Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: Pope's revolution; not all are pleased Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 02:12 PM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Francis Revolution is underway. Not everyone is pleased. Full Story | Top |
| Changing Florida's Stand Your Ground law a tough hill to climb Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 05:06 AM PDT  By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Every night for the last three weeks about 50 young protesters have slept on the stone floor of Florida's state Capitol building in a bid to change the state's Stand Your Ground self-defense law. Calling themselves "Dream Defenders", and inspired by the 1960s African-American civil rights movement, the protesters want to change a law they blame for the acquittal this month of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. ... Full Story | Top |
| O.J. Simpson wins small victory in bid for freedom Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 04:07 PM PDT  CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — O.J. Simpson won a small victory Wednesday in his bid for freedom as Nevada granted him parole on some of his 2008 convictions for kidnapping and armed robbery involving the holdup of two sports memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas hotel room. Full Story | Top |
| Obama reassures Dems on health care, immigration Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 10:53 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to reassure Democrats nervous about the impact of his health care law and the prospects for immigration legislation, telling them "You're on the right side of history." Full Story | Top |
| Christie fires back at Paul for spending comment Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 06:46 AM PDT  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie doesn't appear to want his war of words with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to end anytime soon. Christie fired back at Paul on Tuesday for Paul's remark that New Jersey has a "Gimme, ... Full Story | Top |
| Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse: Just Do the Math Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 04:59 AM PDT This equation could spell your doom: (bN)(S/N)Z = bSZ. That is, if you ever found yourself in the midst of a zombie pandemic. Full Story | Top |
| Senate roundly rejects proposal to halt Egypt aid Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 09:42 AM PDT The Senate roundly rejected a proposal Wednesday to redirect aid for Egypt into bridge-building projects in the U.S. after a potential Republican presidential candidate and tea party favorite challenged ... Full Story | Top |
| Why did Ron Paul's group single out Marco Rubio for voting against Rand Paul’s aid bill? Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 02:06 PM PDT  "Senator Rubio today stood with President Obama and Harry Reid to vote against the rule of law and the American people," the group said. Full Story | Top |
| AP IMPACT: Little restraint in military giveaways Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 04:32 PM PDT  MORVEN, Ga. (AP) — Small-town police departments across the country have been gobbling up tons of equipment discarded by a downsizing military — bicycles, bed sheets, bowling pins, French horns, dog collars, even a colonoscopy machine — regardless of whether the items are needed or will ever be used. Full Story | Top |
| Iraq war logs in Manning case 'hit us in the face': U.S. officer Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 02:45 PM PDT  By Tom Ramstack FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The U.S. Army was overwhelmed when WikiLeaks published more than 700,000 secret diplomatic and war documents handed over by soldier Bradley Manning, a retired officer testified in the sentencing phase of the convicted private's court-martial. "The ones that hit us in the face were the Iraq logs," retired Brigadier General Robert Carr said in a Fort Meade, Maryland court on Wednesday, a day after a military judge found Manning guilty of 19 charges over the leaks in 2010, the biggest breach of classified data in U.S. history. ... Full Story | Top |
| Buck up: Obama offers uplifting words to wary Dems Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 02:52 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought to calm jittery Democrats Wednesday as they prepared to head home to face voters, assuring them they're "on the right side of history" despite problems with the launch of his massive health care overhaul and an immigration fight with Republicans. Full Story | Top |
| Deputy sheriff, prisoner shot at Boston hospital Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 10:41 AM PDT  BOSTON (Reuters) - A deputy sheriff was shot in the leg and a prisoner he had been transporting to a Boston hospital for treatment was in critical condition on Wednesday after the prisoner grabbed for the deputy's gun and fired, Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis said. The shooting occurred when two deputies who had transported the prisoner to Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary removed his handcuffs after bringing him to the emergency room, Davis said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bradley Manning-WikiLeaks case turns to sentencing Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 06:30 AM PDT  FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Acquitted of the most serious charge against him, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning still faces up to 136 years in prison for leaking government secrets to the website WikiLeaks, and his fate rests with a judge who will begin hearing arguments Wednesday in the sentencing phase of the soldier's court-martial. Full Story | Top |
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