Posts In Category Top Stories
Is This What a Run on Greek Banks Looks Like?
on May 17, 2012 by skoty_root in Top Stories, Comments (0)
In the last few weeks, market analysts have ratcheted up fears about a run on Greek banks. Now, some experts say those fears are beginning to materialize.
Fiat pulls epic prank on Volkswagen rivals using Google Street View
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If there’s one thing we can say about European car makers, it’s that most of them seem to have a great sense of humor. Nowhere is this more apparent than […]
Why (and How) to Turn Off Socialcam on Facebook
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Friends — I beg of you — TURN OFF SHARING for the Socialcam app on Facebook. Socialcam is a feed of user-generated videos. Just by clicking on a Socialcam link […]
Pa. Couple Tired of Cars Crashing Into Home
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A Pennsylvania couple has found themselves in an all-too-familiar situation this week when a car crashed into their home for the fourth time, the third time in the past six […]
Skechers to Pay $40 Million Over Toning Shoe Claims
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Skechers Denies Its Ads Were Misleading and Unsupported
Robert F. Kennedy’s estranged wife Mary dead at 52
on May 16, 2012 by skoty_root in Top Stories, Comments (0)
Click image to see more photos. (Atlantic Wire) Mary Kennedy, ex-wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was found dead at her New York home Wednesday, a source told the Associated […]
Catholic college to drop health care coverage as bishops threaten to sue over Obamacare
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops reiterated its threat to sue the Obama administration over its rule that all employers must offer contraception without a copay in their insurance plans. […]
Husband of Slain Bathtub Bride On the Run in a Maserati
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Husband Was Enraged Because Wedding Was Supposed to Be Secret, Cops Said
New revelations on the Zodiac killer
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After 40 years of silence, a former California Highway Patrol officer says he knows the identity of the Zodiac killer. In his book, “The Zodiac Killer Cover-up,” Lyndon Lafferty, 79, […]
In Florida, Romney hammers Obama on the economy
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For the second day in a row, Mitt Romney trashed President Barack Obama’s record on government spending, suggesting the growing federal debt is going to lead to a “dramatic” tax […]
Edwards’ campaign finance chairman paid mistress
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Records introduced Tuesday at John Edwards’ corruption trial show his campaign finance chairman paid the candidate’s mistress a $ 9,000 monthly cash allowance, on top of other living and travel […]
John Boehner’s new debt-ceiling threat: Will it blow up in his face?
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Congress won’t have to vote to raise the U.S. debt ceiling again until December. Thanks to the House Speaker, the politicking has already begun
SPIN METER: Rivals airbrush anti-Romney words
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Remember Newt Gingrich calling Mitt Romney a liar? Michele Bachmann saying Romney’s unelectable? Rick Santorum calling Romney “the worst Republican in the country” to run against Obama?
Spring cleaning for cash
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Katie’s Take The original domestic diva Erma Bombeck penned a plethora of sidesplitting one-liners about the life of a wife, but one of my favorites is, “My idea of housework […]
Are the abortion ultrasound laws headed for the Supreme Court?
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A popular new piece of abortion legislation may eventually end up in front of the Supreme Court as federal courts have disagreed over whether it violates the Constitution. The law—versions […]
Obama will win in November, Americans predict
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Fifty-six percent of of Americans say President Barack Obama will win re-election, the Gallup polling organization said Tuesday, drily calling that prediction “perhaps a slightly more optimistic assessment than is […]
ND becomes nation’s second-leading oil producer
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North Dakota has passed Alaska to become the second-leading oil-producing state in the nation, trailing only Texas, state officials said Tuesday.
Legion of Christ Rocked By More Sex Charges
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Top Priest Williams Admits Fathering Child, Seven Priests Investigated for Abuse
Authorities: 5 dead after shootings in Fla.
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Deputies called to a Florida home because neighbors heard gunshots found a person shot dead in the front yard, then found more people fatally shot inside the house, authorities said […]
Virginia Republicans Deny Judgeship to Gay Prosecutor
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Amid the ongoing debate over President’s support gay marriage and following of North Carolina’s recent ban of it, Virginia’s House of Delegates voted today to deny a judicial nomination to Tracy Thorne-Begland, who would […]
Teachers dance behind students in prank video set to Whitney Houston song
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Students at Abby Kelley Foster Charter School were recently asked to film video testimonials for the Worcester, Massachusetts, school. However, unbeknown to the students, their teachers were actually planning an […]
Ron Paul: Nomination is out of reach, but campaign continues
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Ron Paul is not suspending his presidential campaign. That’s the message his staff pushed Tuesday following the candidate’s declaration that he won’t spend any additional funds to campaign in new states. […]
103-year-old man to be buried in coffin made from tree he fought for decades to protect
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Frank Knight was a professional logger but earned his true legacy spending decades protecting New England’s tallest elm tree. But as all things must, the 217-year-old tree nicknamed “Herbie” eventually […]
Sunday solar eclipse visible from national parks
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When the sun vanishes behind the moon for the first time over the United States in this century, what better place to enjoy the view than from one of the […]
Obama financial forms show big JP Morgan account
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Maybe it’s a case of putting your mouth where your money is. President Barack Obama praised JP Morgan Chase in an interview recorded Monday as “one of the best managed […]
Mississippi Highway Murders: Killer Posing as Cop?
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Two Unconnected Victims Appear To Have Been Pulled Over Before Being Shot
Y! Big Story: Mexico’s six-year drug war behind the Mother’s Day massacre
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The mass dumping of headless bodies administers a shock to Mexico, long numbed by a death count of nearly 50,000 brought on by president Felipe Calderon’s war against the crime […]
ABC News Exclusive: Zimmerman Medical Report Shows Broken Nose, Lacerations After Trayvon Martin Shooting
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Could Details Help Back Up Claims of Self-Defense?
Chris Matthews bombs on ‘Jeopardy!’
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Chris Matthews appeared on Monday’s “Jeopardy!” alongside CNN’s Lizzie O’Leary and former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs in a special “Power Players” edition of the game show, taped last […]
Wife calls Rod Blagojevich’s prison area ‘one of the saddest places’
on May 15, 2012 by skoty_root in Top Stories, Comments (0)
An area in the prison that holds ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is “one of the saddest places on Earth,” says his wife. After a Mother’s Day visit to the Littleton, […]
Jindal On Obama’s Experience: He ‘Never Ran a Lemonade Stand’
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Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal criticized President Obama‘s experience before he became president in an interview Tuesday, and defended Mitt Romney, who has recently come under attack by Obama’s campaign for […]
George W. Bush: ‘I’m for Mitt Romney’
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Mitt Romney has the support of George W. Bush. “I’m for Mitt Romney,” Bush told ABC News this morning as the doors of an elevator closed on him, after he […]
Beauty pageant winner caught in ugly controversy
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A newly crowned beauty queen in Fiji, who sparked an outcry because of her mixed heritage, was asked to give up her title because of her age, not her race, […]
Obama Talks Gay Marriage, Politics and Pop Culture on ‘The View’
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President Defends Gay Marriage Move – and Biden – Fails Pop-Culture Test
Romney campaign ad touts steel mill boosted by Bain investment
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Just hours after President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign tied Mitt Romney to the bankruptcy of a Missouri steel company, the Romney campaign is out with its own Web video highlighting […]
Obama: ‘Americans are on our side’ on same-sex marriage
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Click image to see more photos. (Reuters/Larry Downing) Scooping up dollars for his campaign at a New York fundraiser, President Barack Obama told supporters on Monday that “the American people […]
Wrong man was executed in Texas, probe says
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He was the spitting image of the killer, had the same first name and was near the scene of the crime at the fateful hour: Carlos DeLuna paid the ultimate […]
Nancy Pelosi: The Democrats’ $43-million weapon
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Spinners and Winners Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., became the most powerful woman in American history when she was sworn in as Speaker of the House in 2007. She lost that […]
“Stand Your Ground” defense fails in Florida shooting case
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JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) – Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law is coming under more scrutiny, this time in a case involving a woman sentenced to 20 years in prison after firing […]
Poll: Obama’s gay marriage stance could hurt him
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A New York Times/CBS News poll released Monday night shows the possible political perils of President Obama’s recent announcement that he supports same-sex marriage. Most of those polled say the […]
This $2.8 million Leica is the world’s most expensive camera
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We’ve seen our share of expensive cameras. The Phantom v1610, for instance, is capable of shooting 1 million frames per second — a feat that will cost you $ 100,000. But […]
Secure Communities deportation program will expand to New York and Mass., despite Democratic governors’ objections
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On Tuesday, a federal deportation program that scours local jails for illegal immigrants will expand into New York and Massachusetts, despite objections from the Democratic governors of those states. New […]
Kodak’s (sort of) secret nuclear reactor
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How’s this for a revelation: The Kodak Eastman Co. had a small nuclear research reactor in a little-known underground labyrinth at its Rochester, N.Y., facility. And, although locked down and […]
Ignore the Time breastfeeding cover: Never ask if you’re ‘mom enough.’ Here’s how.
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This is a health bulletin. A sober, alarmist one. Aimed squarely at moms who feel guilty about their choices. There is a neurotoxin that every mother must avoid. It’s omnipresent. […]
Have a Nice Colonoscopy: New Test Eliminates Probing, Laxative
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Colonoscopies could be made a bit more comfortable for people if they involved lying in a CT scanner, rather than being probed with an endoscope, and at the same time […]
Bachmann’s Fundraising Whopper
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In several urgent fundraising appeals, Rep. Michele Bachmann falsely claims that biased “liberal judges” redrew her congressional district “in retaliation for repeatedly standing up to President Obama.” The truth is […]
Obama: JPMorgan Is ‘One of the Best-Managed Banks’
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ABC News’ Mary Bruce, Aaron Katersky and Christina Ng Report: Just hours after a top JPMorgan Chase executive retired in the wake of a stunning $ 2 billion trading loss, […]
Zip line victim’s parents speak: Flesh-eating bacteria contained; doctors hope to save most of her limbs
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The parents of Aimee Copeland—a 24-year-old Georgia woman who is recovering after contracting a rare flesh-eating bacteria in a zip line accident—say her condition, while critical, is “improving.” They hope […]
Obama campaign’s new ad paints Romney as a job-killing economic ‘vampire’
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Mitt Romney, a job-killing economic “vampire”? That’s the message of a new ad by President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, which aims to turn the presumptive Republican nominee’s business record into […]
Ron Paul all but ends presidential campaign, continues delegate strategy
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Ron Paul announced Monday that his campaign will no longer spend money on presidential nominating contests due to lack of funds, effectively ending his campaign for the Republican nomination. Paul wrote […]