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| Scandal in Canada: Toronto Mayor Denies Crack Cocaine Reports Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 12:14 PM PDT He's made headlines for confronting a reporter with his fists up, calling 911 on a comedian approaching him in his driveway, flipping off a mother and her daughter who saw him talking on his cell phone while driving, and appearing drunk and being belligerent to other fans at a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game. Yet [...] Full Story | Top |
| Rand Paul says U.S. taxpayers are funding a ‘war on Christianity’ Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 11:59 AM PDT American taxpayers are paying for a "war on Christianity" at home and abroad, Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul said during a speech at a conservative conference Thursday. "There is a war on Christianity," Paul told an audience of mostly evangelical Christians and Jews during a luncheon at the annual Faith and Freedom Conference in Washington. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sebastien de la Cruz brushes off the racism Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 11:50 AM PDT Sebastien de la Cruz, 11, performed the National Anthem at Game 3 of the NBA Finals in San Antonio on Tuesday night, filling in for country crooner Darius Rucker, who had to cancel at the last minute. By all accounts, Sebastien, a former "America's Got Talent" performer, brought the house down with his rendition of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Worst proposal ever? Ring inside chicken sandwich—and it goes viral Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 11:49 AM PDT It must be true love: A man stuck an engagement ring into the bun of a chicken sandwich—and the woman accepted the proposal. It almost makes the much-maligned wedding-anniversary bowling ball look like a touching gesture—yet Ann, the bride-to-be, didn't seem to mind. In this photo of the sandwich and accompanying engagement ring posted to [...] Full Story | Top |
| GOP Sen. Corker presses Obama on Karzai CIA cash claims Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 11:46 AM PDT Sen. Bob Corker, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is still trying to get answers from President Barack Obama regarding Afghan President Hamid Karzai's claims that he has been getting deliveries of CIA cash for years. "I write again to request an explanation of the incoherent United States policy in Afghanistan made [...] Full Story | Top |
| Supreme Court reaches compromise on breast cancer gene patent Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 10:56 AM PDT Critics of human gene patents claimed victory Thursday when the Supreme Court ruled that human genes found in nature—or isolated DNA—cannot be patented. The court also ruled that synthetic forms of DNA—complementary DNA, or cDNA—are patent eligible. The case of Association for Molecular Pathology vs. Myriad Genetics was brought by the ACLU and the Public [...] Full Story | Top |
| Supreme Court’s Kagan invokes Tommy Tutone hit “867-5309/Jenny” Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 10:56 AM PDT Yes, yes, bombshell NSA surveillance revelations, civil war in Syria, the ailing economy, the IRS controversy—there are many, many more important stories to cover. But as someone who was a teen in the 1980s, the idea that a Supreme Court justice might casually reference Tommy Tutone's 1982 smash hit "867-5309/Jenny" in a ruling is just [...] Full Story | Top |
| Police catch alleged burglar hiding in clothes dryer Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 09:56 AM PDT Police in New Rochelle, N.Y., caught a suspected burglar hiding in a clothes dryer, local ABC-affiliate WABC reports. Police responded to a burglar alarm at the home of Aaron and Gwen Stone. When they arrived they saw a man inside the home, so they called for backup, according to the station. The alleged burglar, 19-year-old Gabriel [...] Full Story | Top |
| Teacher fired over ex-husband’s ‘threatening and menacing’ behavior Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 09:14 AM PDT An elementary school teacher fired by a private San Diego-area school following a domestic violence incident involving her ex-husband is speaking out about her ordeal. Carie Charlesworth, who taught second grade at Holy Trinity School in El Cajon, Calif., told the San Diego NBC affiliate that the incident with her ex-husband occurred back in January. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Rubio: ‘I’m done’ if immigration bill includes gay couple amendment Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 09:02 AM PDT Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, a co-author and key proponent of the Senate immigration bill, said he will revoke his support if an amendment is added that allows gay Americans to petition for same-sex spouses living abroad to secure a green card. "If this bill has in it something that gives gay couples immigration rights [...] Full Story | Top |
| Chinese farmer gets 5 days in jail for his story on alien invasion Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 08:29 AM PDT A Chinese farmer received a five-day jail sentence after admitting to authorities that he made up a story about electrocuting an alien, reports the Telegraph. The man, identified as Li, told authorities he was inspired by the 2011 science fiction comedy "Paul" starring Simon Pegg and Seth Rogan as the voice of the titular alien. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Deaf beach volleyball players launch crowd-funding campaign to get to Deaflympics Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 07:16 AM PDT  Charity Sanders admits she's a pretty unlikely beach volleyball player. She grew up in Kansas, for starters, was "lanky and uncoordinated," and her fair skin made the 29-year-old generally avoid direct sun. That, and she's deaf. "A minor detail," Sanders writes in a recent email interview with Yahoo News. Sanders and Nancy Moore, former standout [...] Full Story | Top |
| Frederick Douglass to be honored in Congress with statue Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 07:10 AM PDT A bipartisan group of lawmakers next week will honor Frederick Douglass, the early civil rights leader, orator and writer who escaped slavery in 1838, with a statue in the U.S. Capitol. A gift of the District of Columbia, the statue will be placed in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitors Center on Wednesday, June 19. [...] Full Story | Top |
| HGTV apologizes for suggesting American flag tablecloth in Fourth of July celebrations Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 06:55 AM PDT The Home & Garden Television network has apologized for an online segment that suggested viewers use American flags as tablecloths for their Fourth of July celebrations. "This was a regrettable use of our flag and it never should have happened," HGTV said in a statement late Wednesday. "We sincerely apologize and have removed the post [...] Full Story | Top |
| U.N. says nearly 93,000 killed in Syrian civil war Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 06:28 AM PDT Syria's bloody civil war has left at least 92,901 people dead, the U.N. Human Rights Office said Thursday in a new report sure to give ammunition to lawmakers urging President Barack Obama to escalate the U.S. role there. "Unfortunately, as the study indicates, this is most likely a minimum casualty figure. The true number of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Rumors swirl around holdup in Supreme Court affirmative action decision Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 05:56 AM PDT Eight months after attorneys for Abigail Fisher argued in front of the Supreme Court that the University of Texas' affirmative action admissions policy discriminates against white students, the justices still have not handed down their decision in the potentially paradigm-shifting case. The unusual delay has many court-watchers stumped, though as with everything Supreme Court-related, all [...] Full Story | Top |
| Man paralyzed after diving into creek to save girl Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 01:50 AM PDT When Michael Patterson saw a young girl struggling to stay above water in a creek in Rome, Georgia, on June 8, he dove in to save her. Patterson was gravely injured in the course of his heroics, WSB-TV reports. The girl, 4-year-old Javea, was able to be resuscitated. But Patterson became paralyzed from the chest [...] Full Story | Top |
| Incredible journey: Paralympian to end cross-country push in wheelchair Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 11:01 PM PDT  On Saturday, Ryan Chalmers, completing a 71-day, 3,320-mile cross-country journey covering 16 states in a wheelchair, is set to roll into New York City's Central Park. The Paralympian braved the heat of California, the snows of Utah and a lot of steep climbs on his trip from Los Angeles to New York—dubbed Push Across America. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Animal clinic rescues 6 squirrels with tails fused together Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 06:31 PM PDT It was a strange sight: six otherwise adorable squirrels with their tails fused together. The "squirrel kings" formation, as it's called, resulted in the rodents connected to each other from behind, unable to escape their bonds and headed for death or dismemberment. The squirrels were lucky to be discovered by a caring individual who brought [...] Full Story | Top |
| 9-year-old girl passes through airport customs with fake unicorn passport Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 03:23 PM PDT Breezing through airport security? For some, it's about as likely as seeing a unicorn. But for 9-year-old Emily Harris of South Wales, it was her toy passport featuring a photo of a pink stuffed unicorn toy that secured her passage through the security line at Turkey's Antalya airport. "We saw the funny side, and laughed [...] Full Story | Top |
| Coburn questions DOJ on conference spending under sequestration Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 02:55 PM PDT Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn is demanding details from the Department of Justice about the agency's spending on, among other things, employee conferences under sequestration. In a letter obtained by Yahoo News that was sent to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday, Coburn pointed to the DOJ's history of spending on conferences over the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Deputy CIA Director Morell to retire to ‘spend more time with family’ Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 01:05 PM PDT Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell, in a surprise announcement on Wednesday, confirmed that after 33 years of service, including two stints as acting director, he will retire to "spend more time with family." To head off speculation regarding that familiar Washington excuse for exiting office, Morell added, "Whenever someone involved in the rough-and-tumble of Washington [...] Full Story | Top |
| Hillary Clinton addresses education, women, economy at renamed Clinton Foundation Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 09:45 AM PDT It wasn't technically a campaign speech. But Hillary Clinton, who notably was introduced by her husband, took the stage at the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago Thursday to outline her commitment to early childhood education, opportunities for women and girls, and the need for economic development in the United States. Add to this the anecdotes she [...] Full Story | Top |
| Lottery-winning great-grandmother lives simply Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 09:42 AM PDT Old habits appear to die hard for 84-year-old lottery winner Gloria Mackenzie. According to the Daily Mail, the great-grandmother from Zephyrhills, Fla., who won $590 million on the lottery two weeks ago, is still being driven around in her son's gold Ford Focus and shopping at Wal-Mart. Instead of spending her fortune on lavish dinners, [...] Full Story | Top |
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