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| Officials: Zimmerman helped 4 out of wrecked SUV Monday, Jul 22, 2013 02:17 PM PDT  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman helped rescue four people from an overturned vehicle in central Florida last week, just days after he was cleared of all charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, officials said Monday. Full Story | Top |
| Golf-Mickelson faces huge task to seal sweep of majors - Player Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 05:36 AM PDT LONDON, July 23 (Reuters) - Nine-times major champion Gary Player believes Phil Mickelson faces a "monumental task" to achieve a clean sweep of major wins and said it would be "eating him alive" if he was perennial nearly-man Lee Westwood. Mickelson, who became only the second left-hander to win the British Open when he triumphed at Muirfield on Sunday, has set his sights on joining Player, Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods by landing the full set of all four of golf's top prizes. The 43-year-old American has five majors to his name, having also captured three U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Wide Racial Gap in Reaction to Zimmerman Verdict Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 04:29 AM PDT  The American public is divided, largely along racial and political lines, over George Zimmerman's acquittal and the conversation it has sparked about race, according to a new poll. Full Story | Top |
| Obama's latest economic push has familiar feel Monday, Jul 22, 2013 05:15 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — If President Barack Obama's new focus on the economy sounds familiar, that's because he's done it before. Full Story | Top |
| Soul-searching in Cleveland after 3 slayings Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 03:41 AM PDT  EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — The soul-searching has begun in and around Cleveland — again — as the chilling details emerge from the latest missing-women case to send a shiver through the metropolitan area. Full Story | Top |
| 2 men face rat, reptile breeding cruelty charges Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 01:04 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rescue crews went into a warehouse last year to save nearly 20,000 rats and reptiles at a wholesale distributor of exotic snakes and rodents, encountering a sight so revolting that they needed crisis counselors to cope. Full Story | Top |
| Bynes hospitalized after allegedly starting fire Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 12:06 PM PDT  THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — Actress Amanda Bynes was hospitalized for a mental health evaluation after deputies said she started a small fire in the driveway of a home in Southern California. Full Story | Top |
| It's a boy! UK's Kate gives birth to royal heir Monday, Jul 22, 2013 06:42 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Champagne bottles popped and shouts of "Hip! Hip! Hooray!" erupted outside Buckingham Palace on Monday as Britain welcomed the birth of Prince William and his wife Kate's first child, a boy who is now third in line to the British throne. Full Story | Top |
| Southwest plane lands without front landing gear at New York's LaGuardia airport Monday, Jul 22, 2013 03:52 PM PDT  A Southwest Airlines plane landed at New York's La Guardia Airport safely without its front landing gear. Full Story | Top |
| Skipping breakfast may increase heart attack risk Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 06:48 AM PDT  Another reason to eat breakfast: Skipping it may increase your chances of a heart attack. A study of older men found those who regularly skipped breakfast had a 27 percent higher risk of a heart attack ... Full Story | Top |
| Zimmerman helps rescue family from overturned vehicle, police say Monday, Jul 22, 2013 01:08 PM PDT  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - George Zimmerman, who was acquitted earlier this month of murder and manslaughter in the death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, helped rescue a family from an overturned vehicle in Florida last week, authorities said on Monday. Zimmerman, 29, helped get them out of the overturned sport utility vehicle last Wednesday, barely four days after the not-guilty verdict, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office in central Florida said. "He did not witness the crash. ... Full Story | Top |
| Youth activists detained while trying to enter US Monday, Jul 22, 2013 07:07 PM PDT  NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. authorities have detained eight activists who asked to be allowed to re-enter the United States from Mexico on humanitarian grounds in a protest against American immigration policies. Full Story | Top |
| William, Kate, show off newborn royal baby boy Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 12:48 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — A beaming Prince William and his wife, Kate, emerged from a London hospital on Tuesday with their newborn baby boy, presenting the world with a first glimpse of the prince who is third in line to the British throne. Full Story | Top |
| William and Kate thank hospital for baby care Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 08:33 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Prince William, Kate and their baby boy were spending their first full day as a family Tuesday inside a London hospital, thanking staff for their care but making well-wishers wait for a first glimpse of the royal heir. Full Story | Top |
| Wow! NASA Probes See Earth & Moon from Saturn, Mercury (Photos) Monday, Jul 22, 2013 03:13 PM PDT  NASA has unveiled spectacular portraits of Earth and its moon from billions of miles away in images captured on Friday (July 19) and released today by the teams behind the agency's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn and its Messenger probe at Mercury. Full Story | Top |
| 2 face animal cruelty charges at Calif. breeder Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 03:29 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rescue crews went into a warehouse last year to save nearly 20,000 rats and reptiles at a wholesale distributor of exotic snakes and rodents, encountering a sight so revolting that they needed crisis counselors to cope. Full Story | Top |
| Paleontologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 07:12 AM PDT  By Luc Cohen MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A team of paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of a 72 million-year-old dinosaur tail in a desert in northern Mexico, the country's National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH) said on Monday. Apart from being unusually well preserved, the 5 meter (16 foot) tail was the first ever found in Mexico, said Francisco Aguilar, INAH's director in the border state of Coahuila. ... Full Story | Top |
| NY LaGuardia Airport runway reopens after rough Southwest landing Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 05:26 AM PDT  By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A runway at New York City's LaGuardia Airport, shut after a landing gear on a Southwest Airlines jet collapsed on touchdown Monday evening, was reopened Tuesday morning, an airport spokesman said. Eight people, including three crew members, suffered minor injuries after the incident, Southwest said. Flight delays of up to an hour were expected for the rest of the morning, said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the area's airports. ... Full Story | Top |
| Boy for Britain's Prince William and wife Kate Monday, Jul 22, 2013 03:32 PM PDT  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Prince William's wife Kate gave birth to a boy on Monday, the couple's first child and the third in line to the British throne, heralding celebrations in London and messages of goodwill from across the world. "We could not be happier," Prince William said in a brief statement, after he witnessed the birth of his son at 4:24 p.m. (11:24 a.m. ET), an event that sparked an international media frenzy and the illumination of London landmarks in blue. His office said Kate and the baby, weighing 8 lbs 6 oz (3. ... Full Story | Top |
| Grants, scholarships key to paying for college Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 07:31 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Grants and scholarships are taking a leading role in paying college bills, surpassing the traditional role parents long have played in helping foot the bills, according to a report from loan giant Sallie Mae. Full Story | Top |
| What the heck is Ted Cruz doing in Iowa? Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 04:25 AM PDT Politics Confidential Sen. Ted Cruz had never won an election before Texans elected him to the Senate last year, but already the Republican's travel schedule looks more like that of a presidential candidate than one for a freshman lawmaker, with stops in key battleground states like Iowa, New Hampshire, and Florida. Politics Confidential joined Cruz [...] Full Story | Top |
| Al Qaeda militants flee Iraq jail in violent mass break-out Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 03:51 AM PDT  By Kareem Raheem and Ziad al-Sinjary BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Hundreds of convicts, including senior members of al Qaeda, broke out of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail as comrades launched a military-style assault to free them, authorities said on Monday. The deadly raid on the high-security jail happened as Sunni Muslim militants are gaining momentum in their insurgency against the Shi'ite-led government that came to power after the U.S. invasion to oust Saddam Hussein. ... Full Story | Top |
| Just Explain It: The Only Child Myth Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 07:56 AM PDT The percentage of families with only children has increased, but there's still a stigma about having an only child. Full Story | Top |
| Homeland Security official probed Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 10:04 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to be the No. 2 official at the Homeland Security Department is under investigation for his role in helping a company secure an international investor visa for a Chinese executive, The Associated Press has learned. Full Story | Top |
| Tropic bird goes astray, sparks NM birding frenzy Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 05:52 AM PDT  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — There's a frenzy erupting in the birding world, and the Rufous-necked wood-rail is to blame. Full Story | Top |
| Poll: Most Americans Don’t Want Congress to Repeal Obamacare Monday, Jul 22, 2013 03:00 PM PDT Americans aren't ready to repeal Obamacare. But that doesn't mean they think its implementation is going well. Full Story | Top |
| Senators cancel immigration meeting with lobbyists amid backlash Monday, Jul 22, 2013 05:33 PM PDT  By Rachelle Younglai and Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Architects of the Senate's immigration bill on Monday canceled a meeting that had been planned with business groups and other supporters to try to rally momentum for the legislation, in a sign of how difficult it will be to enact the reforms. Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, Republican Senator John McCain and other members of the "Gang of Eight" that shepherded a sweeping immigration bill through the Senate want to enlist business, labor and religious groups to help persuade members of the House of Representatives to back reform. ... Full Story | Top |
| Official: 10 hurt as landing gear collapses at NYC Monday, Jul 22, 2013 09:37 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The front landing gear of a flight arriving at New York's LaGuardia Airport collapsed Monday right after the plane touched down on the runway, officials said, sending the aircraft skidding before it came to a halt. Full Story | Top |
| Hells Angel member pleads guilty in Nev. shooting Monday, Jul 22, 2013 04:45 PM PDT  RENO, Nev. (AP) — A member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang accepted a plea deal Monday, just as he and a member of a rival gang were about to go on trial for murder charges stemming from a 2011 shootout at a northern Nevada casino. Full Story | Top |
| Comic-Con: The bizarre story of how Sandra Bullock spent ‘Gravity’ shoot locked away in an isolated cube Monday, Jul 22, 2013 01:13 PM PDT Sandra Bullock spent 10 hours a day during her new movie shoot locked in a 9-by-9-foot cube that kept her isolated from her fellow cast members, and the world. Full Story | Top |
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