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| Anniversary hike ends in tragedy near scenic spot Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 01:08 AM PDT  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — They left their two young children with relatives and set off to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary at one of the most beautiful hiking destinations in the Southwest. Full Story | Top |
| Queen arrives to visit Britain's new prince Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 05:00 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Britain's Queen Elizabeth II met her new great-grandson for the first time Wednesday at Kensington Palace, where the royal baby spent a first night at home with his parents, Prince William and Kate. Full Story | Top |
| National Review Is Back to Warning White People About Black People Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 03:03 PM PDT  Fifteen months after The National Review ended its relationship with longtime writer John Derbyshire for an essay he wrote for TakiMag.com in which he instructs his children to be afraid of black people, the conservative magazine has published Victor Davis Hanson's version of the same article. It is unlikely Hanson will meet the same fate as his former colleague. Full Story | Top |
| Anthony Weiner, flanked by wife, apologizes for sending more lewd messages after resignation Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 03:24 PM PDT  NEW YORK—Anthony Weiner confirmed Tuesday that he was behind a series of newly released explicit messages sent to a woman who was not his wife that were allegedly sent after a sexting scandal forced him out of Congress in 2011. Full Story | Top |
| Baby fever caps image turnaround for UK royals Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 02:39 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — A crowd cheered, hundreds of cameras clicked and an image of familial perfection was beamed around the world. Full Story | Top |
| Weiner faces new scandal, now with wife at side Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 09:03 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — When a heckled, harried Anthony Weiner resigned from Congress and apologized for the explicit text messages that had destroyed his career, a key figure was notably absent: his then-pregnant wife, Huma Abedin. Full Story | Top |
| Anthony Weiner caught in another sexting scandal Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 07:50 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner found himself caught in another sexting scandal Tuesday like the one that destroyed his congressional career, but stood side-by-side with his wife to say he won't drop out of the race for mayor of New York. Full Story | Top |
| Congress Sets a New Record for Being Hated Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 04:03 AM PDT  A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal polls finds that in addition to setting new milestones for futility, Congress is also more hated than it's ever been. A full 83 percent of respondents say they disapprove of the job Congress is doing, the highest number for that questions since the poll began. (The last time it was even above 50 percent was in 2002.) You can read the full poll questions and results here. Full Story | Top |
| Outrage Over Accused Fort Hood Shooter's $300K Pay Spurs Legislation Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 01:23 PM PDT  Maj. Nidal Hasan, Charged in 2009 Massacre, Still Paid His Army Salary Full Story | Top |
| Obama to try to focus public attention on economy Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 06:59 AM PDT  Seeking to focus public attention on the problem he was sent to the White House to solve, President Barack Obama is making a renewed push for policies to expand the middle class, helping people he says ... Full Story | Top |
| Japan scrambles jets after China plane flies by southern islands Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 06:10 AM PDT  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan scrambled fighter jets on Wednesday after a Chinese military aircraft flew for the first time through international airspace near its southern islands out over the Pacific, in a move seen by Japan as underlining China's maritime expansion. Ties between China and Japan have been strained by a territorial dispute over uninhabited East China Sea islets and hawkish Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won a decisive victory in upper house elections on Sunday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gov't needs $95.51 per share to break even on GM Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 08:09 AM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — General Motors stock would have to sell for $95.51 per share for taxpayers to break even on bailing out the company, according to a government watchdog's report released Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| William and Kate keep world waiting for baby's name Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 04:03 PM PDT  By Peter Griffiths LONDON (Reuters) - Prince William and his wife Kate kept the world guessing about the name of their first child as they left hospital to start family life with the future king. "We are still working on a name, so we will have that as soon as we can," William told reporters outside St Mary's Hospital in London on Tuesday. "It is the first time we have seen him really, so we are having a proper chance to catch up." George, James, Alexander and Louis are the bookmakers' favourites for the youngest royal, third in line to the British throne after Prince Charles and William. ... Full Story | Top |
| First lady asks for Latinos' help on health care Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 06:29 PM PDT  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Michelle Obama urged Latino activists on Tuesday to help sign people up for her husband's health care overhaul, especially the millions of younger, healthier people the system will need to offset the cost of caring for older, sicker consumers. Full Story | Top |
| Palace: Royal baby named George Alexander Louis Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 10:58 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — His Royal Highness has a name. Full Story | Top |
| For new U.S. homes, no more mailman at the door under postal plan Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 05:46 PM PDT  By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Under a cost-saving plan by the U.S. Postal Service, Americans moving into newly built homes will not have mail delivered to their doors and will instead have to trek to the curb or neighborhood cluster boxes. The Postal Service began the change in April, and Congress is considering an even bolder shift that would also affect existing houses. It's unclear if delivery to the door will eventually be eliminated entirely. ... Full Story | Top |
| Britain's new prince heads to grandparents' house Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 06:40 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II met her new great-grandson for the first time Wednesday at Kensington Palace, before Prince William and Kate took the baby to visit his maternal grandparents outside London. Full Story | Top |
| William, Kate, show off their royal newborn son Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 04:08 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife Kate presented their newborn son to the world for the first time Tuesday, drawing whoops and wild applause from well-wishers as they revealed the new face of the British monarchy — though not, yet, his name. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. got what bargained for in Lance Armstrong, his lawyers say Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 05:46 PM PDT  By David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong said on Tuesday he should be able to keep the sponsorship money he got from the U.S. Postal Service during his record-breaking victories, despite his admission to using performance-enhancing drugs. In papers filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, Armstrong's lawyers said the Postal Service benefited from the sponsorship and they asked a judge to dismiss the federal government's fraud lawsuit demanding its money back. ... Full Story | Top |
| APNewsBreak: Homeland Security official probed Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 05:34 PM 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 run by a brother of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Associated Press has learned. Full Story | Top |
| House Republicans favor helping children of illegal immigrants Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 04:37 PM PDT  By Rachelle Younglai and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives started to coalesce on Tuesday around the idea of legalizing the children who were brought to the country by their parents, marking their first step toward dealing with the millions of undocumented foreigners living in the United States. Under pressure from members of their own party, religious groups and Hispanics, House Republicans are bucking their traditional position of opposing citizenship for illegal immigrants, saying those children should be given a reprieve. ... Full Story | Top |
| ROLL CALL: Teen Wolf's Tyler Hoechlin To Play Batman In Man Of Steel Sequel? Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 09:43 AM PDT  Plus, more casting news about "The Real Housewives," "The Mindy Project" and the Freddie Mercury movie! Your Daily Dispatch of Celebrity Casting Shenanigans! Full Story | Top |
| 'Cubicle guy' behind Weiner captivates Internet Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 05:56 AM PDT The mayoral candidate and his sexting pseudonym, Carlos Danger, weren't the only things trending on social media during Tuesday's press conference. Full Story | Top |
| Univision cancels talk show hosted by 'Piolin' Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 01:30 AM PDT  SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Radio listeners didn't hear a peep out of the animated Spanish-language personality nicknamed for "Tweety Bird" after Univision Radio Network yanked the talk radio host from the air, playing only music in his place. Full Story | Top |
| Deputies: Bynes hospitalized after starting fire Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 02:31 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amanda Bynes has been hospitalized for a mental health evaluation after a witness said he spotted flames on her pant legs from a small gasoline fire in the driveway of a California home. Full Story | Top |
| Trayvon Martin case: Polls reveal depth of racial divide Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 04:27 PM PDT Two polls this week have reaffirmed that white and black Americans see the acquittal of George Zimmerman in very different lights. Full Story | Top |
| House GOP, Democrats clash over immigration Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 08:02 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans took a tentative step toward offering citizenship to some unauthorized immigrants Tuesday, but hit an immediate wall of resistance from the White House on down as Democrats said it wasn't enough. Full Story | Top |
| Detroit bankruptcy tests state pension protections Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 12:10 PM PDT  As the once-proud city of Detroit humbles itself in bankruptcy court, its financial future may hinge on this key question: Is the city obliged to its past? Or can Detroit renege on its promises to thousands of retirees for the sake of its present city services? Full Story | Top |
| Happiness peaks at ages 23 and 69 Tuesday, Jul 23, 2013 01:09 PM PDT A new study finds that the two happiest years of a person's life are the ages 23 and 69 . Full Story | Top |
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