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| Heidi Klum: My Racy Photographer Is My Mom! Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 01:25 PM PDT  Heidi Klum is far from shy - as evident by her recent online bottom-barring photos - and it turns out the person snapping those shots is someone who has seen the supermodel's backside since its debut! Full Story | Top |
| Judge stops lawsuits against Detroit bankruptcy Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 01:00 PM PDT  A federal judge agreed with Detroit on Wednesday and stopped any lawsuits challenging the city's bankruptcy, declaring his courtroom the exclusive venue for legal action in the largest filing by a local ... Full Story | Top |
| Family rescued by Zimmerman fears link to 'Good Samaritan': lawyer Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 06:36 PM PDT  MIAMI (Reuters) - The family rescued from a car accident by George Zimmerman, days after he was cleared of wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, canceled plans to thank him publicly because they fear being linked to someone reviled by many Americans, Zimmerman's lawyer said on Wednesday. "The family, who really wanted to thank George for doing what he did publicly ... realized that in any way connecting yourself with George Zimmerman is right now very toxic," Mark O'Mara, Zimmerman's lead attorney, told CNN. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jason Sudeikis says he is leaving NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 05:01 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Longtime "Saturday Night Live" cast member Jason Sudeikis said on Wednesday he has left the NBC late-night sketch comedy show, joining fellow comedians Bill Hader and Fred Armisen out the door after the show finished its 38th season in May. Sudeikis, who has worked on the show for 10 years, made the announcement during a taping of CBS late-night talk show "Late Show with David Letterman." "Yeah, I'm going to leave. Yeah, I'm not coming back next fall," Sudeikis said, according to a transcript distributed by CBS before the show airs on Wednesday night. ... Full Story | Top |
| Armstrong says French findings on doping are no surprise Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 04:42 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong said he was not surprised by a French Senate inquiry's findings that the top two in the 1998 Tour de France took the banned blood booster EPO because virtually all riders at that time cheated and told lies. "I am not surprised," the disgraced Tour winner told Cyclingnews. "As I have said, it was an unfortunate era for all of us and virtually all of us broke the rules, and lied about it." The American, who was stripped of his seven Tour titles for doping, called for cycling to address its doping past in a "collective and co-operative manner". ... Full Story | Top |
| OJ Simpson gets Nevada parole hearing Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 09:55 AM PDT  CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — OJ Simpson pleaded for leniency Thursday, telling a parole panel he deeply regretted the night he robbed two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room. Full Story | Top |
| Cool ride? German police seize car with pool Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 08:44 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — A car caught cruising the streets of a sleepy east German village on a sweltering summer's day sported a decidedly unorthodox feature: a pool filled to the brim with water. Full Story | Top |
| Obama: Washington has 'taken eye off' the economy Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 05:49 PM PDT  GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) — Seeking to build momentum for looming fiscal fights, President Barack Obama on Wednesday cast himself as the champion for middle-class Americans struggling to make ends meet. He chided Washington for having "taken its eye off the ball" and declared that the economy would be the "highest priority" of his second term. Full Story | Top |
| At 112, NY man is world's oldest; oldest woman 115 Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 03:10 AM PDT  GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (AP) — A 112-year-old self-taught musician, coal miner and gin rummy aficionado from western New York is the world's oldest man, according to Guinness World Records Ltd. Full Story | Top |
| George H.W. Bush shaves head in solidarity with cancer-stricken child Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 02:00 PM PDT  Former president George Bush shaves his head for a good cause. Full Story | Top |
| Obama to warn Republicans on budget tactics Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 03:03 AM PDT  By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will use the backdrop of a busy commercial port in Florida to warn congressional Republicans on Thursday that using the threat of government shutdown or debt default puts a fragile economic recovery in jeopardy. In the second of a series of speeches on the economy, Obama is due to accuse Republicans for standing in the way of faster growth with their fiscal proposals, aides said. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'The Wolverine' reviews: were the critics' claws out for Hugh Jackman's hairy sequel? Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 03:08 PM PDT  By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Hugh Jackman won't need an adamantium skeleton to guard against critics - most are retracting their claws in praise of "The Wolverine." The superhero sequel hits theaters on Friday and finds the X-Man in Japan, where he encounters a crime syndicate and an old flame in Jean Grey (Famke Janssen). He is also sorely tested when an operation strips him of his immortality. ... Full Story | Top |
| Admiration, puzzlement over Weiner's loyal wife Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 05:27 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — When Huma Abedin first started getting media attention years ago, some people couldn't help but wonder what this beautiful, ambitious woman with high-fashion sense and a world-class Rolodex saw in Anthony Weiner. Full Story | Top |
| Obama economic tour attracts low expectations Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 03:05 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's hard to find anyone who thinks President Barack Obama's series of heavily promoted economic speeches will be the flash point that unclogs the system in Washington — including the president. Full Story | Top |
| Weiner faces growing calls to quit mayor's race Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 09:50 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Weiner pressed ahead with his bid for mayor Wednesday despite growing calls for him to drop out over a new sexting scandal, saying the campaign is too important to abandon over "embarrassing personal things" becoming public. Full Story | Top |
| No more mail at your door? Delivery changes eyed Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 05:37 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Door-to-door mail delivery is about as American as apple pie. With the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, that tradition could be virtually phased out by 2022 under a proposal in Congress. Full Story | Top |
| Tulsa may rename landmarks that honor Klan member Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 12:11 AM PDT  TULSA, Okla. (AP) — When Wyatt Tate Brady arrived here in 1890, Tulsa was just a spit of a town — an untidy tangle of dirt streets and a handful of tents occupied by white men seeking their fortune in uncharted Indian lands. Full Story | Top |
| Grace, Velez-Mitchell identified as threat targets Thursday, Jul 25, 2013 12:14 AM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — Cable newscasters Nancy Grace and Jane Velez-Mitchell were the victims of online threats that a New York man made because he was upset with their coverage of the Jodi Arias trial, Arizona authorities said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive Snowden's hopes of leaving Moscow airport dashed Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 04:44 PM PDT  By Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden's hopes of leaving Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport for the first time in a month on Wednesday were dashed when he failed to secure permission from Russia to leave. An airport source said Snowden, who is wanted by the United States on espionage charges for revealing details of government intelligence programs, was handed documents by his lawyer that were expected to include a pass to leave the transit area. ... Full Story | Top |
| Caroline Kennedy nominated as ambassador to Japan Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 06:07 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he is nominating former first daughter Caroline Kennedy as U.S. ambassador to Japan, offering the most famous living member of a prominent American family a new role of service to country. Full Story | Top |
| Coca-Cola, PepsiCo see soda declines continue Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 03:43 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — It seems that not even Beyonce or new, lower-calorie options can convince Americans to drink more soda. Full Story | Top |
| By George! Britain's little prince gets a name Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 09:32 PM PDT LONDON (AP) — The little prince was in need of a name, and now, by George, he's got one. Full Story | Top |
| Voters rate bevy of possible 2016 White House candidates Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 04:29 PM PDT  Sorry, Joe. Vice President Biden received little love in a Marist poll released Wednesday that pegged Hillary Clinton as the clear favorite among Democrats for the party's next presidential primary. Sixty-three percent of those polled said they'd back Clinton over Biden, who gathered 13 percent, in a 2016 intraparty race. Full Story | Top |
| UNSUNG BLACK PEOPLE Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 03:01 PM PDT It must be hard for young black males to always be viewed as criminals by people who notice crime statistics. We've jawboned that sad story for 40 years. Last week, President Obama ran it around the block again in another speech about himself in reaction to the George Zimmerman verdict.Let's give that beloved chestnut a rest for a day and consider another way blacks have it harder than whites. Only black people are expected to never speak against their community. ... Full Story | Top |
| William and Kate name Britain's new royal heir George Wednesday, Jul 24, 2013 04:13 PM PDT  By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate have chosen three traditional royal names by calling their new-born baby boy George Alexander Louis, William's office said on Wednesday. The baby, born on Monday to global media frenzy and third in line to the British throne, will be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, Kensington Palace said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
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