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| 'The Voice' mentors aren't looking to find a star Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 03:40 PM PDT  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The mentors on "The Voice" may be superstars, but the consensus is it's not on them that the singing competition show has failed to find big stars such as themselves. Full Story | Top |
| Exclusive: Signs of declining economic security Monday, Jul 29, 2013 01:00 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Four out of 5 U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. Full Story | Top |
| Fla. apartment gunman described as lonely, angry Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 04:00 PM PDT  HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — The gunman who went on a shooting rampage at his South Florida apartment building, killing six people, was a lonely man who spoke about having pent up anger, those who knew him said Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| Unsealed birth records give adoptees peek at past Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:57 AM PDT  SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Maura Duffy spent a day in Chicago last September with her mother: A walk along Lake Michigan, shared meals, a boat tour highlighting Second City architecture. Full Story | Top |
| Russians smell something fishy in Putin's latest stunt Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:47 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - There was a time when Vladimir Putin's macho antics inspired pride among Russians, but many are finding it hard to believe the president's latest stunt - catching a huge pike in Siberia. Video footage released by the Kremlin last week showed Putin dressed in camouflage fatigues and sunglasses, fishing, driving a motorboat and petting reindeer in a remote region of Siberia with his prime minister and defense minister. But the images of the 60-year-old president hauling in a pike which the Kremlin said weighed 21 kg (46 pounds) proved too much for some Russians to swallow. ... Full Story | Top |
| Protect Yourself from Extreme Weather Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:51 AM PDT Katie's Take As hurricane season takes full force, in the wake of the devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma, people are more concerned than ever about protecting themselves in the event of dangerous weather. ABC News' Weather Editor and Good Morning America weather anchor, Sam Champion shares his advice on how to stay safe and survive the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Beer by beer, Houston home morphs into landmark Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:35 AM PDT  HOUSTON (AP) — A child of the Great Depression, John Milkovisch didn't throw anything away — not even the empty cans of beer he enjoyed each afternoon with his wife. Full Story | Top |
| Obama hosts Hillary Clinton for lunch — 'friendship' on the menu Monday, Jul 29, 2013 12:02 PM PDT  Is 2016 on the menu as President Barack Obama hosts Hillary Clinton for lunch? Full Story | Top |
| Why the Fox News Scandal Is Good News for Reza Aslan Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 03:18 PM PDT  Religious scholar Reza Aslan recently appeared on the FoxNews.com show Spirited Debate and the host insisted that his being a Muslim somehow affects the quality of his new book about Jesus. The whole ordeal was embarrassing for Fox News, but things are only going to get better from here for the author. Full Story | Top |
| What Made 'The Wolverine' Such a Disappointment? Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 02:09 PM PDT  Welcome to the Box Office Report, where we're betting some Fox executive is telling Hugh Jackman that he's "not mad at him, just disappointed," right this very second. Full Story | Top |
| In cash-strapped Detroit, few question sports arena funding Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:02 AM PDT  By Joseph Lichterman DETROIT (Reuters) - While Detroit has become a top emblem of U.S. urban economic decline with its recent bankruptcy filing, it remains a resilient and vibrant sports town. Major League Baseball's Tigers and the National Football League's Lions, like teams in other U.S. cities, have obtained public financing for new arenas, despite questions about their promised economic windfalls. The Tigers' home stadium Comerica Park, which opened in 2000, was built at a cost of $300 million, 38 percent of which was publicly financed. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pope says he won't judge gay priests Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:36 AM PDT ABOARD THE PAPAL AIRCRAFT (AP) — Pope Francis reached out to gays on Monday, saying he wouldn't judge priests for their sexual orientation in a remarkably open and wide-ranging news conference as he returned from his first foreign trip. Full Story | Top |
| Ariel Castro's son says life sentence 'appropriate' Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:44 AM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — The son of the Cleveland man who admitted kidnapping, raping and enslaving three women for about a decade said Monday his father belongs in prison for the rest of his life. Full Story | Top |
| Rush Limbaugh vs. Cumulus Media: Who's dumping whom? Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 11:30 PM PDT  Politico reports that America's No. 2 radio network is dropping Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. But there may well be more to this story. Full Story | Top |
| Pope says gays should not be marginalized Monday, Jul 29, 2013 11:41 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis has said gay people should not be marginalized but integrated into society, in some of the most conciliatory remarks by a pontiff on the issue of homosexuality. In a broad-ranging 80-minute conversation with journalists on the plane bringing him back from a week-long visit to Brazil on Sunday night, he also said he could not judge gay priests, an emotive topic that divides Catholic opinion. But the 76-year-old Argentine did reaffirm Church teaching that homosexual acts are a sin. ... Full Story | Top |
| Trying to save part of Rosie the Riveter's factory Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:11 AM PDT  YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit-area factory where Rosie the Riveter showed that a woman could do a "man's work" by building World War II-era bombers, making her an enduring symbol of American female empowerment, will be demolished if money can't be found to save it. Full Story | Top |
| Can Muslims write about Christianity? Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 01:33 PM PDT American public discourse about Islam is filled with essentialist paranoia, fear, and the commentary of people who not only don't know much about the topic but are often dismissive of people who do. Full Story | Top |
| Blair Underwood back on TV starring in 'Ironside' Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 03:04 PM PDT  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Blair Underwood is returning to series television in a remake of "Ironside," which shares few similarities with the original series that starred Raymond Burr. Full Story | Top |
| Motive a mystery in Miami area mass shooting Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 06:51 PM PDT  By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - Miami police on Sunday searched for a motive for a shooting rampage in which six people were killed by a gunman who set his apartment on fire before shooting several neighbors and taking others hostage. The police said they were investigating reports that the man, Pedro Alberto Vargas, 42, was in the process of being evicted and had prior disputes with the managers of the building. The owner of the 90-unit apartment building was not immediately available for comment. ... Full Story | Top |
| Differences small between student loan bills Monday, Jul 29, 2013 12:58 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is set to go along with a bipartisan Senate compromise that would link college students' interest rates to the financial markets and offer borrowers lower rates this fall. Full Story | Top |
| Driver of derailed Spanish train charged with 79 counts of homicide Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 04:01 PM PDT  By Tracy Rucinski SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (Reuters) - The driver of a Spanish high-speed train that derailed and killed 79 people was released pending trial on charges of reckless homicide, a judge ruled on Sunday night. Francisco Garzon, 52, had been under arrest since Thursday. He is suspected of driving the train too fast through a tight curve on the outskirts of the northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. ... Full Story | Top |
| More Than 40 Radio Stations Might Drop Limbaugh and Hannity Sunday, Jul 28, 2013 06:07 PM PDT  Just a few months after Cumulus media blamed their financial woes on an advertising boycott of Rush Limbaugh following his decision to call Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute" on-air, it looks like the company may shake off Limbaugh, along with fellow conservative talk show host Sean Hannity, from their 40-odd stations across the nation. Full Story | Top |
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