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Is 1234 your PIN code? Try again Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 11:46 AM PDT The most common ATM numbers are, not surprisingly, the least safest. Full Story | Top |
The curious thing about lightning strikes and men Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 12:03 PM PDT Men are more than five times more likely to be killed my lightning strikes in the United States than women, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control. Full Story | Top |
Cruz on government shutdowns: We've seen them before Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 11:17 AM PDT "I think the term 'shutdown' is a misnomer," Cruz says. Full Story | Top |
NYC mayoral candidate's winning style Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 07:20 AM PDT While her chief rival fends controversy, Christine Quinn looks to make history. Full Story | Top |
Obama reassures Dems on health care, immigration Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 10:53 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to reassure Democrats nervous about the impact of his health care law and the prospects for immigration legislation, telling them "You're on the right side of history." Full Story | Top |
Religious order files reveal decades of LA abuse Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 12:38 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hundreds of pages of secret church files released Wednesday shed light on the troublesome careers of a dozen religious order priests, brothers and nuns accused of sexually abusing children while working in the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese. Full Story | Top |
Egypt orders camps cleared, protesters buckle down Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 12:30 PM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Protesters holding sticks and wearing helmets and makeshift body armor stand behind mounds of sandbags, tires and brick walls. They change guards every two hours to ensure they stay alert. Full Story | Top |
AP PHOTOS: Andean fighting ritual settles scores Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 10:11 AM PDT LIMA, Peru (AP) — The brightly hued ski masks come off, and the punching and kicking begin. Only once a judge has ruled one of the combatants licked do they stop fighting. Full Story | Top |
Man pleads not guilty to killing 3 Ohio women Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 08:05 AM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — A man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to kidnapping and killing three women whose bodies were found wrapped in trash bags earlier this month. Full Story | Top |
Zimbabwe: Voting concludes, counting begins Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 11:35 AM PDT HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Voting concluded Wednesday in most of Zimbabwe's polling stations in elections in which Robert Mugabe, faced one of the biggest challenges to his 33-year grip on power. Full Story | Top |
Analysis: Pope's revolution; not all are pleased Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 09:42 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Francis Revolution is underway. Not everyone is pleased. Full Story | Top |
From obscurity, Manning became polarizing symbol Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 12:13 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The honors and accolades proliferated over three years: international peace prizes, solidarity campaigns by celebrities, an effort to designate him — in absentia, of course — as grand marshal of San Francisco's gay pride parade. Full Story | Top |
Hagel: Budget cuts could harm nation's defense Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 12:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned Wednesday that the Pentagon may have to mothball up to three Navy aircraft carriers and order additional sharp reductions in the size of the Army and Marine Corps if Congress doesn't act to avoid massive budget cuts beginning in 2014. Full Story | Top |
Student loan compromise heads toward final vote Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 06:23 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A deal that gives college students and their parents lower interest rates for loans is heading toward its final vote. Full Story | Top |
Egypt orders police to clear protest camps Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 10:12 AM PDT CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's military-backed government on Wednesday ordered the police to clear two Cairo protest camps packed with supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, saying they posed a threat to national security and were "terrorizing" citizens. Full Story | Top |
Facebook passes $38 initial public offering price Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 07:21 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's stock has passed its $38 IPO price for the first time since its rocky public debut last May, crossing a symbolic hurdle that has eluded it for more than a year. Full Story | Top |
Pentagon to bear brunt of upcoming budget cuts Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 08:38 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A second, deeper round of automatic federal budget cuts is on its way, and it's going to hit the Pentagon hard. Full Story | Top |
Does government's NSA document release tell us anything? Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 06:45 AM PDT The Obama administration tries try to tamp down opposition to domestic surveillance. Full Story | Top |
He is the 'most beautiful' person on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 09:16 AM PDT Sen. Jeff Flake, a 50-year-old Arizona Republican, is "a walking advertisement for the benefits of healthy living," The Hill says. Full Story | Top |
Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro to be sentenced Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 08:33 AM PDT Ariel Castro, the man who kidnapped, raped, and beat three Cleveland women will find out his fate during a sentencing hearing Thursday morning, though it's not much of a mystery where he'll spend the rest of his life. Full Story | Top |
O.J. Simpson wins small parole victory Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 09:52 AM PDT But the former NFL great won't be leaving prison anytime soon. Full Story | Top |
Koch bros. keep beating anti-'Obamacare' drum Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 05:45 AM PDT If "Americans for Prosperity" thinks it's bad, is it good for regular folks? Full Story | Top |
Latest Snowden doc article says NSA spying was easy Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 07:51 AM PDT We already knew the NSA has potential access to most of the Internetting Americans do through PRISM and other programs, but the latest Edward Snowden leak reveals just how easy it is for the government to access and analyze a whole lot of information. Through a program called XKeyscore, analysts can easily sift through what the NSA calls "nearly everything a typical user does on the internet," per more documents and slides revealed to The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald. "The quantity of communications accessible through programs such as XKeyscore is staggeringly large," he adds. Full Story | Top |
McCain: Hillary Clinton vs. Rand Paul in 2016 would be ‘tough choice’ Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 06:46 AM PDT Hillary's a "rock star" and Palin was a good VP choice, the Arizona senator and 2008 GOP presidential nominee says in a new interview. Full Story | Top |
New Snowden leak upstages U.S. move to declassify documents Wednesday, Jul 31, 2013 12:50 PM PDT The declassification was made in the "interest of increased transparency." Full Story | Top |
Weiner spokeswoman trashes ex-intern in profanity-laced rant Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 07:57 PM PDT NEW YORK—In what will surely be another public relations nightmare for Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign, his spokeswoman went off on an epic, obscenity-laced rant against a former intern who wrote an unflattering article about her time working for the ex-congressman. Full Story | Top |
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