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• Romney: Obama 'wants Americans to be ashamed of success'
• U.K. government releases ‘X-Files’ UFO documents
• British billionaire charged after wife's death
• Romney: Tax returns are just ammo
• Globe-hopping Hillary Clinton breaks travel record
• Clashes spread to new areas in Syrian capital
• Conservatives work out Supreme Court anger through Gotye parody
• Utah man’s confessional obituary owns up to life of pranks
• Greenfield: Obama should make college sports more fair
• Luke Skywalker knocks Romney as ‘not human’
• Sununu: The Obama campaign is a ‘bunch of liars’
• Photos: 'Demons' set ablaze in annual Nepal festival
• Video: Hand-feeding an injured dragonfly

Romney: Obama 'wants Americans to be ashamed of success' Posted: 17 Jul 2012 12:01 PM PDT IRWIN, Pa.—Mitt Romney unveiled an aggressive new stump speech Tuesday, accusing President Barack Obama of being too cozy with political donors and suggesting the president wants Americans to be "ashamed of success." Speaking to several hundred supporters at a wireless services company outside Pittsburgh, Romney took aim at Obama's comments at a campaign event in [...]

U.K. government releases ‘X-Files’ UFO documents Posted: 17 Jul 2012 11:21 AM PDT In a move that seems to have come straight from 'The X-Files,' the British government recently released a trove of data relating to the U.K.'s response to the possible existence of UFOs. The 25 files and 6,700 pages of data document UFO [...]

British billionaire charged after wife's death Posted: 17 Jul 2012 02:38 PM PDT Billionaire Hans Kristian Rausing, the heir to the Tetra Pak fortune, was on Tuesday charged with preventing the lawful and decent burial of his US-born wife Eva, British police said.

Romney: Tax returns are just ammo Posted: 17 Jul 2012 10:07 AM PDT IRWIN, Pa.—Mitt Romney again insisted he will not release additional years of tax returns, arguing he doesn't want to give President Barack Obama more ammunition to attack his campaign. In an interview with National Review's Robert Costa, Romney said he's already released "hundreds of pages" of tax records, with more records from his 2011 tax [...]

Globe-hopping Hillary Clinton breaks travel record Posted: 17 Jul 2012 11:29 AM PDT If diplomatic achievements were measured by the number of countries visited, Hillary Rodham Clinton would be the most accomplished secretary of state in history.

Clashes spread to new areas in Syrian capital Posted: 17 Jul 2012 01:23 PM PDT Syrian government forces attacked rebels with helicopter gunships in the heart of Damascus on Tuesday, escalating a campaign to crush their opponents as clashes spread to new areas, illustrating the rebels' growing reach.

Conservatives work out Supreme Court anger through Gotye parody Posted: 17 Jul 2012 02:17 PM PDT Conservatives who feel betrayed by Chief Justice John Roberts' decision to uphold President Barack Obama's health care law last month are seeking solace in the power of song. Kathleen Burch, an intern for the conservative Media Research Center, belts out her pain in a parody of Gotye's "Somebody that I Used to Know." "You didn't [...]

Utah man’s confessional obituary owns up to life of pranks Posted: 17 Jul 2012 11:09 AM PDT Val Patterson said his life motto was "Anything for a laugh." And after the 59-year-old died of throat cancer last week, he owned up to a few humorous events from his life. Patterson's obituary in The Salt Lake Tribune begins like many others, with a loving tribute to his wife, Mary Jane, and recollections of [...]

Greenfield: Obama should make college sports more fair Posted: 17 Jul 2012 08:18 AM PDT Obama has stood somewhere between indifferent and complicit in the arena of big-time college sports, Yahoo!'s Jeff Greenfield writes.

Luke Skywalker knocks Romney as ‘not human’ Posted: 17 Jul 2012 11:02 AM PDT Luke shot first? Actor Mark Hamill—still, decades later, best known for his turn as Luke Skywalker in the original "Star Wars" trilogy—is warning voters that Mitt Romney "only imitates human behavior. He's not actually human himself." No word from Hamill on whether the Republican standard-bearer is more machine, now, than man, twisted and evil. Or whether [...]

Sununu: The Obama campaign is a ‘bunch of liars’ Posted: 17 Jul 2012 09:20 AM PDT "I wish this president would learn how to be an American," Sununu told reporters.

Photos: 'Demons' set ablaze in annual Nepal festival Posted: 17 Jul 2012 08:38 AM PDT People carry an effigy of demon Ghantakarna as another effigy of the demon is burnt to symbolize the destruction of evil, during the Ghantakarna festival in the ancient city of Bhaktapur July 17, 2012. According to legend, the demon is believed to "steal" children and women from their homes and localities. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Video: Hand-feeding an injured dragonfly Posted: 17 Jul 2012 11:07 AM PDT Nothing says summer like the double-winged dragonflies buzzing over lakes, marshes and ponds for food. The two pairs of sheer wings and colorful elongated bodies are eye-catching. They're not just nice to look at; they eat mosquitoes and wasps and other pesky insects. Except when they are injured, like the one in this video posted [...]

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