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Breaking down Romney's binder blunder
Federal Reserve bomb plot suspect arrived on student visa
Skydiver's feat could influence spacesuit design
Official: Pakistani girl shot by Taliban is moving her limbs
No suspects yet in Denver bar homicide-arson
Ex-Sen. McGovern 'no longer responsive'
Obama still on defense after second debate—right where he wants to be
Obama on debates: He’s getting ‘the hang of this thing’
Prep School Kids’ 'Vote for Somebody' video is right on time
Woman says she gave birth on Philly subway
Embarrassed kid begs for donations after dad’s ‘Gangnam Style’ dance
Police use Taser on blind man, thinking his cane was samurai sword
Damien Hirst art show killed 9,000 butterflies
Teacher accused of bullying student with scented candle
Homeless man helps save baby born at truck stop
Video: 96-year-old claims to be world’s oldest father
Aggressive or annoying? Some find debate too rude
Winds leave 21,000 without electricity in Colorado
DNA from phony 'chewing gum survey' solves 1976 murder
Photos: Wheelchair bodybuilders muscle their way to the top
Exclusive: Video shows drunk, stoned U.S. security contractors

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 03:11 PM PDT

The GOP candidate's already infamous, infelicitous phrase at Tuesday night's debate—"binders full of women"—gave him a true Norma Rae moment.

Federal Reserve bomb plot suspect arrived on student visa

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 03:58 PM PDT

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says the 21-year-old arrested on charges that he plotted to blow up the Federal Reserve building in Manhattan came to the U.S. on a student visa.

Skydiver's feat could influence spacesuit design

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 02:17 PM PDT

Now that the dust has settled in the New Mexico desert where supersonic skydiver "Fearless Felix" Baumgartner landed safely on his feet, researchers are exhilarated over the possibility his exploit could someday help save the lives of pilots and space travelers in a disaster.

Official: Pakistani girl shot by Taliban is moving her limbs

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 01:42 PM PDT

A 14-year-old girl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting female education has been doing better since she was airlifted to England for specialized treatment and has been moving her limbs, a Pakistani official said Wednesday.

No suspects yet in Denver bar homicide-arson

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 05:04 PM PDT

Denver police don't have any suspects in the slayings of five people whose bodies were found at a neighborhood bar after a fire broke out early Wednesday, including one of the bar owners. Investigators believe they were killed before the fire and the blaze was set to cover up the slayings.

Ex-Sen. McGovern 'no longer responsive'

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 04:02 PM PDT

Former Democratic Senator George McGovern, who lost to Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election, is "no longer responsive" and is surrounded by family and friends at a hospice center in South Dakota, his family said on Wednesday. McGovern, 90, was admitted to hospice in Sioux Falls "with a combination of medical conditions, due to age, that have worsened over recent months," his family said in a statement. "The Senator is no longer responsive. He is surrounded by his loving family and close friends," the statement added. ...

Obama still on defense after second debate—right where he wants to be

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 09:06 AM PDT

Woody Allen is often quoted as saying that "80 percent of success is showing up." Hackneyed though this expression has become, it applies quite accurately to the election as it stands today. President Barack Obama showed up at the debate on Tuesday night and stabled his teetering campaign. Given the wide consensus that Obama did [...]

Obama on debates: He’s getting ‘the hang of this thing’

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 11:49 AM PDT

Speaking publicly for the first time since his second national debate with Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama—who began a campaign swing here in a small college gym—joked about his "improving" performance on the debate stage with the Republican nominee. "Now, as many of you know, we had a second debate [Tuesday] night. You know, [...]

Prep School Kids’ 'Vote for Somebody' video is right on time

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 11:16 AM PDT

After last night's debate, you may still be wondering who to vote for. Well, a group of children from Harlem's Democracy Prep School have some advice for you, and they put their encouragement in the form of a song. In their video, "Vote for Somebody!," uploaded to YouTube by the school, the children sing to [...]

Woman says she gave birth on Philly subway

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 02:56 PM PDT

A woman told police that she gave birth on the Philadelphia subway on Tuesday afternoon. The woman wasn't planning on giving her baby such a dramatic entrance, but the newborn wasn't going to wait. According to a report from CBS 3 in Philadelphia, the new mom approached transit police officer Loyd Rodgers at Philadelphia's Broad [...]

Embarrassed kid begs for donations after dad’s ‘Gangnam Style’ dance

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 11:16 AM PDT

"Gangnam Style" is a worldwide sensation that has inspired countless parodies, tributes, and downloads, and a whole lot of radio play. While most people who enjoy the song imitate the now-infamous dance associated with Psy's tune, not everyone is happy about it, especially when it involves their parents. Connor McKenna, son of Rob McKenna, Washington's attorney [...]

Police use Taser on blind man, thinking his cane was samurai sword

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 11:22 AM PDT

A blind man carrying a white cane received a 50,000-volt Taser shock from British police who thought his walking stick was a samurai sword. "It felt like I was grabbing an electricity pylon," 61-year-old Colin Farmer told the BBC. Lancashire police officer Stuart Williams said authorities had received several calls describing a man walking through [...]

Damien Hirst art show killed 9,000 butterflies

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 02:18 PM PDT

The artist Damien Hirst is known to stir up controversy. He's submerged a shark in a tank of formaldehyde, ditto a bisected cow and calf, and in an installation called "In and Out of Love," at the Tate Modern, filled two windowless rooms with live butterflies. The show's over, but the criticism has just begun. [...]

Teacher accused of bullying student with scented candle

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 11:56 AM PDT

A high-school Spanish teacher in Hiawassee, Ga., is being accused of "bullying" one of her students, who suffers from a severe nut allergy, by burning a scented candle containing nut oil and apparently triggering an allergic reaction. The teen's mother, Shannon Baldwin-Nguyen, says the teacher, Lynn Swanson, knew about her daughter's allergy and was warned [...]

Homeless man helps save baby born at truck stop

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 11:45 AM PDT

A homeless man hitchhiking at a truck stop near Oklahoma City turned out to be an angel for a young pregnant woman. Keaton Mason and her fiance were heading to a hospital because Mason was labor. They didn't make it, and Mason ended up giving birth in their white Honda at a truck stop along [...]

Video: 96-year-old claims to be world’s oldest father

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 01:26 PM PDT

Most people can only dream of living for 100 years, let alone fathering a child nearly a century after being born themselves. But that is apparently a reality today, as a 96-year-old Indian man claims to have fathered a child, his second in recent years. Ramajit Raghav and his 52-year-old wife, Shakuntala Devi, reportedly gave [...]

Aggressive or annoying? Some find debate too rude

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 02:54 PM PDT

This is presidential? They bicker, interrupt, talk over the moderator.

Winds leave 21,000 without electricity in Colorado

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 11:02 AM PDT

More than 21,000 electricity customers are without power in the Denver area and northern Colorado after a powerful wind storm.

DNA from phony 'chewing gum survey' solves 1976 murder

Posted: 17 Oct 2012 07:33 AM PDT

Gary Raub has been arrested for the murder of a woman who was found stabbed to death inside her home on June 12, 1976 after neighbors called police to say they had not seen her for several days.