| Wawa or Sheetz? Romney sandwiched in Pennsylvania deli debate Posted: 16 Jun 2012 04:13 PM PDT  At the final stop on his bus tour here, Mitt Romney expressed confidence that he'll win Pennsylvania this November. "I am going to win Pennsylvania," the Republican nominee told a crowd of several hundred people at the Cornwall Iron Furnace, a historic foundry that once was the source of cannonballs and other iron products. [...]
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| Watergate crime scene forgotten 40 years on Posted: 16 Jun 2012 12:45 PM PDT  When the Watergate complex was built in the 1960s, it was just a group of buildings on the western edge of the nation's capital. Then, 40 years ago Sunday, police in Washington arrested five men breaking into the office of the Democratic National Committee there.
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| U.N. observers in Syria suspend patrols Posted: 16 Jun 2012 02:37 PM PDT  U.N. observers suspended their patrols in Syria on Saturday due to a recent spike in violence, the strongest sign yet that an international peace plan was unraveling despite months of diplomatic efforts to prevent the country from plunging into civil war.
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| Four presumed dead after McKinley avalanche Posted: 16 Jun 2012 03:09 PM PDT  An avalanche on Mount McKinley swept a Japanese climbing team off a hill as they tried to descend on a rope line, leaving four presumed dead. One climber survived after tumbling 60 feet into a crevasse.
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| Romney leaves funny handwritten note for reporters Posted: 16 Jun 2012 12:34 PM PDT  The Romney press corps was surprised to find they wouldn't be traveling on a long tour bus usually rented by the campaign to trail the candidate. Instead, the campaign had procured what can only be described as a party bus, and after an event Saturday, the press corps arrived back to the bus to find a note from Romney.
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| Air Force's mystery shuttle returns to earth Posted: 16 Jun 2012 08:43 AM PDT  The Air Force's X-37B, Is an Unmanned Reusable Spacecraft Built by Boeing
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| Romney: Obama should’ve been a governor first Posted: 16 Jun 2012 07:15 AM PDT  Several hundred people lined up to hear Mitt Romney speak at a small machinery company here, as the Republican nominee began day two of his battleground state bus tour by railing against President Obama's handling of the economy. "I know the president wants to talk about the economy a little," Romney said. "But he [...]
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| Egyptians choose new president amid political chaos Posted: 16 Jun 2012 12:35 PM PDT  Egyptians voted on Saturday in a run-off presidential election pitting an Islamist against Hosni Mubarak's last premier as the military rulers entered a showdown with the Islamists by disbanding parliament.
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| Dumbest political quotes of week Posted: 16 Jun 2012 03:21 AM PDT  Each week, the Daily Caller picks the dumbest political statements and ranks them (just for Yahoo! readers) on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the worst). Who do you think said the dumbest thing?
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| Carlotta downgraded to tropical depression Posted: 16 Jun 2012 12:31 PM PDT  Carlotta was downgraded to a tropical depression on Saturday as the system rapidly weakened after killing two young sisters in its march across southern Mexico.
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| Ohio woman drives into crowd, injuring dozens Posted: 16 Jun 2012 02:38 PM PDT  A 63-year-old woman unexplainably drove her car into a crowded town square in northwest Ohio and struck bystanders, sending some through the air and pinning others under the car until freed when bystanders lifted the vehicle, authorities and witnesses said.
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| President Obama's gamble on immigration front Posted: 16 Jun 2012 03:44 PM PDT  There's not much President Barack Obama can do to boost the economy in the next five months, and that alone might cost him the November election. But on a range of social issues, Obama is bypassing Congress and aggressively using his executive powers to make it easier for gays to marry, women to obtain birth control, and, now, young illegal immigrants to avoid deportation.
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| Americans hang on after recession claims wealth Posted: 16 Jun 2012 01:35 PM PDT  Looking back, the financial lives many Americans enjoyed until just a few years ago can seem like a mirage.On a suburban cul-de-sac northwest of Atlanta, Michael and Patricia Jackson are struggling to ...
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| Bombings kill 33 in Pakistani tribal region Posted: 16 Jun 2012 11:47 AM PDT Two bombs killed 33 people in tribal areas of northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials and witnesses said, a reminder of the instability wracking the nuclear-armed country. |
| FCC may take up issue of cell phone radiation Posted: 16 Jun 2012 12:28 PM PDT  The head of the Federal Communications Commission is asking for a review of the agency's stance on radio frequency energy emitted from cell phones amid lingering concerns that the devices may cause brain tumors.
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| Ron Paul backers seek influence at GOP convention Posted: 16 Jun 2012 04:14 PM PDT  Ron Paul has given up on becoming president, but loyal supporters are promising to promote the libertarian-leaning Texas congressman's principles at the Republican national convention this summer, a potential complication for Mitt Romney's goal of a peaceful coronation.
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| Drones, computers new weapons of U.S. shadow wars Posted: 16 Jun 2012 01:05 PM PDT  After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile.
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| Suu Kyi receives her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize Posted: 16 Jun 2012 10:47 AM PDT  Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally received her 1991 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Saturday after spending 15 years under house arrest, and said her country's full transformation to democracy was still far off. "What the Nobel Peace Prize did was to draw me once again into the world of other human beings outside the isolated area in which I lived, to restore a sense of reality to me," Suu Kyi said as the packed crowd, led by Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja, rose in a standing ovation.
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