| Why Paul Ryan is the antithesis of Mitt Romney Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:51 AM PDT  In 1996, bedeviled by conservative doubts about his tax-cutting credentials, Bob Dole named Jack Kemp -- the fervent champion of free-market economics – as his running mate. Sixteen years later, confronting lingering right-wing skepticism about his conservative pedigree, Mitt Romney picked Paul Ryan – a former Kemp speechwriter – as his vice-presidential nominee.
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| Team Obama’s response to Romney’s choice Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:25 AM PDT  President Barack Obama had Paul Ryan on his radar years before Mitt Romney selected the representative from Wisconsin as his running mate. Ryan, the president said, favors "thinly veiled social Darwinism." Further, Obama charged that Ryan dishonestly claims the mantle of deficit hawk when he actually votes for budget-busters as long as they come from [...]
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| Two earthquakes kill at least 153 in Iran Posted: 11 Aug 2012 03:53 PM PDT  Two strong earthquakes killed 180 people and injured another 1,300 in northwest Iran where rescuers frantically combed through the rubble of dozens of villages on Sunday. Thousands fled their homes and remained outdoors after Saturday's quakes, as at least 20 aftershocks hit the area. Casualty numbers could well rise, Iranian officials feared, as some of the injured were in critical condition, others were still trapped under the rubble and rescuers had yet to reach some of the affected villages. Some 60 villages had sustained more than 50 percent damage, Iranian media said. ...
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| Five things Romney doesn't want you to know about Ryan Posted: 11 Aug 2012 08:46 AM PDT  Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan is an exciting pick, but there's no such thing as a perfect candidate, and the congressman brings his own set of political risks to the table.
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| Romney: Ryan ‘appeals to the better angels of America’ Posted: 11 Aug 2012 11:20 AM PDT  Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan made their second appearance together as the GOP ticket, stopping at a local pie store here ahead of a campaign rally nearby. Hundreds of supporters had gathered outside Homemades by Suzanne, where Romney and Ryan stopped in to buy pie and do a little retail politicking. As the two [...]
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| Six U.S. soldiers killed in 24 hours in Afghanistan Posted: 11 Aug 2012 10:47 AM PDT  Three U.S. Marines have been shot dead by an Afghan worker on a military base in southern Afghanistan, in a deadly 24 hours for NATO-led forces during which six American soldiers were killed in rogue attacks. The shooting took place on Friday night in the Garmsir district of Helmand province, where three U.S. special forces soldiers were killed by an Afghan policeman and comrades earlier in the day. ...
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| Rebels carve out large enclave in north Syria Posted: 11 Aug 2012 02:44 PM PDT  Residents of this north Syrian border town like to snap photos of their children atop the tank parked downtown, one of more than a dozen captured or destroyed by rebels in the battles last month that "liberated" the area from President Bashar Assad's army.
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| Romney, Ryan to campaign in Wisconsin on Sunday Posted: 11 Aug 2012 12:23 PM PDT  Mitt Romney will take a detour from his four-day bus tour of key battleground states to appear at a Sunday night rally with his vice-presidential running mate Paul Ryan in the congressman's home state of Wisconsin. A Romney aide who declined to be named confirmed Romney and Ryan [...]
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| Ryan introduced as Romney running mate Posted: 11 Aug 2012 05:32 AM PDT  Against the flag-draped backdrop of the USS Wisconsin, Mitt Romney formally introduced Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman from Wisconsin, as his vice presidential running mate on Saturday. Ryan's budget-cutting ideas have the potential to transform the presidential race. Support for his proposed mix of spending cuts and tax cuts has become a [...]
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| Western states bake under extended heat wave Posted: 11 Aug 2012 02:59 PM PDT Temperatures soared into triple digits across the western United States on Saturday as a continuing heat wave strained energy supplies and sent thousands to beaches, lakes and shopping malls in search of cooler climes. |
| Police embrace emerging social media tool Posted: 11 Aug 2012 12:43 PM PDT  Minutes after a shooting near the Oakland Airport this year, the gunman was on the loose. And police Sgt. Chris Bolton quickly fired off a flurry of text alerts to thousands of nearby residents through a social media tool for law enforcement agencies.
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| Woe and opportunity: Tales from historic drought Posted: 11 Aug 2012 08:20 AM PDT  The United States is in the midst of the worst drought in decades, and the dry weather and soaring temperatures are taking a toll on people living and working in Ohio west to California and Texas north to the Dakotas. Farmers have watched their corn wither and their cattle go hungry. Homeowners have seen their lawns turn brown and gardens wilt. Communities in the Midwest that rarely experience water shortages have enacted restrictions, and businesses are looking for ways to stay afloat as sales fall off. Here are a few of their stories:
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| U.S. lawmakers call on Bahrain king to free activist Posted: 11 Aug 2012 03:09 PM PDT  Nineteen members of the U.S. Congress have written to Bahrain's king to call for the release of prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who is currently serving a three-month jail sentence for making anti-government statements on Twitter.
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| Wildfire threatens ancient forest in Spain Posted: 11 Aug 2012 10:09 AM PDT  Officials said Saturday that a wildfire thought to be under control on a Spanish island is now spreading, threatening a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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| Democratic Party platform group backs gay marriage Posted: 11 Aug 2012 11:46 AM PDT The national Democratic Party's platform committee endorsed gay marriage Saturday for the first time and called for the repeal of a federal law that recognizes marriage as between a man and a woman. |
| Egyptian newspaper censored over insult to president Posted: 11 Aug 2012 11:55 AM PDT An Egyptian court ordered the Saturday editions of a newspaper confiscated over allegations it insulted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi and instigated sectarian discord, Egypt's official news agency said. |
| Putin promises to boost Russian air force Posted: 11 Aug 2012 08:40 AM PDT  President Vladimir Putin promised Saturday to re-equip the Russian air force with hundreds of new aircraft as part of an ambitious military modernization program.
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| After Curiosity, uncertainty lingers on NASA's Mars program Posted: 11 Aug 2012 07:51 AM PDT  This week's arrival of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity set the stage for a potentially game-changing quest to learn whether the planet most like Earth ever had a shot at developing life, but follow-up missions exist only on drawing boards. The United States had planned to team up with Europe on a trio of missions beginning in 2016 that would culminate in the return of Mars soil and rock samples to Earth, an endeavor the National Research Council considers its top priority in planetary science for the next decade. ...
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