| Ryan makes personal appeal to Florida seniors on Medicare Posted: 18 Aug 2012 08:19 AM PDT  Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan wrapped his first solo tour as Mitt Romney's running mate at the famous retirement community here Saturday, taking his message of Medicare reform to seniors in a crucial swing state. Standing between two signs that read "Protect and Strengthen Medicare," Ryan made the most personal case for [...]
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| Romney steps up fundraisers ahead of convention Posted: 18 Aug 2012 11:04 AM PDT  Mitt Romney hasn't held a public rally since Tuesday, when he concluded his four-day battleground state bus tour in Ohio. But the presumptive Republican nominee has still been busy traveling the country in search of campaign cash. Since Wednesday, Romney has headlined at least a half a dozen fundraisers taking him through North Carolina, [...]
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| Obama: Ryan's tax plan means lower rates for Romney Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:47 PM PDT  By ALEX MARINO, MATTHEW LAROTONDA and DEVIN DWYER WINDHAM, N.H. — President Obama today ratcheted up attacks on Mitt Romney over his personal tax rate, accusing the presumptive GOP nominee of choosing a running mate whose budget plan would reduce his tax burden to less...
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| Idaho evacuations ordered; Wash. residents go home Posted: 18 Aug 2012 03:44 PM PDT  Thunderstorms and lightning threatened fire officials' plans to contain a large blaze in central Washington state as hundreds of Washington and California residents returned home to find out whether their homes were spared.
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| Syria denies Assad's deputy tried to defect Posted: 18 Aug 2012 03:44 PM PDT  BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria dismissed reports that President Bashar al-Assad's deputy had defected and its forces pursued an offensive against rebels, bombarding parts of Aleppo in the north and attacking an insurgent-held town in the oil-producing east. Vice-President Farouq al-Shara "never thought for a moment about leaving the country", said a statement from his office broadcast on state television on Saturday in response to reports that the veteran Baath Party loyalist had tried to defect to Jordan. ...
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| Egypt president to visit Iran, a first in decades Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:17 PM PDT  Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi will attend a summit in Iran later this month, a presidential official said on Saturday, the first such trip for an Egyptian leader since relations with Tehran deteriorated decades ago.
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| Cantaloupes blamed for salmonella outbreak Posted: 18 Aug 2012 06:18 AM PDT  Multistate Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Bad Cantaloupes
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| India: Text message threats, rumors came from Pakistan Posted: 18 Aug 2012 01:18 PM PDT  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Most of the threatening mobile phone text messages and website images that spread panic among migrants from cities in the south and west of India last week originated in Pakistan, India's interior ministry said on Saturday. Thousands of students and workers from India's northeast fled Mumbai, Bangalore and other cities, fearing retaliation for recent violence against Muslims in Assam, one of the states in their far-flung corner of the country. ...
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| Texas mall shooting results in one dead, two injured Posted: 18 Aug 2012 04:36 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO, Tex (Reuters) - One man was killed and two wounded early Saturday in a shooting at a shopping mall in the west Texas town of Odessa, police say. Police say officers went to the Music City Mall on a report that people were refusing to leave a sports bar inside, which was then followed by reports of shots fired. Detectives say Pablo Jimenez, 23, was rushed to the hospital but died of his wounds. A 19-year-old man and a 21-year-old man were hospitalized. "This was a fight that began at the bar at closing time," said Odessa Police Lieutenant Pete Marquez. ... |
| Mine violence hits at South Africa's political problem Posted: 18 Aug 2012 02:08 PM PDT  MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - The bloody protest by South African miners that ended in a hail of police gunfire and 34 deaths this week could also wound the ruling ANC and its main labor ally, laying bare workers' anger over enduring inequalities in Africa's biggest economy. Thursday's shooting, bringing back memories of apartheid-era violence, underlined that after 18 years in power the African National Congress and its union partner have not been able to heal the fissures of income disparity, poverty and joblessness scarring the country. ...
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| How much 'bounce' did Ryan give Romney in polls? Posted: 18 Aug 2012 06:03 AM PDT  It's been a week since Mitt Romney made what virtually all pundits called a "bold choice," picking Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate. That scene at the battleship USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Va., thrilled Republicans yet to fully embrace Mr. Romney and energized Democrats eager to take on this notably conservative figure who'd become a major congressional foe as chairman of the House Budget Committee.
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| Hempfest organizers question marijuana legalization initiative Posted: 18 Aug 2012 07:54 AM PDT  Seattle Hempfest-Goers Torn Over Ballot Initiative
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| Russian Orthodox church forgives feminist punk band Posted: 18 Aug 2012 07:09 AM PDT  Two top clerics in the Russian Orthodox Church said Saturday that it has forgiven the members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot who were convicted of hooliganism and sent to prison for briefly taking over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin.
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| Five things you need to know about West Nile virus Posted: 18 Aug 2012 05:08 AM PDT  In the wake of 10 deaths due to West Nile virus, and hundreds of infections, authorities in Texas are spraying insecticide in the Dallas region, hoping to curb the spread of the disease, which can spread by mosquitoes.
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| U.S. drone kills 5 militants in northern Pakistan Posted: 18 Aug 2012 07:17 AM PDT  A missile launched from a U.S. drone struck a suspected militant hideout in a tribal region in northern Pakistan where allies of a powerful warlord were gathered Saturday, killing five of his supporters, Pakistani officials said.
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