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• Akin ignores deadline to drop Senate bid. Now what?
• Court strikes down EPA rule on coal pollution
• Friends tweet before dying in Md. train derailment
• Democratic poll: Seniors like Paul Ryan, but not his Medicare plan
• Americans tune out Afghan war as fighting rages on
• Romney says he's spending campaign money ‘a little wiser’ than Obama
• New Mexico store selling ‘meth candy’ inspired by ‘Breaking Bad’
• Curiosity taking its first Martian drive on Wednesday
• Obama slams Romney on college financial aid
• Unheard Martin Luther King Jr. tape found in attic
• ‘Last Supper’ may include two da Vinci self-portraits
• Would you pay $10 for a can of air from Paris?

Akin ignores deadline to drop Senate bid. Now what? Posted: 21 Aug 2012 03:57 PM PDT Despite the pleadings of top Republicans, from Mitt Romney on down, to drop out of the Missouri Senate race, Rep. Todd Akin has held firm: He is staying in.

Court strikes down EPA rule on coal pollution Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:54 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned a key Obama administration rule to reduce harmful emissions from coal-burning power plants, sparking a rally in coal company shares and relief among utility firms. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said in a 2-1 decision that the Environmental Protection Agency had exceeded its mandate with the rule, which was to limit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants in 28 mostly Eastern states and Texas. ...

Friends tweet before dying in Md. train derailment Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:38 PM PDT They were seemingly ordinary tweets from two friends hanging out on a railroad bridge in their hometown, enjoying one last summer night together before heading back to college.

Democratic poll: Seniors like Paul Ryan, but not his Medicare plan Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:51 PM PDT A new poll conducted by a Democratic polling firm shows that Americans over the age of 65 have a favorable impression of Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, although his proposal to overhaul Medicare is still viewed unfavorably. The poll, conducted by Public Policy Polling (PPP) on behalf of the liberal website Daily Kos and [...]

Americans tune out Afghan war as fighting rages on Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:40 PM PDT It was once President Barack Obama's "war of necessity." Now, it's America's forgotten war.

Romney says he's spending campaign money ‘a little wiser’ than Obama Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:00 PM PDT Mitt Romney took a shot at President Barack Obama's fundraising on Tuesday, telling donors at a Houston fundraiser that he's managed his campaign cash better than Obama. "You've perhaps noticed in the paper, we're a little wiser in our spending of dollars than the other side, apparently," Romney said. "I'm not managing their campaign for [...]

New Mexico store selling ‘meth candy’ inspired by ‘Breaking Bad’ Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:01 PM PDT A candy store owner in Albuquerque says her "meth candy" is a major hit. The blue-colored rock candy is intended to play off the successful AMC drama "Breaking Bad," which is set in the same New Mexico city. "I've been at this for 30 years," Debbie Ball said in an interview with Yahoo! News. "It [...]

Curiosity taking its first Martian drive on Wednesday Posted: 21 Aug 2012 12:33 PM PDT After more than two weeks of sitting still, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is finally set to roll out on the Red Planet with its debut drive on Wednesday (Aug. 22).

Obama slams Romney on college financial aid Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:52 PM PDT Courting young voters in the pivotal state of Ohio, President Barack Obama slammed rival Mitt Romney on the issue of financial aid for college students, suggesting that the Republican's personal wealth left him out of touch with their struggles to pay for school. "Putting a college education within reach for working families just doesn't seem [...]

Unheard Martin Luther King Jr. tape found in attic Posted: 21 Aug 2012 03:23 PM PDT Stephon Tull was looking through dusty old boxes in his father's attic in Chattanooga a few months ago when he stumbled onto something startling: an audio reel labeled, "Dr. King interview, Dec. 21, 1960."

‘Last Supper’ may include two da Vinci self-portraits Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:14 PM PDT Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" may include two self-portraits of the legendary Renaissance artist, according to a British art expert. Ross King says the nose, beards and hairstyles of two of the apostles standing to the right of Jesus in the portrait, Thomas and James the Lesser, match a portrait of Leonardo that was [...]

Would you pay $10 for a can of air from Paris? Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:12 PM PDT Using what appears to be a business plan inspired by the movie "Spaceballs," Kirill Rudenko, a Prague-based photographer, is selling "canned air" from Paris, New York and other major cities for $9.99 a pop. The 3-and-a-half-inch cans--available through Rudenko's Etsy.com shop--come with wine-like labels that disclose the blend of concentrated air inside. The Paris air [...]

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