2012年8月10日星期五

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'Obamaloney,' 'Romney Hood': Most politically foul week yet?

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 04:12 AM PDT

Romney camp vs. Obama campPolitically Foul It was the most politically foul week yet. Harry Reid hits below the belt. The Obama and Romney campaigns call each other names. Sen. Bill Nelson calls his opponent a tax cheatin,' road ragin', Hooters promotin' slacker. And, winning the award for the most flagrant foul, a TV ad by a Democratic group [...]


Time, CNN suspend Fareed Zakaria for plagiarism

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 04:35 PM PDT

Journalist Fareed Zakaria speaks after accepting a Peabody award for the work done on his television news program "Fareed Zakaria GPS" during the 71st annual Peabody Awards ceremony in New York(Reuters) - CNN host and Time magazine contributing editor-at-large Fareed Zakaria was suspended by his employers on Friday after he acknowledged copying material for a recent column he wrote about gun control from another writer. Time said it was suspending Zakaria for one month, "pending further review," and CNN said it had also suspended him for his journalistic misstep. CNN put no time limit on its suspension. The sanctions came after Zakaria issued a public apology for borrowing from a recent New Yorker essay about gun control for a column he wrote for Time this week. ...


War vets receive special care at medical center

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 01:00 PM PDT

War vets receive special care at medical center

Why rise of Ryan, Christie signals trouble for Romney

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 10:58 AM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at Central Campus High School in Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)First Paul Ryan, now Chris Christie. Conservative thought leaders are turning up the heat on Mitt Romney to go bold in his choice of running mate – and away from the "safe" choices of Rob Portman and Tim Pawlenty.


U.S. slaps new sanctions on Syria, Hezbollah

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 10:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this July 6, 2012 file photo, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius attend the "Friends of Syria" conference in Paris. The United States is readying new sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and its allies as Clinton heads to Turkey on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, for weekend talks with top Turkish officials and Syrian opposition activists. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool, File)The Obama administration set new, largely symbolic, sanctions Friday on Syria's state-run oil company and the Hezbollah militant group, moves designed to underscore Iran's key role in propping up the Syrian regime over the span of its civil war.


'Tighening the noose': U.S. corn crops devastated

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 06:56 AM PDT

Central Illinois corn crops show signs of stress as they struggle to grow during a record breaking heat wave with dry weather conditions that is across most of the country Friday, July 6, 2012 in Farmingdale, Ill. There's been no relief day or night from a scorching heat wave in the central U.S., and the deadly temperatures were heading east Friday after Midwest cities like Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee set record highs. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)Wetter, cooler weather was moving into the drought-stricken U.S. crop belt on Friday, and while the change comes too late to benefit the devastated corn crop, it may give some solace to soy.


Vote now on the dumbest political quotes of the week

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 09:59 AM PDT

Donald Trump and television personality Bill O'Reilly watch the New York Yankees play the Baltimore Orioles in MLB game in New YorkEach 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? Vote in our poll below!


Gov. Walker praises Sikhs for responding to shooting 'with love'

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 07:26 AM PDT

Sikhs Praised By Governor for Responding to Temple Shooting 'With Love'Gov. Scott Walker told a memorial service today for six Sikh men gunned down by a white supremacist that the Sikh community has "shown us that the best way to respond is with love."


Police: Hurricane Katrina hero wanted ex-wife dead

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 07:36 AM PDT

Hurricane Katrina Hero Wanted Ex-Wife, 2 Others Dead, Police SayA New Orleans man whose heroics and mistaken arrest after Hurricane Katrina were chronicled in a critically acclaimed book is facing charges he solicited an inmate to kill his ex-wife, her son and another man.


Photos: Mars rover sends panoramic image ... and a self-portrait

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 12:00 PM PDT

Photos: Mars rover sends panoramic image ... and a self-portraitThis is a portion of the first color 360-degree panorama from NASA's Curiosity rover in Mars ,released by NASA August 9, 2012, made up of thumbnails, which are small copies of higher-resolution images. The mission's destination, a mountain at the center of mountain at the center of Gale Crater called Mount Sharp, can be seen in the distance, to the left, beginning to rise up. Blast marks from the rover's descent stage are in the foreground. REUTERS/NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

‘Son of Sam’ laments gun violence, prays for his victims

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 10:32 AM PDT

Son of SamA notorious serial killer who once shot and killed six people in New York City, laments the recent spate of gun violence and now prays for his victims. In and exclusive interview with the New York Daily News, David Berkowitz, also known as "Son of Sam."


Gingrich wants a ‘Regis and Kathie Lee’ style show with wife

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 01:00 PM PDT

For 17 years, and 12 on a national basis, Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford hosted a morning talk show with a broad spectrum of topics that ultimately became a ratings hit throughout the 1990s and into the year 2000.

Perseid meteor shower set to dazzle this weekend

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 10:32 AM PDT

If your head frequently gets lost in the stars — and really, with the Curiosity landing still so fresh, who could blame you — then this weekend will be a true delight. The Earth will once again be treated to the Perseid … Continue reading →

1873 dime sells for a pretty penny: $1.6 million

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 04:57 PM PDT

An 1873 dime from Carson City, Nev., is displayed on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012, in Philadelphia. The dime sold at auction for $1.84 million. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)A dime made in 1873 has cost someone a pretty penny: It sold for $1.6 million at auction.


Photos: See the day's best images

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 02:08 AM PDT

Photos: See the day's best imagesDevotees try to form a human pyramid to break a clay pot containing curd during the celebrations to mark the Hindu festival of Janmashtami in Mumbai August 10, 2012. Janmashtami, which marks the birthday of Hindu god Krishna, is being celebrated across the country today. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui (INDIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Amateur astronmer snaps photo of erupting plasma on the sun

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 11:05 AM PDT

Striking Sun Photo Catches 3 Erupting Plasma TendrilsA mesmerizing photo of the sun, showing three huge solar eruptions bursting from the surface, was captured by an amateur astronomer in California.


Four bears break into cabin; drink 100 beers

Posted: 10 Aug 2012 11:10 AM PDT

A mother bear and her three cubs broke into a Norwegian cabin this week, reportedly drinking more than 100 beers, eating all the food and even knocking over a wall. "They had a hell of a party in there," owner Even Borthen Nilsen told The Local. "The entire cabin was destroyed." Nilsen says paw prints [...]

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