| Will Paul Ryan release his tax returns? Posted: 12 Aug 2012 12:36 PM PDT  As a candidate for Congress, Paul Ryan has released financial disclosure forms for years, but he has never released his tax returns. We know that Ryan turned over "several years" of tax returns to the Romney campaign during the vice presidential vetting process. We have...
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| Woman accused of killing fiance on wedding day Posted: 12 Aug 2012 11:48 AM PDT Authorities say an eastern Pennsylvania woman stabbed her fiance to death during an argument on their wedding day. |
| How swing state newspapers reacted to Ryan pick Posted: 12 Aug 2012 10:59 AM PDT  Voters picking up their newspapers in swing states on Sunday got a small glimpse of what kind of coverage Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan can expect between now and Election Day. In Ohio, "Romney's choice of Ryan seen as bold move with appeal to the right," the Cleveland Plain Dealer said. "Ryan Shakes Up the [...]
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| Syrian opposition leader calls for no-fly zone Posted: 12 Aug 2012 10:43 AM PDT  The head of Syria's main opposition group in exile has called for a no-fly zone in border areas to protect civilians.
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| Billy Graham in hospital with infection of lungs Posted: 12 Aug 2012 10:27 AM PDT  A spokesman for Billy Graham says the 93-year-old evangelist has been admitted to a North Carolina hospital for an infection in his lungs.
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| One sign of Paul Ryan’s impact: Big crowds Posted: 12 Aug 2012 09:22 AM PDT  MOORESVILLE, N.C.—The full measure of Paul Ryan's political impact on the 2012 race is still yet to be determined, but Mitt Romney's new running mate is already helping the presumptive GOP nominee attract some of the biggest crowds of his campaign to date. Several thousand people turned out to see the new GOP ticket at [...]
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| Sunday sparring over Ryan VP pick Posted: 12 Aug 2012 09:06 AM PDT  Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate dominated the discussion on Sunday morning's political talk shows. And the reaction to the choice of Ryan, a tea party favorite, fell along party lines.
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| Sikh temple holds service week after attack Posted: 12 Aug 2012 08:49 AM PDT  Sikh (seek) worshippers in southeastern Wisconsin are preparing to hold their first Sunday prayer service since a white supremacist shot and killed six people at their temple.
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| Romney and Ryan to split up until convention Posted: 12 Aug 2012 07:44 AM PDT  MOORESVILLE, N.C.—Mitt Romney will spend just one more day campaigning with his new running mate, Paul Ryan, before the vice presidential hopeful splits on his own packed campaigning schedule. The two men will spend the day Sunday traveling throughout North Carolina before heading to Ryan's home state of Wisconsin, where the two will headline what [...]
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| Apologetic Swiss banks sweat it out as U.S., Europe mull redress Posted: 12 Aug 2012 06:39 AM PDT  ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss banks hoping to atone for decades of complicity in tax evasion may be left to sweat it out for months as the United States and Germany ponder the right level of punishment. Switzerland has long dodged U.S. accusations of hiding money for wealthy Americans. But now eleven Swiss banks are under investigation in the United States and there is pressure too from Europe where burdened taxpayers want scalps after numerous banking scandals. The Swiss need a deal to remove the taint from their financial industry. ...
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| Senior Syrian policeman defects: opposition Posted: 12 Aug 2012 06:23 AM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - The deputy police commander for the central Syrian province of Homs has defected to Jordan, an opposition source said on Sunday, further undermining President Bashar al-Assad as he struggles to crush an uprising against his rule. "Brigadier General Ibrahim al-Jabawi has crossed into Jordan. He will announce his defection on al-Arabiya television later today," an official in the Higher Revolution Council, a activists' organization, told Reuters from Amman. ... |
| Exclusive: Afghan officials met key Taliban figure in Pakistan Posted: 12 Aug 2012 02:53 AM PDT  KABUL/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghan officials have held secret talks with the Taliban's former second in command who is in detention in Pakistan in a move which could help rekindle stalled peace talks with the insurgents, according to senior officials from both countries. Afghan officials have often seen Pakistan as a reluctant partner in attempts to broker talks with the Taliban but its decision to grant access to Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar may signal Islamabad's willingness to play a more active role. ...
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| Billionaire George Soros getting married for the third time Posted: 12 Aug 2012 01:33 AM PDT  (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros had a lot to celebrate on Saturday evening: his 82nd birthday and the engagement to his much younger girlfriend Tamiko Bolton. Soros and Bolton, who met in the spring of 2008, formally announced their engagement at a party at Soros' summer home in Southampton, New York attended by a small group of friends and relatives, according to a person familiar with the trader. Soros proposed to Bolton, 40, a few weeks ago during a weekend visit to the Hamptons, a summer beachside colony on Long Island frequented by New York's wealthy. ...
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| Democrat Hirono wins US Senate primary in Hawaii Posted: 12 Aug 2012 01:22 AM PDT  U.S. Rep. Mazie Hirono has won the Democratic primary in Hawaii for an open U.S. Senate seat, setting up a race in November against former Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle.
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| How Romney picked Ryan for his VP and kept it a secret Posted: 11 Aug 2012 10:04 PM PDT  Just hours before word broke that Mitt Romney would name his vice-presidential running mate on Saturday, Paul Ryan waved to reporters camped outside his home in Janesville, Wis., as he headed inside for the evening—or so the media thought. Just minutes later, the Wisconsin congressman quickly snuck out his back door, escaping into a forest [...]
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| Sarah Palin weighs in on Romney's VP choice Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:32 PM PDT  After being conspicuously absent on Twitter, Facebook and Fox News for more than 24 hours, Sarah Palin, former Alaskan governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, finally weighed in late Saturday on Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his 2012 running mate. Here's Palin's Facebook note, which mentions President Obama 26 times, Romney and [...]
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| Miami Dolphins star involved in alleged domestic violence Posted: 11 Aug 2012 09:16 PM PDT  Chad Johnson, the wide receiver who is as well known for his off-the-field antics as his ability to catch the ball, was arrested over a domestic violence dispute. Now playing for the Miami Dolphins, Johnson was arrested in Davie, Fla., for allegedly headbutting his wife.
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| Police shoot, kill man near NYC Times Square Posted: 11 Aug 2012 08:44 PM PDT Police shot and killed a man they say lunged at them with a knife in a confrontation that began in Times Square and drew officers and spectators on a chase that ended with shots fired near one of New York's most heavily touristed areas. |
| Paul Ryan: ‘We are going to win this campaign’ Posted: 11 Aug 2012 08:12 PM PDT  Paul Ryan called Mitt Romney's decision to pick him as his vice presidential running mate "the biggest honor I have ever been given in my life" but admitted the process has been "surreal." "It's gone from the surreal to the real, I guess," the Wisconsin congressman told reporters during his first appearance in the back [...]
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| Putin promises to boost Russia's military Posted: 11 Aug 2012 05:47 PM PDT  Russia's military will get 1,600 new warplanes and helicopters by 2020, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, as part of efforts to strengthen the country's armed forces. Putin has worked hard to restore pride in the Cold War-era superpower's military since his first election in 2000. The planned addition of 600 military planes and 1,000 helicopters is part of a 23 trillion rouble ($720 billion)programme to re-equip a military still weakened by spending cuts prompted by the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. ...
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| Western states bake under extended heat wave Posted: 11 Aug 2012 04:27 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. |
| U.S. lawmakers call on Bahrain king to free activist Posted: 11 Aug 2012 03:55 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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| Romney: Ryan ‘appeals to the better angels of America’ Posted: 11 Aug 2012 03:39 PM 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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| Putin promises to boost Russian air force Posted: 11 Aug 2012 02:19 PM 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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| Rebels carve out large enclave in north Syria Posted: 11 Aug 2012 02:03 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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