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• Shooter arrested near Texas A&M campus
• Mayo Clinic: Jackson has bipolar depression
• Shooting Near Texas A&M Reportedly Downs Two Officers
• Greening vacant lots may reduce violent crime
• Syria rebels say capture pilot after downing warplane
• LIFE: The birth of the Berlin Wall
• Without Ryan at his side, a more sedate Romney in Fla.
• Presidential debate moderators announced
• Romney camp denies candidate canceled event because of ‘exhaustion’
• Syrian rebels say downed fighter jet
• Rabid beaver attacks N.Y. man swimming in Pa. river
• Yoga guru leads mass rally over Indian corruption
• Egypt president sweeps out army rulers
• Man swims to JFK airport, past $100 million security system
• WikiLeaks says its suffering a mysterious cyber attack
• Bride accused of murdering groom hours before wedding
• Dolphins cut Chad Johnson after arrest
• Billy Graham in NC hospital with bronchitis
• Gabrielle Giffords, husband returning home
• Gabrielle Giffords, husband returning to Arizona home
• Gunmen kill Egyptian tribal leader and son in Sinai
• Military sexual assault is focus of YouTube series
• Ryan gets emotional at Wisconsin rally
• Obama opens his Chicago home to supporters
• In first joint interview, Romney defends Ryan’s Medicare plan

Shooter arrested near Texas A&M campus Posted: 13 Aug 2012 12:33 PM PDT A shooter has been taken into custody by police near the Texas A&M campus in College Station, the university reported Monday. According to KCEN-TV, six people, including two police officers, were shot about a block away from the school's campus. A local newspaper called The Eagle, citing audio from police scanners, also reported two officers [...]

Mayo Clinic: Jackson has bipolar depression Posted: 13 Aug 2012 11:56 AM PDT Doctors say Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is under treatment for bipolar disorder.

Shooting Near Texas A&M Reportedly Downs Two Officers Posted: 13 Aug 2012 11:18 AM PDT The early reports of a gunman near the campus of Texas A&M University in Houston say a shooter, , with automatic weapons, hitting at least two police. The local station KBTX reported that "scanner traffic indicates that at least two officers are down." We'll keep the news updated as reporters arrive on the scene.

Greening vacant lots may reduce violent crime Posted: 13 Aug 2012 10:42 AM PDT Greening vacant lots in urban areas may do more than help beautify the concrete jungle—it may actually reduce crime. According to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, residents who live near urban gardens say they feel safer. And according to the study, published this week in the [...]

Syria rebels say capture pilot after downing warplane Posted: 13 Aug 2012 09:58 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels in eastern Syria said they had captured the pilot of a government fighter jet after shooting down his aircraft on Monday. The downing of a warplane would be a rare event for lightly armed rebels faced with the superior weaponry of President Bashar al-Assad's forces. State television said the plane crashed due to technical difficulties. In recent months the government has begun to use its air power to try to crush a 17-month-old uprising. ...

LIFE: The birth of the Berlin Wall Posted: 13 Aug 2012 09:31 AM PDT

Without Ryan at his side, a more sedate Romney in Fla. Posted: 13 Aug 2012 08:49 AM PDT ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.—Mitt Romney made his first campaign stop in two days without his new running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, by his side. And the presumptive Republican nominee promptly wandered into political territory Newt Gingrich would have approved of: Mars. Taking the stage at an outdoor rally at a local college here, Romney launched into [...]

Presidential debate moderators announced Posted: 13 Aug 2012 08:09 AM PDT CNN's Candy Crowley will be the first female in over 20 years to moderate a presidential debate.

Romney camp denies candidate canceled event because of ‘exhaustion’ Posted: 13 Aug 2012 07:13 AM PDT A top adviser to Mitt Romney is pushing back on an Orlando Sentinel report that the presumptive Republican nominee canceled an event there today because of "exhaustion."

Syrian rebels say downed fighter jet Posted: 13 Aug 2012 06:56 AM PDT The downing of a warplane would be a rare event for lightly armed rebels faced with the superior weaponry of President Bashar al-Assad's forces.

Rabid beaver attacks N.Y. man swimming in Pa. river Posted: 13 Aug 2012 06:23 AM PDT A Boy Scout leader from New York who was attacked by a rabid beaver while swimming in the Delaware River is recovering.

Yoga guru leads mass rally over Indian corruption Posted: 13 Aug 2012 05:18 AM PDT Indians shouted patriotic slogans and listened to a rousing speech from a charismatic yoga guru who began fasting Thursday to pressure the government to bring back billions of ill-gotten gains — so-called black money — citizens have stashed in foreign banks.

Egypt president sweeps out army rulers Posted: 13 Aug 2012 05:02 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has driven back the biggest challenge to civilian rule by dismissing top generals and tearing up their legal attempt to curb his power in a bold bid to end 60 years of military leadership. Taking the country by surprise, Mursi pushed Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi into retirement. The 76-year-old figurehead of the old order had taken charge of the biggest Arab nation when Hosni Mubarak fell last year and remained head of its powerful, ad hoc military council after the Islamist was elected in June. ...

Man swims to JFK airport, past $100 million security system Posted: 13 Aug 2012 04:29 AM PDT After a jet skiing accident, Daniel Casillo, was able to swim past motion sensors and closed-circuit cameras designed to to safeguard against terrorists, authorities said.

WikiLeaks says its suffering a mysterious cyber attack Posted: 13 Aug 2012 04:13 AM PDT The secret-busting organization WikiLeaks says it's been the victim of a sustained denial-of-service attack which has left its website sluggish or inaccessible for more than a week.

Bride accused of murdering groom hours before wedding Posted: 13 Aug 2012 01:14 AM PDT A bride-to-be is charged with murder after allegedly stabbing her fiance just hours before the couple's wedding was to start near Whitehall, Pa.

Dolphins cut Chad Johnson after arrest Posted: 13 Aug 2012 12:42 AM PDT As the Miami Dolphins took the field for practice Sunday, Chad Johnson was getting out of jail. Hours later, he was out of work.

Billy Graham in NC hospital with bronchitis Posted: 12 Aug 2012 10:34 PM PDT A spokesman for Billy Graham says the 93-year-old evangelist is being treated at a North Carolina hospital for bronchitis.

Gabrielle Giffords, husband returning home Posted: 12 Aug 2012 10:18 PM PDT Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is moving back to Tucson after a spending year and half in Texas undergoing therapy for wounds she suffered in a shooting spree that left six people dead and 12 others injured.

Gabrielle Giffords, husband returning to Arizona home Posted: 12 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband are returning to their Tucson home 19 months after she was wounded by a gunman in a shooting spree that left six people dead and a dozen others injured.

Gunmen kill Egyptian tribal leader and son in Sinai Posted: 12 Aug 2012 08:57 PM PDT A group of armed men shot dead a tribal leader and his son on Monday in Egypt's Sinai peninsula on the border with Israel, a security source said, as violence escalated on the sixth day of a military crackdown on militants in the area. "Tribal leader Khalaf Al-Menahy and his son were shot dead by militants on their way back from a conference organised by tribal leaders to denounce militancy," said the security source in Sinai. ...

Military sexual assault is focus of YouTube series Posted: 12 Aug 2012 08:08 PM PDT The enormous obstacles and emotional torment that a female solider confronts in reporting a sexual assault in the military are the focus of the three-part Web series "Lauren" debuting Monday on YouTube's new channel WIGS, which focuses on drama for women.

Ryan gets emotional at Wisconsin rally Posted: 12 Aug 2012 06:32 PM PDT Rep. Paul Ryan wiped away tears as he made his first appearance as Mitt Romney's running mate in his home state, telling a crowd of 10,000 people here that the upcoming election is a "special moment" not just for him, but for the country. Arriving here at an early evening rally, Romney and Ryan [...]

Obama opens his Chicago home to supporters Posted: 12 Aug 2012 06:15 PM PDT The red-brick Georgian Revival home was gleaming: An American flag extended from the porch, the evergreen trees surrounding the yard were pruned and the red impatiens and begonias were blooming. Guests mingled at tables covered with stylish lime-colored tablecloths and listened to light jazz before their host said a few words.

In first joint interview, Romney defends Ryan’s Medicare plan Posted: 12 Aug 2012 05:59 PM PDT Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan sat down with "Face the Nation" anchor Bob Schieffer in High Point, N.C.,  on Sunday—their first joint interview since Romney announced Ryan as his running mate. In the interview, which aired Sunday on "60 Minutes," Romney addressed a Miami Herald headline that suggested Ryan's budget proposal—which would transform Medicare into [...]

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