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• Fact checking Romney's plan to 'restore' Medicare spending cuts
• Flexible, color-changing robot inspired by octopus
• 'Incriminating' Sandusky evidence may lead to new charges
• Ruling: What you share on Facebook can be used in court
• Ryan explains why Medicare cuts were in his House budget
• D.C. shooting suspect carrying Chick-fil-A sandwiches, FBI says
• Will other governors follow Arizona's lead on immigration?
• Rare WWII naval dispatch brings $20K at auction
• Drought conditions intensifying in Kansas and Nebraska
• Ann Romney on tax returns: ‘There’s nothing that we’re hiding’
• Romney-Ryan: Our Medicare plans are 'close to identical'
• Driver swerves to avoid moose, hits bear instead
• Teacher accused of having group sex with students on video
• South Africa police fire on striking miners, several dead
• Mars rover's 'voice' captured during nail-biting landing
• Taxpayers subsidize CEO pay, report says
• Ecuador grants Assange asylum
• Eleven killed in Afghan helicopter crash, including foreign troops
• Britain says Assange Ecuador asylum wouldn't change a thing
• Security guard credited for thwarting DC shooting
• Billionaires Soros, Paulson bet big on gold
• Idaho towns pack up as massive wildfire nears
• U.N. aid chief says 2.5 million Syrians need assistance
• Jet on U.S.-Russia flight lands in Iceland after bomb threat
• One lucky winner in $337 million Powerball lottery

Fact checking Romney's plan to 'restore' Medicare spending cuts Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT Mitt Romney is trying to seize the high ground in the Medicare debate by pledging to "restore" $716 billion in spending cuts imposed by President Obama. Nevermind that the cuts were once backed by his vice presidential running mate Paul Ryan. Romney argues that it's...

Flexible, color-changing robot inspired by octopus Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:14 PM PDT A newly developed rubbery, octopuslike robot can change colors to hide or stand out in its environment.

'Incriminating' Sandusky evidence may lead to new charges Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:58 AM PDT Prosecutors in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case said they had a "great deal" of "highly incriminating" evidence they never brought up during Sandusky's trial, evidence that could be related to pending criminal charges.

Ruling: What you share on Facebook can be used in court Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:42 AM PDT Did you know that what you say on Facebook can be used against you in a court of law? If you're sharing something with your friends, you may as well be sharing directly with the judge and jury: A recent … Continue reading →

Ryan explains why Medicare cuts were in his House budget Posted: 16 Aug 2012 11:09 AM PDT GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan explained why the budget plan he proposed included more than $700 billion in cuts to Medicare.

D.C. shooting suspect carrying Chick-fil-A sandwiches, FBI says Posted: 16 Aug 2012 10:52 AM PDT Floyd Lee Corkins II, the suspect in Wednesday's shooting ‏at the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Family Research Council, was carrying 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches in a bag when he opened fire, according to the criminal complaint.

Will other governors follow Arizona's lead on immigration? Posted: 16 Aug 2012 10:36 AM PDT Late Wednesday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer released a strongly-worded executive order preventing deferred action recipients from obtaining drivers' licenses or any other unspecified "public benefits."

Rare WWII naval dispatch brings $20K at auction Posted: 16 Aug 2012 10:20 AM PDT A rare military cable heralding the end of World War II has fetched more than $20,000 at auction.

Drought conditions intensifying in Kansas and Nebraska Posted: 16 Aug 2012 10:04 AM PDT Rains that eased or stabilized parched conditions in some key farming states haven't helped growers and ranchers in Kansas or Nebraska, where the severity of the drought continues to spike, a climate report showed Thursday.

Ann Romney on tax returns: ‘There’s nothing that we’re hiding’ Posted: 16 Aug 2012 09:32 AM PDT Romney's wife is pushing back on pressure to release additional tax filings. In an interview, Ann Romney reiterated that her husband won't release more records, insisting it would just provide more fodder for Democratic attacks.

Romney-Ryan: Our Medicare plans are 'close to identical' Posted: 16 Aug 2012 09:16 AM PDT In an interview with ABC Green Bay affiliate WBAY, GOP presumed presidential candidate Mitt Romney says, "Actually, Paul Ryan and my plan for Medicare is the same. If not identical, it's probably close to identical. "Our plan is very simple.  Which is, that for people...

Driver swerves to avoid moose, hits bear instead Posted: 16 Aug 2012 08:11 AM PDT OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian driver who swerved his car on a rural road to avoid running into a moose hit a bear instead, authorities said on Thursday. The driver spotted the moose on a country road near Hanestad, 225 kilometers north of Oslo, around midnight on Wednesday, and tried to go around the animal, not realizing that a bear was also nearby. "The driver had lost a bit of speed as he tried to avoid the moose before hitting the bear," said Svein Erik Bjorke of the local wildlife authority, who was out in the forest searching for the wounded animal. ...

Teacher accused of having group sex with students on video Posted: 16 Aug 2012 07:55 AM PDT A former Texas high school English teacher and mother of three is on trial, accused of having sex with five male students.

South Africa police fire on striking miners, several dead Posted: 16 Aug 2012 07:38 AM PDT South African police opened fire on thousands of striking miners armed with machetes and spears near Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine on Thursday, and a Reuters witness said he saw at least seven bodies lying on the ground. (Reporting by John Mkhize; Writing by Ed Cropley)

Mars rover's 'voice' captured during nail-biting landing Posted: 16 Aug 2012 07:22 AM PDT NASA's Mars rover Curiosity may seem like the strong, silent type, but the 1-ton robot was making a lot of noise during its harrowing Red Planet touchdown on Aug. 5.

Taxpayers subsidize CEO pay, report says Posted: 16 Aug 2012 07:06 AM PDT The Institute for Policy Studies, a self-described "progressive multi-issue think tank," analyzed the link between tax loopholes and excessive executive compensation and concluded that the loopholes created an "uneven playing field" between large companies and small businesses and led to lost tax revenue.

Ecuador grants Assange asylum Posted: 16 Aug 2012 06:01 AM PDT Ecuadorean officials announced on Thursday that they would grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, defying threats by the British government to raid the Ecuadorean Embassy and extradite Assange to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning in connection with alleged rape and sexual molestation cases. "We have decided to grant political asylum to him," [...]

Eleven killed in Afghan helicopter crash, including foreign troops Posted: 16 Aug 2012 05:29 AM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Eleven people have been killed in a Black Hawk helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, including three U.S. soldiers and four other foreign troops, the NATO-led coalition force in the country said on Thursday. The cause of the crash, which Afghan authorities said was in the Shah Wali Kot district of southern Kandahar province, was under investigation, the International Security Assistance Force said in a statement. ...

Britain says Assange Ecuador asylum wouldn't change a thing Posted: 16 Aug 2012 05:12 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday that any decision by Ecuador to give Julian Assange political asylum wouldn't change a thing and that it might still revoke the diplomatic status of Quito's embassy in London to allow the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder. The high-profile Australian former hacker has been holed up inside the red-brick embassy in central London for eight weeks since he lost a legal battle to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over rape allegations. ...

Security guard credited for thwarting DC shooting Posted: 16 Aug 2012 04:56 AM PDT A man who had been a volunteer at a community center for gays walked into the lobby of a conservative political organization, assailed the group's work, pulled a gun and opened fire.

Billionaires Soros, Paulson bet big on gold Posted: 16 Aug 2012 04:24 AM PDT Once again John Paulson is choosing to heavily invest in gold and fellow billionaire George Soros is making a similar bet.

Idaho towns pack up as massive wildfire nears Posted: 16 Aug 2012 03:03 AM PDT Lorie Winmill grew teary as she loaded her vehicle and prepared her 4-year-old granddaughter to stay with relatives as a wildfire burned closer to this small town in central Idaho.

U.N. aid chief says 2.5 million Syrians need assistance Posted: 16 Aug 2012 02:15 AM PDT DAMASCUS (Reuters) - United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said on Thursday as many as 2.5 million people were in need of aid in Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad's forces have been fighting rebels seeking his overthrow for 17 months. Amos, speaking in Syria where she met Prime Minister Wael al-Halki and other officials this week, urged government forces and rebels to do more to protect civilians caught up in the violence. "Over a million people have been uprooted and face destitution. ...

Jet on U.S.-Russia flight lands in Iceland after bomb threat Posted: 16 Aug 2012 01:09 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - A passenger jet flying from New York to Moscow made an emergency landing in Iceland on Thursday after a phone call was made claiming there was a bomb on board, a spokeswoman for Russian airline Aeroflot said. "There was an anonymous call saying that there was an explosive device on the plane, which was already in the air," spokesman Irina Dannenberg said. "The pilot took the decision to land the plane and it landed safely. A search is being conducted." (Reporting by Steve Gutterman, Writing by Thomas Grove)

One lucky winner in $337 million Powerball lottery Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:49 PM PDT A ticket sold in Michigan matched all five numbers including the Powerball to win the jackpot estimated at $337 million, according to Powerball.com.

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