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• Like NASA rover, family switches over to Mars time
• Lightning strike kills boy on Lake Superior beach
• World Humanitarian Day claims history with help from Beyoncé
• The least loved day is also the market's worst
• WikiLeaks founder Assange slams U.S. ‘witch hunt’
• Sudanese helicopter crash kills 32
• Romney takes a break from campaign, attends church
• Assange makes first public appearance in two months
• Japan activists land, raise flags on disputed isle
• 'Solid South' no longer just all-red or all-blue
• Madonna sued in Russia for supporting gays
• Social Security fixable; changes politically tough
• Grover Norquist: George H.W. Bush 'lied' to the American people
• Assange to speak from Ecuador embassy in diplomatic standoff
• Contaminated pickles kill seven in Japan
• Medicare barbs dominate White House race
• Sudan minister, 20 others killed in plane crash: TV
• Judge won't dismiss suit against Utah bigamy law
• 15-yr.-old NJ girl accused of arson, attempt to kill family
• Assange to face world's media on Sunday
• Japan nationalists land on island at heart of row with China
• Report: Iraqis help Iran skirt sanctions
• Panetta prods Karzai on Afghan insider killings
• Texas mall shooting results in one dead, two injured
• Idaho evacuations ordered; Wash. residents go home

Like NASA rover, family switches over to Mars time Posted: 19 Aug 2012 12:35 PM PDT For one family, an exotic summer getaway means living on Mars.

Lightning strike kills boy on Lake Superior beach Posted: 19 Aug 2012 12:08 PM PDT A lightning strike on a Lake Superior beach injured eight people, including a 9-year-old Wisconsin boy who later died, Minnesota authorities said Sunday.

World Humanitarian Day claims history with help from Beyoncé Posted: 19 Aug 2012 10:42 AM PDT Sunday is World Humanitarian Day--a day people around the world are asked to perform a humanitarian action--however big or small--in the spirit of people helping others--"doing something good, somewhere, for someone else." And with a little help from Beyoncé, organizers of the global event say they made some social media history, too, inspiring more than [...]

The least loved day is also the market's worst Posted: 19 Aug 2012 09:43 AM PDT It's not just in your head. Mondays really are the worst.

WikiLeaks founder Assange slams U.S. ‘witch hunt’ Posted: 19 Aug 2012 09:16 AM PDT There was no arrest. No escape. No surrender. No assassination attempt. No human smuggling. No helicopter or hovercraft. Just a wanted man, on a balcony with a microphone. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange emerged from a window onto a small balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy on Sunday, where he made his first public remarks since being [...]

Sudanese helicopter crash kills 32 Posted: 19 Aug 2012 08:44 AM PDT A Sudanese helicopter carrying a government delegation crashed in a mountainous southern region on Sunday, killing all 32 people on board including a Cabinet minister, a former presidential adviser, two generals and a TV crew.

Romney takes a break from campaign, attends church Posted: 19 Aug 2012 08:06 AM PDT Mitt Romney is attending church Sunday and relaxing with family as he prepares for a campaign sprint towards next week's Republican convention in Florida.

Assange makes first public appearance in two months Posted: 19 Aug 2012 07:01 AM PDT WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has called on President Barack Obama to end a "witch hunt" against his secret-spilling website, after appearing in public for the first time since he took refuge inside Ecuador's embassy in London two months ago.

Japan activists land, raise flags on disputed isle Posted: 19 Aug 2012 06:12 AM PDT Japan's territorial disputes with its neighbors flared anew on Sunday as a group of nationalist activists swam ashore and raised flags on an island also claimed by China.

'Solid South' no longer just all-red or all-blue Posted: 19 Aug 2012 05:56 AM PDT The "Solid South" was a political fact, benefiting Democrats for generations and then Republicans, with Bible Belt and racial politics ruling the day.

Madonna sued in Russia for supporting gays Posted: 19 Aug 2012 05:24 AM PDT Some Russian activists have sued Madonna for millions of dollars, claiming they were offended by her support for gay rights during a recent concert in St. Petersburg.

Social Security fixable; changes politically tough Posted: 19 Aug 2012 05:08 AM PDT Despite Social Security's long-term problems, the massive retirement and disability program could be preserved for generations to come with modest but politically difficult changes to benefits or taxes, or a combination of both.

Grover Norquist: George H.W. Bush 'lied' to the American people Posted: 19 Aug 2012 03:47 AM PDT Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist dismissed recent criticism of his tax pledge from former President George H.W. Bush, saying the 41st president had "lied" to the American people by raising taxes while in office. "When George Herbert Walker Bush ran for president, he...

Assange to speak from Ecuador embassy in diplomatic standoff Posted: 19 Aug 2012 03:31 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange prepared to weigh into the diplomatic standoff between Britain and Ecuador on Sunday but may stay holed up in his refuge at the Ecuadorean embassy to avoid arrest as workmen prepared a balcony for his statement. Ecuador has granted political asylum to the former computer hacker who incensed the United States and its allies by using his WikiLeaks website to leak hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic and military cables in 2010. ...

Contaminated pickles kill seven in Japan Posted: 19 Aug 2012 03:15 AM PDT Seven people, most of them elderly women, died after eating pickles contaminated with E. coli in northern Japan, officials said Sunday, in the country's deadliest mass food poisoning in 10 years.

Medicare barbs dominate White House race Posted: 19 Aug 2012 02:44 AM PDT Showing no signs of letting up, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are doubling down on claims the other would threaten seniors' golden years.

Sudan minister, 20 others killed in plane crash: TV Posted: 19 Aug 2012 01:07 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - A Sudanese minister and 20 other people were killed when the plane they were travelling in crashed, Al Arabiya reported on Sunday, citing the television channel's correspondent. The Arabic satellite channel said the plane was carrying Guidance and Endowments Minister Khalil Abdalla, but gave no further details about the incident. There was no immediate official confirmation of the report. (Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Louise Ireland)

Judge won't dismiss suit against Utah bigamy law Posted: 18 Aug 2012 11:46 PM PDT A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a polygamous family made famous by the reality TV show "Sister Wives."

15-yr.-old NJ girl accused of arson, attempt to kill family Posted: 18 Aug 2012 11:13 PM PDT Authorities say a 15-year-old New Jersey girl has been charged with arson and attempted murder, accused of setting her family's house on fire and trying to kill them.

Assange to face world's media on Sunday Posted: 18 Aug 2012 08:02 PM PDT Embattled WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to face the world's media on Sunday from the safe haven of London's Ecuadoran embassy but risks arrest if he takes even one step out of the building.

Japan nationalists land on island at heart of row with China Posted: 18 Aug 2012 07:02 PM PDT EAST CHINA SEA (Reuters) - Several Japanese nationalists landed on Sunday on a rocky island in the East China Sea at the heart of a territorial row with Beijing, a move all but certain to fan anger in China and worsen ties between Asia's two biggest economies. Tokyo and Beijing have been feuding for decades over the island chain, known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China, near potentially huge maritime gas fields. Tensions flared last week after seven of a group of 14 Chinese activists slipped past Japan's Coast Guard to land on one of the uninhabited isles and raise a Chinese ...

Report: Iraqis help Iran skirt sanctions Posted: 18 Aug 2012 06:09 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq has been helping Iran skirt economic sanctions imposed because of its nuclear program, using a network of financial institutions and oil-smuggling operations that are providing Tehran with a crucial flow of dollars, the New York Times said on Saturday. In some case, Iraqi government officials are turning a blind eye to trade with Iran, while other officials in Baghdad are directly profiting from the activities -- with several of them having close ties to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, the Times said. U.S. ...

Panetta prods Karzai on Afghan insider killings Posted: 18 Aug 2012 05:53 PM PDT Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday to discuss the rising number of "insider" attacks in which Afghan security forces have turned their guns on American and other coalition troops.

Texas mall shooting results in one dead, two injured Posted: 18 Aug 2012 05:05 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO, Tex (Reuters) - One man was killed and two wounded early Saturday in a shooting at a shopping mall in the west Texas town of Odessa, police say. Police say officers went to the Music City Mall on a report that people were refusing to leave a sports bar inside, which was then followed by reports of shots fired. Detectives say Pablo Jimenez, 23, was rushed to the hospital but died of his wounds. A 19-year-old man and a 21-year-old man were hospitalized. "This was a fight that began at the bar at closing time," said Odessa Police Lieutenant Pete Marquez. ...

Idaho evacuations ordered; Wash. residents go home Posted: 18 Aug 2012 04:17 PM PDT Thunderstorms and lightning threatened fire officials' plans to contain a large blaze in central Washington state as hundreds of Washington and California residents returned home to find out whether their homes were spared.

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