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• Photos: National Geographic's best reader pics
• RNC Day Two: Ann Romney and Chris Christie's starring roles
• Families of Colo. theater victims question fundraising
• Isaac vs. Katrina: How do they compare?
• France opens inquiry into claims of Arafat poisoning
• Isaac, now a hurricane, heading for New Orleans
• Police: Md. teen brought shotgun, vodka to school
• Grammer's wife 'not proud' of how relationship began
• Obama to residents in Isaac’s path: Don’t ‘tempt fate’
• How Ann Romney learned to stop worrying and love politics
• Rare photos from the March on Washington
• Chris Christie is 'ready' for keynote at convention
• Finally something works in Washington -- baseball
• Burning-monk photographer Malcolm Browne dies
• Israeli court rejects lawsuit over American's death
• Isaac on verge of becoming a hurricane as it nears Gulf Coast
• 2 Chinese ships hit by typhoon; 5 dead, 10 missing
• SF archbishop-elect apologizes for DUI arrest
• Hurricanes hold election-year peril for candidates
• One of three tank fires extinguished at Venezuela refinery
• Autopsy for NY girl, 5, found in trash; 2 charged
• Man killed while trying to create Bigfoot sighting
• Alaska couple admits to plot to kill federal judge and others
• Renowned pianist Van Cliburn diagnosed with cancer
• Group: Teens set themselves on fire, take Tibet burnings over 50

Photos: National Geographic's best reader pics Posted: 28 Aug 2012 12:38 PM PDT

RNC Day Two: Ann Romney and Chris Christie's starring roles Posted: 28 Aug 2012 12:06 PM PDT With more than 100,000 red, white and blue balloons hanging in nets from the rafters, and Ann Romney waiting in the wings to deliver a high-stakes prime-time speech, Republicans formally opened the second day of their presidential nominating convention on Tuesday. Ann Romney's remarks aimed to introduce—or reintroduce—Mitt Romney to millions of Americans. Top Romney [...]

Families of Colo. theater victims question fundraising Posted: 28 Aug 2012 11:50 AM PDT Families of some of the 12 people killed in the Colorado theater shooting are upset with the way the millions of dollars raised since the tragedy are being distributed.

Isaac vs. Katrina: How do they compare? Posted: 28 Aug 2012 11:33 AM PDT As Hurricane Isaac bears down on the city of New Orleans, gaining strength as it churns across the warm, energizing Gulf of Mexico, it conjures memories of another storm that spiraled in its place almost exactly seven years ago: Hurricane Katrina.

France opens inquiry into claims of Arafat poisoning Posted: 28 Aug 2012 10:28 AM PDT French prosecutors have opened a murder inquiry into Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's 2004 death near Paris, following claims he may have died of polonium poisoning.

Isaac, now a hurricane, heading for New Orleans Posted: 28 Aug 2012 09:55 AM PDT Tropical Storm Isaac is now Hurricane Isaac. The slow-moving storm, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, achieved hurricane status at approximately 12:20 p.m. ET on Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said: ...RECONNAISSANCE DATA INDICATE ISAAC FINALLY ACHIEVES HURRICANE STATUS...REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH ISAAC HAVE [...]

Police: Md. teen brought shotgun, vodka to school Posted: 28 Aug 2012 09:39 AM PDT Police say a 15-year-old accused of shooting a classmate at a suburban Baltimore high school used a double-barreled shotgun that he took from his father's house and drank vodka before the shooting.

Grammer's wife 'not proud' of how relationship began Posted: 28 Aug 2012 09:23 AM PDT Kelsey Grammer's fourth wife Kayte Walsh has opened up about her role in the end of the actor's 13-year marriage to TV personality Camille Grammer, saying that she is "not proud" of the way her relationship with the actor began.

Obama to residents in Isaac’s path: Don’t ‘tempt fate’ Posted: 28 Aug 2012 09:06 AM PDT President Barack Obama warned Gulf Coast residents in Isaac's path not to "tempt fate" by ignoring government warnings—including possible calls to evacuate—as he detailed his administration's preparations for the powerful tropical storm on Tuesday. "Now is not the time to tempt fate, now is not the time to dismiss official warnings" he said in a [...]

How Ann Romney learned to stop worrying and love politics Posted: 28 Aug 2012 08:50 AM PDT TAMPA--When the three major news networks announced last week that they would not air Ann Romney's Republican National Convention Monday night speech in Tampa, Republicans started scrambling. Romney's likeable wife of 43 years needed a primetime spot, they decided, and party leaders were reportedly ready to bump the popular Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to make [...]

Rare photos from the March on Washington Posted: 28 Aug 2012 08:18 AM PDT

Chris Christie is 'ready' for keynote at convention Posted: 28 Aug 2012 07:45 AM PDT Chris Christie is set to deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Convention tonight. But he'll have one eye on Isaac, which could make landfall just before the New Jersey governor takes the podium.

Finally something works in Washington -- baseball Posted: 28 Aug 2012 06:24 AM PDT Spinners and Winners Spinners and Winners took a trip to Nationals Park this week to cover something that actually works in this town -- the first-place Washington Nationals. Politicians, journalists, Republicans, Democrats -- everyone comes together to cheer on the Nats. This is a major league baseball team that has seen some dark years, with nearly [...]

Burning-monk photographer Malcolm Browne dies Posted: 28 Aug 2012 05:34 AM PDT Malcolm W. Browne, a former Associated Press correspondent acclaimed for his trenchant reporting of the Vietnam War and a photo of a Buddhist monk's suicide by fire that shocked the Kennedy White House into a critical policy re-evaluation, has died.

Israeli court rejects lawsuit over American's death Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:45 AM PDT An Israeli court ruled Tuesday that the military was not at fault for killing a U.S. activist crushed by an army bulldozer during a 2003 demonstration, rejecting a lawsuit filed by her parents.

Isaac on verge of becoming a hurricane as it nears Gulf Coast Posted: 28 Aug 2012 03:24 AM PDT Tropical Storm Isaac is on the verge of becoming a Category 1 hurricane before it makes landfall, but forecasters say the biggest threat will be the rainfall and storm surge.

2 Chinese ships hit by typhoon; 5 dead, 10 missing Posted: 28 Aug 2012 01:31 AM PDT A powerful typhoon pounded South Korea with strong winds and heavy rain Tuesday as it churned up rough seas that smashed two fishing ships into rocks, killing at least five fishermen and forcing the coast guard to perform a daring rescue for the survivors.

SF archbishop-elect apologizes for DUI arrest Posted: 28 Aug 2012 01:15 AM PDT The Roman Catholic archbishop-elect of San Francisco has apologized for his arrest on suspicion of drunken driving, behavior that he said brought "shame" and "disgrace" on himself and the church, though legal experts said was unlikely to derail his promotion.

Hurricanes hold election-year peril for candidates Posted: 28 Aug 2012 12:10 AM PDT Politicians know every hurricane means avoiding disaster — including their own.

One of three tank fires extinguished at Venezuela refinery Posted: 27 Aug 2012 11:54 PM PDT PARAGUANA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Firefighters managed to extinguish one of three burning storage tanks at Venezuela's biggest refinery on Tuesday, President Hugo Chavez said, in line with the authorities' target to restart the facility by the end of the week. Chavez broke the news in a series of pre-dawn Tweets, saying the fire at one tank at the Amuay refinery had been put out, while the intensity of the blaze in one of the other two had fallen by 75 percent. ...

Autopsy for NY girl, 5, found in trash; 2 charged Posted: 27 Aug 2012 11:38 PM PDT Two teens charged in the death of a 5-year-old girl are facing arraignment.

Man killed while trying to create Bigfoot sighting Posted: 27 Aug 2012 09:46 PM PDT A man dressed in a military-style "ghillie" suit and apparently trying to provoke reports of a Bigfoot sighting in northwest Montana was struck by two cars and killed, authorities said.

Alaska couple admits to plot to kill federal judge and others Posted: 27 Aug 2012 09:30 PM PDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An Alaska couple pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to kill a federal judge in what prosecutors said was a revenge plot over income-tax rulings against them. Lonnie and Karen Vernon, followers of jailed Alaska militia leader Schaeffer Cox, reached a deal with prosecutors to avoid the need for a trial that had been set to begin next month. The Vernons and Cox were active in the "sovereign citizen" movement, whose adherents believe individuals are sovereign nations and federal, state and local laws do not apply to them. ...

Renowned pianist Van Cliburn diagnosed with cancer Posted: 27 Aug 2012 09:14 PM PDT Renowned classical pianist Van Cliburn has been diagnosed with advanced bone cancer and is resting comfortably at his Texas home, his publicist said Monday.

Group: Teens set themselves on fire, take Tibet burnings over 50 Posted: 27 Aug 2012 08:25 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - The number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire in protest at Chinese rule of their homeland has topped 50 after two teenagers burned to death in a southwestern corner of the country, a rights group said. The pair, one an 18-year-old monk and the other a 17-year-old former monk, died on Monday after setting themselves on fire outside the Kirti monastery in Ngaba, a heavily Tibetan part of Sichuan province, the London-based Free Tibet group said. ...

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