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• Loughner pleads guilty to Ariz. shooting
• Mother selling letter from Obama to help son start new life
• Political confessions: A mistake to admit mistakes?
• Temple gunman was on feds’ radar, warned friend of ‘racial holy war’
• Taliban welcomes Afghan who shot U.S. soldiers as a hero
• Ann Romney’s horse won’t win an Olympic medal
• Mystery: Man found with fake IDs, Boy Scout uniforms, NASA flight suit
• Composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68 in Los Angeles
• Girl, 6, found clinging to dead body in NY lake
• Monsoon rains swamp Philippine capital, markets shut
• Romney tax plan is 'Robin Hood in reverse': Obama
• Seven Cameroon athletes go missing
• Seven Cameroon athletes go missing
• Gunman at Sikh temple wanted other white supremacists to act
• Russian prosecutor demands jail for punk protest
• Three conservatives face off in GOP Senate primary in Missouri
• Bank accused of laundering $250 billion for Iran
• Accused Tucson gunman due in court, expected to plead guilty
• Calif. woman tries to steal newborn in tote bag
• Renowned art critic Robert Hughes dead at 74
• Actor Michael Clarke Duncan remains hospitalized
• Holmes' psychiatrist contacted university police before shooting
• Chris Christie illustrates worth of VP role with Biden joke
• Son of man accused of faking his death arrested
• Bank may lose NY license over ties to Iran

Loughner pleads guilty to Ariz. shooting Posted: 07 Aug 2012 01:18 PM PDT Jared Lee Loughner pleaded guilty Tuesday to going on a shooting rampage that left six people dead and wounded his intended target, then-Congresswoman Gabriele Giffords, and 12 others. The plea spares him the death penalty.

Mother selling letter from Obama to help son start new life Posted: 07 Aug 2012 10:57 AM PDT A Pennsylvania mother is parting with a prized note penned by the president to help her son start a new life. Cynthia Arnold wrote to Barack Obama in January of 2009 after a call from her son, Matthew, who was then a private in the Army as he was filling out required paperwork, NBCNews.com reported. [...]

Political confessions: A mistake to admit mistakes? Posted: 07 Aug 2012 10:19 AM PDT Suppose the incumbent is facing an unhappy electorate. The change he'd promised four years ago hasn't materialized, and the hope he'd stirred has curdled. Suppose the incumbent's top campaign aides are convinced he needs to acknowledge that all has not gone well. What does he do?

Temple gunman was on feds’ radar, warned friend of ‘racial holy war’ Posted: 07 Aug 2012 08:57 AM PDT Wade Michael Page, the suspected gunman in Sunday's shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., was eyed by federal investigators "more than once" because of ties to white supremacist and extremist groups, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Taliban welcomes Afghan who shot U.S. soldiers as a hero Posted: 07 Aug 2012 08:25 AM PDT "I opened fire on three Americans who were sitting together," the man explains calmly in the video. "The reason I killed them is because they have occupied our country."

Ann Romney’s horse won’t win an Olympic medal Posted: 07 Aug 2012 07:52 AM PDT Ann Romney's horse Rafalca won't win a medal in the dressage competition at London's Olympic games. But Romney, the wife of GOP candidate Mitt Romney, still praised her horse's "fabulous" performance. "It was wonderful," Romney told the Associated Press's Nicole Winfield after watching her horse compete Tuesday in London. "She was elegant and consistent again. [...]

Mystery: Man found with fake IDs, Boy Scout uniforms, NASA flight suit Posted: 07 Aug 2012 07:36 AM PDT Police in Florida are asking for the public's help in the unusual case of Roy Antigua, a 52-year-old man who was found in possession of a cache of fake IDs—including CIA, Coast Guard and hospital badges—medical paraphernalia and a NASA flight suit and space helmet. "In 20 years, I've never seen anything this elaborate," New [...]

Composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68 in Los Angeles Posted: 07 Aug 2012 06:47 AM PDT Marvin Hamlisch, who composed the scores for dozens of movies including "The Sting" and won a Tony for "A Chorus Line," has died in Los Angeles at 68.

Girl, 6, found clinging to dead body in NY lake Posted: 07 Aug 2012 06:30 AM PDT Police say a 6-year-old girl was pulled to safety after boaters spotted her clinging to a corpse in an upstate New York lake.

Monsoon rains swamp Philippine capital, markets shut Posted: 07 Aug 2012 06:14 AM PDT MANILA (Reuters) - Deadly torrential rains submerged much of the Philippine capital and surrounding areas on Tuesday, forcing nearly 270,000 people to flee their homes with more flooding expected in the north of the country as a tropical storm passes through the region, officials said. Steady rains for the past 10 days, killing more than 50 people, are set to continue until Wednesday, the Philippines weather bureau said, fuelled by tropical storm "Haikui" in the Philippine Sea northeast of Taiwan. ...

Romney tax plan is 'Robin Hood in reverse': Obama Posted: 07 Aug 2012 05:26 AM PDT Adding a new attack line to his campaign arsenal, President Barack Obama derided Republican rival Mitt Romney's tax plan on Monday as Robin Hood in reverse - "Romney Hood " - saying it essentially would rob ordinary Americans to help the rich.

Seven Cameroon athletes go missing Posted: 07 Aug 2012 04:53 AM PDT The seven - five boxers, a swimmer and a soccer player - are suspected of having left to stay in Europe for economic reasons.

Seven Cameroon athletes go missing Posted: 07 Aug 2012 04:37 AM PDT The seven - five boxers, a swimmer and a soccer player - are suspected of having left to stay in Europe for economic reasons.

Gunman at Sikh temple wanted other white supremacists to act Posted: 07 Aug 2012 04:21 AM PDT Wade Michael Page played in white supremacist heavy metal bands and posted frequent comments on Internet forums for skinheads, repeatedly exhorting members to act more decisively to support their cause.

Russian prosecutor demands jail for punk protest Posted: 07 Aug 2012 04:04 AM PDT A state prosecutor demanded a three-year jail sentence for three women from the punk band who stormed the altar of Moscow's main cathedral and sang a "punk prayer" denouncing Vladimir Putin's close links to the Russian Orthodox Church.

Three conservatives face off in GOP Senate primary in Missouri Posted: 07 Aug 2012 03:17 AM PDT It's decision time for wealthy businessman John Brunner, Rep. Todd Akin and former state treasurer Sarah Steelman as the three Republicans face off in Missouri's U.S. Senate primary.

Bank accused of laundering $250 billion for Iran Posted: 07 Aug 2012 03:01 AM PDT A British bank schemed with the Iranian government to launder $250 billion from 2001 to 2007, leaving the United States' financial system "vulnerable to terrorists," New York's financial regulator charged.

Accused Tucson gunman due in court, expected to plead guilty Posted: 07 Aug 2012 12:19 AM PDT A 23-year-old college dropout accused of killing six people and wounding 13 others, including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was expected to plead guilty on Tuesday if a judge finds him mentally competent.

Calif. woman tries to steal newborn in tote bag Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:14 PM PDT A woman disguised in scrubs was caught trying to steal a newborn girl from a Southern California hospital in a tote bag after sensors attached to the baby alerted employees, Garden Grove police said.

Renowned art critic Robert Hughes dead at 74 Posted: 06 Aug 2012 10:10 PM PDT Renowned Australian art critic and historian Robert Hughes has died after a long illness. He was 74.

Actor Michael Clarke Duncan remains hospitalized Posted: 06 Aug 2012 09:54 PM PDT "The Green Mile" star Michael Clarke Duncan remains hospitalized in Los Angeles more than three weeks after suffering a heart attack.

Holmes' psychiatrist contacted university police before shooting Posted: 06 Aug 2012 08:02 PM PDT Contacted University of Colo. Officer With Concerns About Patient's Behavior

Chris Christie illustrates worth of VP role with Biden joke Posted: 06 Aug 2012 07:13 PM PDT With speculation resuming about just who will be Mitt Romney's running mate, one potential veep pick says it doesn't really matter. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told reporters today it's a battle between the top of the two tickets. "In the end nobody votes for...

Son of man accused of faking his death arrested Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:53 PM PDT Jonathan Roth Was Arrested in Connection to His Father's Alleged Disappearance

Bank may lose NY license over ties to Iran Posted: 06 Aug 2012 05:21 PM PDT In a rare move, New York's top bank regulator threatened to strip the state banking license of Standard Chartered Plc, saying it was a "rogue institution" that hid $250 billion in transactions tied to Iran, in violation of U.S. law. ...

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