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Grandmother gives birth to daughter’s baby

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:58 PM PDT

Not to be confused with the popular iPhone app, but a Chicago woman became an "instagram" of sorts when she gave birth to her own daughter's baby. Cindy Reutzel, 53, gave birth to a healthy baby girl who was conceived using a fertilized egg from her own daughter, Emily Jordan. Reutzel offered to carry her [...]

Border Patrol halts free flights back to Mexico for illegal immigrants

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 12:08 PM PDT

Antonio Perez joins dozens of immigrants, many of them Mexican citizens, as they gather in sleeping quarters at a well known immigrant shelter, as many are making tough decisions on whether to try their luck at trying to make it to the United States, by illegally crossing the border, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in Nogales, Mexico. The U.S. government has halted flights home for Mexicans caught entering the country illegally in the deadly summer heat of Arizona's deserts, a money-saving move that ends a seven-year experiment that cost taxpayers nearly $100 million.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)The U.S. government has halted flights home for Mexicans caught entering the country illegally, a move that ends a seven-year experiment that cost taxpayers nearly $100 million.

Syrian Army defectors say many soldiers 'forced to fight'

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 11:52 AM PDT

Syrian army soldiers hold the Syrian revolution flags as they stand in front their armored personnel carrier shortly after they defected and joined the rebels at Khaldiyeh neighborhood, in Homs province, central Syria, Saturday May 12, 2012. Syria's uprising started in March 2011 with mostly peaceful protests inspired by successful revolts elsewhere calling for political reform. The Syrian government responded with a brutal crackdown, prompting many in the opposition to take up arms to defend themselves and attack government troops. (AP Photo/Fadi Zaidan)In the months before Mohammad Qadri defected from the Syrian Army to the rebels, he got news from his family that a government jet had bombed his house.

At ground zero, can there be a politics-free 9/11?

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 11:35 AM PDT

Roses and a U.S. flag are laid amid the names of the First Responders along the South Pool of the 9/11 Memorial in New YorkThe 911 anniversary ceremony at ground zero has been stripped of politicians this year. But can it ever be stripped of politics?

'Culinary diplomats' winning hearts and minds with food

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 11:19 AM PDT

When it comes to diplomacy, food matters. That's the message Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wants to send by championing the State Department's global chef program. Launched Friday in a reception with expertly prepared American cuisine, The Diplomatic Culinary Program showcases 80 of America's top...

Reynolds, Lively join list of secret celeb weddings

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 11:03 AM PDT

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds appear to be the latest stars to pull off a private marriage without the prying eyes of the paparazzi.

Chef opens 'pop-down' restaurant in limestone mine

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 10:46 AM PDT

Customers having dinner at Muru Pop Down -restaurant at Tytyri mine in Lohja, Finland on Monday Sept. 10 2012. The award-winning chef, Niklas Ekblom, is opening a new restaurant in Finland that turns the idea of An award-winning chef is opening a new restaurant in Finland that turns the idea of "pop-up" eateries upside-down: it's located 80 meters (260 feet) underground.

Why Elizabeth Warren wants to repeal part of Obamacare

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 10:29 AM PDT

Elizabeth Warren, candidate for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts, addresses the second session of the Democratic National Convention in CharlotteSenate candidate Elizabeth Warren is a superstar within the Democratic Party and a lightning rod for GOP anger over tax fairness. But there is one tax that Warren doesn't like and it's part of Obamacare.

Memos show U.S. hushed up Soviet masscre at Katyn

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 10:13 AM PDT

FILE - In this May 1943 file photo, a group of American and British POWs being held by the Germans, including Lt. Col. John H. Van Vliet Jr. and Capt. Donald B. Stewart, look over a mass grave where murdered Polish officers are buried, near Smolensk, Russia. The Soviet secret police killed the Poles in 1940, hoping to eliminate an elite that would have resisted Soviet control of Poland. Van Vliet and Stewart were among a group of British and American prisoners forced to see the horrifying site by the Germans, who wanted word to get out to the world of the Soviet atrocity. Newly declassified documents being opened to the public on Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, by the U.S. National Archives show that Van Vliet and Stewart sent coded messages to Washington after their visit saying they believed the German account of Soviet guilt. It is credible evidence that Washington had relatively early on, but of which it still chose to ignore in order not to jeopardize the alliance with Joseph Stalin. (AP Photo/File)American POWs sent secret messages to Washington with news of a Soviet atrocity: In 1943, they saw corpses in an advanced state of decay in the Katyn forest, on the western edge of Russia.

Afghan Taliban threaten to kidnap and kill Prince Harry

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 09:56 AM PDT

Britain's Prince Harry climbs up to examine the cockpit of an Apache helicopter at Camp Bastion in AfghanistanKABUL (Reuters) - The Afghan Taliban said on Monday they were doing everything in their power to try to kidnap or kill Britain's Prince Harry, who arrived in Afghanistan last week to fly attack helicopters. Queen Elizabeth's grandson is in Afghanistan on a four-month tour, based in Camp Bastion in the volatile Helmand province, where he will be on the front line in the NATO-led war against Taliban insurgents. "We are using all our strength to get rid of him, either by killing or kidnapping," Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, told Reuters by phone from an undisclosed location. ...

School's out: Chicago teachers go on strike

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 09:40 AM PDT

Chyra Southward looks back while walking with supporters of Chicago teachers during a march in advance of a possible strike in ChicagoFor the first time in a quarter of a century, Chicago teachers went on strike today after last-ditch negotiations failed to produce a new labor agreement

Despite pleas, missing S.C. boy falls by wayside

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 09:07 AM PDT

In this Nov. 25, 2011 photo provided by the Columbia S.C., Police Dept., 18-month-old Amir Jennings is shown near Columbia, S.C. Amir disappeared on December 2011 while in custody of his mother. Amir's mother, Zinah Jennings, has been on trial on a charge related to his dissapearance. (AP Photo/Columbia S.C., Police Dept.)Despite detectives' pleas to the media, the disappearance of an 18-month-old boy with the wide smile has yet to grab the widespread attention of other missing children's cases.

Strategist: Obama’s convention bounce is a ‘sugar high’

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 08:50 AM PDT

Obama says he'll work with GOP on debt, with conditions"Don't get worked up about the latest polling," Neil Newhouse, Mitt Romney's pollster, wrote in a memo distributed to reporters Monday.

9/11 memorial offers quiet in N.Y.C., designer says

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 08:15 AM PDT

Michael Arad, 9/11 Memorial DesignerMichael Arad, the architect behind the 9-11 memorial that opened a year ago this week, wanted to create a space for quiet reflection over those who died in the attacks in the midst of the chaos of New York City

Each GM Volt costs the company $49,000

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 07:57 AM PDT

A 2012 Chevy Volt electric car is seen at the AltCar Expo in Santa MonicaGeneral Motors Co sold a record number of Chevrolet Volt sedans in August — but that probably isn't a good thing for the automaker's bottom line.

School's out in Chicago as teachers strike, parents scramble

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 07:40 AM PDT

Chyra Southward looks back while walking with supporters of Chicago teachers during a march in advance of a possible strike in ChicagoCHICAGO (Reuters) - School was out in Chicago on Monday and parents scrambled for child care after public school teachers staged the first strike in a quarter century over reforms sought by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and endorsed by President Barack Obama's administration. Some 29,000 teachers and support staff in the nation's third-largest school district were involved, leaving parents of 350,000 students between kindergarten and high school age to find alternative supervision. ...

Home from 'Hoarding' show quarantined for hantavirus

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 07:24 AM PDT

A woman cleaning out a Texas home for a future episode of TLC's "Hoarding: Buried Alive" developed a respiratory disease that county officials believe has been caused by hantavirus.

Escaped pet monkey terrifies Fla. neighborhood

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 06:35 AM PDT

Chaos erupted in Sanford, Fla., when a pet monkey broke loose from his cage and began roaming the streets.

Joe Biden cozies up with female biker

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 05:45 AM PDT

Joe Biden Cozies Up With Female BikerVice President Joe Biden cozied up with a female biker during a stop today at Cruisers Diner.

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds marry

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 05:29 AM PDT

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds at Warner Bros. premiere of 'Green Lantern' at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Calif. on June 15, 2011 -- Getty ImagesAfter less than one year of dating, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are now husband and wife.Blake and Ryan - who were first rumored to be dating in October 2011 after co-starring in "The Green Lantern" - reportedly tied the knot at Boone Hall Plantation in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

How you and your smartphone are changing politics

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 05:13 AM PDT

How You and Your Smartphone are Changing PoliticsTelevision declines and the Internet rules in the redrawn political landscape.

Surprising methods heal wounded troops

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 04:40 AM PDT

In this Monday, July 2, 2012 photo Cathryn Sundback, director of the tissue engineering lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, holds a laboratory rat implanted with a human-scaled ear made from sheep cells at the lab in Boston. The same lab also has created ears from human cells and hopes to start implanting them in patients in about a year. With ears destined for patients - they would just be grown in a lab dish until they're ready to implant. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Around the country, the most advanced medical tools that exist are now being deployed to help America's newest veterans and wounded troops.

Caribbean coral reefs near total collapse, report says

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 04:24 AM PDT

"Caribbean coral reefs–which make up one of the world's most colorful, vivid and productive ecosystems—are on the verge of collapse, with less than 10% of the reef area showing live coral cover," reports The Guardian.

Paul Ryan challenged over vote for budget deal

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 04:08 AM PDT

Paul Ryan Challenged Over Vote for Budget DealMitt Romney, said it was a "big mistake" for Republicans, like Ryan, to agree to the deal in a different interview that aired today on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Tropical storm takes aim at Newfoundland

Posted: 10 Sep 2012 02:48 AM PDT

This NOAA satellite image taken Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows Tropical Storm Leslie about 180 miles southeast of Bermuda moving north at 8 mph. Max winds are currently at 65 mph and Leslie is forecast to become a hurricane by tonight. Hurricane Michael in the central Atlantic and has max winds of 100 mph. The hurricane is moving north-northwest at 6 mph. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)Tropical Storm Leslie headed on a northward track toward Canada's Newfoundland early Monday, after its outer bands buffeted Bermuda with a day of gusty winds and rain that caused little damage.
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