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• Why the new sex segregation is great for women
• Probe finds Justice Dept. at fault in Operation Fast and Furious
• Satellite spots northwestern wildfires from space
• Chick-fil-A rethinking funding for anti-gay marriage groups
• Chicago teachers' strike ends with no clear winner
• Emails detail dangerous hazing at Binghamton University
• Poll: 3 in 4 voters feel little, personal connection to Romney
• Voters say they’re worse off after four years of Obama, so why is Romney struggling?
• Genetic mixing: Will everyone eventually look like Brazilians?
• 'Recovery is for real': Home sales jump to highest level since 2010
• Tests find only Zimmerman's DNA on gun that killed Trayvon Martin
• Top Colombian drug lord captured in Venezuela
• Was Jesus married? Old papyrus mentions 'wife'
• More Americans paying off debts
• Who’s sabotaging Iran’s nukes?
• Huntsman to Romney: Call me maybe
• Space shuttle Endeavour departs Florida on final ferry flight
• Lohan charged with leaving scene of NYC accident
• Jury hears recording of chef saying he boiled wife's body
• Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend has no regrets about meeting her
• French satirical magazine publishes Mohammad cartoons
• Chicago students returning to class as teachers strike ends
• Poll: Obama job approval rising, race still tight
• U.S. activist says he was deceived over anti-Muslim film
• Panetta meets with Chinese leader-in-waiting

Why the new sex segregation is great for women Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:57 AM PDT From Yahoo' s Virginia Heffernan: Last week, I hired a babysitter, put on a dress and took a taxi to a friend's birthday party across town.

Probe finds Justice Dept. at fault in Operation Fast and Furious Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:41 AM PDT The Justice Department's internal watchdog is faulting the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that resulted in hundreds of weapons turning up at crime scenes in the U.S. and Mexico.

Satellite spots northwestern wildfires from space Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:24 AM PDT It's been a bad summer for wildfires, and even with autumn's cooler temperatures approaching, the fires still burn.

Chick-fil-A rethinking funding for anti-gay marriage groups Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:08 AM PDT A Chicago lawmaker says that Chick-fil-A is re-evaluating donations the company gives to anti-gay marriage activists and other groups with "political agendas."

Chicago teachers' strike ends with no clear winner Posted: 19 Sep 2012 10:35 AM PDT The first Chicago teachers' strike in 25 years has ended after union delegates prepared to accept a final deal offered by the city. Neither the city nor the union is coming across as the clear victor of the standoff.

Emails detail dangerous hazing at Binghamton University Posted: 19 Sep 2012 10:19 AM PDT Officials at Binghamton University are more than likely recoiling from a report published on page A1 of the New York Times on Wednesday detailing complaints stemming from last spring's hazing scandal that forced the university to temporarily halt at all of the school's fraternities and sororities. The paper published numerous emails sent to the school [...]

Poll: 3 in 4 voters feel little, personal connection to Romney Posted: 19 Sep 2012 09:46 AM PDT Obama leads Romney by 10 points on the question of whose presidency would be more beneficial to the middle class, 48 percent to 38 percent. To top things off, 44 percent think that taxes are too low on those earning over $250,000 a year—a core tenet of Obama's campaign.

Voters say they’re worse off after four years of Obama, so why is Romney struggling? Posted: 19 Sep 2012 09:29 AM PDT What gives? Two words:"Likability" and "relatability" -- areas, according to data, where Romney continues to struggle.

Genetic mixing: Will everyone eventually look like Brazilians? Posted: 19 Sep 2012 08:57 AM PDT It really happened: Six generations of inbreeding spanning the years 1800 to 1960 caused an isolated population of humans living in the hills of Kentucky to become blue-skinned.

'Recovery is for real': Home sales jump to highest level since 2010 Posted: 19 Sep 2012 08:40 AM PDT A jump in sales of previously occupied homes and further gains in home construction suggest the U.S. housing recovery is gaining momentum.

Tests find only Zimmerman's DNA on gun that killed Trayvon Martin Posted: 19 Sep 2012 08:24 AM PDT Forensic tests made public Wednesday show that George Zimmerman's was the only DNA that could be identified on the grip of the gun used to fatally shoot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Top Colombian drug lord captured in Venezuela Posted: 19 Sep 2012 08:07 AM PDT BOGOTA (Reuters) - One of Colombia's most wanted drug traffickers was captured in neighboring Venezuela on Tuesday with the help of Caracas as well as British and U.S. intelligence agencies, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said. Authorities in Colombia, one of the world's top cocaine producers, had been closing in on Daniel Barrera - known as "Crazy Barrera" - in recent weeks, arresting 36 members of his gang and seizing five tonnes of the drug and 21 aircraft. "Crazy Barrera has been perhaps the most wanted kingpin in recent times," Santos said. ...

Was Jesus married? Old papyrus mentions 'wife' Posted: 19 Sep 2012 07:51 AM PDT The fragment, with just eight lines of text on the front and six lines on the back, is from a fourth-century dialogue, written in the Coptic language, between Jesus and his disciples.

More Americans paying off debts Posted: 19 Sep 2012 07:35 AM PDT Americans owe far less money than they did five years ago before the recession, and they are paying the bills at the best rate in years.

Who’s sabotaging Iran’s nukes? Posted: 19 Sep 2012 07:18 AM PDT Tehran says power lines to two nuclear facilities were blown up. Has the West's stealth war on Iran's nukes expanded to attacks on civilian infrastructure?

Huntsman to Romney: Call me maybe Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:46 AM PDT Former Utah governor, ambassador to China, and Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman knows a thing or two about diplomacy.

Space shuttle Endeavour departs Florida on final ferry flight Posted: 19 Sep 2012 06:29 AM PDT For the last time in history, a space shuttle soared into the skies over Florida on Wednesday.

Lohan charged with leaving scene of NYC accident Posted: 19 Sep 2012 05:56 AM PDT Lindsay Lohan was arrested in New York early Wednesday on charges that she clipped a pedestrian with her car and did not stop, police said.

Jury hears recording of chef saying he boiled wife's body Posted: 19 Sep 2012 04:50 AM PDT A chef on trial for his wife's murder told sheriff's investigators that they couldn't find his wife's body because he had cooked it for four days in boiling water until little was left but her skull.

Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend has no regrets about meeting her Posted: 19 Sep 2012 04:18 AM PDT Raphaele Sollecito said he was nervous before his reunion with Amanda Knox, afraid that seeing his ex-girlfriend would bring back the nightmare of the two of them spending four years in an Italian prison, accused of murder.

French satirical magazine publishes Mohammad cartoons Posted: 19 Sep 2012 03:13 AM PDT French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday, a move criticized by the French authorities which sent riot police to protect the magazine's offices. I

Chicago students returning to class as teachers strike ends Posted: 19 Sep 2012 02:07 AM PDT Students prepared to return to class Wednesday after Chicago teachers voted to suspend their first strike in a quarter century, shutting 350,000 children out of school, disrupting the daily routines of thousands of families and making the city's schoolyards a flashpoint for union rights and public school reforms across the country.

Poll: Obama job approval rising, race still tight Posted: 19 Sep 2012 12:28 AM PDT Americans are feeling markedly better about the country's future and about Barack Obama's job performance, but the president's re-election race against Republican Mitt Romney remains a neck-and-neck proposition as Election Day creeps ever closer, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

U.S. activist says he was deceived over anti-Muslim film Posted: 18 Sep 2012 11:22 PM PDT An American Coptic Christian activist whose California TV facility was used to make an anti-Islamic film that touched off protests across the Muslim world said he was deceived by the film's producer about its inflammatory content.

Panetta meets with Chinese leader-in-waiting Posted: 18 Sep 2012 09:26 PM PDT BEIJING, China - U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta met Wednesday with Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping, who just days ago reappeared after a puzzling two-week disappearance.

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