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• Detroit murder suspect tries twice to turn himself in
• Police: NY man, 69, throws acid in daughter's face
• JW Marriott thanks Romney for bringing attention to Mormanism
• Obama: ‘I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan’
• Air show disaster in Iowa caught on tape
• Activists say 5,000 killed in Syria in August
• Man has to try twice to get arrested in Detroit
• Source: New York probing equity firms, including Bain
• Ex-Obama advisers seek health care cost control
• Pilot killed in Iowa air show crash
• GOP tries to portray Biden as governing liability
• Iran claims oil exports unaffected by sanctions
• Netanyahu urges international 'red lines' to stop Iran
• Tutu: Bush, Blair should face trial at the Hague
• Pakistani police arrest Christian girl's accuser
• Pakistan police arrest Christian girl's accuser
• 'Raindrops Keep Fallin'' songwriter Hal David dies at 91
• NY teen killed on party bus mourned
• Author Richard Bach injured in Washington plane crash
• Monster truck mishap in Oregon sends 3 to hospital
• Class reunion letter lists 'white graduates only' party
• Urban voters seek more campaign talk of gun crime
• Iran says reactor at Bushehr nuclear plant at full capacity
• Iowans greet Obama at airport with less-than-flattering banner
• Pilot whales come ashore in Florida, 17 dead

Detroit murder suspect tries twice to turn himself in Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:06 PM PDT Detroit police are investigating why a murder suspect had to turn himself twice before he was arrested. The 36-year-old man walked into a fire station two hours after he allegedly shot four people at a party early Saturday morning, police said in a statement. Two...

Police: NY man, 69, throws acid in daughter's face Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:50 AM PDT A man hurled acid in his daughter's face in a gruesome attack that sent her into a street screaming for help as her skin peeled and her clothes disintegrated, police and witnesses said.

JW Marriott thanks Romney for bringing attention to Mormanism Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:34 AM PDT BOSTON — The head of the prominent Marriott hotel chain and fellow Mormon J.W. Marriott thanked Mitt Romney today during a Mormon church service for bringing "positive attention" to the religion, which is often considered to be shrouded in mystery. "There has never been as...

Obama: ‘I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan’ Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:45 AM PDT Consider him un-unforgiven? President Barack Obama shrugged off Clinton Eastwood's memorable Republican National Convention performance in part of a USA Today interview published Sunday, declaring: "I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan." "He is a great actor, and an even better director," the president told the paper aboard Air Force One on Saturday. "I think [...]

Air show disaster in Iowa caught on tape Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:29 AM PDT A pilot was killed at an air show this weekend in Iowa after his Soviet Cold War era jet crashed into a nearby field. Three jets in tight formation rumbled over the crowd at the Quad-City Air Show in Davenport, Iowa Saturday when one of...

Activists say 5,000 killed in Syria in August Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:13 AM PDT Two Syrian activist groups say about 5,000 people were killed in Syria in August, making it the deadliest month since the uprising began more than 17 months ago.

Man has to try twice to get arrested in Detroit Posted: 02 Sep 2012 09:56 AM PDT A suspect in the shooting deaths of two men had to turn himself in twice before Detroit police arrested him.

Source: New York probing equity firms, including Bain Posted: 02 Sep 2012 09:08 AM PDT An official familiar with the probe says New York's attorney general is investigating some of the nation's largest private equity firms, including Bain Capital, founded by Republican presidential nominee ...

Ex-Obama advisers seek health care cost control Posted: 02 Sep 2012 06:08 AM PDT Some of President Barack Obama's former advisers are proposing major changes aimed at controlling health care costs as political uncertainty hovers over his health law.

Pilot killed in Iowa air show crash Posted: 02 Sep 2012 05:52 AM PDT A pilot was killed when his plane crashed during an air show in eastern Iowa, authorities said Saturday.

GOP tries to portray Biden as governing liability Posted: 02 Sep 2012 05:36 AM PDT Republicans are trying to undermine Vice President Joe Biden's effectiveness as the Obama campaign's chief surrogate and liaison to white, working-class voters and seniors, influential groups courted aggressively by both parties.

Iran claims oil exports unaffected by sanctions Posted: 02 Sep 2012 05:20 AM PDT DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's oil exports are at their normal levels and are unaffected by Western embargoes, an Iranian oil official was quoted as saying on Sunday. "We don't see anything abnormal, almost everything is progressing routinely," Mohammad Ali Khatibi Tabatabaei, director for international affairs at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), told the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA). He did not give any figures on Iran's current oil export levels. Iran's top oil customers have slashed Iranian purchases under pressure from European Union and U.S. ...

Netanyahu urges international 'red lines' to stop Iran Posted: 02 Sep 2012 05:04 AM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged world powers on Sunday to set a "clear red line" for Tehran's atomic activities and said they had failed to convince it of their resolve to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear arms. Netanyahu's remarks suggested a growing Israeli impatience with its main ally, the United States, and other countries that have been pressing him to give diplomacy and sanctions more time to work and hold off on any go-it-alone Israeli strike on Iran. ...

Tutu: Bush, Blair should face trial at the Hague Posted: 02 Sep 2012 03:26 AM PDT Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu says Tony Blair and George Bush should face prosecution at the International Criminal Court for their role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq

Pakistani police arrest Christian girl's accuser Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:16 AM PDT Pakistani police have arrested a Muslim cleric who accused a Christian girl of blasphemy on suspicion that he planted evidence, a police officer said Sunday, the latest twist in a religiously charged case that has focused attention on Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws.

Pakistan police arrest Christian girl's accuser Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:12 AM PDT Pakistani police say authorities have arrested an imam who had accused a Christian girl of blasphemy.

'Raindrops Keep Fallin'' songwriter Hal David dies at 91 Posted: 01 Sep 2012 11:56 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hal David, a lyricist who along with composer Burt Bacharach took the pop world by storm in the 1960s with hits such as "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head" and "Walk on By," died in Los Angeles on Saturday at age 91, a representative said. David died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center of complications from a stroke, said Jim Steinblatt, spokesman for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, or ASCAP. Earlier this year, David and Bacharach received the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of Congress, during a White House musical tribute. ...

NY teen killed on party bus mourned Posted: 01 Sep 2012 11:40 PM PDT A New York City school says a wake is planned for a beloved student who died in a gruesome accident aboard a bus on its way to a Sweet 16 party in New Jersey.

Author Richard Bach injured in Washington plane crash Posted: 01 Sep 2012 09:46 PM PDT Richard Bach, the author of the 1970s best-selling novella "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" among other spiritually oriented books rooted in themes of flight and self-discovery, was in serious condition Saturday after his small plane crashed in Washington state.

Monster truck mishap in Oregon sends 3 to hospital Posted: 01 Sep 2012 08:58 PM PDT Authorities in Oregon say three people have been taken to a hospital after a monster truck went into the stands at an event.

Class reunion letter lists 'white graduates only' party Posted: 01 Sep 2012 07:53 PM PDT Graduates from the St. Martinville, La., Senior High School Class of 1973 decided that after nearly 40 years, they would stop holding segregated class reunions, but a letter announcing the change included an after party for "white graduates only." Michael Kreamer, who is the principal...

Urban voters seek more campaign talk of gun crime Posted: 01 Sep 2012 07:04 PM PDT In a tough Philadelphia neighborhood where an off-duty police officer was shot to death last month, a mother is afraid to walk to the corner store with her two children. In a Chicago area where 23 people have been killed by gunfire so far this year, kids don't want to go outside. In Harlem, a 26-year-old man worries his family will get hit by crossfire.

Iran says reactor at Bushehr nuclear plant at full capacity Posted: 01 Sep 2012 06:48 PM PDT TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's sole operational nuclear power reactor has reached full capacity, a senior official said Saturday.

Iowans greet Obama at airport with less-than-flattering banner Posted: 01 Sep 2012 06:15 PM PDT SIOUX CITY, Iowa — President Obama received a less than warm welcome and a warning upon arrival at the airport here on the second stop of his Iowa visit, which was aimed at recapturing some of the magic the state gave his run to the...

Pilot whales come ashore in Florida, 17 dead Posted: 01 Sep 2012 04:54 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - Twenty-two short-finned pilot whales beached themselves along Florida's Atlantic coast on Saturday, and 17 died despite a day-long effort to save them, authorities said. Five calves and juveniles were rescued and taken to a nearby rehabilitation center, according to Carli Segelson of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. She said the others, males and females, died of natural causes or were euthanized. The creatures, which are the biggest in the dolphin family after killer whales, came ashore near Fort Pierce, on Florida's south-central Atlantic coast. The U. ...

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