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• Shuttle in Calif. after Tucson flyby to honor Giffords
• GOP senators take to the floor to hammer Obama's record
• Ga. couple building indoor gun range ... with a full bar
• Endeavour flies over Ariz. in honor of Gabrielle Giffords
• Leader guilty of hate crimes in Ohio Amish attacks
• Mystery man spells out heartbreak on van
• Obama 'redistribution' audio clip truncated by GOP?
• Can Romney still win? Of course -- just not the way things are going
• Mars rover has pet rock named Jake
• Calif. judge denies bid to remove anti-Islam film from YouTube
• UK's feared 'Torture Gang' boss Charlie Richardson dies at 78
• Mug shot websites: Shakedown or public service?
• Portland, where young people go to retire
• Obama leading Romney in key swing states, poll shows
• Evidence battle continues in Colorado theater shooting case
• James Cameron is finally getting over Titanic
• Letterman says he doesn’t ‘hate’ Romney, invites him to appear on ‘Late Show’
• Pawlenty quits as Romney campaign co-chair
• U.S. warns against travel to Pakistan
• Calif. park ride leaves riders stranded 4 hours
• Actress in anti-Muslim film sues to take down clip
• Report: Ambassador Stevens said he was on al-Qaeda hit list
• Prosecutors argue for access to James Holmes' notebook
• Arctic ice shrinks to all-time low; half 1980 size
• Romney to unveil more aggressive campaign schedule

Shuttle in Calif. after Tucson flyby to honor Giffords Posted: 20 Sep 2012 01:42 PM PDT Space shuttle Endeavour returned to its California roots Thursday after a wistful cross-country journey that paid homage to NASA workers and former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her astronaut husband.

GOP senators take to the floor to hammer Obama's record Posted: 20 Sep 2012 01:10 PM PDT The back-to-back Senate speeches covered a range of topics from the budget, to debt, to high unemployment and foreign policy.

Ga. couple building indoor gun range ... with a full bar Posted: 20 Sep 2012 12:53 PM PDT A Georgia couple is building a $3.5 million indoor shooting range that will feature a full bar, serving alcohol to its patrons. So, is this the start of a potentially dangerous new business model where intoxicated firearm enthusiasts will literally be shooting from the hip? Well, not exactly. WSBTV reports that Lakeside Guns Shop owner [...]

Endeavour flies over Ariz. in honor of Gabrielle Giffords Posted: 20 Sep 2012 12:19 PM PDT Space shuttle Endeavour flew over Tucson on Thursday in honor of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her astronaut husband before continuing its trek west to retirement in a Los Angeles museum.

Leader guilty of hate crimes in Ohio Amish attacks Posted: 20 Sep 2012 11:47 AM PDT The leader of an Amish breakaway group in Ohio has been found guilty of hate crimes by orchestrating the beard- and hair-cutting attacks against members of his own faith in a dispute over religious differences.

Mystery man spells out heartbreak on van Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:57 AM PDT In an age of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube videos, one man took an old-fashioned approach to making an appeal for love, spelling out his heart on the side of his van. "Linda, I'm sorry," the message, written in bright orange capital letters on the side...

Obama 'redistribution' audio clip truncated by GOP? Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:41 AM PDT The 14-year-old audio clip circulated by the Romney campaign this week to attack Obama was 'deceptively edited,' Democrats say.

Can Romney still win? Of course -- just not the way things are going Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:25 AM PDT This is not where the Romney campaign wanted to be three weeks after Tampa.

Mars rover has pet rock named Jake Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:08 AM PDT Meet Jake: He's about 10 inches tall and 16 inches wide, and, truth be told, he's not much to look at. But NASA's Curiosity Rover is getting up close and personal with Jake as it begins to explores the Red Planet.

Calif. judge denies bid to remove anti-Islam film from YouTube Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:52 AM PDT Actress Cindy Lee Garcia, who said she had received death threats after the video was posted had sought to have the film removed in a lawsuit against parent company Google and a California man linked to the film.

UK's feared 'Torture Gang' boss Charlie Richardson dies at 78 Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:34 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British gangster Charlie Richardson, one of the most feared underworld figures of 1960s London who fought a vicious turf war with the more famous Kray brothers, has died, his family said on Thursday. He was 78. A scrap metal dealer, he built a criminal empire based on fraud, protection rackets and gambling that earned a reputation for extreme violence and brutality. Known as the "Torture Gang", his associates were said to nail victims to the floor, cut off their toes with bolt cutters and give them electric shocks in a bath full of water. ...

Mug shot websites: Shakedown or public service? Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:17 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Janet LaBarba drank two glasses of wine during dinner at an upscale Dallas restaurant the night she broke up with her boyfriend. Later at a bar she ordered a beer. At home, she found herself crying as she readied for bed. She decided to go visit a friend. Driving back long past midnight, she ignored blinking traffic lights and cruised through a stop sign. She was hauled down to the police station, charged with drunk driving, and photographed. It was the second time in six months. ...

Portland, where young people go to retire Posted: 20 Sep 2012 09:01 AM PDT Portland may not be "a city where young people go to retire," but it's the place they go to be underemployed, a new study found.

Obama leading Romney in key swing states, poll shows Posted: 20 Sep 2012 08:44 AM PDT Fox News released a new poll Thursday showing that President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney in three key battleground states, topping off a week of bad-news polling for the Republican presidential nominee in toss-up states.

Evidence battle continues in Colorado theater shooting case Posted: 20 Sep 2012 08:11 AM PDT A number of witnesses are expected to take the stand in a Colorado courtroom today when lawyers continue their debate over whether a notebook suspected mass murderer James Holmes mailed to his psychiatrist is protected by doctor-patient privilege.

James Cameron is finally getting over Titanic Posted: 20 Sep 2012 07:54 AM PDT James Cameron never really had been that much of a Titanic enthusiast; he said he was just looking for a new project after such films as "Terminator" and "Aliens," when he ran across a copy of "A Night to Remember," the 1958 film about the sinking of the great ship.

Letterman says he doesn’t ‘hate’ Romney, invites him to appear on ‘Late Show’ Posted: 20 Sep 2012 07:21 AM PDT David Letterman says he doesn't hate Mitt Romney and would like to have the Republican presidential candidate on the "Late Show." "I don't hate Mitt," Letterman said on his show on Wednesday, a day after President Barack Obama appeared on the late-night talk show. "I think now more than ever he and his lovely wife, [...]

Pawlenty quits as Romney campaign co-chair Posted: 20 Sep 2012 07:04 AM PDT Tim Pawlenty quit as co-chair of Mitt Romney's presidential campaign on Thursday to become one of Wall Street's top lobbyists in Washington. Pawlenty, a former governor of Minnesota, will lead the Financial Services Roundtable. The move came with Romney's campaign struggling to find its stride with just seven weeks left before election day. Polls show [...]

U.S. warns against travel to Pakistan Posted: 20 Sep 2012 06:31 AM PDT The State Department is warning Americans to avoid non-essential travel to Pakistan as protests over an anti-Islam video grow and turn violent.

Calif. park ride leaves riders stranded 4 hours Posted: 20 Sep 2012 06:14 AM PDT When 20 people boarded the amusement park ride the WindSeeker, they expected a short thrill but instead became stranded for more than three hours and 300 feet above the ground when the ride stopped working.

Actress in anti-Muslim film sues to take down clip Posted: 20 Sep 2012 04:20 AM PDT An actress who appears in the anti-Muslim film trailer that has been blamed for causing riots in the Middle East wants a judge to order YouTube to take down the clip.

Report: Ambassador Stevens said he was on al-Qaeda hit list Posted: 20 Sep 2012 03:30 AM PDT American intelligence officials insist that the attack on the Benghazi consulate was not pre-planned, but a new CNN report says that Ambassador Chris Stevens of the mission in the months before his death.

Prosecutors argue for access to James Holmes' notebook Posted: 20 Sep 2012 03:13 AM PDT The lead police investigator is expected to take the stand Thursday as prosecutors make their case for why they should have access to a notebook sent by the Colorado shooting suspect to a university psychiatrist that purportedly contains descriptions of a violent attack.

Arctic ice shrinks to all-time low; half 1980 size Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:25 PM PDT In a critical climate indicator showing an ever warming world, the amount of ice in the Arctic Ocean shrank to an all-time low this year, obliterating old records.

Romney to unveil more aggressive campaign schedule Posted: 19 Sep 2012 11:09 PM PDT Amid slipping poll numbers and complaints from Republicans that he's not fighting hard enough for the presidency, Mitt Romney will step up the pace of his campaigning in key battleground states in coming days.

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