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• Iranian hackers target Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citi
• Photos: Endeavour takes to California skies for farewell tour
• Romney releasing 2011 tax return, paid IRS 14.1 percent
• Obama mocks Romney: ‘What kind of inside job is he talking about?’
• Hostage-taker posts to Facebook, page pulled
• Pakistani protests of anti-Muslim film turn deadly
• Man holds hostage in Pittsburgh, posts to Facebook
• Pittsburgh hostage-taker posting Facebook updates
• Shuttle Endeavour takes to California skies on farewell tour
• Herman Cain says he would have a ‘substantial lead’ over Obama
• Pakistan: 15 killed in anti-Islam film protests
• Ethics committee won't charge Calif. Rep. Waters
• Pittsburgh police: Man holds hostage in high-rise
• Rushdie talks about his new memoir and living under death warrant
• Life expectancy is shrinking for some white people
• MD Anderson Cancer Center plans 'moon shot' for cures
• Fox suggests old Obama joke photo was a foreign policy lapse
• Driver cited for harassing cyclists in viral video
• Tension between China and Japan ratchet up -- over this
• South Korea fires on North Korean fishing boats
• iPhone 5 launch draws Apple fans worldwide
• Pakistani protesters clash with police on Muslim "Day of Love"
• Nationals, Reds are first to clinch playoff spots
• iPhone 5 launch draws Apple fans across Asia
• Last U.S. surge troops leave Afghanistan

Iranian hackers target Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citi Posted: 21 Sep 2012 12:03 PM PDT Whether the hackers have been able to inflict more serious damage on computer networks or steal critical data is not yet known.

Photos: Endeavour takes to California skies for farewell tour Posted: 21 Sep 2012 11:46 AM PDT Endeavour flies by Golden Gate Bridge (Flickr photo courtesy Heather Champ)

Romney releasing 2011 tax return, paid IRS 14.1 percent Posted: 21 Sep 2012 11:28 AM PDT The move fulfills a promise Romney made earlier in the 2012 campaign. But it was unlikely to quiet Democratic criticisms.

Obama mocks Romney: ‘What kind of inside job is he talking about?’ Posted: 21 Sep 2012 11:12 AM PDT WOODBRIDGE, Va.—President Barack Obama took another shot at Mitt Romney's suggestion that 47 percent of Americans have a "victim" mentality, casting his opponent as out of touch with the country. "I don't believe we can get very far with leaders who write off half the nation as victims who will never take responsibility," Obama declared [...]

Hostage-taker posts to Facebook, page pulled Posted: 21 Sep 2012 10:39 AM PDT Facebook has shut down the profile page of a man police say took a hostage inside a downtown Pittsburgh high-rise and posted updates as authorities tried to negotiate with him.

Pakistani protests of anti-Muslim film turn deadly Posted: 21 Sep 2012 09:49 AM PDT Police fired tear gas and live ammunition at demonstrators who threw rocks and set fire to buildings. At least 17 people were killed and dozens were injured.

Man holds hostage in Pittsburgh, posts to Facebook Posted: 21 Sep 2012 09:34 AM PDT An armed man with a military background took a hostage inside an upper floor of a downtown Pittsburgh office building on Friday and posted Facebook updates saying he'd "lost everything."

Pittsburgh hostage-taker posting Facebook updates Posted: 21 Sep 2012 09:18 AM PDT A man who has taken a hostage inside a downtown Pittsburgh high-rise is posting Facebook updates as police try to negotiate the release of the man he's holding.

Shuttle Endeavour takes to California skies on farewell tour Posted: 21 Sep 2012 09:01 AM PDT Endeavour will over the state Capitol, San Francisco Bay area and several L.A. landmarks including the Santa Monica Pier, Hollywood Sign and Disneyland.

Herman Cain says he would have a ‘substantial lead’ over Obama Posted: 21 Sep 2012 08:45 AM PDT Herman Cain would have a "substantial lead" over President Barack Obama if Republicans had made him their nominee, according to Herman Cain, who spoke at the University of Florida on Thursday. From The Gainesville Sun: Cain told members of the media after the speech that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's recent "47 percent" comment was [...]

Pakistan: 15 killed in anti-Islam film protests Posted: 21 Sep 2012 08:28 AM PDT More than 160 were wounded in clashes between police and people protesting a film that denigrates Islam's Prophet Muhammad.

Ethics committee won't charge Calif. Rep. Waters Posted: 21 Sep 2012 08:12 AM PDT California Democratic congresswoman Maxine Waters will not be charged with ethics violations.

Pittsburgh police: Man holds hostage in high-rise Posted: 21 Sep 2012 07:56 AM PDT Pittsburgh's police chief says authorities are negotiating with an armed man who has taken at least one hostage in a downtown office building.

Rushdie talks about his new memoir and living under death warrant Posted: 21 Sep 2012 07:40 AM PDT Author Salman Rushdie's newest work is "Joseph Anton." It's a memoir of the nine years he spent in hiding after Iran's spiritual leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini, issued a death warrant against him in 1989, accusing Rushdie of blasphemy in his novel "The Satanic Verses." Salman Rushdie talks to Christiane Amanpour about daily life under police [...]

Life expectancy is shrinking for some white people Posted: 21 Sep 2012 07:07 AM PDT The most shocking decline was in white women without a high school diploma, who "lost five years of life between 1990 and 2008, an almost unheard of decline.

MD Anderson Cancer Center plans 'moon shot' for cures Posted: 21 Sep 2012 06:50 AM PDT New program aims to eliminate eight cancers within the next decade.

Fox suggests old Obama joke photo was a foreign policy lapse Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:29 AM PDT Arrrrgh: Fox News Channel used a joke picture of President Barack Obama sitting with a man in full buccaneer regalia to suggest Thursday that the president was more interested in meeting with a pirate than in conducting foreign policy.

Driver cited for harassing cyclists in viral video Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:23 AM PDT A Colorado man received a traffic citation after a viral YouTube video showed him tailing two cyclists in his truck on a country lane for five full minutes, constantly blowing his horn.

Tension between China and Japan ratchet up -- over this Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:50 AM PDT The dispute between China and Japan over a desolate jumble of rocky islets in the East China Sea has taken a familiar turn with Beijing deploying a fleet of paramilitary patrol ships while similar Japanese vessels steam out in response.

South Korea fires on North Korean fishing boats Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:17 AM PDT South Korea's navy fired warning shots Friday toward North Korean fishing boats that crossed a disputed maritime boundary, but the shots didn't hit the fishing boats and the vessels retreated, a South Korean official said.

iPhone 5 launch draws Apple fans worldwide Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:01 AM PDT In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops from Sydney to Paris to pick up the tech juggernaut's latest iPhone.

Pakistani protesters clash with police on Muslim "Day of Love" Posted: 21 Sep 2012 02:45 AM PDT Demonstrators clashed with police in the Pakistani city of Peshawar as anger over insults to the Prophet Mohammad boiled over despite calls from political and religious leaders across the Muslim world for peaceful protest.

Nationals, Reds are first to clinch playoff spots Posted: 21 Sep 2012 02:29 AM PDT The Cincinnati Reds and Washington Nationals became the first MLB teams to clinch playoff berths on Thursday, while the wild card races at the top of the National and American Leagues continued to heat up.

iPhone 5 launch draws Apple fans across Asia Posted: 21 Sep 2012 01:54 AM PDT In a now familiar global ritual, Apple fans jammed shops from Sydney to Tokyo to pick up the tech juggernaut's latest iPhone.

Last U.S. surge troops leave Afghanistan Posted: 21 Sep 2012 12:17 AM PDT The last of the 33,000 American surge troops sent to Afghanistan two years ago have left the battlefields of Afghanistan, a U.S. official confirmed. With the departure of the last of the surge troops, there are now 68,000 American troops in Afghanistan. Two years ago,...

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