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• Jury convicts Drew Peterson of 3rd wife's death
• NBC's Brokaw leaves hospital, in 'great health'
• Steelworker featured at DNC didn't work for Bain
• Amazon debuts new Kindle Fire tablets, Paperwhite e-reader
• Report slams BU hockey team for 'sexual entitlement' culture
• Amazon unveils bigger, cheaper Kindle Fire
• Bill Clinton's transformation from 'Barney' to math wonk
• Adviser: Don't expect big convention bounce for Obama
• Health-care system wastes $750B a year through waste, fraud
• US Airways flight returns to Philadelphia over hoax phone call
• Obama’s DNC speech assignment: Spell out his vision for a second term
• Rare turtle found after hurricane flown to Florida for treatment
• Implantable birth control known to go missing
• Jet returns to Philly over tip about explosives
• Philadelphia-to-Dallas flight returns to airport
• Kennedys, the next generation: Ted Jr. contemplates his move
• NASA's Dawn spacecraft says goodbye to giant asteroid Vesta
• Illinois boy wins $1,000, donates money to neighbor fighting leukemia
• Jet skier who killed 16-year-old in Hawaii crash to be released
• Girl found alive in car hours after French car killings
• Where was Hillary Clinton during Bill's DNC speech?
• What voters thought of Bill Clinton's DNC speech
• What voters thought of Bill Clinton's DNC speech
• Judge upholds Arizona "show-your-papers" measure in mixed ruling
• Calif. treasurer's wife arrested on drug charges

Jury convicts Drew Peterson of 3rd wife's death Posted: 06 Sep 2012 01:19 PM PDT Capping a sensational, five-year legal saga, a jury convicted the swaggering ex-Illinois police officer of murder.

NBC's Brokaw leaves hospital, in 'great health' Posted: 06 Sep 2012 01:03 PM PDT NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw has been discharged from a Charlotte, N.C., hospital and pronounced "in great health" after feeling light-headed during a TV appearance Thursday morning.

Steelworker featured at DNC didn't work for Bain Posted: 06 Sep 2012 12:46 PM PDT The DNC featured three speakers billed as "former employees of companies controlled by Bain Capital." But it turns out one of them never actually worked for a company controlled by Bain Capital.

Amazon debuts new Kindle Fire tablets, Paperwhite e-reader Posted: 06 Sep 2012 12:30 PM PDT At an event held in Santa Monica today, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos took the stage to officially debut the company's brand new Kindles. First up was the bread and butter of the Kindle namesake: the e-reader. Kindle Paperwhite Enter the … Continue reading →

Report slams BU hockey team for 'sexual entitlement' culture Posted: 06 Sep 2012 11:57 AM PDT Boston University's men's ice hockey team has come under scathing criticism for an alleged culture of "sexual entitlement" and alcohol abuse.

Amazon unveils bigger, cheaper Kindle Fire Posted: 06 Sep 2012 11:41 AM PDT Amazon.com Inc. refreshed its Kindle line of gadgets on Thursday. It updated its Kindle Fire tablet computer and announced new stand-alone e-reader models.

Bill Clinton's transformation from 'Barney' to math wonk Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:46 AM PDT Once known for "connecting"—for flirting and hugging and wantonly administering the human touch—Bill Clinton now lives to wonk out.

Adviser: Don't expect big convention bounce for Obama Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:14 AM PDT David Plouffe, the architect of Obama's 2008 campaign, says not to expect a significant post-convention bounce. "Listen, this is a very tight race," the White House adviser said.

Health-care system wastes $750B a year through waste, fraud Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:57 AM PDT The U.S. health care system squanders $750 billion a year — roughly 30 cents of every medical dollar — through unneeded care, byzantine paperwork, fraud and other waste, the influential Institute of Medicine said Thursday in a report that ties directly into the presidential campaign.

US Airways flight returns to Philadelphia over hoax phone call Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:41 AM PDT Philadelphia police say a US Airways flight to Dallas was called back to Philadelphia because of a hoax phone call.

Obama’s DNC speech assignment: Spell out his vision for a second term Posted: 06 Sep 2012 08:08 AM PDT Michelle Obama talked him up, Bill Clinton talked Republicans down, and now it's up to President Barack Obama to try to talk his way into a second term with a prime-time speech to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday.

Rare turtle found after hurricane flown to Florida for treatment Posted: 06 Sep 2012 07:51 AM PDT A rare turtle that washed ashore on the U.S. Virgin Islands during Tropical Storm Isaac and was flown to Florida for treatment at Turtle Hospital is making improvement.

Implantable birth control known to go missing Posted: 06 Sep 2012 07:40 AM PDT Implanted and embedded birth-control devices are among the latest contraceptives to hit the market. Depending on a woman's preference, the small, seemingly invisible pieces can be inserted in the uterus, or even lodged under the skin of the forearm.

Jet returns to Philly over tip about explosives Posted: 06 Sep 2012 07:19 AM PDT A US Airways flight to Dallas was called back to Philadelphia on Thursday morning and surrounded by police after law enforcement officials received an anonymous tip that liquid explosives were on board, an FBI spokesman said.

Philadelphia-to-Dallas flight returns to airport Posted: 06 Sep 2012 06:46 AM PDT A US Airways flight to Dallas has returned to Philadelphia International Airport over what airport officials say is a "law enforcement situation."

Kennedys, the next generation: Ted Jr. contemplates his move Posted: 06 Sep 2012 05:57 AM PDT For the first time since 1945, there is no Kennedy in Congress. But that may change in the near future.

NASA's Dawn spacecraft says goodbye to giant asteroid Vesta Posted: 06 Sep 2012 04:19 AM PDT NASA's Dawn probe has departed the huge asteroid Vesta, its orbital home for the past year, to begin a journey to its next destination: the dwarf planet Ceres.

Illinois boy wins $1,000, donates money to neighbor fighting leukemia Posted: 06 Sep 2012 04:02 AM PDT When Wyatt Erber won $1,000, the Illinois third-grader knew exactly what he wanted to do with the money. The 8-year-old gave his winnings to the family of his young neighbor, 2-year-old Cara Kielty, who is battling leukemia.

Jet skier who killed 16-year-old in Hawaii crash to be released Posted: 06 Sep 2012 03:46 AM PDT A 20-year-old man who crashed his jet-ski into a 16-year-old girl and killed her is set to be released from jail in Hawaii today.

Girl found alive in car hours after French car killings Posted: 06 Sep 2012 02:08 AM PDT French police have found a girl of about four years old alive inside a British-registered BMW car where they discovered three people shot dead on Wednesday.

Where was Hillary Clinton during Bill's DNC speech? Posted: 06 Sep 2012 12:46 AM PDT DILI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sipped coffee at a bean-processing plant nearly 10,000 miles away in East Timor around the time her husband delivered a speech to the Democratic convention, but she watched a recording and said it was "great". Clinton woke up and smelt the coffee in Asia's newest nation after an overnight flight from Beijing as former President Bill Clinton delivered a rousing nomination speech for President Barack Obama in Charlotte, North Carolina. ...

What voters thought of Bill Clinton's DNC speech Posted: 06 Sep 2012 12:15 AM PDT Yahoo! News asked voters to share their reactions to Bill Clinton's Democratic convention address. In their own words, here are perspectives from voters across the nation.

What voters thought of Bill Clinton's DNC speech Posted: 05 Sep 2012 11:59 PM PDT Yahoo! News asked voters to share their reactions to Bill Clinton's address at the Democratic convention. In their own words, here are perspectives from voters across the nation.

Judge upholds Arizona "show-your-papers" measure in mixed ruling Posted: 05 Sep 2012 10:37 PM PDT A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday that a controversial Arizona "show-your-papers" immigration provision that has been upheld by the Supreme Court may go into effect.

Calif. treasurer's wife arrested on drug charges Posted: 05 Sep 2012 09:31 PM PDT Nadia Lockyer, the estranged wife of state Treasurer Bill Lockyer and a former Alameda County supervisor, was charged with drug possession and child abuse after police found her with methamphetamine in an Orange County house where she was staying with her 9-year-old son, prosecutors said Wednesday.

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