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• Team Romney trashes Obama’s Rolling Stone remark
• Centenarians battling for title of 'oldest Facebook user'
• Website crowdsourcing cure for cancer
• Ann Romney shares her $137.50 Costco shopping list
• 'Frankenstorm' threatening East Coast with high winds, rain
• NYPD busts potential cannibal cop
• Mitt Romney vows 'big change' if he's elected
• WH spokesman tries to explain Obama’s 'BS' remark
• Why 'Liking' viral Facebook links makes scammers rich
• Man battles meningitis after wife's death from the disease
• Girls who risk their lives defying the Taliban
• Could terrorists get on planes with spoofed boarding passes?
• Sarah Palin responds to ‘shuck and jive’ criticism
• Romney raises nearly $112 million in 15 days
• Did Israel just attack Iran in Sudan?
• Obama jokes Trump rivalry dates back to Kenya
• WikiLeaks releases hacked U.S. detainee rules
• Colin Powell endorses Obama for a second term
• Elizabeth Warren on her race against Brown and 2016?
• False mailers and phone calls: Efforts intensify to trick voters
• Newlyweds dance their way through six countries during honeymoon
• Antarctic ice rift growing, satellite images show
• Soundtrack to history: 1878 Edison audio unveiled
• Fighting erupts near Damascus ahead of truce deadline
• AP poll: Romney erases Obama's edge among women

Team Romney trashes Obama’s Rolling Stone remark Posted: 25 Oct 2012 01:03 PM PDT WORTHINGTON, Ohio—Mitt Romney's campaign is blasting President Barack Obama's reported remark to Rolling Stone magazine that his GOP rival is a "bullshitter." Asked for a response, Romney adviser Kevin Madden said Obama is "rattled and on the defensive." "He's running on empty and has nothing left but attacks and insults," Madden said. "It's unfortunate he [...]

Centenarians battling for title of 'oldest Facebook user' Posted: 25 Oct 2012 12:46 PM PDT Mark Zuckerberg likely never imagined this when he founded Facebook as an undergraduate in his Harvard dorm room. The website he created as a social network for college students is now the site of a brewing battle between two centenarians over who can lay claim...

Website crowdsourcing cure for cancer Posted: 25 Oct 2012 12:30 PM PDT  Acting on the idea that millions of heads are better than one, a British research firm is crowdsourcing cancer, and has just invited everyone on the Internet who has perhaps five extra minutes to spare to help it cure the potentially deadly disease. Cancer Research UK ...

Ann Romney shares her $137.50 Costco shopping list Posted: 25 Oct 2012 11:57 AM PDT When Ann Romney cooks for the Romney clan, she goes big. "I always start at Costco," Romney said on the "Rachel Ray Show" today as the audience watched pre-taped video of  her pushing an over-sized grocery cart at the bulk-goods store. Zooming around the store...

'Frankenstorm' threatening East Coast with high winds, rain Posted: 25 Oct 2012 11:41 AM PDT An unusual nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter storm that forecasters are now calling "Frankenstorm" is likely to blast most of the East Coast next week, focusing the worst of its weather mayhem around New York City and New Jersey.

NYPD busts potential cannibal cop Posted: 25 Oct 2012 11:25 AM PDT A city police officer was charged Thursday in a ghoulish plot to kidnap and torture women and then cook and eat their body parts.

Mitt Romney vows 'big change' if he's elected Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:51 AM PDT CINCINNATI, Ohio—Gov. Mitt Romney kicked off a day-long bus tour through this battleground state by repeatedly promising "big change" if he is elected in November, invoking the word no less than a dozen times at a rally here. By contrast, Romney is painting his opponent as a status-quo candidate, saying President Obama won't do enough [...]

WH spokesman tries to explain Obama’s 'BS' remark Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:35 AM PDT RICHMOND, Va -- After President Barack Obama reportedly suggested during an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine that Republican challenger Mitt Romney was "a bullshitter,"  adviser Dan Pfeiffer said his comment points to underlying "trust" issues with Romney. "What is true is that trust is a very important part of the election," Pfeiffer, who said he had [...]

Why 'Liking' viral Facebook links makes scammers rich Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:18 AM PDT Facebook users who've clicked viral links such as 'Click This if You Hate Cancer' could be in for a nasty surprise.

Man battles meningitis after wife's death from the disease Posted: 25 Oct 2012 10:01 AM PDT A Michigan man is battling meningitis after receiving tainted steroid injections with his wife, who died Sept. 30 from the same infection. George Cary, 65, and his wife Lilian, 67, had spinal injections of methylprednisolone acetate for back and neck pain in August, the Associated...

Girls who risk their lives defying the Taliban Posted: 25 Oct 2012 09:28 AM PDT Seated in front of a raft of microphones, flanked by her parents, a timid Pakistani teenage girl raises her voice to speak to a room of journalists.

Could terrorists get on planes with spoofed boarding passes? Posted: 25 Oct 2012 08:56 AM PDT Barcodes on airline boarding passes can be read by readily available barcode readers and contain information used to determine which security protocols a traveler will be subject to, security researchers have discovered.

Sarah Palin responds to ‘shuck and jive’ criticism Posted: 25 Oct 2012 07:48 AM PDT It's a phrase "many people have used, including Chris Matthews, Andrew Cuomo, and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney," she said.

Romney raises nearly $112 million in 15 days Posted: 25 Oct 2012 07:15 AM PDT The fundraising puts him on pace for a potentially record-breaking fundraising month for his campaign.

Did Israel just attack Iran in Sudan? Posted: 25 Oct 2012 07:00 AM PDT The Sudanese government is blaming Israel for an explosion at a munitions plant in Khartoum that reports say was owned by Iran.

Obama jokes Trump rivalry dates back to Kenya Posted: 25 Oct 2012 06:43 AM PDT While a Panda ticked off a Tiger on a field in San Francisco Thursday night, a circus of a different variety was playing out on national television. On "The Tonight Show," President Barack Obama laughed off Donald Trump's $5 million offer for the release of his college and passport applications, joking to Jay Leno that [...]

WikiLeaks releases hacked U.S. detainee rules Posted: 25 Oct 2012 05:53 AM PDT The site released what it it said were more than 100 U.S. Defense Department files detailing military detention policies in camps in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay.

Colin Powell endorses Obama for a second term Posted: 25 Oct 2012 05:37 AM PDT "I voted for him in 2008, and I plan to stick with him in 2012," Powell said Thursday during an interview with CBS's "This Morning."

Elizabeth Warren on her race against Brown and 2016? Posted: 25 Oct 2012 05:20 AM PDT Spinners and Winners The marquee Senate race this year is in Massachusetts, where Democrat Elizabeth Warren is challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Scott Brown. "I never thought I'd run for public office, but I feel the urgency of this moment," says Warren. "If we don't make some important changes and make them soon, this country is [...]

False mailers and phone calls: Efforts intensify to trick voters Posted: 25 Oct 2012 04:32 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In Florida, Virginia and Indiana, voters have received phone calls that wrongly told them there was no need to cast a ballot in person on Election Day because they could vote by phone. In Ohio and Wisconsin, billboards in mostly low-income and minority neighborhoods showed prisoners behind bars and warned of criminal penalties for voter fraud - an effort that voting rights groups say was designed to intimidate minority voters. ...

Newlyweds dance their way through six countries during honeymoon Posted: 25 Oct 2012 04:15 AM PDT Just because the wedding reception is over doesn't mean the dancing has to stop. Or at least that's what this happy couple thinks.

Antarctic ice rift growing, satellite images show Posted: 25 Oct 2012 03:59 AM PDT The giant fissure that was discovered last year in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier widened and lengthened in recent months, new satellite images show.

Soundtrack to history: 1878 Edison audio unveiled Posted: 25 Oct 2012 03:25 AM PDT The modern masses can now listen to what experts say is the oldest playable recording of an American voice and the first-ever capturing of a musical performance, thanks to digital advances.

Fighting erupts near Damascus ahead of truce deadline Posted: 25 Oct 2012 02:19 AM PDT President Bashar al-Assad's forces fired heavy tank and rocket barrages at a Damascus suburb on Thursday, killing five people, opposition activists said, a day before a UN-brokered ceasefire is due to come into force.

AP poll: Romney erases Obama's edge among women Posted: 25 Oct 2012 12:57 AM PDT What gender gap? Mitt Romney has erased President Obama's 16-point advantage among women, a new AP poll shows. And the president, in turn, has largely eliminated Romney's edge among men.

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