Who is flooding campaigns with secret millions?
An infusion of millions of dollars, unlike anything we have ever seen before may now be the single biggest force in American politics.Read More ...
House gears up to repeal Obamacare (again)
Less than two weeks after the Supreme Court upheld the president’s health care reform law, the House of Representatives is set to vote to repeal the legislation again in what Democrats have decried as a political show vote.Read More ...
Parents of teen lost at sea blame Hawaii tour group
Parents of a New York teen who went missing in the waters off Hawaii blame a tour group for their son's disappearance after a wave swept him out to sea.Read More ...
Amy Senser sentenced to 41 months in hit-and-run death
Amy Senser, the wife of former Minnesota Vikings player Joe Senser, claimed to be deeply remorseful after receiving her 41-month prison sentence for killing Anousone Phanthavong in a hit-and-run accident last year.Read More ...
Egypt parliament reconvenes, defying military
Egypt's dissolved parliament convened on Tuesday in defiance of the powerful military and the judiciary, amid a legal crisis triggered by a presidential decree to reinstate the Islamist-led assembly.Read More ...
Romney on his finances: ‘There’s nothing hidden there’
Mitt Romney responded to attacks from President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies who have suggested he's hiding details about his personal finances, calling the accusations nothing more than an attempt to distract voters.Read More ...
Congo warlord jailed for 14 years in landmark case
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Delivering its first sentence, the International Criminal Court jailed Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for 14 years on Tuesday for recruiting child soldiers. The Hague-based court was set up a decade ago to punish and discourage the world's worst crimes through a system of international justice, but its critics say it has moved too slowly and failed to put its most important suspects on trial. ...Read More ...
Race for White House remains a dead heat, poll shows
The latest ABC News/Washington Post poll shows Barack Obama and Mitt Romney tied at 47 percent among registered voters at the midsummer stage, with the prospect of an epic battle ahead.Read More ...
Pa. mayor cuts city workers' pay to minimum wage
Unions representing workers in the northeastern Pennsylvania city of Scranton expect to file a federal lawsuit against the city after the mayor abruptly cut their pay to minimum wage.
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Alligator bites off swimming teen's arm in Fla.
An alligator at least 10 feet long lunged at a teenager swimming in a river and bit off the teen's right arm below the elbow, state wildlife officials said Tuesday.
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In Iowa, Obama to make pitch on tax cuts
Seeking an election-year fight over taxes, President Obama is hitting the road to press Congress to extend tax cuts for low- and middle-income earners, framing a debate with Mitt Romney over tax fairness.Read More ...
Report: Some lose homes over as little as $400
The elderly and other vulnerable homeowners are losing their homes because they owe as little as a few hundred dollars in back taxes, according to a report from a consumer group.
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Crews eye winds, heat at wildfires across West
Wind-fanned wildfires in southern Idaho are proving stubborn, but across the West as a whole, firefighters are gaining ground and keeping an eye on the weather.Read More ...
Judge dismisses Armstrong's suit to block doping charges
A federal judge has dismissed Lance Armstrong's lawsuit against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, but says the cyclist can refile it within 20 days.Read More ...
UN envoy Annan warns of possible Syria disaster
International envoy Kofi Annan is warning of a disaster if his peace plan for Syria fails but says he has received support from Iran to resolve the conflict peacefully.Read More ...
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