Romney: GOP's not 'party of the rich,' but 'of those who want to be rich'
JACKSON, Miss. — At a fundraiser at a country club in Mississippi this evening that was expected to raise a record-breaking $1.7 million, Mitt Romney defended the Republican Party against its reputation as the “party of the rich” explaining that really, it is a party...Read More ...
Report: Obama needs better than 2004 black turnout
One of the country's oldest civil rights groups says President Barack Obama may have a tougher time winning at least three battleground states in November should black voter turnout fall at least 5 percentage points below the record levels that helped to put him in the White House.Read More ...
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Hindu devotees offer prayers at the Pashupatinath temple as they take part in the "Bol Bom" (or Say Shiva) pilgrimage in Kathmandu July 16, 2012. The faithful, chanting the name of Lord Shiva, run some 15 km (9 miles) barefooted to Pashupatinath temple seeking good health, wealth and happiness. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)Read More ...
'Buy America' popular with red and blue
While President Obama and Mitt Romney bicker over whose policies will send more jobs overseas, there is one side of the job creation coin that both candidates agree on: that the government should do its darndest to keep manufacturing jobs in America. Unlike many of...Read More ...
Australian tycoon: Titanic II to have 'safety deck'
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer on Tuesday said his modern-day version of the Titanic will retain the first, second and third-class divisions of the original and include a new "safety" deck.Read More ...
U.S.-Canada bridge reopens after bomb threat
(Reuters) - The Ambassador Bridge, a busy international border crossing linking Windsor, Ontario, with Detroit, was closed for five hours on Monday following a bomb threat. But investigators using bomb-sniffing dogs found nothing suspicious and the span reopened to traffic early Tuesday morning, authorities on both sides of the border said. "No bomb or device was detected on the bridge," Detroit's emergency management agency said in a statement. It called the incident "closed. ...Read More ...
Needles found in sandwiches on 4 Delta flights
Delta Air Lines Inc. and the FBI are trying to figure out how needles got into turkey sandwiches served aboard four flights from Amsterdam. One passenger was injured.
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Hillary Clinton calls Romney ads featuring her a ‘waste of money’
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mitt Romney is wasting his money running ads using footage of her scolding her former rival Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign. In an interview with CNN's Elise Labott, Clinton says she hasn't personally seen Romney ads but predicts they'll have little impact on voters ahead of November's election. [...]Read More ...
Senate Republicans block campaign disclosure bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans blocked a bid by Democrats on Monday to require political fundraising groups to reveal their anonymous contributors who are fueling negative television advertisements ahead of the November election. By a 51-44 party line vote, supporters of the Disclose Act of 2012 fell short of the 60 votes needed to clear a Republican procedural hurdle. But Democrats promised to debate the bill late into the night and seek another vote on Tuesday, hoping to paint Republicans as thwarting transparency. ...
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In new abortion battle, Planned Parenthood sues Arizona
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood sued the state of Arizona on Monday in an effort to overturn a law that blocks funding for its health clinics because the organization also performs abortions. The law, signed by Governor Jan Brewer in May, is part of a national campaign against Planned Parenthood orchestrated by conservative Republican lawmakers who oppose abortions. In the past two years, 13 states have taken steps to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood, and the organization has filed lawsuits in six of them, including Arizona. ...Read More ...
Watchdog: Efforts to tackle Somali piracy pay off
LONDON (Reuters) - Tougher action by international navies and the use of private armed guards on ships have more than halved the number of Somali pirate attacks, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Monday. Last year, Somali piracy in the busy shipping lanes of the Gulf of Aden and the northwestern Indian Ocean netted $160 million, and cost the world economy some $7 billion, according to the American One Earth Future foundation. ...
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Dems threaten 'fiscal cliff' in tax-cut debate
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Monday announced that Democrats are willing to allow a slew of tax cuts and spending provisions to expire if Republicans refuse to raise taxes on the wealthy, potentially inching the country off a "fiscal cliff." "If we can't get a good deal, a balanced deal, that calls on the wealthy [...]Read More ...
Paterno family plans own investigation after Freeh report
The family of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno announced today that it plans to conduct its own investigation into the report that concluded that Paterno and other top Penn State officials worked to conceal Jerry Sandusky's long-running alleged sexual abuse to protect the school from negative attention.Read More ...
Zimmerman defense team responds to molestation claims
A family friend of George Zimmerman told investigators he sexually molested her on and off for nearly a decade, newly released audio tapes in the Trayvon Martin shooting case reveal. "He would reach under the blankets and try to do things," the woman—identified as Witness 9—told investigators. Zimmerman's defense team [...]Read More ...
Pentagon sends carrier to the Middle East early
The Pentagon is sending the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis to sea four months ahead of schedule to ensure that there are at least two carriers in the Middle East. The U.S. Navy has had two carriers operating in the Middle East for quite...Read More ...
Deep Purple co-founder Lord dies at age 71
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GOP turns on Roberts, Supreme Court after health care ruling
Republicans have a much lower opinion of Chief Justice John Roberts and the Supreme Court in general following the court's June 28 decision that upheld President Barack Obama's health care reform law. Only 27 percent of Republicans surveyed by Gallup last week said they had a favorable opinion of Roberts, down from 67 percent after [...]Read More ...
2 Americans kidnapped in Egypt's Sinai are freed
Two American tourists and their Egyptian guide who were abducted by a Bedouin in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula last week were released unharmed on Monday after negotiations with security officials and tribal leaders.Read More ...
GOP super PAC receives big donation from casino mogul
Young Guns Action Fund, a super PAC established to elect Republicans to the House of Representatives, received a $5 million donation from casino magnate Sheldon Adelson in April, federal disclosure records show. The super PAC, which last week announced a partnership with a group co-founded by George P. Bush (nephew of former President George W. [...]Read More ...
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