Romney calls Akin’s rape comment ‘inexcusable’
Mitt Romney called Rep. Todd Akin's suggestion that "legitimate rape" cannot make a woman pregnant "offensive" and "inexcusable." In an interview with National Review's Robert Costa, the presumptive Republican nominee joined a growing number of GOP officials calling on the congressman to "correct" his statement. "Congressman's Akin comments on rape are insulting, inexcusable and, frankly, [...]Read More ...
The view from Obama’s official cameraman
Obama brought to the White House its first ever official videographer, Arun Chaudhary.Read More ...
Director Tony Scott had inoperable brain cancer
Tony Scott, director of "Top Gun," "Days of Thunder" and "Crimson Tide," had inoperable brain cancer, a source close to him told ABC News.Read More ...
Akin’s ‘Macaca moment’ could flip Senate race
Rep. Todd Akin woke up Sunday with a 65 percent chance of unseating incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill in the upcoming Senate race. By the end of the day, however, the tables had turned.Read More ...
Augusta National admits first women members
After decades of controversy, the all-male Augusta National Golf Club has admitted its first female members, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and business executive Darla Moore.Read More ...
Calif. fire burns 7 homes, threatens thousands
Firefighters in Northern California on Monday struggled to gain control of a growing wildfire that has destroyed at least seven homes and forced thousands of rural residents to evacuate.Read More ...
Suspended death sentence for ousted Chinese leader's wife
Precisely on time and as expected, a Chinese court announced Monday that Gu Kailai, the wife of ousted party chief Bo Xilai, received a suspended death sentence for the alleged murder of a British businessman.Read More ...
Midwest drought reveals Indiana ‘ghost towns’
The severe drought scorching much of the nation's Midwest has lowered water levels so drastically that towns that were intentionally submerged decades ago are starting to surface. The historic drought has dried the Salamonie River in northeast Indiana so much that its receding banks are now revealing the remnants, bricks and foundations of Monument City, [...]
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Cuba-to-Fla. swimmer Nyad plows on after storm
Swimmer Diana Nyad was back on track and doing well Monday after a night of storms and jellyfish stings roughed up her bid for a record swim from Cuba to Florida.Read More ...
Brothers born with deadly disease; only one gets treatment
The Leclaire brothers were born with the same deadly disease -- Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Max, 10, is in a clinical trial for a new drug that has miraculously reversed some of his debilitating symptoms, but Austin, 13, has been turned away.
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Student breaks ankle on mountain, video diary goes viral
Lexi DeForest, 21, was climbing with her friend in the Vedauwoo Mountains, a popular climbing area in southeastern Wyoming, when she tumbled 8 feet down a dark trench after she tried to jump across it.Read More ...
New hover vehicle recalls 'Star Wars' speeders
A resurrected hover vehicle won't fly through dense forests as effortlessly as the "Star Wars" speeder bikes from "Return of the Jedi," but its intuitive controls could someday allow anyone to fly it without pilot training.Read More ...
Survery: And the No. 1 party school in America is ...
West Virginia University is back on top for the first time in five years, bumping off Ohio University to reclaim its title as the nation's No. 1 party school.Read More ...
Obama says Clooney friendship born in Sudan, not Hollywood
President Obama’s reelection campaign has benefited immensely from the backing of much of Hollywood’s elite, but few share a closer relationship with him than George Clooney.Read More ...
High school valedictorian denied diploma over graduation speech
An Oklahoma high school valedictorian who used the word "hell" in her graduation speech in May has yet to receive her diploma. Kaitlin Nootbaar graduated from Prague High School with a 4.0 grade point average, her father, David Nootbaar, told KFOR-TV. But school administrators told him that Kaitlin would have to submit a written apology [...]
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NASA rover zaps Mars rock with laser
A NASA rover has fired the first laser gun on Mars to take a peek inside a small Martian rock.Read More ...
Russia: Syrian rebels getting lots of Western arms
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Monday cited what it called increasing evidence that Syrian rebels were obtaining large amounts of Western-made arms, suggesting the United States and European countries are helping fuel persistent violence in the divided country. Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov's comments echoed others that appear intended to blame Western and Arab countries for the failure to end the conflict through diplomacy such as outgoing mediator Kofi Annan's peace plan. ...
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Romney TV ad repeats disputed welfare claim against Obama
For the third week in a row, Mitt Romney is out with a new television ad accusing President Barack Obama of dropping a work requirement approved under the 1996 welfare reform act.Read More ...
20 years after Ruby Ridge, there's forgiveness
When Sara Weaver saw her father Randy struck in the shoulder by a government sniper's bullet in the Idaho wilderness in August 1992, she began to sprint back to the family's cabin on a mountaintop called Ruby Ridge.Read More ...
Democrats target Paul Ryan on women's issues
President Obama's re-election team and its allies are highlighting the Wisconsin congressman's staunchly anti-abortion stance, hoping to buttress its argument that the Republican ticket is hostile to women's rights.Read More ...
Republican congressman scolded after drinking, nudity in Israel
A group of House Republicans visiting Israel as part of an official Congressional delegation last summer enjoyed a late night of drinking at the Sea of Galilee that included swimming and, in the case of one member, a little skinny dipping in the place where...
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Top US general in Afghanistan to discuss attacks
The U.S. military's top general met with American, coalition and local officials in Afghanistan on Monday to try to stop a wave of lethal attacks by Afghan soldiers and police against international forces.Read More ...
Photos: USS Constitution sails again
The USS Constitution is escorted by a tugboat in Boston Harbor as a crowd looks on from the shore in Boston, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. The USS Constitution, the U.S. Navy's oldest commissioned war ship, sailed under her own power during the event Sunday for the first time since 1997. The sail was held to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the ship's victory over HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)Read More ...
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