Romney to Univision: 'My campaign is about the 100 percent of America'
MIAMI--Still in damage control mode over his "47 percent" remark captured by a hidden camera, Mitt Romney repeatedly insisted Wednesday that he is running to represent "100 percent" of America and that he has a record of being inclusive. "My campaign is about the 100 percent of America," Romney said in a forum sponsored by [...]Read More ...
Tax penalty to hit nearly 6 million Americans who don't get insurance
Nearly 6 million Americans — significantly more than first estimated— will face a tax penalty under President Barack Obama's health overhaul for not getting insurance, congressional analysts said Wednesday. Most would be in the middle class.Read More ...
Why did Chick-fil-A choose to pull funds for gay marriage foes?
After enduring a major public-relations tsunami this summer, Chick-fil-A, the Atlanta-based sandwich shop that’s closed on Sundays, says it will end its decade-long corporate support of culture-warrior groups that oppose gay marriage.Read More ...
'Fast and Furious' probe clears Eric Holder
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Romney says he accepts being linked to Obamacare
Mitt Romney says it's a compliment to be called the grandfather of Obamacare, the health care law championed by President Barack Obama and scorned by Republicans — including Romney himself.Read More ...
Actress in anti-Muslim film sues for its removal
An actress who appears in the anti-Muslim film trailer that has sparked riots in the Middle East is suing the filmmaker for fraud and slander, and is asking a judge to order YouTube to take down the clip.Read More ...
Pepper-spraying campus police won't face charges
The University of California, Davis police officers who doused students and alumni with pepper spray during a campus protest last November won't face criminal charges, prosecutors said Wednesday.Read More ...
Libya attack was 'terrorist' strike but not planned, U.S. official says
The head of the U.S. National Counter-Terrorism Center told lawmakers on Wednesday that the deadly attack on Sept. 11 that claimed the lives of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three aides was a "terrorist" strike. But the official, Matt Olsen, said evidence so far suggests it was not planned in advance. Olsen told the Senate [...]Read More ...
Police begin enforcing controversial Arizona immigration measure
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona police on Wednesday began enforcing a controversial "show-your-papers" provision of a state law targeting illegal immigration as civil rights groups prepared to document allegations of racial profiling. Police in the border state with Mexico are now authorized to begin conducting immigration status checks of anyone they stop for any reason and suspect of being in the country illegally after a federal judge on Tuesday lifted an injunction against the provision requiring such checks. The measure, upheld by the U.S. ...Read More ...
California high speed rail segment receives federal approval
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - The initial segment of California's ambitious $68 billion high speed rail project won the approval of the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration on Wednesday, clearing the way for construction to begin in 2013. Federal authorities approved a 65-mile section of track through the state's central agricultural heartland, from Merced to Fresno, after environmental and engineering reviews were completed. ...
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Woman who disfigured painting of Christ lawyers up, wants money
A combination photo shows an undated handout photograph of the 20th-century "Ecce Homo" style fresco of Jesus Christ before restoration (left) and an undated handout photograph after restoration (right). (Reuters/Staff/HO-Centro de Estudios Borjanos/Handout) A Spanish woman who made headlines worldwide for her botched attempt to restore a 20th-century painting of Jesus Christ says she has [...]Read More ...
Amusement park riders spend hours at 300 feet
The Windseeker attraction at Southern California's Knott's Berry Farm broke down and left 20 riders who expected a three-minute thrill dangling 300 feet over the amusement park for nearly four hours.Read More ...
Colorado man awarded $7.2 million in 'popcorn lung' lawsuit
DENVER (Reuters) - A U.S. federal court jury on Wednesday awarded a Colorado man $7.2 million in damages for developing a chronic condition known as popcorn lung from a chemical used in flavoring microwave popcorn. Jurors agreed with the claims by Wayne Watson, 59, that the popcorn manufacturer and the supermarket chain that sold it were negligent by failing to warn on labels that the butter flavoring, diacetyl, was dangerous. The condition is a form of obstructive lung disease that makes it difficult for air to flow out of the lungs and is irreversible, according to WebMd. ...
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City may sue developer for removing 40 tons of trash from vacant lot
A business developer in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Point Breeze is facing legal action after voluntarily cleaning up more than 40 tons of trash from a vacant lot neighboring his local business. As the old adage goes, no good deed goes unpunished. Ori Feibush says he visited the local offices of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority [...]
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Washington man who killed two rapists gets life sentence
A Washington man who gunned down two convicted sex offenders offered little in the way of apology even as he was sentenced to life in prison without parole.Read More ...
Bank group warns of heightened risk of cyber attacks
A financial services industry group warned U.S. banks, brokerages and insurers on Wednesday to be on heightened alert for cyber attacks after Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase experienced unexplained outages on their public websites. The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, which is widely known as FS-ISAC, raised the cyber threat level to "high" from "elevated" in an advisory to members, citing "recent credible intelligence regarding the potential" for cyber attacks as its reason for the move. ...Read More ...
LSU police make arrest La. man in bomb threat
Police arrested a Baton Rouge man in the bomb threat that led to the evacuation of the LSU campus earlier this week but don't believe he is connected to threats made against three other universities recently.
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Congressman Jackson puts Washington home on market
Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who has been on a hushed medical leave for more than three months, has put his home in Washington on the market for $2.5 million to help pay for health care costs, an aide said Wednesday.
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Slain Sikh's son asks FBI to track anti-Sikh hate crimes
Harpreet Singh Saini, whose mother was one of six killed by a white supremacist in an attack on a Wisconsin Sikh temple in August, asked U.S. senators today at a subcommittee meeting to urge the FBI to track hate crimes against Sikhs motivated by religious bias. "I just had my first day of college, and [...]
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American Airlines cancels 300 flights this week
American Airlines and American Eagle say they will cancel 300 flights this week to cope with a high number of pilots reporting sick and an increase in maintenance reports filed by crews.
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