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ABC News |  | UVA Lacrosse Player Found Guilty of Murder
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:44:08 -0500
 
Bullet from Mexico Hits Mother in US
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:03:29 -0500
A mother pushing her child in a stroller in downtown El Paso was struck by an errant bullet fired during a shootout between Mexican police and car-jacking suspects just across the border in violence-ridden Ciudad Juarez, according to El Paso police officials. Forty-eight-year-old Maria Romero has been treated and released from El Paso's University Medical Center, but authorities continue to investigate the rare cross-border shooting. Her child was unharmed.
FDA Panel Recommends Diet Drug Qnexa
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:53:39 -0500
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee today recommended approval of the weight loss drug Qnexa, a treatment many hope will help millions of Americans who struggle with obesity. In voting 20 to 2 for approval, the committee said today that Qnexa’s weight loss...
Liars, Fakers vs. Real Deal SEALs
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:14:14 -0500
Today the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that will determine the constitutionality of the Stolen Valor Act, a law designed to make it illegal to wear unauthorized military medals or to imply that you have been the receipient of them.
'Amazing Race' Producer Dead in Africa
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:45:46 -0500
American television producer Jeff Rice was found dead in a hotel in Uganda and police told ABC News he died of an apparent cocaine overdose. Rice’s body was discovered in a luxury hotel in the capital city of Kampala on Friday. His assistant Katheryne Fuller was found...
Two Western Journalists Killed in Syria
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:40:02 -0500
An American and a French journalist were killed in the central Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday, the nineteenth day of intense shelling by the forces of President Bashar al-Assad bent on quashing a growing opposition.
The deaths of American Marie Colvin and Frechman Remi Ochlik were confirmed by French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe. They come less than a week after New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid died in northern Syria from an asthma attack and a day after well-known Syrian opposition Rami al-Sayed journalist died in Homs.
A Long Island native, Colvin wrote for the British Sunday Times. Like Shadid, she was considered one of the best foreign correspondents in the world, covering global conflicts for decades. Ochlik was a freelance photographer who recently won a 2012 World Press Photo prize for a photo from the Libyan revolution.
Judge: BP Liable for Penalties in Spill
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:22:13 -0500
Judge rules BP, minority partner liable for Clean Water Act civil penalties in Gulf oil spill
Foxconn and Apple Respond to ABC News' Exclusive Report
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:52:05 -0500
Foxconn, Apple, and the Fair Labor Association respond to ABC News' exclusive
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Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:52:05 -0500
Neutrino Not Faster Than Light
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:07:05 -0500
European researchers find flaw in experiment that measured faster-than-light particles
Argentine Train Crashes, Killing 49
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:49:36 -0500
Argentine train slams into busy station during morning commute, killing 49 and injuring 100s
Photos: First Lady Goes Blue for Blues
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:55:58 -0500
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, right, speaks at an event welcoming 120 middle and high school students from across the country taking part in an interactive workshop called, "At the Crossroads: A History of the Blues in America" at the White House, Feb. 21, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Rihanna, Brown Reunion Sparks Outrage
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:59:35 -0500
Psychology experts weigh in on Rihanna's collaboration with her former abuser.
Official Under Fire for Mountain Lion Kill
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:17:46 -0500
Dan Richards' kill has angered some in his state.
'Seinfeld' Actor Involved in Failed Suicide
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:26:08 -0500
Daniel von Bergen was hospitalized after a botched suicide attempt.
Shopaholic's Arrest a Wake-Up Call
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:36:16 -0500
For most people, a trip to the mall is, well, just a trip to the mall. But for Ronnie Haring, it a place full of dangerous temptations because this 38-year-old mother of two is a shopaholic.
Surgeon Gave Daughter Breast Implants
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:32:39 -0500
A California plastic surgeon is keeping it in the family by performing multiple cosmetic procedures on his own young daughters. Dr. Michael Niccole, founder of the CosmetiCare Plastic Surgery Center in Newport Beach, Calif., gave his daughter Brittani, now 22, breast implants when she was 18. Brittani...
Watch: Costa Concordia Bodies Recovered; Christians Observe Ash Wednesday
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:50:11 -0500
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LIVE Blog: Republican Debate in Arizona
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:20:44 -0500
ABC News and Yahoo News will offer live coverage and commentary of the Republican presidential debate in Mesa, Arizona, when it kicks off at 7:45 p.m. ET.
Wife Calls Boss Who Killed Husband 'Delusional'
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:23:08 -0500
The Georgia woman whose boss and alleged lover murdered her husband testified today and called her former boss "a self-proclaimed delusional individual who killed my husband." Andrea Sneiderman described herself as the victim of a "masterful manipulation" by her former boss, Hemy Neuman, who she called a "predator."
7 Surprising Early Roles of Oscar Nominees
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:37:52 -0500
The Academy Awards have their critics, of course, but being nominated for an Oscar is the pinnacle of the acting profession. The added prestige, power and salary a nomination brings make it hard to remember and imagine an actor's early roles.
But we all have to start somewhere -- usually at the bottom. Here are some of this year's nominees' early roles.
Genetics Solves Modern Mystery of Blue-Tinged Family
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:32:01 -0500
Genetics and in-breeding played a role in the Blue Fugates of Troublesome Creek in Kentucky.
Watch: Gas Prices Increasing Across the Country
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:01:42 -0500
Americans feel the impact of increased prices at the pump.
Watch: Cops Shoot BART Victim's Cousin
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:19:38 -0500
Oscar Grant's cousin, Tony Jones, 24, recuperating in Oakland, Calif., hospital.
Watch: 'The Artist' Dog Overlooked for Oscar
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:17:39 -0500
Uggie the dog's performance melted the hearts of so many moviegoers.
Photos: Jennifer Aniston Earns Star
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:35:58 -0500
Jennifer Aniston receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Photos: Valuable Comic Collection to be Auctioned
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:19:48 -0500
Multi-Million Dollar Comic Books Up for Auction
Photos: Megan Fox's Mismatched Bikini
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:19:06 -0500
Megan Fox Tries Out Mismatched Bikini
Photos: Bar Refaeli's New Underwear Ad
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:20:05 -0500
Bar Refaeli, Gisele Bundchen, Eddie Cibrian and others bare themselves in racy advertisements.
Photos: Kate Middleton's Dove Patterns
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:50:34 -0500
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, meets children as she leaves Rose Hill Primary School during a visit to Oxford. She wore a dove-patterned dresscoat designed by Orla Kiely.
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Yahoo News | | Romney and Santorum swap charges in 20th debate
(AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:31:08 GMT
AP - Primed for a fight, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum swapped accusations about spending and taxes Wednesday night in the 20th and possibly final debate of the roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Poll: Obama benefitting from improving economy
(AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:13:00 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama is reaping political benefits from the country's brighter economic mood. A new poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike are increasingly saying the nation is heading in the right direction and most independents now approve the way he's addressing the nation's post-recession period.
Shelling kills 2 Western journalists in Syria
(AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:13:10 GMT
AP - Syrian gunners pounded an opposition stronghold where the last dispatches from a veteran American-born war correspondent chronicled the suffering of civilians caught in the relentless shelling. An intense morning barrage killed her and a French photojournalist — two of 74 deaths reported Wednesday in Syria.
Newark mayor: NYPD Muslim files 'deeply offensive'
(AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:13:18 GMT
 AP - The mayor and police director of New Jersey's largest city said Wednesday the New York Police Department misled their city and never told them it was conducting a widespread spying operation on Newark's Muslim neighborhoods. Had they known, they said, they never would have allowed it.
2nd degree murder verdict in lacrosse death trial
(AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:38:19 GMT
AP - Jurors found a former University of Virginia lacrosse player guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the drunken, jealousy-fueled slaying of his ex-girlfriend, rejecting a verdict of first-degree murder and a possible life sentence.
Police: Girl forced to run 3 hours dies; 2 charged
(AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:30:37 GMT
AP - At a doublewide trailer along a dirt road in rural Alabama, authorities say 9-year-old Savannah Hardin was forced to run for three hours as punishment for having lied to her grandmother about eating candy bars. The severely dehydrated girl had a seizure and her death days later was ruled a homicide.
Teenage girl dies after inhaling helium at party
(AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:09:30 GMT
AP - Last weekend, 14-year-old Ashley Long told her parents she was going to a slumber party. But instead of spending the night watching videos and eating popcorn two blocks away, she piled into a car with a bunch of her friends and rode to a condo in Medford, Ore., where police say the big sister of one of her friends was throwing a party with booze and marijuana.
Police say love triangle led to CA murder-suicide
(AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:01:55 GMT
AP - A 73-year-old gunman entangled in a love triangle shot and killed the treasurer of a remote-controlled airplane club who police said was having an affair with the estranged wife of the attacker.
Cowell: 'X Factor' wants 2 female judges, 2 hosts
(AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:08:10 GMT
AP - Simon Cowell is playing it coy about rumors that Fergie, Britney Spears and Janet Jackson are being considered for "The X Factor."
Man's childhood comic collection fetches $3.5M
(AP)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:05:39 GMT
 AP - Billy Wright plunked down dime after dime for comic books while growing up in the late 1930s and early 1940s, caring for the collection he started around the age of 9 until his death more than half a century later. On Wednesday, most of that collection sold for a whopping $3.5 million.
Santorum at center stage in crucial Arizona debate
(Reuters)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:32:43 GMT
 Reuters - Rick Santorum finally got his chance at center stage in a debate of Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday that represented the best chance to address large numbers of voters before a pivotal period in the 2012 campaign.
Obama urges corporate tax cut, closing loopholes
(Reuters)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:04:02 GMT
 Reuters - President Barack Obama made an opening offer in what could be a long negotiation with corporate America on Wednesday, putting forward his first detailed plan to cut the corporate tax rate.
Assad forces renew barrage on Syria's Homs
(Reuters)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:01:14 GMT
Reuters - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs, reducing buildings to rubble and killing more than 80 people, including two Western journalists.
Fitch downgrades Greece on debt swap plan
(Reuters)
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:04:45 GMT
Reuters - Fitch cut Greece's long-term ratings on Wednesday to its lowest rating above a default, becoming the first ratings agency to make the widely expected downgrade after the country announced a bond exchange plan to ease its massive debt burden.
Congress members threatened with biological attack
(Reuters)
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:42:20 GMT
Reuters - Several members of the Congress received mail threatening a biological attack and containing a suspicious powder later found to be harmless as law enforcement officials warned on Wednesday that more letters could be on their way.
Judge strikes down law mandating sale of
(Reuters)
Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:32:10 GMT
Reuters - A federal judge declared on Wednesday that a Washington state rule requiring pharmacists to dispense emergency contraceptives against their religious beliefs is unconstitutional.
Home resales at 1-1/2 year-high, supply falls
(Reuters)
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:27:00 GMT
 Reuters - Home resales rose to a 1-1/2-year high in January, pushing the supply of properties on the market to the lowest level in almost seven years in a hopeful sign for the housing sector.
Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail
(Reuters)
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:25:04 GMT
 Reuters - The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West.
Could Rick Santorum super PAC do more harm than good?
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:38:14 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - One point being made repeatedly in the media of late is that super PACs are changing the usual dynamics of the presidential nominating process by allowing underdog Republican candidates to remain in the race.
Stolen Valor Act at Supreme Court: Is lying about being a hero a right?
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:28:00 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - When Xavier Alvarez stood up and introduced himself at a local water district meeting in July 2007, he had no idea he was about to commit a federal crime.
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CNN News | | Dozens killed in Argentina train crash
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:24:27 EST
At least 49 people were killed and more than 600 people injured when a train plowed into a platform at a Buenos Aires station, state media reports.
World seeks to stem Syria killing
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:31:18 EST
Thirty five people are reported killed in Syria, including two Western journalists, as world leaders try to put pressure on Bashar al-Assad's regime to halt the brutal crackdown.
Australian PM calls for leadership vote
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:42:21 EST
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will put her future in the hands of her Labor Party parliamentary colleagues next Monday, she told reporters Thursday in Adelaide.
5 dead in Afghan Quran burning protest
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:54:43 EST
Demonstrators burned tires and threw rocks outside a NATO military base in Kabul on Wednesday, as protests continued for a second day after troops burned copies of the Quran.
U.N. nuclear talks in Iran go nowhere
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:37:07 EST
Two days of talks in Iran went nowhere and the frustration of the global nuclear watchdog agency was palpable in the terse statement it issued afterward.
Chavez 'to go to Cuba' for surgery
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:57:01 EST
Speculation and messages of support surged in Venezuela Wednesday, a day after President Hugo Chavez announced he would travel to Cuba for surgery.
High stakes in U.S. Republican debate
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:11:12 EST
Twenty-seven days. That's how long it has been between the 19th and 20th Republican presidential debates.
Eight bodies found on Concordia ship
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:32:21 EST
Four more bodies were found aboard the shipwrecked Costa Concordia, Italian civil protection officials said Wednesday, more than a month after the cruise liner struck rocks off the coast of Italy.
Radio bombs probed in Bangkok blasts
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:08:54 EST
A series of blasts last week in Thailand that set off accusations between Iran and Israel involved bombs disguised as radio sets, police said Wednesday.
DSK released after French questioning
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:56:35 EST
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former chief of the International Monetary Fund, was released Wednesday from police custody in northern France after undergoing two days of questioning about an alleged prostitution ring.
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