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September 04, 2012

5:19 AM | Angeles National Forest Wildfire: Labor Day Visitors Turned Away From Big Blaze

GLENDORA, Calif. — A wildfire northeast of Los Angeles spoiled the Labor Day of thousands of visitors to the Angeles National Forest as firefighters bore down for what figured to be a long fight against the big blaze.Picnickers hoping to spend the day in the forest Monday ran into firefighters' road blocks instead as a large swath of the forest was closed to visitors, though the fire was moving away from inhabited areas.Read More... […]

5:15 AM | 'The Real Housewives Of New York City': Very Dirty Gossip Rocks The Vacation On 'Slutty Island' (VIDEO)

Well, "The Real Housewives of New York City" went there. More specifically, Carole went there. But that was only because someone else went there physically, and Carole simply had to talk about it.St. Barth's is turning into a wild place for the ladies of Big Apple. In last week's episode, LuAnn was caught spending a fun evening in with a younger man. This week, it was someone else's turn."I’m not gonna say who, but a sex act happened at the house that, until recently, was considered a felony […]

5:03 AM | Democratic National Convention 2012: September 4 In Charlotte (LIVE UPDATES)

The Democratic National Convention is finally here after the Republican National Convention wrapped up in Tampa, Fla. last week. Michelle Obama's Tuesday night speech will command the spotlight, while President Barack Obama won't formally accept his party's nomination at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. until Thursday. Below, a live blog of the latest developments to unfold at the Democratic convention. Read More... More on Elections 2012 […]

4:45 AM | 'Stars Earn Stripes' Finale: Did Dean Cain, Todd Palin, Picabo Street, Or Eva Torres Win? (VIDEO)

Going into Monday's two-part finale for "Stars Earn Stripes" (Mon., 9 p.m. ET on NBC), there were two men and two women left out of the eight that started in the military reality competition series. By the end of the night, only one would remain standing, and it was someone who was familiar with holding championship titles.Todd Palin was knocked out in the first hour, leaving Dean Cain to battle two female competitors for the top prize: gold medal winner Picabo Street and two-time WWE Divas […]

4:43 AM | Michelle Obama Speech To Command Spotlight At Democratic National Convention

Michelle Obama will command the spotlight at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. on Tuesday night. The first lady will deliver her speech in the 10 p.m. ET hour, according to the podium schedule released by the 2012 Democratic National Convention Committee. When she takes the stage, the president will be back in the nation's capital with their daughters."I hope they watch [my speech] at home," Michelle Obama told Entertainment Tonight in an interview on Monday. "But if there's […]

4:19 AM | Virginia Tech Edges Georgia Tech In OT: Tevin Washington INT Proves Costly As Hokies Rally

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Frank Beamer is fond of apologizing for not remembering something from the past by saying, "that was a lot of fourth quarters ago."He hasn't had many like the one No. 16 Virginia Tech put him through Monday night before beating Georgia Tech 20-17 in overtime.Read More... More on College Football […]

September 03, 2012

5:19 PM | Romney Appears AWOL On Afghanistan, As The Eastwood Doctrine Goes Unanswered - The New York Sun

What does the Republican Party or its presidential nominee think about the war in Afghanistan? Good luck figuring it out from the party's recent convention, which offered conflicting views.Read More... More on Mitt Romney […]

5:18 PM | Obama Middle-Class Ad Attacks Mitt Romney Over Bush Tax Cuts

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- President Barack Obama's campaign is running a new television ad claiming Republican Mitt Romney's policies would "hit the middle class harder."The ad says Romney wants to extend tax cuts for millionaires at the expense of middle-income earners.Read More... More on Bush Tax Cuts […]

5:11 PM | Virginia Issues Rising Number Of Concealed Carry Gun Permits To Out-Of-Staters

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia is issuing a rising number of concealed-carry gun permits to people who live in other states in a trend that may be helped along by online gun classes.The commercial courses allow applicants to seek a permit from Virginia that is valid in their state, but without having to meet tougher requirements their home states may impose, such as firing a gun with an instructor.Read More... More on Video […]

5:07 PM | Democratic National Convention Draws Record Number Of Latino Delegates

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Republican National convention gave prominent speaking spots to a number of Latino politicians, whom the party called rising stars. Democrats are unimpressed. Top Democrats made the point on Tuesday that their party has more Latinos, even if they lack the number of Latino governors the GOP has, and their role in this campaign and convention is larger than ever before. The Democratic National Convention this year boasts a record number of Latino delegates -- about 800, […]

4:53 PM | Labor Day 2012: Jobs Debate A Convention Warm-Up

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- In an overnight reversal of rhetoric, President Barack Obama's top allies insisted Monday that Americans are surely better off than four years ago despite a slow economic recovery and joblessness of 8.3 percent. Republicans countered that the president has failed on the fundamental question of this election.On Labor Day, Republican Mitt Romney said in a statement: "For far too many Americans, today is another day of worrying when their next paycheck will come."Read More... […]

4:51 PM | Swiss Painter Miriam Cahn On Her Upcoming Exhibition 'Lachen Bei Gefahr' At Badischer Kunstverein, Germany (PHOTOS, INTERVIEW)

Miriam Cahn is known to create works crawling on her hands and knees, sometimes naked and sometimes with her eyes closed. Performance and product bleed into one as the Swiss artist leaves her physical residue on her roughed up paper canvases. Since the 1970's Cahn has been creating work that both incorporates and departs from feminist ideals. Evading traditional classifications of method and material, body and mind, Cahn shifts fluidly between media and styles. Some of her practices are imbued […]

4:43 PM | Venice: 'Fill The Void' Looks At Hasidic Community

VENICE, Italy — Israeli director Rama Burshtein provides an intimate look inside the private world of Tel Aviv's Hasidic community in the film `'Fill the Void," which premiered this weekend in competition at the Venice Film Festival.A Hasidic Jew herself, Burshtein said she wanted to create a portrait of family life within the community without presenting it in conflict with the secular world.Read More... More on Video […]

4:40 PM | Chipper Jones Hits Walk-Off Home Run In 9th, Braves Beat Phillies 8-7 (VIDEO)

ATLANTA -- Chipper Jones rounded third base, took one look at his grinning teammates surrounding home plate and flung his batting helmet into the air before jumping into the welcoming party.The moment Jones said he'll savor in retirement came after a dramatic homer that can help his chances of one more postseason.Read More... More on Philadelphia Phillies […]

4:36 PM | The Undocubus: DREAM Activists Arrive In Charlotte To Make Their Voices Heard At The Democratic National Convention

By Griselda Nevarez, VOXXIFor five weeks, a stay-at-home mom of three, a construction worker, a student who aspires to attend graduate school and more than 20 others risked deportation to travel on a “undocubus” across the country — for a cause.Now they want their voices to be heard at the Democratic National Convention.Read More... More on Deferred Action […]

4:30 PM | Syria Airstrike Photos Show Destruction From Deadly Attack

By MUHAMMED MUHEISEN, Associated PressAZAZ, Syria -- There were a few scattered reminders of whose room it had been before the bombs hit – a framed picture of Barbie and another of a kitten with a pink bow still hanging on the cracked plaster wall, a doll and two teddy bears resting on a pile of rubble.The house was one of more than a dozen in the al-Harah al-Qibiliyah neighborhood in the town of Azaz, north of Aleppo, to be destroyed in an Aug. 15 airstrike. Survivors and rights groups say […]

4:28 PM | Republican Convention Has 'Minimal Impact' For Mitt Romney, Poll Suggests

WASHINGTON -- Polling tracking the impact of the Republican convention has been sparse, but on Monday the Gallup Poll weighed in with a new survey showing the convention had only a "minimal impact" on the fortunes of Republican nominee Mitt Romney.In interviews conducted over the three days since the close of the Republican convention, Gallup found roughly the same number of Americans saying the convention made them more likely to support Republican nominee Mitt Romney (40 percent) as saying it […]

4:25 PM | Electronic Recycling: Green Ways To Get Rid Of Cell Phones And Chargers

From Networx's S.E. Smith:With the death or upgrade of every cell phone comes the inevitable question of what do to with the phone and its accouterments. It’s easy to end up with a drawer of tangled cords, dead batteries, and other components, promising yourself that you’ll deal with it someday, but why not turn over a new leaf? There are a lot of things you can do with old cell phone chargers and other accessories, as well as the phones themselves.For starters, don’t throw them away. […]

4:21 PM | Secret Service Truck With Joe Biden Labor Day Supplies Stolen

DETROIT -- The Secret Service says a truck rented to carry equipment for Vice President Joe Biden's Labor Day visit to Detroit was stolen outside a downtown Detroit hotel.Agency spokesman Ed Donovan told The Detroit News that the U-Haul truck was stolen outside the Westin Book Cadillac hotel early Sunday. Donovan says the truck had equipment but no weapons.Read More... More on Joe Biden […]

4:21 PM | Money Saving Tips: Green Ways To Cut House Costs

From DealNews' Lou Carlozo:Quick: Imagine someone's hacked your bank account to steal your hard-earned cash bit by bit. They've got their grimy little hacker fingers all over your great big nest egg. And they're laughing.If you find that thought disturbing, you might wonder how we can waste money and energy everyday without seemingly an ounce of indignation. Maybe it has something to do with the invisibility of it all; so long as we don't feel the financial pain in one huge slap, it's hard to […]

4:20 PM | Dad Dancing On 'Belgum's Got Talent' Turns Gerrit Wellens Into Viral Star (VIDEO)

If you wanted to start off your week with a middle-aged financial consultant dancing on a Belgian talent show, well, have we got the video for you!The crowd goes nuts (or whatever the Belgian equivalent of nuts is) as Gerrit Wellens, 48, does an enthusiastic interpretive dance to "Sunny" by disco group Boney M. using moves he picked up from his kids.If financial consulting doesn't work out for you, looks like you can explore a career in the dad dancing arts, Gerrit. Check out the clip above -- […]

2:28 AM | Michael Jackson Death: Emails Reveal Concern Over Megastar's Stability In His Last Days

LOS ANGELES -- Promoters of Michael Jackson's planned 2009 comeback described in emails how they feared for the megastar's stability, saying he was out of shape and consumed with self-doubt.In one exchange AEG's Randy Phillips wrote his boss that Jackson was "an emotionally paralyzed mess." Phillips was writing from Jackson's London hotel suite just hours before a press conference announcing the concert run.Read More... More on Video […]

2:21 AM | Augie Angerame, Korean War Veteran Suffering From Dementia, Still Caring For His Men 60 Years On (VIDEO)

A veteran is showing just how strong the friendships created during times of war can be.According to CBS News, Augie Angerame served as a medic in an artillery unit during the Korean War. He now suffers from dementia and has lost the ability to communicate.Read More... More on Video […]

2:09 AM | The Huffington Post's Oasis: First Looks At The Democratic National Convention (PHOTOS)

In the midst of this year's Democratic National Convention you'll find The Huffington Post's Oasis: a space of tranquility for delegates to unplug and relieve stress. In partnership with Off The Mat, The Oasis will be the center of calm for convention attendees to recharge in order to perform their best at this (more than likely) stressful event. Attending the convention? We invite you to join us. The DNC Oasis is open from 7 a.m. to midnight Monday, September 3 through Thursday, September 6 […]

1:56 AM | How The Federal Case Against Joe Arpaio Unraveled

At 5 p.m. Friday, before a long holiday weekend, a brief note went out from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix, saying without explanation that the office would not file federal or state criminal charges against "current and former members of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and the Maricopa County Attorney's Office."Read More... More on Arizona Politics […]

1:39 AM | Hurricane Isaac Power Outages Remain Across Louisiana (PHOTOS)

NEW ORLEANS — Much of a finger-shaped parish southeast of New Orleans was still covered with floodwater Sunday and more than 200,000 people across Louisiana still didn't have any power, five days after Isaac ravaged the state. Thousands of evacuees remained at shelters or bunked with friends or relatives."My family is split up," said Angela Serpas, from severely flooded Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish. Serpas and her daughter were staying with her in-laws while her husband and son were […]

1:37 AM | Burning Man 2012 Attendance Stays Well Within Cap

RENO, Nev. -- A year after being placed on probation for drawing too many people, the Burning Man music and arts festival attracted crowds well within the maximum cap allowed by federal land managers.Bureau of Land Management officials say the festival's peak attendance was 52,385 on Friday, down 1.7 percent from a year ago.Read More... More on Nevada […]

1:25 AM | Pet Safety Tips: Labor Day Advice For Keeping Dogs And Cats Safe

From Vetstreet's Dr. Marty Becker:Labor Day always feels like the last hurrah of summer. Sure, many kids are already back in school and the real last day of summer is still a couple of weeks away, but in backyards and parks, on balconies and patios, grills are being readied and tables are being set. It’s time for one final summer party.I hate to be a wet blanket — or wet beach towel — but I do want to remind everyone that the Labor Day weekend is no time to ignore the hazards of summer. […]

1:25 AM | Luke Donald Twitter Rant: Golfer Issues Apology To TPC Boston Architect Gil Hanse

By Jeff Babineau, GolfweekNORTON, Mass. -- Luke Donald’s third round at the Deutsche Bank Championship ended with yet another birdieless finish at 18 – followed by a stand-up apology.Donald, the No. 2 player in the world, experienced the thunderous power of Twitter on Saturday evening. He issued a critical Tweet to his nearly 300,000 followers about the newly redesigned 18th green at TPC Boston (‘Nothing quite like hitting my best shot of the day into the last and walking off with a […]

1:00 AM | Tiger Woods Trails Louis Oosthuizen Six Strokes Heading To Monday Deutsche Bank

By Rex Hoggard, Golf ChannelNORTON, Mass. – He’s been here before. Well, sort of.Read More... More on Tiger Woods […]

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