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FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama says an encouraging jobs report shows that the country has made too much progress to turn back to the policies that he says led the nation into an economic crisis. Obama got much-needed good news Friday following his disappointing debate performance as the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8 […]
New research shows that the sex talk is more uncomfortable for teens than parents. A new Family Circle survey asked 2,000 parents and teens about their experience with the “birds and the bees” conversation. Eighty-two percent of adolescents between the ages of 15-18 admitted that they felt anxiety when their parents sat them down […]
A new study discovers a new source of blame for making you fat, mean and poor. The study conducted by researchers at Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania found that Facebook activity lowers self-control. "Think of it as a licensing effect: You feel good about yourself so you feel a sense of entitlement," said […]
After speaking with a police officer in New Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, Jason Cantrell, a New Orleans assistant city attorney, was issued a summons on Monday afternoon. Why? Because a rolled up marijuana joint mistakenly fell out of his pocket while he was speaking with the officer. According to witnesses, one minute Cantrell was engaged in […]
Who won Wednesday night’s presidential debate? Social Media. Twitter logged in more than 11 million tweets during the 90-minute exchange between President Obama and his Republican opponent Mitt Romney. According to Google, people searched a number of terms and issues during the debates, most frequently Simpson-Bowles, Dodd-Frank, "who is winning the debate" and Big Bird. […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An Army veteran is seeking $10 million from the federal government, accusing a Veterans Administration nurse of repeatedly put ice packs on his penis after surgery, causing frostbite and gangrene and ultimately leading to the organ's partial amputation. Michael D. Nash of Louisville filed suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida can begin removing about 200 potentially ineligible voters from state rolls because they might not be U.S. citizens, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge William Zloch said Florida has a "compelling interest" to ensure that non-citizens do not cast ballots. Zloch rejected a challenge from several voting […]
DALLAS, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia teen was so malnourished he still had his baby teeth at age 18 and was so isolated that his sisters who lived in the same home had no contact with him aside from hearing his screams, detectives testified Thursday. The young man, Mitch Comer, stood 5-foot-1 and weighed 87 […]
BOSTON (AP) — A career criminal and convicted rapist whose bail was reduced after a chemist was accused of mishandling drug samples at a state lab failed to show up for a court date and is now a fugitive, authorities said Thursday. Marcus Pixley was awaiting trial in a 2011 arrest on charges of possession […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is shifting sharply to the political center as he begins to deliver a closing argument aimed at a slice of moderate, undecided voters a month before Election Day. On taxes, immigration and more, the former Massachusetts governor has toned down his heated, campaign trail rhetoric this week, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is shifting sharply to the political center as he begins to deliver a closing argument aimed at a slice of moderate, undecided voters a month before Election Day. On taxes, immigration and more, the former Massachusetts governor has toned down his heated, campaign trail rhetoric this week, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — In a marketing gimmick that piggybacks on next month's presidential election, JetBlue is offering a way for Americans to make good on threats to leave the country if "the other guy" wins. The New York airline said Wednesday that it will give away 2012 seats, or 1,006 round-trip flights, for customers […]
