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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman has raised $20,000 from donations in the 24 hours since a judge set his bond at $1 million. Zimmerman's attorney said Friday he is working toward Zimmerman's release from a Florida jail by securing funds that can be used for bail. A judge granted Zimmerman bond Thursday for a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added only 80,000 jobs in June, a third straight month of weak hiring that shows the economy is still struggling three years after the recession ended. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.2 percent, the Labor Department said Friday. The economy added an average of just 75,000 jobs a month […]
ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — A new mother has been charged with smoking the powerful synthetic stimulant known as bath salts two days after she gave birth, while still in the maternity ward of a central Pennsylvania hospital. Online court records don't list an attorney for 31-year-old Carla Murphy, of Altoona, who is charged with aggravated […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Mid-Atlantic region is struggling to get back to normal after deadly, power-cutting storms and sweltering heat. And the death toll blamed on storms and the ensuing blackout across the eastern U.S. is now at 26 after two accidents in Virginia. Utility and municipal crews worked through the July 4 holiday to […]
WOLFEBORO, N.H. (AP) — Mitt Romney's wife has disclosed a tantalizing detail about her husband's intensely secret vice presidential search: He's considering choosing a woman. "We've been looking at that, and I love that option as well," Ann Romney told CBS News in an interview broadcast Thursday. She added: "There's a lot of people that […]
Florida Republican Congressman Allen West may be facing reelection in a newly drawn – albeit Republican-friendly – district, but it hasn’t slowed his use of loaded language to emphasize to voters, old and new, that he is not supportive of President Obama just because they both are black. At a campaign event in West Palm […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is marking the Fourth of July by thanking service members and their families, who he said "represent what is best in America." The president, accompanied by first lady Michelle Obama, hosted a barbecue and concert Wednesday for the families on the White House South Lawn. Obama saluted "this generation […]
A new study surveying 1,500 women found that they post unflattering photos of friends on Facebook on purpose. The research conducted by MyMemory revealed that 25-percent of female users admitted that they post and tag ugly photos of their friends. The findings also showed that 75-percent of these victimized friends are likely to “un-tag” themselves […]
A new study reveals that women are more likely to cheat with more partners than men. The study conducted by the UK Adultery Survey found that women who cheat have an average of 2.3 lovers while men who cheat average 1.8 lovers. Researchers also found that men are more likely to consider cheating six years […]
Researchers at Northwestern University believe they have found a way to cure skin diseases through a topical, gene-altering lotion. "We like to treat skin diseases with topical creams so that we avoid side effects from treatments taken by mouth or injected," said Dr. Amy Paller, chair of dermatology and professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University […]
A St. Louis mother is accused of encouraging her children to fight each other on cell phone-recording that was posted on Facebook. A friend of the mother saw the posting and called Fox 2 News St. Louis soon after. She asked not to be identified, but spoke to the television station on Tuesday. “It’s just […]
DENVER (AP) — Rains cooled Colorado's wildfires Wednesday, but more than a dozen wildfires elsewhere in the West continued chewing through bone-dry pine and brush as firefighters working through the holiday kept a nervous eye for fireworks and other hazards. Wildfires in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado sent haze and smoke across Colorado's Front Range, prompting […]
