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    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney waves as he leaves the stage after speaking at the NAACP convention in Houston

    Romney speech to NAACP draws boos, raises questions on strategy

    HOUSTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was booed by a mostly African-American crowd on Wednesday, as a speech before a civil rights group became the latest episode to raise questions about his strategy in battling Democratic President Barack Obama. … More »Romney speech to NAACP draws boos, raises questions on strategy

    While abortion opponents pray, left, Jackson Women's Health Organization owner Diane Derzis poses at the gate of Mississippi's only abortion clinic in Jackson, Miss., Monday, July 2, 2012, after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Sunday, that blocked enforcement of a law that could regulate it out of business. The law would require any physician doing abortions at the clinic to be an OB-GYN with privileges to admit patients to a local hospital. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

    Mississippi's last abortion clinic stays open — for now

    A federal judge on Wednesday continued to block a state law that threatens to shut down … More »Mississippi's last abortion clinic stays open — for now

    Jesse Jackson Jr. Takes Medical Leave From Congress

    Jesse Jackson Jr. being treated for ‘mood disorder’

    Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s doctor announced Wednesday that the Illinois Democrat has been … More »Jesse Jackson Jr. being treated for ‘mood disorder’

    • Political Polarization 'Dangerous,' Psychologist Says
      Five Dems side with GOP to repeal health care law The Ticket - 9 hrs ago

      Five House Democrats Wednesday bucked their party and voted with Republicans to repeal Obamacare. The vote, 244 to 185 with no Republicans voting against a repeal, was mostly symbolic, given that House Republicans have orchestrated … More »Five Dems side with GOP to repeal health care law

      Political Polarization 'Dangerous,' Psychologist Says

      Five House Democrats Wednesday bucked their party and voted with Republicans to repeal Obamacare. The vote, 244 to 185 with no Republicans voting against a repeal, was mostly symbolic, given that House Republicans have orchestrated at least 30 prior votes to fully or partially kill or defund the president's health care …

    • In this photo taken Thursday June 21, 2012, a marijuana plant grows in a greenhouse at a medical marijuana co-op in Ontario, Ore. At the 45th Parallel marijuana clinic, patients stream in weekly to take advantage of Oregon's medical marijuana program. At this small town on the Idaho border, many of the patients aren't Oregonians. It's perfectly legal under Oregon law, but the Idaho State Police who conduct  "interdiction emphasis patrols" at the state line make the path back to Idaho a tricky one. The situation has led some Idaho families to relocate to Oregon, and others who seek medical marijuana to face a harrowing journey back to their home state. Idaho police and politicians say the Oregon law creates a public-safety hazard in their state. (AP Photo/Nigel Duara)
      U.S. cracks down on 'world's largest' medical marijuana dispensary Reuters - 3 hrs ago

      LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have filed civil forfeiture actions against an Oakland medical marijuana dispensary that bills itself as the world's largest, as part of a crackdown by U.S. authorities on California's … More »U.S. cracks down on 'world's largest' medical marijuana dispensary

      In this photo taken Thursday June 21, 2012, a marijuana plant grows in a greenhouse at a medical marijuana co-op in Ontario, Ore. At the 45th Parallel marijuana clinic, patients stream in weekly to take advantage of Oregon's medical marijuana program. At this small town on the Idaho border, many of the patients aren't Oregonians. It's perfectly legal under Oregon law, but the Idaho State Police who conduct  "interdiction emphasis patrols" at the state line make the path back to Idaho a tricky one. The situation has led some Idaho families to relocate to Oregon, and others who seek medical marijuana to face a harrowing journey back to their home state. Idaho police and politicians say the Oregon law creates a public-safety hazard in their state. (AP Photo/Nigel Duara)

      LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have filed civil forfeiture actions against an Oakland medical marijuana dispensary that bills itself as the world's largest, as part of a crackdown by U.S. authorities on California's massive cannabis trade. The lawsuits, filed on Monday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, …

    • Sun Turns NYC into 'Manhattanhenge' Thursday
      Sun will turn NYC into 'Manhattanhenge' Thursday LiveScience.com - 17 hrs ago

      New Yorkers will be treated to a special sight Thursday evening (July 12): It's one of two days a year when the setting sun aligns perfectly with Manhattan's street grid. As the sun sets on the Big Apple, it will light up … More »Sun will turn NYC into 'Manhattanhenge' Thursday

      Sun Turns NYC into 'Manhattanhenge' Thursday

      New Yorkers will be treated to a special sight Thursday evening (July 12): It's one of two days a year when the setting sun aligns perfectly with Manhattan's street grid. As the sun sets on the Big Apple, it will light up both the north and south sides of every cross street.

    • Srebrenica memorial and more photos of the day 10 hrs ago
    • Freight train derails, causing fiery blast in Ohio; witness says looked like 'sun exploded' AP - 24 mins ago

      COLUMBUS, Ohio - Exploding freight cars full of ethanol made for a dramatic early morning scene in Ohio's capital on Wednesday, but officials said the train derailment that led to a hurried evacuation of an urban neighbourhood could have been much worse.

    • Dozens of evacuated homes, vehicles looted in Colorado wildfire Reuters - 3 hrs ago
      Handout photo of firefighters working on the Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs

      DENVER (Reuters) - More than six dozen homes or vehicles belonging to evacuees who fled Colorado's most destructive wildfire were plundered by thieves, police said Wednesday, renewing an offer of a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the culprits. The looting of 37 homes and 28 vehicles occurred as thousands …

    • Obama spokesman: Iran won’t play helpful role in Syria crisis The Ticket - 7 hrs ago
      Demonstrators hold opposition flags during a protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at Kfr Suseh area in Damascus

      The White House poured cold water Wednesday on international mediator Kofi Annan's plan to involve Iran in efforts to end the violence in Syria, where the government's 16-month crackdown on the opposition has left an estimated 17,000 dead. "We reject that it's likely that Iran could play a constructive role," press secretary …

    • Tom Cruise attorney threatens National Enquirer with lawsuit Reuters - 1 hr 40 mins ago
      Actor Cruise and his wife, actress Holmes, arrive at 2012 Vanity Fair Oscar party in West Hollywood

      (Reuters) - Tom Cruise's attorney has threatened the parent company of the National Enquirer with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over a new issue asserting it has details of the actor's recent split with wife Katie Holmes, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter on its website posted a letter from Cruise's …

    • Texas man finds stolen car 42 years later ABC News - 8 hrs ago
      Texas Man Finds Stolen Car 42 Years Later

      Bob Russell could not be blamed for losing hope that he would reunite with his 1967 Austin-Healey. Stolen outside his Philadelphia apartment 42 years ago, the British roadster seemed a lost cause.

    • Sorrow in Srebrenica: Bosnians bury 520 victims AP - 7 hrs ago
      Bosnian Muslim woman weeps while she touches a coffin of her relative among the over five-hundred coffins displayed at the Potocari memorial cemetery near Srebrenica, some 160 kilometers east of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Thousands gathered in the cemetery for the mass burial of 520 bodies, marking 17th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. (AP Photo/Sulejman Omerbasic)

      The pain that seared Srebrenica 17 years ago burned fresh Wednesday as tens of thousands of Bosnian Muslims came to bury their dead in the town whose name is now synonymous with genocide.

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