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    Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at LeClaire Manufacturing, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012, in Midland, Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

    Romney resets economic message with energy jobs pledge

    Seeking to reset his economic message, Republican Mitt Romney pledged Thursday to create 3 million jobs and more than $1 trillion in revenue by ramping up offshore oil drilling and giving states more control over energy production on federal land. More »Romney resets economic message with energy jobs pledge

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    Lennon's killer denied parole for seventh time

    Mark David Chapman Gunned Down the Beatle Outside His Manhattan Apartment More »Lennon's killer denied parole for seventh time

    NASA handout image of Tropical Storm Isaac and newborn Tropical Depression 10

    Fla gov.: No plans to cancel GOP convention

    Bad weather looms ahead for Tampa, Fla., next week as heavy rains and strong winds are … More »Fla gov.: No plans to cancel GOP convention

    • Assad’s War on Syria’s Children
      Assad’s war on Syria’s children The Daily Beast - 1 hr 45 mins ago

      For the last two weeks, Hakam Balika, 8, and his three brothers have been living in Antakya, a city near the Syrian border in Turkey, refugees from a war that doesn’t seem to have an end in sight. More »Assad’s war on Syria’s children

      Assad’s War on Syria’s Children

      For the last two weeks, Hakam Balika, 8, and his three brothers have been living in Antakya, a city near the Syrian border in Turkey, refugees from a war that doesn’t seem to have an end in sight.

    • In this image released Monday, July 2, 2012, by Tom Adkins, shows Aimee Copeland, right, with medic Kori Mills as Copeland leaves a hospital in Augusta Ga., headed for an inpatient rehabilitation clinic. Copeland left a Georgia hospital just weeks after a flesh-eating disease took her limbs but not her life. After nearly two months of battling the rare infection, called necrotizing fasciitis, Copeland headed to an inpatient rehabilitation clinic, where she’ll learn to use a wheelchair after having her left leg, right foot and both hands amputated. (AP Photo/Tom Adkins)
      Flesh-eating disease survivor goes home @ Good Morning America - 16 mins ago

      Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old who lost both hands, her left leg and her right foot when she contracted a flesh-eating bacteria in April, slept in her own bed last night for the first time in months. More »Flesh-eating disease survivor goes home

      In this image released Monday, July 2, 2012, by Tom Adkins, shows Aimee Copeland, right, with medic Kori Mills as Copeland leaves a hospital in Augusta Ga., headed for an inpatient rehabilitation clinic. Copeland left a Georgia hospital just weeks after a flesh-eating disease took her limbs but not her life. After nearly two months of battling the rare infection, called necrotizing fasciitis, Copeland headed to an inpatient rehabilitation clinic, where she’ll learn to use a wheelchair after having her left leg, right foot and both hands amputated. (AP Photo/Tom Adkins)

      Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old who lost both hands, her left leg and her right foot when she contracted a flesh-eating bacteria in April, slept in her own bed last night for the first time in months.

    • Supporters cheer as U.S. President Obama speaks during a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio
      Obama leads in Ohio, but slips elsewhere, poll shows The Ticket - 7 hrs ago

      President Barack Obama is holding on to his lead in Ohio, but he now faces tighter races in Florida and Wisconsin, a poll shows. More »Obama leads in Ohio, but slips elsewhere, poll shows

      Supporters cheer as U.S. President Obama speaks during a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio

      President Barack Obama is holding on to his lead in Ohio, but he now faces tighter races in Florida and Wisconsin, a poll shows.

    • Clinton At Humphrey Statue Dedication
      Bill Clinton stars in new Obama ad The Ticket - 5 hrs ago

      Bill Clinton stars in the latest television ad from President Barack Obama's reelection campaign, warning that Mitt Romney would cut taxes on the wealthy and roll back regulations. More »Bill Clinton stars in new Obama ad

      Clinton At Humphrey Statue Dedication

      Bill Clinton stars in the latest television ad from President Barack Obama's reelection campaign, warning that Mitt Romney would cut taxes on the wealthy and roll back regulations.

    • Parties' challenge: Make conventions exciting TV AP - 3 hrs ago
      In this Sept. 4, 2008, photo, balloons fall on the floor as Republican presidential nominee John McCain is joined by his wife, Cindy, his family and his running mate, Sarah Palin, and her family, not pictured, on stage after his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Viewer interest in the 2012 Republican and Democratic national conventions is still unclear. With the parties' quadrennial presidential nominating gatherings fast approaching, organizers on both sides are bedeviled by a similar challenge: how to ensure TV viewer interest in the multiday affairs, which threaten to be largely predictable spectacles nearly devoid of suspense. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

      Patriotic music? Check. Balloon drop? Check. Sign-waving delegates? Check. Viewer interest in this summer's Republican and Democratic national conventions? Still unclear.

    • Lance Armstrong faces big decision in doping case AP - 1 hr 12 mins ago
      FILE - In this July 24, 2022, file photo, cyclist Lance Armstrong walks out of the Tour de France's anti-doping control bus after the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Les Deux Alpes and La Plagne, French Alps. A federal judge in Austin, Texas, has thrown out Lance Armstrong's lawsuit against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, an attempt to stop the drug case against the seven-time Tour de France winner. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

      Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong faced a deadline Thursday to formally challenge sweeping doping allegations from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency or accept sanctions that could include a lifetime ban from the sport and potentially strip him of his titles.

    • South Africans mourn victims of platinum mine carnage Reuters - 1 hr 32 mins ago
      Mourners attend a memorial service at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012 after police shot and killed 34 striking miners and wounded 78 last week. Demands for higher wages spread to at least two other mines, raising fears of further protests at more South African mines that provide most of the world's platinum. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

      MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africans held a memorial service on Thursday at a mine where police shot dead 34 strikers, bloodshed that revived memories of apartheid-era violence and laid bare workers' anger over enduring inequalities since the end of white rule. Some 500 people crammed into a marquee pitched …

    • Fearing royal rage, UK tabloids don’t publish Prince Harry pics The Lookout - 3 hrs ago

      Like the rest of the world's media, British tabloids covered the story behind the nude photos of Prince Harry partying in a Las Vegas hotel room. But a day after receiving a warning from Buckingham Palace, the U.K.'s usually unflinching newspapers decided not to publish them. On Wednesday, hours after TMZ posted the naked …

    • Trail of ink: Tracking rare tattoo-related infection @ Good Morning America - 2 hrs 43 mins ago

      The reddish-purple rash, seemingly woven into the tattoo on a 20-year-old New Yorker's forearm, was strange enough to have doctors scratching their heads.

    • See the best RNC party invitation yet The Ticket - 1 hr 22 mins ago

      In search of the most creative invitations to parties at next week's Republican National Convention, Yahoo News combed through dozens of announcements, and Americans for Tax Reform wins the prize. The only problem is that this party will never happen—ATR staff informed us that it has been canceled. What are they, chick …

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