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Moscow police search for other members of Russian punk band

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 01:15 PM PDT

The three jailed Pussy Riot members say they will not ask Putin for a pardonRussian police say they are searching for other members of Pussy Riot, the punk band whose anti-Putin protest inside a Moscow cathedral led to prison sentences for three of the activists.

Facebook director sells 20 million shares after lock-up

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:59 PM PDT

Peter Thiel, entrepreneur and co-founder of PayPal, speaks during a news conference in WashingtonFacebook Inc director Peter Thiel sold roughly 20 million shares in the Internet social networking company last week, cashing out the majority of his stake, according to a regulatory filing. Thiel sold his shares on Thursday and Friday, at prices ranging between $19.27 and $20.69 per share, as the first "lock-up" barring early investors and insiders from selling shares after the initial public offering was lifted. Facebook, founded by Mark Zuckerberg in his Harvard University dorm room, became the only U.S. ...

Obama warns Syria of military ‘red line’ on chemical weapons

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:59 PM PDT

Obama: 'soft landing' for Assad unlikelyPresident Barack Obama warned Monday that he would consider military force if Syria's Bashar Assad either tries to relocate his regime's arsenal of chemical and biological weapons or attempts to use them on his own people in a bid to crush an uprising that could topple him from power. "I have, at this point, not [...]

Obama: Romney not ‘responsible’ for death of woman in political ad

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:24 PM PDT

US President Barack ObamaPresident Barack Obama on Monday effectively repudiated a controversial and misleading ad, crafted by a super PAC fighting for his re-election, that essentially blamed Mitt Romney for the cancer death of the wife of a laid-off steelworker. The White House had previously resisted calls to denounce the commercial, which has run only once as a [...]

Fisker issues second recall of electric car

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 02:51 PM PDT

Fisker Issues Second Recall of Electric CarFed-Backed Carmaker Blames Cooling Fan for Karma Car Fire

Restaurant offers discount for surrendering phone before meal

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT

Like us on Facebook.com/TrendingNow and follow Trending Now on Twitter: @Knowlesitall and @YahooTrending. Many of us carry our smartphone everywhere -- even when we eat out at restaurants. Some people consider smartphones a necessity, much like their eating utensils, at mealtime -- whether it's to use Instagram to take enhanced pictures of meals or to check in on [...]

PETA angry over program pairing homelss people, homeless puppies

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:53 PM PDT

A new community program that pairs homeless puppies with formerly homeless people is being tested in San Francisco and has drawn the ire of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which calls the plan "puppy Russian roulette." Organizers of the pilot program, which launched Aug. 1, say the pound pups—who are matched with [...]

Does bacon-flavored Coke really exist?

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 02:22 PM PDT

Is bacon-flavored Coke on the way? That's what some Twitter users are wondering, after an image of a Diet Coke can emblazoned with the words "with Bacon" below the logo appeared online. "Timeout," the user @coolmaterial wrote. "This actually exists?" Turns out, it doesn't. At least, not yet. "To answer your question," Scott Williamson, vice [...]

Scientists developing nasal spray to treat depression, suicide

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 01:39 PM PDT

The U.S. Army gave $3 million to the University of Indiana to develop an antidepressant that can be taken as a nasal spray. The grant could speed the development of a portable and easy-to-use device for preventing mental health problems. … Continue reading →

11-mile stretch of Mississippi River closed

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 04:40 PM PDT

Drought challenges Mississippi Delta regionNearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage Monday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to low water levels, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Pakistani girl jailed, accused of blasphemy

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:14 PM PDT

People gathered outside the locked house of a Christian girl in suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. Pakistani authorities arrested a Christian girl and are investigating whether she violated the country's strict blasphemy laws after furious neighbors surrounded her house and demanded police take action, a police officer said Monday. The arrest of the girl and outrage among the local community demonstrates the deep emotion that suspected blasphemy cases can evoke in this conservative Muslim country, where rising extremism often means religious minorities live in fear of persecution.(AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)A Christian girl was sent to a Pakistani prison after being accused by her furious Muslim neighbors of burning pages of the Islamic holy book, the Quran, in violation of the country's strict blasphemy laws.

Lack of exercise is U.S. kids' biggest health problem: poll

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 01:23 PM PDT

Lack of exercise tops the list of the biggest concerns about kids' health, according to a new survey of American adults. The plight of young couch potatoes outranked teen pregnancy and drug abuse as problems that adults are concerned about, according to the survey.

Sen. Mitch McConnell: Rape comments 'wildly offensive'

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell became the latest high-ranking official to suggest that Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin consider leaving the race.

Syria airstrikes, shelling kill 100 during holiday

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 01:05 PM PDT

Syrians Bassem Kharfani, left, and Mahmoud Jikar sit at the door of Jikar's house, one of more than a dozen homes destroyed in a Syrian government bombing last week that killed more than 40 people, in Azaz, Syria, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Hubbard)Government forces pummeled the battered city of Aleppo with airstrikes and tanks and shelled parts of Damascus and southern Syria Monday, killing at least 100 people during a major Muslim holiday, rights groups and activists said.

Binge-drinking students happier, more accepted, study finds

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:44 PM PDT

Researchers completing a new study on alcohol consumption have discovered that college-age students who binge drink are happier than those who don't. Those who engaged in binge drinking tend to belong to so-called high-status groups: wealthy, white, male and active in fraternity life. And those who did not belong to the high-status groups could achieve [...]

Comedienne Phyllis Diller dies at age 95

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 03:39 PM PDT

FILE-In this Oct. 9, 1985, file photo, Comedian Phyllis Diller gets a lift from emcee Buddy Hackett prior to the celebrity stag luncheon roast at the New York Friars Club in New York City. Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at age 95 in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle, died Monday morning in Los Angeles at age 95.

Photos: Diana Nyad continues historic Cuba to Florida swim

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 06:04 PM PDT

Photos: Diana Nyad continues historic Cuba to Florida swimVeteran US endurance swimmer Diana Nyad braves the treacherous waters of the Florida Straits on August 18 in her fourth attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage. (AFP Photo/Christi Barli)

Will Rep. Todd Akin drop out of Senate race?

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 11:57 AM PDT

FILE - This Aug. 10, 2012 file photo shows Todd Akin, Republican, candidate for U.S. Senator from Missouri, speaks at the Missouri Farm Bureau candidate interview and endorsement meeting in Jefferson City, Mo. Akin, Missouri's GOP Senate candidate, has questioned whether women can become pregnant when they're raped, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/St. Louis Pos-Dispatch, Christian Gooden)Rumors were flying Monday afternoon that Rep. Todd Akin would resign his candidacy after causing a firestorm of controversy with his "legitimate rape" comments on Sunday. A senior Republican official told Buzzfeed's Ben Smith that Akin is planning to withdraw his Senate candidacy at 5:00 pm tomorrow. The source said Akin may still change his [...]

U.S.: Assange trying to distract from sex case

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Ecuador granted asylum to the Australian national but Britain has refused to grant him safe passage out of the countryThe Obama administration on Monday accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of making "wild assertions" about U.S. persecution to deflect attention from sex allegations he faces questioning for in Sweden.

Humorist Phyllis Diller dies at 95 in Los Angeles

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:42 PM PDT

FILE--In this May 20, 1966 file photo, comedian Phyllis Diller appears in character in the ABC-TV comedy series ''The Pruitts of Southampton''. Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at age 95 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle, died Monday morning in Los Angeles at age 95.