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• Paul Ryan takes heat for waving the Terrible Towel
• Govt. gene sleuths stop superbug that killed 6
• Tourists convicted of pretending to kiss Buddha statue in Sri Lanka
• Texas judge warns of possible ‘civil war’ if Obama is re-elected
• Networks won’t air Ann Romney’s convention speech in prime time
• How Marco Rubio found out about Romney’s VP pick
• Dog shaming blog becomes cultural phenomenon
• Logitech releases new water-friendly, washable keyboard
• Social experiment reveals America’s ‘most honest’ cities
• School bells ring at St. Scholastica's for the final year
• Exclusive: Ex-Penn State pres. reveals his own abusive past
• Calif. gov declares emergency as fires rage
• Quinn to decide casino expansion bill during weekend
• BP says tainted gas made it to 200 stations
• Todd Akin asks for help to 'fight the party bosses'
• Battle-tested, female war vets run for Congress
• MLB umpire Jim Joyce saves life at game with CPR
• West Nile outbreak reaches 1,100 cases in U.S.
• Calif. man still in prison two years after conviction overturned
• Vaughn to motorist: 'I think my wife shot me'

Paul Ryan takes heat for waving the Terrible Towel Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:11 PM PDT Paul Ryan could learn a lesson from Rick Santorum. In April, then presidential candidate Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator and lifelong Steelers fan, made a campaign trip to Wisconsin. Despite the pressure from Wisconsinites and members of the media, he refused to don the famous cheesehead, the cap of Green Bay Packers fans. "I am [...]

Govt. gene sleuths stop superbug that killed 6 Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:20 PM PDT Over six frightening months, a deadly germ untreatable by most antibiotics spread in the nation's leading research hospital. Pretty soon, a patient a week was catching the bug. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health locked down patients, cleaned with bleach, even ripped out plumbing — and still the germ persisted.

Tourists convicted of pretending to kiss Buddha statue in Sri Lanka Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:34 PM PDT Three French tourists were convicted in a Sri Lankan court after taking pictures of themselves in which they pretended to kiss a Buddhist statue. The BBC reports that the three tourists, two women and one man, were given suspended jail terms by the court in the southern Sri Lanka town of Galle after a photo [...]

Texas judge warns of possible ‘civil war’ if Obama is re-elected Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:05 PM PDT What is it about election years? As if the negative political ads aren't enough, now a county judge in Lubbock, Texas, predicts possible "civil war" if President Obama is re-elected. Judge Tom Head was on a local TV news show making his case for a tax increase, when he said hiring extra sheriff's deputies would [...]

Networks won’t air Ann Romney’s convention speech in prime time Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:53 AM PDT Ann Romney had been scheduled to give the keynote speech at Monday's opening night of the Republican National Convention in Tampa. But the Romney campaign is reportedly thinking about moving her address to another night after ABC, NBC and CBS opted out of airing convention coverage on Monday night. The New York Times' Jeremy Peters [...]

How Marco Rubio found out about Romney’s VP pick Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:03 PM PDT Florida Sen. Marco Rubio missed Mitt Romney's phone call four times when Romney tried to get in touch with him earlier this month to discuss his VP choice—and deliver the news that Rubio wasn't the one. George Bennett from the Palm Beach Post reports: Republican Sen. Marco Rubio told a Forum Club of the Palm [...]

Dog shaming blog becomes cultural phenomenon Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:40 AM PDT As cute and cuddly as dogs may be, they can also be little terrors when it comes to breaking the house rules. Now there's a new way to publicly discipline your dog, thanks to a very popular Tumblr blog. Dogshaming seeks to punish these dogs [...]

Logitech releases new water-friendly, washable keyboard Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:43 PM PDT Logitech's new keyboard is a boon for the clean freaks — it can be washed! The K310 keyboard can be submerged in up to 11 inches of water and has drainage holes for speedy drying. The keys are labeled with … Continue reading →

Social experiment reveals America’s ‘most honest’ cities Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:26 PM PDT Would you pay a dollar for a bottle of refreshing iced tea on a hot summer day if it was on the honor system? That's what the makers of Honest Tea set out to find through an interesting social experiment conducted earlier this month in 30 U.S. cities. Fifty unmanned pop-up kiosks--stocked with the company's [...]

School bells ring at St. Scholastica's for the final year Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:24 PM PDT When St. Scholastica Academy closed its doors in June, there was comfort for the rising seniors knowing that they could make their mark as the last group of girls to earn diplomas from the school.

Exclusive: Ex-Penn State pres. reveals his own abusive past Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:30 PM PDT Spanier Was So Badly Abused He Needed Surgeries to Correct Damage

Calif. gov declares emergency as fires rage Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:57 PM PDT California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in three Northern California counties on Wednesday after raging wildfires destroyed 50 buildings and threatened more than 200 others. Some 3,000 people have been evacuated as the so-called Ponderosa fire burns through more than 24,000 acres (9,700 hectares) of steep, rugged terrain in the rural California counties of Tehama and Shasta, about 125 miles (200 km) north of state capital Sacramento. ...

Quinn to decide casino expansion bill during weekend Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:22 PM PDT The governor has until Tuesday to take action on the proposal or it automatically becomes law. Quinn warned supporters in the spring not to "hold your breath" for his approval.

BP says tainted gas made it to 200 stations Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:18 PM PDT BP Plc said that about 200 retail outlets in the northwest Indiana and Chicago areas received off-specification gasoline in the past week that has caused mechanical problems in vehicles.

Todd Akin asks for help to 'fight the party bosses' Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:37 PM PDT Todd Akin, after defying party leadership with his decision to remain as the GOP candidate in the Missouri Senate race, has a new problem that could derail his rogue candidacy: money.

Battle-tested, female war vets run for Congress Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:20 PM PDT One flew an A-10 Warthog over Iraq and Afghanistan. Another was part of the 29th Infantry Brigade's medical operations near Baghdad. A third lost both legs and partial use of an arm in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Iraq.

MLB umpire Jim Joyce saves life at game with CPR Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:54 AM PDT Jim Joyce Was Previously Known for a Bad Call That Cost Detroit a Perfect Game

West Nile outbreak reaches 1,100 cases in U.S. Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:09 AM PDT The United States is experiencing one of the biggest outbreaks of West Nile virus in history, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Calif. man still in prison two years after conviction overturned Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:20 AM PDT Daniel Larsen had his felony conviction overturned more than two years ago. But the California man continues to sit in a California prison while the state attorney general appeals a federal magistrate's decision to release the 45-year-old from jail. "It's reflexive, it's just what they do," Larsen's attorney Jan Stiglitz told Southern California Public Radio. [...]

Vaughn to motorist: 'I think my wife shot me' Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:36 AM PDT A witness testified today that he was driving to work near Channahon in 2007 when a bleeding Christopher Vaughn flagged him down.

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