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Healthy recipes win kids a trip to the White House

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 11:18 AM PDT

President Barack Obama, center, shakes hands with mothers and their children during the first ever Kids' "State Dinner" on Aug. 20 at the White House in Washington, D.C.




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Apple, Samsung go for KO in trial's final round

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 02:38 PM PDT

Apple's secret sauce has always been its ability to make complex technology simple and user-friendly.

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Twitter maps show where rudest, friendliest are

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Some who use Twitter are quite mannerly, others are totally rude — and a series of maps of Twitter users in the United States gives us an idea about who's naughty and who's nice, and where they're tweeting from.Some who use Twitter are quite mannerly, others are totally rude — and a series of maps of Twitter users in the United States gives us an idea about who's naughty and who's nice, and where they're tweeting from.




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Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Handcuffed man's shooting death in cop car ruled a suicide

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 01:03 PM PDT

A man's death from a gunshot wound to the head while his hands were handcuffed behind him in an Arkansas police patrol car has been ruled a suicide, The Associated Press reported on Monday.

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Obama draws 'red line' for Syria on chemical weapons

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 02:05 PM PDT

President Barack Obama said he would have to rethink his current opposition to U.S. military engagement in Syria if the regime there were to use or move its chemical and biological weapons.

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State quietly dropped violations and fine in workplace death

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 01:30 PM PDT

After Tina Hall was killed by a flash fire at a Toyo Automotive Parts plant in 2007, the Kentucky  Department of Workplace Standards cited the firm for 16 After Tina Hall was killed by a flash fire at a Toyo Automotive Parts plant in 2007, the Kentucky  Department of Workplace Standards cited the firm for 16 "serious" violations and proposed a $105,500 fine. But that punishment was later quietly rescinded.




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Doctors: Rep. Akin rape comments from the 'dark ages'

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:15 PM PDT

When Missouri Republican Senate nominee Todd Akin got himself in hot water by suggesting that "legitimate rape" rarely led to pregnancy, he insisted that doctors backed up his position. The question is: Which doctors?

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Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Darla Moore no stranger to breaking glass ceilings

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 11:51 AM PDT

Banking and investment magnate Darla Moore shattered boardroom glass ceilings; now, she's moved onto the golf course.Banking and investment magnate Darla Moore shattered boardroom glass ceilings; now, she's moved onto the golf course.




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Obama defends campaign, challenges GOP: 'You can't just make stuff up'

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 11:38 AM PDT

President Barack Obama deflected Republican criticism of his campaign's negativity, challenging Republican opponent Mitt Romney: "You can't just make stuff up."

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Zuckerberg draws fire as Facebook stock slides

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 01:06 PM PDT

With Facebook's stock price hitting new lows daily, criticism of the social network's founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is mounting.

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Rosie O'Donnell says she had heart attack

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 01:26 PM PDT

In a post on her personal website in which she says she's lucky to be alive, the comedian urges women to know the symptoms for a heart attack and to call 911.In a post on her personal website in which she says she's lucky to be alive, the comedian urges women to know the symptoms for a heart attack and to call 911.




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Posted: 20 Aug 2012 01:26 PM PDT

HBT: Clemens will pitch again after all

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 11:28 AM PDT



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Tuskegee airman George Hickman, 88, dies

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:24 PM PDT

George Hickman, a Tuskegee airman decorated as among the first black pilots to fly for the U.S. military during World War II, died over the weekend.George Hickman, a Tuskegee airman decorated as among the first black pilots to fly for the U.S. military during World War II, died over the weekend.




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Comedy legend Phyllis Diller dies at 95

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT

"She was a true pioneer," the actress/comedian's agent said Monday. "The first female stand-up comedian. She paved the way for everybody.""She was a true pioneer," the actress/comedian's agent said Monday. "The first female stand-up comedian. She paved the way for everybody."




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Augusta protest leader 'knew we could outlast them'

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT

The woman who led a protest starting in 2002 calling for the Augusta National Golf Club to admit female members on Monday welcomed the club's decision to end its males-only policy, saying, The woman who led a protest starting in 2002 calling for the Augusta National Golf Club to admit female members on Monday welcomed the club's decision to end its males-only policy, saying, "I knew we could outlast them.




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Posted: 20 Aug 2012 12:30 PM PDT

American anxiety: Why we're such a nervous nation

Posted: 20 Aug 2012 05:26 AM PDT

We've become a very tense and anxious nation. Millions of us can't sleep at night and are so edgy during the day that our blood pressure skyrockets and our hearts race – even with no real threat in sight.We've become a very tense and anxious nation. Millions of us can't sleep at night and are so edgy during the day that our blood pressure skyrockets and our hearts race – even with no real threat in sight.




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