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Neb. wildfires burn more than 285 square miles

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 04:11 PM PDT

Nebraska Gov. Heineman, left, talks with Scott Josiah, state forester and director of Nebraska Forest Service, as they inspect fire damage at Chadron State Park, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, near Chadron, Neb. Officials estimated Sunday that the fires have now burned roughly 273 square miles, including at least 27,000 acres in South Dakota. That's up from roughly 93 square miles on Saturday and more than twice the size of Omaha. (AP Photo/Omaha World-Herald, Jeff Beiermann, Pool)Strong winds helped wildfires grow Sunday, burning more than 285 square miles in northwest Nebraska and southwest South Dakota.

Poll: 19 percent of New Jersey voters have tattoos

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT

Nearly 20 percent of New Jersey's registered voters have at least one tattoo, a new poll conducted by Rutgers University ahead of the final season of MTV's "Jersey Shore" finds. According to the Rutgers-Eagleton Institute poll, 19 percent of nearly 1,000 registered voters in the state said they have at least one tattoo. And 37 [...]

Monster truck injures 3 in stands during Oregon show

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:26 PM PDT

Monster Truck Injures 3 in Stands During Labor Day Weekend ShowThree people were injured at an outdoor sports complex in Oregon when a monster truck struck a barrier and plowed into the crowd during a Labor Day Weekend show. The injured, whose names and conditions had not been released today, were taken to the hospital...

Teen charged in slaying of teen in front of victim's mother

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 04:12 PM PDT

A 17-year-old has been charged with killing another teen who was with his mother and brother outside a laundromat in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.

Self-proclaimed messiah, Unification Church founder Rev. Moon dies at 92

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 04:55 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, June 25, 2005 file photo, Unification Church leader Rev. Sun Myung Moon speaks during his "Now is God's Time" rally in New York. Moon, self-proclaimed messiah who founded the Unification Church, has died at age 92 church officials said Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/John Marshall Mantel)The Rev. Sun Myung Moon was a self-proclaimed messiah who built a global business empire. He called both North Korean leaders and American presidents his friends, but spent time in prisons in both countries. His followers around the world cherished him, while his detractors accused him of brainwashing recruits and extracting money from worshippers.

Clint Eastwood gets cut from Romney RNC video

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:39 PM PDT

Actor Clint Eastwood addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)A video mash-up of speakers from last week's Republican National Convention does not include an appearance from the "mystery RNC speaker," Clint Eastwood. The two-and-a-half minute video posted today to the Romney campaign's YouTube account features former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, New Mexico Gov....

Are Americans better off? Obama aides won't say

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:49 PM PDT

President Barack Obama, left, greets patrons during an unscheduled stop at the Buff Restaurant, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Flinching in the face of economic weakness, President Barack Obama's top aides refused to say Sunday in the run-up to the Democratic National Convention if Americans are better off than they were four years ago.

Rebels hit Syrian army headquarters in Damascus

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT

Free Syrian Army fighters run for cover after Syrian forces fired a mortar in the El Amreeyeh neighborhood of AleppoAMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they planted bombs inside the Syrian army's General Staff headquarters in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad's forces bulldozed buildings to the ground in parts of the capital that have backed the uprising. Syrian state television said four people were wounded in what it called a terrorist attack on the General Staff compound in the highly guarded Abu Rummaneh district, where another bomb attack killed four of Assad's top lieutenants two months ago. ...

Obama: After the White House beer, POTUS pizza

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:14 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event at University of Colorado Boulder, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Courting young voters who are critical to his hopes for a second term, President Barack Obama urged a crowd of 13,000 at University of Colorado Boulder to eat a pizza named after him at a popular local spot. "I've been told that The Sink renamed one of their pizzas after me," Obama [...]

Navy SEAL book excerpts claim Osama bin Laden was unarmed

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:19 PM PDT

Lầu Năm Góc đe dọa tác giả sách về Bin LadenThe controversial book written by a member of the U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 who took part in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden doesn't come out until Tuesday, but excerpts from the story have now been published. The U.K.'s Sun printed the prologue of the book, "No Easy Day," along with several excerpts [...]

Unification Church founder Moon dies at 92

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:41 PM PDT

South Korean evangelist Reverend Moon Sun-myung (L) and his wife Han Hak-ja attend a mass wedding ceremony of the Unification Church in GapyeongSEOUL (Reuters) - Sun Myung Moon, founder and head of the Unification Church with millions of followers around the world, died at a retreat near the South Korean capital Seoul on Monday, church officials said. Moon was 92 and had suffered complications from pneumonia, said the officials. He carried on an active public life until recently, officiating a mass wedding for 2,500 in March and leading a service of more than 15,000 followers in July. ...

Sun Myung Moon dies at 92; led controversial Unification Church

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:05 PM PDT

The South Korean immigrated to the U.S. and became the wealthy leader of an unorthodox religious movement that was labeled a cult and featured mass marriage ceremonies.

The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the self-proclaimed Messiah from South Korea who led the controversial Unification Church, has died.

Biden: Romney wants war with Syria, Iran

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 12:02 PM PDT

Vice President Joe Biden arrives at Harrisburg International Airport with his grandson Hunter Biden and son Beau Biden, right, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, in Middletown, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday that Republican rival Mitt Romney is "ready to go to war in Syria and Iran" while hurting the middle class.

JW Marriott thanks Romney for bringing spotlight to faith

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:01 AM PDT

JW Marriott Thanks Romney for Bringing Attention to MormonismThe head of the prominent Marriott hotel chain and fellow Mormon J.W. Marriott thanked Mitt Romney today during a Mormon church service for bringing "positive attention" to the religion, which is often considered to be shrouded in mystery. "There has never been as...

Police: N.Y. man, 69, throws acid in daughter's face

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:24 AM PDT

A man hurled acid in his daughter's face in a gruesome attack that sent her into a street screaming for help as her skin peeled and her clothes disintegrated, police and witnesses said.

Detroit murder suspect tries twice to turn himself in

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:19 AM PDT

Murder Suspect Tries Twice to Turn Himself InDetroit police are investigating why a murder suspect had to turn himself twice before he was arrested. The 36-year-old man walked into a fire station two hours after he allegedly shot four people at a party early Saturday morning, police said in a statement. Two...

Army sergeant from Chicago fatally shot by Tacoma police

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 01:37 PM PDT

A U.S. Army medic from Chicago who had been deployed twice to Iraq was fatally shot by Tacoma, Wash., police who were responding to a domestic violence call on Friday.

Hundreds decry corporate greed in pre-DNC protest

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:55 AM PDT

Demonstrators speak during a protest march in Frazier Park, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, in Charlotte, N.C. Demonstrators are protesting before the start of the Democratic National Convention. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)Hundreds marched Sunday through Charlotte's central business district ahead of the Democratic National Convention to protest corporate greed in a demonstration that was lively but smaller than organizers had touted.

U.S. stops training some Afghan forces after attacks

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:15 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010 file photo, a member of Italy's carabinieri instructs new Afghan police recruits as they undergo riot control training at the Central Training Center on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. military has suspended training for at least a month of some Afghan forces while the Americans review the process of vetting new recruits following a spike in deadly attacks on international troops last month, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)The U.S. military has halted the training of some Afghan forces while it digs deeper into their background following a surge of attacks by soldiers and police on their international partners, officials said Sunday.

Obama: ‘I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan’

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 10:18 AM PDT

Usa 2012, Obama: Sono un grande fan di Clint EastwoodConsider him un-unforgiven? President Barack Obama shrugged off Clinton Eastwood's memorable Republican National Convention performance in part of a USA Today interview published Sunday, declaring: "I am a huge Clint Eastwood fan." "He is a great actor, and an even better director," the president told the paper aboard Air Force One on Saturday. "I think [...]