By NBC's Jamie Novogrod ST. CHARLES, Mo. - One day after Rep. Todd Akin vowed to stay in the race for US Senate, dismissing calls from across the Republican party to step aside, Sen. Claire McCaskill welcomed Akin back to the campaign by bashing him … Standoff between Congress, Obama over budget, tax cuts could lead to recession ... - Detroit Free Press
Todd Akin calls for help to save his Senate candidacy - Kansas City Star
Book Will Describe Raid That Killed Bin Laden - New York Times (blog)
By JULIE BOSMAN Aamir Qureshi/Agence France-Presse -- Getty ImagesThe day after, local residents and the news media gathered at the hideout in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was killed by United States forces. A detailed first-person account of the raid … Tropical Storm Isaac churns into eastern Caribbean - San Jose Mercury News
ROSEAU, Dominica--The churning center of Tropical Storm Isaac spun over tiny islands at the eastern entrance to the Caribbean, where many seafront bars and restaurants stubbornly remained open Wednesday night as lightning and thunder crackled and choppy … New York MTA's Payroll Tax Rejected in Blow to Agency - Bloomberg
A payroll tax projected to pump $1.26 billion into the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's budget this year may not provide another penny after a state judge struck it down as unconstitutional. Judge R. Bruce Cozzens Jr. held the levy … Test scores edge up in state ACT college-prep exam - The Seattle Times
Washington's 2012 high-school graduates who took the ACT college-entrance exam performed slightly better than in previous years. By The Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article. Average scores on the ACT exam were up slightly for … Investigators look into braking, bridge access in deadly train derailment - CNN
(CNN) — The crew aboard a train that derailed near Baltimore, killing two young women, did not apply the emergency brakes just before the accident, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The air brakes were automatically triggered, … Once again with feeling: Australian science tugs heart-strings
Do humans really wear their hearts on their sleeve? An ambitious Australian neuroscience project aiming to translate emotional impulses directly into music is hoping to find out. Australia's Qantas dives into red, scraps jet orders
Australian carrier Qantas on Thursday posted its first annual loss since privatisation in 1995 and cancelled orders for 35 Boeing jets as high fuel costs and industrial action hammered its bottom line. Tropical Storm Isaac takes aim at Hispaniola
Tropical Storm Isaac took aim at the Dominican Republic and Haiti early Thursday, expected to gain strength after drenching tiny islands in its whirl over the eastern entrance to the Caribbean. 'Public enemy' Cooper returns to face All Blacks
AUCKLAND (Reuters) – Australia flyhalf Quade Cooper, dubbed ‘Public Enemy Number One’ in his native country of New Zealand, makes his long-awaited return to the Wallabies for their must-win Rugby Championship clash against the All Blacks in Auckland on Saturday. Cooper will run out onto the same Eden Park pitch where he sustained a serious knee injury in the World Cup’s bronze medal decider against Wales, capping a miserable tournament for the mercurial playmaker in his last appearance for the Wallabies. …
Liverpool seek to bounce back in trip to Scotland
Liverpool can put the disappointment of their opening Premier League game under new coach Brendan Rodgers behind them when they head north of the border to face Hearts in their Europa League play-off first leg on Thursday. 
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