Thursday, August 9, 2012

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Column: Women's soccer gold gets grand stage - ESPN
AP WEMBLEY, England — The game was nearly as grand as the stage, in doubt until the last seconds and so important that the winning country's commander in chief was following it back home. Across town, Usain Bolt was doing in London what he did in …


Man pleads guilty to killing, dismembering 8-year-old NY boy - Los Angeles Times
Leiby Kletzky wanted to walk home alone from day camp, and one day last summer, his protective parents relented. After all, they lived among close-knit Hasidic Jews in a safe Brooklyn area — a neighborhood where an 8-year-old boy should have been fine …


Usain Bolt does it again: gold in 200 - USA TODAY
LONDON - What's greater than a legend? Hero? Superhero? How about just plain ol' faster-than-anybody-ever Usain Bolt? Bolt, 25, did it again Thursday night, pulling away to another gold medal in the 200 meters with a time of 19.32 seconds -- well off …


What's so bad about RomneyCare? Just ask Andrea Saul. - Washington Post (blog)
By Melinda Henneberger At first, I wondered what Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul had done that was so unredeemable. Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns at Central Campus High School in Des Moines, Iowa, …


Obama knocks Romney on renewable energy, tax shelter - Reuters
* President stresses need to support US wind energy * Romney campaign slams 'massive subsidies and handouts' By Jeff Mason PUEBLO, Colorado, Aug 9 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, trying to blunt rival Mitt Romney's attacks on his economic record, …


Mars rover Curiosity sends back more postcards from Red Planet - Reuters
* Panoramic view shows rust-colored surface strewn with gravel * First 'self-portrait' reveals pebbles kicked up on top of craft * NASA engineers prepare vehicle for four-day software upgrade By Steve Gorman PASADENA, Calif., Aug 9 (Reuters) – The …


Pressure on Romney to pick Ryan as VP - Reuters
* Many conservatives like Ryan * Pawlenty, Portman also on short list * Decision expected soon, possibly next week By Steve Holland and Richard Cowan NEW YORK, Aug 9 (Reuters) – With Republican Mitt Romney on the verge of choosing a vice presidential …


Exclusive: Algerian Brahimi seen replacing Annan as Syria envoy - Reuters


James Holmes is mentally ill: lawyers - CBS News
(CBS News) CENTENNIAL, Colo. – Lawyers for James Holmes, the man charged in the Batman movie massacre, said Thursday that Holmes is mentally ill. The disclosure came when the lawyers appeared with Holmes at a Colorado court hearing into the attack that …


George Zimmerman to seek 'stand your ground' self-defense hearing - Los Angeles Times
Lawyers for George Zimmerman, accused in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, will seek a hearing under Florida's "stand your ground" self-defense law that could result in the dismissal of all criminal charges. Zimmerman's defense team is using the …


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