This column originally appeared on The New Republic's website Wednesday night. (The New Republic) Clearly, the Romney campaign's anti-Obama welfare ads have come at a cost. Given the way they have been condemned as false by even mainstream media … Polls: Romney, Ryan have 'no-mentum,' not enough details - NBCNews.com
Tropical Storm Isaac heads for Hispaniola, and causes worries for GOP ... - Washington Post
Under fire, Akin gets help from US social conservatives - Reuters
By Patricia Zengerle | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Under fire from his own party for controversial comments on rape, US Republican Representative Todd Akin on Thursday won the support of social conservatives in his effort to stay in Missouri's US Senate … Colorado theater shooting: New details emerge on James E. Holmes - Los Angeles Times
SEAL who wrote bin Laden raid book identified - Monterey County Herald
Assad's Aleppo backers abandon him, some shift support, cash to rebels in ... - CBS News
(CBS News) LONDON – Eighteen months after anti-Assad street protests spiraled into all-out civil war, sources inside Aleppo tell CBS News that many of the business leaders, scholars and other prominent figures in Syria's largest city, who have backed … John Lennon killer Mark Chapman denied parole in US - BBC News
Authorities in New York have denied parole to the man who shot dead musician John Lennon in 1980 – for the seventh time. Mark Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life in 1981 after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. Chapman, now 57, shot Lennon … Naked Prince Harry photos published by Sun newspaper
LONDON (Reuters) – The Sun tabloid on Friday published photographs of Prince Harry naked in Las Vegas, becoming the first British publication to defy a request from the royal family's lawyers. On Thursday, newspapers in Britain did not publish the images of the Queen's grandson naked with an unnamed woman while on holiday in Las Vegas, following a request from St James's Palace, the official residence of the prince, through the Press Complaints Commission to respect his privacy. … Afghanistan want more from cricket world
Afghanistan's top cricket official on Friday demanded more technical support from the cricket world to build on his team's success. Three killed in tribal clash in Libya
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – At least three people were killed and eight were wounded in a tribal clash near the Libyan town of Zlitan on Thursday, an official source said, testing transitional efforts to improve security after an uprising ended Muammar Gaddafi’s rule. Heavy weaponry was used in the violence, including 14 mm anti-aircraft canons, the source said. The clash was sparked by a dispute between two families from the al-Haly and al-Fawatra tribes. The source could not say what the dispute was about. An army deployment managed to impose a truce between the two warring tribes. …
Isaac heads for Hispaniola, could threaten Florida
Tropical Storm Isaac churned toward the Dominican Republic and Haiti on Thursday, threatening to strengthen into a hurricane that could take a shot at Florida just as the Republicans gather for their national convention. Li Na hopes for a little Henin New York magic
Li Na believes her decision to hire Carlos Rodriguez, the man who steered Justine Henin to the 2003 and 2007 US Open titles, could be her New York gamechanger after enduring two successive first round failures. Comcast joins DirecTV and DISH and agrees to carry new beIN Sport network
NEW YORK, N.Y. – The new beIN Sport network has reached an agreement with Comcast Corp. to be carried on its Xfinity TV.
Norway Court to decide mass killer Breivik's sanity
OSLO (Reuters) – A Norwegian court delivers its verdict in the ten-week trial of gunman Anders Behring Breivik on Friday, deciding whether to send the anti-Muslim militant to jail or a mental hospital for the massacre of 77 people last summer. Prosecutors have demanded a verdict of insanity, a fate Breivik called "worse than death", while many of his victims say only a sane person could have carried out such a complex attack. Either way he is likely to spend the rest of his life behind bars. … 
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