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Desert Tortoises to Be Euthanized 27 Aug 2013 | 04:38 pm
Because funding is running out, federal officials plan to close the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center and euthanize hundreds of the tortoises they've been caring for since the animals were added to ...
Snipers Fire on UN Inspectors in Syria 27 Aug 2013 | 06:31 am
The crisis in Syria deepened Monday as U.N. weapons inspectors, allowed to access the area where an alleged chemical attack occurred last week, were fired on by snipers. As the situation deteriorates,...
Debt Limit Will Hit Ceiling in October 27 Aug 2013 | 05:49 am
The Treasury Department told Congress on Monday it must raise the $16.7 trillion national debt limit by mid-October. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in a letter to lawmakers said his department would exha...
Cuba Denied Entry to Snowden 27 Aug 2013 | 04:49 am
Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden got stuck in the transit zone of a Moscow airport because Havana said it would not let him fly from Russia to Cuba, the Russian newspaper Kommersant re...
Wealth Makes You a Worse Person 27 Aug 2013 | 03:32 am
Wealth tends to increase a person's sense of entitlement, which in turn can lead to narcissistic behaviors, according to a new study by Paul Piff of UC-Berkeley published in Personality and Social Psy...
Private Lobbyists Earn Public Pensions 27 Aug 2013 | 02:33 am
Hundreds of lobbyists in 20 states get public pensions even though they aren't government employees, AP reports. The rationale for the unusual perk is that they represent associations of counties, cit...
Fear of Public Speaking Cured (Sort Of) 26 Aug 2013 | 11:47 pm
Mary Mann: I've dreaded public speaking for as long as I can remember. ... For two weeks I psyched myself up, and finally, one slushy Tuesday evening, I showed up in front of a nondescript building an...
Kentucky Theater Not Fonda Jane 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
A Kentucky movie theater is refusing to show Lee Daniels' The Butler because the movie includes the actress and activist Jane Fonda in its cast. She portrays Nancy Reagan in the biopic. Movie Palace a...
Did Bobby Riggs Throw the Match? 26 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
Bobby Riggs threw the famous match against Billie Jean King in 1973 to pay off $100,000 in gambling debts to organized crime, according to a new TV report. Hal Shaw, a former golf pro in Tampa, said h...
Poll: 60% Oppose Intervention in Syria 26 Aug 2013 | 07:43 pm
Americans strongly oppose U.S. intervention in Syria's civil war and believe Washington should stay out of the conflict even if Syria used chemical weapons on civilians, according to a new Reuters/Ips...
