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Mitt Romney and his band of clowns continue to run one of the worst campaigns {Look at the main stream media spin here...then, look at the state of the nation and the world, in part because of the spin and what's invariably left unsaid...the failed wobama in constant campaign mode and little else beyond their b***s*** so they're well practiced in pleasing the 'silence is golden, dark' media!}...

New York Daily News - ‎1 hour ago‎
There was a lot of talk about Libya last week, because Mitt Romney didn't know when to shut up about dead Americans, including Chris Stevens, a good man who was our ambassador there.
Romney to outline how he would govern
AP Sources: Obama launches new China trade action
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Chicago teachers strike enters 2nd week; mayor takes fight to court

CNN International
1 hour ago
Written by
Kyung Lah
Chicago (CNN) -- Chicago school kids won't be back in class until at least Wednesday after teachers union representatives decided not to end a week-long walkout -- despite a tentative contract deal reached by union leaders and school officials.
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Afghan demonstrators burn cars, throws stones at US base in protest against ...

Washington Post - ‎29 minutes ago‎
KABUL, Afghanistan - Hundreds of Afghans burned cars and threw rocks at a US military base as a demonstration against an anti-Islam film that ridicules the Prophet Muhammad turned violent in the Afghan capital early Monday.
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Stafford throws another INT, Lions lose 27-19 at San Francisco

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
SAN FRANCISCO - Matthew Stafford stumbled at the start again and the Detroit Lions never could recover against one of the NFL's best defenses.
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Japanese firms shut China plants, US urges calm in islands row |

Reuters - ‎19 minutes ago‎
By Kazunori Takada | SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Major Japanese firms have shuttered factories in China and urged expatriate workers on Monday to stay indoors after angry protests flared over a territorial dispute that threatened to hurt trade ties between ...
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Surprising starts for undefeated Cardinals, Patriots _ and winless Saints

Washington Post - ‎17 minutes ago‎
The Arizona Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles are still perfect, surprising standouts on the NFL's quickly dwindling list of undefeated teams.
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US and Japan announce shared missile defense system expansion

Washington Post - ‎1 hour ago‎
TOKYO - The United States and Japan announced Monday that they will expand a shared missile defense system in East Asia by installing a new, high-powered radar in southern Japan.
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Kate and William lawyers seek topless photos injunction

BBC News - ‎20 minutes ago‎
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are continuing their Diamond Jubilee tour in the Solomon Islands, as their lawyers plan to appear in court in Paris to stop further publication of topless shots of the duchess.
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Hezbollah calls for week of protests over anti-Islam film - live updates

The Guardian - ‎26 minutes ago‎
Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV shows Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon's militant Shia movement, calling for demonstration to denounce an anti-Islamic film that has prompted days of violent protests.

Calif. DNA Collection From Arrestees Challenged

ABC News - ‎38 minutes ago‎
An Alabama man was charged this month with the 1980 murder of an Oxnard teen. A Placerville man was arrested last month for a 1986 rape and murder of a San Mateo teen.
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Teen charged with Chicago bomb plot due in court

CBS News - ‎30 minutes ago‎
HILLSIDE, Ill. - A man accused of trying to detonate a car bomb outside a Chicago bar is scheduled to appear in federal court. Prosecutors say an undercover agent gave 18-year-old Adel Daoud of suburban Hillside a phony car bomb and watched him press ...
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Files: Boy Scouts shielded molesters

Philadelphia Inquirer - ‎1 hour ago‎
LOS ANGELES - Over two decades, the Boy Scouts of America failed to report hundreds of alleged child molesters to police and often hid the allegations from parents and the public - including cases in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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Cultural Clash Fuels Muslims Raging at Film

New York Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
CAIRO - Stepping from the cloud of tear gas in front of the American Embassy here, Khaled Ali repeated the urgent question that he said justified last week's violent protests at United States outposts around the Muslim world.
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Europe Futures, Copper Fall; China Shares Tumble as Rupee Gains

Bloomberg - ‎57 minutes ago‎
European equity futures declined, signaling the benchmark index may drop from a 15-month high, before leaders meet this week to discuss the region's debt crisis.
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Pakistan tests nuclear-capable Cruise missile

Xinhua - ‎1 hour ago‎
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) --Pakistan Monday conducted a successful test fire of an indigenously developed multi-tube cruise missile, with a range of 700 km, and capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the military said.
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Buffett style fashions Berkshire's foreign deals

MarketWatch - ‎4 hours ago‎
By Sue Chang, MarketWatch Warren Buffett has invested only a small portion of Berkshire Hathaway's vast portfolio outside of the US, including Tesco, the UK-based retail chain.
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Shell Won't Drill for Oil in Alaska This Year After Dome Damaged

Bloomberg - ‎56 minutes ago‎
Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) dropped plans to drill for oil off Alaska this year after a containment dome designed to cap a spill was damaged.
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Romney's health reforms will be tricky

San Francisco Chronicle - ‎3 hours ago‎
It's long been a go-to applause line for GOP nominee Mitt Romney in front of friendly campaign audiences. "I will repeal Obamacare," Romney promises as the audience roars, "on day one" of his presidency.
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Pueblo airport plane crash cancels Romney rally, Obama event

Denver Post - ‎2 hours ago‎
By John Ingold Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney boards his plane Sunday in Bedford, Mass. (Jim Young, Re uters) Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney canceled his Sunday afternoon campaign rally after a fatal small-plane crash at the ...
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Navigating world of iPhone 5, LTE network

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - ‎1 hour ago‎
PETER SVENSSON | AP NEW YORK - The iPhone 5 is Apple's first mobile handset that uses new “LTE” wireless networks. What's LTE –and why should you care?
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iPhone 5 benchmarks surface: Performance doubles

CNET
3 hours ago
Written by
Brooke Crothers
The iPhone 5's A6 chip could be a performance monster if Geekbench results are legitimate. by Brooke Crothers iPhone 5 packs the fastest Apple A series chip to date, according to benchmarks posted by Geekbench.
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Weekend Box Office: 'Resident Evil: Retribution' Tops All Movies

BallerStatus.com - ‎33 minutes ago‎
By BallerStatus Staff ⋅ Published 09/17/12 Sony's action/horror Resident Evil: Retribution landed atop the box office this week, with not much competition apart from the 3D release of Finding Nemo, while Paul Thomas Anderson's cult drama The Master ...
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Amanda Bynes gets traffic citation, car towed

The Associated Press - ‎1 hour ago‎
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - Amanda Bynes had another run-in with the law when she was pulled over for driving on a suspended license by a Southern California airport.
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'Idol' adds Nicki & Keith

Philadelphia Inquirer - ‎1 hour ago‎
TATTLE BELIEVES that Americans will be so tired of national karaoke competitions by the time "American Idol" kicks off in January, it doesn't really matter who the judges are.
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Toronto 2012: The film festival is over, let the buzz and Oscar talk begin

Los Angeles Times - ‎5 hours ago‎
TORONTO - Bradley Cooper has attended just about every test screening of his boisterous new comedy, "Silver Linings Playbook," watching and listening to the precise moments where the audience reacted to the film.
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Tampa Bay inability to shut down Manning aerial attack costs them a chance for ...

Washington Post - ‎24 minutes ago‎
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - New coach Greg Schiano and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers came pretty close to starting the season with two wins. The young Bucs, though, could not hold a two-touchdown lead late in the third quarter, and the Super Bowl champion New ...
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Ben Roethlisberger throws for 2 TDs, Steelers trip up Jets 27-10

Washington Post - ‎19 minutes ago‎
PITTSBURGH - So much for Todd Haley cramping Ben Roethlisberger's style. Showing complete mastery of his new offensive coordinator's complex playbook, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback picked apart the New York Jets in a 27-10 on Sunday that doubled ...
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As NHL Lockout Begins, So Does a Likely Exodus of Players to Europe

New York Times - ‎6 hours ago‎
Sunday was Day 1 of the NHL's latest lockout, but its aftershocks already reverberated through professional hockey. “The collective bargaining agreement expired tonight as of 12 midnight,” Bill Daly, the NHL deputy commissioner, wrote in an e-mail ...
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US-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan

NBCNews.com - ‎2 hours ago‎
The Soyuz TMA-04M capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of US astronaut Joseph Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin lands near the town of Arkalyk in northern Kazakhstan Sept.
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Reversible Epigenetic Changes Linked To Class System And Behavior Patterns In Bees

PlanetSave.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
The first evidence that complex, reversible behavioral patterns observed in bees (and very likely other animals including humans) are intimately linked to epigenetic changes, reversible chemical tags that turn certain genes on and off.
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Bride's 'Cold Feet' May Predict Divorce

LiveScience.com - ‎Sep 14, 2012‎
Ladies: If you're having doubts about marrying your beau, you might want to take a step back. New research shows that a woman's hesitation before her wedding might predict a bumpy road ahead.
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Workplace stress could be taking a toll on the heart

CTV News - ‎Sep 15, 2012‎
Those in high-stress positions with little say in the office could be working themselves into a heart attack, according to a new European study.

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