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| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:57 PM PDT Ryan Gosling: Kid At Heart In Esquire Ryan Gosling began his career on "The New Mickey Mouse Club," and in many ways, he still retains the youthful excitement associated with the Happiest Place on Earth.In a new interview with Esquire, in which he takes the interview setting from a Halloween costume market to a candy store to a theme park to the beach, there is a distinct thread of child-at-heart sentiment running its way through his confessions and |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:57 PM PDT American Bar Association Takes Aim At Lobbying Law Loopholes Under current law, lobbyists seeking consideration for their clients can sweeten the pot by throwing massive fundraisers for the members of Congress that they're lobbying.Former senior members of Congress who are being paid a small fortune to design and coordinate major lobbying efforts don't have to register as lobbyists themselves -- or meet any disclosure requirements -- as long as they mostly supervise and don't make too many calls themselves.And companies... |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:57 PM PDT Westminster Cathedral Peace Service Held Amid London Riots By Jo Siedleckac. 2011 Religion News ServiceLONDON (RNS/ENInews) The annual peace service at Westminster Cathedral acquired fresh significance on Tuesday evening (Aug. 9) as Londoners gathered to pray for their city and other British communities torn by rioting.Read More... More on Rioting In UK... |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:57 PM PDT LA Day Trip: Catalina Island Catalina Island is home to 3,500 full time residents and is the destination of over a million tourists a year. Clearly, something good is going on 22 miles off the coast of Los Angeles. Here's what.Boats! A trip to Catalina is unique simply by virtue of the mode of transportation one must take to get there.... |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT Boehner's Low Approval Rating Could Hurt Republicans In 2012 WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) approval numbers have dropped significantly since taking on his leadership position at the beginning of 2011, according to a poll released Wednesday. In the survey conducted by Public Policy Polling for DailyKos.com and the Service Employees International Union, 28 percent of respondents approved of Boehner, while 52 percent disapproved.... |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT 'The Help' Costume Designer, Sharen Davis, Talks Styling The costumes in "The Help," the film based on the bestselling novel by Kathryn Stockett, offer a glimpse into the fashions of the "Mad Men"-era South. Unlike their cosmopolitan counterparts working for the Sterling Cooper Agency in New York City in the early 1960s, the Southern belles in Jackson, Miss.... |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT Leukemia Treatment Virtually Eradicates Cancer, Kills 'Pounds' Of Cancerous Cells (VIDEO) A new leukemia treatment is wowing even the researchers behind its creation, providing results beyond their wildest expectations.It's virtually eradicated cancerous leukemia cells in the first three patients it's been tested on.In two of the first three patients the process was tested on the treatment completely destroyed the most common type of leukemia, according to MSNBC.... |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT Caroline Wozniacki Loses To Roberta Vinci In Opening Match At Rogers Cup TORONTO — World No. 1 and defending champion Caroline Wozniacki lost to Roberta Vinci 6-4, 7-5 in a second-round match at the Rogers Cup on Wednesday.Wozniacki, who has won a WTA-leading five titles this year, was up 5-1 in the second set and looking to rally from a set down.... |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT Armenia Migration Exodus Creates Women-Only Villages An estimated 60,000 Armenians are leaving their country each year in search of a better life, and the mass exodus has caused a startling new trend: whole villages populated almost entirely by women. While many men are leaving the former Soviet nation to go to Russia to earn enough money to support their families, women and children are usually left behind to work in the fields, the BBC is reporting.... |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT Rev. Mychal Judge, Gay '9/11 Saint,' To Be Honored By N.Y. Catholic Church By Sean Kirstc. 2011 Religion News ServiceSYRACUSE, N.Y. (RNS) Like most Americans, Brother Edmund Dwyer was stunned by early coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. As he struggled to grasp the scope of the carnage, scrolling type alone the bottom of his television screen announced the death of Rev.... |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT Dwyane Wade: 'I'm Going To Play Basketball This Year' MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade has decided he cannot take a year away from basketball.And if the NBA goes that route, Wade has decided to go somewhere else.Read More... More on NBA... |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT  Cisco surpasses low expectations, shares pop (Reuters) Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc forecast slim revenue growth this quarter, a pleasant surprise to investors bracing for a sharp pullback in global technology spending that sent its shares soaring 10 percent. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT  Latest picks for debt panel spark some pessimism (AP) AP - Republicans named a mix of partisans and pragmatists on Wednesday to the new congressional committee charged with striking a debt-cutting compromise. While members of both parties expressed urgency over controlling surging budget shortfalls, others were pessimistic that the bipartisan panel would overcome deep political divides. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT  Stocks resume sell-off; Dow finishes down 519 (AP) AP - Back to reality for the stock market — and back down. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT They rule the red In the world of showbiz — both holly and bolly — the red carpet is a lot more than its Oxford dictionary meaning ('a long, narrow red carpet for a distinguished visitor to walk on'). it is where stars are born or buried. t2 turns the spotlight on seven designers the glam girls seek out for a red carpet do |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT  Military killed Taliban who downed US helicopter (AP) AP - International forces killed the Taliban insurgents responsible for shooting down a U.S. helicopter and killing 38 U.S. and Afghan forces over the weekend, but they are still seeking the top insurgent leader they were going after in Saturday's mission, the top American commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT Military killed Taliban who downed US helicopter (AP) AP - International forces killed the Taliban insurgents responsible for shooting down a U.S. helicopter and killing 38 U.S. and Afghan forces over the weekend, but they are still seeking the top insurgent leader they were going after in Saturday's mission, the top American commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT  Girl on board risked life trying to save Wash. boy (AP) AP - A 12-year-old girl on a boogie board risked her life to try to help a 12-year-old boy who was yanked away by a Pacific riptide and spent about 20 minutes under water. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT  Bachmann points to foster parenting — on her terms (AP) AP - From her first campaign to her latest, Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann has used her time as a foster parent to help create an image of a family-focused Christian driven by compassion and social conviction. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT  'Amazing' therapy wipes out leukemia in study (AP) AP - Scientists are reporting the first clear success with a new approach for treating leukemia — turning the patients' own blood cells into assassins that hunt and destroy their cancer cells. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT Entertainment In the world of showbiz — both Holly and Bolly — the red carpet is a lot more than its Oxford dictionary meaning ('a long, narrow red carpet for a distinguished visitor to walk on'). it is where stars are born or buried. t2 turns the spotli... |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:55 PM PDT  Cameron vows 'fightback' as Birmingham seethes (AP) AP - Thousands of extra police officers flooded the streets of London on Wednesday to deter rioters, and Prime Minister David Cameron warned that the government will take any necessary action to restore order and confidence to Britain's streets. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:55 PM PDT  TBS canceling comic George Lopez's talk show (AP) AP - George Lopez, who surrendered his TBS time slot to Conan O'Brien and then saw ratings for "Lopez Tonight" slide, got a cancelation notice Wednesday. Lopez's Thursday show at midnight will be the final one, the cable network said in a statement. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:55 PM PDT  AP IMPACT: Cutbacks force retreat in war on meth (AP) AP - Police and sheriff's departments in states that produce much of the nation's methamphetamine have made a sudden retreat in the war on meth, at times virtually abandoning pursuit of the drug because they can no longer afford to clean up the toxic waste generated by labs. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:55 PM PDT  Special report: The perils of Paulson (Reuters) Reuters - NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) The crown may be slipping fast from billionaire trader John Paulson's head. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:55 PM PDT  UK streets calmer after nights of riots and chaos (Reuters) Reuters - Days of rioting and looting across Britain looked to be cooling Wednesday after Prime Minister David Cameron's promised a fightback and flooded city streets with police to try to restore order. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:55 PM PDT UK & World News: Norway mass killer 'acted alone' Norwegian police increasingly believe the man who confessed to killing 77 people in last month's attacks planned and committed them on his own, a prosecutor has said. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:55 PM PDT Syria Claims 'Conspiracy' to Explain Raids In this image made from amateur video released by DPN (Deir el-Zour Press news) and accessed via The Associated Press Te ... Read More levision News on Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011, shows Syria tanks on the street in Deir el-Zour Syria on Tuesday Aug. 9. 2011. Syrian troops seized control of the eastern flashpoint city of Deir el-Zour Wednesday following intense shelling and gunfire, an activist said ... |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:55 PM PDT  Banks drag Wall Street lower on Europe debt (Reuters) Reuters - Fear returned to Wall Street on Wednesday, sending the S&P 500 to another 4 percent decline, triggered by worries that Europe's debt crisis could engulf French banks and spill onto the U.S. financial sector. |
| Posted: 10 Aug 2011 02:55 PM PDT News Corp profit up, Murdoch says board supports him (Reuters) Reuters - News Corp reported a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, and its chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch said the media company's board wants him to remain CEO after a phone hacking scandal at its UK newspaper unit raised questions about his leadership. |
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