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Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:20:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/866976-hotline-turkey-day-troubles.html 2011-11-25T17:20:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/891396-occupy-picketer-joins-ranks-wall-street.html An unemployed protester with a Ph.D. has gone to work for Wall Street’s One Percent, but only earns close to minimum wage. Before being ousted by police in November, occupiers in New York City’s Zuccotti Park had a host of grievances to deal with: corporate America, trips to a Porta-Potty in the night, and jaded passers-by yelling “Get a job!” At first, “I’m trying!” was the most protester Trac... Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:29:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/891396-occupy-picketer-joins-ranks-wall-street.html 2011-12-06T16:29:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/909930-christmas-ornaments-to-deceased-marines.html During the holidays, an unexpected present or Christmas card is usually a pleasant surprise. But for families of fallen Marines last week, mistakenly sent care packages were somber reminders of their deceased loved ones. For the past three years, the Marine’s Wounded Warrior Regiment has mailed Purple Heart Christmas ornaments to the Marines and sailors who have received the award since 9/11, r... Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:10:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/909930-christmas-ornaments-to-deceased-marines.html 2011-12-14T14:10:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/921344-battlefield-office-politics.html As military personnel leave Iraq, young veterans are finding minimal job prospects at home.  Switching careers can be difficult for anyone. Although matching previous skills to new opportunities has become increasingly commonplace in the professional world, young veterans often find themselves comparing apples to oranges. There seems to be a disconnect between potential employers and young vete... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:24:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/921344-battlefield-office-politics.html 2011-12-19T15:24:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1309970-pressure-eu-leaders-to-solve-greek-crisis.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of the eurogroup says that the 17 nations using the euro as their currency "have to consider all kinds of events" but insists that "the working assumption" of European leaders remains that Greece will remain part of the euro. Luxembourg Prime Minister and president of the group of finance ministers of the euro countries, Jean-Clau... Wed, 23 May 2012 22:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1309970-pressure-eu-leaders-to-solve-greek-crisis.html 2012-05-23T22:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310408-russian-boy-killed-nebraska-fire-laid-to-rest.html LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy originally from Russia who was killed in a Nebraska house fire has been laid to rest, but prosecutors and the Russian government are seeking more information about his death. Nearly 200 people gathered at a Lincoln church Wednesday to mourn the death of Anton Fomin, who was alone when his legal guardians' house caught... Wed, 23 May 2012 22:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310408-russian-boy-killed-nebraska-fire-laid-to-rest.html 2012-05-23T22:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310108-obama-birth-certificate-arizona-official.html PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's secretary of state said Wednesday that Hawaii's official verification of President Barack Obama's birth records meets necessary requirements, meaning the president's name will appear on Arizona's ballot in the fall. The inquiry launched recently by Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett gave official weight to a long-simmering pol... Wed, 23 May 2012 21:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310108-obama-birth-certificate-arizona-official.html 2012-05-23T21:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1308934-pakistan-convicts-doctor-who-helped-find-bin-laden.html PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden was convicted Wednesday of conspiring against the state and sentenced to 33 years in prison, adding new strains to an already deeply troubled relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan. U.S. officials had urged Pakistan to release the doctor, who ran a vaccination program for ... Wed, 23 May 2012 21:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1308934-pakistan-convicts-doctor-who-helped-find-bin-laden.html 2012-05-23T21:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1309782-obama-team-trumpets-polling-gay-marriage.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is beginning to express some confidence that the president's historic, yet politically risky, embrace of gay marriage may not hurt him in the November election. In a conference call announcing efforts to get gay and lesbian voters engaged in the Obama campaign, officials said poll numbers on ... Wed, 23 May 2012 21:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1309782-obama-team-trumpets-polling-gay-marriage.html 2012-05-23T21:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310558-unabomber-submits-update-to-harvard-alumni-book.html CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University's alumni association says it regrets including the Unabomber's references to his convictions in a directory for his 50th class reunion this week. Ted Kaczynski (kah-ZIHN'-skee) graduated in 1962 and is in prison for killing three people and injuring 23 during a nationwide bombing spree between 1978 and 1995. He l... Wed, 23 May 2012 21:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310558-unabomber-submits-update-to-harvard-alumni-book.html 2012-05-23T21:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310250-hp-to-cut-27000-jobs-to-save-up-to-35b-annually.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co. is cutting 27,000 jobs in an effort to recover from management missteps that hobbled the Silicon Valley pioneer as its rivals raced ahead with more innovative products and services. The streamlining announced Wednesday represents HP's largest payroll purge in its 73-year history. The reductions will affect about 8 ... Wed, 23 May 2012 21:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310250-hp-to-cut-27000-jobs-to-save-up-to-35b-annually.html 2012-05-23T21:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1309824-monsignor-cardinal-wanted-accusers-dark.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Roman Catholic church official conceded that a 1994 list he compiled of 35 priests suspected of sexually abusing children in the Philadelphia archdiocese included some "pretty sick individuals." Monsignor William Lynn took the stand in his own defense Wednesday in a groundbreaking child-endangerment and conspiracy case. Prosecutors b... Wed, 23 May 2012 21:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1309824-monsignor-cardinal-wanted-accusers-dark.html 2012-05-23T21:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1309340-indiana-man-charged-with-murdering-3rd-woman.html NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana prosecutor isn't ruling out the possibility that a convicted sex offender charged in the killings of three women may have other victims, saying Wednesday the man has shown "an outrageous disregard for human life." William Clyde Gibson, who has a lengthy criminal record, was brought into Floyd Superior Court bound in shac... Wed, 23 May 2012 21:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1309340-indiana-man-charged-with-murdering-3rd-woman.html 2012-05-23T21:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310652-california-nuke-trouble-prompt-rule-review.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The saga of troubled tubing at California's San Onofre nuclear power plant could prompt a review of federal rules under which equipment is routinely replaced inside the nation's reactors, the country's top nuclear regulator said Wednesday. San Onofre, located on the coast between Los Angeles and San Diego, has been shuttered for nearly ... Wed, 23 May 2012 21:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310652-california-nuke-trouble-prompt-rule-review.html 2012-05-23T21:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1309090-edwards-jury-deliberates-speculation-grows.html GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — John Edwards tried to make eye contact with each juror as they filed into the courtroom Wednesday before heading home after a fourth day of deliberations without a verdict in his campaign finance trial. A former trial lawyer, Edwards is familiar with the old courtroom adage that jurors who return the defendant's gaze with a quick s... Wed, 23 May 2012 21:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1309090-edwards-jury-deliberates-speculation-grows.html 2012-05-23T21:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310500-anne-hathaways-to-released-pa-prison.html LORETTO, Pa. (AP) — An Italian ex-boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway is about to be released from a Pennsylvania federal prison following a real-estate scam. Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Chris Burke says Raffaello Follieri is scheduled to be released Friday from a prison in Loretto, 80 miles east of Pittsburgh. Follieri pleaded guilty to cheating i... Wed, 23 May 2012 21:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310500-anne-hathaways-to-released-pa-prison.html 2012-05-23T21:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1309436-gi-muslim-faith-motive-ft-hood-bomb-plot.html WACO, Texas (AP) — A Muslim U.S. soldier accused of planning to bomb Fort Hood troops says he wasn't seeking vengeance but justice for people in Iraq and Afghanistan. Army Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo is heard telling his mother during a jailhouse visit that -- quote -- "their suffering is my suffering." A recording of the visit was played for jurors at his tria... Wed, 23 May 2012 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1309436-gi-muslim-faith-motive-ft-hood-bomb-plot.html 2012-05-23T21:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310650-details-released-family-dead-oregon.html SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Two little girls, not yet old enough for kindergarten, were shot to death. Their infant sister was found asphyxiated. All were discovered in a burning house with their 26-year-old mother, also a victim of a gunshot wound. Police on Wednesday began releasing details of what they say was a murder-suicide at the Salem home on Tuesday. ... Wed, 23 May 2012 22:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310650-details-released-family-dead-oregon.html 2012-05-23T22:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1309446-fitzgerald-stepping-us-attorney-chicago.html CHICAGO (AP) — In a city and state known for tenacious corruption, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald became known for equal tenacity in going after politicians of every stripe. During more than a decade in Chicago, Fitzgerald put behind bars a former Republican governor and then his Democratic successor. He traveled to Washington to win convictions of a to... Wed, 23 May 2012 20:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1309446-fitzgerald-stepping-us-attorney-chicago.html 2012-05-23T20:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1308136-4-western-us-shielding-executions.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A San Francisco-based federal appeals court ruled in 2002 that every aspect of an execution should be open to witnesses, from the moment the condemned enters the death chamber to his or her final heartbeat. The ruling established what was expected of the nine Western states within the court's jurisdiction. A decade later, four of the s... Wed, 23 May 2012 20:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1308136-4-western-us-shielding-executions.html 2012-05-23T20:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310636-zimmerman-complained-sanford-police-2011.html ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman accused the Sanford police department of corruption more than a year before he shot Trayvon Martin, saying at a public forum the agency covered up the beating of a black homeless man by the son of a white officer. "I would just like to state that the law is written in black and white," Zimmerman said during a 90-secon... Wed, 23 May 2012 20:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310636-zimmerman-complained-sanford-police-2011.html 2012-05-23T20:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310554-astrodome-spared-group-suggests-overhaul-reuse.html HOUSTON (AP) — The Astrodome, a now-empty showplace that has hosted everyone from Elvis Presley to Hurricane Katrina evacuees, should be turned into a multipurpose facility that could spark fresh interest in the city of Houston, a group of consultants recommended Wednesday. The $270 million option was one of four considered by consultants led by Dallas-ba... Wed, 23 May 2012 20:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310554-astrodome-spared-group-suggests-overhaul-reuse.html 2012-05-23T20:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310612-gi-joe-marching-orders-moves-to-2013.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — G.I. Joe won't be going into action on the big-screen this summer, after all. The Hollywood Reporter says Paramount Pictures yanked its sequel "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" from its June 29 release date and rescheduled the movie for March 29 next year. While it's not uncommon for studios to shuffle opening dates, it is rare for such a big-bud... Wed, 23 May 2012 20:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1310612-gi-joe-marching-orders-moves-to-2013.html 2012-05-23T20:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1309176-obama-dems-redoubling-money-efforts-to-edge.html DENVER (AP) — His cash advantage threatened, President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hauls by Republican rival Mitt Romney and a slew of GOP-leaning super PACs that are raking in cash from the party faithful highly motivated to topple the Democrat. Obama still has a significant edge, but it's shrinking ra... Wed, 23 May 2012 20:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1309176-obama-dems-redoubling-money-efforts-to-edge.html 2012-05-23T20:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1309534-wis-theft-victim-uploads-video-suspected-thief.html MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Wisconsin man whose camcorder was briefly stolen has found a way to get back at the suspected thief: He uploaded to YouTube a video that the suspect took with the camera, a clip in which the man reveals his name, shows his face and admits he stole the camera. Chris Rochester, 25, of La Crosse, said his camera was stolen a few weeks ago ... Wed, 23 May 2012 20:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1309534-wis-theft-victim-uploads-video-suspected-thief.html 2012-05-23T20:37:00Z