2012 October 07

_CATEGORY_

Rothko painting vandalised in London

London’s Tate Modern was temporarily closed on Sunday after a mural by US modern artist Mark Rothko was defaced by black paint, the gallery said. The gallery shut for a short time at around 3.25pm (1425 GMT) after the damage was found on...

Team Obama steps up attacks on ‘dishonest’ Romney

President Barack Obama’s campaign intensified attacks Sunday on Mitt Romney’s honesty as it tried to halt the Republican challenger’s momentum after a strong first debate performance. Romney’s people hit back, and did so...

Third-party candidates press on with their own debates

Despite being dismissed by at least one of the country’s two major political parties, third-party presidential candidates engaged in their own debates this week. Saturday, the National Public Radio program All Things Considered hosted a...

Libyan assembly dismisses prime minister

TRIPOLI — Libyan premier Mustafa Abu Shagur was dismissed on Sunday after the General National Congress rejected his proposed “crisis” cabinet of just 10 ministers, days after his first line-up was also turned down. The embattled Abu...

Gingrich slams Romney’s debate honesty: ‘It’s clear he changed’ on tax cuts

Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Sunday admitted that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney had “changed” positions during last week’s debate when he claimed that he had not proposed a $5 trillion tax cut. “I don’t...

Marijuana advocates hope reclassification lawsuit against DEA relaxes drug policy

Michael Krawitz, from Elliston, Virginia, suffered a car accident while serving in the US air force which left him permanently disabled and in chronic pain. Years later he received a prescription for medical marijuana while abroad, which, when...

RNC chair Priebus downplays ‘impressive’ Obama fundraising totals

Senior Republican figures attempted to downplay the role of money in the presidential race Sunday, as Barack Obama embarked on a new push for funds having already announced a record monthly haul. Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union,...

Matalin rages at Krugman: You ‘lied’ about Ryan proposing vouchers for Medicare

Republican strategist Mary Matalin on Sunday attempted to lecture Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, saying he had “lied” by claiming Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan’s wanted to turn Medicare into a...

Syrian shell again strikes Turkish village

ANKARA — The Turkish military returned fire Sunday after a shell launched from Syria struck the southeastern Turkish border village of Akcakale, where five civilians were killed last week, the local mayor said. The Syrian shell landed in the...

Thousands protest austerity in Madrid march

MADRID — Thousands joined a protest march in the Spanish capital Sunday against the conservative government’s austerity policies amid growing uncertainty over whether the country will need a financial bailout. “No more unemployment,...

One dead in Israeli air strike on Gaza: medic

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories — One Palestinian was killed and nine others wounded on Sunday in an Israeli air strike that targeted a motorbike in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources told AFP. “One citizen was killed and...

NPR anchor ties term ‘illegal immigrant’ to Nazi Germany

NPR Latino USA anchor María Hinojosa told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Sunday her opposition to the term “illegal immigrant” stemmed from a conversation with Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel years ago in which...

Groups urge Ohio Supreme Court to uphold firing of Creationist science teacher

Secular and science groups have urged the Ohio Supreme Court to rule against John Freshwater, an eighth-grade science teacher who was fired for teaching creationism instead of evolution in class. “Freshwater’s pedagogy serves no...

Gibbs: Romney will ‘battle Sesame Street’ and ‘let Wall Street run hog wild’

Obama senior campaign adviser Robert Gibbs says that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney’s debate performance was “theatrical” but only proved that the Republican nominee would take “the battle straight to Sesame Street and let Wall...

Alabama police shoot and kill naked college student

Relatives and peers of an Alabama college student say police mishandled the incident that ended in an officer shooting and killing him Saturday. According to WALA-TV, officials at the University of South Alabama said 18-year-old Gilbert Collar...

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Rothko painting vandalised in London

Team Obama steps up attacks on ‘dishonest’ Romney

Third-party candidates press on with their own debates

Libyan assembly dismisses prime minister

Gingrich slams Romney’s debate honesty: ‘It’s clear he changed’ on tax cuts

Marijuana advocates hope reclassification lawsuit against DEA relaxes drug policy

RNC chair Priebus downplays ‘impressive’ Obama fundraising totals

Matalin rages at Krugman: You ‘lied’ about Ryan proposing vouchers for Medicare

Syrian shell again strikes Turkish village

Thousands protest austerity in Madrid march

One dead in Israeli air strike on Gaza: medic

NPR anchor ties term ‘illegal immigrant’ to Nazi Germany

Groups urge Ohio Supreme Court to uphold firing of Creationist science teacher

Gibbs: Romney will ‘battle Sesame Street’ and ‘let Wall Street run hog wild’

Alabama police shoot and kill naked college student

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