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'Vulture capitalists': Rivals' attacks haunt Romne...

One day after President Barack Obama vowed to attack Mitt Romney's private equity record through to November, a super PAC supporting his re-election unleashed a new ad that enlists the former Massachusetts governor's erstwhile primary rivals to do just that. There's Newt Gingrich, lumping Romney in with financiers who "loot companies, leave behind broken families, [...]

Public split on whether Romney’s Bain tenure mat...

As Democrats intensify their attacks over Mitt Romney's tenure at Bain Capital, a new poll finds the public divided over whether his history as a venture capitalist hurts or helps the presumptive Republican nominee.

Pastor suggests building electric fence around ‘...

A North Carolina pastor's disturbing anti-gay sermon has gone viral, and it's easy to see why. In a rant delivered just days after President Obama's historic public support for same-sex marriage, the pastor, Charles L. Worley of Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, N.C., suggested rounding up all "queers and homosexuals" and quarantining them inside [...]

Suspect arrested in disappearance of California te...

A suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with the widely publicized case of missing Northern California teen Sierra LaMar. The 15-year-old high school cheerleader was last seen on March 16 at her home in Morgan Hill, Calif., getting ready for school, but she never made it there. The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department [...]

As Facebook's stock struggles, fingers start point...

Zuckerberg Loses $2 Billion in Second Day of TradingAs shares of the social network tumbled in their second day of trading, bankers, investors and analysts wondered what had gone wrong with the initial public offering of Facebook, the most highly anticipated technology debut in years.

Notre Dame suing over birth-control mandate

On Monday, the University of Notre Dame filed suit against the Obama administration over its rule that all employers must offer contraception without a copay in their insurance plans.

96 killed as Yemen soldier turns bomber

A Yemeni soldier packing powerful explosives under his uniform blew himself up in the middle of an army battalion in Sanaa Monday, killing 96 troops and wounding around 300, a military official and medics said.

Alibaba buys back stake held by Yahoo for $7.1 bil...

Employees play table tennis inside the headquarters office of Alibaba (China) Technology Co. Ltd on the outskirts of HangzhouChinese Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma is buying back up to half of a 40 percent stake in his Alibaba Group from Yahoo Inc for $7.1 billion, in a deal that moves the Chinese e-commerce leader closer to a public listing.

Dominican election in dispute after apparent win

A governing party official appeared to have scored a first-round win in the Dominican Republic's presidential election but supporters of his main opponent said they would challenge the results.