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Report: Mossad agents posed as CIA to recruit Iranian terrorists

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Agents with Israel’s Mossad agency posed as American CIA agents in operations to recruit members of the Pakistani militant group Jundallah, a report in Foreign Policy magazine said Friday.

A MAN OF HIS WORD

Tenn. GOP Rep. stands by threat to ‘stomp a mudhole’ in transgender people

A person stands inside a public bathroom stall. Photo: Flickr user cw3283.

State Rep. Richard Floyd (R) was quoted recently as threatening to “stomp a mudhole” in anybody who might be wearing the clothing of the opposite sex if they came anywhere near his family.

THAT'S VERBOTEN

Protester spends 3 weeks in jail for sidewalk chalk

Occupy Orlando protester Timothy Michael Osmar

An Occupy Orlando protester has been freed after spending three weeks in jail for using chalk to write on the sidewalk.

THE PLANET CLEANS UP AFTER US

Newly discovered molecules in atmosphere may offset global warming

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A newly discovered form of chemical intermediary in the atmosphere has the ability to remove pollutants in a way that leads to cloud-formation and could potentially help offset global warming.

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Activists deface Bank of America ATMs

An ATM sticker distributed by the Rainforest Action Network in San Francisco. Photo: Courtesy, Rainforest Action Network.

Activists with the Rainforest Action Network recently devised a clever way of promoting their message: defacing Bank of America ATMs with non-adhesive stickers.

THEY MUST KNOW SOMETHING

Defense industry favors Obama over GOP

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Given Romney’s pro-business platform, you would think he’d be the favored son of the defense industry, even in the early stages of the 2012 race. You’d be wrong.

Science

Warmer summers cause colder winters, scientists say

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Warmer summers in the far Northern Hemisphere are disrupting weather patterns and…

Researcher accused of faking red wine studies

WASHINGTON — A US university on Thursday accused one of its researchers of widespread fraud…

Tech News

Enraged shoppers pelt Beijing Apple store with eggs

BEIJING (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s flagship Beijing store was pelted with eggs on Friday when…

Rep. Lamar Smith vows not to buckle on the Stop Online Piracy Act

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – The lawmaker behind a bill to combat online piracy vowed on…

Media

Cop who endured Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic tirade gets trial

LOS ANGELES — A US sheriff’s deputy who endured an anti-Semitic rant from Mel Gibson…

Palin slams Romney’s jobs record: ‘Is there proof?’

Failed Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Wednesday urged current GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney…

World

Chinese dissident goes into exile in U.S., says was tortured

BEIJING (Reuters) – One of China’s most prominent Christian dissidents, Yu Jie, has gone into exile to the United States…

New Zealand woman auctions tattoo space on her butt

WELLINGTON — A cash-strapped New Zealander is auctioning off the chance to put a tattoo on her derriere so she…

Polio breakthrough: India marks disease-free year

NEW DELHI — India marked a year since its last new case of polio Friday, a major milestone in a…

U.S. has ‘some ideas’ who killed Iran scientist: Panetta

WASHINGTON — Pentagon chief Leon Panetta said Thursday that US officials had “some ideas” who was behind the assassination of…

U.S. News

Judge keeps Gingrich, Perry, Huntsman off Virginia ballot

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge in Virginia on Friday refused to order that candidates…

Oops: Perry adds new agency to cut, forgets another

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry may have had another “oops” moments on Friday. The Texas…

Woman arrested for biting children’s faces

A 46-year-old woman in Mountain View, California has been accused of biting two children in…

Great Dane saves life of domestic violence victim

A women’s shelter in Kansas City is changing their policy on pets after one domestic…

Tea Party may get rebuffed in tax cut showdown

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House Speaker John Boehner, hoping to spare fellow Republicans a second embarrassing…