PANTS ON FIRE

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

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Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Sunday admitted that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney had “changed” positions during last week’s debate.

BLACK & WHITE

Arkansas Republican: Slavery was a ‘blessing in disguise’

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A Republican member of the Arkansas state senate’s self-published memoir claims that for black people in America, slavery was a “blessing in disguise."

NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL

NPR anchor ties term ‘illegal immigrant’ to Nazi Germany

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NPR Latino USA anchor María Hinojosa said Sunday her opposition to the term “illegal immigrant” stemmed from a conversation with Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.

LETHAL FORCE

Alabama police shoot and kill naked college student

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Relatives and peers of an Alabama college student say police mishandled the incident that ended in an officer shooting and killing him Saturday.

RISKY BUSINESS

School Board member: End HS football over brain injuries

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Dr. Paul Butler, a retired physician and Dover School Board member, isn’t happy about it, but he’s determined that the risk of concussion and brain injury to the district’s young players is too high to let the football program continue.

EXCLUDED BUT NOT QUITTING

Third-party candidates hold their own debates

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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.

Tech News

Philippines appeals to hackers to cease attacks

Hackers incensed by the Philippines’ controversial cybercrime law have attacked government sites that deliver emergency…

Foxconn workers on iPhone 5 line strike in China, rights group says

China Labor Watch says up to 4,000 employees walked out in Zhengzhou after Foxconn and…

Media

Stewart and O’Reilly debate online amid viewer complaints

Jon Stewart and Bill O’Reilly engaged in a much-anticipated debate Saturday night, though the online…

One-day photo project to be screened in 22 countries

A photography exhibit featuring snapshots of daily life around the world will open simultaneously on…

World

Former Assad aide: Syrian president plans secret flight to Russia

Abdullah al-Omar, a former propaganda aide to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, said on an Al Jazeera English broadcast Sunday that…

U.S. lets South Korea expand missile range to cover North

South Korea announced a deal with the United States on Sunday to almost triple the range of its missile systems…

U.S. officers in Israel for military exercise: report

US army officers have begun arriving in Israel ahead of joint military manoeuvres between the countries’ armed forces, an Israeli…

Global oil refining industry shifts to Middle East

As high oil prices and improved efficiency force refineries in the US and Europe towards closure, the industry is shifting…

U.S. News

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…

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…

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: Gary Johnson is a ‘non-factor’

Although former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is gaining in the polls and is expected…

Taliban mock U.S. as Afghan war enters 12th year

America’s longest war entered its 12th year Sunday, with the anniversary marked by a Taliban…

Seven dead as meningitis outbreak reaches nine states

Seven people have died in a meningitis outbreak that has affected 64 people in nine…