This is not a good time to be a duck with a fatty liver in California, though better times lie just ahead.
Modified: 05/30/12 03:59:00 AMProsecutors have filed animal cruelty charges against the owner and seven employees at a Southern California livestock auction house after undercover video shot by an animal rights group showed workers kicking, hitting and tossing the animals as they were readied for sale.
Modified: 05/30/12 03:24:07 AM"I don't agree with all the people who support me. And my guess is they don't all agree with everything I believe in. But I need to get 50.1 percent or more. And I'm appreciative to have the help of a lot of good people." - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney after supporter Donald Trump once again claimed Barack Obama was not a citizen of the United States. Romney has said he believes Obama was born in America, but he has not condemned Trump's comments.
Modified: 05/30/12 03:09:20 AM
An inmate at the center of a legal fight between Gov. Lincoln Chafee and federal prosecutors is making his first appearance in federal court, but the battle over who gets to prosecute him on fatal robbery charges is not over.
Modified: 05/30/12 03:09:23 AMThe National September 11 Memorial and Museum is marking the 10th anniversary of the end of cleanup operations at the site with a tribute to recovery workers and first responders.
Modified: 05/30/12 03:09:23 AMCalifornia prison officials say a death row inmate convicted of killing a 13-year-old boy has committed suicide.
Modified: 05/30/12 02:14:04 AMA small earthquake has jolted the Southern California coast but there are no reports of damages or injuries.
Modified: 05/30/12 02:09:06 AMA search for a missing Idaho pilot believed to have gone down in southern Oregon is expanding to include both private help and assistance from neighboring Oregon counties and a California county, a sheriff said Tuesday night.
Modified: 05/30/12 01:44:03 AMMore than two dozen gay and lesbian couples in Illinois plan to file lawsuits Wednesday arguing that it's unconstitutional for the state to deny them the right to marry, a move advocates hope will lead to legalized same-sex marriage in Illinois.
Modified: 05/30/12 01:14:09 AMA blind Chinese activist who was the focus of a nearly monthlong diplomatic standoff says he hopes the Chinese government will conduct a thorough investigation into his illegal punishment for the past seven years.
Modified: 05/30/12 01:04:00 AMIt took Mario Parker-Milligan less than a semester to decide that he was paying too many fees to Higher One, the company hired by his college to pay out students' financial aid on debit cards.
Modified: 05/30/12 12:25:20 AM
All four people killed by a former neo-Nazi before he turned the gun on himself this month in a quiet Phoenix suburb were shot in the head, according to a police report released Tuesday that paints the clearest picture yet of the gruesome crime scene.
Modified: 05/29/12 11:02:15 PMTexas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and tea-party backed former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz are heading to a runoff in the state's Republican primary for U.S. Senate.
Modified: 05/29/12 10:37:03 PMAll four people killed by a former neo-Nazi before he turned the gun on himself this month in a quiet Phoenix suburb were shot in the head, according to a police report released Tuesday that paints the clearest picture yet of the gruesome crime scene.
Modified: 05/29/12 09:42:20 PMThe National Spelling Bee is planning a world bee.
Modified: 05/29/12 08:37:29 PMYemen's president is taking important steps to advance the country's transition to democracy and security forces are having some success against al-Qaida - but the terrorist group remains intent on striking both Western and regional targets, the U.N. envoy to Yemen said Tuesday.
Modified: 05/29/12 07:37:03 PMThe Missouri Supreme Court cited free-speech concerns Tuesday in striking down part of a state harassment law that was enacted after a teenager who was teased over the Internet committed suicide.
Modified: 05/29/12 07:37:04 PMA Hawaii zip line tower collapsed because of weak soil, sending a worker plunging 200 feet to his death, concluded an investigation released Tuesday by the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
Modified: 05/30/12 12:02:13 AMThe statement issued Tuesday by Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student who received a 30-day sentence for his conviction on charges he used a webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another man, days before the roommate killed himself:
Modified: 05/29/12 06:56:59 PM
A severed human foot was mailed to the headquarters of Canada's Conservative Party and another body part was discovered when police intercepted a second suspicious package, police said Tuesday.
Modified: 05/29/12 11:53:20 PMA consortium of 13 media companies, including The Associated Press, is challenging efforts to seal certain documents in the second-degree murder case of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Trayvon Martin.
Modified: 05/29/12 06:32:06 PM
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