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QUICKQUOTE: 'OLD MENTALITY'


QUICKQUOTE: 'OLD MENTALITY'

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 02:32 AM PDT

China's Ye Shiwen holds her gold medal up after winning the women's 200-meter individual medley swimming final at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa De Olza)On Wednesday, the state-run Global Times responded by saying questions about Ye's feats were unfair.



Deadly gun battle in Afghan capital

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 11:13 PM PDT

Afghan forces reportedly thwart Taliban attack on government offices in Kabul, killing at least eight fighters.


How Do You Argue With Siblings About Your Aging Parents?

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 07:05 PM PDT

We fight with siblings for a number of reasons and we can't avoid disagreements. We can, however, learn to fight fair. Destructive fighting can tear families apart and leave no siblings on speaking terms after parents are gone. 8 basic rules of fair fighting are explained. They can work for you.


VIDEO: Women face off in the Olympic ring

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:26 PM PDT

The 2012 London Games is the first Olympic Games in which there is no sport in which women cannot compete.


China scorns U.S. criticism of religious policies

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 10:52 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has blasted a U.S. State Department report that criticized its controls on religion, saying on Thursday that the document was prejudiced and an attempt to meddle in domestic affairs.


India May Be Heading To Mars

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 06:39 PM PDT

After sending a successful probe to the Moon, India's space program may now have its sights set on Mars.


Why We Need To Rebuild The U.S. Manufacturing Sector

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 06:27 PM PDT

Guest post written by Kwin Kramer Kwin Kramer is CEO of Oblong, a software company that provides gesture-based search services.  Kwin Kramer The 2012 elections are taking shape as a referendum on the U.S. economy. Which is a very good thing. We're a decade overdue for a frank national conversation about American innovation [...]


Afghan forces thwart insurgent attack on Kabul

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:50 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces killed at least eight insurgents during an early morning raid in Kabul on Thursday, with authorities saying they had thwarted a Taliban mass attack on the capital after a seven-hour gun battle. Soldiers from Afghanistan's intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), launched the raid in darkness, entering a building about an hour after midnight in Kabul's Pul-e Charkhi district which the insurgents were using as a base. "We have already killed eight insurgents and also seized explosives. ...


Syria's Assad praises troops, keeps out of public eye

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 10:12 PM PDT

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad told his troops on Wednesday that their battle against rebels would decide Syria's fate, but his written message gave no clues to his whereabouts two weeks after a bomb attack on his inner circle.


Mars Probe Curiosity Is Ready To Land On Monday

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 05:51 PM PDT

The Mars probe Curiosity is set for a safe landing in the early hours of the morning Eastern Time on Monday, August 6.


Afghan forces thwart insurgent attack on Kabul

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:51 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces killed at least eight insurgents during an early morning raid in Kabul on Thursday, with authorities saying they had thwarted a Taliban mass attack on the capital after a seven-hour gun battle.


Typhoons shut down most of Taiwan, China on alert

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 08:44 PM PDT

A man walks with his umbrella against strong winds as Typhoon Saola approaches Taiwan in TaipeiTAIPEI (Reuters) - Torrential rain and strong winds triggered landslides and flooding, forcing financial markets to shut and disrupting transport, after Typhoon Saola made landfall in eastern Taiwan on Thursday, authorities said. At least one person was killed in a landslide and eight injured in the storm. While some major companies remained open, Taiwanese authorities ordered other businesses and schools to close. Financial markets were also shut, with normal operations expected to resume on Friday. Most domestic flights were cancelled, along with some international services. ...



Prominent judge to be Egypt's new justice minister

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 08:41 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian appeals court judge Ahmed Mekky said he has accepted the post of justice minister in Egypt's first cabinet in the government of newly elected President Mohamed Mursi, and is to be sworn in with other cabinet officers on Thursday. Prime Minister Hisham Kandil, who had himself been a little known technocrat in the irrigation ministry until tapped by Mursi, formed the cabinet with career bureaucrats and at least three Islamist politicians, including the education minister. ...


Honduran finance minister resigns following wife's arrest

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 07:32 PM PDT

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran Finance Minister Hector Guillen resigned on Wednesday, a day after his wife was arrested with the equivalent of more than $57,600 in her vehicle. Local police stopped Dinora Arambury on Tuesday near Tegucigalpa as she was en route to the city of San Pedro Sula, about 100 miles north of the capital. Arambury was arrested after police found the cash - 1,125,000 Honduran lempiras - a discovery that prompted a media firestorm in the poor Central American country. ...


Chick-Fil-A Day Not What The Media Portrays

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:55 PM PDT

In case you missed it, about a week ago the CEO of the very popular fast food chain said "We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit". That comment started a firestorm for the chain. The LBGT community began in full [...]


House Votes to Extend Tax Cuts, Accomplishes Nothing

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:54 PM PDT

The House of Representatives voted today to extend existing tax cuts (as of today, I'm adding the term "so-called Bush tax cuts" to the list of phrases I promise not to say anymore this year - like the one that rhymes with Saxmageddon). The 256-1717 vote for H.R.8, Job Protection and [...]


A Game-Changing Study Finds Half Of Global Warming Is Fictitious

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 04:30 PM PDT

The 0.155 degree increase is substantially less than is claimed by government temperature overseers, and it is sufficiently moderate to rebut fears of an imminent global warming crisis.


Chick-Fil-A Day Not What The Media Portrays

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:35 PM PDT

In case you missed it, about a week ago the CEO of the very popular fast food chain said "We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit". That comment started a firestorm for the chain. The LBGT community began in full [...]


Prominent judge to be Egypt's new justice minister

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 08:41 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian appeals court judge Ahmed Mekky said he has accepted the post of justice minister in Egypt's first cabinet in the government of newly elected President Mohamed Mursi, and is to be sworn in with other cabinet officers on Thursday.


Typhoons shut down most of Taiwan, China on alert

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 08:57 PM PDT

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Torrential rain and strong winds triggered landslides and flooding, forcing financial markets to shut and disrupting transport, after Typhoon Saola made landfall in eastern Taiwan on Thursday, authorities said.