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Mitt Romney Not Sorry for 'Romneycare,' but Will It Kill a White House Bid?
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsToday, likely GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney defended the universal health care law he implemented as governor of Massachusetts, saying there's a clear difference between his plan and President Barack Obama's reform effort. Romney has been in the hot seat during the health care debate because key elements of his plan are reflected in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. "Romneycare" includes an individual coverage mandate, for example, the provision that prompted Judge Roger Vinson to declare Obama's plan unconstitutional. According to Romney, "states have rights that the ...
Heidi Jones Suspended: 3 Theories Why She May Have Lied to Police About Rape
By J. Richard - AOL News(Dec. 16) -- Psychologists are speculating today why popular meteorologist Heidi Jones would have hurt her promising career by reportedly telling police in November that a Hispanic man tried to rape her while she was jogging in Central Park. Jones was charged Monday with a Class A misdemeanor of filing a false report to police; the next day, WABC-TV announced her supension from the air pending a police investigation. She is scheduled to appear in court Jan. 15 and if convicted, could face up to a year in prison. Surge Desk offers a look at how psychologists are weighing in on the ...
Staring at Death: 'God Blocked the Bullet,' Fla. School Official Says
By Lisa Flam - AOL News(Dec. 15) -- With a heavily armed ex-convict shooting directly at him, a Florida schools superintendent was prepared to die but said today he was saved when "God blocked the bullet." "I was very confident that I was going to get shot. I wasn't pulling for it, but I was ready if that was going to happen," Bay City Schools Superintendent Bill Husfelt said today on ABC's "Good Morning America." "I knew where I would go if I were to pass away. I was very prepared for that." The gunman, Clay A. Duke, opened fire on Husfelt at a school board meeting Tuesday night in Panama City, but nobody was ...
Petraeus Not 'Sure' of Afghan Victory
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(Dec. 6) -- Gen. David Petraeus, the top American commander in Afghanistan, said he doubts the Taliban will be defeated before NATO troops are withdrawn in 2014. "I don't think there are any sure things in this kind of endeavor, and I wouldn't be honest with you and with the viewers if I didn't convey that," Petraeus told ABC commentator George Stephanopoulos in an interview broadcast today on "Good Morning America." In his first public comments since the latest WikiLeaks publication of secret international documents, Petraeus also denied recent reports that he threatened to resign over ...
Michigan Police Say Missing Boys' Father Lied
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(Nov. 29) -- The father of three missing boys lied to police when he said he had left his young sons with a friend before he tried to commit suicide, investigators said today as the children's grandmother made an emotional plea on national TV for their safe return. "Those boys are out there terrified, but they are out there. They need to come home," the boys' paternal grandmother, Roxann Skelton, said on ABC's "Good Morning America." Skelton's grandchildren -- 5-year-old Tanner, 7-year-old Alexander and 9-year-old Andrew Skelton -- were last seen on Thanksgiving Day in Morenci, Mich., 75 ...
Donald Trump Says Presidential Run 'Could Be Fun'
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyHere we go again. Donald Trump, the billionaire New York real estate magnate and star of his own television reality show, says he is considering running for president as a Republican in 2012. Trump told ABC's "Good Morning America" he would make a decision about a possible race by June. In answer to a question from George Stephanopoulos about a White House candidacy, he said, "I am thinking about things. . . . It could be fun because I'd like to see some positive things happen for the country." Trump expressed interest in running in 1988 and again before the 2000 election, but each time ...
Parents: Cop Went Too Far Pretending to Arrest Son
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(Sept. 27) -- The parents of a 15-year-old boy say a California police officer crossed the line by pretending to arrest their son for having sex with his 14-year-old stepdaughter. "He came up on him furious," the boy's father, Paul Villarruel, told "Good Morning America" Monday. "I felt kind of helpless to stand there and watch. He took him in, started using [expletives] and went off on him." The confrontation took place at the Villarruel's home Aug. 30, after the unidentified San Jose motorcycle cop discovered the boy had sex with his stepdaughter during a baby-sitting job, the San Jose ...
Video Shows Denver Police Beating Men Outside Club
By Kathryn Yao - AOL News(Aug. 16) -- In April 2009, on a snowy night in Denver, two friends were thrown out of a nightclub after one of them got in an argument with the bouncer. That was the beginning of a 16-month ordeal that included a beating by two police officers with a department-issued metal club encased in leather, charges filed against them, a lawsuit by them against the city and finally the emergence of a video that led the city to drop all charges and settle the suit. The camera was part of the police department's High Activity Location Observation video surveillance system. The footage shows that ...
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