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'Handcuff Houdini' Licks His Way Out Of Handcuffs (VIDEO)

A man is arrested but licks his way out of handcuffs. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on a back seat escape artist. WATCH:

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Postal Service Faces "New Reality," Looks To Close 250 Mail Processing Facilities

Source: CBS News Washington – In announcing the "new reality" it must face, the financially troubled Postal Service said Thursday it may close more than 250 mail processing facilities across the country and plans to reduce service standards for first-class mail in an effort to cut costs. Such a change would mean that a letter mailed with a first-class stamp would take longer to arrive at its destination, increasing delivery time from a minimum of one day to two days, [...]

LIVE VIDEO: President Obama Awards Dakota Meyer The Medal Of Honor

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Officials: Girl Stabbed 40 Students With Needle

Source: AP / CBS News San Juan, Puerto Rico – Health officials in Puerto Rico say a middle school student has stabbed at least 40 classmates with a hypodermic needle. All are being tested for possible diseases and are being given preventive medicine. Health Department spokeswoman Margarita Casalduc says the attack occurred Tuesday at a school in the southern coastal town of Arroyo. She says she does not know if the syringe contained anything or was contaminated. Education Secretary Jesus [...]

Boehner: Tax Increases Shouldn't Be On Table In Debt Super Committee Talks

Source: Jennifer Liberto / CNN Money House Speaker John Boehner drew a line in the sand on taxes on Thursday, saying that a special debt committee tasked with cutting at least $1.2 trillion from federal deficits shouldn't consider tax hikes. "Tax increases, I think, are off the table," Boehner said in a speech to the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. "It's a very simple equation. Tax increases destroy jobs. And the Joint Committee is a jobs committee. Its mission is [...]

Check out @FtLiveWin on Twitter: Back-to-School = Gut-Bustin' Time

Source: Roy Johnson / Fit! Live! Win! If you have kids, you're probably still adjusting to the new chaos of the first few weeks of school: forcing the kids to go to bed earlier than they have in months; morning who-wants-what-for-breakfast-and-where's-my-notebook chaos, then the mad rush out the door followed by the staggering (and blissful) silence of the season. Your body's adjusting, too. Your summer clock has been obliterated and it can leave you a bit disoriented-particularly when it comes to [...]

DGA Report Assesses Director Diversity In Hiring Practices For Episodic TV

Source: Deadline.com Los Angeles – The Directors Guild of America today released a report analyzing the ethnicity and gender of directors hired to direct primetime episodic television across broadcast, basic cable and premium cable. The DGA analyzed more than 2,600 episodes produced in the 2010-2011 television season from more than 170 scripted television series. The report showed that Caucasian males directed 77% of all episodes; Caucasian females directed 11% of all episodes; minority males directed 11% of all episodes and [...]

Judge Scolds Rep. Joe Walsh, Orders Him To Prove He Doesn't Owe Back Child-Support

Source: Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun-Times A Chicago judge issued a preliminary ruling Wednesday against U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) in his child-support dispute with his ex-wife, ordering the Tea Party favorite to explain why he appears to be $100,000 behind in child-support payments. Cook County Circuit Judge Raul Vega also wanted to know why Walsh wasn't in court Wednesday — the McHenry Republican's ex-wife, Laura Walsh, was there — and initially said he expected him to show up for [...]

Taliban Siege In Central Kabul Ends

Source: CNN Kabul, Afghanistan - A nearly day-long Taliban siege on the U.S. Embassy and NATO command center in Kabul ended early Wednesday, Afghan and NATO officials said. A policeman and two civilians were killed and 21 civilians were injured, the Interior Ministry said. Six militants have been killed and the building they were firing from has been cleared, the ministry said. The strike in central Kabul began Tuesday amid intelligence that insurgents might launch a high-profile attack in the capital [...]