Libya ambassador Chris Stevens killed: U.S. warships headed to Libyan coast as Obama says 'justice will be done'

U.S. launches wave of unmanned drones to patrol the skies over eastern Libya to search for terror camps, while an elite team of Marines is also being deployed to the region to safeguard Americans.

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Ambassador Chris Stevens died when the U.S. Consulate came under siege by a band of heavily armed militants.

The ruthless attack that killed four American diplomats in Libya appears to be a carefully planned terror strike rather than an uprising of a mob angry over a film that lampooned the Prophet Muhammed.

President Obama vowed Wednesday to bring those responsible to justice — and moved swiftly to hunt down the killers.

“Make no mistake,” Obama said. “Justice will be done.”

Two American warships were headed to the Libyan coast in a precautionary move. The U.S. launched a wave of unmanned drones to patrol the skies over eastern Libya to search for terror camps, while an elite team of Marines is also being deployed to the region to safeguard Americans.
“The United States condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack,” Obama said from the Rose Garden, joined by Secretary of State Clinton.

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Muhammad Ali, boxer and humanitarian, to receive Liberty Medal at Philly ceremony on Thursday

Ross D. Franklin, File/Associated Press - FILE - Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali displays his signature boxing pose after honoring outstanding surgeons and physicians at St. Joseph’s Hospital Barrow Neurological Institute, in this Feb. 22, 2012 file photo taken in Phoenix. Retired boxing champion Muhammad Ali will be awarded the medal on Thursday Sept. 13, 2012 at a ceremony at the National


PHILADELPHIA — Retired boxing great Muhammad Ali will visit Philadelphia to receive the Liberty Medal, an award recognizing his longtime role as a fighter outside the ring for humanitarian causes, civil rights and religious freedom.

The honor will be presented on Thursday during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center by the champ’s daughter, who is also a boxer, and two U.S. Olympic athletes. It comes with a $100,000 cash prize.

Bob Dylan: fans who called me Judas can rot in hell

Singer also responds angrily to accusations of plagiarism, saying 'wussies and pussies complain about that stuff'

Bob Dylan: America ‘founded on the backs of slaves’

HOLLYWOOD, CA - JANUARY 12: Musician Bob Dylan onstage during the 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards held at The Hollywood Palladium on January 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for VH1)

NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Dylan says the stigma of slavery ruined America and he doubts the country can get rid of the shame because it was “founded on the backs of slaves.”

The veteran musician tells Rolling Stone that in America “people (are) at each other’s throats just because they are of a different color,” adding that “it will hold any nation back.” He also says blacks know that some whites “didn’t want to give up slavery.”

The 71-year-old Dylan said, “If slavery had been given up in a more peaceful way, America would be far ahead today.”

That 20 oz. sugary soda is a threat to public health 

Why the Board of Health is poised to ban some extra-large drinks at restaurants, arenas and more

Woman, 73, robbed and raped in Central Park in broad daylight

Victim said she had seen her attacker before, a man she inadvertently photographed a week earlier while he was masturbating in the park.

  

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The New York City Police Department is seeking the public's assistance identifying the above individual wanted for questioning in connection with a sexual assault which occurred on Wednesday in Central Park.

A 73-year-old birdwatcher strolling through Central Park was raped in broad daylight Wednesday by a monster who she said began his assault with four words: “Do you remember me?”

Then he dragged the petite woman into the brush and brutalized her just steps away from the tourists and sun worshippers gathered at tranquil Strawberry Fields, police said.

Black Muslim designer plucks Dominican orphan from obscurity to model in New York Fashion Week

Nzinga Knight and Fior Mendez at New York Fashion Week. (Photos: Getty Images)

Black American Muslim designer Nzinga Knight uses her designs to deliver a statement in fashion that few make: that a woman can dress modestly and still give full glamour. “My aesthetic was something really missing in the market,” she told the AFP news service.

The native New Yorker of Trinidadian and Guyanese decent started her clothing line in 2008 to bend the boundaries of feminine clothing. Mixing high style with the doctrines of her Muslim faith, “The look of my work is sensual, mysterious, innovative,” she stressed — without being overly revealing.

Mexican Moms Are More Nurturing Than White Ones, Study Finds

According to a new study published Tuesday, Mexican immigrant mothers performed better on some measures of parenting than white mothers did.

The study, conducted by a research team from the University of California, Berkeley, found that Mexican-origin mothers provide "warm and supportive home settings," engage in fewer conflicts with spouses and exhibit evidence of stronger mental health than their white peers, despite higher poverty rates.

The study, published in the scientific journal Child Development, adds "nuance" to America's immigration debate, the research team noted in a press release.

U.S. Poverty: Census Finds 46.2 Million Impoverished As Median Income Drops

WASHINGTON (AP) — The ranks of America's poor remained stuck at record levels, although dwindling unemployment benefits and modest job gains helped stave off what experts had predicted would be the fourth rise in a row in the poverty rate.

With joblessness persistently high, the gap between rich and poor increased in the last year, according to two major census measures. Also, the median, or midpoint, household income was $50,054, 1.5 percent lower than 2010 and a second straight decline.

Mysterious tourist deaths prompt poison probe

 
 Cathy Huynh, left, and Kari Bowerman took this photo while backpacking in Vietnam

(CNN) -- This is all we know for sure:

Kari Bowerman, 27, and Cathy Huynh, 26, were backpacking in Vietnam while on break from their jobs teaching English in South Korea.

On July 30, the friends were admitted to Khanh Hoa General Hospital in Nha Trang. Both were vomiting, had difficulty breathing and showed signs of severe dehydration.

Huynh was eventually released from the hospital. She returned later that night to hear the devastating news -- three hours after being admitted, Bowerman had gone into respiratory failure and died.

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