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| Applebee’s fires waitress who posted receipt from pastor complaining about auto-tip Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 11:38 AM PST An Applebee's waitress who posted a receipt with a note from a pastor complaining about the automatic gratuity added to the bill on the Internet was fired on Wednesday after the pastor complained to her manager. Chelsea Welch, the waitress, wrote in an email to Yahoo News that the pastor (who has since been identified [...] Full Story | Top |
| Man finds (valuable) whale vomit on English beach Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 08:56 AM PST Just because something's gross doesn't mean it isn't valuable. Case in point: Whale vomit. A man taking his dog for a walk on the beach came across a pile of (maybe! hopefully!) whale regurgitation. Now he could stand to make more than $50,000 from the find. Who would pay tens of thousands of dollars for [...] Full Story | Top |
| Icelandic girl wins right to use her given name Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 05:55 AM PST  REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) â€" A 15-year-old Icelandic girl has been granted the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother, despite the opposition of authorities and Iceland's strict law on names. Full Story | Top |
| Teenage student wounded in Atlanta school shooting Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 03:58 PM PST  ATLANTA (Reuters) - A 14-year-old student was wounded on Thursday in a shooting outside a middle school in Atlanta and police said another student was arrested in the latest outbreak of gun violence in a U.S. school. The afternoon shooting occurred outside Price Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia. Neither the wounded student nor the suspected shooter were identified by authorities. Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll Davis and Police Chief George Turner said at a news conference that multiple gunshots were fired from a small-caliber handgun outside the main school building. ... Full Story | Top |
| Hagel pummeled by McCain, others as opposition mounts Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 07:13 AM PST Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel endured a thorough pounding on Thursday at the hands of his fellow Republicans during a contentious, daylong confirmation hearing that did nothing to improve his prospects for heading the Pentagon. But in a Senate where Democrats control four more votes than the 51 needed to approve him, it may not [...] Full Story | Top |
| Police not amused by motorcyclist’s freeway marriage proposal Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 07:50 AM PST Police in California say they're mulling over charges against a motorcyclist who orchestrated the shutdown of a freeway outside Los Angeles so he could propose to his girlfriend. The stunt, captured in a video posted to YouTube, occurred Sunday on the 10 Freeway in West Covina, Calif., 20 miles east of L.A. The video shows [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ala. child hostage standoff in 2nd day at bunker Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 08:47 AM PST  MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) â€" A standoff in rural Alabama went into a second full day as police surrounded an underground bunker where authorities said a retired truck driver was holding a 5-year-old hostage he grabbed off a school bus after shooting the driver dead. Full Story | Top |
| Negotiators talking to Ala. captor through pipe Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 08:25 PM PST MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) â€" Speaking into a 4-inch-wide ventilation pipe, hostage negotiators tried Thursday to talk a man into releasing a kindergartener and ending a standoff in an underground bunker that stretched into its third day. Full Story | Top |
| Syria protests over Israel attack, warns of "surprise" Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 11:13 AM PST  BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria protested to the United Nations on Thursday over an Israeli air strike on its territory and warned of a possible "surprise" response. The foreign ministry summoned the head of the U.N. force in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights to deliver the protest a day after Israel hit what Syria said was a military research centre and diplomats said was a weapons convoy heading for Lebanon. ... Full Story | Top |
| Menendez says he reimbursed donor for 2 jaunts Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 03:51 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Sen. Robert Menendez's office says he reimbursed a prominent Florida political donor $58,500 on Jan. 4 of this year for the full cost of two of three trips Menendez took on the donor's plane to the Dominican Republic in 2010. Full Story | Top |
| Economic jitters compete with Obama agenda Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 08:06 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Just as President Barack Obama is pushing new initiatives on gun control and immigration, the gloomy old problem of a sluggish economy is elbowing its way back into prominence. Consumer confidence is falling, the economy is contracting and large automatic spending cuts are threatening to hit the Pentagon and other programs, with uncertain consequences. Full Story | Top |
| New York Times says targeted by China hackers after Wen report Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 12:29 AM PST  BEIJING (Reuters) - The New York Times said on Thursday that Chinese hackers had "persistently" attacked its computers over the past four months since the paper published a story on Premier Wen Jiabao, but sensitive material related to the report was not accessed. The New York Times said the attacks coincided with its report last October that Wen's family had accumulated at least $2.7 billion in "hidden riches". China said at the time the report smeared his name and had ulterior motives. ... Full Story | Top |
| Standoff: Ala. gunman holed up with kidnapped boy Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 09:48 PM PST  MIDLAND CITY, Ala. (AP) â€" A gunman holed up in a bunker with a 5-year-old hostage kept law officers at bay Wednesday in an all-night, all-day standoff that began when he killed a school bus driver and dragged the boy away, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| Immigration reform: The devil is in the details Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:27 AM PST Bottom Line Immigration reform has been at the top of the agenda in Washington, D.C. this week, both in Congress and in the Obama administration. On Monday a bipartisan group of eight Senators introduced a plan for reform, and on Tuesday President Obama presented his own plan, similar to the Senate’s proposal, in a speech [...] Full Story | Top |
| San Diego Zoo Panda Diagnosed With 'Acute Cuteness' Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:27 AM PST Nearly three weeks after making his public debut at the San Diego Zoo, panda cub Xiao Liwu is proving to be quite the ham. The 6-month-old cub, whose name, which means “little gift,†was chosen in an online poll, rolled, crawled and padded his way... Full Story | Top |
| White House won’t renew president’s jobs council Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 08:47 AM PST The White House is not renewing its Council on Jobs and Competitiveness set to expire on Thursday, a decision that drew a storm of criticism from Republicans who have long criticized the council for being ineffective amid continued high unemployment and national economic turmoil. "Unbelievable," Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri began in a statement in [...] Full Story | Top |
| Syria and Iran threaten retaliation against Israel Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 05:09 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) â€" Syria and Iran have threatened to retaliate for an Israeli air raid near the capital Damascus. Full Story | Top |
| Defiant Iran plans to speed up nuclear fuel work Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 12:12 PM PST  VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has announced plans to install and operate advanced uranium enrichment machines, in what would be a technological leap allowing it to significantly speed up activity the West fears could be put to developing a nuclear weapon. In a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Tehran said it would introduce new centrifuges to its main enrichment plant near the central town of Natanz, according to an IAEA communication to member states seen by Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Te'o was in love, says the man at the center of the hoax Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 11:42 AM PST  Ronaiah Tuiasosopo fell in love with Manti Te'o and said all his energy went into pretending to be the woman the Notre Dame linebacker came to know as Lennay Kekua. Full Story | Top |
| U.N. chief gravely concerned by report of Israeli air strike in Syria Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 10:28 AM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed "grave concern" on Thursday over reports that Israeli jets bombed an apparent convoy of weapons near the Lebanese border and urged respect for the sovereignty of countries in the region. Diplomats, Syrian rebels and regional security sources said on Wednesday that Israeli jets bombed a convoy near the Lebanese border, apparently hitting weapons destined for militant group Hezbollah. Syria denied the reports, saying the target of the air strikes had been a military research center northwest of Damascus. ... Full Story | Top |
| Alleged Burglars Hit Paper Subscribers Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 11:28 PM PST Police Recovered Collectible Coins, Musical Instruments, Computers and Jewelry Full Story | Top |
| Zimmerman wants to delay trial for Martin shooting Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 11:57 PM PST  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) â€" Attorneys for the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with shooting Trayvon Martin to death on Wednesday asked for more time to prepare his case, saying prosecutors had been slow to turn over evidence. Full Story | Top |
| Israel may feel need to strike Syria again Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 02:55 PM PST  BEIRUT (AP) â€" An Israeli air attack staged in Syria this week may be a sign of things to come. Full Story | Top |
| Authorities: Teen wounded at Ga. middle school Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 02:59 PM PST ATLANTA (AP) â€" Atlanta's police chief says an armed officer working at a city middle school where a teen was shot was able to disarm the suspect moments after the shooting. Full Story | Top |
| Hash oil causes blast, hurts 3 near SeaWorld in SD Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 01:11 AM PST  SAN DIEGO (AP) â€" An explosion tore through a hotel near SeaWorld San Diego where a couple was allegedly extracting hash oil, sending guests fleeing for safety and putting three people in the hospital, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| City renames itself Stalingrad to mark battle Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 03:54 AM PST MOSCOW (AP) â€" The southern Russian city where the Red Army decisively turned back Nazi forces in a key World War II battle will once again be known as Stalingrad, at least on the days commemorating the victory. Full Story | Top |
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