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| Thousands march in D.C. for gun control Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 05:36 PM PST  Thousands of people, many holding signs with names of gun violence victims and messages such as "Ban Assault Weapons Now," joined a rally for gun control on Saturday, marching from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. Full Story | Top |
| Stan Musial remembered during funeral Mass Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 07:41 PM PST  Stan Musial was remembered during a funeral and memorial outside Busch Stadium on Saturday as a Hall of Famer and a St. Louis icon embraced by generations of fans who never had the privilege of watching him play. Full Story | Top |
| Casey Anthony files for bankruptcy in Florida Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 07:50 PM PST  Casey Anthony filed for bankruptcy in Florida on Friday, claiming about $1,100 in assets and $792,000 in liabilities. Court records show that Anthony, who was acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2011, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Full Story | Top |
| Algeria admits mistakes in international hostage standoff Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 02:54 PM PST  Algeria's foreign minister acknowledged that security forces made mistakes in a hostage crisis at a Saharan gas plant in which dozens of foreign workers were killed during Algerian military strikes. Full Story | Top |
| Riots over Egyptian death sentences kill at least 32 Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 04:52 PM PST  PORT SAID, Egypt/CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 32 people were killed on Saturday when Egyptians rampaged in protest at the sentencing of 21 people to death over a soccer stadium disaster, violence that compounds a political crisis facing Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. Armored vehicles and military police fanned through the streets of Port Said, where gunshots rang out and protesters burned tires in anger that people from their city had been blamed for the deaths of 74 people at a match last year. ... Full Story | Top |
| US to support French in Mali with aerial refueling Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 06:10 PM PST  The United States has decided to provide additional support to the French military in its war against Islamic militants in Mali by conducting aerial refueling missions. Full Story | Top |
| Hacker group hijacks U.S. government website Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 07:59 PM PST  Activists from the hacker collective known as Anonymous assumed control over the homepage of a Department of Justice agency this morning. Full Story | Top |
| Chavez starting more medical treatment in Cuba Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 04:10 PM PST  SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) â€" Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has defeated a respiratory infection and has begun additional medical treatment in Cuba after struggling with complications following cancer surgery more than six weeks ago, a government spokesman said Saturday. Full Story | Top |
| Armstrong meeting with USADA appears unlikely Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 11:37 AM PST  Lance Armstrong's lawyers say the cyclist will talk more about drug use in the sport, just likely not to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that led the effort to strip him of his Tour de France titles. Full Story | Top |
| Iowa Democrat Harkin won't seek sixth Senate term Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 08:00 PM PST  Senator Tom Harkin, a veteran Iowa Democrat and one of the most liberal senators, said on Saturday he will not seek re-election in 2014, putting at risk what was considered a safe Democratic seat. Harkin, 73, who has focused much of his nearly 40-year congressional career on farm policy, education and expanding rights for people with disabilities, is the third senator facing re-election next year who has announced his retirement, following Democrat Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia and Republican Saxby Chambliss of Georgia. "It's somebody else's turn. ... Full Story | Top |
| What will Michelle Obama do with four more years? Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 05:37 PM PST  Michelle Obama has a new look, both in person and online, and with the president's re-election, she has four more years as first lady, too. Full Story | Top |
| Friar accused of abuse in two states kills self Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 05:42 PM PST A Franciscan friar accused of sexually abusing students at Catholic high schools in Ohio and Pennsylvania killed himself at a western Pennsylvania monastery, police said Saturday. Full Story | Top |
| Pennsylvania man gets drive-thru send-off after funeral Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 03:38 PM PST YORK, Pa. (AP) â€" Mourners at a Pennsylvania fast-food fan's funeral wanted him to have it his way, so they arranged for his hearse â€" and the rest of the procession â€" to make one last drive-thru visit before reaching the cemetery. Full Story | Top |
| Police officer killed, two wounded near Louisiana casino Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 05:36 PM PST NEW ORLEANS (AP) â€" Police on Saturday arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer and critically wounding two sheriff's deputies after allegedly setting fire to a mobile home in south Louisiana, where an elderly man's body was found. Full Story | Top |
| Former NYC mayor Koch released from hospital Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 02:50 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) â€" Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch (KAHCH') is back home after a weeklong stay in a hospital. Full Story | Top |
| Trove of ancient skulls found in Mexico Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 05:23 PM PST  Archaeologists have unearthed a trove of skulls in Mexico that may have once belonged to human sacrifice victims. The skulls, which date between A.D. 600 and 850, may also shatter existing notions about the ancient culture of the area. Full Story | Top |
| Azarenka beats Li, defends Australian Open title Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 01:19 PM PST  Victoria Azarenka had the bulk of the crowd against her. The fireworks were fizzling out, and when she looked over the net she saw Li Na crashing to the court and almost knocking herself out. Full Story | Top |
| How full moons got their peculiar names Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 06:34 AM PST  The first full moon of 2013 will light up the night sky tonight (Jan. 26), but did you know it's a full moon of many names? Full Story | Top |
| French, Malian forces capture Gao rebel stronghold Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 01:33 PM PST  KONNA, Mali/PARIS (Reuters) - French and Malian forces fighting Islamist rebels took control on Saturday of the rebel bastion of Gao, the biggest military success so far in an offensive against al Qaeda-allied insurgents occupying the country's north. The United States and Europe back the U.N.-mandated Mali operation as a counterstrike against the threat of radical Islamist jihadists using the West African state's inhospitable Sahara desert as a launching pad for international attacks. ... Full Story | Top |
| Trying to unlock secrets of dead serial killer Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 05:40 PM PST  The suspect, hands and feet shackled, fidgeted in his chair, chuckling at times as he confessed to a brutal killing. Full Story | Top |
| Garment factory fire kills 7 in Bangladesh Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 06:55 PM PST  DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) â€" A fire swept through a two-story garment factory in Bangladesh's capital, killing at least seven female workers and injuring five others, police and fire officials said. Full Story | Top |
| Iraqi Sunnis mourn protesters shot dead by troops Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 12:52 PM PST  FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Thousands of mourners rallied on Saturday at funerals for Sunni Muslims shot by troops in demonstrations against Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Troops on Friday shot dead five people in Falluja, in the Sunni-dominated western province of Anbar. Sunnis have taken to the streets since December to protest what they call mistreatment of their minority sect, heightening fears Iraq may return to the Shi'ite-Sunni bloodletting that killed tens of thousands in 2006-2007. ... Full Story | Top |
| Democrats may stand in Obama's way on gun measures Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 08:58 AM PST  As the Senate prepares to begin debating new gun control measures, some of President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats are poised to frustrate his efforts to enact the most sweeping limits on weapons in decades. Full Story | Top |
| Ryan says Republicans need to pick its fights with Obama Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 07:51 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Rep. Paul Ryan said Saturday that Republicans need to stick together and pick their fights during President Barack Obama's second term, rejecting some White House proposals outright and trying to infuse others with conservative principles. Full Story | Top |
| Dozens reported killed in Venezuela prison riot Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 12:25 PM PST  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) â€" Venezuela's top prisons official said the government was evacuating a prison Saturday after a deadly riot that reportedly left dozens of people dead amid a clash between National Guard soldiers and armed inmates. Full Story | Top |
| Topless protesters take on elite Davos forum Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 04:38 AM PST  DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) â€" Three women angry over sexism and male domination of the world economy ripped off their shirts and tried to force their way into a gathering of corporate elites in a Swiss resort. Full Story | Top |
| Suicide bomber kills police in Afghanistan Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 07:25 AM PST  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) â€" At least 12 people were killed in bombings around Afghanistan on Saturday, including 10 policemen who died when a suicide bomber driving a motorcycle blew himself up in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, officials said. Full Story | Top |
| Somali government arrests 3 over scholarship fraud Saturday, Jan 26, 2013 08:05 AM PST  MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) â€" Three officials have been arrested for mismanaging a scholarship scheme that sends Somali students to Turkey, Somalia's education minister said Saturday, a sign that the fledgling government is committed to fighting the corruption that contributes to the country's failed-state status. Full Story | Top |
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