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| Crews end effort to find man in sinkhole Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 07:24 PM PST  Two nearby houses have been evacuated because the sinkhole has weakened the ground under them. Full Story | Top |
| Constituents blast lawmakers on sequester Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 04:36 PM PST  Congress is getting an earful from angry constituents about the big spending cuts beginning to hit government services. Full Story | Top |
| Iditarod kicks off with festive ceremony Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 06:17 PM PST  Dogs barked and spectators cheered as 66 mushers and their teams in the 1,000-mile Iditarod race set out from downtown Anchorage on Saturday after religious blessings, singing and glad-handing with fans. Full Story | Top |
| Syria, Iran say Assad to remain in power until 2014 Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 03:36 PM PST  The countries also condemned a U.S. plan to assist rebels fighting to topple Assad. Full Story | Top |
| Netanyahu gets 14 more days to form new Israeli government Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 04:37 PM PST  Israeli President Shimon Peres on Saturday gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more time. Full Story | Top |
| McConnell takes on group for criticizing wife Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 07:11 PM PST  Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell lambasted a liberal group on Saturday for criticizing the Asian heritage of his wife. Full Story | Top |
| Ceremony for Monitor sailors stirs familial ties Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 06:08 PM PST  A century and a half after USS Monitor sank, the interment of two unknown crewmen found in the Civil War ironclad's turret is bringing together people from across the country. Full Story | Top |
| Rove: GOP needs candidates who reflect diversity Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 05:38 PM PST  GOP strategist Karl Rove said Saturday that rebuilding the Republican brand in California will be a tough task that will require them to diversify and create a strategy to spread their message to a wider audience. Full Story | Top |
| Chad says it killed Algeria hostage mastermind in Mali Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 06:00 PM PST  Chadian soldiers in Mali have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the al Qaeda commander who masterminded a bloody hostage-taking at an Algerian gas plant in January, Chad's military said on Saturday. The death of one of the world's most wanted jihadists would be a major blow to al Qaeda in the region and to Islamist rebels already forced to flee towns they had seized in northern Mali by an offensive by French and African troops. "On Saturday, March 2, at noon, Chadian armed forces operating in northern Mali completely destroyed a terrorist base. ... ... Full Story | Top |
| Astronomers spy possible baby planet in stellar womb Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 04:40 PM PST  Scientists have found what they believe to be a planet-in-the-making that is still gathering material left over from the formation of its parent star. Full Story | Top |
| Who will take on job of fixing Detroit's finances? Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 10:02 AM PST  DETROIT (AP) â€" It appears the appointment of an emergency manager to take over Detroit's failing finances is all but a done deal. But one question remains: Who will get the difficult, thankless job? Full Story | Top |
| Ex-con accused of sneaking back into NYC jails Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 02:56 PM PST  Most people who've done time in jail can't wait to get away. But this week, New York City authorities accused one former inmate of sneaking back in. Full Story | Top |
| Puerto Rico slowly warms to more gay rights Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 10:38 AM PST  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) â€" The advance of gay rights across the United States is spreading into Puerto Rico, making the island a relatively gay-friendly outpost in a Caribbean region where sodomy laws and harassment of gays are still common. Full Story | Top |
| Iraq monthly death toll down in February Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 06:46 AM PST  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants killed 136 Iraqis in February, fewer than the previous month, as the country continues to grapple with insurgents just over a year after U.S. troops withdrew, health ministry figures showed on Saturday. The country's precarious sectarian and ethnic balance has come under growing strain from the conflict in neighboring Syria, which is whipping up tensions between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims in Iraq and the wider Middle East. The figures showed 88 civilians, 22 soldiers and 26 policemen were killed last month. A further 228 people were wounded. ... Full Story | Top |
| Southern California wildfire fully contained Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 07:50 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fire officials on Saturday said they had fully contained a wildfire that scorched the hills east of Los Angeles as record-setting dry weather parched Southern California. The fire has burned about 310 acres in Riverside County, said Daniel Berlant, spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. It was fully contained by 6 p.m. local time, the Riverside County Fire Department said on its website. The blaze broke out on Thursday afternoon in Jurupa Valley near the city of Riverside, about 55 miles east of Los Angeles. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pair of Ky. highway crashes kills 6, injures 5 Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 06:26 PM PST ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) â€" Kentucky State Police were investigating whether distracted driving caused a tractor-trailer to plow into an SUV carrying eight people on Saturday, killing six and possibly triggering a serious crash on the opposite side of the highway. Full Story | Top |
| North Sea oil platform leak sparks evacuation Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 11:52 AM PST The TAQA oil company says dozens of workers have been evacuated from a North Sea oil platform after a hydrocarbon leak was detected.The Abu Dhabi-based company says 71 of the 145 workers on the Cormorant ... Full Story | Top |
| NATO says 2 Afghan boys accidentally killed Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 12:15 PM PST KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) â€" International forces accidentally killed two Afghan boys during an operation in southern Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said Saturday. Full Story | Top |
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