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| Microsoft’s Embarrassing Change To Windows 8 Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 08:51 PM PDT How to get your Start Button back, and more Full Story | Top |
| Voice activated texting while driving no safer than using hands Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 07:22 PM PDT Going hands free on your mobile device to send a text is no less dangerous than the traditional method, according to a new university study. In fact, the risk is nearly identical, cutting reaction time for drivers in half. "We believe it's a useful step, and we're eager to see what other studies may find," [...] Full Story | Top |
| ‘Holy Grail’ of video games valued at $38,000 bought at Goodwill for $8 Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 05:24 PM PDT A North Carolina woman stumbled across a rare find, when she purchased an old 1980's video game from a Goodwill store for $8. That may not sound like such a great deal. However, it turns out that the game, Family Fun Fitness: Stadium Events, may be worth as much as $38,000. Video games are not [...] Full Story | Top |
| Man accused of stealing woman’s car on first date Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 02:42 PM PDT Some first dates are bad. Others are terrible. But rare is the first date that ends with an armed carjacking. After exchanging several text messages last week, Nimeha Milien of West Palm Beach, Fla., agreed to go on a date with Donald McGee. The two had never met. Ted White of WPBF News interviewed Milien [...] Full Story | Top |
| Eyewitness photos of shootout with Boston bombings suspects hit the Web Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 02:36 PM PDT Andrew Kitzenberg lives on the street where the shootout between the Boston bombings suspects and the police took place early Friday morning. As the events unfolded, he tweeted moment-by-moment updates that became must-reads. Now there are photos to go with the feed. Kitzenberg had also taken photos with his iPhone from the bedroom window on [...] Full Story | Top |
| House GOP report slams Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama on Benghazi Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 02:31 PM PDT Seven months after the deadly terrorist attack on the U.S. compound in Benghazi, Libya, House Republicans released a new report on Tuesday that implies then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton misled lawmakers about her role in drawing down security assets in the war-torn country. The 43-page report also accuses President Barack Obama of failing to anticipate [...] Full Story | Top |
| ‘Potentially harmful substance’ sent to U.S. military base in D.C. Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 12:43 PM PDT Authorities are investigating whether a poisonous substance was sent to a U.S. military base in Washington, D.C., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday. Reid told reporters there was "an alleged ricin incident" at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, which serves the Navy and Air Force and is located in the southeastern part of the city. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Tsarnaev’s condition improves; brothers reportedly motivated by U.S. wars Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 12:31 PM PDT Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev informed investigators that he and his brother were not directed by a foreign terrorist organization. Instead, they were "self-radicalized" and motivated to kill, in part, by U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Washington Post reported. The 19-year-old also acknowledged his role in the attack while being questioned by [...] Full Story | Top |
| 100 years later, a time capsule is opened Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 11:58 AM PDT The First Lutheran Church of Oklahoma City dug up and opened its Century Chest, a time capsule that was buried under the church 100 years ago. The artifacts inside the copper chest were remarkably well intact. Credit for that goes to the church's Ladies Aide Society, the group that buried the capsule a century ago. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Rep. Hoyer: Boston attack has no relevance to immigration debate Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 11:48 AM PDT The Boston Marathon bombings allegedly carried out by legal immigrants from Eastern Europe do not have "any relevance" to the ongoing debate over how to overhaul the nation's immigration system, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, a Democrat of Maryland, said on Tuesday. "Those that try to make a connection between the two are not right," [...] Full Story | Top |
| Out of the spotlight, George W. Bush’s ‘hometown’ struggles to survive Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 11:12 AM PDT CRAWFORD, Texas—As President George W. Bush's adopted hometown, this used to be the most famous small city in America. Crawford, located about 25 miles west of Waco, was often the center of the world during the eight years Bush was in the White House. Bush spent nearly 500 days of his presidency here, where he [...] Full Story | Top |
| All calm at the White House as AP’s hacked Twitter account said otherwise Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 11:08 AM PDT There were no explosions, no rush of panic at the White House just after 1 p.m. on Tuesday. A look in the White House press basement would have yielded the same results you'd find any day around that time: Reporters cramped together, awaiting the much-delayed daily briefing (which, on this particular day, was 30 minutes [...] Full Story | Top |
| AP’s hacked Twitter feed claims White House attack; U.S. stocks plummet Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 11:01 AM PDT The Associated Press' Twitter feed was the victim of an apparent hack on Tuesday. An ominous tweet, published shortly after 1 p.m. ET, read: Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured The message was deleted, and the news service's Twitter feed was taken offline. "The official @AP account has been [...] Full Story | Top |
| Star Trek game brings the crew, and an old enemy, back together Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 10:07 AM PDT Star Trek video games have been around for so long that many cast members from the 2009 film were not even born when Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator warped into arcades in 1983. But today's release of Star Trek for Xbox, PlayStation and PC is the first major gaming release to feature that new cast, [...] Full Story | Top |
| What does an obscure Alaska road project say about Obama’s clout? Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 09:51 AM PDT What does the political wrangling over a one-lane gravel road through 10 miles of a remote Alaskan wildlife refuge tell us about President Barack Obama's influence with Congress? Plenty, as it turns out. Inside the Beltway, reporters and political players have been consumed with trying to gauge the prospects for Obama's second-term agenda in light [...] Full Story | Top |
| Video: Sensational fireball over Argentina Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 09:36 AM PDT The sudden burst of light that illuminated the dark sky over northern Argentina early Sunday morning is believed to be a meteor explosion. Video shot at a concert captured the fireball's power to turn night into day, if only for a few seconds. In the footage, a band, Los Tekis, is playing at an outdoor [...] Full Story | Top |
| Photo: Boston marathoner’s eerie brush with terror suspects Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 09:25 AM PDT Runner Laura Cummins had an uneasy suspicion she'd crossed paths with the men suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon. A photo now proves it. Minutes before the first explosion, a photographer near the finish line captured Cummins midstride with terrorism suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev looking on in the background. "That picture just spooks me, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Bombing suspects’ immigration status could stall reform Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 09:09 AM PDT The immigration status of the Boston bombings suspects may become a stumbling block for a new bill that seeks to legalize nearly 11 million immigrants and increase the number of legal immigrants to the United States. Opponents of the bill—which was crafted by a bipartisan "Gang of Eight" in the Senate—and even some supporters, say [...] Full Story | Top |
| Am I Having a Midlife Crisis? Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 08:27 AM PDT Katie's Take The midlife crisis has become a pop culture catchphrase, we have seen it depicted in books and movies: middle aged men buying flashy cars or women dating younger men. But does the concept of a midlife crisis actually exist? Psychologist Susan Kraus Whitbourne talked with Katie Couric to debunk the myth of the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama to keynote Planned Parenthood gala Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 07:50 AM PDT President Barack Obama will keynote Planned Parenthood's annual gala on Thursday night, the abortion rights group announced on Tuesday. "President Obama has done more than any president in history for women's health and rights," Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement. "We are honored to have President Obama join [...] Full Story | Top |
| ‘#FreeJahar’: Support for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev seen on Twitter Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 07:24 AM PDT While the massive manhunt for 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev gripped Boston and captivated people worldwide, support for the marathon bombing suspect was cropping up online. Using the hashtag #freejahar, many Twitter users expressed doubt that Tsarnaev was behind the bombings. And just like the conspiracy theorists who claimed last week that the Boston Marathon attacks were [...] Full Story | Top |
| Montana Democratic Sen. Max Baucus will not seek re-election Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 07:21 AM PDT Montana Democratic Sen. Max Baucus will not seek re-election next year, the senator announced on Tuesday. "I have decided not to seek reelection in 2014," Baucus said in a statement. "I will serve out my term, and then it will be time to go home to Montana." Baucus plans to fulfill his sixth term in [...] Full Story | Top |
| Photo of Boston cop’s act of kindness goes viral Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 05:45 AM PDT During Friday's intense manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Watertown, Mass., when the city of Boston was on lockdown, a Brookline police officer delivered milk to a family with a baby. And like many random acts of kindness seen in the wake the marathon bombings, the photo—posted to Facebook by the family—went viral, thanks in part [...] Full Story | Top |
| Robert Redford: We need more Woodwards & Bernsteins Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 04:28 AM PDT Top Line It's been more than 40 years since Watergate, but the old story—and its characters—made news once again with the Washington premiere of Robert Redford's new documentary about the scandal. And Top Line snagged red carpet interviews with the big stars of the night: Robert Redford, Bob Woodward, and Carl Bernstein. Redford's new documentary [...] Full Story | Top |
| Tuesday in politics: Napolitano testifies at immigration hearing, and more Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 03:02 AM PDT  The Senate Judiciary Committee continues work on the immigration reform bill Tuesday with testimony from Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. It will be the committee's third hearing on the legislation, which was unveiled last week. [Senators argue over whether bombing should influence immigration reform] Monday's hearing was marked by a heated discussion over whether [...] Full Story | Top |
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