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| Obama phones Boston police commissioner, top FBI agent Monday, Apr 22, 2013 03:42 PM PDT President Barack Obama on Monday telephoned FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard Deslauriers and Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis to praise them and their teams' work in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation, the White House said in a statement. Obama called "to express his appreciation to the men and women of the Boston Field [...] Full Story | Top |
| Progress in the fight to save Tasmanian devils Monday, Apr 22, 2013 03:18 PM PDT  Good news for Tasmanian devils. After an epidemic of contagious tumors killed off up to 90 percent of the species, a new program for wild Tasmanian devils is making positive strides. According to Australia's ABC News, the "Save the Devil" program put 15 of the animals on Maria Island, off the east coast of Tasmania, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama invites all women senators to dinner Tuesday Monday, Apr 22, 2013 03:16 PM PDT President Barack Obama has invited all 20 women senators to dinner at the White House on Tuesday night for a wide-ranging conversation about his legislative priorities and second-term goals, according to a source familiar with the plans. The meal is the latest in Obama's newly assertive outreach to lawmakers—he has dined with Republican and Democratic [...] Full Story | Top |
| Lindsey Graham still wants Boston bombing suspect interrogated as ‘enemy combatant’ Monday, Apr 22, 2013 02:35 PM PDT Even though the man suspected of detonating two bombs during the Boston Marathon has already received his Miranda rights, South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham Monday continued to press for the suspect to be "interrogated" and treated as an "enemy combatant" for intelligence-gathering purposes. But Graham said the information gathered shouldn't be used in court [...] Full Story | Top |
| Texas town could be without water for more than a week after deadly explosion Monday, Apr 22, 2013 02:31 PM PDT WEST, Texas—City officials warned that hundreds of residents here could be without water for at least a week or more because pipes and other utility infrastructure were "severely damaged" in last Wednesday's deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant. "At this time, there is no access to water," Steve Vanek, a West City Council member and [...] Full Story | Top |
| Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged with using weapon of mass destruction at Boston Marathon Monday, Apr 22, 2013 01:55 PM PDT [Updated at 7:05 p.m. ET] Terror suspect Dzhokhar "Jahar" Tsarnaev was charged on Monday with two federal counts of using a weapon of mass destruction to kill, injure and cause widespread damage at the Boston Marathon a week ago. If convicted, the 19-year-old could face the death penalty. Three people were killed and more than [...] Full Story | Top |
| Mark Sanford takes out full-page ad to battle trespassing charges Monday, Apr 22, 2013 01:52 PM PDT Mark Sanford apparently decided the best way to battle charges of trespassing on ex-wife Jenny Sanford's property was to purchase a full-page newspaper ad. "It's been a rough week," the former South Carolina governor writes in the ad in Charleston's Post & Courier, which aims to clear the air as he heads into a competitive [...] Full Story | Top |
| ‘Random act of pizza’: Chicago Tribune staffers buy lunch for Boston Globe newsroom Monday, Apr 22, 2013 01:43 PM PDT In what's being called a "random act of pizza" in the wake of last week's marathon bombings, staffers at the Chicago Tribune ordered lunch on Monday for their peers at the Boston Globe. "We can only imagine what an exhausting and heartbreaking week it's been for you and your city," the Tribune staff wrote in [...] Full Story | Top |
| Biden to attend service for slain MIT police officer Monday, Apr 22, 2013 01:21 PM PDT Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will travel to Cambridge, Mass., on Wednesday to attend the memorial service for an MIT police officer allegedly killed by the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. A White House official said the Bidens will attend the ceremony for Sean Collier, 26. The noon event will [...] Full Story | Top |
| Tiger escapes circus, wanders into restroom Monday, Apr 22, 2013 01:15 PM PDT A tiger briefly escaped at the Shrine Circus in Salina, Kan., on Saturday night. No one was injured, but the tiger did give a woman a fright when the two found themselves face-to-furry-face in the ladies' room. According to the Salina Journal, Jenna Krehbiel had just finished watching the big cat show when she excused [...] Full Story | Top |
| Full text of the criminal complaint against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Monday, Apr 22, 2013 12:50 PM PDT Federal authorities unsealed a 10-page criminal complaint against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev today, outlining the events leading up to the twin explosions in minute-by-minute detail. The author, Special Agent Daniel R. Genck of the FBI's Boston Field Office, pieced together the events from the footage of several different security cameras that captured Tsarnaev [...] Full Story | Top |
| Watch ‘World’s Largest Video Game’ played on 29-story skyscraper Monday, Apr 22, 2013 12:02 PM PDT More than 40 years after it was first unveiled, "Pong" is once again the biggest video game in the world. No, people aren't turning in their Xbox and Play Station gaming systems for Atari consoles. In a project by Drexel University professor Frank J. Lee, a game of "Pong" was broadcast on the side of [...] Full Story | Top |
| FBI investigating shooting incident at Tennessee nuclear power plant Monday, Apr 22, 2013 11:51 AM PDT  A gunman took at least two shots at a security officer outside the Watts Bar nuclear power plant in east Tennessee and then escaped in a boat, a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority said. The incident, which is being investigated by the FBI and local police authorities, occurred just before 2 a.m. Sunday. TVA [...] Full Story | Top |
| Senators argue over whether Boston bombing should influence immigration reform Monday, Apr 22, 2013 11:23 AM PDT A discussion over whether the deadly bombings in Boston, allegedly by two brothers who emigrated from Eastern Europe, should influence the immigration reform debate led to a shouting match Monday among senators working on the proposal. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about the proposed immigration bill, New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer suggested that [...] Full Story | Top |
| Tsarnaev will not be tried as enemy combatant: What does that mean? Monday, Apr 22, 2013 11:14 AM PDT The suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, will not be treated as an enemy combatant and will face trial in a civilian, federal court, White House spokesman Jay Carney announced Monday. In his hospital bed, the 19-year-old was charged with using a weapon of mass destruction, killing three people and injuring more than [...] Full Story | Top |
| ‘Bagram Batman’ educates soldiers and civilians on safety in Afghanistan Monday, Apr 22, 2013 10:56 AM PDT Behold 'Bagram Batman!' The intimidator, educator and safety enthusiast has a mission: to help keep soldiers and civilians deployed in Afghanistan out of harm's way. To help Bagram Batman fulfill his destiny, the U.S. Army, along with AFN Afghanistan, has released a series of humorous public service announcements staring the camouflage-clad Dark Knight. In the [...] Full Story | Top |
| White House begins using Vine, features Obama pedaling bike to nowhere Monday, Apr 22, 2013 10:35 AM PDT In its first foray into the social media site Vine, the White House chose Monday to include an interesting image: President Barack Obama endlessly pedaling a bicycle going nowhere. The president rides a bike-powered water filtration system at the #whsciencefair: vine.co/v/bPZJTgQPjjP — The White House (@whitehouse) April 22, 2013 As part of its ongoing quest [...] Full Story | Top |
| U.S. won’t treat Boston bombing suspect as ‘enemy combatant’ Monday, Apr 22, 2013 10:23 AM PDT The White House announced Monday that the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, will be tried in federal court for his alleged crimes. Press secretary Jay Carney flatly rebuffed demands from many Republicans that Tsarnaev be designated an "enemy combatant" in order to interrogate him without constitutional safeguards like access to a lawyer. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama to attend memorial service for victims of Texas explosion Monday, Apr 22, 2013 10:01 AM PDT WACO, Texas—President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will attend a memorial service Thursday for victims of last Wednesday's deadly fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas. The service is scheduled to take place at 2 p.m. CT at Baylor University in Waco. A city official in West said the president is also expected to [...] Full Story | Top |
| Rubio on defense about immigration reform bill Monday, Apr 22, 2013 09:56 AM PDT The new Senate immigration bill has been public for less than a week, and Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio already is playing defense against conservatives and members of his own party who are pushing back hard. Rubio established himself as the point man for the bill with the conservative movement earlier this year when he [...] Full Story | Top |
| ‘The Kill Team’ examines moral dilemmas facing young soldiers at war Monday, Apr 22, 2013 08:54 AM PDT Three years ago, the U.S. was stunned by a horrific story that emerged from the front lines of the war in Afghanistan: Several members of an Army platoon had killed at least three unarmed Afghan civilians, apparently for sport. The soldiers referred to themselves as 'the Kill Team"—a nickname that seemed tailor-made for television news, [...] Full Story | Top |
| MBTA officer who lost all blood in shootout with bombing suspects is expected to recover Monday, Apr 22, 2013 08:24 AM PDT The Massachusetts transit officer who was shot while responding to Friday's shooting that killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer—and sparked the citywide manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects—went into cardiac arrest and lost his entire blood supply but is expected to recover, doctors say. Richard Donohue Jr., a 33-year-old member of the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama to observe moment of silence for Boston victims Monday, Apr 22, 2013 07:49 AM PDT President Barack Obama will observe a moment of silence at 2:50 p.m. Monday in honor of the victims of the Boston bombings, the White House announced. That's the time exactly one week ago when twin explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed 3 people and injured 180. Obama's solemn tribute to those [...] Full Story | Top |
| Woman unknowingly takes 30 pounds of pot across U.S.-Mexico border Monday, Apr 22, 2013 07:44 AM PDT This is awkward. A woman who lives in Mexico and works in San Diego called the cops on herself when she apparently unknowingly transported 30 pounds of marijuana across the border. According to a report by NBC New York, the unnamed 33-year-old drove her car to work Friday morning, arrived early and was sitting in [...] Full Story | Top |
| Bombing suspects’ aunt says she’s received threats Monday, Apr 22, 2013 07:11 AM PDT The aunt of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects says she has been receiving unspecified threats since Friday, when she told reporters outside her home in Toronto that the Chechen-born brothers had been framed. "They are calling us, calling names, threatening, saying it's time to go home," Maret Tsarnaeva said on Saturday, according to the Toronto [...] Full Story | Top |
| Gov. Brewer: Federal government not doing enough to secure Arizona’s border Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:20 AM PDT Power Players As the Senate moves to consider the "Gang of 8" immigration reform bill, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is calling on the federal government to do more to secure her state's border, which she refers to as "the gateway for the criminal element." Brewer says the federal government has given increased security resources, ranging [...] Full Story | Top |
| Monday in politics: Senate hearing on immigration, and more Monday, Apr 22, 2013 03:03 AM PDT A long list of witnesses is scheduled to testify Monday at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the immigration reform bill, which was unveiled last week. [Judiciary Committee plans 20-witness hearing on immigration bill Monday] Some Republicans have called for slowing down action on the legislation, but Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy [...] Full Story | Top |
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