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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Feds ask to interview wife of suspected bomber Monday, Apr 22, 2013 01:14 PM PDT  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Federal authorities have asked to speak with the wife of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, and her lawyer said he is discussing with them how to proceed. Full Story | Top |
| Suspect charged in hospital with Boston Marathon bombing Monday, Apr 22, 2013 03:27 PM PDT By Scott Malone and Aaron Pressman BOSTON (Reuters) - Prosecutors charged Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the Boston Marathon bombings in an impromptu hearing on Monday in his hospital room, accusing him of crimes that could carry the death penalty if he is convicted. Video taken by security cameras showed the 19-year-old ethnic Chechen placing a backpack near the finish line of the race one week ago, the criminal complaint said, alleging he acted in concert with his older brother, who was killed during a shootout with police early Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Canada thwarts "al Qaeda-supported" passenger train plot Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:10 PM PDT By Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police said on Monday they had arrested and charged two men with plotting to derail a Toronto-area passenger train in an operation they say was backed by al Qaeda elements in Iran. "Had this plot been carried out, it would have resulted in innocent people being killed or seriously injured," Royal Canadian Mounted Police official James Malizia told reporters in Toronto. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tempers flare at immigration hearing Monday, Apr 22, 2013 11:22 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Tempers flared at a Senate hearing on immigration legislation Monday as a Republican senator objected to a Democrat's criticism of attempts by some to link the Boston Marathon bombings to the immigration bill. Full Story | Top |
| MDs warn teens: Don't take the cinnamon challenge Monday, Apr 22, 2013 03:59 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Don't take the cinnamon challenge. That's the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos but which has led to hospitalizations and a surge in calls to U.S. poison centers. 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 |
| Fallout for states rejecting Medicaid expansion Monday, Apr 22, 2013 01:01 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting the Medicaid expansion in the federal health care law could have unexpected consequences for states where Republican lawmakers remain steadfastly opposed to what they scorn as "Obamacare." Full Story | Top |
| Parents of Boston suspect describe his Russia trip Monday, Apr 22, 2013 01:02 AM PDT MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The parents of Tamerlan Tsarnaev insisted Sunday that he came to Dagestan and Chechnya last year to visit relatives and had nothing to do with the militants operating in the volatile part of Russia, with his father saying he slept a lot of the time. But the Boston bombing suspect couldn't have been immune to the attacks that savaged the region during his six-month stay. Full Story | Top |
| Witherspoon 'deeply embarrassed' after arrest Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 11:07 PM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — Reese Witherspoon is "deeply embarrassed" about what she said to police officers after she and her husband were arrested during a traffic stop in Atlanta. Full Story | Top |
| W.Va. Teen Arrested After 'Almost Inciting Riot' Wearing NRA Shirt to School Monday, Apr 22, 2013 06:20 PM PDT  Lawyer Says Teen Did Not Violate Dress Code Full Story | Top |
| Boston Investigation Turns Toward a Dagestani Terrorist Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:30 AM PDT  As investigators try to understand what led Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev to attack their adopted home city, they are looking carefully at one of the brother's connection to the far off region of Dagestan. YouTube videos posted by Tamerlan after his 2012 visit to the Russian province suggest a possible connection or relationship with Abu Dujana, an Islamic militant leader who killed by the Russian army last Decemeber. Full Story | Top |
| Group kicks off planting of ancient tree clones Monday, Apr 22, 2013 07:08 AM PDT  COPEMISH, Mich. (AP) — A team led by a nurseryman from northern Michigan and his sons has raced against time for two decades, snipping branches from some of the world's biggest and most durable trees with plans to produce clones that could restore ancient forests and help fight climate change. Full Story | Top |
| Officials: Bomb suspects appear driven by faith Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:31 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — The two brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon appear to have been motivated by their religious faith but do not seem connected to any Muslim terrorist groups, U.S. officials said Monday after interrogating the severely wounded younger man. He was charged with federal crimes that could bring the death penalty. Full Story | Top |
| Afghan girls' school feared hit by poison gas Monday, Apr 22, 2013 10:22 AM PDT  By Folad Hamdard TALUQAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - As many as 74 schoolgirls in Afghanistan's far north fell sick after smelling gas and were being examined for possible poisoning, local officials said on Sunday. While instances of poisoning are sometimes later found to be false alarms, there have been numerous substantiated cases of mass poisonings of schoolgirls by elements of Afghanistan's ultra-conservative society that are opposed to female education. Local officials said the girls became ill after smelling gas at their school, Bibi Maryam, in Takhar province's capital, Taluqan. ... Full Story | Top |
| W.Va. teen arrested in T-shirt flap back in class Monday, Apr 22, 2013 11:48 AM PDT CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia teenager returned to class Monday wearing the same National Rifle Association T-shirt that led to his suspension and arrest after he refused a teacher's order last week to remove it. Full Story | Top |
| Police: 2 arrested in Canada terror plot Monday, Apr 22, 2013 02:58 PM PDT  TORONTO (AP) — Two men were arrested and charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al-Qaida "elements" in Iran, police said Monday. Full Story | Top |
| Beck Breaks Exclusive Information on Saudi National Once Considered a Person of Interest in Boston Bombings Monday, Apr 22, 2013 11:44 AM PDT -Why was his file "altered" on Wednesday? -Sources tell another outlet Saudi is still scheduled for deportation -- Full Story | Top |
| Thanks, Obamacare! Young Adults Will Benefit Most From Tax Credits Monday, Apr 22, 2013 12:20 PM PDT You may have heard about the insurance-premium "sticker shock" that some say is coming in January 2014, when all Americans will be required to carry some sort of health insurance, according to the Affordable Care Act (ACA; aka Obamacare). But some reassuring news came out last week from FamiliesUSA, a health advocacy group, showing that the majority of people who can receive tax credits to help offset the cost of their new premiums under the law are between the ages of 18 to 34. ... Full Story | Top |
| Aunt: Boston bombings suspect struggled with Islam Monday, Apr 22, 2013 05:04 PM PDT  MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The elder suspect in the Boston bombings regularly attended a mosque and spent time learning to read the Quran, but he struggled to fit in during a trip to his ancestral homeland in southern Russia last year, his aunt said. Full Story | Top |
| Constitution Check: Are there limits on questioning a bombing suspect? Monday, Apr 22, 2013 07:35 AM PDT  Lyle Denniston looks at the issues of Miranda warnings, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tsarnaev's protections under the Constitution's Fifth Amendment, and the public safety exception. Full Story | Top |
| Migraine Treatments May Be Targeting Wrong Source of Pain Monday, Apr 22, 2013 05:18 AM PDT The pain of migraine headaches might not be caused by expanded blood vessels in the brain, as previously thought. Instead, the real culprit may be overactive pain-signal firing in brain cells, new research suggests. Full Story | Top |
| ‘Confusing Terrorists with Their Victims’: Kerry Slammed for Comparing Families of Gaza Flotilla Incident with Boston Bombing Families Monday, Apr 22, 2013 04:42 AM PDT "Just when you thought you'd heard it all from the Obama administration…" Full Story | Top |
| Pope is asked to make priestly celibacy optional Monday, Apr 22, 2013 08:51 AM PDT  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — She uses a wheelchair and carries the weight of her 87 years, but Clelia Luro feels powerful enough to make the Roman Catholic Church pay attention to her campaign to end priestly celibacy. Full Story | Top |
| New Alleged Details About Boston Bomber Suspect’s Wife and Child Emerge: ‘Brainwashed by Her Super-Religious Husband’ (Plus: See Pics) Monday, Apr 22, 2013 06:30 AM PDT "She had converted to Islam, hidden her tumble of chestnut hair beneath the hijab and undergone a change so profound that today few friends profess to truly understand it." Full Story | Top |
| ‘Bible Is a Cheap Copy of the Koran’: Boston Bomber Suspect Allegedly Hurled Fiery Accusations About U.S. Foreign Policy and the Bible Monday, Apr 22, 2013 06:20 AM PDT "It seemed like he didn't have something against the American people." Full Story | Top |
| Supporters: Don't link immigration bill to Boston Monday, Apr 22, 2013 02:24 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic supporters of a new immigration bill accused opponents Monday of trying to "exploit" the Boston Marathon bombings to hold up the legislation, sparking a testy exchange at a Senate hearing. Full Story | Top |
| Flight delays pile up Monday after FAA budget cuts Monday, Apr 22, 2013 10:50 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — It was a tough start to the week for many air travelers. Flight delays piled up all along the East Coast Monday as thousands of air traffic controllers were forced to take an unpaid day off because of federal budget cuts. Full Story | Top |
| Motive in Boston bombings: Look to tribal code of honor Monday, Apr 22, 2013 08:30 AM PDT With one suspect in the Boston bombings dead and the other in the hospital, investigators are now focusing on motive. Why should two young immigrants who had been given a home in the United States attack the iconic Boston marathon? Were they motivated by a specific interpretation of Islam pushing them to acts of violence? Or was it the geopolitical machinations of al Qaeda or some other terror group seeking to continue their violent struggle against the US? These important questions are being explored, but I suggest they will yield little. ... Full Story | Top |
| Islamic Leader Issues Tough Response to Fellow Muslims on Bombings and Extremism: Drop the ‘We Are the Victims’ Mentality Monday, Apr 22, 2013 05:12 PM PDT "There is a deep soulful battle of identity raging within the Muslim consciousness domestically and abroad between Westernism and liberalism." Full Story | Top |
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