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| Boston bombings: Is Misha a red herring? Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:25 AM PDT  The New York Review of Books says it has found the mysterious Misha. Mikhail Allakhverdov says he's no Svengali Full Story | Top |
| Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 11:57 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Full Story | Top |
| In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 11:56 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama while many whites stayed home. Full Story | Top |
| Millions in CIA "ghost money" paid to Afghanistan president's office: NYT Monday, Apr 29, 2013 03:55 AM PDT (Reuters) - Tens of millions of U.S. dollars in cash were delivered by the CIA in suitcases, backpacks and plastic shopping bags to the office of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, the New York Times says, citing current and former advisers to the Afghan leader. The so-called "ghost money" was meant to buy influence for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) but instead fuelled corruption and empowered warlords, undermining Washington's exit strategy from Afghanistan, the newspaper quoted U.S. officials as saying. ... Full Story | Top |
| Christie: Obama 'kept every promise' on storm aid Monday, Apr 29, 2013 11:50 AM PDT HIGHLANDS, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that President Barack Obama "has kept every promise he's made" about helping the state recover from Superstorm Sandy. Full Story | Top |
| Cool: Ice needles on a beach in Minnesota Monday, Apr 29, 2013 07:55 AM PDT Springtime in Minnesota: the sun, the beach, the ice. Wait, what? Despite temperatures climbing to almost 80 degrees on Sunday, beachgoers to a lake in eastern Minnesota saw spiky mounds of ice in almost volcanic-looking formations along the edge of the beach. According to a local weather reporter on KARE, the ice needles formed when [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ohio girl, 8, gets kidney donation from teacher Monday, Apr 29, 2013 06:31 AM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio girl is recovering after getting a critical kidney transplant — with the organ donated by her former kindergarten teacher. Full Story | Top |
| Nepal officials vow to ensure security on Everest after fight Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:30 AM PDT  By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal officials vowed on Monday to ensure the safety of climbers seeking to scale Mount Everest after three European climbers were involved in a fight with sherpa guides on their way to the peak of the world's highest mountain. Three experienced climbers from Britain, Italy and Switzerland were on route to camp three at 7,000 meters (22,965 feet) on the 8,850 meters (29,035 feet) Everest summit when a brawl broke out on Saturday with sherpas fixing their ropes. Witnesses said the sherpas pelted the Europeans' tents with stones and punches were thrown. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mother in UK forced 14-year-old to get pregnant Monday, Apr 29, 2013 07:30 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — A woman desperate for another child forced her 14-year-old daughter to get pregnant using syringes of donor sperm, a British judge said. Full Story | Top |
| Authorities: Student shoots self in Ohio classroom Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:44 PM PDT  CINCINNATI (AP) — An honors student at an all-male Catholic high school tried to commit suicide in his first-period classroom Monday, police said, critically wounding himself with a gunshot and sending other students scrambling for cover. Full Story | Top |
| Game changer: Maj. Gen. Abrams on the “homegrown” rejection of Taliban in Afghanistan Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:16 AM PDT On the Radar Maj. Gen. Robert B. Abrams, the top U.S. and NATO commander in southern Afghanistan, is confident the country won't fall back into the grips of the Taliban and other extremists when international forces pull out in two years—pointing to what he calls a "homegrown" rejection of the Taliban and the readiness of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Breaking a sports barrier, NBA's Jason Collins comes out as gay Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:54 PM PDT  By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran basketball player Jason Collins announced on Monday that he was gay, smashing through one of the final frontiers in U.S. sports with a frank personal statement and winning warm praise as a groundbreaker. Collins, a 12-year player in the National Basketball Association (NBA), became the first active athlete from any of the four major U.S. men's professional sports leagues to come out publicly as gay. He was quickly enveloped in a wave of support from the White House to tennis player Martina Navratilova, a pioneer for gay athletes in sport. ... Full Story | Top |
| Boston suspect's defense team gets major boost Monday, Apr 29, 2013 09:00 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — The defense team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect got a major boost Monday with the addition of Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer who has won life sentences instead of the death penalty for several high-profile clients, including the Unabomber and the gunman in the rampage that injured former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Full Story | Top |
| Kentucky woman ordained as priest in defiance of Roman Catholic Church Monday, Apr 29, 2013 09:50 AM PDT  By Mary Wisniewski LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - In an emotional ceremony filled with tears and applause, a 70-year-old Kentucky woman was ordained a priest on Saturday as part of a dissident group operating outside of official Roman Catholic Church authority. Rosemarie Smead is one of about 150 women around the world who have decided not to wait for the Roman Catholic Church to lift its ban on women priests, but to be ordained and start their own congregations. ... Full Story | Top |
| PROMISES, PROMISES: Social Security pledge at risk Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:30 AM PDT  The issue: As the population gets older, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are eating up more and more of the federal budget, squeezing the ability of the government to pay for other programs. Today, ... Full Story | Top |
| Florida teenager's shooter faces deadline in court Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:05 AM PDT  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Florida want George Zimmerman to state publicly at a court hearing on Tuesday whether he will pursue his immunity defense in the 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin on the basis of the state's "Stand Your Ground" law, or waive his right to use it. Prosecutors asked Judge Debra Nelson in a motion to remind Zimmerman "that should defendant in fact wish to waive any pre-trial immunity challenge under this statute, he may not attempt to do so later, particularly once trial has commenced. ... Full Story | Top |
| E-Cigarettes Harm The Smoker, But Not Secondhand Breather Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 10:00 PM PDT DEAR ABBY: I work in a small office with two former heavy smokers who have now transitioned to vapor/e-cigarettes. My concern is that they "smoke" their e-cigarettes in the office constantly, and I don't know what chemicals I am now breathing secondhand. Both of them are senior to me in rank and age, and they pooh-pooh the notion that anything but water vapor is being exhaled. Am I making something out of nothing, or should I be worried about this? -- CLEAN AIRDEAR CLEAN AIR: You don't have anything to worry about, but your co-workers may. ... Full Story | Top |
| Anti-abortion movement seeks new laws with Gosnell trial Monday, Apr 29, 2013 01:10 PM PDT Anti-abortion activists are harnessing the outrage generated over the trial of a Philadelphia abortion doctor to pressure lawmakers to pass more restrictive abortion laws. The activists say the trial of 72-year-old Kermit Gosnell, which concludes Monday as attorneys on both sides make their closing arguments, shows that late-term abortions are inhumane and unsafe and should [...] Full Story | Top |
| Last pieces of 1 World Trade Center are rising Monday, Apr 29, 2013 08:02 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — One World Trade Center already is New York's tallest building. Full Story | Top |
| 1st female Iraq war resister to be court-martialed Monday, Apr 29, 2013 01:47 PM PDT  FORT CARSON, Colo. (AP) — A court-martial got underway Monday for the first female U.S. Army soldier to flee to Canada to avoid a second tour of duty in the Iraq war. Full Story | Top |
| Why Ron Paul is slamming Boston's response to the bombings Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:00 PM PDT  The libertarian says the military-style lockdown "should frighten us as much or more than the attack itself" Full Story | Top |
| Powerful blast injures up to 40 in Prague Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:54 AM PDT  PRAGUE (AP) — A powerful explosion badly damaged an office building in the center of the Czech capital Monday, injuring up to 40 people. Authorities believe people may still be buried in the rubble. Full Story | Top |
| Justices refuse Alabama's immigration law appeal Monday, Apr 29, 2013 11:57 AM PDT By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court rebuffed the state of Alabama on Monday by deciding not to intervene in a case where federal judges blocked a state law that criminalizes the harboring of illegal immigrants. By refusing to hear Alabama's appeal of the Obama administration's lower court victories, the justices steered clear of a hot-button debate at a time when Congress is engaged in writing legislation to overhaul immigration laws. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jason Aldean Files for Divorce From Jessica Ussery After Cheating Scandal Monday, Apr 29, 2013 09:45 AM PDT  "She will always be important to me," the country singer says of his wife of nearly 12 years, with whom he has two daughters Full Story | Top |
| Obama calls Collins, offers support on coming out Monday, Apr 29, 2013 05:48 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A groundbreaking pronouncement from NBA veteran Jason Collins — "I'm gay" — reverberated Monday through Washington, generating accolades from lawmakers on Twitter and a supportive phone call from President Barack Obama. Full Story | Top |
| Gay Catholic school teacher in Ohio fights firing Monday, Apr 29, 2013 11:30 AM PDT A gay teacher who said she was fired by an Ohio Catholic school after her mother's published obituary included the name of her partner is fighting to get her job back. Carla Hale, 57, said she was told ... Full Story | Top |
| Hospitals see surge of superbug-fighting products Monday, Apr 29, 2013 05:01 AM PDT  They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn't have when they arrived, some caused by dangerous 'superbugs' ... Full Story | Top |
| Colorado immigrant tuition bill signed Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:52 PM PDT Immigrant students living in the U.S. illegally will now qualify for in-state tuition at Colorado colleges. Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the proposal into law Monday afternoon at the Metropolitan ... Full Story | Top |
| Sandra Day O'Connor's second thoughts on the 2000 Bush v. Gore decision Monday, Apr 29, 2013 08:31 AM PDT  The retired justice acknowledges that the ruling that put Bush in the White House hurt the court's reputation Full Story | Top |
| Man ordered to install septic system, insists his outhouse is just fine Monday, Apr 29, 2013 01:51 PM PDT A Pennsylvania man, who says his outhouse works just fine, is being ordered to install a septic system. The man told Lancaster Online that the septic system could cost him thousands. The man, 77-year-old Wilson Huyett, told the website that Salisbury Township told him he has to replace the outhouse with a septic system that [...] Full Story | Top |
| How the CIA really caught bin Laden's trail Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:50 AM PDT A new documentary has startling new information Full Story | Top |
| Family Crypt of Medieval Knight Possibly Discovered Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:26 AM PDT  Archaeologists have unearthed skeletal remains of eight people that may be the relatives of a medieval knight discovered under a parking lot last month in Scotland. The team uncovered one partial skeleton and seven complete skeletons, including one infant and an adult female. Full Story | Top |
| Rising seas clearly evident along SC coast Monday, Apr 29, 2013 07:01 AM PDT  GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — Living in a coastal town or city with seawalls and docks on the waterfront, it can be difficult to notice the sea level rise by increments each year. But effects of higher sea level are very clear down a winding dirt road in Georgetown County where acres of what was once a forested wetland have morphed into a salt marsh of dead trees jutting toward the sky. Full Story | Top |
| Your child's brain on math: Don't bother? Monday, Apr 29, 2013 02:01 PM PDT By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - Parents whose children are struggling with math often view intense tutoring as the best way to help them master crucial skills, but a new study released on Monday suggests that for some kids even that is a lost cause. According to the research, the size of one key brain structure and the connections between it and other regions can help identify the 8- and 9-year olds who will hardly benefit from one-on-one math instruction. ... Full Story | Top |
| South Dakota tries to change "Negro" and "squaw" place-names Monday, Apr 29, 2013 10:28 AM PDT  By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - South Dakota is finding it difficult to change time-worn names of locations that are seen as offensive by African-Americans and Native Americans, such as "Negro" and "squaw" creeks, canyons and mountain ridges. The state issued a plea this month for public assistance in renaming five geographic features. The five are part of a total of 18 sites that include the word "squaw" or "Negro" in their names and have been designated by the legislature as needing renaming. ... Full Story | Top |
| Karzai’s ‘ghost money’—he warned us in 2008 Monday, Apr 29, 2013 09:17 AM PDT Word that the CIA gave Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office tens of millions of dollars in cash over a decade is a weird blend of shocking and entirely unsurprising. After all, when it comes to dollars, Karzai made his goals pretty clear as far back as December 2008. The New York Times reported Monday that [...] Full Story | Top |
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