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| Duchess Catherine & Baby George Make Trip To Join Prince William In Wales Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 11:11 AM PDT  Prince George is not yet 4 weeks old, but he's already experienced his first royal road trip! Full Story | Top |
| Bolt is the best in the world, ever - official Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 10:51 AM PDT  By Mitch Phillips MOSCOW (Reuters) - Usain Bolt, already enshrined as one of the greatest Olympians of all time, became the most successful athlete in world championship history when he anchored Jamaica to victory in the 4x100 meters relay on Sunday. Bolt followed up the 100 and 200m double with his third gold in the final event, taking his all-time tally to eight. That matches American trio Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson and Allyson Felix but the Jamaican moved ahead by virtue of his two silvers from 2007. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'The Butler' serves box-office success at No. 1 Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 01:19 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Lee Daniels' The Butler" is serving up success at the box office. Full Story | Top |
| American al Qaeda militant urges attacks on U.S. diplomats Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 03:00 AM PDT  DUBAI (Reuters) - An American al Qaeda militant has called for more attacks on Western diplomats in the Arab world, praising the killers of the U.S. ambassador to Libya on September 11 last year, a U.S.-based monitoring group said on Sunday. Western nations shut embassies across the Middle East and North Africa early this month, after a warning of a possible militant attack. Many have reopened, and Britain said its Yemen embassy would open on Sunday after being closed for 12 days. Adam Gadahn, a California-born convert to Islam with a $1 million U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt: Islamists hit Christian churches Saturday, Aug 17, 2013 11:55 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like "prisoners of war" before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. Two other women working at the school were sexually harassed and abused as they fought their way through a mob. Full Story | Top |
| A look at federal role in civil rights cases Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 11:06 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost as soon as George Zimmerman was pronounced "not guilty" in a Florida courtroom, the cry went up. Full Story | Top |
| Kentucky plant closure disrupts workers' lives Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 09:29 AM PDT  Jim Rodgers assumed his job as an electrician at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant would take him all the way to retirement. After all, for six decades the government-owned uranium-enrichment plant was ... Full Story | Top |
| Some Vt. utilities try to put brakes on solar boom Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 06:57 AM PDT When the tiny Washington Electric Cooperative Inc. announced last week it was moving to slow the growth of customers installing solar power systems and putting their extra electricity on the power grid, ... Full Story | Top |
| Congress split on cutting off aid to Egypt Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 09:21 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress are split over whether the U.S. should cut off military aid to Egypt, highlighting the difficult choices facing the Obama administration amid spiraling violence on the streets of an important Middle East ally. Full Story | Top |
| Obama math: under new Common Core, 3 x 4 = 11 [VIDEO] Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 08:18 AM PDT Quick: what's 3 x 4? Full Story | Top |
| SPIN METER: Who's jumping through which 2016 hoops Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 05:55 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Get your face on TV and write a book: Check. Start meeting the big money people: Check. Visit Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina — Israel, too: Check. Full Story | Top |
| Historic train reopens in scenic California redwoods after tunnel collapse Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 06:06 AM PDT  By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A historic train that has ferried tourists and residents through Northern California redwood forests for generations will resume service on Saturday after a caved-in tunnel derailed the operation earlier this year. Train owners spent months rebuilding the tunnel, which collapsed under the pressure of a massive rock, forcing the closure of the California Western Railroad, which had run continuously for 128 years, train manager Robert Pinoli said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Azarenka beats Williams for Cincinnati title Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 04:31 PM PDT  By Steve Keating CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Victoria Azarenka won a showdown between the world's two top ranked players beating number one Serena Williams in a three set thriller 2-6 6-2 7-6 in the final of the Western and Southern Open on Sunday. For two hours and 30 minutes, Azarenka and Williams engaged in a seesaw centre court battle before the second ranked Belarusian finally clinched the victory, winning a nervy tiebreak 8-6 to stop the American from ticking one 'to do' item off her 'bucket list'. ... Full Story | Top |
| Petition drive to recall San Diego mayor begins Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 04:06 PM PDT  SAN DIEGO - A campaign to oust embattled San Diego Mayor Bob Filner began Sunday, as volunteers armed with clipboards and petitions fanned out to collect thousands of signatures needed to authorize a recall election. Full Story | Top |
| 'This Week' Sunday Spotlight: Bill Hamilton's 55 Years in the White House Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 11:32 AM PDT  Opening this weekend, 'Lee Daniels' The Butler' chronicles the life of late White House butler Eugene Allen through his decades of service in the White House. Former White House storeroom manager Bill Hamilton has had an equally impressive run at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., spending the... Full Story | Top |
| Silicon Valley keenly awaits latest Lego robot kit Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 08:00 AM PDT  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Few are more excited about Lego's new Mindstorms sets rolling out next month than Silicon Valley engineers. Full Story | Top |
| Egypt increases security before pro-Morsi protests Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 06:56 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities raided homes of Muslim Brotherhood members Sunday in an apparent attempt to disrupt the group ahead of mass rallies by supporters of country's ousted president. Full Story | Top |
| RNC Chair Reince Priebus on GOP Rift: 'A Healthy Family Debate Is Not a Bad Thing at All' Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 10:50 AM PDT  The rifts within the Republican party that have generated headlines in recent weeks don't concern the party's chairman. "A healthy family debate is not a bad thing at all. And I really believe that," RNC Chair Reince Priebus, told George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week." "I don't... Full Story | Top |
| Settlement reached in Penn State-Sandusky scandal Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 06:48 AM PDT  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A young man who testified he was sexually abused by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky will get a reported multimillion-dollar payout in the first of what is expected to be dozens of settlements between the university and Sandusky's accusers. Full Story | Top |
| Creditors face deadline in Detroit bankruptcy case Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 08:17 AM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — Banks, bond insurers, employee pension systems and others standing to lose big if a federal judge declares Detroit insolvent are expected to legally file their objections to the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Full Story | Top |
| Nadal beats Isner to win first Cincinnati crown Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 12:10 PM PDT  By Steve Keating CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal continued his sizzling hardcourt form beating John Isner 7-6 (8) 7-6 (3) in the final of the Western and Southern Open on Sunday, setting up the Spaniard as the red-hot favorite heading into the U.S. Open. Unbeaten on the surface in 15 matches this year and coming off a win in Montreal, the third ranked Nadal, who will move up to number two on Monday, won back-to-back hardcourt finals on consecutive weeks for the first time in his career. ... Full Story | Top |
| Partner of reporter at center of NSA leak detained Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 06:06 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — The partner of a journalist who received leaks from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden was detained for nearly nine hours Sunday under anti-terror legislation at Heathrow Airport, triggering claims that authorities are trying to interfere with reporting on the issue. Full Story | Top |
| Prosecutors getting to motive in Fort Hood trial Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 07:17 PM PDT  FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The prosecutors pursuing the death penalty against the Army psychiatrist accused in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage will soon begin trying to answer a difficult but key question: Why did Maj. Nidal Hasan attack his fellow soldiers in the worst mass shooting ever on a U.S. military base? Full Story | Top |
| Miami doping scandal casts pall over Dominican baseball Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 05:09 AM PDT  By Manuel Jimenez BOCA CHICA, Dominican Republic (Reuters) - The crack of bat on ball rings out as lithe young men dart around a baseball field hoping to catch the eye of Major League scouts looking for the next multi-million-dollar prospect. When it comes to talent on the baseball diamond, there is nowhere like the Dominican Republic, which accounts for almost 40 percent of all foreign-born players in the U.S. major leagues. The Caribbean nation is a powerhouse in world baseball, winning the World Classic championship this year. Yet, for all its success, there is a dark side: doping. ... Full Story | Top |
| Report: UK family living standards dropping Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 04:02 PM PDT Poor families in Britain are struggling to provide basics for their children as the cost of living rises faster than wages and benefits, research released by a charity Monday suggested. The cost of raising ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt's Brotherhood cries foul over prison deaths Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 02:44 PM PDT  By Crispian Balmer and Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, fighting for its political survival, has accused security forces of killing dozens of detained Islamists, upping the pressure in a crisis that has rocked the Arab world's most populous state. At least 850 people have died since last Wednesday in clashes pitting followers of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi against the army-backed government in the worst bloodletting in Egypt's modern history. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama plays final golf round before vacation ends Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 06:54 PM PDT  EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama returned to the golf course Sunday to play a sixth and final round before heading back to Washington after a weeklong vacation on Martha's Vineyard. Full Story | Top |
| Norway's Weird Waves Traced to Japan Earthquake Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 10:48 AM PDT  On a calm winter's day in Norway two years ago, the sea suddenly started to boil and rise, sending freak waves rolling onto nearby shores and mystifying residents. Turns out, the massive magnitude-9.0 earthquake that shook Japan in 2011 also triggered these surprise seiche waves, a new study shows. Full Story | Top |
| Ray Kelly: 'Stop-and-Frisk' Ruling Risks Reversing Downward Trend of Violent Crime in NYC Sunday, Aug 18, 2013 10:03 AM PDT  During an interview for "This Week," New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly warned that the ruling by a federal judge declaring the way his department carries out its "stop-and-frisk" policy unconstitutional risked reversing the downward trend of violent crime in New York City. "What... Full Story | Top |
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