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| 'Catasaurus Rex,' A 21-lb Cat, Finds a Forever Home Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 09:56 AM PST Pickles is not your ordinary pet. The ginormous cat measures 3 feet long and weighs in at over 20 pounds. Pickles can't exactly leap tall buildings with a single bound, but he can touch a countertop with his paws still on the floor. "He's so big that it's kind of a workout to pick him up," Emily Zervos told Barcroft TV of the cat. The YouTube channel uploaded a story on Pickles, which has been viewed almost 400,000 times since Friday. "He really doesn't know his size at all. He thinks he's just a little kitten still." Full Story | Top |
| Grocery cook fired for hurting North Carolina governor's feelings Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 07:19 AM PST  North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is a lot of things, but not a job creator. Full Story | Top |
| Issa rails against Obama's 'imperial presidency' Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 09:04 AM PST MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Republican congressman spearheading investigations of President Barack Obama's administration by the GOP-run House urged his party Tuesday to unite against Obama's "imperial presidency". Full Story | Top |
| California's extreme drought as seen from space Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 07:09 AM PST The historic drought that's devastated much of the American West this year is visible in NASA satellite imagery. Full Story | Top |
| Running of the bulls? How about the hopping of the rabbits? Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 10:20 AM PST For those who don't have the guts to participate in the running of the bulls, but still want to feel the surge of adrenaline that comes from being pursued by dozens of fearsome creatures, may we suggest this far more adorable option: a jog with the bunny rabbits. Full Story | Top |
| US parents comb Pacific for sign of lost daughter Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 04:51 AM PST  WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Here's how Robin Wright sees it: Her 19-year-old daughter Danielle is adrift on the Pacific Ocean but is keeping her spirits up with her six crewmates on their wooden sailboat, the Nina. They're collecting rainwater, rationing food, singing, telling travel stories and planning their next adventures. Heck, Wright figures, by now Danielle may even have gotten married to one of the three young men aboard. After all, the Nina's captain is a registered celebrant. Full Story | Top |
| Colo. pot aids kids with seizures, worries doctors Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 06:47 AM PST  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The doctors were out of ideas to help 5-year-old Charlotte Figi. Full Story | Top |
| 10 things weather forecasters won’t tell you Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 05:25 AM PST  Inside the high-stakes game of guessing whether it will rain tomorrow. Full Story | Top |
| Why a cat bite could land you in the hospital: Surprising results from new study Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 01:04 PM PST A new study produced by the Mayo Clinic has found that cat bites are potentially more serious than most individuals, and medical experts, previously thought. Full Story | Top |
| DOD Is Stuck with a Flawed $1.5 Trillion Fighter Jet Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 03:15 AM PST  On CBS's "60 Minutes" on Sunday night, national security correspondent David Martin chronicled the seemingly never-ending list of problems with the Pentagon's next-generation F-35 fight jet, from cost overruns of $160 billion to technical problems that have plagued the plane's development. China and Russia are in the plane's jet contrails and catching up fast. Full Story | Top |
| Utah teen with terminal cancer donates 'Make-A-Wish' money to local high school Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 01:27 AM PST  A 13-year-old girl with lymphoma made an unbelievably selfless gesture when asked by the Make-A-Wish Foundation what she wanted. Full Story | Top |
| McDonald’s employee fired after she paid to feed first responders Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 12:56 PM PST A 23-year-old mother of two is out of her job after paying to cover the meal of firefighters coming after battling a house fire. Full Story | Top |
| First night a hit for 'Tonight' host Jimmy Fallon Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 01:08 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — If Jimmy Fallon had already proven he was a natural hosting NBC's "Late Night," he left no doubt Monday that "The Tonight Show" now fits him like a glove. Full Story | Top |
| Rand Paul Thinks He's the Republican to Appeal to Minorities Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 07:31 AM PST  In an interview with Politico released Tuesday morning, Republican Sen. Rand Paul is about as forthright as he's been about wanting to run for president in 2016. "The country's a mess, and I think there needs to be a program that Republicans put forward, and also there needs to be a messenger who can actually win," he told Politico, which caught up with him on a political swing through Texas earlier this month. "And I'm concerned that if we put forward the same sort of candidate again, that we won't be successful." The candidate Republicans need, Paul reasons, is Paul. While Paul's buddy in the Senate, Ted Cruz, has completely derailed immigration reform, Paul is willing to address it. Full Story | Top |
| In protest of PacSun’s ‘pornographic’ t-shirts, a mom buys all of them Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 12:48 PM PST A Utah mother was so disgusted by a PacSun t-shirt window display she passed, calling it "pornography," that she purchased every one of the offensive t-shirts they had in stock. Full Story | Top |
| National Clown Shortage Has Trade Groups Frowning Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 08:15 AM PST "They go on to high school and college and clowning isn't cool anymore," Glen Kohlberger, president of Clowns of America International, said, adding that membership in his group has plunged since 2006. "Clowning is then put on the back burner until their late 40s and early 50s." Full Story | Top |
| Oliver Stone among the libertarians Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 02:58 AM PST  Academy Award-winning Hollywood director Oliver Stone spends an afternoon with college libertarians in Washington. Full Story | Top |
| Christian Sharia Law in America Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 02:45 AM PST  It's not just the fringe anymore. Mainstream conservatives are trying to bring America's laws into agreement with 'God's law.' Full Story | Top |
| Video of Plane's Rough Landing Goes Viral Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 10:33 AM PST If you're a bit squeamish when it comes to airplanes and bad landings, take a dose of Dramamine before watching this footage. Full Story | Top |
| First U.S. bitcoin ATMs to open soon in Seattle, Austin Monday, Feb 17, 2014 09:04 PM PST Robocoin said on Tuesday that later this month it will install the first automated teller machines in the United States that let users buy and sell bitcoin, the latest step into the mainstream for the digital currency. The kiosks, to be installed in Seattle, and Austin, Texas, are similar to ATMs but have scanners to read government-issued identification such as a driver's license or a passport to confirm users' identities. Robocoin also is planning to install ATMs in Asia and Europe. Full Story | Top |
| Riot police move in against Kiev protest camp Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 08:24 PM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons charged into the large opposition camp in Ukraine's capital that has been the epicenter of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least nine people were killed in street clashes Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Dad Who Defers To Son Sends Wrong Message To Daughter Monday, Feb 17, 2014 09:00 PM PST DEAR ABBY: You were wrong to advise "Starting Anew in Ohio" (Nov. 7), the mother of a 10-year-old girl who wanted the bigger bedroom in their new house, to have her kids draw straws. When the girl made the request, her older brother said he didn't care. The time to have drawn straws was when the girl first made the request, not two months afterward. The girl is at an age when children can be particularly sensitive about trust issues, and the boy is old enough to know that words have consequences. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ukraine police charge protesters after nation's bloodiest day Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 02:36 PM PST By Pavel Polityuk and Marcin Goettig KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian riot police charged protesters occupying a central Kiev square early on Wednesday after the bloodiest day since the former Soviet republic, caught in a geopolitical struggle between Russia and the West, won its independence more than 22 years ago. At least 18 people, including seven policemen, died on Tuesday during hours of violence between security forces and civilians who have staged protests against President Viktor Yanukovich since last November. Despite Western demands for restraint and dialogue, the state security service first set a deadline for the demonstrators to end disorder or face "tough measures", and then the police advanced into Independence Square, the center of the protest campaign. Protesters responded with petrol bombs, fireworks and stones. Full Story | Top |
| Latest storm brings more snow to East Coast Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 10:21 AM PST PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A quick-moving storm brought several inches of snow as well as rare "thundersnow" to parts of the winter-weary East Coast, prompting speed restrictions on Pennsylvania highways on Tuesday, days after the Southeast and Northeast were paralyzed with heavy snow, ice and massive power outages. Full Story | Top |
| US to seek soldier's freedom via Taliban prisoner swap Monday, Feb 17, 2014 10:20 PM PST  Washington will attempt to resume talks with the Taliban on exchanging a US soldier held captive by insurgents since 2009 for Guantanamo Bay prisoners, The Washington Post reported. The move is an attempt to free Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl before the majority of US forces leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014, the report said, citing current and former officials. The swap would trade Bergdahl for five Taliban members who would be released from Guantanamo Bay into protective custody in Qatar, the Post reported. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told AFP that she could not discuss details of US efforts but that "there should be no doubt that we work every day -- using our military, intelligence and diplomatic tools -- to try to see Sergeant Bergdahl returned home safely." Full Story | Top |
| Kate Upton Goes Zero-G for Sports Illustrated's 2014 Swimsuit Issue Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 10:59 AM PST  Swimsuit-clad model Kate Upton dives and floats, not in water, but through the air for a new spread in Sports Illustrated. Upton flew on a Zero Gravity Corporation flight to model new bikini and one-piece fashions in weightlessness for Sports Illustrated's 2014 Swimsuit Issue, which hit newsstands today (Feb. 18). Upton's weightless experience shows what it might be like to model while in outer space, according to ZERO-G officials. Full Story | Top |
| Former US congressman arrested in Zimbabwe Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 10:26 AM PST  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Just over a year ago, former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds tried to shed past disgrace with a potent campaign slogan: "Redemption." Full Story | Top |
| Unusual Iowa abortion rule has surprising result Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 10:29 AM PST  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — While many states passed sweeping abortion laws last year, the Iowa General Assembly endorsed just one — a perplexing measure befitting one of the few legislatures under divided control. Full Story | Top |
| Budget office: Wage hike would lift pay, cost jobs Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 02:46 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Boosting the federal minimum wage as President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are proposing would increase earnings for more than 16.5 million people by 2016 but also cut employment by roughly 500,000 jobs, Congress' nonpartisan budget analyst said Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| Obama wants more fuel-efficient trucks on US roads Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 10:18 AM PST  UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — Drawing a link between reduced fuel consumption and climate change, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that his administration will issue tougher fuel-efficiency standards for delivery trucks by March 2016. Full Story | Top |
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