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| Mexico affirms 'El Chapo' will stay put Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 04:38 PM PST  Rulings will delay extradition of man widely considered world's most-powerful drug lord. Full Story | Top |
| House passes bill on 'unlocking' cell phones Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 04:51 PM PST  The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday that would give mobile-phone users the right to "unlock" their devices and use them on competitors' wireless networks, although Senate action was uncertain. Major carriers, including Verizon Wireless, AT&T Inc, Sprint Corp, T-Mobile US and U.S. Cellular, in December made a voluntary pledge to make it easier for consumers to unlock their cellphones, under pressure from consumer groups and the Federal Communications Commission. The notion of undoing that law has had wide support from Republicans and Democrats since the bill's introduction in the House in 2013. But the bill's author, Representative Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican, added language after the bill had been approved by a partisan majority of the House Judiciary Committee, banning "bulk unlocking." Consumer advocates have argued that customers should be allowed to sell their old devices to third parties that could unlock phones in bulk, something the wireless industry opposes. Full Story | Top |
| Love bug: Man never stopped grieving for stolen 1965 Beetle Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 12:38 PM PST  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man whose 1965 Volkswagen Beetle was stolen nearly 40 years ago and recently recovered in Detroit says he never stopped grieving for the red convertible that he had running "slick as a ribbon" before it was stolen. Full Story | Top |
| Watchdog: Fewer hate groups a political sign Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 02:23 PM PST  Southern Poverty Law Center says decline is seen as more radical ideas go mainstream. Full Story | Top |
| Teen invents flashlight that could change the world Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 10:21 AM PST  Ann Makosinski was just another teenager with another science project when she joined her local science fair in Victoria, Canada, last year. Her invention, a flashlight that is powered solely from hand heat, took second place at the competition. Ann, 16, and her parents, both of whom are HAM radio operators and like to fiddle [...] Full Story | Top |
| $10M stash of gold coins found while walking dog Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 04:09 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Northern California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree. Full Story | Top |
| Hunt for Ukraine's ex-president reveals little hometown support Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 12:50 PM PST  Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - A thin wisp of smoke rises from a chimney in the barricaded residential complex of deposed president Viktor Yanukovych in the eastern city of Donetsk, but Ukraine's most famous fugitive is nowhere to be seen. The cluster of opulent villas, a few kilometres outside the industrial city of Donetsk appears thoroughly deserted apart from that small line of smoke. Donetsk, home to one million residents, sits deep in the heart of the Donbas mining region, where Yanukovych was born in 1950. It is impossible to penetrate the imposing perimeter of Yanukovych's residence here at 65 Rainissa Road, ringed by pine trees and a huge brick and cement wall topped with a metal barrier. Full Story | Top |
| Obama and Boehner have first one-on-one in over a year Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 03:00 PM PST  Both parties describe first such meeting in more than a year as 'constructive.' Full Story | Top |
| Asiana Airlines docked $500,000 over crash Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 02:41 PM PST  First time U.S. has levied fine for inadequate assistance to loved ones of crash victims. Full Story | Top |
| Oyster found off Denmark breaks Guinness record Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 09:09 AM PST  A Pacific Oyster found off the coast of Denmark has officially been named the world's largest, according to Guinness World Records. The oyster measures 13.97 inches in length and 4 inches in width, which is around a size 11 shoe. This large oyster also has... Full Story | Top |
| Conductor writes apology to commuters for train that never came Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 05:41 AM PST  Michael Shaw distributed 500 copies of a letter apologizing to commuters after telling them to wait for an express train he didn't realize had been canceled. But Metro North said it does not condone Shaw's letter. Full Story | Top |
| First Lady watching scoreboards for kids' health Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 11:25 AM PST  New rules take aim at marketing of unhealthy food at schools—and at their sporting facilities. Full Story | Top |
| Colo. Girl Scouts can't sell cookies outside pot shops Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 05:41 AM PST  In response to a California Girl Scout's ingenious strategy to sell Girl Scout cookies outside of a marijuana dispensary, the Girl Scouts of Colorado issued a statement on its Facebook page effectively barring its members from doing the same. Full Story | Top |
| Obama tells Pentagon to plan Afghan pullout Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 02:37 PM PST  Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has balked at signing a bilateral security agreement. Full Story | Top |
| Report: Few Army women want combat jobs Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 03:55 PM PST  FORT EUSTIS, Va. (AP) — Only a small fraction of Army women say they'd like to move into one of the newly opening combat jobs, but those few who do say they want a job that takes them right into the heart of battle, according to preliminary results from a survey of the service's nearly 170,000 women. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. diplomats tell Obama nominees should know their destinations Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 05:50 AM PST  Please, presidents, stop picking big campaign donors to be ambassadors whether or not they know anything about the country where they'd be posted and are clueless about foreign affairs in general. Full Story | Top |
| Uganda tabloid outs 'top' homosexuals Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 09:49 AM PST  KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A Ugandan newspaper published a list Tuesday of what it called the country's "200 top" homosexuals, outing some Ugandans who previously had not identified themselves as gay one day after the president enacted a harsh anti-gay law. Full Story | Top |
| California 'lifers' leaving prison at record pace Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 04:25 PM PST  Under Gov. Jerry Brown, the state has released nearly 1,400 inmates with life sentences. Full Story | Top |
| 43 killed in Nigeria in suspected Boko Haram school attack Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 07:04 PM PST  Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Suspected Boko Haram Islamists killed 43 people in an attack on secondary school students as they slept in the latest school massacre to hit Nigeria's troubled northeast. Nigeria meanwhile issued an appeal to France and Abuja's Francophone neighbours, especially Cameroon, to help it in the battle against Islamists, two days before a planned visit from French President Francois Hollande. The raid at 2:00 am (0100 GMT) targeted the Federal Government College in the town of Buni Yadi in Yobe state and bore the hallmarks of a similar attack last September in which 40 died. Full Story | Top |
| Website of major Bitcoin exchange vanishes Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 02:04 AM PST  Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is offline amid reports it suffered a debilitating theft. Full Story | Top |
| 'Secrets of the Vatican' exposes church crises Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 03:53 AM PST  Pope Francis gave hope to many Catholics, but he also inherited a litany of problems. Full Story | Top |
| Ukraine: no new government before Thursday Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 06:28 AM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A former presidential aide despised by protesters has been shot and wounded, his spokesman said Tuesday, raising fears of retaliation as Ukraine charts a new tumultuous political course. Full Story | Top |
| Pollution worsens in Beijing as statues don masks Monday, Feb 24, 2014 11:30 PM PST  BEIJING (AP) — The smog is so bad even the statues wear masks. Or at least they do in pictures of a campus stunt that circulated online Tuesday as parts of northern China suffered a sixth straight day of severe pollution. Full Story | Top |
| National drop in obese toddlers, study suggests Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 02:45 PM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — Toddler obesity shrank sharply in the past decade, a new study suggests. While promising, it's not proof that the nation has turned a corner in the battle against childhood obesity, some experts say. Full Story | Top |
| Pro-Russian rally in Crimea decries Kiev 'bandits' Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 04:59 PM PST  SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens of pro-Russian protesters rallied Tuesday in this Crimean Peninsula city, bitterly denouncing politicians in Kiev who are trying to form a new government, with some even calling for secession from Ukraine. A Russian lawmaker stoked their passions by promising that Moscow will protect them. Full Story | Top |
| Arizona governor returns home amid furor over bill Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 03:48 PM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer returned to Arizona on Tuesday and faced a pressing decision about a bill on her desk that has prompted a national debate over religious and gay rights. Full Story | Top |
| Collapse of exchange spells trouble for bitcoin Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 07:36 PM PST  TOKYO (AP) — The sudden disappearance of one of the largest bitcoin exchanges only adds to the mystery and mistrust surrounding the virtual currency, which was just beginning to gain legitimacy beyond the technology enthusiasts and adventurous investors who created it. Full Story | Top |
| Couple stumbles upon $10 million in rare coins Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 04:40 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Northern California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow of an old tree. Full Story | Top |
| PBS reporter Miles O'Brien recounts amputation Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 05:40 PM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — PBS science correspondent Miles O'Brien said Tuesday his left arm was amputated above the elbow after an apparently minor injury put his life in jeopardy. Full Story | Top |
| Rick Warren acts on mental health in son's death Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 01:43 PM PST  LAKE FOREST, Calif. (AP) — A year after his son's suicide, popular evangelical pastor Rick Warren is taking on a new mental health ministry inspired by his personal tragedy. Full Story | Top |
| FDA weighs unknowns of 3-person embryo technique Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 01:57 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Genetic experts cautioned that it could take decades to confirm the safety of an experimental technique, meant to prevent children from inheriting debilitating diseases, that would create babies from the DNA of three people. Full Story | Top |
| Child dies from infected rat; family sues Petco Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 08:06 PM PST  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A San Diego family is suing Petco after the death of their 10-year-old son from a bacterial infection they say he contracted from his pet rat. Full Story | Top |
| Arizona governor heads home amid furor over bill Tuesday, Feb 25, 2014 03:04 PM PST PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer returned to Arizona on Tuesday and faced a pressing decision about a bill on her desk that has prompted a national debate over religious and gay rights. Full Story | Top |
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