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| Venezuelan protest leader sends jailhouse plea Friday, Feb 21, 2014 05:01 PM PST  Handwritten note tells followers not to quit peaceful demonstrations despite deadly violence. Full Story | Top |
| Saving Detroit: What next? Friday, Feb 21, 2014 03:37 PM PST  DETROIT (AP) — Detroit presented its first full road map for leaving bankruptcy Friday, outlining an elaborate plan to restructure $18 billion in debt, demolish thousands of blighted homes and invest in the broken-down infrastructure that has made the city a symbol of urban decay. Full Story | Top |
| 24 soldiers to get Medal of Honor after review examining bias Friday, Feb 21, 2014 04:47 PM PST  Twenty-four Army soldiers who fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam will receive the Medal of Honor next month, correcting oversights that prevented many of them from receiving the nation's highest award for valor because of their Hispanic, Jewish and African-American backgrounds, White... Full Story | Top |
| Florida lawmakers vote to expand ‘stand your ground’ law Friday, Feb 21, 2014 12:09 PM PST  Less than a week after Michael Dunn was not convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting death of an unarmed teenager, a bipartisan group of Florida lawmakers passed a bill out of committee on Thursday that would expand the state's controversial "stand your ground" law. Full Story | Top |
| Australian police X-ray suspected pink diamond thief Friday, Feb 21, 2014 07:00 AM PST  Australian police said Friday they had arrested and X-rayed a British man over the theft of a pink diamond worth more than Aus$200,000 (US$180,000), with fears he had swallowed the rare jewel. The 29-year-old, reported by Australian media to be British tourist Matthew Osborne, was arrested as he attempted to board an international flight in Melbourne. "He is expected to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court tomorrow charged with entering premises and stealing property," police said. The pink diamond, from Rio Tinto's exclusive Argyle mine and valued at more than $200,000, was stolen Saturday from a jewellery store at Cairns, in northern Queensland. Full Story | Top |
| Gov't: Not enough water to help Calif. farmers Friday, Feb 21, 2014 04:09 PM PST  Growers on front lines of historic drought won't get federal irrigation aid this year. Full Story | Top |
| Tornadoes, strong thunderstorms threaten East Coast Friday, Feb 21, 2014 09:35 AM PST  Just a week after being buried by snow and ice, a number of states along the East Coast are dealing with the threat of thunderstorms and tornadoes on Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Ukraine protesters look past deal Friday, Feb 21, 2014 12:31 PM PST  Opposition leaders face mixed reaction amid unwavering calls for president's ouster. Full Story | Top |
| Ugandan president: I don't even dare kiss my wife in public Friday, Feb 21, 2014 10:09 AM PST  Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has made an impassioned defence of his decision to crack down on gays, saying his tough stance on immorality meant he would not even dare kiss his wife in public. The statement from the president, carried by local media on Friday, was widely seen as swipe against US President Barack Obama, who has been fiercly critical of Uganda's anti-gay law and who celebrated his own re-election win with a public embrace of his wife Michelle. "If I kissed my wife of 41 years in public, I would lose elections in Uganda," said Museveni, who has led Uganda since 1986 and has been seeking support for another term in office. However, he said that advice from scientists in Uganda's Department of Genetics, School of Medicine and the Ministry of Health showed a "unanimous conclusion.. that homosexuality, contrary to my earlier thinking, was behavioural and not genetic" -- and therefore it should be punished. Full Story | Top |
| Teen U.S. slalom skier displays nerves of steel in big Olympic run Friday, Feb 21, 2014 10:18 AM PST  Rosa Khutor (Russia) (AFP) - American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin showed nerves of steel to add Olympic gold to her world slalom title under floodlights at Rosa Khutor on Friday. The 18-year-old, in pole position after the first run, clocked a combined total of 1min 44.54sec over two runs to finish 0.53sec ahead of Marlies Schild of Austria, who won her fourth Olympic medal in three different Games. Another Austrian, Kathrin Zettel, claimed bronze at 0.81sec, denying fourth-placed German Maria Hoefl-Riesch another podium finish in her Olympic swansong. "This has been a dream of mine for a very long time," said Shiffrin, who at the age of 18 years and 345 days became the youngest Olympic slalom champion. Full Story | Top |
| Rebels attack Somalia presidential palace Friday, Feb 21, 2014 09:24 AM PST  Fierce gun battle with al-Qaida-linked militants leaves officials and guards dead. Full Story | Top |
| Ukrainian parliament approves new charter Friday, Feb 21, 2014 07:39 AM PST  An ambitious agreement could be a major breakthrough in the crisis over Ukraine's future. Full Story | Top |
| Detroit plans to cut pensions in bankrupty debt plan Friday, Feb 21, 2014 10:13 AM PST  DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's emergency financial manager filed a plan Friday that would bring the city out of bankruptcy, providing for the first time a detailed look at what the Motor City would look like when it finally sheds its financial burdens. Full Story | Top |
| Obama throws support behind Dalai Lama, Tibet rights Friday, Feb 21, 2014 01:48 PM PST  US President Barack Obama on Friday offered his "strong support" for the protection of Tibetans' human rights in China as he defied protests from Beijing to meet the Dalai Lama. With China warning that the meeting would derail ties between the world's two largest economies, Obama took care to avoid any trappings of an official visit, receiving the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader in the Map Room of the White House residence and not the Oval Office where he usually talks to dignitaries. The Dalai Lama, usually chatty and playful with foreign audiences, was nowhere to be seen at the White House, which did not allow in reporters. In Beijing, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui summoned the US charge d'affaires, Daniel Kritenbrink, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Full Story | Top |
| Internet a crucial Venezuela battleground Friday, Feb 21, 2014 07:11 PM PST  SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela (AP) — The battle for Venezuela is being fought as vigorously online as in the streets, with Internet service cut off to a strife-torn university city and the government blocking selected websites and a "walkie-talkie" service widely used by protesters. Full Story | Top |
| AP PHOTOS: Olympians glow in moment of victory Friday, Feb 21, 2014 07:15 PM PST  Pumping their fists, falling to their knees, or taking victory laps with their nations' flags whipping in the wind, Olympians express their joy at winning a medal in many ways. Full Story | Top |
| Obama to award Medal of Honor to 24 Army veterans Friday, Feb 21, 2014 05:44 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to correct potential acts of bias spanning three wars, President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor to 24 Army veterans following a congressionally mandated review to ensure that eligible recipients were not bypassed due to prejudice. Full Story | Top |
| Ignoring China's protest, Obama hosts Dalai Lama Friday, Feb 21, 2014 07:48 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama granted an audience to Tibet's Dalai Lama on Friday over the strong objections from China that the U.S. was meddling it its affairs. The White House took pains to ensure the meeting was not portrayed as a conference of two heads of state. Full Story | Top |
| Slain beauty queen mourned in Venezuela Friday, Feb 21, 2014 03:46 PM PST  VALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) — A university student beauty queen was mourned Friday in the provincial Venezuelan city where she was slain this week during a political protest, a victim of what government opponents say is indiscriminate violence used by President Nicolas Maduro and his supporters to stifle dissent across the country. Full Story | Top |
| 265 Anne Frank books vandalized in Tokyo libraries Friday, Feb 21, 2014 05:05 PM PST  TOKYO (AP) — Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl" and scores of books about the young Holocaust victim have been vandalized in Tokyo public libraries since earlier this year. Full Story | Top |
| Renzi will be Italy's youngest premier Friday, Feb 21, 2014 03:31 PM PST  ROME (AP) — Matteo Renzi will be sworn in as Italy's youngest prime minister ever Saturday after he cobbled together a government he says will change the face of the country's politics and economy. Full Story | Top |
| AP source: Tribal killing suspect target of probe Friday, Feb 21, 2014 05:13 PM PST  ALTURAS, Calif. (AP) — The woman who police say killed three family members and a worker at the headquarters building for an Indian tribe that was evicting her and her son from its land was the target of a federal investigation into at least $50,000 in missing tribal funds. Full Story | Top |
| Cops: No sign of injury on body in snowed-over car Friday, Feb 21, 2014 06:56 PM PST  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Countless pedestrians near Philadelphia's main train station walked by a snow-covered sedan with dark windows and a slew of parking tickets before police this week found the body of a young mother inside. Full Story | Top |
| Ukraine takes gold, US hockey falls to Canada Friday, Feb 21, 2014 04:47 PM PST  SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Four Ukrainian women gave their politically torn country some good news at the Sochi Games on Friday, and Canada delivered more bad news to the United States — yet another Olympic hockey defeat. Full Story | Top |
| AP PHOTOS: Olympic flame at center stage in Sochi Friday, Feb 21, 2014 12:39 PM PST  The Olympic flame has been the backdrop for numerous tourist photos during the Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Full Story | Top |
| For Obama, a new sense of purpose in acting alone Friday, Feb 21, 2014 03:29 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — This week, President Barack Obama promoted tougher fuel efficiency standards for trucks. He touted progress on initiatives to strengthen the U.S. patent system. And he signed an executive order intended to speed up the process for approving import or export cargo. Full Story | Top |
| Arizona governor asked to nix bill angering gays Friday, Feb 21, 2014 03:57 PM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — Four years after igniting a national uproar over immigration, the Arizona Legislature has jumped into the battle over gay rights with a piece of legislation that had opponents on Friday predicting business boycotts against the state. Full Story | Top |
| Colorado, Utah move to hike smoking age to 21 Friday, Feb 21, 2014 12:57 PM PST  DENVER (AP) — Two Western states with some of the nation's lowest smoking rates are considering cracking down even more by raising the tobacco age to 21. Full Story | Top |
| Zimbabwe orders deportation of former U.S. congressman Friday, Feb 21, 2014 07:34 AM PST  By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean court dismissed pornography charges against former congressman Mel Reynolds on Friday but ordered his deportation after he pleaded guilty to staying in the southern African country on an expired visa. Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe agreed with Reynolds' lawyer, Arthur Gurira, that state prosecutors had not sought written authority from the prosecutor general to put the former Illinois congressman on trial. Reynolds will still be held in prison while immigration authorities process his deportation papers. Full Story | Top |
| 4 dead, 2 injured in shooting at Calif. tribal office Friday, Feb 21, 2014 12:58 AM PST  ALTURAS, Calif. (AP) — An eviction hearing at an American Indian headquarters in Northern California turned deadly as a woman who once served as a tribal leader allegedly opened fire, killing four people and critically wounding two others in a gun and knife attack, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
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