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| Hunter bags 500-pound wild boar you have to see to believe Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 06:38 AM PDT  Jett Webb, of Conetoe, N.C., was hunting boar at the White Oak Ranch Hunting Club in Bertie County last month when he spotted the giant swine. Full Story | Top |
| Hillary Clinton leads GOP by double digits in Iowa: Poll Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 07:14 AM PDT  The 2016 Iowa caucuses are still more than 22 months away. But according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday, Hillary Clinton leads among all possible presidential candidates by double digits. Full Story | Top |
| Malaysia: No engine data after plane went missing Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 05:05 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Officials dismissed reports Thursday that the missing Malaysian airliner's engines continued sending data for hours after its last contact, but said it was possible the plane continued flying and that they would widen their search farther to the west. Full Story | Top |
| APNewsBreak: Transgender troop ban faces scrutiny Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 09:29 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An independent commission led by a former U.S. surgeon general has concluded there "is no compelling medical reason" for the U.S. armed forces to prohibit transgender Americans from serving and that President Barack Obama could lift the decades-old ban without approval from Congress, according to a report being released Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Prosecutors: Fraudsters filed fake tax return as Eric Holder Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 11:59 AM PDT  Not even the nation's top law-enforcement officer is safe from the growing number of fraudsters filing false tax returns based on stolen identities. Full Story | Top |
| Fast-food workers sue McDonald's, claim wage theft Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 10:17 AM PDT Fast-food workers from three states are suing McDonald's for what they say are a variety of wage theft practices, including forcing workers to clock out but remain at work, docking pay for company-required uniforms and stiffing employees on overtime. Full Story | Top |
| Holder endorses proposed drug sentencing changes Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 01:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday endorsed a proposal that would result in shorter prison sentences for many nonviolent drug traffickers, saying the change would rein in runaway federal prison costs and create a fairer criminal justice system. Full Story | Top |
| Russia holds war games near Ukraine; Merkel warns of catastrophe Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 02:30 PM PDT  By Stephen Brown and Timothy Heritage BERLIN/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia launched new military exercises near its border with Ukraine on Thursday, showing no sign of backing down on plans to annex its neighbor's Crimea region despite a stronger than expected drive for sanctions from the EU and United States. In an unusually robust and emotional speech, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned of "catastrophe" unless Russia changes course, while in Ukraine a man died in fighting between rival protesters in a mainly Russian-speaking city. In Berlin, Merkel removed any suspicion that she might try to avoid a confrontation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, "We would not only see it, also as neighbors of Russia, as a threat. And it would not only change the European Union's relationship with Russia," she told parliament. Full Story | Top |
| Merkel: Russia risks huge consequences in Ukraine Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 02:55 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Russia risks "massive" political and economic consequences if Moscow does not enter into "negotiations that achieve results" over the situation in Ukraine. Full Story | Top |
| Malaysia: No debris at spot shown on China images Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 12:12 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Planes sent Thursday to check the spot where Chinese satellite images showed possible debris from the missing Malaysian jetliner found nothing, Malaysia's civil aviation chief said, deflating the latest lead in the six-day hunt. Full Story | Top |
| Gov. Chris Christie Fires Back at Heckler: 'Sit Down and Keep Quiet!' Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 11:51 AM PDT  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie fired back at a group of protesters today during a town hall meeting, ordering them to "sit down and keep quiet." The outburst took place while Christie held his 113th town hall, although it's unclear who the protesters are. Each... Full Story | Top |
| Why CIA, senators still feuding over 9/11 secrets Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 12:13 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The festering dispute between the CIA and Senate investigators that exploded in public this week shows just how hard it can be to learn from the past and move on. Full Story | Top |
| Diana leaked royal directory to UK tabloid, court hears Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 10:50 AM PDT  London (United Kingdom) (AFP) - The late Princess Diana leaked a royal phone directory to the now defunct News of the World tabloid, its former royal editor told Britain's phone-hacking trial on Thursday. Clive Goodman said that Diana sent him the information by post in 1992, the year she separated from her husband Prince Charles, the heir to the throne. Goodman is on trial for two counts of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office, namely paying public officials for a royal phone directory, which he denies. The 56-year-old was jailed in 2007 for hacking into the phones of members of the royal household, along with private investigator Glenn Mulcaire. Full Story | Top |
| In the age of reality politics, Rubio finds his voice Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 03:21 AM PDT  By the time Marco Rubio arrived in Washington in 2011, his story was legend. Here was the 39-year-old son of a bartender and a maid, refugees from Castro's communism, who had risen to the covers of national magazines. He was on everybody's vice-presidential list — assuming he didn't run for president himself — before he even knew where to find his office. He was the charismatic Latino who could deliver Republicans from demographic irrelevance. Full Story | Top |
| Nose gear on plane collapses at Philadelphia airport Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 04:44 PM PDT  (Reuters) - A U.S. Airways plane with 149 people on board that was about to take off from Philadelphia International Airport had its nose gear collapse on the runway on Thursday, but no one was injured in the incident, an airport spokeswoman said. The mishap at about 6:30 p.m. local time (2230 GMT) halted operations at the airport and the plane remains at the end of a runway, said airport spokeswoman Victoria Lupica. The plane involved in the incident was U.S. Airways Flight 1702, according to Philadelphia television station CBS 3, which showed a photograph of the plane with crumpled nose gear on what appeared to be a dirt area just off a runway. U.S. Airways is owned by American Airlines Group Inc. (Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Full Story | Top |
| How Obamacare has changed my life — for better and for worse Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 08:02 AM PDT Change isn't always easy. Full Story | Top |
| Reid steps up fight with Koch 'oil barons' over Republican funding Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 01:17 PM PDT  By Gabriel Debenedetti WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic senate leader Harry Reid delivered his latest attack on billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, saying they were trying to buy the American political system by funding conservative and libertarian candidates in midterm elections. Reid, 74, repeatedly used the word "radical" to decry the influence on U.S. politics of the Kochs in a speech to the U.S. Senate on Thursday. The Nevada senator's bitter jabs appeared to reflect concerns among Democratic leaders over the Kochs' big spending at a time when polls show displeasure over President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul hurting his ratings, and those of other Democrats. Through a network of advocacy groups - most prominently Americans For Prosperity (AFP) - the Kochs have put out a range of television and Internet advertisements bashing Democratic House and Senate candidates who support the healthcare law known as Obamacare. Full Story | Top |
| US: Top domestic terror suspect may be in Hawaii Thursday, Mar 13, 2014 01:27 AM PDT  America's most wanted domestic terrorism suspect — an alleged animal rights extremist — may be hiding in Hawaii. FBI agents are hunting for Daniel Andreas San Diego on the state's Big Island after receiving ... Full Story | Top |
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