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| Magnitude-5.1 earthquake shakes Los Angeles Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 01:58 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude-5.1 earthquake shook the Los Angeles area and surrounding counties Friday evening, authorities said Full Story | Top |
| New objects seen, but still no evidence of jet Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 01:54 PM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — A day after the search for the Malaysian jetliner shifted to a new area of the Indian Ocean, ships on Saturday plucked objects from the sea to determine whether they were related to the missing jet. None were confirmed to be from the plane, leaving searchers with no sign of the jet three weeks after it disappeared. Full Story | Top |
| Trip at an end, Obama has issues waiting at home Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 08:11 AM PDT RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — A week of international prodding, outreach and reassurance behind him, U.S. President Barack Obama is returning to Washington amid looming domestic and foreign challenges, from a fast-approaching deadline for health care enrollment to renewed worries about Russia's intentions in Eastern Europe. Full Story | Top |
| Health law legacy eludes Obama as changes sink in Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 02:39 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — As a roller-coaster sign-up season winds down, President Barack Obama's health care law has indeed managed to change the country. Full Story | Top |
| Another earthquake rattles southern California following 5.1 quake Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 03:46 PM PDT Residents of southern California were rattled by a 4.1 magnitude earthquake Saturday afternoon, the largest of more than 100 aftershocks following Friday's 5.1 rumbler that caused light scattered damage around the Los Angeles area. Saturday's quake rippled through an area near Rowland Heights, California, about 2:32 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor was considered relatively shallow with a depth of 5.6 miles, the USGS said. Aftershocks are expected following earthquakes, according to the USGS. Full Story | Top |
| Gay couples marry for first time in England Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 09:42 AM PDT  Brighton (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Gay couples across England and Wales said "I do" Saturday as a law authorising same-sex marriage came into effect at midnight, the final stage in a long fight for equality. Following the first marriages amid a supposed race to wed, Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted: "Congratulations to all same-sex couples getting married today – I wish you every possible happiness for the future." The Conservative party leader also described the change as an "important moment for our country", and a rainbow flag flew above government offices in London in celebration. While 15 countries have legalised gay marriage and in another three it is allowed in some regions of the country, homosexuals remain persecuted in many parts of the world. Full Story | Top |
| Russia vows no Ukraine invasion as diplomacy intensifies Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 01:46 PM PDT  Russia on Saturday pledged it would not invade mainland Ukraine following its seizure of Crimea, favouring a federal solution for the ex-Soviet state as diplomacy with the West gathered momentum. US Secretary of State John Kerry will hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Paris Sunday, in a impromptu meeting aimed at resolving the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War. Tensions have run high since Moscow's lightning takeover of Crimea from Ukraine, with the United States accusing Russia of massing tens of thousands of troops on Ukraine's eastern border. Full Story | Top |
| Russia threatened countries ahead of UN vote on Ukraine-envoys Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 03:08 AM PDT By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia threatened several Eastern European and Central Asian states with retaliation if they voted in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution this week declaring invalid Crimea's referendum on seceding from Ukraine, U.N. diplomats said. The disclosures about Russian threats came after Moscow accused Western countries of using "shameless pressure, up to the point of political blackmail and economic threats," in an attempt to coerce the United Nations' 193 member states to join it in supporting the non-binding resolution on the Ukraine crisis. Full Story | Top |
| Trayvon Martin: What did Kobe Bryant say about justice? Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 10:03 AM PDT Could an African-American insinuate that George Zimmerman is not guilty? Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant tested those waters in a New Yorker interview. When asked about the Miami Heat team photo (taken in 2013) wearing hoodies in solidarity with Trayvon Martin, a black teenager who was fatally shot in 2012, Bryant seemed to criticize their quick support of Martin. "I won't react to something just because I'm supposed to, because I'm an African-American. Full Story | Top |
| Hundreds of children abandoned en route to US: Mexico Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 05:36 PM PDT  Authorities in Mexico have found more than 370 children dumped by people smugglers while trying to make their way into the United States. The National Institute of Migration (INM) said the huge number of children, from different nations in Central America, were discovered in just a single one-week period in March. The figure included some 163 children who were abandoned because they were not traveling with an adult family member or an acquaintance, the INM said in a statement. In many cases, the children had been left in dangerous or difficult transit points by guides who had been paid between $3,000 and $5,000, it said. Full Story | Top |
| After Sandy, feds mull plan for artificial islands Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 06:59 AM PDT  SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — A string of artificial islands off the coast of New Jersey and New York could blunt the impact of storm surges that proved so deadly during Superstorm Sandy, according to a proposal vying for attention and funding as the region continues its recovery. Full Story | Top |
| Airline apologizes for note on deaf couple's bag Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 06:42 AM PDT  DALLAS (AP) — A deaf couple is upset over a note that an American Airlines employee attached to one of their bags, referring to the pair as "deaf and dumb." Full Story | Top |
| Two Boston Hospitals Change Surgical Technique After Cancer Debate Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 05:23 AM PDT  High-Profile Case Linked Technique to Cancer Spread in Patient Full Story | Top |
| COMPANIES ARE NOT CHURCHES AND MUST CONFORM TO MODERN LAWS Friday, Mar 28, 2014 10:00 PM PDT What do contraceptives have to do with religion? There are plenty of sincere Catholics and conservative Protestants who believe the use of contraceptives, or at least some types of them, is sinful. That's reason enough to be careful about any broad government regulations involving birth control. The Supreme Court did so as early as 1879, when it ruled against polygamy, practiced by some Mormons at the time. Full Story | Top |
| Girl talks to pope on immigration, then dad freed Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 08:13 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a 10-year-old California girl traveled to the Vatican to plead with Pope Francis for help as her father faced deportation, the man was released Friday on bond from immigration detention. Full Story | Top |
| Dating And Peer Pressure Collide With Teen's Morals Friday, Mar 28, 2014 10:01 PM PDT DEAR ABBY: I'm 13, and my classmates are just beginning to "date." Sometimes what this means is, "Hey, do you want to go to my house, get drunk and have sex?" There's already a pregnant girl in our school. She's 12. I'm trying not to get involved in any of this, but I'm constantly being teased for not holding a guy's hand, let alone not having had my first kiss. I have learned to deal with it, but my problem is there's this one guy who has been flirting with me. "Jon" is sweet and nice, but he's part of the popular crowd. I'm afraid if he asks me out, he'll end up trying to get me drunk. ... Full Story | Top |
| Chinese ships search new area for Malaysian plane Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 01:28 AM PDT  By Jane Wardell and Matt Siegel SYDNEY/PERTH (Reuters) - Chinese ships trawled a new area in the Indian Ocean for a missing Malaysian passenger jet on Saturday, as the search for Flight MH370 entered its fourth week amid a series of false dawns over sightings of debris. Australian authorities coordinating the operation moved the search 1,100 km (685 miles) north on Friday after new analysis of radar and satellite data concluded the Malaysia Airlines plane travelled faster and for a shorter distance after vanishing from civilian radar screens on March 8. A Chinese military aircraft spotted three suspicious objects on Saturday in the new search area some 1,850 km (1,150 miles) west of Perth, colored white, red and orange respectively, the official Xinhua news agency said. That sighting follows reports of "multiple objects of various colors" by international flight crews on Friday, according to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). Full Story | Top |
| 'Small' Nuclear War Could Trigger Catastrophic Cooling Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 11:10 AM PDT  Even a relatively small regional nuclear war could trigger global cooling, damage the ozone layer and cause droughts for more than a decade, researchers say. One potential consequence of such a global nuclear war was "nuclear winter," wherein nuclear explosions sparked huge fires whose smoke, dust and ash blotted out the sun, resulting in a "twilight at noon" for weeks. Still, nuclear war remains a very real threat; To see what effects such a regional nuclear conflict might have on climate, scientists modeled a war between India and Pakistan involving 100 Hiroshima-level bombs, each packing the equivalent of 15,000 tons of TNT — just a small fraction of the world's current nuclear arsenal. Full Story | Top |
| Sandusky's wife goes on offensive against accusers Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 02:57 PM PDT  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — It was long after former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had been arrested, tried and convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys before his wife said she realized just how much trouble he was in. Full Story | Top |
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