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| Ukraine standoff intensifies, Russia says sanctions will 'boomerang' Friday, Mar 07, 2014 02:01 PM PST By Steve Gutterman and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW/SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russia said any U.S. sanctions imposed on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine will boomerang back on the United States and that Crimea has the right to self-determination as armed men tried to seize another Ukrainian military base on the peninsula. In a telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned against "hasty and reckless steps" that could harm Russian-American relations, the foreign ministry said on Friday. It was the second tense, high-level exchange between the former Cold War foes in 24 hours over the pro-Russian takeover of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula. Russian President Vladimir Putin said after an hour-long call with U.S. President Barack Obama that their positions on the former Soviet republic were still far apart. Full Story | Top |
| Meet the Volunteers Willing to Go to Mars and Never Come Back Friday, Mar 07, 2014 11:17 AM PST Over 200,000 people have applied to take a one-way trip to Mars. A new digital short interviews five of those prospective Mars astronauts to find out who they are and why they would want to become a part of history. "Mars One Way" documents the thought process of Cody Reeder, Casey Hunter, Will Robbins, Katelyn Kane, and Ken Sullivan. The five applicants all come from different backgrounds but have one similarity: they are more curious about life on Mars than attached to their current living situation on Earth. Full Story | Top |
| Half of millennials more likely to lean Democratic Friday, Mar 07, 2014 12:51 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of America's young adults are single, don't go to church and while half say they have no loyalty to a political party, when pushed they tend to swing further left politically than those before them. Full Story | Top |
| Malaysia Airlines says plane missing Friday, Mar 07, 2014 05:34 PM PST  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia Airlines said Saturday it lost contact with a plane carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Full Story | Top |
| Malaysia Airlines hunts for missing plane carrying 239 Friday, Mar 07, 2014 08:19 PM PST  Malaysia Airlines said a flight carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing early Saturday, and the airline was notifying next of kin in a sign it feared the worst. The airline said flight MH370 disappeared at 2:40 am local time (1840 GMT Friday), about two hours after leaving Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It had been due to arrive in Beijing at 6:30 am local time (2230 GMT Friday). It was carrying 227 passengers, including two infants, from 13 different nationalities, and 12 crew members. Full Story | Top |
| China to Russia: You're putting us in a tight spot Friday, Mar 07, 2014 06:17 AM PST But neither has China condemned Russia's actions; "China is uneasy," says Bonnie Glaser, an Asia specialist at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. "They cannot endorse Russia's actions but they don't want more tensions with Moscow, so they are not emphasizing their differences." It is easy to see why China is so insistent on the principle of non-interference: the government is worried about foreigners meddling in China's own border provinces, such as Tibet and Xinjiang, where Beijing is unsure of local peoples' loyalties. Full Story | Top |
| Should Issa lose House panel chairmanship for cutting off Cummings's mic? Friday, Mar 07, 2014 09:05 AM PST Should Rep. Darrell Issa (R) of California lose his committee chairmanship because he cut off the microphone of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D) of Maryland? The Congressional Black Caucus thinks so. The group has written House Speaker John Boehner demanding that Representative Issa be punished for his disrespect of Representative Cummings, who is African-American. Speaker Boehner has already said he thinks Issa was within his rights to do what he did. Full Story | Top |
| Parent Trap: Teen Sues Parents for College Tuition Friday, Mar 07, 2014 02:30 AM PST  Beyond the legalities, it has many talking about the moral and ethical obligations parents have (or don't have) when it comes to paying for their children's college education. Still, more than 60 percent of young adults (ages 19 to 22) receive some financial help from their parents, with 35 percent receiving tuition assistance, according to a 2012 study from of the University of Michigan. Full Story | Top |
| Behind the scenes with Doug Benson on the first talk show for celebrity pot smokers Friday, Mar 07, 2014 11:18 AM PST  The creators of a talk show putting famous pot smokers on camera says this is the new normal. Full Story | Top |
| Chevron pizza 'scandal' isn't one in small town Friday, Mar 07, 2014 08:05 AM PST  BOBTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Critics are raging after an energy giant offered pizza coupons to a community near a natural gas well that exploded last month, killing a worker. Full Story | Top |
| Perry knocks NY, California at GOP showcase Friday, Mar 07, 2014 09:03 AM PST  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Former presidential candidates and a few new potential White House contenders known for their focus on social values are trying out their speeches, as early auditions for the next Republican presidential contest rolled on Friday at the nation's largest annual gathering of conservative activists. Full Story | Top |
| Iran says Israel fabricated Gaza weapons claim Thursday, Mar 06, 2014 11:25 PM PST  Iran's foreign minister on Friday sharply rejected an Israeli allegation that Tehran tried to ship missiles to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, calling it a "lie". Israel has said it captured a Gaza-bound ship Wednesday carrying dozens of Syrian-made rockets "capable of striking anywhere in Israel". The raid coincided with a high-profile US trip by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who met with President Barack Obama for discussions on a Middle East peace deal. "Netanyahu is in Washington... and all of a sudden as a godsend, they capture a ship from Iran with missiles. Full Story | Top |
| 10 foods eating into your budget Friday, Mar 07, 2014 04:34 AM PST Blame severe weather, production constraints, and other factors. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. job growth offers upbeat sign for weather-beaten economy Friday, Mar 07, 2014 01:39 PM PST By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth accelerated sharply in February despite the icy weather that gripped much of the nation, easing fears of an abrupt economic slowdown and keeping the Federal Reserve on track to continue reducing its monetary stimulus. Employers added 175,000 jobs to their payrolls last month after creating 129,000 new positions in January, the Labor Department said on Friday. The unemployment rate, however, rose to 6.7 percent from a five-year low of 6.6 percent as Americans flooded into the labor market to search for work. "It reinforces the case for the economy being stronger than it's looked for the last couple of months," said Bill Cheney, chief economist at John Hancock Financial Services in Boston. Full Story | Top |
| Boehner Rejects Senate Republicans’ Unemployment Fix Friday, Mar 07, 2014 12:47 PM PST  The economy may have created 175,000 jobs in February, according to the Labor Department, but at the same time, an additional 203,000 people joined the ranks of the long-term unemployed, having been out of work for 27 weeks or more. This means that they are not just jobless, but that the vast majority of them have exhausted their unemployment insurance benefits. The likelihood of the long-term unemployed seeing any relief soon dimmed Friday, when an aide to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said that none of the options to renew a federal extension of unemployment benefits being considered by the Senate – even a new proposal being advanced by Republicans – would be acceptable to the Speaker. Last week, an aide to Boehner told The Fiscal Times, "The Speaker has said multiple times that he's open to discussing an extension of emergency unemployment benefits as long as it is paid for and includes measures to actually help create new jobs." However, he added, "Thus far, the president or Senate Democrats have failed to offer such a plan." Full Story | Top |
| Suspected Russian spyware Turla targets Europe, United States Friday, Mar 07, 2014 11:45 AM PST  By Peter Apps and Jim Finkle LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) - A sophisticated piece of spyware has been quietly infecting hundreds of government computers across Europe and the United States in one of the most complex cyber espionage programs uncovered to date. Several security researchers and Western intelligence officers say they believe the malware, widely known as Turla, is the work of the Russian government and linked to the same software used to launch a massive breach on the U.S. military uncovered in 2008. Full Story | Top |
| Religious conservatives facing off at conference Friday, Mar 07, 2014 04:56 AM PST  OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — The early auditions for the Republican Party's next presidential contest are in full swing at the nation's largest annual gathering of conservative activists, where some of the GOP's most prominent religious conservatives are facing off. Full Story | Top |
| Ukraine doesn't keep Obama from Florida vacation Friday, Mar 07, 2014 03:38 PM PST  KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — The crisis in Crimea won't keep President Barack Obama from forging ahead with a weekend getaway with his wife and daughters in the Florida Keys. Full Story | Top |
| Bill would let Paul run for 2 offices at same time Friday, Mar 07, 2014 02:07 AM PST  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Rand Paul's biggest political decision is approaching: whether to run for president in 2016 or focus solely on re-election to his U.S. Senate seat. A Republican lawmaker from his home state wants to free him from the potential dilemma by letting him run for both. Full Story | Top |
| Inside the war room: Meet the Democrats who are watching every move the GOP makes Friday, Mar 07, 2014 04:09 AM PST A behind-the-scenes tour of the rapid response nerve center at American Bridge PAC Full Story | Top |
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