Saturday, March 29, 2014

Daily News: Yahoo News - Black box detector to join Malaysian jet search

Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 08:04 PM PDT
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Black box detector to join Malaysian jet search 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 08:04 PM PDT
 A Royal New Zealand Air Force crew member looks into the southern Indian Ocean from a P-3K2 Orion aircraft searches for missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370, Saturday, March 29, 2014. 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. (AP Photo/Jason Reed, Pool)PERTH, Australia (AP) — A warship with an aircraft black box detector was set to depart Australia on Sunday to join the search for the missing Malaysian jetliner, a day after ships plucked objects from the Indian Ocean to determine whether they were related to the missing plane. None were confirmed to be from the plane, leaving searchers with no sign of the jet more than three weeks after it disappeared.
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Number of missing from mudslide drops to 30 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 07:20 PM PDT
 Searchers pause for a moment of silence at the scene of a deadly mudslide Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Oso, Wash. Besides the more than two dozen bodies already found, many more people could be buried in the debris pile left from the mudslide one week ago. Ninety people are listed as missing. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, Pool)DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) — The number of those believed missing following a deadly Washington state landslide has plummeted to 30 after many people were found safe, authorities said late Saturday.
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New aftershock rattles Los Angeles 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 03:10 PM PDT
 An aerial view shows downtown Los Angeles on August 7, 2013A 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Los Angeles on Saturday, a day after a similar seismic shock spooked the sprawling Californian metropolis. The quake was initially reported as a 4.5 magnitude event before being revised down to 4.1 by the United States Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage following the temblor, which came less than 24 hours after the biggest earthquake to hit the Los Angeles area in six years. Friday's 5.1 magnitude quake caused power cuts, gas leaks and burst water mains and halted rides at Disneyland.
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Number of missing from Washington slide plummets 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 08:27 PM PDT
 Searchers pause for a moment of silence at the scene of a deadly mudslide Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Oso, Wash. Besides the more than two dozen bodies already found, many more people could be buried in the debris pile left from the mudslide one week ago. Ninety people are listed as missing. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, Pool)DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) — As crews using heavy equipment, dogs and their bare hands searched in heavy rain for more victims from a deadly Washington landslide, authorities said Saturday that the number of people believed missing had dropped substantially.
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Quake forces evacuations in Southern California 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 03:45 PM PDT
 Orange County Parks grounds keeper Frank Amaro removes the supports to the sign at the entrance of Ralph B. Clark Regional Park in Buena Park in Fullerton, Calif., on Saturday, March 29, 2014, morning after rangers discovered it fell off it's supports after an earthquake hit Orange County Friday night. More than 100 aftershocks have rattled Orange County south of Los Angeles where a magnitude-5.1 earthquake struck Friday. Despite the relatively minor damage, no injuries have been reported. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Ken Steinhardt) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUTLOS ANGELES (AP) — A moderate earthquake that rattled a swath of Southern California forced several dozen people in one community out of their homes after firefighters discovered foundation problems that made the buildings unsafe to enter, authorities said Saturday.
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Christie, Walker court GOP donors in Las Vegas 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 09:15 PM PDT
 New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition, Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Las Vegas. Several possible GOP presidential candidates gathered in Las Vegas as Sheldon Adelson, a billionaire casino magnate, looks for a new favorite to help on the 2016 race for the White House. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two of the nation's highest-profile Republican governors on Saturday called for more aggressive leadership on America's challenges abroad, emphasizing their support for Israel as they courted powerful Jewish donors.
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Studies find new drugs greatly lower cholesterol 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 03:50 PM PDT
 People attend the American College of Cardiology's conference in Washington, Saturday, March 29, 2014. A new class of experimental medicines can dramatically lower cholesterol, raising hopes of a fresh option for people who can't tolerate or don't get enough help from Lipitor and other statin drugs that have been used for this for decades. The first large studies of these drugs were presented Saturday at an American College of Cardiology conference in Washington, and more will follow on Sunday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — A new class of experimental medicines can dramatically lower cholesterol, raising hopes of a fresh option for people who can't tolerate or don't get enough help from Lipitor and other statin drugs that have been used for this for decades.
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Utah boy finds American Indian remains in backyard 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 06:56 PM PDT
 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A 14-year-old boy digging a trout pond in the backyard of his father's Salt Lake City home stumbled across a surprise: the remains of an American Indian who lived about 1,000 years ago.
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AP PHOTOS: Hindu festival draws Mormon crowds 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 04:56 PM PDT
 Revelers with colored corn starched hands celebrate during the 2014 Festival of Colors, Holi Celebration at the Krishna Temple Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Spanish Fork, Utah. Nearly 70,000 people are expected to gather starting Saturday at a Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork for the annual two-day festival of colors. Revelers gyrate to music and partake in yoga during the all-day festival, throwing colored corn starch in the air once every hour. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the large majority of participants are not Hindus, but Mormons. Thousands of students from nearby Brigham Young University come to take part in a festival that is drug and alcohol free. The event stems from a Hindu tradition celebrating the end of winter and the triumph of good over evil. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)Tens of thousands of revelers are gathering at the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah, for the annual two-day festival of colors.
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Wisconsin beats Arizona 64-63 in OT in West Region 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 08:46 PM PDT
 Wisconsin forward Frank Kaminsky shoots past Arizona's Kaleb Tarczewski (35) during the first half in a regional final NCAA college basketball tournament game, Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Frank Kaminsky carried Wisconsin to the Final Four with 28 points, including six in overtime, as the Badgers defeated Arizona 64-63 in a physical West Region final Saturday night.
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Florida 1st to Final Four, beating Dayton 62-52 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 06:59 PM PDT
 Florida guard Scottie Wilbekin, right, kisses the NCAA trophy standing with team mates after the second half in a regional final game against Dayton at the NCAA college basketball tournament, Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Memphis, Tenn. Florida won 62-52. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — First yet again this season, the Florida Gators want more. Much more.
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A community 'changed forevermore' by deadly slide 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 05:11 PM PDT
 Searchers pause for a moment of silence at the scene of a deadly mudslide Saturday, March 29, 2014, in Oso, Wash. Besides the more than two dozen bodies already found, many more people could be buried in the debris pile left from the mudslide one week ago. Ninety people are listed as missing. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, Pool)DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) — The search by heavy equipment, dogs and bare hands for victims from the deadly Washington mudslide was going "all the way to the dirt" as crews looked for anything to provide answers for family and friends a week after a small mountainside community was destroyed.
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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.
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Will college athletes unionize? A query for NLRB 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 03:17 PM PDT
 FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2013, file photo, Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter (2), wears APU for "All Players United" on wrist tape as he scores a touchdown during an NCAA college football game against Maine in Evanston, Ill. The five-member regulatory board that will ultimately decide if Northwestern University football players can unionize has itself been in the middle of a firestorm. The very makeup of the National Labor Relations Board has been challenged in a case now before the Supreme Court. And Republicans contend the agency has being overly friendly to organized labor. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The five-member regulatory board that will ultimately decide if Northwestern University football players can unionize has itself been in the middle of a firestorm.
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Study backs nonsurgical way to fix heart valves 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 12:24 PM PDT
 Medtronic Inc.'s CoreValve is photographed at an American College of Cardiology Conference in Washington, on Saturday, March 29, 2014. A new study gives a big boost to fixing a bad aortic valve, the heart's main gate, without open-heart surgery. Survival rates were better one year later for people who had a new valve placed through a tube into an artery instead. Earlier this year, the CoreValve was also approved for treating people at too high risk to have surgery. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study gives a big boost to fixing a bad aortic valve, the heart's main gate, without open-heart surgery. Survival rates were better one year later for people who had a new valve placed through a tube into an artery instead.
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Russia vows no Ukraine invasion as diplomacy intensifies 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 01:46 PM PDT
 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds a press conference in The Hague on March 24, 2014 on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS)Moscow pledged it would not invade mainland Ukraine and said it favored the ex-Soviet state becoming a federation as a way of defusing the crisis.
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Trip at an end, Obama has issues waiting at home 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 08:11 AM PDT
 U.S. President Obama presents executive director of Saudi Arabia's National Family Safety Program Al Muneef with U.S. Secretary of State's International Woman of Courage Award in RiyadhPresident Barack Obama is returning to looming domestic and foreign challenges.
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Assad preparing to run for president despite war 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 05:43 AM PDT
 This photo taken on March 20, 2014, posted on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, shows first lady Asma Assad, left background, and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right background, shaking hands with Syrian teachers in Damascus, Syria. As Syrian army made gains on the battlefield, Assad's Britain-born wife has come out of seclusion, joining her husband's campaign to infuse confidence and optimism into the war-wrecked nation. Since January, Asma Assad has made several carefully scripted public appearances in the past months. (AP Photo/Syrian Presidency via Facebook)BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad is quietly preparing the ground to hold elections by early this summer to win another 7-year term, even as the Syrian conflict rampages into its fourth year with large parts of the country either in ruins or under opposition control and nearly a third of the population scattered by civil war.
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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
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Latest information on search for missing jet 
Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 09:03 AM PDT
 FILE - In this March 20, 2014 file photo provided by the Australia Defence Department, Royal Australian Air Force Loadmasters Sgt. Adam Roberts, left, and Flight Sgt. John Mancey, launch a Self Locating Data Marker Buoy from a C-130J Hercules aircraft in the southern Indian Ocean as part of the Australian Defence Force's assistance to the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. The disappearance of the airplane has presented two tales of modern technology. The public has been surprised to learn of the limitations of tracking and communications devices, which contributed to the plane vanishing for more than two weeks. But the advanced capabilities of some technologies, particularly satellites, have provided hope that the mystery won't go unsolved. (AP Photo/Australian Defence Department, Justin Brown, File)Planes and ships scoured the new search zone for the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 on Saturday, hoping to recover and analyze any of the several objects spotted from the air.
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