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| Canceled health plans get 2-year extension Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 03:26 PM PST  Decision helps defuse a political problem for Democrats in fall re-election battles. Full Story | Top |
| Chicago family accused in $7 million shoplifting spree Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 04:18 PM PST  CHICAGO (AP) — A father, mother and daughter from a posh Chicago suburb stole $7 million in merchandise during a decadelong shoplifting spree — traveling to stores nationwide and targeting dolls, toys, cosmetics and other valuables — according to a federal complaint released Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Biden highlights $35 million proposal for rape kit testing Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 03:20 PM PST  Vice President Joe Biden proposed $35 million in grant funding Wednesday afternoon to help clear the hundreds of thousands of backlogged rape kits off the shelves of police stations and labs. Full Story | Top |
| Photos: UK's underground wonders Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 10:59 AM PST  Sewer Tunnel, The River Westbourne, London. (Mike Deere/Caters News) Full Story | Top |
| Lawyers: Boston suspect's 'incriminating' remark meant to be funny Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 01:51 PM PST  BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev say a remark he made to his sister during a prison visit was meant to be funny and wasn't incriminating, as prosecutors have suggested. Full Story | Top |
| GOP looks to tell candidates' personal stories with 'film' series Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 01:25 PM PST  Republicans want to set the narrative on their Senate candidates early — before Democrats define them first. Full Story | Top |
| College Board announces sweeping changes to the SAT Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 03:32 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance exam is undergoing sweeping revisions. Full Story | Top |
| Doctors reveal 2nd infant possibly cured of HIV Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 02:11 PM PST  Medical firsts lead researchers to rethink how fast and hard to treat AIDS virus at birth. Full Story | Top |
| Russia's top diplomat snubs Ukrainian peer Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 12:20 PM PST  Foreign minister resists pressure to meet but says talks with U.S. and others to continue. Full Story | Top |
| House hearing on IRS scandal dissolves in shouting Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 09:34 AM PST  By Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A brief congressional hearing ended in shouting and confusion on Wednesday after a former U.S. Internal Revenue Service official refused to answer questions about a 10-month-old controversy involving IRS scrutiny of conservative political groups. Lois Lerner, who was at the center of last year's so-called Tea Party targeting scandal, declined to answer questions from Darrell Issa, the Republican chairman of the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Issa, who has relentlessly pursued the tax agency over the controversy for months, dismissed Lerner and gaveled the hearing to a close after just 15 minutes, cutting off remarks by Representative Elijah Cummings, the panel's top Democrat. That was days after she issued a public apology, in answer to a planted question from the audience at a legal conference, in which she said the IRS had done "inappropriate" targeting of political groups with the words "Tea Party" in their names. Full Story | Top |
| N.J. neighborhood in pieces after deadly gas leak explosion Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 01:02 PM PST  EWING, N.J. (AP) — The contractor working at the site of a massive explosion that killed one person and injured seven workers recently had been fined more than $100,000 by federal safety monitors for problems at two other New Jersey work sites. Full Story | Top |
| Former IRS official refuses to testify at congressional hearing Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 12:45 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The former Internal Revenue Service official at the heart of the controversy over the agency's targeting of conservative groups once again refused to answer questions at a House hearing Wednesday amid signs that a congressional investigation into the affair may be stalling. Full Story | Top |
| #SydneyStorm produces dramatic images down under Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 07:08 AM PST  A powerful thunderstorm rolled into Sydney on Wednesday. And the ominous clouds that accompanied it were captured by social media users, who shared plenty of dramatic images. Full Story | Top |
| Social media outlet cracks down on gun sales Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 11:03 AM PST  Facebook will delete posts offering to buy or sell guns without background checks. Full Story | Top |
| Target tech chief resigns after massive security breach Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 03:40 PM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Target Corp.'s executive ranks have suffered their first casualty since hackers stole credit card numbers and other personal data of millions of the retailer's shoppers last year. Full Story | Top |
| Survey: Winter takes a toll on jobs growth Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 07:10 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — A private survey shows that U.S. companies added slightly more jobs in February than in the previous month, but harsh winter weather still weighed on hiring. Full Story | Top |
| Syrian helicopters carry out raids on Lebanon border Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 10:17 AM PST  Beirut (AFP) - Syrian helicopter gunships launched multiple raids on areas inside Lebanon Wednesday near the border town of Arsal, in what a local official described as "the most violent attack the area has suffered." Full Story | Top |
| Report: Hillary Clinton compares Putin to Hitler Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 03:11 AM PST  The Russian leader's talk parallels the dictator's rhetoric on ethnic Germans, she says. Full Story | Top |
| Former NYC mayor Bloomberg to address Harvard grads Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 06:11 AM PST  Full Story | Top |
| Senate blocks Obama's pick for civil rights post Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 02:54 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division was blocked by bipartisan Senate opposition Wednesday in an emotional postscript to the long-ago murder of a Philadelphia policeman and the legal help his killer received. Full Story | Top |
| Contractor in NJ blast faced $100K in fines Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 02:49 PM PST  EWING, N.J. (AP) — The contractor working for New Jersey's largest utility at the site of a town house explosion that killed one resident recently had been fined more than $100,000 by safety regulators for problems at two other sites, but the utility said Wednesday it never had any problems with the construction firm. Full Story | Top |
| CIA investigates whether officers spied on Senate Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 04:57 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA is investigating whether its officers improperly monitored members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which oversees the intelligence agency, U.S. officials said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| US agency demands recall data from General Motors Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 05:03 PM PST  DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are demanding that General Motors turn over reams of documents and other data showing what the company knew and when it found out about a dangerous ignition problem that has been linked to 13 car-crash deaths. Full Story | Top |
| Facebook to delete posts for illegal gun sales Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 02:04 PM PST  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Under pressure from gun control advocates, Facebook agreed Wednesday to delete posts from users seeking to buy or sell weapons illegally or without a background check. Full Story | Top |
| 10 Things to Know for Thursday Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 06:02 PM PST Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday: Full Story | Top |
| General to admit guilt on 3 counts; denies assault Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 06:28 PM PST  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A U.S. Army general accused of sexually assaulting a junior officer will admit guilt on three lesser charges but maintains his innocence on allegations that he forced her to perform oral sex, his lawyer said Wednesday night. Full Story | Top |
| Mass. court: Subway 'upskirt' photos not illegal Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 02:38 PM PST BOSTON (AP) — A man who took cellphone photos up the skirts of women riding the Boston subway did not violate state law because the women were not nude or partially nude, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Coal firm to pay record fine for water pollution Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 01:08 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the nation's largest coal producers will pay a $27.5 million fine and spend $200 million to reduce illegal toxic discharges into hundreds of waterways across five Appalachian states, according to a proposed settlement Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Ukraine diplomatic push shifts to Paris Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 03:18 AM PST  Envoys from from the major players seeking an end to the crisis are gathering in Paris. Full Story | Top |
| Gay rights as 'collateral damage' Wednesday, Mar 05, 2014 05:13 AM PST  Supreme Court contraceptives case said to be 'cut from the same cloth' as vetoed 'turn-away-the-gays' law. Full Story | Top |
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