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| Public Preference for a GOP Congress Marks a New Low in Obama's Approval Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 06:21 AM PDT Weary of waiting for an economic recovery worth its name, a frustrated American public has sent Barack Obama's job approval rating to a career low – with a majority in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll favoring a Republican Congress to act as a check... Full Story | Top |
| Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher lead cast of new 'Star Wars' film Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 11:11 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Harrison Ford will lead returning and rising stars, including Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis and Oscar Isaac, for the anticipated new "Star Wars: Episode VII" film, Walt Disney Co and Lucasfilm said on Tuesday. Ford, Fisher and Hamill, who were rumored to be returning to director J.J. Abrams' reboot of the franchise, will be joined by the series' original stars Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) and Kenny Baker (R2-D2). ... Full Story | Top |
| Russia says EU should be 'ashamed' over sanctions Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 04:15 AM PDT  Russia suggested on Tuesday the European Union should be ashamed of itself for "doing Washington's bidding" by punishing Moscow with sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine. The Foreign Ministry said the EU sanctions imposed on 15 Russian and pro-Moscow Ukrainian officials would not ease tension in Ukraine, where the government is struggling to rein in pro-Russian separatists in southeastern regions who it says are backed by Moscow. "Instead of forcing the Kiev clique to sit at the table with southeastern Ukraine to negotiate the future structure of the country, our partners are doing Washington's bidding with new unfriendly gestures aimed at Russia," the Foreign Ministry said. Full Story | Top |
| Six hurt, suspect dead in Georgia FedEx facility shooting Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 04:42 PM PDT By Tami Chappell KENNESAW, Georgia (Reuters) - A FedEx Corp package handler armed with a shotgun opened fire at a shipping facility in suburban Atlanta early on Tuesday, injuring six people before killing himself, apparently with his own weapon, police and hospital officials said. Three people were in critical condition, two of them with life-threatening injuries, after being shot by the 19-year-old gunman just before 6 a.m. EDT at a FedEx warehouse near the airport in Kennesaw, Georgia, about 30 miles northwest of Atlanta, police and hospital officials said. The shooter, identified as Geddy L. Kramer of Acworth, Georgia, drove up to the security guard shack at the warehouse and shot the guard before entering the warehouse where he shot the other five people, according to police. FedEx employee Liza Aiken told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution she was correcting addresses on packages when she saw a colleague dressed in black and armed with a knife, gun and a cartridge belt strapped across this chest. Full Story | Top |
| Suspensions in Major Sports Leagues: What They Usually Mean Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 01:20 PM PDT  Donald Sterling's Lifetime Ban May Be the Most Serious Censure in Professional Sports Full Story | Top |
| 'Mummy Lake' Used for Ancient Rituals, Not Water Storage Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 06:37 AM PDT  Instead, the so-called Mummy Lake — which isn't a lake and has never been associated with mummies — likely held ancient ritual ceremonies, researchers say. Mummy Lake is a sandstone-lined circular pit that was originally 90 feet (27.5 meters) across and 22 feet (6.65 m) deep. Several subsequent studies of Mummy Lake have also supported this view, leading the National Parks Service to officially name the structure "Far View Reservoir" in 2006. In the new study, researchers analyzed the hydrologic, topographic, climatic and sedimentary features of Mummy Lake and the surrounding cliff area. Full Story | Top |
| Israeli forces demolish West Bank mosque as peace talks deadline passes Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 05:45 AM PDT  By Ali Sawafta KHIRBET AL-TAWEEL, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces demolished several structures, including a mosque, in a Palestinian village on Tuesday, the day a deadline for a deal in now-frozen peace talks expired. A Reuters correspondent saw several hundred soldiers deployed in Khirbet al-Taweel, in the occupied West Bank, around daybreak. Israel has also drawn Palestinian anger by continuing to expand settlements on land they seek for a state. The Israeli army said in a statement that eight structures, including a "mosque in use", were demolished because they had been built illegally inside a dangerous live-fire military training zone. Full Story | Top |
| PHOTO-HAPPY GRANDPARENTS NEED TO CHANGE THEIR VIEW Monday, Apr 28, 2014 10:00 PM PDT DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for three years and have two beautiful children. Shortly before our first child was born, my in-laws bought a new camera. They bring it along to every visit and constantly take pictures of all of us. Neither my husband nor I likes having our pictures taken. My in-laws have thousands of pictures of all of us already. The biggest problem is that they don't have a relationship with their grandchildren because of this. They complain that the kids "don't like them. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tree-T-Pee: A ‘Shark Tank’ Success that Grew Out of Hard Times Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 01:20 PM PDT  Farmer Created Product Out of His Passion for Water Conservation Full Story | Top |
| Ukraine separatists seize second provincial capital, fire on police Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 01:50 PM PDT  By Vasily Fedosenko LUHANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Hundreds of pro-Moscow separatists stormed government buildings in one of Ukraine's provincial capitals on Tuesday and fired on police holed up in a regional headquarters, a major escalation of their revolt despite new Western sanctions on Russia. Nevertheless, Russian President Vladimir Putin responded by threatening to reconsider Western participation in energy deals in Russia, the world's biggest oil producer, where most major U.S. and European oil companies have extensive projects. Demonstrators smashed their way into the provincial government headquarters in Luhansk, Ukraine's easternmost province, which abuts the Russian border, and raised separatist flags over the building, while police did nothing to interfere. "The regional leadership does not control its police force," said Stanislav Rechynsky, an aide to Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, referring to events in Luhansk. Full Story | Top |
| Obama warns China, backs Philippines Monday, Apr 28, 2014 11:41 PM PDT  US President Barack Obama ended an Asian tour Tuesday with a warning to China against using force to resolve territorial disputes, and an "ironclad" promise of military support for the Philippines. Obama used an address to US and Filipino troops in Manila to again voice concern over the increasingly tense maritime rows between China and US allies in the region, an issue that has dominated his four-nation trip. "We believe that nations and peoples have the right to live in security and peace, to have their sovereignty and territorial integrity respected," Obama said. The Philippines has been embroiled in one of the highest-profile territorial disputes with China, over tiny islets, reefs and rocks in the South China Sea. Full Story | Top |
| Violence flares in Ukraine, deepening 'Iron Curtain' crisis Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 11:34 AM PDT  Lugansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Fresh violence erupted in eastern Ukraine Tuesday as thousands of pro-Russian protesters stormed key buildings, escalating the crisis after Moscow hit back at "Iron Curtain"-style Western sanctions. A mob spearheaded by around 30 men carrying Kalashnikov assault rifles and grenade-launchers attacked the regional police headquarters in Lugansk, raising the heat in the worst East-West confrontation since the Cold War. They had earlier seized the regional prosecutors' office, tearing down the Ukrainian flag and replacing it with that of Russia, which the West blames for stoking the violence in the ex-Soviet Republic. More than a dozen towns and cities in the east have now fallen to pro-Russian rebels, who see the Western-backed leaders in Kiev as illegitimate "fascists" and want either independence or outright accession to Russia. Full Story | Top |
| 'A Gentleman's Guide' leads Tony nominations Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 09:08 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The musical "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder," a comedic romp in which a poor man eliminates the eight heirs ahead of him for a title, nabbed a leading 10 Tony Award nominations on Tuesday. Nominations were spread out for most other shows, reflecting the lack of a juggernaut this year. Full Story | Top |
| 'Game of Thrones' sets new ratings record Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 04:15 AM PDT  "Game of Thrones" achieved a new record audience with the fourth episode of its fourth season, entitled "Oathkeeper." The broadcast was watched by close to seven million viewers at 9pm, and the total audience number climbed to 8.4 million when taking into account viewers of re-broadcasts through the night. "Game of Thrones" is likely to outperform itself once again on June 15, when its Season 4 finale is aired. Full Story | Top |
| Ralph Nader's America: Impeach Obama, decriminalize drugs, libertarians & progressives unite! Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 04:25 AM PDT Political activist Ralph Nader says there's an emerging Left-Right alliance in new book "Unstoppable" Full Story | Top |
| Canada deploys fighter jets for Eastern Europe patrols Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 08:31 AM PDT  Ottawa (AFP) - Six Canadian CF-18 fighter jets left for Romania Tuesday to take part in increased NATO patrols over Eastern Europe amid rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine. Full Story | Top |
| Firm says finds plane debris in Bay of Bengal: CNN Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 12:24 PM PDT  (Reuters) - A private company said it had found what it believes is wreckage of a plane in the Bay of Bengal that should be investigated as possible debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, CNN reported. The Joint Agency Coordination Center managing the multinational search for the missing plane dismissed the possibility, saying it continued to believe that the plane came down in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia. The Bay of Bengal is located between India and Myanmar, thousands of miles from the current search area. Full Story | Top |
| White supremacist gets probation in North Dakota Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 01:02 PM PDT  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota judge sentenced a white supremacist Tuesday to four years of probation but no additional jail time for terrorizing residents of the small community of Leith, where he tried unsuccessfully to establish an all-white enclave and has left behind a legacy of fear. Full Story | Top |
| Canada fishing community fears exploding whale Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 08:28 AM PDT  A tiny fishing community in Canada's island province of Newfoundland faced an unusual threat Tuesday: a giant blue whale that washed up onto its shores may explode. The massive mammal is one of nine endangered blue whales that is believed to have died in heavy ice off Canada's Atlantic coast several weeks ago. "It's sitting on our beach and filling up with (methane) gases, and there is a concern that it can explode," town manager Emily Butler told AFP. Full Story | Top |
| Woman admits tossing dog into traffic over dispute Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 03:17 PM PDT  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey woman has admitted killing her neighbor's small dog by throwing it into traffic during an argument over a parking space. Full Story | Top |
| Kerry backs off Israel 'apartheid' remark Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 06:11 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry says he chose the wrong word in describing Israel's potential future after coming under withering criticism for saying the Jewish state could become an "apartheid state" if it doesn't reach a peace deal with the Palestinians. Full Story | Top |
| 1 in 4 homeowners regrets buying a house Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 12:01 PM PDT  What happens when the American dream turns into a nightmare? Full Story | Top |
| Malaysia assessing possible plane wreckage claim Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 06:37 PM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The countries searching for the missing Malaysian jet are assessing a claim by a resource survey company that it found possible plane wreckage in the northern Bay of Bengal, Malaysia's defense minister said. Full Story | Top |
| Separatists seize control in another Ukrainian city Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 10:12 AM PDT By Vasily Fedosenko LUHANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists opened fire on a police station in the city of Luhansk on Tuesday after seizing the regional government headquarters, as Kiev's control over swathes of eastern Ukraine evaporates. Earlier, pro-Moscow activists took the headquarters of the government of Luhansk region, the second such institution to fall this month after that of neighboring Donetsk region. The regional prosecutor's office and television center were next to fall, a Reuters photographer at the scene said, before around 20 gunmen opened fire with automatic rifles on the local police headquarters, demanding police surrender their weapons. The government in Kiev has all but lost control of its police forces in parts of eastern Ukraine since pro-Russian activists seized buildings in the region's second biggest city of Donetsk and several smaller towns. Full Story | Top |
| Users bemoan e-cigarette bans in NYC, Chicago Tuesday, Apr 29, 2014 05:25 AM PDT  Laws in New York and Chicago making electronic cigarettes subject to the same regulations as tobacco are taking effect, and their sellers and users are steadfast in their opposition. The New York ban — ... Full Story | Top |
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