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| While unveiling paintings of world leaders, Bush recalls the time Putin insulted his dog Friday, Apr 04, 2014 04:37 AM PDT  Former President and noted painter George W. Bush has unveiled his portraits of 24 current and former world leaders, including Vladimir Putin, Tony Blair, the Dalai Lama and his father, George H.W. Bush. Full Story | Top |
| Senator goes to wrong hearing, blames Moscow Friday, Apr 04, 2014 07:42 AM PDT  Senator Dan Coats had a quick explanation for how he ended up speaking at the wrong hearing - the Russians made him do it. "I just got a note saying I'm at the wrong hearing," Coats said. Full Story | Top |
| North Korea says US 'hell-bent on regime change' Friday, Apr 04, 2014 07:49 PM PDT  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea on Friday accused the United States of being "hell-bent on regime change" and warned that any maneuvers with that intention will be viewed as a "red line" that will result in countermeasures. Full Story | Top |
| FedEx Driver's Van Rolls Down a Hill and Narrowly Misses a House Friday, Apr 04, 2014 11:24 AM PDT A FedEx driver's rough morning has led to a viral video but, thankfully, no injuries. Surveillance camera footage uploaded to YouTube on Thursday shows a FedEx van driving down a street and out of the camera frame. Moments later, the truck rolls back in to the shot, with the driver frantically chasing it down the street. Miraculously, the delivery van narrowly misses a house before coming to a halt. From the video, it appears that some combination of a tree and its roots redirected the vehicle away from the home. Full Story | Top |
| Romantic Night Out Comes At A Cost For Relationship Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 10:00 PM PDT DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I have been together for two years. We recently spent a romantic night at a hotel, complete with dinner, drinks -- the whole shebang -- that he organized. I know he was a little stressed about money because he mentioned it. He asked if I could shell out some money, which I did, and when the bill came, he asked me if I could shell out some more. I was a little upset because I wasn't planning on spending that much. He says he is going to pay me back some of it, and now I just feel bad. ... Full Story | Top |
| Crimea side-effect: Addicts deprived of methadone Friday, Apr 04, 2014 01:29 AM PDT  SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) — Every morning, Sergei Kislov takes the bus to the rundown outskirts of this port city for the methadone doses that keep him off heroin without suffering withdrawal. Now that Russia has taken over Crimea, the trips are about to end. Full Story | Top |
| Modern-Day Noah Makes Tsunami-Proof Boat Friday, Apr 04, 2014 09:11 AM PDT From his backyard in Palo Alto, Calif., Chris Robinson is building a tsunami-proof capsule out of epoxy and plywood that he hopes will be strong enough to survive a tsunami and save the lives of those inside it. He's a user experience designer by trade and looks at everything as a challenge. "What could you [...] Full Story | Top |
| Your Political Leaders Are Unsurprisingly Terrible at Empathizing with Your Salary Friday, Apr 04, 2014 08:53 AM PDT  Democratic Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia wants you to know that, at $174,000 a year, members of Congress are underpaid. Because Jim Moran, like others, doesn't understand actual economic hardship and, frankly, isn't that great at politics either. Larry Schwartz is secretary to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a position that's a sort of like chief of staff in the state. After all, middle class folks like those making $500,000 shouldn't pay exorbitant taxes. Full Story | Top |
| US 'black box' detector joins MH370 ocean search Friday, Apr 04, 2014 04:32 AM PDT  Perth (Australia) (AFP) - A US Navy "black box" detector made its much-anticipated debut in the oceanic hunt for flight MH370 on Friday but Australia's search chief warned it was crunch time with the box's signal set to expire soon. As the extensive search wore on, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he believed the country's long-ruling regime was concealing information on the crisis, saying "the government knows more than us." The Australian naval vessel Ocean Shield arrived with a "towed pinger locator" capable of homing in on signals from the black box, as 14 planes scoured the remote Indian Ocean search area for signs of a crash site. Angus Houston, Australia's former military chief and now coordinator of the eight-nation search, said "we're now getting pretty close to the time when it might expire." Full Story | Top |
| Hillary Clinton: Partisanship taking US backwards Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 09:31 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday night that excessive partisanship flowing through the nation's political system is causing the U.S. to march "backwards instead of forward" and pointed to fall elections as a sign of how the country might tackle problems. Full Story | Top |
| Health insurance isn't a year-round thing anymore Friday, Apr 04, 2014 01:27 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Here's more fallout from the health care law: Until now, customers could walk into an insurance office or go online to buy standard health care coverage any time of year. Not anymore. Full Story | Top |
| US unearths sophisticated border drug tunnels Friday, Apr 04, 2014 01:08 PM PDT  US investigators said Friday they have uncovered two sophisticated drug tunnels under the border with Mexico and arrested a 73-year-old woman in connection with one of them. The tunnels, which are up to 650 meters (700 yards) long and one of which had an electric rail system and ventilation equipment, are the sixth and seventh underground passages found near San Diego in the last four years. The tunnels are used by organized crime groups to traffick drugs and people into the United States. We have promised to locate these super tunnels and keep powerful drug cartels from taking their business underground and out of sight, and once again, we have delivered on that promise." Full Story | Top |
| Couple who claimed they caught a live chupacabra, chooses to have the animal euthanized Friday, Apr 04, 2014 12:59 PM PDT A Ratcliffe, Texas couple have caged what they believe to be a legendary chupacabra. Full Story | Top |
| Suspected NKorean drones crude, reflect new threat Friday, Apr 04, 2014 03:32 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean experts say two small drones believed to have been flown across the border by the North were crude and decidedly low-tech — equipped with cameras available on the Internet for hundreds of dollars — but underscore a potential new threat that must be taken seriously. Full Story | Top |
| Motorist beaten by mob still in critical condition Friday, Apr 04, 2014 04:55 PM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — As Steve Utash lies in a Detroit hospital bed, with his brain swollen and a gash in his head, he appears to remember the brutal beating that a neighborhood mob inflicted days earlier. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. reports three million Medicaid enrollments under Obamacare Friday, Apr 04, 2014 12:00 PM PDT  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three million lower-income Americans have enrolled in the Medicaid program for the poor so far during the rollout of U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, the administration announced on Friday. That brings to more than 10 million the number of people who have signed up for both public and private health coverage since the October 1 launch of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. "The increase in Medicaid enrollments across the country is encouraging," U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a government blog posting. The latest data show for the first time actual enrollments in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) from October 1 through February 28 for 46 states that have reported statistics to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Full Story | Top |
| Kerry: Mideast peace talks not open-ended Friday, Apr 04, 2014 04:20 AM PDT  RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The Obama administration will reevaluate its role in foundering Middle East peace talks following negative steps by both Israel and the Palestinians that have brought the negotiations to virtual collapse, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday. Full Story | Top |
| States rebel against powerful new painkiller Friday, Apr 04, 2014 12:52 PM PDT  BARRE, Vt. (AP) — State officials around the country are rebelling over a powerful new painkiller that law enforcement and public health authorities fear could worsen the nation's deadly scourge of heroin and prescription drug abuse. Full Story | Top |
| Honey Maid Responds to Ad Criticism With New Video Promoting 'Love' Friday, Apr 04, 2014 10:13 AM PDT An international food and beverage company is taking aim at negative reaction to its advertisement about acceptance by attempting to spread the ad's message even further. Mondelez International, formerly known as Kraft Foods, launched an ad campaign called "This Is Wholesome" in March. The campaign promoted Honey Maid graham crackers and Teddy Grahams with the words, "No matter how things change, what makes us wholesome never will." Mondelez created 15- and 30-second spots that featured biracial and gay couples with their families. Full Story | Top |
| Two drug tunnels, with rail systems, found at U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Apr 04, 2014 01:11 PM PDT By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. federal agents have uncovered two drug-smuggling tunnels underneath the U.S.-Mexico border, both surfacing in San Diego-area warehouses and equipped with rail systems for moving contraband, officials said on Friday. The discovery led to the arrest of a 73-year-old woman accused of running one of the warehouses connected to a drug smuggling operation, according to a joint news release by four federal agencies. The tunnels were discovered as part of a five-month investigation by the so-called San Diego Tunnel Task Force. Federal law enforcement officials said the first tunnel, which connects a warehouse in Tijuana, Mexico, with one in an industrial park in the border community of Otay Mesa, is about 600 yards long and is furnished with lighting, a crude rail system and wooden trusses. Full Story | Top |
| Judge to end Ohio ban on recognizing gay marriage Friday, Apr 04, 2014 11:29 AM PDT  CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal judge said Friday that he will strike down Ohio's voter-approved ban on gay marriage, a move that stops short of forcing Ohio to perform same-sex weddings but will make the state recognize gay couples legally wed elsewhere. Full Story | Top |
| US finally regains the jobs lost in the recession Friday, Apr 04, 2014 02:48 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy has reached a milestone: It has finally regained all the private-sector jobs it lost during the Great Recession. Full Story | Top |
| Driver Beaten Up By Crowd After Striking 10-Year-Old Thursday, Apr 03, 2014 11:38 PM PDT  On Thursday afternoon, 10-year-old David Harris was struck by a pickup truck driven by Steve Utash when the child stepped off a curb into the street. Utash got out to check on Harris, at which point a group of men attacked Utash, injuring him significantly and robbing him. According to the Detroit Free Press, Harris has abrasions on his knee, a swollen lip, and problems with one of his feet, although he is expected to recover. Utash, on the other hand, was knocked unconscious and remains in critical condition. Full Story | Top |
| McDonald's quits Crimea as fears of trade clash grow Friday, Apr 04, 2014 11:22 AM PDT  By Natalia Zinets KIEV (Reuters) - McDonald's announced on Friday it had closed its restaurants in Crimea, prompting fears of a backlash as a prominent Moscow politician called for all the U.S. fast food chain's outlets in Russia to be shut. Crimea's annexation by Russia, which Ukraine and the West do not acknowledge, has worried companies with assets in the Black Sea peninsula as it is unclear how the change may impact their business. While McDonald's did not mention the political situation in its statement, its decision to leave the region is likely to be seen as emblematic of the rift in Western-Russian relations, now at their lowest ebb since the end of the Cold War. "Due to operational reasons beyond our control, McDonald's has taken the decision to temporarily close our three restaurants in Simferopol, Sevastopol and Yalta," a spokeswoman said. Full Story | Top |
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