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| Chinese ship hunting for missing Malaysia jet detects 'ping' Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 10:59 AM PDT  By Siva Govindasamy and Swati Pandey KUALA LUMPUR/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - A Chinese patrol ship hunting for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner detected a pulse signal in the south Indian Ocean on Saturday, the state news agency Xinhua reported, in a possible indicator of the underwater beacon from a plane's "black box". Australian search authorities said such a signal would be "consistent" with a black box, but both they and Xinhua stressed there was no conclusive evidence linking the "ping" to Flight MH370, which went missing on March 8 with 239 people aboard shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing. A black box detector deployed by the vessel Haixun 01 picked up the "ping" signal with a frequency of 37.5kHz per second - the same as emitted by flight recorders - at about 25 degrees south latitude and 101 degrees east longitude, Xinhua said. Dozens of ships and planes from 26 countries are racing to find the black box recorders before their batteries run out. Full Story | Top |
| IRRATIONAL HATRED OF OBAMACARE IS HARD TO FATHOM Friday, Apr 04, 2014 10:01 PM PDT My friend Isatou has just received an invoice from Kaiser Permanente, testament to her new coverage through the Affordable Care Act -- usually called "Obamacare." She's thrilled to finally have health insurance so she can get regular checkups, including dental care. But before Obamacare, she struggled to pay for those things. She is one of more than 7 million people who have signed up for health insurance through the ACA, stark evidence of the overwhelming market demand. Despite a badly bungled initial roll-out, a multimillion dollar conservative media campaign designed to discourage sign-ups, and a years-long Republican crusade against it (50 votes to change the law), millions got health insurance. Full Story | Top |
| Now Muslim parents are complaining about flyers for Easter egg hunts Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 05:50 AM PDT In Dearborn, Mich., home to over 40,000 Americans of Arab descent, some Muslim parents have complained about flyers handed out at public schools advertising an Easter egg hunt at a local Presbyterian church. The Muslim parents assert that the flyers – emblazoned with the word "Eggstravaganza!" – violate the separation of church and state widely ascribed to the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, reports the Detroit Free Press. The "Eggstravaganza!" is scheduled to take place on April 12 event at Cherry Hill Presbyterian Church in Dearborn. The flyer urges students to RSVP "to secure your free spot," note the Free Press. Full Story | Top |
| China ship hears 'signal'; unclear if jet-related Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 07:41 PM PDT  PERTH, Australia (AP) — Officials on Sunday were trying to confirm whether a "pulse signal" reportedly picked up by a Chinese ship in the Indian Ocean came from the missing Malaysian jetliner. Full Story | Top |
| Climate meeting to discuss future of fossil fuels Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 02:21 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — After concluding that global warming almost certainly is man-made and poses a grave threat to humanity, the U.N.-sponsored expert panel on climate change is moving on to the next phase: what to do about it. Full Story | Top |
| Stroke Patient Hears Doctors Discuss Organ Donation Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 12:06 PM PDT  Case Reveals Difficulty in Diagnosing Stroke Patients Full Story | Top |
| APNewsBreak: Archbishop to sell Atlanta mansion Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 04:53 PM PDT  SMYRNA, Ga. (AP) — Trying to appease angry parishioners, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Atlanta said Saturday that he will sell a $2.2 million mansion just three months after he moved in. Full Story | Top |
| How an American Couple Snuck the Last Adopted Orphan out of Crimea Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 11:31 AM PDT  MOSCOW – As the overnight train pulled up to Crimea's new border with Ukraine, Kristine Proctor held her breath. Armed soldiers outside the window peered inside. "Are there any foreigners?" they asked the conductor. He pointed at Proctor and her companions: the girl she was... Full Story | Top |
| Obama: Republican budget would shrink opportunity Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 07:45 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the Republican budget proposal would shrink opportunity and make it tougher for hard-working Americans to get ahead. Full Story | Top |
| Hagel: US strongly committed to protecting Japan Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 07:44 AM PDT  YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE, Japan (AP) — Against the backdrop of Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean region, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday he will convey to Japanese leaders that the U.S. is strongly committed to protecting their country's security. Full Story | Top |
| Mormon leader outlines opposition to gay marriage Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 07:36 PM PDT  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A top Mormon leader reiterated the church's opposition to gay marriage Saturday during the church's biannual general conference. Full Story | Top |
| Illegal immigration: Is Obama 'deporter in chief'? A rundown of the numbers Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 05:35 AM PDT Upset about families being split apart, the protesters are demanding that Mr. Obama end deportations until immigration reform gets through Congress. Meanwhile, House Republicans, who are stalling on reform, complain that Obama is not enforcing the law – that he's too weak on deportations. As reported by ICE, the president has indeed deported illegal immigrants at a higher rate than any other president. But according to Jessica Vaughan of the Center for Immigration Studies, a nonpartisan group that seeks lower immigration, ICE counts deportations differently than did past administrations, adding border crossers to its total.. This is why its numbers look bigger by historical comparison. Full Story | Top |
| Tennessee close to approving free community college for all high school grads Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 02:23 PM PDT A recent proposal from Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam would use state lottery funds to provide free community and technical college tuition for all high-school graduates. Full Story | Top |
| Navy warship en route to sick toddler on sailboat Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 07:44 PM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Navy warship was headed Saturday to rescue a 1-year-old girl who fell ill on a crippled sailboat that was attempting to circle the world. Full Story | Top |
| AirAsia withdraws inflight magazine, says sorry Friday, Apr 04, 2014 11:54 PM PDT  Southeast Asia's top budget carrier AirAsia on Saturday withdrew its latest inflight magazine and apologized for an offending article boasting that its well-trained pilots would never lose a plane. AirAsia ... Full Story | Top |
| TEEN SHARES IN FRIEND'S GRIEF WITHOUT SHEDDING ANY TEARS Friday, Apr 04, 2014 10:00 PM PDT DEAR ABBY: I'm 15. Yesterday, they told our class that one of my friend's parents had died suddenly. Every single person in our grade cried, except for me. I felt bad about not crying for my friend's loss, but I just didn't. Another friend told me that last night people were texting, and it had been mentioned several times that I wasn't crying and that it looked like I didn't care, even though I do. I feel bad about not crying, but I don't want to lie and say that I did. Please help me. ... Full Story | Top |
| Japan to intercept any North Korea missile deemed a threat Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 06:56 AM PDT  By Nobuhiro Kubo TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will strike any North Korean ballistic missile that threatens to hit Japan in the coming weeks after Pyongyang recently fired medium-range missiles, a government source said on Saturday. Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera issued the order, which took effect on Thursday and runs through April 25, the day that marks the founding of North Korea's army, the source told Reuters on condition of anonymity. Following the order, meant "to prepare for any additional missile launches," a destroyer was dispatched to the Sea of Japan and will fire if North Korea launches a missile that Tokyo deems in danger of striking or falling on Japanese territory, the source said. Tensions have been building between North Korea and its neighbors since Pyongyang - in an apparent show of defiance - fired two Rodong missiles on March 26, just as the leaders of Japan, South Korea and the United States were sitting down to discuss containing the North Korean nuclear threat. Full Story | Top |
| Series of small earthquakes rock Oklahoma in record seismic activity Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 11:01 AM PDT Earthquakes rattled residents in Oklahoma on Saturday, the latest in a series that have put the state on track for record quake activity this year, which some seismologists say may be tied to oil and gas exploration. One earthquake recorded at 3.8 magnitude by the U.S. Geological Survey rocked houses in several communities around central Oklahoma at 7:42 a.m. local time. Another about two hours earlier in the same part of the state, north of Oklahoma City, was recorded at 2.9 magnitude, USGS said. Those two were preceded by two more, at 2.6 magnitude, and 2.5 magnitude, that also rolled the landscape in central Oklahoma early Saturday morning. Full Story | Top |
| How a wedding cake became a cause Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 01:13 PM PDT  LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The encounter at Jack Phillips' Masterpiece Cakeshop lasted less than a minute. Full Story | Top |
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