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| FedEx semi didn't brake before California crash Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 06:40 PM PDT  Federal safety investigators say the driver of a Fedex tractor-trailer that struck a bus carrying high school students didn't appear to brake before a fiery collision that left 10 dead. Full Story | Top |
| Biden to travel to Ukraine amid growing unrest Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 02:58 PM PDT  Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Ukraine on April 22 to stress US support for Kiev and steps to improve its energy security amid a crisis with neighboring Russia. During his meetings with government leaders and civil society groups, Biden will "underscore the United States' strong support for a united, democratic Ukraine that makes its own choices about its future path," a White House statement said Saturday. The announcement came just a day after Washington unveiled sanctions against six of Crimea's breakaway leaders, including the official who signed the deal with Moscow to split the peninsula from Ukraine. A first wave of US sanctions unveiled in March had blacklisted officials and businesspeople close to Russian President Vladimir Putin to protest Moscow's takeover of Crimea. Full Story | Top |
| US warns Russia of 'additional consequences' over Ukraine Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 09:03 PM PDT  Slavyansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Russia of "additional consequences" if it fails to pull its troops back from the Ukraine border, as Kiev accused Moscow of aggression in its restive east. During a telephone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Kerry "made clear that if Russia did not take steps to de-escalate in eastern Ukraine and move its troops back from Ukraine's border, there would be additional consequences", a senior State Department official said. A first wave of US sanctions unveiled in March blacklisted officials and businesspeople close to Russian President Vladimir Putin to protest at Moscow's takeover of Crimea. Full Story | Top |
| With no new signals, Aussie PM sees long jet hunt Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 10:17 AM PDT  PERTH, Australia (AP) — A day after expressing optimism about the hunt for the missing Malaysian jet, Australia's leader warned Saturday that the massive search would likely continue "for a long time." Full Story | Top |
| 'Obamacare' under attack at conservative gathering Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 07:20 AM PDT  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is coming under renewed attack as some of the nation's leading conservatives gather in New Hampshire for a summit that some consider the unofficial kickoff for the state's 2016 presidential selection process. Full Story | Top |
| NTSB: Claim about truck fire still uncorroborated Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 08:21 PM PDT RED BLUFF, Calif. (AP) — Federal investigators could not corroborate on Saturday a driver's claim that a FedEx tractor-trailer was already on fire when it careened across a freeway median, sideswiped her car and slammed into a bus carrying high school students, killing 10 people in a fiery wreck. Full Story | Top |
| Uniformed men occupy Donetsk police HQ Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 05:34 PM PDT DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Men in the uniforms of Ukraine's now-defunct riot police on Saturday occupied police headquarters in Donetsk, the eastern city that is one of the flashpoints of a wave of pro-Russia protests, hours after armed men seized local police headquarters and a local branch of the Security Service in a nearby city. Full Story | Top |
| Long hunt for missing jet looms as pings go silent Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 06:56 PM PDT  PERTH, Australia (AP) — After a week of optimism over four underwater signals believed to be coming from the missing Malaysian plane, the sea has gone quiet and Australia's leader is warning that the massive search will likely be long. Full Story | Top |
| Feds release cows gathered in Nevada roundup Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 08:24 PM PDT Federal land managers confirmed Saturday that they released all 400 or so head of cattle rounded up on public land in southern Nevada from a rancher who has refused to recognize their authority. Full Story | Top |
| Poison gas claims complicate Syrian civil war Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 05:42 PM PDT  BEIRUT (AP) — Both sides in Syria's bloody civil war said Saturday that a rural village fell victim to a poison gas attack, an assault that reportedly injured scores of people amid an ongoing international effort to rid the country of chemical weapons. Full Story | Top |
| 'Obamacare' under attack as conservatives eye 2016 Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 02:40 PM PDT  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Republicans eyeing the 2016 White House race battered President Barack Obama's health care law and nicked each other Saturday, auditioning before a high-profile gathering of conservatives that some political veterans said marked the campaign's unofficial start. Full Story | Top |
| Finance officials: Global economy turns the corner Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 07:54 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The world's top finance officials expressed confidence Saturday that the global economy finally has turned the corner to stronger growth. This time, they may be right. Full Story | Top |
| Peru state a violent 'mini-dictatorship' Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 09:03 PM PDT  CHIMBOTE, Peru (AP) — One by one, the senior officials from the capital took the microphone and apologized to an auditorium packed with angry people who had long been living in fear. The officials admitted they had failed to prevent a political murder foretold by its victim. Their integrity was in doubt. Full Story | Top |
| Spieth, Watson tied for lead at the Masters Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 06:08 PM PDT  AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Even without golf's biggest star, this suddenly is shaping up as a Masters for the ages. Full Story | Top |
| Disappointment, forgiveness mix in La. scandal Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 11:39 AM PDT  MONROE, La. (AP) — To Louisiana voters accustomed to tawdry scandals involving elected officials, disappointment with an eye toward forgiveness is the prevailing sentiment about their new congressman, caught on video embracing an aide married to one of his friends. Full Story | Top |
| Iran says has no plans to substitute UN envoy pick Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 06:01 AM PDT  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has no plans to name a new diplomat to the United Nations, its Foreign Ministry said Saturday, after the United States blocked its pick in a rare rebuke that could stir fresh animosity at a time when the two countries have been seeking a thaw in relations. Full Story | Top |
| Space station computer outage may force spacewalk Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 01:04 AM PDT  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A computer outage at the International Space Station may require a spacewalk by astronauts and threatens to delay next week's launch of a commercial supply ship for NASA. Full Story | Top |
| Dreams dashed in fatal Calif. crash Friday, Apr 11, 2014 10:56 PM PDT  Bus in deadly freeway collision carried young, low-income, motivated students. Full Story | Top |
| Woman accused of tossing shoe at Clinton released Friday, Apr 11, 2014 10:07 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Phoenix woman accused of throwing a shoe some 60 feet toward Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared aware during questioning by U.S. Secret Service agents of the allegation against her, authorities said Friday. Full Story | Top |
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