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| Toronto mayor takes leave of absence Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 07:30 PM PDT  Rob Ford acknowledges that he has a problem with alcohol and says he will be seeking help. Full Story | Top |
| New video emerges from inside South Korean ferry as ship sank Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 06:34 PM PDT  A 15 minute video taken from inside the sinking ferry reveals that the student passengers were instructed to stay inside their cabins even as the ship's captain and crew fled the vessel. Full Story | Top |
| GOP senators: Arm Ukraine, hit Russian banks Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 12:45 PM PDT  Saying President Obama hasn't been tough enough on Russia, a high-powered group of Republican senators introduced legislation on Wednesday aimed at imposing new sanctions on Moscow over its actions in Ukraine. Full Story | Top |
| Train carrying crude derails into Virginia river Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 03:19 PM PDT  Hundreds evacuated from downtown Lynchburg as burning oil spills into Chesapeake system. Full Story | Top |
| Irish Sinn Fein leader held over woman's 1972 murder Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 05:38 PM PDT  Irish republican leader Gerry Adams, head of the Sinn Fein political party, was on Wednesday arrested over the murder of a woman in 1972, the party said in a statement. "Last month Gerry Adams said he was available to meet the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) about the Jean McConville case," said a statement on the party's website. In 1999 the IRA admitted her murder and her remains were found on a beach in County Louth four years later. Opposed to British rule in Northern Ireland, the IRA carried out a campaign of violence during the three decades of sectarian bombings and shootings known as the Troubles. Full Story | Top |
| Kiev: Forces "helpless" to restore order in east Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 01:04 PM PDT  HORLIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's acting president conceded Wednesday that his police and security forces were "helpless" to stifle unrest in the country's east, where pro-Russia gunmen seized more buildings, walking into the police station and mayor's office in this mining hub without resistance. Full Story | Top |
| Editor who catapulted Mad magazine into pop culture dies at 88 Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 12:28 PM PDT  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Al Feldstein, whose 28 years at the helm of Mad magazine transformed the satirical publication into a pop culture institution, has died. He was 88. Full Story | Top |
| Kidnapped Nigerian girls reportedly married off to captors Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 01:02 PM PDT  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Scores of girls and young women kidnapped from a school in Nigeria are being forced to marry their Islamic extremist abductors, a civic organization reported Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Experiment grows new muscle in men's injured legs Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 11:25 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists implanted thin sheets of scaffolding-like material from pigs into a few young men with disabling leg injuries — and say the experimental treatment coaxed the men's own stem cells to regrow new muscle. Full Story | Top |
| Two dead in shooting at western Canadian sawmill, suspect held Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 01:34 PM PDT  Four people were taken to hospital and a suspect was in custody after a shooting at a sawmill in British Columbia on Wednesday, police said. Full Story | Top |
| Senate GOP blocks Dems' minimum wage bill Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 11:28 AM PDT  The vote derailed one of President Obama's top economic priorities. Full Story | Top |
| Autopsy underway after botched Okla. execution Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 09:56 AM PDT  An Oklahoma inmate's erred execution has prompted an autopsy and fueled debate over lethal injection drugs, the death penalty. Full Story | Top |
| Egypt's judges rebuff criticism of death sentences Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 04:29 PM PDT  Egypt's Justice Minister on Wednesday rebuffed international criticism of a mass trial this week in which some 680 defendants were sentenced to death, saying the judiciary is not a tool of executive authority and that rulings can be overturned upon appeal. Full Story | Top |
| Amid massive security, Iraqis vote for parliament Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 09:05 AM PDT  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqis braved the threat of bombs and other violence to vote Wednesday in parliamentary elections amid a massive security operation as the country slides deeper into sectarian strife. Full Story | Top |
| Kurt Cobain death-scene note mocks wedding vows to Courtney Love Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 06:06 AM PDT  A note found in the rock star's wallet at the time of his death, made public by the Seattle Police Department for the first time this week, mocks wedding vows the Nirvana frontman made to Courtney Love. Full Story | Top |
| Actor Bob Hoskins, lauded for British mobster roles, dies at 71 Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 08:54 AM PDT  British actor Bob Hoskins, whose roles ranged from London gangsters to FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover and who starred opposite a cast of cartoon characters in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," has died after a bout of pneumonia, his publicist said on Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Unique home spares Vilonia family from Arkansas tornado's direct hit Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 06:30 AM PDT  Jerri Weaver's house is certainly unconventional. Some might even call it kooky. But come crunch time – when Mother Nature's fury is at her doorstep as it was Sunday night – the native Arkansan has peace of mind in her bunkerlike abode. "I have no fear," Weaver said. "I know that we're going to be OK." Full Story | Top |
| Syrian airstrike on school in Aleppo kills 19 Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 07:51 AM PDT  A Syrian government airstrike hit a school Wednesday in an opposition-held district of the northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 19 people, including 10 children, activists reported. Full Story | Top |
| Florida, Alabama hit by record rainfall Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 07:52 AM PDT  Flash flooding in Fla., Ala. left many stranded in cars and homes on Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Malaysia to open new budget airport in MH370 shadow Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 07:40 AM PDT  Sepang (Malaysia) (AFP) - Malaysia this week opens what it calls the world's largest airport built specifically for low-cost airlines, a project driven by budget travel's phenomenal growth but which debuts under the shadow of missing flight MH370. The $1.2 billion facility near the main Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) was originally targeted to open three years ago but has been hit by repeated delays, amid concerns over safety and subpar construction, even as costs have doubled. But the new KLIA2 budget terminal will begin operations Friday with an initial 56 flights, increasing the load as airlines move full operations over from a nearby existing facility in coming days. Its modern design features soaring ceilings, natural lighting, people-mover belts and improved connectivity with access to an existing express airport train to Kuala Lumpur 50 kilometres (31 miles) away. Full Story | Top |
| China media: Blast at train station in China's Urumqi, some injured Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 12:24 PM PDT  An explosion at a railway station in Urumqi, capital of China's restive far western region of Xinjiang, on Wednesday injured some people, state media said. Full Story | Top |
| Sinn Fein leader arrested over 1972 IRA killing Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 06:47 PM PDT  DUBLIN (AP) — Sinn Fein chief Gerry Adams, the warlord-turned-peacemaker of the Northern Ireland conflict, was being interrogated Thursday over the grisly slaying of a Belfast widow that has haunted his political career for decades. Full Story | Top |
| 10 Things to Know for Thursday Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 06:19 PM PDT  Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday: Full Story | Top |
| White House denies memo was about Benghazi attack Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 07:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Wednesday denied that a staff member's email three days after the deadly attack on the U.S. mission at Benghazi, Libya, was actually about the attack. Critics have branded the electronic missive as evidence that the Obama administration sought to deceive the public about the true circumstances surrounding the deaths of four Americans during the final months of the 2012 presidential campaign. Full Story | Top |
| Governor calls for review after botched execution Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 04:03 PM PDT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin named a member of her Cabinet on Wednesday to lead a review of how the state conducts executions after a botched procedure that the White House said fell short of the humane standards required. Full Story | Top |
| China's Xi demands action after 3 killed in attack Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 08:17 PM PDT BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has demanded "decisive actions" against terrorism following an attack at a railway station in the far-west minority region of Xinjiang that left three people dead and 79 injured. Full Story | Top |
| Tankers carrying oil derail, catch fire in Va. Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 06:39 PM PDT  LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Multiple CSX train cars carrying crude oil derailed and caught fire Wednesday along the James River, with three tankers ending up in the water and leaking some of their contents, becoming the most recent crash involving oil trains that has safety experts pushing for better oversight. Full Story | Top |
| Hundreds rescued from floodwaters in Fla., Ala. Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 06:01 PM PDT  PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — People were plucked off rooftops or climbed into their attics to get away from fast-rising waters when nearly 2 feet of rain fell on the Florida Panhandle and Alabama coast in the span of about 24 hours, the latest bout of severe weather that began with tornadoes in the Midwest. Full Story | Top |
| Famous bidders already lining up for LA Clippers Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 05:39 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — If Donald Sterling is compelled to sell the Los Angeles Clippers, the list of potential buyers has more stars than their roster. Full Story | Top |
| Toronto mayor says he'll seek help Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014 08:28 PM PDT TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will take a leave of absence to seek help for alcohol, he said Wednesday, as a report surfaced about a second video of the mayor smoking what appears to be crack cocaine. Full Story | Top |
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