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Underwater pings relocated in hunt for missing jet Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 08:13 PM PDT An Australian official says equipment on a ship searching for the missing Malaysian jet has relocated an underwater signal that is consistent with a plane's black boxes. Full Story | Top |
Hillary Clinton says she's 'thinking' about White House run Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 07:46 PM PDT Asked again the question on the mind of everyone who follows U.S. politics, Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday she was "thinking" about running for president in 2016. Full Story | Top |
Ex-President Carter: US 'dormant' on inequality Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 08:57 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday night lamented continuing inequalities between black and white Americans during a 50th anniversary celebration of the Civil Rights Act in Texas that will feature four of the five living U.S. presidents this week. Full Story | Top |
Inside a Guantanamo parole hearing Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 12:51 PM PDT The prison President Obama vowed to close still holds 154 men 12 years after it opened. Full Story | Top |
GM is late getting recall fix to dealers, answers to Congress Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 04:19 PM PDT General Motors Co is running two days behind Chief Executive Mary Barra's plan to begin shipping replacement ignition switches in its massive recall, dealerships and the company said on Tuesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also said on Tuesday that GM had missed an April 3 deadline to respond to the agency's request for information about the recall. GM said it was cooperating fully. The automaker, which recalled 2.6 million vehicles including the Chevrolet Cobalt, Saturn Ion and other models, said no parts to dealerships had been shipped as of late Tuesday afternoon. Full Story | Top |
What's behind the increase in stay-at-home moms? Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 02:28 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The rising cost of child care is among likely reasons for a rise in the number of women staying home full-time with their children, according to a new Pew Research Center report released Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
Screeners discover WWI artillery shells at O'Hare airport Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 01:58 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Baggage screeners at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport have discovered two World War I artillery shells in checked luggage that arrived on a flight from London. Full Story | Top |
Does the White House have a gender pay gap? Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 11:41 AM PDT In the latest round in a long, bitter duel between Democrats and Republicans over which party is more on the side of women voters, White House press secretary Jay Carney was hit with questions on Monday from reporters about a report finding that the salary for the average median White House female staffer is about 12 percent lower than that for a male staffer. The median woman working in the White House makes about $65,000, almost $9,000 less than her male counterpart, according to the report from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative group. That difference divides out to women in the White House making about 88 cents for each dollar that men in the administration make, the report said. But it is back and getting tossed like a hot potato to Democrats – just as President Obama is observing National Equal Pay Day on Tuesday by signing two executive orders that address the gender pay gap. Full Story | Top |
White House: Iran’s U.N. envoy pick ‘not viable’ Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 12:48 PM PDT Hamid Aboutalebi could be barred from U.S. over alleged ties to embassy hostage crisis. Full Story | Top |
How this man manages the social images of the world famous Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 10:18 AM PDT Social management is evolving from managing content to actually creating content for famous clients around the world. Full Story | Top |
California senator denies Chinatown scam Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 11:34 AM PDT A California state senator denied Tuesday plotting to smuggle guns from the Philippines and trading political favors for cash, in a colorful case centred on San Francisco's Chinatown underworld. Appearing in a federal courthouse, now-suspended Democratic Senator Leland Yee pleaded not guilty to eight felony charges for which he could face life in prison if convicted. The five-year FBI sting that ensnared the politician was initially aimed at triad gangs linked to the West Coast city's renowned Chinatown. He is accused of offering a man he believed to be a mafia member -- actually an undercover agent -- his services as an arms trafficker. Full Story | Top |
A war photographer's last testament Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 07:50 AM PDT A new book features the photos and writings of a Getty Images photographer who lost his life covering the war in Libya in 2011. Full Story | Top |
Obama takes aim at equal pay for women Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 01:31 PM PDT Signs directives to boost workplace fairness, swipes at GOP for "gumming up the works" on issue. Full Story | Top |
16,000 tons of rock crash in Yosemite National Park Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 09:40 AM PDT YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Officials at Yosemite National Park say a massive amount of rock has fallen from a cliff, closing a hiking trail. Full Story | Top |
London lab grows ears, noses; part of plan to attract biotech firms Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 09:26 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in a bold attempt to make body parts in the laboratory. Full Story | Top |
American imprisoned in Cuba begins hunger strike Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 01:19 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — An American who has been imprisoned in Cuba for more than four years after illegally setting up Internet access on the island is on a hunger strike, according to a statement his lawyer released Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
Ellen, GoPro among nominees for Webby awards Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 07:57 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — This year's list of nominees for Webby awards celebrating Internet achievement range from celebrities such as Beyonce and Ellen DeGeneres to Google and GoPro, the maker of popular mountable video cameras. Full Story | Top |
In South Korea, draft dodgers go to prison, many for shared beliefs Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 06:10 AM PDT Kim Ji-gwan has a succinct explanation for why he, his father, and two brothers all chose to go to jail rather than be drafted into the South Korean armed forces. In the past, the US and many other countries accepted religious beliefs as grounds for opting out of military service. The UN Human Rights Council reports that 669 of 723 conscientious objectors in jail worldwide as of last November are Korean. And almost all of these prisoners are Jehovah's Witnesses, an evangelical Christian sect whose members refuse to serve because, they say, the Bible teaches people to "love one another." Since the Korean War ended in 1953, an astonishing 17,549 Jehovah's Witnesses have gone to jail in South Korea for their beliefs. Full Story | Top |
Back on stand, Pistorius sobs as he recalls girlfriend's shooting Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 06:25 AM PDT PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius broke down and sobbed in the witness stand on Tuesday when he described the moment he realized he had shot dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, through a locked toilet door at his home. (Reporting by David Dolan; Writing by Ed Cropley; Editing by Pascal Fletcher) Full Story | Top |
Separatists holding 60 hostages in Luhansk Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 09:54 AM PDT The unidentified captives are being threatened with arms and explosives, Ukraine officials say. Full Story | Top |
Connecticut wins NCAA title, 60-54 over Kentucky Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 03:01 AM PDT Connecticut players, including center Amida Brimah (35) and guard Lasan Kromah (20) celebrate as Kentucky guard James Young (1) leaves the court at the end the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game Monday, April 7, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. Connecticut won 60-54. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Full Story | Top |
Lawmakers brawl in Ukraine Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 02:34 AM PDT Fists fly after a communist leader accuses nationalists of playing to Russia. Full Story | Top |
Ship hunting for more 'pings' in plane search Monday, Apr 07, 2014 11:19 PM PDT Search crews fail to relocate faint sounds heard deep in the Indian Ocean. Full Story | Top |
Japan drugmaker Takeda says will fight $6.0 bn US damages order Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 12:57 AM PDT Japan's biggest drugs maker Takeda Pharmaceutical said Tuesday it would fight a huge $6.0 billion damages order imposed by a US jury following a trial over the safety of its Actos diabetes medicine. The company said it "respectfully disagrees" with the judgement awarded in the southern state of Louisiana on Monday, which also ordered the firm's co-defendant, US drugs firm Eli Lilly, to pay $3.0 billion in damages. The issue at the trial, which began in February, was whether the drug could be blamed for bladder cancer in a plaintiff who was taking the medicine, and whether the firm knew about those risks. "We believe the evidence did not support a finding that Actos caused (the plaintiff's) bladder cancer. Full Story | Top |
Russia warns of possible civil war in Ukraine Tuesday, Apr 08, 2014 06:28 PM PDT Moscow tells Kiev that any use of force in Ukraine's east could lead to a civil war. Full Story | Top |
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