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| 'Delusional Minority' Driving GOP on Benghazi, David Plouffe Says Sunday, May 04, 2014 11:44 AM PDT  There was "no conspiracy" behind the White House's decision not to release an internal email related to Benghazi until this week, but a "very loud, delusional minority" is driving the Republican Party to politicize the issue, former Obama White House senior adviser David Plouffe said... Full Story | Top |
| Circus Acrobats Plunge in Horrifying Collapse Sunday, May 04, 2014 12:23 PM PDT  9 Hospitalized After Apparatus Suspending Performers Fell Full Story | Top |
| Aging Baby Boomers Becoming the Roommate Generation Sunday, May 04, 2014 09:41 AM PDT  Experts Predict More Aging Boomers Will Take On Roommates Full Story | Top |
| Russian bombers, fighter jets 'seen over Crimea' Sunday, May 04, 2014 07:33 AM PDT  Simferopol (Undefined) (AFP) - Several dozen Russian planes including what appeared to be strategic bombers and fighter jets have been spotted in the sky above the Moscow-controlled peninsula of Crimea, witnesses and experts said. According to Russian media, President Vladimir Putin is poised to visit Crimea on Friday after overseeing the main military parade on Red Square when Russia celebrates its victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. A local aviation expert told AFP on Sunday that he had sighted a number of planes over the peninsula's main city of Simferopol on Saturday, including supersonic heavy strategic bombers and heavy military transport aircraft. Full Story | Top |
| Acrobats fall during Ringling Bros. circus stunt Sunday, May 04, 2014 08:14 PM PDT  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A support frame collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at a circus performance Sunday, sending eight acrobats plummeting to the ground. Nine performers were seriously injured in the fall, including a dancer below, while an unknown number of others suffered less serious injuries. Full Story | Top |
| Hamas won't recognise Israel, accept Quartet terms Sunday, May 04, 2014 06:39 AM PDT  Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Hamas will never recognise Israel and will not accept the conditions laid out by the Middle East peacemaking Quartet, according to the Islamist movement's deputy leader. Speaking late on Saturday, Mussa Abu Marzuq said Hamas, which recently signed a reconciliation deal with the Western-backed Palestinian leadership in the occupied West Bank, would never agree to recognise Israel. Full Story | Top |
| Israeli settlers launch enclave in Palestinian business hub Sunday, May 04, 2014 12:39 AM PDT  By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The smell of fresh paint wafts through the domed lobby of the latest Israeli arrival in East Jerusalem - a Jewish seminary in a bustling commercial area in the same building as a post office serving thousands of Palestinians every day. Palestinians and Israeli critics worry the placement of the academy in such a central location is asking for trouble in East Jerusalem, which has stayed largely trouble-free in recent years compared to the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank, and which Palestinians hope will be the capital of a future state. Israel's annexation of East Jerusalem after its capture in a 1967 war has never been recognized, meaning most of the world views Israeli enclaves there as illegal settlements. But even when Israel froze construction temporarily in 2010, it always insisted the moratorium exclude East Jerusalem, which it views as an integral part of the country. Full Story | Top |
| Nigeria president vows to free abducted girls, seeks US help Sunday, May 04, 2014 01:53 PM PDT  Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday vowed to ensure the release of 223 schoolgirls abducted by suspected Islamists, saying he has sought help from US President Barack Obama to overcome the nation's security challenges. Besides the United States, Jonathan said that Nigeria has also approached other world powers, including France, Britain and China, for help on security issues. "We are talking to countries we think can help us out... The United States is number one. I have talked to President Obama at least twice" about Nigeria's security situation, he said. Full Story | Top |
| President Obama Ribs Press at Correspondents' Dinner Sunday, May 04, 2014 11:48 AM PDT President Obama ribbed the press a little more than usual at the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday. "I am little jet lagged from my recent trip to Malaysia," the president deadpanned. "The lengths we have to go to get CNN coverage these days." "I think... Full Story | Top |
| Pro-Russian militants attack police HQ in Ukraine's Odessa: AFP Sunday, May 04, 2014 07:18 AM PDT  Odessa (Ukraine) (AFP) - More than 2,000 pro-Russian militants on Sunday stormed the police headquarters in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa, where 42 people died in clashes two days ago. In a bid to calm the crowd, police freed one of the detained pro-Russians, who emerged to cheers of "well played" from the protesters. The majority of those trapped inside a trade union building in central Odessa were thought to be pro-Russian supporters who had barricaded themselves in. Ukraine's prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who visited Odessa earlier Sunday, blamed the death on what he called "inefficient" police. Full Story | Top |
| Rick Perry on 2016: 'I think America is a place that believes in second chances' Sunday, May 04, 2014 10:04 AM PDT  The Texas governor, who lost a bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, is leaving the door wide open for another run in 2016. Full Story | Top |
| Mideast airline Etihad offers bed and bath suites Sunday, May 04, 2014 11:52 AM PDT  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Talk about some serious legroom. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. Watches While Ukraine Burns Sunday, May 04, 2014 01:05 PM PDT  As violence worsened in Ukraine over the weekend, U.S. lawmakers appeared on the Sunday talk shows to call for new and harsher sanctions on Russia. Many U.S. officials believe the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin is orchestrating the widespread takeover of government buildings in east Ukraine by ethnic Russians who want to see their part of the country annexed by Russia. Russia, which annexed the Ukraine's Crimean peninsula two months ago after widespread protests reportedly backed by Russian agents, currently has tens of thousands of troops massed on the Ukrainian border. Full Story | Top |
| Ukraine claims advances on rebel-held positions Sunday, May 04, 2014 03:25 AM PDT DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities in Ukraine on Sunday said government forces reclaimed a television tower during a security operation to quell pro-Russian rebel activity in the eastern town of Kramatorsk. Full Story | Top |
| First openly gay Episcopal bishop divorces husband Sunday, May 04, 2014 05:49 AM PDT  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The first openly gay bishop in the Anglican church has announced he is divorcing his husband. Full Story | Top |
| 8 hurt acrobats were on platform, 1 was on floor Sunday, May 04, 2014 11:07 AM PDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A spokesman says eight acrobats fell from a platform at a circus in Rhode Island while one dancer was injured on the floor below. Full Story | Top |
| Fox says Naya Rivera to remain on 'Glee' Sunday, May 04, 2014 04:38 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Naya Rivera is still a Gleek. Full Story | Top |
| British princes go to Graceland, wedding on trip Sunday, May 04, 2014 12:52 AM PDT  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — British royals Prince William and Prince Harry toured the home of the King — Elvis, that is — and then went to a friend's wedding during their trip to Tennessee. Full Story | Top |
| Obama takes humorous jabs at health care stumble Saturday, May 03, 2014 09:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Little was sacred when President Barack Obama tossed out playful but pointed jokes Saturday night — not even his own health care plan. Full Story | Top |
| US teachers nowhere as diverse as their students Sunday, May 04, 2014 11:20 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. Full Story | Top |
| China's 'ordinary' billionaire behind grand Nicaragua canal plan Sunday, May 04, 2014 03:06 PM PDT  By Matthew Miller BEIJING (Reuters) - Wang Jing, the enigmatic businessman behind Nicaragua's $50 billion Interoceanic Grand Canal, shrugs off scepticism about how a little-known entrepreneur can be driving a huge transcontinental project, insisting he's not an agent of the Beijing government. "You believe there are people from the Chinese government in the background providing support. Why, in the end, is only Wang Jing out front?" High-ranking Chinese officials including President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang and former leaders Jiang Zemin and Wen Jiabao have all visited the state-connected wireless communication technologies company Wang took control of four years ago. Wang, whose entrepreneurism went mostly unnoticed in China and elsewhere before last year's Nicaragua announcement and a subsequent $3 billion Black Sea port development plan, has not helped matters by refusing to talk in detail about himself or broad swathes of his career. Full Story | Top |
| Ultra-Orthodox quietly joining Israeli military Sunday, May 04, 2014 08:14 AM PDT  BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Moshe Prigan starts his day off just like many other men in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak with his morning prayer. It's only later that the routine takes an unexpected twist, when he puts on his air force uniform and heads to the Israeli military headquarters in Tel Aviv. Full Story | Top |
| Does Russia Have the Ukraine Crisis Under Control? Sunday, May 04, 2014 02:45 AM PDT As Ukraine continues its seemingly inevitable slide toward civil war, new questions have emerged about how much sway Moscow has over pro-Russia activists fighting with the Ukrainian military. There is no doubt that Russian Special Forces and other troops are in Ukraine; Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted as much. There's also little doubt that Russian weapons are in the hands of the pro-Russia protestors clashing with Ukraine's army. Full Story | Top |
| Ukraine PM appeals for unity after Odessa tragedy Sunday, May 04, 2014 04:55 AM PDT  ODESSA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's prime minister on Sunday visited the city where a horrific blaze killed dozens of pro-Russian demonstrators during political riots — seeking to defuse mounting tensions by calling the deaths a "tragedy for all Ukraine." Full Story | Top |
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