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| Obama takes funny jabs at health care stumble Saturday, May 03, 2014 08:36 PM PDT  Little was sacred when President Obama took the podium at a White House event. Full Story | Top |
| Politics and Hollywood collide at 'nerd prom' Saturday, May 03, 2014 03:47 PM PDT  Actress Sofia Vergara poses as she arrives on the red carpet at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, May 3, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) Full Story | Top |
| California Chrome wins Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 03, 2014 03:43 PM PDT  Louisville (AFP) - California Chrome swept to victory in the 140th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday. Full Story | Top |
| Decoding the Apple-Samsung patent dispute Saturday, May 03, 2014 09:11 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Apple and Samsung are suing each other in courts and trade offices around the world, each making claims that the other copied patented mobile device features. Full Story | Top |
| California Chrome breaks away for Derby win Saturday, May 03, 2014 06:35 PM PDT  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A horse with a humble pedigree. A couple of working stiff owners. A 77-year-old trainer with his first Kentucky Derby horse. Full Story | Top |
| AP PHOTOS: Wild hats & fast horses at Ky. Derby Saturday, May 03, 2014 05:01 PM PDT  Bold hats, big bets and thundering hooves were the order of the day at the Kentucky Derby, where the 140th run for the roses took place Saturday evening at Churchill Downs. Full Story | Top |
| Condoleezza Rice backs out of Rutgers commencement Saturday, May 03, 2014 09:41 AM PDT  NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her role in the Iraq War. Full Story | Top |
| White House reporters honor black journalist Saturday, May 03, 2014 08:48 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Harry McAlpin was standing outside the Oval Office, moments away from becoming the first black reporter to attend a presidential news conference, when one of his contemporaries approached with a deal. Full Story | Top |
| OSCE observers held in Ukraine released Saturday, May 03, 2014 01:23 PM PDT MOSCOW (AP) — European military observers who were held more than a week by insurgents in eastern Ukraine walked free Saturday, with Kiev insisting the release proves Russia is fomenting unrest in Ukraine — as Moscow touted the insurgents as courageous humanists. Full Story | Top |
| Rescuers struggle to help Afghans hit by landslide Saturday, May 03, 2014 10:35 AM PDT ABI BARIK, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan rescuers and volunteers armed with shovels and little more than their bare hands dug through the mud Saturday after a massive landslide swept through a village the day before, turning it into an earthen tomb holding hundreds of bodies, officials said. Full Story | Top |
| Charge: Alaska man, 19, shot troopers from behind Saturday, May 03, 2014 06:08 PM PDT  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — As two state troopers struggled to arrest his father, a 19-year-old man armed himself with an assault rifle and shot them seven times, killing them outside his home in a remote Alaska village, authorities said in charges filed Saturday. Full Story | Top |
| Thunder beat Grizzlies 120-109 in Game 7 Saturday, May 03, 2014 08:27 PM PDT  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 33 points, Russell Westbrook had a triple-double, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Memphis Grizzlies 120-109 on Saturday night in Game 7 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series. Full Story | Top |
| NBA to appoint CEO to supervise Clippers Saturday, May 03, 2014 06:35 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA said Saturday it will appoint a chief executive officer to supervise the Los Angeles Clippers' operations after banning owner Donald Sterling from the league for life. Full Story | Top |
| Biden: Immigration crucial to American innovation Saturday, May 03, 2014 02:09 PM PDT  The U.S. vice president touts immigration at a college graduation ceremony in South Florida. Full Story | Top |
| Images from White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday, May 03, 2014 06:52 PM PDT  President Barack Obama smiles while making a joke during his speech at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel, Saturday, May 3, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Full Story | Top |
| Senator urges Hillary Clinton to seek presidency Saturday, May 03, 2014 11:47 AM PDT  Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia on Saturday endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, even though the former secretary of state has not announced whether she will seek the White House in 2016. Kaine, who backed Barack Obama when he beat Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, announced his support on Twitter and at breakfast meeting of the South Carolina Women's Democratic Council in Columbia, South Carolina. "Today I encouraged Hillary Clinton to run for president & pledged my support for her candidacy if she does," Kaine said in a tweet that linked to his remarks on www.readyforhillary.com, website of one of the most prominent pro-Clinton organizations. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. warns of plan to attack hotel in Lagos Saturday, May 03, 2014 11:21 AM PDT  The United States has warned its citizens of a plan to attack one of two Sheraton hotels near Lagos, Nigeria's main commercial hub which attracts many foreign business people and which so far has been spared by the country's violent Islamist militants. In a statement on its website, the State Department said those behind the plot were "groups associated with terrorism", but gave no further details. Nigeria is grappling with an increasingly violent Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands in the past five years. Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which is fighting to carve an Islamic state out of religiously mixed Nigeria, is still mostly confined to the northeast, although it has struck across the north and in Nigeria's capital, in the center. Full Story | Top |
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