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| Obama: I’ll introduce my own immigration bill if Congress doesn’t move Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:38 AM PST President Barack Obama unveiled his vision for immigration reform in a speech on Tuesday afternoon in Las Vegas, Nev., telling Congress that he will send them his own bill and call for a vote if they don't move fast. "If Congress is unable to move forward in a timely fashion, I will send up a [...] Full Story | Top |
| Conservative Hispanic group tells GOP to avoid ‘amnesty’ label Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 09:34 AM PST A conservative pro-immigration reform group has issued talking points to Republican lawmakers, telling them to avoid referring to the U.S. citizen children of illegal immigrants as "anchor babies" or calling for the construction of an "electric fence" on the border, among other things. The talking points, published by BuzzFeed, went out to Republican lawmakers on [...] Full Story | Top |
| Florida man accused of fraud after name change in 'act of love' Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 07:03 AM PST  MIAMI (Reuters) - A newly married South Florida man who opted to take his wife's last name is fighting the state's Department of Motor Vehicles after it suspended his driving license on grounds of fraud. Real estate investor Lazaro Sopena offered to change his name following his 2011 marriage to Hanh Dinh in order to help his wife's Vietnamese family perpetuate their family surname. Shortly after their marriage, Lazaro Dinh obtained a new passport and Social Security card and changed his bank account and credit cards before applying to update his drivers license. "It was an act of love. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ind. Officer, Wife Could Face Jail for Saving Deer Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:00 AM PST ABC News’ Gio Benitez, Mosheh Gains and Emily Stanitz report: Should an Indiana couple go to jail for saving Bambi? That’s the question surrounding the case of Jeff and Jennifer Counceller, who rescued an injured fawn and nursed it back to health at their Connersville,... Full Story | Top |
| Obama announces new aid for Syrian rebels Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 08:12 AM PST Under fire for not doing more to help Syria’s rebels, President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that he's sending opponents of strongman Bashar al-Assad another $155 million in humanitarian aid and defended his handling of the bloody conflict. Obama said the aid sends a message to the world. “The relief we send doesn’t say ‘Made [...] Full Story | Top |
| Family of 14 gives up everything to live in RV Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 07:13 AM PST “Every single day is a weekend." That's how Susie Kellogg, mother of 12, describes family life these days, after she and her husband, Dan, decided to sell their Glenwood Springs, Colorado home last fall, fill up an RV with their childrenâ€"all of themâ€"and travel the country in search of adventure. Permanently. All but one of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sen. Heidi Heitkamp: The defiant democrat Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:59 AM PST Politics Confidential Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., defied the odds in November when she won the closest senate race in the country, and now that she's arrived in Washington, she's defiant as ever. But now, instead of defying the pollsters, she's defying the Democratic caucus by taking divergent opinions on issues central to the President Obama's [...] Full Story | Top |
| Humble nickel from 1913 likely to fetch millions Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 12:28 PM PST RICHMOND, Va. (AP) â€" A humble 5-cent coin with a storied past is headed to auction and bidding is expected to top $2 million a century after it was mysteriously minted. Full Story | Top |
| Girl comes out to parents with help from a cake Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 02:51 PM PST Coming out to your parents isn't usually easy, but Tumblr user ellende-generes (real name: Laurel) did her best to make the conversation a piece of cake. Actually, make that a whole cake. [Related: High school senior comes out as 'LGBT' while accepting award] Fifteen-year-old Laurel posted a photo of a cake she made for her [...] Full Story | Top |
| Egypt army chief warns state could collapse Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 04:10 PM PST PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) â€" Residents of this Mediterranean coastal city burying their dead from Egypt's wave of political violence vented their fury at Egypt's Islamist president and the Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday, demanding his ouster and virtually declaring a revolt against his rule, as the head of the military warned Egypt may collapse under the weight of its turmoil. Full Story | Top |
| Scouts React to Possible Inclusion of Gay Members, Leaders Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 10:20 AM PST  Yahoo News asked former Boy Scouts, current leaders and scouting families to react to Monday's news that the Boy Scouts of America is considering removing its ban on gay members and leaders. In their own words, here are excerpts from opinions they shared. Full Story | Top |
| Identity of Famous 19th-Century Brain Discovered Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:28 AM PST  The identity of a mysterious patient who helped scientists pinpoint the brain region responsible for language has been discovered, researchers report. Full Story | Top |
| Stuck Minesweeper to Be Cut Into Pieces Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:59 AM PST  Unable to tow the minesweeper USS Guardian off a reef in the Philippines, the Navy has decided that the only way to free the ship without causing further damage to the reef is to cut the ship into pieces. That basically means the USS Guardian... Full Story | Top |
| McCain on whether he’ll oppose challenges to increased border enforcement: ‘Duh.’ Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 01:29 PM PST John McCain heard your question, and he thinks it's really dumb. While the Arizona Republican senator fielded questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, a day after he joined a bipartisan group of senators to announce a blueprint for comprehensive immigration reform, one reporter asked how he would respond if the proposed provision that requires increased [...] Full Story | Top |
| Postal Worker Retires After 44 Years Without Sick Day Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 12:43 PM PST  On Jan. 31, Deborah Ford will retire from the U.S. Postal Service after 44 years without using any of her sick days. Though her colleagues and the local media, including the Detroit Free Press, applaud her level of commitment, Ford, 64, doesn’t see what the big... Full Story | Top |
| Afghan Police Locked Out of Own $7.3M Facility: Report Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 12:07 PM PST  US Inspectors Find 12 Police Working in Building Meant for 175 Full Story | Top |
| Report: States force jobless to pay needless fees Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 09:10 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Jobless Americans are paying millions in unnecessary fees to collect unemployment benefits because of state policies encouraging them to get the money through bank-issued payment cards, according to a new report from a consumer group. Full Story | Top |
| AFL-CIO chief vows ‘full-fledged campaign’ for immigration overhaul Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 09:15 AM PST Organized labor is “entirely behind†comprehensive immigration reform and will mount a “full-fledged†campaign to help drive it through Congress, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told Yahoo News on Tuesday. Trumka, whose federation comprises 57 unions representing some 12 million people, called the planned overhaul “one of our top priorities right now.†He spoke by telephone [...] Full Story | Top |
| Smog thick enough to cancel flights hits Beijing Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:02 AM PST BEIJING (AP) â€" Thick, off-the-scale smog shrouded eastern China for the second time in about two weeks Tuesday, forcing airlines to cancel flights because of poor visibility and prompting Beijing to temporarily shut factories and curtail fleets of government cars. Full Story | Top |
| Rubio: Obama must accept border security as part of immigration reform Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 11:03 AM PST President Barack Obama must be willing to accept border security measures as part of a comprehensive immigration reform package or else "there won't be a solution," Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, a leader of the GOP reform effort, said on Tuesday. Rubio, who on Monday unveiled a blueprint for an immigration overhaul as part of [...] Full Story | Top |
| New Mexico girl found locked in wooden cage Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:23 PM PST  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) â€" A New Mexico woman and her boyfriend locked up an 8-year-old girl with developmental disabilities in a wooden cage, then left her alone while they headed out to watch a movie, police said Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| Obama pushes Congress on immigration, split emerges Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:46 PM PST  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Just over a week into his second term, President Barack Obama took his fight for immigration reform to the West on Tuesday and pushed Congress to quickly find a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented residents. But as Obama praised a bipartisan immigration plan during a speech in Las Vegas, disagreement emerged between the White House and Republicans that underscored the difficulty of resolving an emotive issue that has long defied a legislative fix. ... Full Story | Top |
| Senate panel approves Kerry nomination Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 10:34 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday swiftly and unanimously approved President Barack Obama's choice of Sen. John Kerry to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. Full Story | Top |
| Would-be carjackers foiled by mysteries of the stick shift Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 01:51 PM PST An attempted stickup was confounded by a car’s stick shift, when would-be carjackers failed to understand the mechanics behind a manual transmission. Randolph Bean tells WOFL FOX 35 that two men attempted to steal his 2002 yellow Corvette at gunpoint outside an Orlando hospital, but they ended up running away after they couldn’t figure out [...] Full Story | Top |
| New Google Maps view adds another level of North Korean scrutiny Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 10:03 AM PST Search for "North Korea" in Google Maps and you'll get a whole new perspective. Google on Monday published its most detailed map yet of North Korea, including some road names and points of interest. "To build this map, a community of citizen cartographers came together," Jayanth Mysore, senior product manager, Google Map Maker, wrote on [...] Full Story | Top |
| Fleeing Islamists leave legacy of destruction in Timbuktu Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:51 AM PST (Reuters) - The burning of a library housing thousands of ancient manuscripts in Mali's desert city of Timbuktu is just the latest act of destruction by Islamist fighters who have spent months smashing graves and holy shrines in the World Heritage site. The United Nations cultural body UNESCO said it was trying to find out the precise damage done to the Ahmed Baba Institute, a modern building that contains priceless documents dating back to the 13th century. ... Full Story | Top |
| Israel angered over Argentina-Iran bombing probe Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 01:09 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) â€" Israel summoned the Argentinian ambassador on Tuesday in protest over an agreement between Iran and Argentina to jointly investigate the bombing 19 years ago of a Jewish center that killed 85 people in Buenos Aires and that was widely blamed on Tehran. Full Story | Top |
| Murdoch apologies for "offensive" Netanyahu cartoon Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 07:00 AM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch apologised on Monday for a "grotesque" cartoon in his London-based Sunday Times newspaper depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu building a bloody wall trapping the bodies of Palestinians, after complaints from Jewish groups. The image, which shows Netanyahu holding a trowel dripping blood, was published on Holocaust Memorial Day and carried the caption "Israeli elections. ... Full Story | Top |
| Armed Arizona posse guards schools: Vigilantes or vigilance? Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:55 PM PST From a distance, the Maricopa County sheriff's patrol car parked near the entrance to a school parking lot suggests the presence of a uniformed deputy, sitting vigilant behind the wheel â€" a 9 millimeter Glock on his waist, a Remington shotgun nearby, and a bulletproof vest snug under his tan shirt. Full Story | Top |
| Oil storage tanks destroyed in Texas; 2 injured Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 12:53 PM PST VAN, Texas (AP) â€" Authorities say two people are injured, one critically, after an oil storage tank exploded at a facility in East Texas. Full Story | Top |
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