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| Explosion rocks Mexico state oil company Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 05:26 PM PST  Fourteen people were killed and 80 injured at Pemex's headquarters. Full Story | Top |
| LA archbishop relieves retired cardinal of duties Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 08:17 PM PST  Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez announced Thursday night that he has relieved retired Cardinal Roger Mahony of his remaining duties and a former top aide to Mahony has stepped down from his current post, on the same night the church released thousands of pages of personnel files of priests accused of sexual abuse. Full Story | Top |
| Gas prices get early start on spring surge Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 05:04 PM PST  Gasoline prices are getting an early start on their annual spring march higher. Full Story | Top |
| A roundup of the best photos of the day Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 04:25 AM PST  Katie Uhlaender of the U.S. speeds down on the natural ice track during the first run of the women's skeleton competition at the FIBT Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships 2013 in the Swiss mountain resort of St. Moritz January 31, 2013. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (SWITZERLAND - Tags: SPORT BOBSLEIGH HEADSHOT) Full Story | Top |
| Former NYC mayor Ed Koch, 88, in intensive care Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 07:29 PM PST  Former New York Mayor Ed Koch has been moved to intensive care for closer monitoring of the fluid in his lungs and legs, his spokesman said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Soldier admits shooting man trying to cure hiccups Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 07:11 PM PST  Fort Hood soldier pleads guilty to manslaughter in accidental shooting of friend with hiccups Full Story | Top |
| How owls can survive spinning their heads 270 degrees Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 12:03 PM PST  They don't need eyes in the back of their heads to see what's behind them, they just look. Full Story | Top |
| Shooter at Atlanta school was fellow student Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 06:38 PM PST  A student opened fire at his middle school, wounding another teen in the head. Full Story | Top |
| Get it while it's fresh! Cans of ‘clean air’ for sale in China Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 03:43 PM PST  Air pollution in China has gotten so bad that one entrepreneur is selling cans of fresh air. Full Story | Top |
| Suit claiming Hebrew National hot dogs not kosher dismissed Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 04:59 PM PST ConAgra Foods Inc has won the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by consumers claiming the company's Hebrew National hot dogs and other products are not kosher. U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank in St. Paul federal court ruled on Thursday that he does not have jurisdiction over a dispute that he described as "intrinsically religious in nature." Eleven consumers filed the lawsuit last May, asserting that ConAgra misled customers into believing that its products were kosher according to "the most stringent" Orthodox Jewish standards by including a symbol on its packaging. ... Full Story | Top |
| How rock pigeons got their mullets Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 11:10 AM PST  Researchers decoded the bird's genome and found their hairdos are pinned to a single gene mutation. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. looking to get tough on China cyberattacks Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 05:30 PM PST The Obama administration is considering more assertive action against Beijing to combat a persistent cyber-espionage campaign it believes Chinese hackers are waging against U.S. companies and government agencies. Full Story | Top |
| Photos: Artist creates mind-boggling montages Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 11:00 AM PST  Full Story | Top |
| More than $200,000 in gold coins stolen from vacant home Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 05:22 PM PST ALBURGH, Vt. (AP) â€" Vermont State Police say more than $200,000 in gold coins were stolen from a vacant home after its eccentric owner died in a farm accident last year. Full Story | Top |
| Five Super Bowl ads that want your help Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 05:14 PM PST  Advertisers are finding new ways to get viewers into the game during Super Bowl XLVII, which airs on CBS on Sunday. Here are 5 campaigns that enlist viewer help in one form or another. Full Story | Top |
| Decimated Ga. plant a symbol of storm's power Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 03:02 PM PST  ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. (AP) â€" For Darleen Evans, it was sheer terror as the manufacturing plant where she worked collapsed around her and her colleagues. She and two other women rushed into a bathroom stall, she holding one under each arm as she prayed, a tornado roaring overhead. Full Story | Top |
| Wetzel: Pro sports far behind on gay acceptance Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 01:43 PM PST  The NFL is trying, though: Several top players are outspoken supporters of gay rights. Full Story | Top |
| Sex only burns about 21 calories, according to new university study Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 02:45 PM PST Burning love apparently does not equate to burning fat. A new study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham says the average sex act burns only about 21 calories. The study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, contradicts many long-standing claims that sexual activity is a vigorous, fat-burning workout. Funded in part [...] Full Story | Top |
| I lip-synced at the '96 Super Bowl, admits Vanessa Williams Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 12:52 PM PST Beyonce, you’re not alone. Vanessa Williams has got your back! Full Story | Top |
| Mind, blown: Man takes beatboxing to new level Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 11:25 AM PST Beatboxing, or using your own voice to simulate a variety of musical instruments, is no easy feat. But an amazing French beatboxer has taken the art to a whole new level: Call it speed beatboxing. In his most recent video uploaded to YouTube, Alem, as he is known, sets a metronome to various lightning-quick beats-per-minute [...] Full Story | Top |
| Woman allegedly uses car test drive to rob bank Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 01:10 PM PST A California man became an unsuspecting getaway driver when a woman taking a test drive in his car stopped to rob a bank. The Manteca Bulletin first reported that Gail Castle asked to take the 1987 Chrysler 5th Avenue for a test drive but that the owner, who asked to remain anonymous, insisted on coming [...] Full Story | Top |
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