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| Scientists: Baby born with HIV cured Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 04:29 PM PST  A baby born with the AIDS virus appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who's now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection. Full Story | Top |
| Netanyahu: Iran using nuclear talks to 'buy time' for bomb Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 06:20 PM PST  Renewed international efforts to negotiate curbs on Iran's disputed nuclear program have backfired by giving it more time to work on building a bomb, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. His remarks on the inconclusive February 26-27 meeting between Iran and six world powers signaled impatience by Israel, which has threatened to launch preemptive war on its arch-foe, possibly in the coming months, if it deems diplomacy a dead end. Senior U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Queen hospitalized over stomach illness Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 02:09 PM PST  Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was hospitalized Sunday over an apparent stomach infection that has ailed her for days, a rare instance of ill health sidelining the long-reigning monarch. Elizabeth will have to cancel a visit to Rome and other engagements as she recovers, and outside experts said she may have to be rehydrated intravenously. Full Story | Top |
| Snow kills 8 in Japan, including family in car Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 07:39 PM PST  Heavy snow that fell in northern Japan over the weekend killed eight people on Hokkaido island, including a family whose car became buried. Full Story | Top |
| Photos: 41st Iditarod sled race kicks off Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 03:05 PM PST  The dog team of Mike Ellis round the corner at 4th Avenue and Cordova Street during the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, March 2, 2013, in Anchorage, Alaska. The competitive portion of the 1,000-mile race is scheduled to begin Sunday in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth) Full Story | Top |
| Biden leads re-enactment of voting rights march Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 06:50 PM PST  The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts to diminish the impact of African-Americans' votes haven't stopped in the years since the 1965 Voting Rights Act added millions to Southern voter rolls. Full Story | Top |
| One skier killed, another critically injured in Colorado avalanche Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 05:59 PM PST DENVER (Reuters) - A backcountry skier was killed and another critically injured in a weekend avalanche they apparently triggered on a northern Colorado mountain pass, a day after three other people died in snowslides across the country, authorities said on Sunday. The two men in Colorado were cross-country skiing Saturday on the western side of Cameron Pass, about 135 milesnorthwest of Denver, when they were buried in the avalanche, said Kent Minor, manager of State Forest State Park. ... Full Story | Top |
| 400 inmates fight at Arizona prison; 19 injured Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 06:48 PM PST TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) â€" An Arizona prison complex remains on lockdown after a fight broke out among 400 inmates. Full Story | Top |
| Violent start in Kenyan election; police killed Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 07:08 PM PST  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) â€" Five years after more than 1,000 people were killed in election-related violence, Kenyans on Monday began casting votes in a nationwide election seen as the country's most important â€" and complicated â€" in its 50-year history. Full Story | Top |
| Car bomb kills 37, wounds 141 in southern Pakistan Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 01:34 PM PST  KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) â€" A car bomb exploded outside a mosque on Sunday, killing 37 people and wounding another 141 in a Shiite Muslim dominated neighborhood in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi â€" the third mass casualty attack on the minority sect in the country this year. Full Story | Top |
| Supply ship meets space station after shaky start Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 03:22 PM PST  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) â€" A private Earth-to-orbit delivery service made good on its latest shipment to the International Space Station on Sunday, overcoming mechanical difficulty and delivering a ton of supplies with high-flying finesse. Full Story | Top |
| Papal vote preparations start in earnest at Vatican Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 03:28 PM PST  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Preparations for electing Roman Catholicism's new leader begin in earnest on Monday as the College of Cardinals opens daily talks to sketch an identikit for the next pope and ponder who among them might fit it. The idea is to have the new pope elected during next week and officially installed several days later so he can preside over the Holy Week ceremonies starting with Palm Sunday on March 24 and culminating in Easter the following Sunday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bobby Rogers, founder of Motown group The Miracles, dies Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 04:21 PM PST  SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) â€" Bobby Rogers, a founding member of Motown group The Miracles and a songwriting collaborator with Smokey Robinson, died Sunday at his suburban Detroit home. He was 73. Full Story | Top |
| Power failure blamed in New Orleans water issues Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 05:03 PM PST  NEW ORLEANS (AP) â€" Taps in New Orleans briefly went dry Sunday after a boiler's heating flame went out of control in the immense steam generator that powers pumps for the city's water treatment plant. Full Story | Top |
| Accused Scottish cardinal admits sexual failings Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 12:58 PM PST  LONDON (AP) â€" A Scottish cardinal on Sunday acknowledged having engaged in unspecified sexual misbehavior, apologized for his actions, and promised to stay out of the church's public life in a statement that comes at an awkward time for the Vatican. Full Story | Top |
| Kerry says U.S. releasing millions in aid to Egypt Sunday, Mar 03, 2013 11:32 AM PST  CAIRO (AP) â€" U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday rewarded Egypt for President Mohammed Morsi's pledges of political and economic reforms by releasing $250 million in American aid to support the country's "future as a democracy." Full Story | Top |
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