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| Elephant thought rescued by Sir Paul McCartney found beaten in chicken shack Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 08:09 AM PDT Two years ago, former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney was moved enough by the plight of a 14-year-old elephant named Sunder, chained and beaten by his handlers at Jyotiba Temple in a city south of India's largest city, to start a campaign for his release. Two years later the elephant is living in even worse conditions. Full Story | Top |
| Pope replaces German 'bling bishop' after inquiry Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 05:48 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday permanently removed a German bishop from his Limburg diocese after his 31 million-euro ($43-million) new residence complex caused an uproar among the faithful. Full Story | Top |
| Satellite spots 122 possible objects in search Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 04:04 AM PDT  PERTH, Australia (AP) — A satellite scanning the Indian Ocean for remnants of a missing jetliner found a possible plane debris field containing 122 objects, a top Malaysian official said Wednesday, calling it "the most credible lead that we have." Full Story | Top |
| Shark Drags Fisherman on a 2-Hour Kayak Ride Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 09:38 AM PDT Adam Fisk thought he might be in store for a leisurely Sunday fishing jaunt; he just did not realize that a hammerhead shark would be handling the driving. Full Story | Top |
| North Korea fires 2 missiles as its rivals meet Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 04:24 PM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, South Korea and the U.S. said, a defiant challenge to a rare three-way summit of its rivals Seoul, Tokyo and Washington that focused on the North's security threat. Full Story | Top |
| Mom Jailed for Breastfeeding While Drinking, Waitress Fired Over It Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 04:26 PM PDT  Tasha Adams Claims She Wasn't Drunk, but Jackie Connors Says She Doesn't Regret Calling the Cops Full Story | Top |
| When the president meets the pope Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 10:30 AM PDT When President Barack Obama meets on Thursday at the Vatican with Pope Francis, it will be the 28th time that a sitting American president has met with the man who leads the Catholic Church and its estimated 1.2 billion faithful worldwide. Full Story | Top |
| Secret Service agent found drunk in hotel room Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 06:43 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Secret Service agent found drunk by staff at a Dutch hotel was recalled to the U.S. along with two of his colleagues, the day before President Barack Obama was set to arrive in the Netherlands. Full Story | Top |
| 3 Secret Service agents benched before Obama trip Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 03:24 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service sent three agents home from the Netherlands just before President Barack Obama's arrival after one agent was found inebriated in an Amsterdam hotel. Full Story | Top |
| HHS grants extra time to enroll for health care Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 08:08 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to avoid sending thousands away empty-handed, the Obama administration has announced that people who started applying for health insurance but aren't able to finish before the March 31 enrollment deadline will get extra time. Full Story | Top |
| Bin Laden son-in-law convicted at NYC terror trial Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 09:31 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, the voice of fiery al-Qaida propaganda videotapes after the Sept. 11 attacks, was convicted Wednesday of conspiring to kill Americans for his role as the terror group's spokesman. Full Story | Top |
| US House Democrats try to force immigration vote Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 10:00 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats deployed a little-used legislative move Wednesday to force a vote on a comprehensive immigration bill that would provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the U.S illegally and tighten border security. Full Story | Top |
| Putin wants Russians to get in shape. Can Steven Seagal help? Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 09:34 AM PDT Few action stars could toss a one-liner like Steven Seagal. But can he inspire a nation of 143 million people to get in shape? Full Story | Top |
| Judging Obamacare state by state Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 04:21 AM PDT  Enrollment figures vary widely by location. Full Story | Top |
| Obama plays up US-Europe bond amid Russia tension Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 09:58 AM PDT BRUSSELS (AP) — President Barack Obama and European Union leaders presented a unified front Wednesday against Russia's annexation of Crimea, promoting trans-Atlantic trade as an antidote to Russia's influence in the region and a way to help Europe become less dependent on Moscow for energy. Full Story | Top |
| Mudslide buries 81-year-old man's wife as she sat next to him Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 06:53 AM PDT The mudslide that killed at least 16 people in Washington state last weekend buried Gary McPherson's 69-year-old wife, Linda, as she sat next to him in their Stillaguamish Valley home. Full Story | Top |
| Arab League rejects Israel as Jewish homeland Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 06:48 AM PDT  KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Arab leaders said Wednesday they will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state, blaming it for a lack of progress in the Mideast peace process. Full Story | Top |
| More than half of uninsured don’t know health care law deadline is looming Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 01:53 PM PDT If you don't have health insurance and didn't know the government's deadline for signing up is just days away, you're in arguably good company, according to a new survey. Full Story | Top |
| Dramatic rescue: 4-year-old boy pulled from mudslide by helicopter Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 07:46 AM PDT As the search for survivors in the Washington state mudslide enters its fifth day, dramatic video of a 4-year-old boy being pulled from the mud via helicopter has been released. Full Story | Top |
| Mudslide searchers press on with dogs, bare hands Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 05:14 AM PDT ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — With search and cadaver dogs leading the way, rescuers using small bulldozers and their bare hands pushed through sludge strewn with splintered homes and twisted cars to find 10 more bodies in the debris of a Washington state mudslide, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| The Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong. Obamacare Isn't Dooming Democrats in November Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 06:52 AM PDT  The conventional wisdom says that the botched Obamacare rollout and the program's general unpopularity are dooming Democratic chances in November, but it's wrong. Even with Obamacare's problems compounded by multiple tweaks and delays (including the newest), Democrats would be in a similarly bad position, no matter what. There's a good overview of the two main parties' strengths and weaknesses from Thomas Edsall in The New York Times, using the upcoming midterm elections as a way to talk about the long-term prospects of each party. "The damage inflicted on the Democratic Party by the dysfunctional website and the reaction to it is hard to overestimate," he writes, noting poll data from Real Clear Politics on a generic congressional ballot. Full Story | Top |
| Both self-styled uniters, Pope Francis and President Obama remain deeply divided Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 09:28 AM PDT  Taken at face value, it would be easy to presume that President Barack Obama and Pope Francis have a lot in common. After all, the two men have graced many of the same magazine covers, including Time, Rolling Stone, the Advocate and Fortune. They are both champions of social justice. And each has worked in the trenches — Francis in the barrios of Buenos Aires and Obama in inner-city Chicago — to help combat poverty. Full Story | Top |
| Planes, ships race to beat bad weather in search for Malaysian jet Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 04:30 PM PDT  By Jane Wardell and Rujun Shen SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Aircraft and ships scouring the southern Indian Ocean for wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 were racing to beat bad weather on Thursday and reach an area where new satellite images showed what could be a debris field. The international search team has been bolstered to 11 military and civilian aircraft and five ships that will criss-cross the remote search site with weather conditions forecast to deteriorate later in the day. New satellite images have revealed more than 100 objects that could be debris from the Boeing 777, which is thought to have crashed on March 8 with the loss of all 239 people aboard after flying thousands of miles off course. "We have now had four separate satellite leads, from Australia, China and France, showing possible debris," Malaysian Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein told a news conference in Kuala Lumpur late Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| IRS chief: Producing documents could take years Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014 12:00 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Internal Revenue Service told House Republicans on Wednesday that it would take years to provide all the documents they have subpoenaed in their probe of how the agency handled tea party groups' applications for tax-exempt status. Full Story | Top |
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