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| Putin calls Obama to discuss U.S. proposal on Ukraine-White House Friday, Mar 28, 2014 03:28 PM PDT By Steve Holland RIYADH (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday to discuss a U.S. diplomatic proposal for Ukraine, the White House said, adding that Obama told him that Russia must pull back its troops and not move deeper into Ukraine. It was believed to have been the first direct conversation between Obama and Putin since the United States and its European allies began imposing sanctions on Putin's inner circle and threatened to penalize key sectors of Russia's economy. Russia's reinforcement of troops near Ukraine has brought the total forces there to as many as 40,000, U.S. officials estimated on Friday in a build-up that has increasingly worried Washington in recent days. Full Story | Top |
| Road rage incident caught on video goes viral Friday, Mar 28, 2014 08:19 AM PDT Next time you sense a case of road rage coming on, remember this video: You do not want to end up like the driver of the black pickup. Full Story | Top |
| Latinos remain wary of Obamacare as deadline looms Friday, Mar 28, 2014 04:07 AM PDT LOS ANGELES, Calif — Ruben Acosta, a 53-year-old security guard and legal immigrant from Mexico, shoved his fears aside and made a visit to a school administration buildinging Compton on a Wednesday last week because he wanted health insurance. Full Story | Top |
| Obama urges Russia to pull back troops from Ukraine border: CBS Friday, Mar 28, 2014 05:00 AM PDT President Barack Obama on Friday said Russia's troop buildup on the Ukraine border was out of the ordinary and called on Moscow to pull its military back and begin talks to defuse tensions. "But these are not what Russia would normally be doing." Obama said the moves might be no more than an effort to intimidate Ukraine, but could be a precursor to other actions. Obama made his comments at the end of a visit to Europe, where the United States, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Japan, and Canada warned Russia it faced additional damaging sanctions if it takes further action to destabilize Ukraine. Governments in Washington and Europe are in discussions about possible measures against Russia's energy sector but have signaled they would hold off on more sanctions unless Moscow goes beyond the seizure of Crimea. Full Story | Top |
| Alleged victim targets accused pedophile priest 30 years later Friday, Mar 28, 2014 04:00 AM PDT For years he masked the pain with drugs. Then came the countless hours of therapy. But now John Delaney says he's finally strong enough to deliver a message to the Catholic priest he says raped him as a young boy: "You tell him John Delaney's coming for him," he said in a thick Philly accent. "I'm not a little kid anymore. You can't do this to me. I'm going to fight back now." Full Story | Top |
| Poll: Obama health law fails to gain support Friday, Mar 28, 2014 12:07 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a late surge in sign-ups, support for President Barack Obama's health care law is languishing at its lowest level since passage of the landmark legislation four years ago, according to a new poll. Full Story | Top |
| California Senate suspends 3 Democratic lawmakers Friday, Mar 28, 2014 06:16 PM PDT  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate voted Friday to suspend three lawmakers caught up in separate criminal cases after the latest one to be hauled into court refused to step down, the most serious house-cleaning action the chamber has taken in more than a century. Full Story | Top |
| Russia expands sanctions against the West: reports Friday, Mar 28, 2014 09:24 AM PDT Russia has retaliated against expanded sanctions imposed by Western countries over its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday without naming any U.S. or European Union officials affected. The United States and the EU have imposed two rounds of visa bans and asset freezes on Russian officials, lawmakers and other allies of President Vladimir Putin to punish Moscow for what Western states say is the illegal seizure of Crimea. "Naturally, such actions cannot be left without a reaction," Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said in a statement. Full Story | Top |
| Steven Seagal Loves Putin and Might Become a Russian Citizen Because of Ukraine Friday, Mar 28, 2014 08:36 AM PDT  Action guy Steven Seagal weighed in on the international dispute over Russia's annexation of Crimea this week. Spoiler alert: he's siding with his friend Vladimir Putin and not with President Obama, whom the action star believes is one Benghazi revelation away from impeachment. In an interview with the state-run Rossiskaya Gazeta, Seagal called Putin "one of the great living world leaders," adding that he "would like to consider him as a brother." But he's very famous in Russia, and has recently struck up friendships with a handful of Russian oligarchs. Full Story | Top |
| Obama seeks to reassure Saudi Arabia over Iran, Syria Friday, Mar 28, 2014 04:57 PM PDT  By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland RIYADH (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Saudi King Abdullah on Friday that he would support moderate Syrian rebels and reject a bad nuclear deal with Iran, during a visit designed to allay the kingdom's concerns that its decades-old U.S. alliance had frayed. Flying by helicopter to the king's desert camp, Obama underscored the importance of Washington's relationship with the world's largest oil exporter in a two-hour meeting that focused on the Middle East but did not touch on energy or human rights. Last year senior Saudi officials warned of a "major shift" away from the United States after bitter disagreements over its response to the "Arab spring" uprisings, efforts to negotiate with Iran, and Washington's decision not to intervene militarily in Syria, where Riyadh wants more American support for rebels. Full Story | Top |
| New Malaysia plane search area turns up objects Friday, Mar 28, 2014 06:52 AM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — The search area for the lost Malaysian jetliner moved 1,100 kilometers (680 miles) to the northeast on Friday, as Australian officials said a new analysis of radar data suggests the plane had flown faster and therefore ran out of fuel more quickly than previously estimated. Full Story | Top |
| 39-Year-Old Deaf Woman Hears for First Time Friday, Mar 28, 2014 10:50 AM PDT A 39-year-old woman is hearing sound for the first time after receiving a set of cochlear implants. Joanne Milne of Gateshead in the U.K. was born deaf because of Usher syndrome. It also made her lose her sight when she was in her late-20s. She is now legally blind. But thanks to doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Milne regained one sense. About four weeks ago, she underwent surgery for cochlear implants. This past week, Milne returned to the hospital to have the implants turned on. She brought a friend, Tremayne Crossley, along to film the moment. Full Story | Top |
| Day after 'Bridgegate' report, Christie says Port chair resigns Friday, Mar 28, 2014 03:27 PM PDT  By Daniel Kelley TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - Governor Chris Christie on Friday said the chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey had resigned, a day after an internal investigation cleared Christie in the "Bridgegate" scandal engulfing the potential 2016 Republican presidential contender. David Samson, 74, a lawyer and ally of the governor at the agency that oversees bridges and tunnels connecting the two states, had been discussing for a year his desire to step down, Christie told a news conference. "David tendered his resignation to me this afternoon, effective immediately," Christie said in his first news conference since a two-hour-long question and answer session on January 9 after a scandal erupted over the purportedly politically motivated closure of traffic lanes on the George Washington Bridge between New York City and Fort Lee, New Jersey. Christie defended the report, which blamed former deputy chief of staff Bridget Anne Kelly and Port Authority official David Wildstein for closing bridge entrance lanes in an apparent bid to retaliate against the Democratic mayor of the town of Fort Lee who had not endorsed Christie's 2013 re-election campaign. Full Story | Top |
| MH370 search looks for debris breakthrough in new area Friday, Mar 28, 2014 08:27 PM PDT Perth (Australia) (AFP) - Searchers scoured a new area of the Indian Ocean for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Saturday hoping to salvage possible debris from the doomed jet after several hopeful sightings. But despite having access to considerable assets, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the search teams faced a formidable task given the distances involved. Authorities stressed that the items sighted could not be verified as coming from MH370 until they were physically examined and ships from China and Australia have been tasked with finding them. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said a Chinese ship, the Haixun 01 began attempting to relocate the objects at first light Saturday. Full Story | Top |
| FBI sting shows San Francisco Chinatown underworld Friday, Mar 28, 2014 01:31 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Beneath the strings of red paper lanterns and narrow alleyways of the nation's oldest Chinatown lies a sinister underworld, according to an FBI criminal complaint that has stunned even those familiar with the neighborhood's history of gambling houses, opium dens and occasional gangland-style murders. Full Story | Top |
| Your font is showing: Student comes up with plan to save U.S. big bucks Friday, Mar 28, 2014 12:22 PM PDT Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to talk about cutting costs in Washington. But few, if any, have ever come up with an idea as simple as the one recently proposed by 14-year-old student Suvir Mirchandani. Full Story | Top |
| Woman’s dumb Facebook post gets her in trouble Friday, Mar 28, 2014 02:46 PM PDT It was just one in a series of bad decisions the 22-year-old has made in recent years. Full Story | Top |
| Alaska: Not the "Bridge to Nowhere" but a "Road to Somewhere" Friday, Mar 28, 2014 04:46 AM PDT Remote village in fight with federal government over road that could save lives Full Story | Top |
| Court hands setback to Texas abortion law critics Friday, Mar 28, 2014 05:49 AM PDT  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Dr. Lester Minto knows he won't be able to reopen his clinic after a federal appeals court upheld tough new abortion restrictions in Texas. But he insists he won't be silenced. Full Story | Top |
| Medical Wake-Up Call Prompts Questions About Life, Marriage Thursday, Mar 27, 2014 10:01 PM PDT DEAR ABBY: I have been married almost four years. Recently I had some medical problems that were my wake-up call. I'm fine now, but I no longer am willing to wait for "someday."I decided to try some new hobbies, one of which is skydiving. I had said for years I'd never do it because I'm afraid of heights. But I have changed my mind, and for me, this is a big deal. When I asked my husband what he thought, his response was, "I'm not spending the day just to see you jump out of an airplane." Talk about disappointing! I have always "gone with the flow" when he has wanted to do something. ... Full Story | Top |
| Study: Married folks have fewer heart problems Friday, Mar 28, 2014 04:48 PM PDT  Love can sometimes break a heart but marriage seems to do it a lot of good. A study of more than 3.5 million Americans finds that married people are less likely than singles, divorced or widowed folks to suffer any type of heart or blood vessel problem. Full Story | Top |
| See the emotional reunion of 2 sisters after 66 years apart Friday, Mar 28, 2014 07:17 AM PDT They hadn't seen each other in roughly two-thirds of a century. Two sisters who were abandoned as children reconnected for the first time since 1948. Their reunion was filmed by KCRA in Auburn, Calif. Full Story | Top |
| Navy says goodbye to sub damaged by worker's arson Friday, Mar 28, 2014 08:43 PM PDT  KITTERY, Maine (AP) — The Navy said farewell Friday to the USS Miami, the nuclear-powered submarine whose service was cut short when a shipyard employee trying to get out of work set it on fire, causing $700 million in damage. Full Story | Top |
| Washington, DC, dog shelter to offer Sochi strays for adoption Friday, Mar 28, 2014 07:20 AM PDT  By Lacey Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ten dogs from Sochi, Russia have arrived at a Washington, D.C., animal shelter where they will be offered for adoption after the round up of thousands of strays garnered international attention in the lead up to February's Olympic Games. The dogs arrived at the Washington Animal Rescue League in a white Humane Society van on Thursday afternoon. "For us, these dogs are wonderful ambassadors for the street-dog issue that exists around the world," said Kelly O'Meara, director of companion animals and engagement for Humane Society International, an advocacy group that partnered with a shelter in Sochi to bring the animals to Washington. Since February the 10 dogs have been cared for by PovoDog, a privately financed Sochi animal shelter that vaccinated and prepared them for the two-day trip to Washington. Full Story | Top |
| Christian school pressures 'tomboy' to transfer Friday, Mar 28, 2014 01:50 PM PDT  FOREST, Va. (AP) — Eight-year-old Sunnie Kahle likes to keep her hair short, wear boys' clothes, collect hunting knives and shoot her BB gun. Full Story | Top |
| US Air Force's Secretive X-37B Space Plane Shatters Orbital Endurance Record Friday, Mar 28, 2014 04:27 AM PDT  The U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane has broken its own all-time endurance record in orbit after more than 470 days of circling the Earth on a mystery mission for the American military. The miniature space shuttle launched on Dec. 11, 2012 and is surpassed the record for longest X-37B spaceflight on Wednesday (March 26). The OTV-3 mission in orbit today now uses the first of the Air Force's two X-37B space plane vehicles. The U.S. military's X-37B space planes launch into orbit atop an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket from a pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Full Story | Top |
| Obama meets with Saudi king, weighs new Syria aid Friday, Mar 28, 2014 02:23 PM PDT  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The United States is considering allowing shipments of portable air defense systems to Syrian rebels, a U.S. official said Friday, as President Barack Obama sought to reassure Saudi Arabia's king that the U.S. is not taking too soft a stance in Syria and other Mideast conflicts. Full Story | Top |
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