Tuesday, March 4, 2014

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Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 05:59 PM PST
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Obama, Merkel discuss potential resolution to Ukraine crisis 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 05:59 PM PST
 File photo shows German Chancellor Merkel and Russian President Putin listening to their national anthems before talks at Chancellery in BerlinThe so-called off-ramp out of the crisis would allow for direct discussions between the Russians and the new Ukraine government with the potential for some international mediation.
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Putin cools tensions in Ukraine, Kerry in Kiev 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 01:10 PM PST
 President Vladimir Putin answers journalists' questions on current situation in Ukraine at the Novo-Ogaryovo presidential residence outside Moscow on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Putin accused the West of encouraging an "unconstitutional coup" in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow reserves the right to use all means to protect Russians there. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)MOSCOW (AP) — Stepping back from the brink of war, Vladimir Putin talked tough but cooled tensions in the Ukraine crisis in his first comments since its president fled, saying Tuesday that Russia has no intention "to fight the Ukrainian people" but reserved the right to use force.
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Gay rights as 'collateral damage' 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 01:13 PM PST
 FILE - This May 22, 2013 file photo shows customer at a Hobby Lobby store in Denver. The Supreme Court has agreed to referee another dispute over President Barack Obama's health care law, whether businesses can use religious objections to escape a requirement to cover birth control for employees. The justices said Tuesday they will take up an issue that has divided the lower courts in the face of roughly 40 lawsuits from for-profit companies asking to be spared from having to cover some or all forms of contraception. The court will consider two cases. One involves Hobby Lobby Inc., an Oklahoma City-based arts and crafts chain with 13,000 full-time employees. Hobby Lobby won in the lower courts. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)Supreme Court contraceptives case said to be 'cut from the same cloth' as vetoed 'turn-away-the-gays' law.
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Davis, Abbott set to face off for Texas governor 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 06:29 PM PST
 Texas Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, visits with volunteers manning a call center at her campaign headquarters, Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Fort Worth, Texas. Texas is holding the nation's first primary election Tuesday with a political free-for-all in Republican races that could push the state further right, though Democrats are calling it the next big electoral battleground with Davis running for governor. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans picked the state's attorney general in the fight to succeed longtime Gov. Rick Perry, while a rising Democratic star coasted to her party's nomination Tuesday night during the nation's first statewide primary.
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Prosecutor in Army sex case wanted charges dropped 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 05:54 PM PST
 FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2012 file photo, Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair, left, leaves a Fort Bragg courthouse with a member of his defense team, Maj. Elizabeth Ramsey, after he deferred entering a plea at his arraignment on charges of fraud, forcible sodomy, coercion and inappropriate relationships. Sinclair is scheduled to appear Tuesday, March 4, 2014 in a Fort Bragg courtroom on criminal charges that include physically forcing a female captain under his command to perform oral sex. The 51-year-old married father admits he carried on a three-year extramarital affair with the junior officer, but denies any physical abuse. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Andrew Craft, File)FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Less than a month before an Army general's trial on sexual assault charges, the lead prosecutor broke down in tears as he told a superior he believed the primary accuser in the case had lied under oath.
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Obama's budget: Election-year themes to rally Dems 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 02:26 PM PST
 President Barack Obama answers a question regarding the ongoing situation in the Ukraine during his visit to Powell Elementary School in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2014, where he went to discuss his fiscal 2015 federal budget proposels. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's election-year budget seeks to rally fellow Democrats with new help for the working poor and fresh money for road-building, education and research. It also pulls back from controversial cuts to Social Security that had been designed to lure Republicans to the bargaining table.
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Woman killed, 7 hurt in NJ blast after gas leak 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 05:58 PM PST
 Debris is strewn about after an explosion at a townhouse complex Tuesday, March. 4, 2014, in Ewing, N.J. Authorities say just three of seven people hurt in the gas explosion will need to be admitted to a hospital, and a hospital official says none has life-threatening injuries. PSE&G crews were repairing a gas line damaged by a private contractor when the gas ignited at the suburban town house development. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)EWING, N.J. (AP) — A gas leak and subsequent explosion destroyed at least 10 houses and damaged dozens of others at a suburban town house development Tuesday, killing a woman and injuring seven workers, authorities said.
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Carry-on crackdown: United enforces bag size limit 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 03:52 PM PST
 FILE - In this May 8, 2013 file photo, groups of passengers wait at a United Airlines gate to board a flight in separate numbered lanes at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. In February 2014, United Airlines installed new bag sizers at airports and emailed its frequent fliers, reminding them of their carry-on size rules. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)NEW YORK (AP) — United Airlines is getting tough on passengers with oversized carry-on bags, even sending some of them back to the ticket counter to check their luggage for a fee.
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NJ teen suing parents won't get immediate support 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 04:15 PM PST
 Rachel Canning, right, sits with her friend Jamie Inglesino during a hearing at the Morris County Courthouse, Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Morristown, N.J. Canning, an honor student who says her parents kicked her out of the house when she turned 18, is now suing them, asking a court to make them support her and pay for her college. (AP Photo/The Star-Ledger, John O'Boyle, Pool)MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) — A northern New Jersey honor student who has sued to get her parents to support her after she moved out of their home had her initial request denied Tuesday by a judge who cautioned that the case could lead to a "potentially slippery slope" of claims by teenagers against their parents.
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Dish, Disney deal envisions Internet-delivered TV 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 03:13 PM PST
 FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2008 file photo, Dish Network Corp. satellite dishes are attached to a home in Buffalo, N.Y. Dish Network and Disney have reached a landmark deal Tuesday, March 4, 2014, that envisions the day when Dish will offer a Netflix-like TV service to people who'd rather stream TV over the Internet than put a satellite receiver on their roof. (AP Photo/David Duprey, file)LOS ANGELES (AP) — With a string of recent deals, cable and satellite providers are beginning to acknowledge a brutal truth that companies like Hulu and Netflix have known all along: Many TV viewers, especially young ones, want shows and movies on their own terms — wherever, whenever and on whatever devices they choose.
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Venezuela's Chavez everywhere a year after death 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 06:04 PM PST
 A boy dressed in a Spiderman costume poses for a photo next to a mural of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez painted on a wall of the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. He's been dead a year, but Chavez's face and voice are everywhere. He bangs out the national anthem on state radio every morning and the national guard has even blasted his voice reciting poetry to drive rock-throwing protesters off the street. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — It's been a year since former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's death, yet it often seems the charismatic leader never left.
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Nation's 1st primary in Texas as GOP pushes right 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 06:21 PM PST
 Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott speaks with the media after casting his vote at Western Hills Church of Christ in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ricardo Brazziell)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans picked the state's attorney general in the fight to succeed longtime Gov. Rick Perry, while a rising Democratic star coasted to her party's nomination Tuesday night during the nation's first statewide primary.
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5 things to know about Iditarod's furry athletes 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 01:59 PM PST
 Mike Ellis comes into the Finger Lake checkpoint during the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Monday, March 3, 2014, near Wasilla, Alaska. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen)ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One human wins the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race each year, but it's the smaller, furry athletes that do the heroes' share of the work crossing nearly 1,000 miles of merciless terrain to reach the finish line on Alaska's wind-battered coast.
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Woman killed in NJ explosion after gas line leak 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 05:02 PM PST
 Debris is strewn about after an explosion at a townhouse complex Tuesday, March. 4, 2014, in Ewing, N.J. Authorities say just three of seven people hurt in the gas explosion will need to be admitted to a hospital, and a hospital official says none has life-threatening injuries. PSE&G crews were repairing a gas line damaged by a private contractor when the gas ignited at the suburban town house development. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)EWING, N.J. (AP) — Officials say a woman's body was found on a car near the site of an explosion in a New Jersey housing development that also injured seven workers.
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Once-calm witness cries at Pistorius murder trial 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 12:26 PM PST
 Oscar Pistorius sits in the dock on the second day of his trial at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Antoine de Ras, Pool)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — For two days, the witness in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius kept her composure. Then, just as her testimony was about to finish, she broke down in tears at what she said was the memory of the screams she heard on the night that the double-amputee athlete fatally shot his girlfriend in his South African home.
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1 dead, 7 hurt in NJ explosion after gas line leak 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 03:27 PM PST
 Debris is strewn about after an explosion at a townhouse complex Tuesday, March. 4, 2014, in Ewing, N.J. Authorities say just three of seven people hurt in the gas explosion will need to be admitted to a hospital, and a hospital official says none has life-threatening injuries. PSE&G crews were repairing a gas line damaged by a private contractor when the gas ignited at the suburban town house development. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)EWING, N.J. (AP) — A gas leak and subsequent explosion leveled one house and damaged dozens of others at a suburban town house development Tuesday, killing one resident and injuring seven workers, authorities said.
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Despite Russia tensions, gravity checks out OK on space station 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 02:20 PM PST
 Russia-Ukraine Tension Won't Affect US Astronauts on Space Station, NASA Chief SaysTensions between the United States and Russia are heightened, but that shouldn't effect operations on the International Space Station, NASA chief Charlie Bolden said today (March 4). NASA's Mike Hopkins, Russia's Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy are scheduled to fly back to Earth aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft Monday (March 10). NASA officials are confident that the landing will not be affected by the current political climate, however.
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Child obesity worries? No TV in kids' bedrooms 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 02:12 PM PST
 Study: Parents Ignoring Child ObesityBy Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Putting a television in a child's bedroom may be setting them up for excess weight gain over the next few years, suggests a new study. Researchers found that children who slept in bedrooms with TVs gained more weight each year over the next few years, than kids without TVs in their rooms. "It's well known that screen time is related to weight gain, but we specifically wanted to look at whether televisions in the bedroom are related to weight gain," Diane Gilbert-Diamond told Reuters Health. "We hypothesized that they would be because bedroom television may disrupt sleep and there is a known link between sleep disruption and weight gain," she added.
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Asteroid on course to pass between Earth and the moon 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 11:44 AM PST
 Planet EarthCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid is headed this way. But even though it will come closer than the moon, astronomers say it will pose no danger.
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Personal anger colors Putin's tough talk on Ukraine 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 01:32 PM PST
 In this frame grab provided by the Russian Television via the APTN, President Vladimir Putin, during a live feed, answers journalists' questions on the current situation around Ukraine at the Novo-Ogaryovo presidential residence outside Moscow, on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Russian Television via APTN)MOSCOW (AP) — In some ways, the venue Vladimir Putin chose and the emotional lecture he gave the world about Russia's actions in Ukraine said it all.
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Cookie monsters: Scammers cheat Girl Scouts out of cookies and cash 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 12:33 PM PST
 Girl Scouts troop in Rancho Cucamonga duped by counterfeit moneyA pair of counterfeiters took petty crime to a new low when they used fake money to buy Girl Scout cookies. Even worse, they reportedly received real cash after paying with fake $50 bills, leaving the girls stuck with the bill on both ends.
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Obama budget sets up election-year battles 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 02:28 PM PST
 Obama interacts with children at Powell Elementary School in WashingtonSpending blueprint lays out president's priorities ahead of Nov. congressional elections.
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U.S. anti-war activist says Egyptian police 'stomped on me' 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 09:57 AM PST
 FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 file photo, riot police arrest U.S. activist Medea Benjamin during a protest march by Bahraini women in Qadam, Bahrain. The co-founder of U.S.-based anti-war group Code Pink says Egyptian police detained her at the airport Tuesday, March 4, 2014 when she tried to enter the country and assaulted her, fracturing her shoulder, as they handcuffed her before deporting her. Benjamin says she was detained for hours at the airport upon arrival on route to the Gaza Strip as part of an international women's delegation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)Anti-war activist Medea Benjamin charged Tuesday that she suffered a dislocated left arm and severe trauma after being detained on arrival in Egypt and then forced by security officials from a jail cell at the Cairo airport onto a Turkey-bound flight.
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Studies show big promise for HIV prevention drug 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 11:15 AM PST
 FILE - This April 12, 2011 electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows an H9 T cell, blue, infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), yellow. Research suggests that a shot every one to three months may someday give an alternative to the daily pills that some people take now to cut their risk of getting HIV from sex with an infected partner. An experimental drug given in periodic shots completely protected monkeys from infection in two studies reported at an AIDS conference on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. (AP Photo/NIAID)Exciting research suggests that a shot every one to three months may someday give an alternative to the daily pills that some people take now to cut their risk of getting HIV.
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Obama 2015 budget funnels money into roads, school, economy-bolstering programs 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 11:14 AM PST
 Copies of President Barack Obama's proposed fiscal 2015 budget are set out for distribution by Senate Budget Committee Clerk Adam Kamp, center, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. President Barack Obama is unwrapping a nearly $4 trillion budget that gives Democrats an election-year playbook for fortifying the economy and bolstering Americans' incomes. It also underscores how pressure has faded to launch bold, new attacks on federal deficits. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.9 trillion budget Tuesday that would funnel money into road building, education and other economy-bolstering programs, handing Democrats a playbook for their election-year themes of creating jobs and narrowing the income gap between rich and poor.
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U.N. body condemns U.S. states' legalization of pot 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 09:42 AM PST
 Health benefits of pot in doubtLONDON (AP) — The United Nations' drug watchdog agency says that the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. states of Colorado and Washington poses a threat to the international fight against drug abuse.
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Economic battle over Ukraine heats up 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 10:35 AM PST
 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, greets Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, right, and parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov prior their meting in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, March, 4, 2014. In a somber show of U.S. support for Ukraine's new leadership, Secretary of State John Kerry walked the streets Tuesday where nearly 100 anti-government protesters were gunned down by police last month, and promised beseeching crowds that American aid is on the way. The Obama administration announced a $1 billion energy subsidy package in Washington as Kerry was arriving in Kiev.( (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko, pool)Russia ends discounts on its natural gas while the West offers quick-fix aid.
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'12 Years' subject Solomon Northrup gets NY Times correction—161 years later 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 06:58 AM PST
 161 years later, New York Times corrects its '12 Years a Slave' storyThe New York Times printed a correction on Tuesday to an article about Solomon Northup, subject of the Oscar-winning film "12 Years a Slave," after a Twitter user noticed the paper had misspelled his name — in 1853.
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Kerry takes $1B aid package to Ukraine 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 04:32 PM PST
 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry departs Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Ukraine, Monday, March 3, 2014. In remarks Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama said Kerry will propose ways in which a negotiation between Russia and Ukraine could be overseen by a multilateral organization when he goes to Kiev on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kevin Lamarque, Pool)The Obama administration also is considering economic sanctions on Russia.
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Sam Brownback: The possible 2016 contender no one's talking about 
Monday, Mar 03, 2014 11:53 PM PST
 Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback discusses the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the federal health care overhaul, Thursday, June 28, 2012, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Brownback opposes the 2010 federal law and is surprised and disappointed by the ruling. (AP Photo/John Hanna)Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is flying under the radar. Is he considering another presidential run?
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Cold, gray morning won't stop Mardi Gras revelers 
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2014 08:21 AM PST
 Raw: Big Mardi Gras Crowds Expected Despite ColdNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A cold, gray day greeted revelers gathering Tuesday along parade routes as the Carnival season in New Orleans headed to a crest with the unabashed celebration of Mardi Gras.
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