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| Fort Hood shooting leaves 4 dead, including gunman; 16 injured Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 08:00 PM PDT  A shooting at the Texas military base on Wednesday left four people dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured. The shooter, identified as 34-year-old soldier Ivan Lopez, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Justice Department said. Full Story | Top |
| High court voids overall contribution limits Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 07:52 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court struck down limits Wednesday in federal law on the overall campaign contributions the biggest individual donors may make to candidates, political parties and political action committees. Full Story | Top |
| TV's Willard Scott of 'Today' show marries at 80 Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 07:26 AM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Television personality Willard Scott, a former weatherman who has been with NBC's "Today" morning news show for more than 30 years, has wed his longtime girlfriend at the age of 80. Scott and Paris Keena were married in Fort Myers, Florida, on Monday, according to Today.com, which posted a picture of the smiling couple. A former disc jockey and weatherman in Washington, D.C., Scott is known for his happy birthday wishes for centenarians on the "Today" show. His first wife, Mary, died in 2002. Scott and Keena first met in 1977. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fort Hood says shooting at Texas Army base Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 04:06 PM PDT  FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Fort Hood said Wednesday that a shooting happened at the Texas Army base and that injuries have been reported. Full Story | Top |
| $425 million Powerball winner wants privacy Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 05:55 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The winner of one of the largest Powerball jackpots in history has finally come forward — but he still hasn't quite revealed his identity. Full Story | Top |
| Search for missing Malaysian jet drags on, as probe narrows to crew Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 05:11 AM PDT  By Matt Siegel and Niluksi Koswanage PERTH/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian police have ruled out involvement of any passengers in the disappearance of a missing jetliner, while Australian officials warned bad weather and a lack of reliable information were impeding efforts to find wreckage from the plane. Up to 10 planes and nine ships from a half dozen countries on Wednesday scoured a stretch of the Indian Ocean roughly the size of Britain, where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is believed to have crashed more than three weeks ago. Malaysia's police chief said the investigation was focusing on the cabin crew and pilots, after clearing all 227 passengers of possible involvement in hijacking, sabotage or having personal or psychological problems that could have been connected to the disappearance. "They have been cleared," national police chief Khalid Abu Bakar was quoted as saying by state news agency Bernama. Full Story | Top |
| Imprisoned in Iran: Three Americans detail the horror of their experience in new memoir Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 04:44 AM PDT Josh Fattal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah Shourd discuss time in Iran prison in "Sliver of Light" Full Story | Top |
| Poll: Nationwide marijuana legalization inevitable Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 10:52 AM PDT  Nationwide marijuana legalization seems inevitable to three-fourths of Americans, whether they support it or not, according to a new poll out Wednesday. The Pew Research Center survey on the nation's shifting ... Full Story | Top |
| Staged Wedding Provides Terminally Ill Father A Chance To Walk His Daughter Down The Aisle Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 11:47 AM PDT The odds are stacked against Jim Zetz living long enough to witness the wedding of his 11-year-old daughter, Josie. But that did not stop one photographer from making sure that the 62-year-old father, who has advanced pancreatic cancer, could walk Josie down the aisle. A staged "wedding" in which Jim and Josie were pronounced "daddy and daughter" was the idea of Lindsey Villatoro. She met Jim and his wife, Grace, after snapping one of the family's last portraits together. Villatoro has been photographing terminally ill clients for two years. She did not charge the Zetzes for their photos. Full Story | Top |
| Can Obamacare Ever Become Popular? Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 02:45 AM PDT  Democrats have said people would learn to love the law once they saw how it would help them. Polls show the public doesn't agree so far. Full Story | Top |
| It's not too late to get health coverage Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 12:22 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not too late to get covered. A few routes remain open for those who missed the health care law's big enrollment deadline. Full Story | Top |
| Obama calls for higher wage with Senate candidate Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 11:18 AM PDT  ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama has said his call for a higher minimum wage is good policy and good politics in this midterm election year, and he's putting that theory to work for a Michigan Senate candidate who is the rare Democrat to appear with the embattled president. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. looking for way forward in faltering Mideast peace talks Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 03:50 PM PDT  By Noah Browning RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Obama administration scrambled on Wednesday to rescue faltering Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations after what it called "unhelpful, unilateral actions" by both sides. A surprise decision by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to sign more than a dozen international conventions that could give Palestinians greater leverage against Israel left the United States searching for a way to keep the talks going past an April 29 deadline. "We are disappointed by the unhelpful, unilateral actions that both parties have taken in recent days," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters aboard Air Force One, as President Barack Obama headed to Michigan. He said Secretary of State John Kerry was "in close touch with our negotiating team, which remains on the ground in the region to continue discussions with the parties". Full Story | Top |
| Woman In Relationship Can't Resist Flirting With Other Men Tuesday, Apr 01, 2014 10:00 PM PDT DEAR ABBY: I have been with my current boyfriend for a year and a half and I love him dearly. However, I often find myself drawn to other guys who I know are nothing but trouble. It never goes further than simple flirting, but I still feel guilty for doing it when I'm in a relationship. How do I keep myself from temptation? -- HARD TO RESIST DEAR HARD TO RESIST: Temptation to do what? To involve yourself with a man who is nothing but trouble? A way to discourage that would be to ask yourself how you would feel if you lost your boyfriend. That would be a high price to pay for acting immaturely. ... Full Story | Top |
| Orthodontists earn more than CEOs: 10 facts about wages Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 07:43 AM PDT  One out of every 17 jobs in America is held by a retail salesperson or a cashier. Full Story | Top |
| Former CIA official denies allegations on Benghazi Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 09:53 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The former deputy director of the CIA insisted on Wednesday that he didn't edit the widely debunked talking points on the 2012 Benghazi attack due to political pressure to protect President Barack Obama and onetime Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Full Story | Top |
| Kremlin confirms Putin's divorce final Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 02:07 AM PDT  The Kremlin confirmed Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has finalised the divorce from his wife of 30 years Lyudmila following the couple's sudden split last summer. Putin's official biography, which described him as recently as March 27 as "Married. Wife Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Putina," now states simply that he has two daughters with no mention of a first lady. The president's spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed to state-owned Itar-TASS news agency that "the divorce has completed." Full Story | Top |
| Tina Brown: Why Kim Kardashian isn't 'aspirational' Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 11:45 AM PDT  It was fun watching the festival of media umbrage over April's Vogue cover — you know, that Annie Leibovitz portrait of a sloe-eyed Kim Kardashian in a white ruched wedding bustier, nuzzled by her equally spiffy baby daddy, Kanye West. Full Story | Top |
| N. Korea leader warns of 'very grave' situation Tuesday, Apr 01, 2014 11:28 PM PDT  North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has warned of a "very grave" situation on the Korean peninsula, where a surge in military tensions has seen the two Koreas trade artillery fire and Pyongyang threaten a new nuclear test. In a meeting with top military leaders on Tuesday, Kim blamed Washington and Seoul for the current frictions, saying they had trampled on peace overtures from Pyongyang. "The current situation is very grave," Kim was quoted as saying by the North's official KCNA news agency on Wednesday. Kim, the supreme commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA), told his most senior officers that despite the North's conciliatory gestures, South Korea and the United States had pushed ahead with joint military drills that Pyongyang views as rehearsals for an invasion. Full Story | Top |
| Newtown residents want gunman's house torn down Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 11:28 AM PDT  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Some Newtown residents are calling for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter's home to be torn down and replaced with a park or nature preserve, according to a new community survey. Full Story | Top |
| Scandal-tainted Washington mayor loses Democratic primary Tuesday, Apr 01, 2014 11:29 PM PDT  By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - District of Columbia city council member Muriel Bowser swept to victory over scandal-plagued Mayor Vincent Gray in the U.S. capital's crowded Democratic Party primary on Wednesday. Winning the Democratic primary is seen as tantamount to taking the general election in the heavily Democratic city. "God bless you, and let's go to work," Bowser, a city council member for the past seven years, told cheering supporters. In the November election, Bowser will face David Catania, an openly gay independent member of the city council who is seen as the strongest challenger. Full Story | Top |
| Lawyers: The purpose of marriage is procreation Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 03:22 PM PDT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Marriage exists for its procreative potential, not just as recognition of a loving relationship between two people, and the U.S. Supreme Court agrees, lawyers for an Oklahoma clerk said in a new court filing. Full Story | Top |
| Russia could achieve Ukraine incursion in 3-5 days Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 11:22 AM PDT By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia has massed all the forces it needs on Ukraine's border if it were to decide to carry out an "incursion" into the country, and it could achieve its objective in three to five days, NATO's top military commander said on Wednesday. Calling the situation "incredibly concerning", NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, said NATO had spotted signs of movement by a very small part of the Russian force overnight but had no indication that this was part of a withdrawal to barracks. Russia's seizure and annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region has caused the deepest crisis in East-West relations since the Cold War, leading the United States and Europe to impose sanctions on Moscow. They have said they will strengthen these if Russia moves beyond Crimea into eastern Ukraine. Full Story | Top |
| Putin officially divorces his wife Lyudmila: Kremlin Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 11:55 AM PDT  Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally divorced his wife Lyudmila after more than 30 years of marriage, Kremlin spokesman said on Wednesday, following a surprise breakup announcement last year. "The divorce has taken place," Dmitry Peskov said, without giving any further details. Putin and his wife announced that their marriage was over last June in a live broadcast on Russian state television, confirming longstanding speculation that they had separated. The Kremlin made clear at the time that their breakup had yet to be formalized. Full Story | Top |
| Watch as About 80 Amish People Lift a House Off Its Foundation Wednesday, Apr 02, 2014 11:01 AM PDT According to Perry Clabbatz, there is a large Amish contingency in Spartansburg, Pa., a borough populated by just a few hundred people. Clabbatz actually lives right behind an Amish family. The house that his Amish neighbors live in measures about 24 by 36 feet. Full Story | Top |
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