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| Baby Volcanic Island Eats Its Older Neighbor Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 03:32 AM PDT  In November 2013, a baby volcanic island rose from the sea out of a volcanic blast in the Bonin Islands about 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) south of Tokyo, on the western edge of the Pacific "Ring of Fire," a hotbed of seismic activity. Some thought the small black cone — which sprouted just offshore of a larger volcanic island called Nishino-shima — might slip back into the sea, vanishing under pounding waves. But Niijima kept growing. Now a satellite image taken March 30, 2014, by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 shows that Niijima has actually overtaken Nishino-shima. Full Story | Top |
| Pelosi: Cheney 'proud' CIA misled Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 08:57 AM PDT  Ahead of the release of a Senate Intelligence Committee report that is expected to say the CIA misled the government and the American people about its interrogation techniques, Nancy Pelosi is placing the blame squarely on the former vice president. Full Story | Top |
| More ships rush to probe signals in plane search Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 06:26 AM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — Three separate but fleeting sounds from deep in the Indian Ocean offered new hope Sunday in the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, as officials rushed to determine whether they were signals from the plane's black boxes before their beacons fall silent. Full Story | Top |
| Time running out to meet global warming target: U.N. report Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 04:01 AM PDT  By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - World powers are running out of time to slash their use of high-polluting fossil fuels and stay below agreed limits on global warming, a draft U.N. study to be approved this week shows. It says nations will have to impose drastic curbs on their still rising greenhouse gas emissions to keep a promise made by almost 200 countries in 2010 to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial times. Temperatures have already risen by about 0.8 C (1.4F) since 1900 and are set to breach the 2 C ceiling on current trends in coming decades, U.N. reports show. "The window is shutting very rapidly on the 2 degrees target," said Johan Rockstrom, head of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, and an expert on risks to the planet from heatwaves, floods, droughts and rising seas. Full Story | Top |
| Jeb Bush says illegal immigration often 'an act of love' Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 03:46 PM PDT  By Peter Cooney WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jeb Bush, a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2016, said on Sunday that illegal immigrants who come to the United States to provide for their families are not committing a felony but an "act of love." In comments at odds with the views of many in his party, Bush, the son of the 41st president and brother of the 43rd, said of the divisive immigration issue: "I think we need to kind of get beyond the harsh political rhetoric to a better place. "I'm going to say this and it will be on tape and so be it," Bush said in an interview with Fox News host Shannon Bream in an event at the Texas presidential library of his father, George H.W. Bush. Full Story | Top |
| Ortiz-Obama selfie may be 'end of all selfies' at White House, senior adviser says Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 11:49 AM PDT  A controversial selfie with President Barack Obama taken by David Ortiz during a visit to the White House by the Boston Red Sox last week may be the last, senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said on Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| Navy rescues family with sick baby from sailboat Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 12:17 PM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. sailors rescued an American family with an ill 1-year-old from a sailboat that broke down hundreds of miles off the Mexican coast — boarding them Sunday onto a San Diego-bound Navy ship so the girl could get medical treatment. Full Story | Top |
| Navy warship reaches sailboat carrying ill toddler Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 04:13 AM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Navy warship reached a crippled sailboat hundreds of miles off the Mexican coast and was preparing Sunday to complete the rescue of a sick 1-year-old girl. Full Story | Top |
| WIFE IS HURT OVER BEING IGNORED BY HUSBAND'S DAD Saturday, Apr 05, 2014 10:01 PM PDT DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my wonderful husband for 10 years. My father-in-law, "John," has always been a man of extremely few words with me. He mostly just ignores me when I'm around. I have mentioned it to my husband and mother-in-law over the years, and they say he's just "weird."Last year, my brother-in-law married a nice woman, "Donna." It turns out that John talks just fine with her. He's not overly chatty, but he's friendly and polite. They had a 20-minute conversation on Christmas Eve, and I don't remember ever exchanging more than three sentences with the man. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pro-Russians storm Ukraine government buildings Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 11:22 AM PDT  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Crowds of pro-Russian demonstrators stormed government buildings Sunday in several major cities in eastern Ukraine, where secessionist sentiment has sparked frequent protests since Ukraine's Russia-friendly president was ousted in February. Full Story | Top |
| Some hear race echoes in Va. gay marriage ban Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 07:07 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — To some people in Virginia, the fight over legalization of same-sex marriage echoes a decades-old battle over the state's 1924 law banning marriage between white and black people. Full Story | Top |
| Jeb Bush says he'll make decision on bid this year Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 08:58 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeb Bush says all the speculation about whether he'll run for president in 2016 is actually getting him more attention than if he had already entered the race. Full Story | Top |
| About 100 arrested in Southern California brawl Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 04:09 PM PDT  ISLA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — About 100 people were arrested and at least 44 people were taken to the hospital during a weekend college party in Southern California that devolved into a rock- and bottle-throwing melee. Full Story | Top |
| Nigeria: Economy $510 billion, biggest in Africa Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 09:17 AM PDT  LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's recalculated economy is worth $510 billion, by far the biggest in Africa, officials announced Sunday using long overdue revised data that gives the West African nation continental bragging rights but does little for the 70 percent of its citizens living in poverty. Full Story | Top |
| AP Exclusive: California immigration holds drop Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 11:14 AM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Far fewer immigrants arrested by California law enforcement are being turned over to federal authorities for deportation since a new state law went into effect in January. Full Story | Top |
| US sending 2 warships to Japan to counter NKorea Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 09:10 AM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered a two-pronged warning to Asia Pacific nations Sunday, announcing that the U.S. will send two additional ballistic missile destroyers to Japan to counter the North Korean threat, and saying China must better respect its neighbors. Full Story | Top |
| No breakthrough seen in last-ditch Mideast talks Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 03:35 PM PDT  Last-ditch talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on salvaging a teetering, US-brokered peace process ended without a breakthrough Sunday, Palestinian sources told AFP. During the whole meeting, the Israelis threatened the Palestinians and no solution to the crisis was found," a Palestinian official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Warning that the peace process was on the edge of collapse, an Israeli official close to the talks said that even US Secretary of State John Kerry, its tireless sponsor, was cooling off. "Israel is preparing to return to routine dealings with the Palestinians as they were before the negotiations started nine months ago. Full Story | Top |
| Married couples separated by German language test Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 02:07 AM PDT  BERLIN (AP) — Michael Guhle met the love of his life on the beach of a little fishing village in Vietnam. Thi An Nguyen was selling freshly cooked mussels and fruit to the German tourist and they immediately clicked. Soon the Berlin nursing home worker was saving up all of his money and vacation days to visit Nguyen. Full Story | Top |
| Mormon leader outlines opposition to gay marriage Sunday, Apr 06, 2014 02:34 AM PDT  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A top Mormon leader reiterated the church's opposition to gay marriage during the church's biannual general conference. Full Story | Top |
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