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| Kerry defends liberties, says Americans have "right to be stupid" Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 08:47 AM PST  BERLIN (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry offered a defense of freedom of speech, religion and thought in the United States on Tuesday telling German students that in America "you have a right to be stupid if you want to be." "As a country, as a society, we live and breathe the idea of religious freedom and religious tolerance, whatever the religion, and political freedom and political tolerance, whatever the point of view," Kerry told the students in Berlin, the second stop on his inaugural trip as secretary of state. ... Full Story | Top |
| Nikki Haley slams Washington after meeting with Obama Monday, Feb 25, 2013 01:52 PM PST During President Barack Obama's meeting with U.S. governors at the White House Monday, the president dismissed members of the press to hold a private, hourlong discussion with the visiting state executives. Whatever was said after the cameras left the room especially incensed South Carolina Republican Gov. Nikki Haley. Haley went across the street to the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Listen up ladies! Uncle Sam might want you too Monday, Feb 25, 2013 12:14 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Tennnnnn-hut, ladies! The next time Uncle Sam comes calling, he's probably going to want you, too. Full Story | Top |
| Net providers begin warning of illegal downloads Monday, Feb 25, 2013 04:04 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Internet users who illegally share music, movies or television shows online could soon receive warning notices from the nation's five major Internet service providers. Full Story | Top |
| Administration faces question: Are donors paying for Obama access? Monday, Feb 25, 2013 12:42 PM PST White House spokesman Jay Carney on Monday answered growing questions about whether big donors to President Barack Obama's nonprofit Organizing for America (OFA) are being promised access to the president. His answer? Well, kind of. While Carney had responded "no" when Fox News' Ed Henry asked if a recent report "suggests that access to the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Two in three Americans say sequester will hurt economy Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 03:48 AM PST Roughly two out of three Americans say that automatic spending cuts set to trigger Friday will have a major negative effect on the economy, according to a new public opinion poll. And more would blame congressional Republicans (45 percent) than President Barack Obama (32 percent), the non-partisan Pew Research Center found in its survey. But [...] Full Story | Top |
| Mars May Be Habitable Today, Scientists Say Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 04:10 AM PST LOS ANGELES â€" While Mars was likely a more hospitable place in its wetter, warmer past, the Red Planet may still be capable of supporting microbial life today, some scientists say. Full Story | Top |
| Sequester facts: What happens next, what gets cut Monday, Feb 25, 2013 01:53 PM PST As lawmakers and President Obama haggle over a sequester deal in Washington this week, people are nervous about more than $1 trillion in budget cuts and how they will affect jobs and the economy. Full Story | Top |
| Pope to be called 'emeritus pope,' will wear white Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 07:59 AM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) â€" Pope Benedict XVI will be known as "emeritus pope" in his retirement and will continue to wear a white cassock, the Vatican announced Tuesday, again fueling concerns about potential conflicts arising from having both a reigning and a retired pope. Full Story | Top |
| First Lady Michelle Obama Sees 'Movement' in Improving Childhood Obesity Monday, Feb 25, 2013 11:33 PM PST First Lady celebrates Let's Move! initiative and cooks with Robin Roberts & Chef Marcus Samuelsson Full Story | Top |
| Jindal faces troubles in his home state Monday, Feb 25, 2013 01:17 PM PST  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) â€" Gov. Bobby Jindal faces deepening troubles in his home state even as he dishes out advice on how the divided GOP can regroup and looks to position himself as a national party front man. Full Story | Top |
| Chinese official flips out at airport after missing flight Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 07:47 AM PST A high-ranking official in the Chinese government lost his cool (and then some) when he and his family missed their flight at the Kunming Wujiaba International Airport in Yunnan Province, China. A video shows the man, identified as Yan Linkun, standing near a boarding gate. There is no sound, but reports from Beijing Cream suggest [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama to meet leading Republicans McCain, Graham on Tuesday Monday, Feb 25, 2013 05:40 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet leading Senate Republicans John McCain and Lindsey Graham on Tuesday to discuss immigration reform efforts and could also delve into across-the-board spending cuts set to take effect on Friday. Obama's meeting with the two U.S. senators, part of a bipartisan "Gang of Eight" working to craft immigration legislation, was described by a White House official on Monday as focused on that issue. ... Full Story | Top |
| Texas public school students don burqas, learn that Muslim terrorists are freedom fighters Monday, Feb 25, 2013 10:31 PM PST Texas public schools have come under fire again. This time, a teacher allegedly encouraged high school girls to dress up in full-length Islamic burqas and then instructed the entire class that Muslim terrorists are actually freedom fighters. Full Story | Top |
| Obama warns spending cuts could idle shipbuilder Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 09:28 AM PST  President Barack Obama is arguing that looming government-wide spending cuts could idle military resources like naval aircraft carriers, while Republicans are criticizing the president for taking his arguments ... Full Story | Top |
| 2nd winter storm in days blasts central US Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 09:25 AM PST KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) â€" The second major snowstorm in a week battered the nation's midsection Tuesday, dropping up to a foot or more of heavy, wet snow that strained power lines and cut electricity to more than 100,000 Midwesterners. At least three deaths were blamed on the blizzard. Gusting winds blew drifts more than 2 feet high and made driving treacherous for those who dared the morning commute. Full Story | Top |
| Laid-back beach, lost in time, in Zipolite, Mexico Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 07:41 AM PST  ZIPOLITE, Mexico (AP) â€" "You're going to like it here in Zipolite," Daniel Weiner, the owner of Brisa Marina hotel said with a wry smile as he handed me the keys to my quarters. "You're not going to want to leave in five days." Full Story | Top |
| US stopping use of term 'Negro' for census surveys Monday, Feb 25, 2013 12:42 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word "Negro" to describe black Americans in surveys. Full Story | Top |
| First Gaza rocket in 3 months rattles cease-fire Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 06:32 AM PST  JERUSALEM (AP) â€" Gaza militants on Tuesday fired a rocket into Israel for the first time in three months, rattling a cross-border truce that has held since Israel's military offensive against the Hamas-run territory. Full Story | Top |
| Singer Morrissey says no to Kimmel, 'Duck Dynasty' Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 06:11 AM PST  The TV series "Duck Dynasty" is coming between Morrissey and Jimmy Kimmel.The singer and animal rights activist says he canceled his appearance Tuesday on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" ... Full Story | Top |
| Older women, don't take vitamin D for bones: Panel Monday, Feb 25, 2013 02:13 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women shouldn't take vitamin D and calcium supplements to prevent broken bones, and there's not enough evidence to say whether it would help anyone else either, says a U.S. government-backed panel. Based on two reviews of past research, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force waded into the debate over the two vitamins that are thought to strengthen bones to prevent against breaks. "Calcium and vitamin D are important in general health and bone health. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bobby Jindal: President Obama “trying to scare the American public” on spending cuts Tuesday, Feb 26, 2013 04:15 AM PST Politics Confidential Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R - La.) accused President Obama of playing "political theater" by warning that looming across-the-board spending cuts set to go into effect on Friday will have a devastating impact on the government's ability to function and provide for the nation's most vulnerable, saying the cuts can be made in [...] Full Story | Top |
| White House steps up campaign to avoid spending cuts Monday, Feb 25, 2013 03:24 PM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House escalated a campaign on Monday to convince Americans dire consequences await if government spending cuts go ahead on March 1, warning of a slow down in global trade, a stalled fight against cancer and Alzheimer's disease and compromised security at U.S. borders. At the same time, prominent Republicans said President Barack Obama was overstating the potential damage of the $85 billion in government-wide cuts to frighten the public. "There is a responsible way to cut less than 3 percent of the federal budget. ... Full Story | Top |
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