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| Afghanistan: US special forces must leave province Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 10:09 AM PST  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) â€" Afghanistan's president on Sunday ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with them are torturing and abusing other Afghans. Full Story | Top |
| On Sunday talk shows, automatic budget cuts find few fans Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 08:36 AM PST  The automatic budget cuts set to take hold this week were roundly condemned Sunday as governors, lawmakers and administration officials hoped for a deal to stave off the $85 billion reduction in government ... Full Story | Top |
| House Intel chair: Chinese cyber attacks 'unprecedented' Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 10:00 AM PST  House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said it was “beyond a shadow of a doubt†that the Chinese government and military is behind growing cyber attacks against the United States, saying “we are losing†the war to prevent the attacks. “They use their military... Full Story | Top |
| Gibbs: I was told not to acknowledge existence of drone program Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 09:40 AM PST  Robert Gibbs, President Barack Obama's former press secretary, says that he was once instructed by the White House not to acknowledge the administration's use of drones. "When I went through the process of becoming press secretary, one of the first things they told me was, you're not even to acknowledge the drone program," Gibbs said [...] Full Story | Top |
| Cruz's tactics boil Washington, but impress Texas Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 09:02 AM PST  HOUSTON (AP) â€" Ted Cruz glanced at his black cowboy boots, beneath a silver Texas belt buckle, waiting for the admirers to stop clapping. Full Story | Top |
| Pope gives final Sunday blessing before resigning Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 07:42 AM PST  VATICAN CITY (AP) â€" Pope Benedict XVI bestowed his final Sunday blessing of his pontificate on a cheering crowd in St. Peter's Square, explaining that his waning years and energy made him better suited to the life of private prayer he soon will spend in a secluded monastery than as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Full Story | Top |
| Pistorius' brother facing charge in traffic death Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 11:19 AM PST  JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The murder case involving Olympic star Oscar Pistorius took another unexpected turn Sunday with the news that his older brother, Carl, is himself facing charges for the death of a woman in a traffic accident. Full Story | Top |
| Fidel Castro makes rare appearance in parliament Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 10:18 AM PST  HAVANA (Reuters) - Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro made a rare public appearance on Sunday as he took his long-empty seat beside brother Raul Castro at the opening session of the National Assembly, the official National Information Agency reported. Full Story | Top |
| McCain: Obama should have Camp David budget summit Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 06:36 AM PST  Sen. John McCain says President Barack Obama should invite lawmakers to Camp David or the White House to hammer out a last-minute deal to avert deep budget cuts set to start taking effect at week's end.The ... Full Story | Top |
| Firefox says its phones will start appearing this summer Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 10:17 AM PST  Mozilla, the non-profit foundation behind the popular Firefox Web browser, is getting into phones. But it's not stopping at Web browsers â€" it's launching an entire phone operating system.The Mountain View, ... Full Story | Top |
| Prime suspect in Vegas shooting, crash is named, but remains at-large Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 09:11 AM PST  LAS VEGAS (AP) â€" A 26-year-old man was being sought Sunday as the prime suspect in a pre-dawn shooting on the Las Vegas Strip last week which led to a fiery crash that left three people dead and several others injured. Full Story | Top |
| Romney to give first postelection interview to Fox News Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 08:54 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) â€" Fox's Chris Wallace has landed the first postelection interview with defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann. Full Story | Top |
| New source found for cold, deep Antarctic currents Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 10:01 AM PST  With help from seals, scientists have discovered a new source for the coldest, deepest water in the ocean. Full Story | Top |
| Oscars: Kickstarter looks for first Academy Award Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 08:02 AM PST  Among the nominees for Sunday's Academy Awards are three short films that were funded with the help of Kickstarter, the three-year-old crowd-funding platform for creative projects. "Buzkashi Boys," a coming of age story shot in Afghanistan, was nominated for best live-action short. According to its Kickstarter page, the film raised $27,410 with 153 pledging support [...] Full Story | Top |
| Governors join White House to fight automatic cuts Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 06:12 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Governors from both parties are warning of the damaging economic impact if the White House and Congress fail to reach a deal to stave off across-the-board spending cuts set to take effect Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Syria rebels use tanks to fight for police academy near Aleppo Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 11:55 AM PST  BEIRUT (AP) â€" Rebels backed by captured tanks launched a fresh offensive on a government complex housing a police academy near the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, while the government hit back with airstrikes to try to protect the strategic installation, activists said. Full Story | Top |
| Kerry takes case on Syria to Europe, Mideast Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 06:29 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" John Kerry embarked Sunday on his first official overseas trip as secretary of state, hoping to bring new ideas to Europe and the Mideast about how to end nearly two years of violence in Syria. Full Story | Top |
| Italians vote in parliamentary elections Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 06:03 AM PST  ROME (AP) â€" Will Italy stay the course with painful economic reform? Or fall back into the old habit of profligacy and inertia? These are the stakes as Italy votes in a watershed parliamentary election Sunday and Monday that could shape the future of one of Europe's biggest economies. Full Story | Top |
| As Iran and Israel trade threats, first Iranian novels appear in Hebrew Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 06:00 AM PST When the Hebrew manuscript of the Persian novel "My Uncle Napoleon" crossed Jonathan Nadav's desk at Xargol Books, the small but highly regarded Israeli publishing house, the editor was skeptical. Full Story | Top |
| CEO Paul McIlhenny of Tabasco sauce company dies Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 06:12 AM PST AVERY ISLAND, La. (AP) â€" Paul C.P. McIlhenny, chief executive and chairman of the board of the McIlhenny Co. that makes the trademarked line of Tabasco hot pepper sauces sold the world over, has died. He was 68. Full Story | Top |
| British cardinal rejects 'inappropriate behavior' allegations Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 05:52 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, a cardinal expected to take part in the conclave to choose the next pope, rejected allegations on Sunday that he had behaved in an "inappropriate" way with other priests. The Observer newspaper said Cardinal Keith O'Brien, 74, the archbishop of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, who is known for outspoken views on homosexuality, had been reported to the Vatican over allegations of inappropriate behavior stretching back 30 years. "Cardinal O'Brien contests these claims and is taking legal advice," a spokesman for the cardinal said. ... Full Story | Top |
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