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| NKorea orders rocket prep after US B-2 drill Friday, Mar 29, 2013 03:31 AM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Friday that his rocket forces were ready "to settle accounts with the U.S.," unleashing a new round of bellicose rhetoric after U.S. nuclear-capable B-2 bombers dropped dummy munitions in joint military drills with South Korea. Full Story | Top |
| GOP lawmaker calls Hispanic workers ‘wetbacks’ Friday, Mar 29, 2013 05:41 AM PDT During a discussion about ongoing challenges to the economy Thursday, Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young referred to Hispanic workers as "wetbacks," an ethnic slur used to describe migrant workers. "My father had a ranch; we used to have 50-60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes," Young told Alaska public radio station KRBD. "It takes two people to [...] Full Story | Top |
| TSA agent accidentally pepper sprays fellow agents Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 03:29 PM PDT An incident that reportedly led a TSA agent to accidentally shoot five fellow employees with pepper spray left Kennedy International Airport with mud in its eye. According to the New York Post, the stinging substance that is meant to be aimed at the face, and can cause major eye irritation, sent all six airport security [...] Full Story | Top |
| Rogue Dentist May Have Exposed 7,000 Patients to HIV, Hepatitis Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 09:45 PM PDT Unsanitary Practice Put Patients at Risk, Dentistry Board Says Full Story | Top |
| Kennedy will decide gay marriage cases, but how? Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 01:15 PM PDT Few things were certain after the Supreme Court's first foray into the issue of gay marriage earlier this week—except that conservative-leaning swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy will control the outcome. The four liberal and the four conservative justices appeared to split right down the middle on how (and whether) to decide the constitutionality of both [...] Full Story | Top |
| US Army Vet Fought With Al Qaeda in Syria: Feds Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 04:48 PM PDT  A U.S. Army veteran has been arrested for allegedly fighting alongside an al Qaeda group in Syria and then bragging about it online. Phoenix man Eric Harroun, who served in the Army from 2000 to 2003, was arrested Wednesday upon returning to the U.S. from... Full Story | Top |
| Pope washes women's feet in break with church law Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 05:24 PM PDT  ROME (AP) — In his most significant break with tradition yet, Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of two young women at a juvenile detention center — a surprising departure from church rules that restrict the Holy Thursday ritual to men. Full Story | Top |
| Teen makes tearful apology to wisdom teeth after surgery Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 03:01 PM PDT Some people will tell you that pain is the basis of spiritual growth. Sorrow, regret and eventually letting go are life lessons we all go through at some point. But not all of us experience those painfully emotional moments in association with our wisdom teeth. And even fewer have had to deal with the moment [...] Full Story | Top |
| Filipino devotees reenact crucifixion of Christ Friday, Mar 29, 2013 03:02 AM PDT  SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) — Devotees in villages in the northern Philippines took part in a bloody annual ritual to mark Good Friday, a celebration that mixes Roman Catholic devotion and Filipino folk beliefs and sees some reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Full Story | Top |
| North readies rockets after U.S. flies stealth bombers over South Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 04:18 PM PDT  By David Chance and Phil Stewart SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea put its rocket units on standby on Friday to attack U.S. military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a rare show of force. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed off on the order at a midnight meeting of top generals and "judged the time has come to settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists in view of the prevailing situation", official KCNA news agency said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Girl found, 2 sought after abduction from LA home Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 04:05 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 20 Los Angeles detectives are hunting for two men who grabbed a 10-year-old girl from her bedroom before dawn and held her for nearly 12 hours before dropping her off at a hospital near her San Fernando Valley home, police said. Full Story | Top |
| Colo. massacre suspect's plea offer rejected Friday, Mar 29, 2013 01:20 AM PDT DENVER (AP) — Prosecutors in the Colorado theater massacre case have rejected an offer from suspect James Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty, saying the proposal can't be considered genuine because the defense has repeatedly refused to give them information needed to evaluate it. Full Story | Top |
| 9 negative effects divorce reportedly has on children Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 03:09 PM PDT  Divorce can be the first in a string of dominos that knock a kid down — and keep him there Full Story | Top |
| How gay marriage's fate was sealed more than 50 years ago Friday, Mar 29, 2013 12:30 AM PDT  It has to do with the introduction of birth control pills Full Story | Top |
| Newtown school gunman fired 154 rounds in less than 5 minutes Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 04:02 PM PDT  By Mary Ellen Clark and Noreen O'Donnell MERIDEN/NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - The gunman who killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school fired 154 rounds in less than 5 minutes, selecting high capacity magazines from a home arsenal stocked with swords, knives and a cache of guns, officials said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Man accused of drinking over $100K in vintage whiskey says it didn’t happen Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 01:11 PM PDT A man accused of drinking $102,000 worth of vintage whiskey says he's innocent. TribLIVE.com reports that nine cases of the rare booze were discovered when the historic J.P. Brennan mansion in Scottdale, Pa., was renovated and turned into South Broadway Manor Bed and Breakfast. The owner of the B&B, Patricia Hill, hired John W. Saunders [...] Full Story | Top |
| EPA taking aim at auto emissions, sulfur in gas Friday, Mar 29, 2013 04:06 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Reducing sulfur in gasoline and tightening emissions standards on cars beginning in 2017, as the Obama administration is proposing, would come with costs as well as rewards. The cost at the pump for cleaner air across the country could be less than a penny or as high as 9 cents a gallon, depending on who is providing the estimate. Full Story | Top |
| North Korea readies rockets after U.S. show of force Friday, Mar 29, 2013 03:54 AM PDT  By David Chance and Phil Stewart SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea put its missile units on standby on Friday to attack U.S. military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a rare show of force. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed off on the order at a midnight meeting of top generals and "judged the time has come to settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists in view of the prevailing situation", the official KCNA news agency said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Republican Congressman Refers to Latinos as "Wetbacks" Friday, Mar 29, 2013 03:50 AM PDT Rep. Don Young's Comments Won't Help GOP Re-Branding Effort. Full Story | Top |
| Rush Limbaugh: Regardless of Supreme Court Ruling Gay Marriage Is 'Inevitable' Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 05:10 PM PDT  In his radio show today, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh said defenders of traditional marriage have lost the battle, even though the Supreme Court won't hand down its decisions for another few months. "I don't care what the Supreme Court does, this is now... Full Story | Top |
| Analysis: NKorea threat may be more bark than bite Friday, Mar 29, 2013 11:27 AM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Across North Korea, soldiers are gearing up for battle and shrouding their jeeps and vans with camouflage netting. Newly painted signboards and posters call for "death to the U.S. imperialists" and urge the people to fight with "arms, not words." Full Story | Top |
| Kim Kardashian Reveals Possible Baby Names, Responds To Weight Criticism: It's 'Bully-ish' Friday, Mar 29, 2013 08:25 AM PDT  Kim Kardashian stopped by "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Thursday, where she put the kybosh on rumors she's considering naming her first child North. "We have a list, and some of them are K names some of them aren't," Kim said, of names she and beau Kanye West are considering for their soon-to-arrive baby. "[North] is not on our list." Full Story | Top |
| Slow cooker lamb dinner that needs no slow cooker Friday, Mar 29, 2013 06:10 AM PDT  I have two issues with slow cookers, and both are deal breakers. Full Story | Top |
| Pope washes feet of young detainees in ritual Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 03:20 PM PDT ROME (AP) — Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of a dozen inmates, including two young women, at a juvenile detention center in a surprising departure from church rules that restrict the Holy Thursday ritual to men. Full Story | Top |
| New York Doctor Charged as Head of $10 Million Oxycodone Ring Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 04:21 PM PDT  Dr. Castro Alleged Dispensed More Than 500,000 Oxycodone Pills in Two Years Full Story | Top |
| Texas school backs off teaching 9/11 was America’s fault Friday, Mar 29, 2013 02:34 AM PDT Fifth graders in a public school in Corpus Christi, Texas will no longer be learning that the United States deserved the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks because of its foreign policy. Full Story | Top |
| Adults text more than teens while driving Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 01:57 PM PDT As adults continue to mirror the social media habits of the nation's youth, it appears some of the bad behaviors are being adopted as well. In fact, the grown-ups have apparently become the greater offenders when it comes to one particularly dangerous behavior: Texting while driving. That's according to a new study conducted by AT&T, [...] Full Story | Top |
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