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| South Korea vows fast response to North; U.S. deploys stealth jets Monday, Apr 01, 2013 06:02 AM PDT By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will strike back quickly if the North stages any attack, the new president in Seoul warned on Monday, as tensions ratcheted higher on the Korean peninsula amid shrill rhetoric from Pyongyang and the U.S. deployment of radar-evading fighter planes. North Korea says the region is on the brink of a nuclear war in the wake of United Nations sanctions imposed for its February nuclear test and a series of joint U.S. and South Korean military drills that have included a rare U.S. show of aerial power. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. face-transplant recipient marries burn victim: report Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 01:30 PM PDT (Reuters) - Face-transplant recipient Dallas Wiens married a fellow burn victim on Saturday in the same church where his face was melted in an electrical accident, the Dallas Morning News reported. In 2011, Wiens received the first full face transplant ever performed in the United States. Wiens, 27, was married to Jamie Nash of Garland, Texas, at Ridglea Baptist Church in Fort Worth before 150 people, the newspaper said on its website. "I am blessed beyond measure that you have chosen me, and I love you with all of my heart," the daily quoted Wiens as telling Nash. ... Full Story | Top |
| 4 hurt in crash, attack at California Wal-Mart Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 09:13 PM PDT  Four people were hurt Sunday when a driver crashed his car into a Wal-Mart and then assaulted customers inside, officials said. The man hit two cars in the parking lot at about 11:15 a.m. with his red ... Full Story | Top |
| The Michele Bachmann sideshow is hurting the GOP Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 11:28 PM PDT  The Minnesota lawmaker alienates independents, moderates, and young voters — and she's not going anywhere Full Story | Top |
| Obama hears Easter service with political theme Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 08:58 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama attended Easter services at an Episcopal church near the White House and heard a sermon that criticized "captains of the religious right" for holding some people back. Full Story | Top |
| Shooting reported outside northeast Ohio church Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 10:38 PM PDT  ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) — Police in northeast Ohio are investigating a shooting outside a church that has left one man dead after an Easter service. Full Story | Top |
| Schumer: Gang of 8 Has 'Substantive Agreement' on Immigration Issues Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 09:25 PM PDT  WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Schumer said today that while there is not a final deal on immigration legislation just yet, the bi-partisan "Gang of Eight" senators working on immigration reform has reached a "substantive agreement" on the major components of an immigration plan. "It is... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. F-22 stealth jets join South Korea drills amid saber-rattling Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 03:01 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States sent F-22 stealth fighter jets to South Korea on Sunday to join military drills aimed at underscoring the U.S. commitment to defend Seoul in the face of an intensifying campaign of threats from North Korea. The advanced, radar-evading F-22 Raptors were deployed to Osan Air Base, the main U.S. Air Force base in South Korea, from Japan to support ongoing bilateral exercises, the U.S. military command in South Korea said in a statement that urged North Korea to restrain itself. ... Full Story | Top |
| Exxon cleans up Arkansas oil spill; Keystone plan assailed Monday, Apr 01, 2013 04:22 AM PDT By Kristen Hays and Matthew Robinson (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil on Sunday continued cleanup of a pipeline spill that spewed thousands of barrels of heavy Canadian crude in Arkansas as opponents of oil sands development latched on to the incident to attack plans to build the Keystone XL line. Exxon spokesman Alan Jeffers said on Sunday that crews had yet to excavate the area around the pipeline breach, a needed step before the company can estimate how long repairs will take and when the line might restart. "I can't speculate on when it will happen," Jeffers said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jessica Lynch, 10 years after her rescue: ‘Happy to put Iraq in the past’ Monday, Apr 01, 2013 08:08 AM PDT Ten years, ago, 19-year-old Army Pvt. Jessica Lynch was rescued with multiple injuries after her supply unit had come under fire and she was taken captive in Iraq. Lynch was the only POW in her unit to come out alive, and the first woman POW to be rescued in war. Lynch, on the 10th anniversary [...] Full Story | Top |
| Why Americans believe Republicans are unwilling to compromise Monday, Apr 01, 2013 04:12 AM PDT  A new Gallup poll shows that Republicans and Democrats alike think the GOP is too inflexible Full Story | Top |
| Josh & Anna Duggar Expecting A Baby Boy Monday, Apr 01, 2013 06:57 AM PDT  There's another little Duggar man on the way. Full Story | Top |
| Egyptian TV satirist released after questioning Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 02:12 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's most popular television satirist, who every week skewers the Islamist president and hard-line clerics on his Jon Stewart-style show, was released on bail Sunday but could face charges of insulting the country's leader and Islam. Full Story | Top |
| AP IMPACT: Cartels dispatch agents deep inside US Monday, Apr 01, 2013 12:23 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Mexican drug cartels whose operatives once rarely ventured beyond the U.S. border are dispatching some of their most trusted agents to live and work deep inside the United States — an emboldened presence that experts believe is meant to tighten their grip on the world's most lucrative narcotics market and maximize profits. Full Story | Top |
| Strange Sleep Disorder Makes People See 'Demons' Monday, Apr 01, 2013 08:29 AM PDT  When filmmaker Carla MacKinnon started waking up several times a week unable to move, with the sense that a disturbing presence was in the room with her, she didn't call up her local ghost hunter. She got researching. Full Story | Top |
| Trove of Neanderthal Bones Found in Greek Cave Monday, Apr 01, 2013 11:06 AM PDT  A trove of Neanderthal fossils including bones of children and adults, discovered in a cave in Greece hints the area may have been a key crossroad for ancient humans, researchers say. Full Story | Top |
| NKorea's parliament meets amid nuclear tension Monday, Apr 01, 2013 11:49 AM PDT  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After weeks of war-like rhetoric, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gathered legislators Monday for an annual spring parliamentary session taking place one day after top party officials adopted a statement declaring building nuclear weapons and the economy the nation's top priorities. Full Story | Top |
| NKorea taps reformist premier amid nuclear tension Monday, Apr 01, 2013 09:18 AM PDT  North Korea's parliament on Monday approved the appointment of a new premier seen by outside experts as an economic reformer one day after top party officials adopted a declaration making nuclear arms ... Full Story | Top |
| Can mass marketing heal the splits on 'Obamacare'? Monday, Apr 01, 2013 12:13 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — How do you convince millions of average Americans that one of the most complex and controversial programs devised by government may actually be a good deal for them? Full Story | Top |
| Senate group resolves key issues on immigration reform: lawmakers Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 03:34 PM PDT  By Thomas Ferraro and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With U.S. business and labor now in agreement, a bipartisan group of senators has resolved all major issues in a pending deal to overhaul the U.S. immigration system and aims to unveil it after Congress reconvenes in the second week of April, key lawmakers said on Sunday. The lawmakers said that while there was no final deal yet, they hope and even expect there to be one soon after the measure is put into legislative language so all eight senators in the group can review it. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the biggest U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| No Purple Hearts for Fort Hood Victims, Pentagon Says Monday, Apr 01, 2013 08:25 AM PDT Critics Say Defense Position Paper 'Dead Wrong,' 'Slap in the Face' Full Story | Top |
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