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| Mother of bomb suspects found deeper spirituality Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 03:45 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — In photos of her as a younger woman, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva wears a low-cut blouse and has her hair teased like a 1980s rock star. After she arrived in the U.S. from Russia in 2002, she went to beauty school and did facials at a suburban day spa. Full Story | Top |
| In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 11:56 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama while many whites stayed home. Full Story | Top |
| Boston bombings: Is Misha a red herring? Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:25 AM PDT  The New York Review of Books says it has found the mysterious Misha. Mikhail Allakhverdov says he's no Svengali Full Story | Top |
| Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 11:57 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Full Story | Top |
| Millions in CIA "ghost money" paid to Afghanistan president's office: NYT Monday, Apr 29, 2013 03:55 AM PDT (Reuters) - Tens of millions of U.S. dollars in cash were delivered by the CIA in suitcases, backpacks and plastic shopping bags to the office of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, the New York Times says, citing current and former advisers to the Afghan leader. The so-called "ghost money" was meant to buy influence for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) but instead fuelled corruption and empowered warlords, undermining Washington's exit strategy from Afghanistan, the newspaper quoted U.S. officials as saying. ... Full Story | Top |
| Christie: Obama 'kept every promise' on storm aid Monday, Apr 29, 2013 11:50 AM PDT HIGHLANDS, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that President Barack Obama "has kept every promise he's made" about helping the state recover from Superstorm Sandy. Full Story | Top |
| Top GOP Donors Launch Push for Gay Marriage: ‘The Right Thing for the Country But Also Good Politics’ Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 02:36 PM PDT "We intend to work on this effort until every American citizen is treated equally under the law." Full Story | Top |
| Nepal officials vow to ensure security on Everest after fight Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:30 AM PDT  By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal officials vowed on Monday to ensure the safety of climbers seeking to scale Mount Everest after three European climbers were involved in a fight with sherpa guides on their way to the peak of the world's highest mountain. Three experienced climbers from Britain, Italy and Switzerland were on route to camp three at 7,000 meters (22,965 feet) on the 8,850 meters (29,035 feet) Everest summit when a brawl broke out on Saturday with sherpas fixing their ropes. Witnesses said the sherpas pelted the Europeans' tents with stones and punches were thrown. ... Full Story | Top |
| Millions in CIA "ghost money" paid to Afghan president's office: New York Times Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 07:00 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Tens of millions of U.S. dollars in cash were delivered by the CIA in suitcases, backpacks and plastic shopping bags to the office of Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai for more than a decade, according to the New York Times, citing current and former advisers to the Afghan leader. The so-called "ghost money" was meant to buy influence for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) but instead fuelled corruption and empowered warlords, undermining Washington's exit strategy from Afghanistan, the newspaper quoted U.S. officials as saying. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mother in UK forced 14-year-old to get pregnant Monday, Apr 29, 2013 07:30 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — A woman desperate for another child forced her 14-year-old daughter to get pregnant using syringes of donor sperm, a British judge said. Full Story | Top |
| Dozens of air shows cancel without military jets Monday, Apr 29, 2013 09:55 AM PDT  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Dozens of air shows that draw tens of thousands of people and generate millions of dollars for local economies have been cancelled this year after the military grounded its jet and demonstration teams because of automatic federal budget cuts. Full Story | Top |
| Authorities: Student shoots self in Ohio classroom Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:44 PM PDT  CINCINNATI (AP) — An honors student at an all-male Catholic high school tried to commit suicide in his first-period classroom Monday, police said, critically wounding himself with a gunshot and sending other students scrambling for cover. Full Story | Top |
| Florida teenager's shooter faces deadline in court Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:05 AM PDT  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Florida want George Zimmerman to state publicly at a court hearing on Tuesday whether he will pursue his immunity defense in the 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin on the basis of the state's "Stand Your Ground" law, or waive his right to use it. Prosecutors asked Judge Debra Nelson in a motion to remind Zimmerman "that should defendant in fact wish to waive any pre-trial immunity challenge under this statute, he may not attempt to do so later, particularly once trial has commenced. ... Full Story | Top |
| E-Cigarettes Harm The Smoker, But Not Secondhand Breather Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 10:00 PM PDT DEAR ABBY: I work in a small office with two former heavy smokers who have now transitioned to vapor/e-cigarettes. My concern is that they "smoke" their e-cigarettes in the office constantly, and I don't know what chemicals I am now breathing secondhand. Both of them are senior to me in rank and age, and they pooh-pooh the notion that anything but water vapor is being exhaled. Am I making something out of nothing, or should I be worried about this? -- CLEAN AIRDEAR CLEAN AIR: You don't have anything to worry about, but your co-workers may. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ohio girl, 8, gets kidney donation from teacher Monday, Apr 29, 2013 06:31 AM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio girl is recovering after getting a critical kidney transplant — with the organ donated by her former kindergarten teacher. Full Story | Top |
| Pyongyang glitters but most of NKorea still dark Monday, Apr 29, 2013 01:30 AM PDT  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The heart of this city, once famous for its Dickensian darkness, now pulsates with neon. Full Story | Top |
| Game changer: Maj. Gen. Abrams on the “homegrown” rejection of Taliban in Afghanistan Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:16 AM PDT On the Radar Maj. Gen. Robert B. Abrams, the top U.S. and NATO commander in southern Afghanistan, is confident the country won't fall back into the grips of the Taliban and other extremists when international forces pull out in two years—pointing to what he calls a "homegrown" rejection of the Taliban and the readiness of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Powerful blast injures up to 40 in Prague Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:54 AM PDT  PRAGUE (AP) — A powerful explosion badly damaged an office building in the center of the Czech capital Monday, injuring up to 40 people. Authorities believe people may still be buried in the rubble. Full Story | Top |
| Breaking a sports barrier, NBA's Jason Collins comes out as gay Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:54 PM PDT  By Julian Linden NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jason Collins, a veteran center in the National Basketball Association (NBA), announced on Monday that he was gay, breaking one of the final frontiers in U.S. sports and society. Collins became the first active player from any of the four major U.S. men's professional sports leagues to publicly reveal his homosexuality. He did so in a first-person account published in Sports Illustrated, saying he had gradually become frustrated with having to keep silent on gay issues. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lawmakers: Syria chemical weapons could menace US Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 10:56 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons could be a greater threat after that nation's president leaves power and could end up targeting Americans at home, lawmakers warned Sunday as they considered a U.S. response that stops short of sending military forces there. Full Story | Top |
| Justices refuse Alabama's immigration law appeal Monday, Apr 29, 2013 11:57 AM PDT By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court rebuffed the state of Alabama on Monday by deciding not to intervene in a case where federal judges blocked a state law that criminalizes the harboring of illegal immigrants. By refusing to hear Alabama's appeal of the Obama administration's lower court victories, the justices steered clear of a hot-button debate at a time when Congress is engaged in writing legislation to overhaul immigration laws. ... Full Story | Top |
| Big growth likely for Georgia's film industry Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 01:07 PM PDT  ATLANTA (AP) — A few years ago, Georgia was locked in a bidding war with North Carolina over the Disney movie, "The Last Song," starring Miley Cyrus. Full Story | Top |
| Rising seas clearly evident along SC coast Monday, Apr 29, 2013 07:01 AM PDT  GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — Living in a coastal town or city with seawalls and docks on the waterfront, it can be difficult to notice the sea level rise by increments each year. But effects of higher sea level are very clear down a winding dirt road in Georgetown County where acres of what was once a forested wetland have morphed into a salt marsh of dead trees jutting toward the sky. Full Story | Top |
| How the CIA really caught bin Laden's trail Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:50 AM PDT A new documentary has startling new information Full Story | Top |
| No more survivors likely in Bangladesh tragedy Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:09 AM PDT SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Rescue workers in Bangladesh gave up hopes of finding any more survivors in the remains of a building that collapsed five days ago, and began using heavy machinery on Monday to dislodge the rubble and look for bodies -- mostly of workers in garment factories there. Full Story | Top |
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