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| Was Obama's 'best-looking attorney general' comment a sexist gaffe? Friday, Apr 05, 2013 06:28 AM PDT  President Obama praised California Attorney General Kamala Harris for a lot of things. But one compliment raised hackles on the left Full Story | Top |
| Obama tries to woo Republicans with cuts in budget Friday, Apr 05, 2013 10:24 AM PDT  By Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will offer cuts to Social Security and other benefits programs in a budget proposal next week aimed at winning over enough congressional Republicans to pass a broad deal to reduce the deficit. While Obama's previous budgets have largely been ignored in Congress, the White House wants to use this year's proposal, to be released on Wednesday, to move beyond the fiscal fights that have consumed Washington since 2010. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama Calls Californian Kamala Harris 'Best Looking' Attorney General Friday, Apr 05, 2013 06:08 AM PDT  President Obama assessed the beauty of California's attorney general Kamala Harris, calling her "the best looking attorney general," during remarks at a fundraiser in Atherton, California. "She's brilliant and she's dedicated," Obama said at a luncheon fundraiser benefitting the DNC, according to the pool report.... Full Story | Top |
| North Korea asks embassies to consider moving diplomats out Friday, Apr 05, 2013 09:03 AM PDT By Guy Faulconbridge and Ronald Popeski LONDON/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has asked embassies to consider moving staff out and warned it cannot guarantee the safety of diplomats after April 10, Britain said, amid high tension and a war of words on the Korean peninsula. The requests come on the heels of declarations by the government of the secretive communist state that real conflict is inevitable, because of what it terms "hostile" U.S. troop exercises with South Korea and U.N. sanctions imposed over North Korea's nuclear weapons testing. ... Full Story | Top |
| 2nd lost hiker rescued from Calif. forest Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 05:59 PM PDT RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) — Rescuers who plucked a young woman on Thursday from a steep, rocky canyon wall said she was exhausted, had trouble breathing and likely could not have survived much longer than another day in the rugged Southern California wilderness. Full Story | Top |
| Parents outraged that Mass. kids were denied lunch Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 02:19 PM PDT ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — As many as 25 students at a Massachusetts school were denied lunch this week — with at least some forced to dump their food in the garbage — because they couldn't pay, school officials and parents said. Full Story | Top |
| Obama offer to slow Social Security payment growth sparks criticism from both parties Friday, Apr 05, 2013 04:41 AM PDT UPDATED 11:29 a.m. ET Liberals and Republicans alike on Friday criticized President Barack Obama's plan to offer in his budget April 10 an inflation formula that will slow the growth of Social Security and veterans benefits. Progressives reacted negatively to the news that the president will propose a different way to measure the consumer price [...] Full Story | Top |
| As Koreas face off, risk of accidental war grows Friday, Apr 05, 2013 06:34 AM PDT By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - At the North Korean embassy in London, they are answering the phone but saying little. "As far as we know, we are not giving any statements," a North Korean official told Reuters, declining to give his name and saying all necessary information was already available on the website of the North Korean state news agency KCNA. In fact, the world, well beyond Asia, is perplexed by the mysteries of the nuclear-capable state's bellicosity and many fear mutual ignorance could help turn words into acts of war. ... Full Story | Top |
| Gangs Rat Selves Out With Tweets of Blammers, Biscuits and Shellz Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 03:06 PM PDT  Bragging on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube Help NYPD Bust 63 Gang Members Full Story | Top |
| SKorea: North Korea moved missile to east coast Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 01:01 PM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After a series of escalating threats, North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defense minister said Thursday. But he emphasized that the missile was not capable of reaching the United States and that there are no signs that the North is preparing for a full-scale conflict. Full Story | Top |
| Holmes psychiatrist warned of threat before attack Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 10:57 PM PDT  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A psychiatrist who treated James Holmes told campus police a month before the Colorado theater attack that Holmes had homicidal thoughts and was a danger to the public, according to documents released Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Obama Seeks Deal, Proposes Cuts to Social Security Friday, Apr 05, 2013 11:06 AM PDT Obama's budget proposes cuts to Social Security in attempt to compromise with GOP Full Story | Top |
| Budget to Include Social Security Cuts Friday, Apr 05, 2013 10:03 AM PDT  This is something we've never seen from a Democratic president: An official White House budget that includes cuts to both Social Security and Medicare. White House officials say the budget the president will unveil next week will include proposed cuts to Medicare (by increasing premiums... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. judge strikes age rules for "morning-after" pill Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:02 PM PDT By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday ordered the Food and Drug Administration to make "morning-after" emergency contraception pills available without a prescription to all girls of reproductive age and criticized the Obama administration for interfering with the process for political purposes. The ruling in a Brooklyn court is the latest step in the years-long legal saga over the pill known as "Plan B," a drug that has also sparked political and religious battles. ... Full Story | Top |
| Search crews recount dramatic Calif. hiker rescue Friday, Apr 05, 2013 11:01 AM PDT RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif. (AP) — At first, the rescuers couldn't believe their ears: After four days of grueling searching, they suddenly heard a faint female voice calling for help. Full Story | Top |
| US sub sinking 50 years ago led to safety changes Friday, Apr 05, 2013 12:29 AM PDT  KITTERY, Maine (AP) — The first sign of trouble for the USS Thresher was a garbled message about a "minor difficulty" after the nuclear-powered submarine descended to about 1,000 feet on what was supposed to be a routine test dive off Cape Cod. Full Story | Top |
| Aid groups: US should send cash, not food, abroad Friday, Apr 05, 2013 05:16 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Food aid groups are urging the Obama administration to overhaul the way the United States helps starving people abroad. Full Story | Top |
| Authorities: Escaped Texas inmates captured Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 08:21 PM PDT COOPER, Texas (AP) — A foiled try to pawn stolen jewelry Thursday led officials to the hideout of two inmates who escaped from an East Texas jail, a sheriff said. Full Story | Top |
| Giant tarantula discovered in Sri Lanka Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 02:18 PM PDT A large species of tarantula, roughly the size of an adult human face, has been discovered in Sri Lanka. And while the venom of the Poecilotheria rajaei is not lethal to humans, there's little doubt the abnormal size of the spider could be disturbing, even to those not afflicted with arachnophobia. The spider's leg span [...] Full Story | Top |
| Georgia Teens Fed Up With Segregated Proms Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 03:09 PM PDT  Biracial Group Sets Out to Raise Money for an Integrated Prom Full Story | Top |
| Apple's iMessage encryption trips up feds' surveillance Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 02:39 PM PDT  Internal document from the Drug Enforcement Administration complains that messages sent with Apple's encrypted chat service are "impossible to intercept," even with a warrant Full Story | Top |
| Is the U.S. headed for fiscal collapse? Friday, Apr 05, 2013 01:30 AM PDT  According to David Stockman, the U.S. economy is doomed and the government is to blame Full Story | Top |
| EagleCam gives viewers a live look at newly hatched eaglets Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 03:14 PM PDT Baby eagles are hatching on Catalina Island, off the coast of southern California. A group called the Pet Collective has set up a webcam near the nest so viewers can watch the eagles crack through their shells and take their first breaths. The footage can be hit and miss. One minute, an adorable eaglet is [...] Full Story | Top |
| Report: Ohio courts illegally jailing the poor Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 03:43 PM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Several courts in Ohio are illegally jailing people because they are too poor to pay their debts and often deny defendants a hearing to determine if they're financially capable of paying what they owe, according to an investigation released Thursday by the Ohio chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Full Story | Top |
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