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| Trayvon Martin's parents settle with Fla. HOA Friday, Apr 05, 2013 05:20 PM PDT SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — The parents of a teenager who was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer last year have settled a wrongful-death claim against the homeowners association of the Florida subdivision where their son was killed. Full Story | Top |
| NKorea aggression could strengthen US-China bond Friday, Apr 05, 2013 08:17 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea's latest outburst of nuclear and military threats has given the U.S. a rare opportunity to build bridges with China — a potential silver lining to the simmering crisis that could revitalize the Obama administration's flagging policy pivot to Asia. Full Story | Top |
| Phoenix police: Man left ammunition on school bus Friday, Apr 05, 2013 05:54 PM PDT PHOENIX (AP) — Court records show a Phoenix man who reportedly got on a bus, rode it to a school and left a gun magazine with 15 rounds of ammunition on the bus was hearing voices and feared for his life. Full Story | Top |
| Why Obama's 'Best Looking' Comment Failed to Ignite Furor Friday, Apr 05, 2013 02:00 PM PDT  President Obama called California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday night to apologize for referring to her as the "best looking" attorney general. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Friday that Obama told Harris he was sorry both for the joking remark and... Full Story | Top |
| White House fights Catholic Church subpoena on birth control Friday, Apr 05, 2013 05:15 PM PDT  By David Ingram WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has gone to court to try to block a subpoena from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York seeking White House documents about the government's requirement of insurance coverage for birth control. The subpoena requesting documents from President Barack Obama and his senior advisers would be burdensome to fulfill, the administration said in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Citing U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama's Catch 22: Budget Blueprint Won't Please Many, if Any Saturday, Apr 06, 2013 04:22 AM PDT  When news began to emerge from of the White House Friday that President Obama's budget next week will propose cuts to Medicare and Social Security, the wave of reaction was not complimentary. "We cannot force seniors to pay even more to fill the hole left by... Full Story | Top |
| Signs of Solyndra? Fisker Lays Off 75 Percent of Employees Friday, Apr 05, 2013 01:08 PM PDT  Obama Administration-Backed Green Car Company Workers Stunned, Dismissed Without Warning Full Story | Top |
| Ben Carson Apologizes For Comment on Homosexuality Friday, Apr 05, 2013 03:34 PM PDT Dr. Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon and recent star of the conservative movement, has apologized for comments on homosexuality that had Johns Hopkins students clamoring for his ouster as their commencement speaker. "Although I do believe marriage is between a man and a woman, there are... Full Story | Top |
| Dropouts: Discouraged Americans leave labor force Saturday, Apr 06, 2013 09:04 AM PDT  After a full year of fruitless job hunting, Natasha Baebler just gave up. She'd already abandoned hope of getting work in her field, counseling the disabled. But she couldn't land anything else, either ... Full Story | Top |
| Democrats lose fight in Montana Senate over ballot measures Saturday, Apr 06, 2013 08:10 AM PDT  By Dan Boyce HELENA, Mont (Reuters) - Over loud objections from Democrats, Montana's Republican-controlled Senate on Friday voted to put proposals on the 2014 ballot that would tighten voter registration and restrict the rights of third parties to compete in general elections. The measures, which are expected to be approved by the Republican-majority House, do not need approval from the Democratic governor. They would go before Montana voters in November of next year. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama: Proposed budget not his 'ideal plan' Saturday, Apr 06, 2013 07:31 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Confronting bipartisan criticism, President Barack Obama conceded Saturday his proposed budget is not his "ideal plan" but said it offers "tough reforms" to the nation's benefit programs while closing loopholes for the wealthy, a mix that he argued will provide long-term deficit reduction without harming the economy. Full Story | Top |
| North Korea Warns Embassies to Evacuate Before April 10 Friday, Apr 05, 2013 02:58 PM PDT  British and Russian Embassies Advised to Evacuate to Avoid Pending Conflict Full Story | Top |
| Senator: NASA to lasso asteroid, bring it closer Friday, Apr 05, 2013 03:46 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA is planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top senator said Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Embassies staying put in North Korea despite tension Saturday, Apr 06, 2013 11:06 AM PDT  By Jane Chung SEOUL (Reuters) - Staff at embassies in North Korea appeared to be remaining in place on Saturday despite an appeal by authorities in Pyongyang for diplomats to consider leaving because of heightened tension after weeks of bellicose exchanges. North Korean authorities told diplomatic missions they could not guarantee their safety from next Wednesday - after declaring that conflict was inevitable amid joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises due to last until the end of the month. Whatever the atmosphere in Pyongyang, the rain-soaked South Korean capital, Seoul, was calm. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. judge widens 'morning-after' pill access for young girls Friday, Apr 05, 2013 03:20 PM PDT By Jessica Dye NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. 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 |
| All About Immigration: Green Cards? Citizenship? Saturday, Apr 06, 2013 06:36 AM PDT All about US immigration: Who keeps coming? What will Congress and the White House finally do? Full Story | Top |
| Sweeping anti-abortion bill goes to Kansas gov. Saturday, Apr 06, 2013 12:24 AM PDT  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators gave final passage to a sweeping anti-abortion measure Friday night, sending Gov. Sam Brownback a bill that declares life begins "at fertilization" while blocking tax breaks for abortion providers and banning abortions performed solely because of the baby's sex. Full Story | Top |
| North Korea asks embassies to consider moving diplomats out Friday, Apr 05, 2013 01:35 PM PDT By Guy Faulconbridge and Ronald Popeski LONDON/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea warned on Friday it could not guarantee the safety of diplomats after next Wednesday and asked embassies to consider moving staff out of the country, European diplomats said, amid high tension on the Korean peninsula. The requests came on the heels of declarations by the government of the secretive communist state that real conflict was inevitable, because of what it termed "hostile" U.S. troop exercises with South Korea and U.N. sanctions imposed over North Korea's nuclear weapons testing. ... Full Story | Top |
| Catholic Gonzaga University won’t allow Catholic students to form Catholic group Friday, Apr 05, 2013 11:32 PM PDT Roman Catholic, Jesuit-affiliated Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington has refused to recognize the Knights of Columbus as an official student group because — wait for it — the Knights of Columbus is a Catholic organization. Full Story | Top |
| Food workers fired as Mass. students denied lunch Friday, Apr 05, 2013 05:38 PM PDT A food service company spokesman said Friday it has fired four employees after about two dozen students at a Massachusetts middle school were denied lunches this week because their prepaid meal accounts ... Full Story | Top |
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