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| Lawmakers: Syria chemical weapons could menace U.S. Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 11:21 AM 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 |
| Lawmaker: FBI checking training angle in bombing Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 11:19 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday that the FBI is investigating in the United States and overseas to determine whether the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing received training that helped them carry out the attack. Full Story | Top |
| 3 Taliban bombs target Pakistani politicians Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 10:27 AM PDT  PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — Taliban bombs targeting politicians in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday killed 11 people, the latest in a series of attacks meant to disrupt next month's parliamentary election, police said. Full Story | Top |
| Owner of collapsed building captured in Bangladesh Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 11:46 AM PDT  The fugitive owner of an illegally constructed building that collapsed and killed at least 377 people was captured Sunday by a commando force as he tried to flee into India. At the disaster site, meanwhile, ... Full Story | Top |
| More bombing victims leave Boston hospitals Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 12:49 PM PDT  Boston hospitals say the number of patients being treated for injuries sustained in the marathon bombing continues to drop, two weeks after the attack that killed three and hurt more than 260. Full Story | Top |
| Manchin: Gun bill to be reintroduced Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 10:05 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the architects of failed gun control legislation says he's bringing it back. Full Story | Top |
| 2 policemen shot in Rome as Italy gets new govt Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 10:11 AM PDT  ROME (AP) — An unemployed bricklayer shot two Italian policemen in a crowded square outside the premier's office Sunday just as Italy's new government was being sworn in, investigators said. Full Story | Top |
| Fatal stabbing of girl, 8, prompts NorCal manhunt Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 12:46 PM PDT VALLEY SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a young girl who died after being stabbed in her home in rural Northern California. Full Story | Top |
| Boston suspects' father postpones trip to U.S. Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 08:33 AM PDT  The father of the two Boston bombing suspects says he is postponing a trip to the United States because of poor health. Full Story | Top |
| Obama jokes about aging during second term Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 12:38 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama joked Saturday that the years are catching up to him and he's not "the strapping young Muslim socialist" he used to be. Full Story | Top |
| Iceland seeks end to austerity with new center-right government Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 11:17 AM PDT  By Balazs Koranyi and Robert Robertson REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's center-right parties began talks on Sunday to form a new government, promising to end years of austerity and provide debt relief to households, and only arguing about which one of them should lead the government. Fed up with years of belt tightening and soaring debt, Icelanders ousted the Social Democrats on Saturday, handing the biggest defeat to any ruling party since independence from Denmark in 1944 and offering a new chance to the very parties that presided over its economic rise and collapse. ... Full Story | Top |
| How earthquakes in Chile have permanently deformed Earth Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 10:01 AM PDT  Earthquakes can permanently crack the Earth, an investigation of quakes that have rocked Chile over the past million years suggests. Full Story | Top |
| Pakistan Taliban bomb politicians' offices, kill 9 Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 05:57 AM PDT PARACHINAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani Taliban detonated bombs at the campaign offices of two politicians in the country's northwest on Sunday, police said, killing at least nine people in an escalation of attacks on secular, left-leaning political parties. Full Story | Top |
| Court may limit use of race in college admission decisions Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 08:09 AM PDT  Thirty-five years after the Supreme Court set the terms for boosting college admissions of African Americans and other minorities, the court may be about to issue a ruling that could restrict universities' use of race in deciding who is awarded places. Full Story | Top |
| Iraq pulls licenses of Al-Jazeera, other channels Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 05:51 AM PDT  Iraqi authorities announced Sunday that they had revoked the operating licenses of pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera and nine other satellite TV channels, alleging that they are promoting a sectarian agenda as the country grapples with a wave of violence. Full Story | Top |
| Leftist priests: Pope Francis can fix church 'in ruins' Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 08:15 AM PDT  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A new pope from Latin America known for ministering to the poor in his country's slums is raising the hopes of advocates of liberation theology, whose leftist social activism had alarmed previous pontiffs. Full Story | Top |
| Rolling Stones rock small LA club ahead of tour Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 05:52 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — For one night only, the Rolling Stones were an up-and-coming band again. Full Story | Top |
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