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| Breaking: 3 more suspects in Boston Marathon bombings case taken into custody Wednesday, May 01, 2013 08:10 AM PDT Authorities arrested three additional suspects in connection to the Boston Marathon bombings, the Boston Police Department confirmed to Yahoo News. Two of the suspects are Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both Kazakh nationals who attended school with bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The two appeared in federal court Wednesday where they ordered held without bail. One [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sunken Egyptian city reveals 1,200-year-old secrets Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 01:17 PM PDT Until a decade ago, no one knew if Heracleion, believed to be an ancient harbor city, was fiction or real. Now, reports the Telegraph, the researchers who found it—150 feet beneath the surface of Egypt's Bay of Aboukir—are sharing some of the amazing historical artifacts preserved there. The finds include 64 ships, 16-foot-tall statues, 700 [...] Full Story | Top |
| Calif. school blunder: All dressed up but no prom Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 03:05 PM PDT SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Everyone got stood up at one Southern California high school's prom. The dance itself was a no-show. Full Story | Top |
| Kansas school apologizes to Airman in prom dispute Wednesday, May 01, 2013 06:04 AM PDT  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas high school principal who barred a member of the Air Force from escorting his sister to prom has apologized to him in an attempt to quell a firestorm that's been fueled by a YouTube video of the debacle and the girl's heartfelt letter to the newspaper. Full Story | Top |
| 300 gallons of urine found in man’s home Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 03:41 PM PDT Police are trying to figure out exactly how to handle one man's truly wasteful collection after 300 gallons of bottled urine were discovered inside a residential home. According to the News-Times, Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) spokesman Dennis Schain said authorities found "200 to 300 one-gallon plastic jugs filled with human urine" [...] Full Story | Top |
| Why I could never be a liberal Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 11:27 PM PDT  I get in fights with my fellow conservatives all the time. But I'm not about to switch sides Full Story | Top |
| 14-Year-Old Scientist Makes a Groundbreaking Discovery Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 05:00 PM PDT Maria Elena Grimmett is only 14, but she already has a seven-page resume. Full Story | Top |
| 5-year-old boy shoots 2-year-old sister in Ky. Wednesday, May 01, 2013 11:11 AM PDT  BURKESVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A 5-year-old boy accidentally shot his 2-year-old sister to death in rural southern Kentucky with a rifle he had received as a gift last year, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| Advocates criticize Senate immigration bill Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 02:32 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping immigration bill in the Senate ran into criticism Tuesday from advocates who complained it puts up undue barriers to citizenship for millions here illegally. Full Story | Top |
| Catholic church excommunicates Brazil priest for liberal views Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 03:05 PM PDT  By Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The Catholic Church has excommunicated a Brazilian priest after he defended homosexuality, open marriage and other practices counter to Church teaching in online videos. In a statement released late on Monday, the priest's diocese said Father Roberto Francisco Daniel, known to local parishioners as Padre Beto, had "in the name of 'freedom of expression' betrayed the promise of fealty to the Church." The priest "injured the Church with grave statements counter to the dogma of Catholic faith and morality. ... Full Story | Top |
| SD tribe faces ultimatum on sale of massacre site Wednesday, May 01, 2013 11:57 AM PDT SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A small patch of prairie sits largely unnoticed off a desolate road in southwestern South Dakota, tucked amid gently rolling hills and surrounded by dilapidated structures and hundreds of gravesites — many belonging to Native Americans massacred more than a century earlier. Full Story | Top |
| The Missing Piece From Your Low-Sodium Diet Wednesday, May 01, 2013 05:03 AM PDT If you've been diagnosed with high blood pressure, your doctor has likely prescribed a low-sodium diet. The recommended intake for dietary sodium is 1,500 milligrams per day, with an upper limit of 2,300 milligrams per day for people who are not at risk for high blood pressure based on age, medical history or ethnicity. The average American takes in 3,400 milligrams per day, about three-quarters of which comes from processed and restaurant foods rather than from the actual salt shaker. Full Story | Top |
| Boston police: 3 more suspects in custody bombings Wednesday, May 01, 2013 08:40 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — Three more suspects have been taken into custody in the marathon bombings, city police said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Colorado ushers in new law with midnight unions Wednesday, May 01, 2013 09:45 AM PDT  DENVER (AP) — The first gay couple granted a civil union in Colorado said their vows before hundreds of people early Wednesday morning at a downtown Denver municipal building where couples and members of the public gathered. Full Story | Top |
| FDA: Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and up Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 07:43 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The government on Tuesday lowered to 15 the age at which girls can buy the morning-after pill without a prescription and said the emergency contraception no longer has to be kept behind pharmacy counters. Full Story | Top |
| Pa. woman who disappeared in 2002 found in Fla. Wednesday, May 01, 2013 11:14 AM PDT  LITITZ, Pa. (AP) — A central Pennsylvania woman who mysteriously disappeared after dropping off her children for school 11 years ago has surfaced in Florida and has told police she traveled there on a whim with homeless hitchhikers, slept under bridges and survived by scavenging food and panhandling, authorities said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Woman who reported finding baby on beach arrested Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 10:45 PM PDT HONOLULU (AP) — A day after a woman reported finding an abandoned newborn crying in the sand on a Hawaii beach, police arrested her and revealed she's the baby's mother. Full Story | Top |
| DB Cooper parachute packer ID'd as homicide victim Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 07:01 PM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — The man who packed the parachutes used by infamous skyjacker D.B. Cooper more than four decades ago has been identified as the victim of a homicide in Washington state. Full Story | Top |
| HBO documentary focuses on women who searched for bin Laden Wednesday, May 01, 2013 05:48 AM PDT In Kathryn Bigelow's movie "Zero Dark Thirty," Jessica Chastain played Maya, a young CIA operative whose stubborn pursuit of Osama bin Laden played a major role in the al-Qaida leader's death. The film garnered both awards (including a Golden Globe for Chastain) and controversy—largely because of graphic scenes depicting the CIA's use of torture on [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ireland Baldwin Fires Back Over Weight Comments Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 02:07 PM PDT  Ireland Baldwin is speaking out and striking back following criticism about her weight. Full Story | Top |
| Arizona lawmakers pass bill making silver, gold legal tender Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 06:19 PM PDT  By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Arizona Senate on Tuesday approved a measure to make gold and silver legal currency in the state, in a response to what backers said was a lack of confidence in the international monetary system. The legislation cleared the Republican-controlled Senate by an 18-10 vote after being approved by the state House earlier this month. It now goes to Republican Governor Jan Brewer, who has not indicated if she will sign it into law or veto it. ... Full Story | Top |
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