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| Mali manual suggests al-Qaida has feared weapon Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 02:51 PM PDT  TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) — The photocopies of the manual lay in heaps on the floor, in stacks that scaled one wall, like Xeroxed, stapled handouts for a class. Full Story | Top |
| Joe Biden: Al Gore ‘was elected president’ Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 07:03 AM PDT Vice President Joe Biden knows how to work a room. In remarks made on Tuesday night at a fundraiser for Massachusetts Senate candidate Ed Markey in front of an audience of donating (doting?) Democrats, Biden went for the jugular. In a reference to Al Gore, who introduced Biden at the Washington, D.C., event, Biden said, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Joe Biden Can't Believe Republicans Listen to 'Two Freshman Senators' Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 07:48 PM PDT  Joe Biden went nearly full Biden at a fundraiser for Democratic Representative Ed Markey tonight, covering everything from gun control to Al Gore to the "two freshman senators" that he just can't believe anyone listens to. Full Story | Top |
| Spooky Photo Shows 'UFO' Above Medieval Castle Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 05:05 AM PDT  What started out as a casual sightseeing trip to a historic castle in the Netherlands took a bizarre turn for one Dutch woman, who claims she may have spotted some kind of UFO. Full Story | Top |
| More Americans quit jobs, a sign of confidence Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 03:43 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans are quitting their jobs, suggesting many are growing more confident in the job market. Full Story | Top |
| Transgender student suit goes to Maine high court Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 09:42 AM PDT  BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Lawyers for a transgender girl and an elementary school that required the fifth-grader to use a staff bathroom instead of the girls restroom clashed before Maine's highest court Wednesday over whether her rights were violated, a case that lays bare the difficult decisions facing school administrators. Full Story | Top |
| They don't need no badges: Tourists bypass Grand Canyon blockade Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 05:03 AM PDT  By Tim Gaynor PHOENIX (Reuters) - Tourist cars and buses resumed their bumpy run to a Grand Canyon tourist attraction on Tuesday, bypassing a roadblock set up last week by a dude rancher in a bitter access dispute. The Hualapai tribe, which operates the canyon Skywalk viewing platform, built the bypass on federal land in Arizona and reopened the Diamond Bar Road to traffic. Diamond Bar runs briefly through the Grand Canyon Ranch Resort, belonging to Nigel Turner. ... Full Story | Top |
| Grandma, 72, shoots at intruder, misses in Calif. Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 06:02 AM PDT  STANTON, Calif. (AP) — A 72-year-old Southern California grandmother who shot at — and narrowly missed — a man trying to break into her home said Tuesday she was shocked at the attention her action was getting but does not regret defending herself and her husband, an 85-year-old World War II veteran who uses a wheelchair. Full Story | Top |
| NSA leaker Snowden: ‘I’m neither traitor nor hero. I’m an American.’ Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 08:01 AM PDT Edward Snowden, identified as the source for a series of blockbuster news reports on National Security Agency spying, said in an interview published on Wednesday that he would fight any effort to extradite him from Hong Kong to the United States. "My intention is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ariel Castro pleads not guilty in Ohio kidnap case Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 11:16 AM PDT CLEVELAND (AP) — A man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade pleaded not guilty Wednesday, and the defense hinted that it would like to avoid trial with a plea agreement if the death penalty were ruled out. Full Story | Top |
| Special Report: Iran, the United States and 'the cup of poison' Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 01:05 AM PDT  By Louis Charbonneau and Parisa Hafezi NEW YORK/ANKARA (Reuters) - Five months ago Iran's foreign minister sent an unusual letter to the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It was time, Ali Akbar Salehi wrote according to two sources who read the letter, to reach out to Tehran's arch foe by entering into "broad discussions with the United States." The supreme leader, though cautious about the prospect, sent a reply to Salehi and the rest of the Cabinet: he was not optimistic but would not oppose them if they pursued the initiative. ... Full Story | Top |
| 561 empty chairs: Ret. Gen. John Allen on the sacrifices of the Afghanistan war Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 04:34 AM PDT On the Radar Gen. John Allen recently retired from the military following his post as the commander of the International Security Assistance Force, but the memories of the 561 troops who died under his command - and the many thousands who were wounded - have not retired from his mind. "I think about them every [...] Full Story | Top |
| American who leaked NSA secrets is a free man in Hong Kong - for now Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 07:57 AM PDT By James Pomfret and Anne Marie Roantree HONG KONG (Reuters) - Edward Snowden, an American who has leaked details of top-secret U.S. surveillance programs, is technically free to leave the China-ruled city at any time, local lawyers said on Wednesday, but the ex-CIA employee said he would stay. Snowden has not been charged by the U.S. government nor is he the subject of an extradition request. If Washington asks for his extradition, it will be decided in court. ... Full Story | Top |
| Unusually massive line of storms aim at Midwest Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 10:39 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — The National Weather Service is upgrading the risk of storms to its highest alert level for parts of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Full Story | Top |
| Pope confirms 'gay lobby' at work at Vatican Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 08:04 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — In private remarks to the leadership of a key Latin American church group, Pope Francis lamented that a "gay lobby" was at work at the Vatican. Full Story | Top |
| Gay Texas teen comes out in graduation speech Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 07:05 AM PDT A Texas high school senior used his graduation speech last week to announce to his family, friends and fellow students that he's gay. Mitch Anderson, a member of Belton High School's 2013 graduating class, told a local radio station that he had never come out to anyone before his salutatorian speech on Thursday at the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Lawsuits over government surveillance languish Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 10:31 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Before there was Edward Snowden and the leak of explosive documents showing widespread government surveillance, there was Mark Klein — a telecommunications technician who alleged that AT&T was allowing U.S. spies to siphon vast amounts of customer data without warrants. Full Story | Top |
| Review: The leaden 'Man of Steel' doesn't soar Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 03:00 PM PDT  It has been a black eye to Hollywood that throughout this, the unending and increasingly repetitive age of the superhero blockbuster, the comics' most iconic son has eluded its grasp like a bird or, if you will, a plane. Full Story | Top |
| Atheist group, angry mom go ballistic over prayer at pretend preschool commencement Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 05:48 AM PDT The Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation has sent a two-page letter to a school district in southeast Texas complaining about a preschool graduation ceremony begun with an unconstitutional prayer. Full Story | Top |
| 2 wildfires burn structures in hot, dry Colorado Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 10:20 PM PDT  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — At least four major wildfires fueled by hot, gusty weather Tuesday burned along the front of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, including two that together destroyed dozens of structures and chased people from hundreds of homes. Full Story | Top |
| Judge in George Zimmerman trial ‘doesn’t play games’ Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 06:15 AM PDT The Sunshine State is no stranger to sensational court cases. There was six weeks of Casey Anthony courtroom drama in 2011. Then who can forget Judge Larry Seidlin crying over the fate of Anna Nicole Smith's corpse in 2007? The State of Florida v. George Zimmerman, which started jury selection this week in Sanford, Fla., [...] Full Story | Top |
| Stephen Colbert tells Jeffrey Rosen why the NSA is spying on Americans Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 07:12 AM PDT The National Constitution Center's Jeffrey Rosen stood up for the Fourth Amendment in an appearance on The Colbert Report, as host Stephen Colbert revealed the real reason the NSA has a massive spying program. Full Story | Top |
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