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| What can schools sell instead of candy? Trash bags Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013 02:11 PM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — When Beth Hendrickson first proposed selling garbage bags instead of candy as a school fundraiser, "people laughed at us." Full Story | Top |
| Iowa fires agent who pursued gov's speeding SUV Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013 02:36 PM PDT  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A veteran Iowa criminal investigator said he was fired Wednesday in retaliation for complaining about the governor's vehicle speeding through highway traffic, an assertion state officials rejected. Full Story | Top |
| Wis. man, 76, guilty in fatal shooting of teen Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013 04:18 PM PDT  MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man who suspected his 13-year-old neighbor of breaking into his home and stealing weapons was convicted Wednesday of fatally shooting the boy as the teen's mother looked on. Now, jurors will decide whether the 76-year-old defendant was mentally ill at the time. Full Story | Top |
| Jimmy Carter on George Zimmerman Verdict: 'Right Decision' Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013 04:04 PM PDT  Jimmy Carter says the jury made the right call in finding George Zimmerman not guilty. "I think the jury made the right decision based on the evidence presented, because the prosecution inadvertently set the standard so high that the jury had to be convinced that... Full Story | Top |
| Packs of young people cause chaos in Hollywood Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013 11:14 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police were combing through cellphones and security footage Wednesday trying to identify dozens of young people who'd rampaged through Hollywood the night before, knocking down people, stealing their cellphones and grabbing souvenir trinkets from shops before a police sweep and arrests ensued. Full Story | Top |
| Memory decline may be earliest sign of dementia Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013 01:43 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — Memory problems that are often dismissed as a normal part of aging may not be so harmless after all. Full Story | Top |
| Unconventional pastor leads booming NYC megachurch Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 08:22 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Lentz is not your typical pastor. Full Story | Top |
| Where's that royal baby? Is Kate overdue? Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 03:25 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — By the time you're reading this, the Duchess of Cambridge could be in labor. Or it could be a matter of hours. Or days. Or weeks. Full Story | Top |
| Americans Want Congress to Pass the Senate Immigration Bill Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 05:42 AM PDT Momentum for a major immigration overhaul has stalled in the House, as Republican leaders there have declared the Senate's 1,200-page bill dead on arrival. But backers of the Senate's framework—a combination of beefed-up border security and a path to citizenship for those already here illegally—have one key advantage going forward: broad public support. Full Story | Top |
| 'Ender's Game' stars answer gay rights questions Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 12:55 PM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Real-world issues are rare at Comic-Con where fantasy almost always trumps reality. But for the stars and the director of "Ender's Game," comments made by Orson Scott Card regarding gay marriage are leading to questions about the issue as they promote the science fiction film. Full Story | Top |
| Comic-Con kicks off in San Diego Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 03:37 AM PDT  SAN DIEGO (AP) — The zombies, superheroes, space aliens, pirates and time travelers taking over the streets of downtown San Diego can only mean one thing: Comic-Con is here! Full Story | Top |
| Extortion victim of mob boss 'Whitey' Bulger found dead Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 11:19 AM PDT  By Richard Valdmanis and Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - The dead body of a potential witness, who had hoped to testify about how mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger forced him at gunpoint to sell a liquor store, was found in a suburb of Boston, authorities said on Thursday. Stephen Rakes, who once sued the FBI for failing to protect him from one of Bulger's extortion schemes, was found on Wednesday afternoon in Lincoln, Massachusetts, about 16 miles northwest of Boston, according to the Middlesex Country District Attorney's office. ... Full Story | Top |
| $33,000 spent on sequestered jurors Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013 09:52 PM PDT  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — About $33,000 was spent to sequester the six female jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman of any crime for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, according to details released Wednesday by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. Full Story | Top |
| Zimmerman juror calls for change in self-defense laws Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013 05:53 PM PDT  By Daniel Trotta and Bill Cotterell NEW YORK/TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - A member of the jury that found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin called for changes to Florida's self-defense law, which she said gave jurors no option but to acquit the defendant. The juror's statement adds to pleas from around the country to change the "Stand Your Ground" laws that many states adopted after Florida did so under former Governor Jeb Bush in 2005. ... Full Story | Top |
| AP sources: Senators reach deal on student loans Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013 05:46 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Heading off a costly increase for returning college students, a bipartisan group of senators reached a deal Wednesday that would offer students better rates on their loans this fall but perhaps assign higher rates in coming years. Full Story | Top |
| NSA spying under fire: 'You've got a problem' Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013 01:43 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a heated confrontation over domestic spying, members of Congress said Wednesday they never intended to allow the National Security Agency to build a database of every phone call in America. And they threatened to curtail the government's surveillance authority. Full Story | Top |
| 'Red' and 'RIPD' end up in a game of chicken Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 10:15 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Scheduling the release of a summer movie isn't exactly a science. It clearly isn't an art, either. It's more akin to a contact sport: Full Story | Top |
| Obamacare to slash premiums in New York. Was Obama right all along? Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013 03:17 PM PDT One of the centerpieces of Obamacare bloomed Wednesday when New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced the new state-run insurance exchange would cut costs by more than half. Full Story | Top |
| Online series 'House of Cards' makes Emmy history Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 09:49 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix's "House of Cards" made Emmy history Thursday with a top drama series nomination, the first time that television's leading awards have recognized a program delivered online as equal in quality to the best that TV has to offer. Full Story | Top |
| Court awards American Indian child to SC couple Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013 06:51 PM PDT  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An American Indian child at the center of a custody suit that went to the U.S. Supreme Court should be returned to the Charleston-area couple seeking to adopt her, South Carolina's highest court ruled on Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Neil Patrick Harris steps in as host for Emmy noms Thursday, Jul 18, 2013 07:37 AM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A host had gone missing for the 2013 Emmy nominations on Thursday, so in stepped — who else? — Neil Patrick Harris. Full Story | Top |
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