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| Front seat to history: Cokie Roberts’ historic chat with Michelle Obama and Laura Bush Monday, Jul 08, 2013 04:28 AM PDT Politics Confidential It's something we've never seen before, let alone in Africa: first ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush sharing the stage for a conversation in Tanzania. And ABC News' Cokie Roberts had the best seat in the house—the only other seat on stage, in fact—moderating a discussion between the two women. Roberts, who has [...] Full Story | Top |
| Temporary jobs becoming a permanent fixture in US Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 08:17 PM PDT  Hiring is exploding in the one corner of the U.S. economy where few want to be hired: Temporary work. From Wal-Mart to General Motors to PepsiCo, companies are increasingly turning to temps and to a much ... Full Story | Top |
| Asiana says pilot of crashed plane was in training Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 06:01 PM PDT  SEOUL (Reuters) - Asiana Airlines Inc said the pilot in charge of landing the Boeing 777 that crash-landed at San Francisco's airport on Saturday was training for the long-range plane and that it was his first flight to the airport with the jet. "It was Lee Kang-kook's maiden flight to the airport with the jet... He was in training. Even a veteran gets training (for a new jet)," a spokeswoman for Asiana Airlines said on Monday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Secretary of State's wife hospitalized in Mass. Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 04:13 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, is in critical but stable condition in a hospital in Nantucket, Mass. Full Story | Top |
| Social media infiltrates Zimmerman trial Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 07:27 PM PDT  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin's fatal shooting garnered worldwide attention when the man who fatally shot him wasn't arrested for weeks — a backlash fueled largely by social media. Now, social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook have permeated George Zimmerman's trial both inside and outside the courtroom. Full Story | Top |
| Queen's granddaughter, Zara Phillips and husband expecting baby Monday, Jul 08, 2013 04:41 AM PDT  LONDON (Reuters) - The Queen's granddaughter, Zara Phillips and her husband, rugby player, Mike Tindall are expecting their first baby in the New Year, Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Monday. Phillips' mother, Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, her father Captain Mark Phillips and other family members are delighted at the news, the statement added. ... Full Story | Top |
| Official: Asiana flight tried to abort landing Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 03:40 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal safety official said Sunday the cockpit voice recorder from Asiana Flight 214 showed the jetliner received a warning that it could stall because it was flying too slowly and tried to increase its speed before it crashed. Full Story | Top |
| Sinkhole forces hard choice on longtime neighbors Monday, Jul 08, 2013 06:46 AM PDT  BAYOU CORNE, La. (AP) — The sob is deep and exhaled on a frustrated sigh. Full Story | Top |
| Asiana attendant describes dramatic evacuation Monday, Jul 08, 2013 05:39 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The evacuation of Asiana Flight 214 began badly. Even before the mangled jetliner began filling with smoke, two evacuation slides on the doors inflated inside the cabin instead of outside, pinning two flight attendants to the floor. Full Story | Top |
| Farmers worry about fate of immigration bills Monday, Jul 08, 2013 11:42 AM PDT  ATWOOD, Mich. (AP) — For northern Michigan fruit grower Pat McGuire, the most potent symbol of the immigration debate isn't grainy television footage showing people slipping furtively across the U.S.-Mexican border. Instead, it's plump red cherries and crisp apples rotting on the ground because there aren't enough workers to pick them — a scenario that could become reality over the next couple of months. Full Story | Top |
| Murray proves hiring Lendl was a masterstroke Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 02:37 PM PDT  By Pritha Sarkar LONDON (Reuters) - When Andy Murray lost his first three grand slam finals without winning a set, it seemed he was destined to join a long line of 'Brave Brits' whose career would be defined by near misses. Many predicted that when he finally hung up his racket, he would simply tag on the end of the queue which was already heaving with such tennis luminaries as Bunny Austin, Roger Taylor, John Lloyd, Greg Rusedski and Tim Henman. Fred Perry's standing as the last British player to win a grand slam title, in 1936, looked like it would stretch on to another generation. ... Full Story | Top |
| Wife of Secretary of State Kerry flown to Boston hospital Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 06:53 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry's wife, philanthropist and heiress Teresa Heinz Kerry, was flown on Sunday to a top Boston hospital from the Massachusetts island of Nantucket with an unspecified medical condition. Glen Johnson, a State Department official who serves as Kerry's personal spokesman, announced her illness but did not give details. Heinz Kerry, 74, was in critical but stable condition, a Boston newspaper reported. "Late Sunday afternoon, Mrs. ... Full Story | Top |
| What the First Arrest Captured on Google Glass Really Means Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 04:17 PM PDT  On July 4th, documentary filmmaker named Chris Barrett took his newly acquired pair of Google Glasses out for a stroll on the very busy, proudly recovered Jersey Shore boardwalk. What happened next was either something extraordinary, or something completely innocuous, depending on how much hyperbole you like to put behind things that happen on Google Glass. Full Story | Top |
| Coroner: Plane crash victim may have been run over Monday, Jul 08, 2013 06:00 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A county coroner said his office is conducting an autopsy to determine whether one of the teenage victims of the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco International Airport was run over and killed by an emergency vehicle. Full Story | Top |
| 2 'Dancing With the Stars' pros wrestle with tango Monday, Jul 08, 2013 08:40 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — In a sweltering midtown dance studio, two professionals from "Dancing With the Stars" were having the tables turned on them. On this recent afternoon, they were the dance students. Full Story | Top |
| Official probes if rescuers ran over crash victim Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 09:12 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The pilot at the controls of an Asiana plane that crashed landed was guiding a Boeing 777 into the San Francisco airport for the first time, and tried but failed to abort the landing after coming in too slow to set down safely, aviation and airline officials said Sunday. Full Story | Top |
| Asiana crash captured on amateur video Monday, Jul 08, 2013 10:08 AM PDT A man recording video of planes landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday caught the crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 on tape. Fred Hayes, who was walking with his wife along San Francisco Bay, told CNN he thought the Boeing 777, which was coming from Seoul, Korea, looked odd as it approached the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Heinz Kerry showed symptoms of seizure Monday, Jul 08, 2013 06:05 AM PDT  Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, was hospitalized in critical but stable condition Monday, a day after showing symptoms consistent ... Full Story | Top |
| Teresa Heinz Kerry hospitalized in Boston Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 09:06 PM PDT Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday while on Massachusetts' Nantucket Island. Heinz Kerry ... Full Story | Top |
| Slow landing speed of San Francisco jet probed Monday, Jul 08, 2013 08:02 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Investigators have determined that Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was traveling "significantly below" the target speed during its approach and that the crew tried to abort the landing just before it smashed onto the runway. What they don't yet know is whether the pilot's inexperience with the type of aircraft and at San Francisco's airport played a role. Full Story | Top |
| Liberal Jewish women activists blocked at Western Wall Monday, Jul 08, 2013 05:28 AM PDT  By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Several thousand ultra-Orthodox protesters effectively blocked Jewish women activists campaigning for equal worship rights at the Western Wall from holding a monthly prayer session on Monday at the holy site. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said members and supporters of the Women of the Wall group were escorted by police to a spot a short distance from the Western Wall "to make sure there would be no incidents". ... Full Story | Top |
| Attorneys pitch mercy for condemned Ohio man Monday, Jul 08, 2013 08:30 AM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned Ohio man who stabbed a neighbor 17 times had permanent brain damage brought on by drug and alcohol abuse by the time he committed the killing that sent him to death row, a defense attorney said Monday. Full Story | Top |
| Britain on royal baby watch in countdown to arrival Monday, Jul 08, 2013 10:18 AM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith LONDON (Reuters) - Photographers are camped outside the hospital, social media are buzzing, and stores are touting baby goods ahead of the expected arrival this week of the future heir to the British throne. Britain is officially on baby watch with Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton awaiting the imminent arrival of their first child who will be third in line to the throne. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ray J Sends 'Love & Congratulations' To Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Monday, Jul 08, 2013 10:13 AM PDT  Ray J has nothing but love for Kim Kardashian and Kanye West! Full Story | Top |
| Teresa Heinz Kerry is critical in Boston hospital Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 11:40 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, is in critical condition at a Boston hospital. Full Story | Top |
| Condition of hospitalized Heinz Kerry is upgraded Monday, Jul 08, 2013 09:42 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — The condition of Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, was upgraded from critical to fair Monday, a day after she was first hospitalized, a State Department spokesman said. Full Story | Top |
| Friends say it's Zimmerman on 911 call for help Monday, Jul 08, 2013 11:31 AM PDT By Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Five friends of George Zimmerman testified on Monday they heard his voice calling for help in the background of a 911 emergency call the night he shot Trayvon Martin, backing his claim he killed the unarmed black teenager in self-defense. The second-degree murder trial of the neighborhood watchman could turn on the disputed identity of who was calling for help on the night of February 26, 2012, when Zimmerman, 29, killed Martin, 17, triggering a national debate on race and guns in America. ... Full Story | Top |
| New York ex-governor Spitzer seeks political redemption in new run Monday, Jul 08, 2013 11:56 AM PDT  By Karen Freifeld and Francesca Trianni NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eliot Spitzer, nicknamed "The Sheriff of Wall Street" for his aggressive stance toward the financial industry before he resigned as New York governor five years ago in a prostitution scandal, is ready to return to politics. Democrat Spitzer, 54, has set his sights on the less prestigious job of New York City comptroller, a post akin to chief financial officer. He said he wanted to reinvent the position by taking a more activist role, similar to the Wall Street watchdog role he played as state attorney general. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Israel must ease travel for Palestinian players - Blatter Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 03:17 PM PDT By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank, July 7 (Reuters) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter told Palestinian sports leaders on Sunday that he would speak to Israeli officials to try to ease travel restrictions on Palestinian soccer players. The head of the sport's governing body was due to meet Israel's soccer chiefs on Monday and was also hoping to speak to political leaders on the matter. ... Full Story | Top |
| Cuba's Raul Castro backs asylum offers for Snowden Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 03:46 PM PDT  HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro stood shoulder-to-shoulder Sunday with Latin American countries willing to take in NSA leaker Edward Snowden, but made no reference to whether Cuba itself would offer him refuge or safe passage. Full Story | Top |
| Procession brings home fallen Ariz. firefighters Monday, Jul 08, 2013 01:28 AM PDT  PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Nineteen firefighters killed in a wildfire a week ago went home for the last time, their bodies traveling in individual white hearses in a somber caravan for 125 miles through Arizona cities and towns. Full Story | Top |
| America's Cup gets under way with one-boat race Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 04:04 PM PDT  By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The 34th America's Cup sailing regatta began in San Francisco on Sunday with only one team competing in the first race as Italy's Luna Rossa Challenge sat it out in protest of rule changes it says put it at a disadvantage. In a bizarre start to a competition that was originally meant to attract a dozen or more international challengers, Emirates Team New Zealand sailed the race course alone in San Francisco Bay in order to formally win the first of several matches in the Louis Vuitton Cup. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. relaxes health law income, insurance status rule for exchanges Sunday, Jul 07, 2013 05:32 PM PDT  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Days after delaying health insurance requirements for employers, the Obama administration has decided to roll back requirements for new state online insurance marketplaces to verify the income and health coverage status of people who apply for subsidized coverage. President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law is slated to begin offering health coverage through state marketplaces, or exchanges, beginning October 1. ... Full Story | Top |
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