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| Russia: Syrian rebels used sarin nerve gas Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 12:24 PM PDT  The U.S. has maintained that only the government has chemical weapons. Full Story | Top |
| UAE offers Egypt $3 billion support, Saudis $5 billion Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 09:43 AM PDT  The country has struggled to pay for imports since the 2011 uprising. Full Story | Top |
| White House defends force feeding detainees Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 11:35 AM PDT  Faced with an unusually harsh rebuke from a federal judge, the White House on Tuesday cautiously defended the force-feeding of Guantanamo Bay prisoners, stressing, "We don't want these individuals to die." Press secretary Jay Carney's comments came after U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler urged Obama to personally address the controversy over the hunger strike [...] Full Story | Top |
| Egypt: Veteran economist named prime minister Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 12:34 PM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — After days of deadlock, Egypt's military-backed interim president named a veteran economist as prime minister on Tuesday and appointed pro-democracy leader Mohamed ElBaradei as a vice president, while the army showed its strong hand in shepherding the process, warning political factions against "maneuvering" that impedes the transition. Full Story | Top |
| GOP wants delay in health law's individual mandate Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 12:22 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Framing a new argument against President Barack Obama's health care law, congressional GOP leaders called Tuesday for a delay in the law's requirement that individual Americans carry health insurance. Full Story | Top |
| Zimmerman attorneys say they may finish Wednesday Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 12:52 PM PDT  SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's attorney says the defense will likely wrap up its case in the neighborhood watch volunteer's second-degree murder trial on Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Investigators to interview Asiana Airlines pilots Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 10:55 AM PDT  SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (AP) — Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was 500 feet up and about a half-minute from San Francisco International Airport when its speed dropped below the threshold for a safe landing. It continued slowing until just about eight seconds before touchdown, when pilots recognized the need for more speed and throttled up. Full Story | Top |
| FBI nominee says surveillance can be valuable tool Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 12:06 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration's nominee to become the next FBI director, James Comey, told members of Congress on Tuesday that federal judges who oversee government intelligence programs are "anything but a rubber stamp." But Comey also agreed to work with legislators to improve the laws governing surveillance activities. Full Story | Top |
| GOP redistricting skills may hurt immigration push Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 12:20 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans' knack for congressional redistricting helps them control the U.S. House, but it may be working against them on immigration changes that national GOP leaders see as critical to the next presidential election. Full Story | Top |
| Air Force pulls sexual assault prevention brochure Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 12:30 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has pulled a brochure circulated at a South Carolina base after a lawmaker complained about some objectionable advice to sexual assault victims — such as submitting to an attack rather than resisting. Full Story | Top |
| Canada derailment puts tank car in spotlight Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 12:46 PM PDT  The deadly derailment and explosion of an oil train in Quebec involved DOT-111 type tanker cars, which have come under scrutiny from transportation safety experts concerned with what they say is their tendency to split open during derailments and other major accidents. Full Story | Top |
| Largest Nev. fires still growing near Vegas, Reno Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 12:17 PM PDT  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fire crews worked Tuesday to stop two large Nevada wildfires advancing through rugged mountain areas, including one that billowed smoke visible from downtown Las Vegas and another southwest of Reno, while administrators added resources and began looking to the weather to help contain flames. Full Story | Top |
| Bynes appears in NYC court in suspected bong toss Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 08:34 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Bynes wore a long aqua wig, false eyelashes and black sweatpants and a tank top for a brief court appearance Tuesday on allegations that she chucked a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment. Full Story | Top |
| Expert says evidence jibes with Zimmerman's story Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 12:25 PM PDT SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — An expert on gunshot wounds hired by the defense testified Tuesday that George Zimmerman's account of how he fatally shot Trayvon Martin is consistent with the forensic evidence. Full Story | Top |
| Dozens feared dead in Quebec oil-train derailment Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 12:11 PM PDT  LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec (AP) — Blackened debris, twisted metal and gas leaks hampered rescue workers' search for perhaps dozens of bodies Tuesday, three days after a runaway oil train smashed into this small lakeside town and incinerated homes, a library and a crowded bar. Full Story | Top |
| Egypt's military warns of political "maneuvering." Tuesday, Jul 09, 2013 08:46 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's army chief says the military will not accept political "maneuvering," in thinly veiled warning to the only Islamist party that sided with the army's removal of President Mohammed Morsi but has since had frictions with other factions over forming a new leadership. Full Story | Top |
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