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| Hundreds of children abandoned en route to US: Mexico Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 05:36 PM PDT  Authorities in Mexico have found more than 370 children dumped by people smugglers while trying to make their way into the United States. The National Institute of Migration (INM) said the huge number of children, from different nations in Central America, were discovered in just a single one-week period in March. The figure included some 163 children who were abandoned because they were not traveling with an adult family member or an acquaintance, the INM said in a statement. In many cases, the children had been left in dangerous or difficult transit points by guides who had been paid between $3,000 and $5,000, it said. Full Story | Top |
| New objects seen, but still no evidence of jet Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 01:54 PM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — A day after the search for the Malaysian jetliner shifted to a new area of the Indian Ocean, ships on Saturday plucked objects from the sea to determine whether they were related to the missing jet. None were confirmed to be from the plane, leaving searchers with no sign of the jet three weeks after it disappeared. Full Story | Top |
| Health law legacy eludes Obama as changes sink in Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 02:39 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — As a roller-coaster sign-up season winds down, President Barack Obama's health care law has indeed managed to change the country. Full Story | Top |
| This second grader’s revenge against Common Core math will make your day Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 07:18 AM PDT The litany of frighteningly stupid Common Core math worksheets never ends. Perhaps now, though, kids are starting to fight back in satisfyingly creative ways. Full Story | Top |
| Christians, You’re Not Victims Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 09:00 PM PDT  Sure, it feels bad when the world you took for granted seems to have turned against you overnight. But Christians complaining about "discrimination" should realize what real victimization looks like. Full Story | Top |
| UN science report: Warming worsens security woes Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 11:00 PM PDT  YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — In an authoritative report due out Monday a United Nations climate panel for the first time is connecting hotter global temperatures to hotter global tempers. Top scientists are saying that climate change will complicate and worsen existing global security problems, such as civil wars, strife between nations and refugees. Full Story | Top |
| Another earthquake rattles southern California following 5.1 quake Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 03:46 PM PDT Residents of southern California were rattled by a 4.1 magnitude earthquake Saturday afternoon, the largest of more than 100 aftershocks following Friday's 5.1 rumbler that caused light scattered damage around the Los Angeles area. Saturday's quake rippled through an area near Rowland Heights, California, about 2:32 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor was considered relatively shallow with a depth of 5.6 miles, the USGS said. Aftershocks are expected following earthquakes, according to the USGS. Full Story | Top |
| Christie, Walker court GOP donors in Las Vegas Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 09:16 PM PDT LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two of the nation's highest-profile Republican governors on Saturday called for more aggressive leadership on America's challenges abroad, emphasizing their support for Israel as they courted powerful Jewish donors. Full Story | Top |
| Jet search effort ramped up; no evidence found Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 06:22 AM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia's prime minister said Sunday he was hopeful clues will emerge soon to help find Flight 370 even though searchers again failed to find jet debris, as relatives of Chinese passengers on the plane protested in Malaysia to demand the government apologize over its handling of the search. Full Story | Top |
| N. Korea 'will not rule out' a new nuclear test: KCNA Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 12:41 AM PDT  North Korea said Sunday it "will not rule out" a new nuclear test as it defended its recent mid-range missile launch which triggered widespread international condemnation. "(We) will not rule out a new form of a nuclear test aimed at strengthening our nuclear deterrence," Pyongyang's foreign ministry said in a statement carried by the North's state-run KCNA news agency. Pyongyang slammed the UN criticism as "unacceptable", defending the launch as a "self-defensive" act in protest against ongoing Seoul-Washington joint military drills being held in South Korea. Full Story | Top |
| Kerry, Lavrov seek deal on Ukraine crisis Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 10:41 AM PDT US Secretary of State John Kerry met his Russian counterpart Sunday hoping to ease global tensions over the Kremlin's annexation of Crimea and buildup of troops near Ukraine. The latest bid to resolve the worst East-West standoff in the post-Cold War era comes after Russian leader Vladimir Putin called US President Barack Obama on Friday to discuss a diplomatic resolution. The two men met in the lavish residence of the Russian ambassador to France seeking to hammer out a plan to end the crisis sparked when Moscow sent troops into Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula after the pro-Kremlin regime in Kiev fell in February. Despite a massive troop build-up on Ukraine's borders, Lavrov has insisted Moscow had "absolutely no intention and no interests in crossing the Ukrainian border". Full Story | Top |
| Obamacare hits milestone, but detours ahead for health law Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 05:34 AM PDT  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's embattled U.S. healthcare law, having survived a rollout marred by technology failures, reaches a milestone on Monday with the end of its first enrollment wave, and with the administration likely to come close to its goal of signing up 7 million people in private health insurance. But as the White House and its allies declare victory, major hurdles remain. And it will take years to determine whether the law will accomplish its mission of creating stable insurance markets that can help a significant number of America's nearly 50 million uninsured gain health coverage, experts say. Republicans are counting on that uncertainty to play into their strategy for the midterm congressional elections in November. Full Story | Top |
| Number of missing from mudslide drops to 30 Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 07:20 PM PDT DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) — The number of those believed missing following a deadly Washington state landslide has plummeted to 30 after many people were found safe, authorities said late Saturday. Full Story | Top |
| Conflict with Russia galvanizes Ukraine's identity Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 04:24 AM PDT KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — He's one of Russia's favorite doctors, the author of books read by parents from Moscow to Siberia. And he lives in eastern Ukraine where the Russian language is dominant and ties to Russia strong. Full Story | Top |
| Studies find new drugs greatly lower cholesterol Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 04:09 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new class of experimental medicines can dramatically lower cholesterol, raising hopes of a fresh option for people who can't tolerate or don't get enough help from Lipitor and other statin drugs that have been used for this for decades. Full Story | Top |
| US, Dutch try to deposit billions in fake bonds in Vatican bank Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 02:53 PM PDT  Vatican police on Saturday apprehended an American and a Dutch man who were trying to deposit billions of euros and US dollars in fake bonds in the Vatican bank. The men were stopped by the police when they approached one of the guarded gates at the Vatican and asked to be let through to the Institute for Religious Works (IOR) as the bank is formally known, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi told AFP. The haul came a day after Italian prosecutors said two former top executives at the Vatican bank will go on trial for money laundering in a case that led to the seizure of 23 million euros ($32 million). IOR press officer Max Hohenberg said the American and Dutch man "are neither clients of the bank, nor were they expected". Full Story | Top |
| Black box detector to join Malaysian jet search Saturday, Mar 29, 2014 09:47 PM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — A warship with an aircraft black box detector was set to depart Australia on Sunday to join the search for the missing Malaysian jetliner, a day after ships plucked objects from the Indian Ocean to determine whether they were related to the missing plane. None were confirmed to be from the plane, leaving searchers with no sign of the jet more than three weeks after it disappeared. Full Story | Top |
| Israel hands Palestinians proposal to extend peace talks Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 12:35 PM PDT  Israel on Sunday handed the Palestinians a proposal they hope will lead to an extension of their peace talks beyond an April 29 deadline, as efforts to salvage the negotiations came to a head. The fate of the US-brokered peace process could be decided within days, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier, warning that "either the matter will be resolved or it will blow up." Netanyahu's remarks to ministers from his rightwing Likud party came as US officials were working around the clock to prevent a collapse of the negotiations over a dispute about Palestinian prisoners. "In any case, there won't be any deal without Israel knowing clearly what it will get in exchange," Netanyahu said. Full Story | Top |
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