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| State Dept. delays review of Keystone pipeline Friday, Apr 18, 2014 12:49 PM PDT  Move could push decision about controversial oil pipeline until after midterm elections. Full Story | Top |
| SpaceX launches long overdue supplies to space station Friday, Apr 18, 2014 12:46 PM PDT  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The SpaceX company returned to orbit Friday, launching fresh supplies to the International Space Station after more than a month's delay. Full Story | Top |
| South Korean media reports ferry captain's arrest Friday, Apr 18, 2014 12:45 PM PDT  Seoul (AFP) - The captain of a South Korean ferry that capsized three days ago, leaving 28 people confirmed dead and 268 missing, was arrested early Saturday, Yonhap news agency reported. Full Story | Top |
| Public skepticism surges in Nigeria after false military report Friday, Apr 18, 2014 11:27 AM PDT  As he waited outside a hospital on Wednesday for the body of one of his friends to be released for burial, Basiru Youseff, a young toy salesman, was bitter about government claims that they crushing the insurgency. Violence in Nigeria reached new heights this week, with the biggest attack on the capital in the city's history, gun battles in the countryside, and the abduction of at least 129 girls from their schoolhouse by militants. It is not known who perpetrated these attacks, though Boko Haram insurgents are widely blamed. While the military may make such comments in an effort to keep up morale, it feeds public frustration with a military that seems incapable of stemming what appears to be a widening conflict. "The skepticism in the public mind is increasing, perhaps even about the government's culpability with the security concerns that Nigerians have," says Clement Nwankwo, who heads the Policy and Legal Advocacy Center in Abuja. Full Story | Top |
| Fender Stratocaster turns 60 Friday, Apr 18, 2014 07:43 AM PDT  An original 1954 Fender Stratocaster head stock, left, is shown next to a 2014 model, Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 at a studio in Scottsdale, Ariz. April 2014 marks the 60th anniversary of the very first Stratocaster ever sold. (AP Photo/Matt York) Full Story | Top |
| Emotions, questions mount as S. Korea ferry rescue efforts continue Friday, Apr 18, 2014 07:46 AM PDT  As rescuers struggled to find some 270 people still missing and feared dead, officials say the investigation into South Korea's ferry disaster is focusing on the sharp turn it took just before it began listing and whether a quicker evacuation order could have saved lives. Full Story | Top |
| 12 killed, 3 missing in Everest avalanche Friday, Apr 18, 2014 10:21 AM PDT  All the victims are Nepalese guides in the worst disaster on the world's highest peak. Full Story | Top |
| Clock ticks for states to start health exchanges Friday, Apr 18, 2014 12:12 PM PDT  Chance for hundreds of millions in aid is set is to expire, but issue remains election-year risk. Full Story | Top |
| Magnitude-7.2 earthquake shakes Mexican capital Friday, Apr 18, 2014 10:41 AM PDT  The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered northwest of the Pacific resort of Acapulco, where many Mexicans are vacationing for the Easter holiday. Full Story | Top |
| Captain wasn’t at helm when ferry capsized Friday, Apr 18, 2014 09:48 AM PDT Investigators say the third officer was in command at the time of the deadly accident. Full Story | Top |
| Obama shows skepticism on Russia in Ukraine Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 05:04 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama conveyed skepticism Thursday about Russian promises to de-escalate a volatile situation in Ukraine, and said the United State and its allies are ready to impose fresh sanctions if Moscow doesn't make good on its commitments. Full Story | Top |
| Arrest warrant sought for captain of sunken ferry Friday, Apr 18, 2014 12:15 PM PDT  MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — As the last bit of the sunken ferry's hull slipped Friday beneath the murky water off southern South Korea, prosecutors and police sought arrest warrants for the vessel's captain and two other crew members in the maritime disaster. Full Story | Top |
| Some countries get Obama, but want his wife, too Friday, Apr 18, 2014 12:03 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama travels abroad, sometimes it's not enough for just the leader of the free world to show up. People in other countries want the first lady, too. Full Story | Top |
| World reacts to death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez Friday, Apr 18, 2014 11:17 AM PDT  Reaction to death of writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Full Story | Top |
| Diplomacy doesn't move insurgents in Ukraine Friday, Apr 18, 2014 12:17 PM PDT  DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Pro-Russian insurgents defiantly refused Friday to surrender their weapons or give up government buildings in eastern Ukraine, despite a diplomatic accord reached in Geneva and overtures from the government in Kiev. Full Story | Top |
| 57-nation OSCE plays key Ukraine monitoring role Friday, Apr 18, 2014 11:31 AM PDT  VIENNA (AP) — A 57-nation organization with a history of mediation but no enforcing powers has been tasked with helping to translate diplomatic progress on easing Ukrainian tensions into reality on the ground. Full Story | Top |
| Chinese relatives pray over lost Malaysian plane Friday, Apr 18, 2014 12:47 AM PDT  PERTH, Australia (AP) — Six weeks into the extensive search for the lost Malaysia Airlines plane without so much as a piece of debris yet found, several Chinese relatives met Friday to pray for spouses who never came home, while begging for answers that could end their misery of not knowing. Full Story | Top |
| AP PHOTOS: Marking Jesus' journey on Good Friday Friday, Apr 18, 2014 12:32 PM PDT  Around the world, Christians are coming together in observance of Good Friday, which they believe was the day Jesus was crucified. Full Story | Top |
| Late sign-ups improve outlook for Obama health law Friday, Apr 18, 2014 12:45 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A surge of eleventh-hour enrollments has improved the outlook for President Barack Obama's health care law, with more people signing up overall and a much-needed spark of interest among young adults. Full Story | Top |
| Nigerians search dangerous forest for 100 abducted girls Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 02:25 PM PDT  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Able-bodied men from the Nigerian town of Chibok have taken to the dangerous Sambisa Forest to search for more than 100 abducted girls and young women whom the military claimed to have freed from their Islamic extremist kidnappers, an education official said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Old-timey car pitched to replace NYC's horse-drawn carriages Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 05:26 PM PDT  An electric car that proponents hope will replace horse-drawn carriages in New York City was presented Thursday at the New York International Auto Show, as critics expressed their distaste for the idea. ... Full Story | Top |
| Who gained, and what, at Ukraine talks Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 02:55 PM PDT  Ukraine, Russia, the U.S. and EU each achieved initial satisfaction on some issues in Geneva talks. Full Story | Top |
| Wikipedia beats Google in helping researchers track flu season Thursday, Apr 17, 2014 02:50 PM PDT  By monitoring the number of times people look for flu information on Wikipedia, researchers may be better able to estimate the severity of a flu season, according to a new study. Researchers created a new data-analysis system that looks at visits to Wikipedia articles, and found the system was able to estimate flu levels in the United States up to two weeks sooner than the flu data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were released. The new system examined visits to Wikipedia articles that included terms related to flulike illnesses, whereas Google Flu Trends looks at searches typed into Google. The research team wanted to use a database that is accessible to everyone and create a system that could be more accurate than Google Flu Trends, which has flaws. Full Story | Top |
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