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| Florida man accused of fraud after name change in 'act of love' Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 07:03 AM PST  MIAMI (Reuters) - A newly married South Florida man who opted to take his wife's last name is fighting the state's Department of Motor Vehicles after it suspended his driving license on grounds of fraud. Real estate investor Lazaro Sopena offered to change his name following his 2011 marriage to Hanh Dinh in order to help his wife's Vietnamese family perpetuate their family surname. Shortly after their marriage, Lazaro Dinh obtained a new passport and Social Security card and changed his bank account and credit cards before applying to update his drivers license. "It was an act of love. ... Full Story | Top |
| Obama announces immigration reform plan in Las Vegas Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:38 AM PST One week into his second term, President Barack Obama unveiled his vision for immigration reform in a speech on Tuesday afternoon in Las Vegas, Nev., telling Congress that he will send them his own bill and call for a vote if they don't move first. “We need Congress to act on a comprehensive approach that [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama announces new aid for Syrian rebels Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 08:12 AM PST Under fire for not doing more to help Syria’s rebels, President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday that he's sending opponents of strongman Bashar al-Assad another $155 million in humanitarian aid and defended his handling of the bloody conflict. Obama said the aid sends a message to the world. “The relief we send doesn’t say ‘Made [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ind. Officer, Wife Could Face Jail for Saving Deer Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 05:00 AM PST ABC News’ Gio Benitez, Mosheh Gains and Emily Stanitz report: Should an Indiana couple go to jail for saving Bambi? That’s the question surrounding the case of Jeff and Jennifer Counceller, who rescued an injured fawn and nursed it back to health at their Connersville,... Full Story | Top |
| Pizza Chain Makes Special Delivery for Soldier in Afghanistan Monday, Jan 28, 2013 07:52 PM PST Army National Guard Maj. Shawn Fulker is thousands of miles away serving in Afghanistan, and when his wife’s birthday came around, he decided he wanted to do something very special. Josephine Fulker loves Mellow Mushroom pizza, so her husband emailed Mellow Mushroom’s corporate website on... Full Story | Top |
| Florida women frighten off intruder by chanting ‘Jesus’ Monday, Jan 28, 2013 05:45 PM PST If you ask the 15 women inside Jacquie Hagler’s house what happened, they’ll tell you it’s simple: Jesus scared a would-be thief out of the Florida woman’s home. At first, those gathered at Hagler’s house for a jewelry party thought the intruder was part of an elaborate gag, using a “water gun†to tease the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Experts find new evidence in submarine mystery Monday, Jan 28, 2013 12:36 PM PST  NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) â€" Researchers say they may have the final clues needed to solve the mystery of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, which never resurfaced after it became the first sub in history to sink an enemy warship, taking its eight-man crew to a watery grave. Full Story | Top |
| Soldier who lost 4 limbs has double-arm transplant Monday, Jan 28, 2013 02:36 PM PST  On Facebook, he describes himself as a "wounded warrior...very wounded." Full Story | Top |
| 105-year-old woman renews driver’s license Monday, Jan 28, 2013 03:05 PM PST There apparently isn’t much that can slow down Edythe Kirchmaier. The 105-year-old California resident made headlines on Monday when she passed her driving test â€" continuing 86 years without a blemish on her driving record and maintaining her status as the state's oldest living driver. "I just couldn't imagine myself without a car," Kirchmaier told [...] Full Story | Top |
| Humble nickel from 1913 likely to fetch millions Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 08:33 AM PST RICHMOND, Va. (AP) â€" A humble 5-cent coin with a storied past is headed to auction and bidding is expected to top $2 million a century after it was mysteriously minted. Full Story | Top |
| Girl pens letter to paper after it publishes column defending racist language in books Monday, Jan 28, 2013 12:53 PM PST A 9-year-old German girl wrote an impassioned letter to Die Zeit, a German newspaper, over a column defending racist language in old children's books. The columnist had written: "What do you call it when a book publisher announces that it plans to neutralize any terms in its books ‘that could be felt as hurtful’ by [...] Full Story | Top |
| Conservative Hispanic group tells GOP to avoid ‘amnesty’ label Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 09:34 AM PST A conservative pro-immigration reform group has issued talking points to Republican lawmakers, telling them to avoid referring to the U.S. citizen children of illegal immigrants as "anchor babies" or calling for the construction of an "electric fence" on the border, among other things. The talking points, published by BuzzFeed, went out to Republican lawmakers on [...] Full Story | Top |
| Family of 14 gives up everything to live in RV Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 07:13 AM PST “Every single day is a weekend." That's how Susie Kellogg, mother of 12, describes family life these days, after she and her husband, Dan, decided to sell their Glenwood Springs, Colorado home last fall, fill up an RV with their childrenâ€"all of themâ€"and travel the country in search of adventure. Permanently. All but one of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Dutch Queen Beatrix abdicating, son will be king Monday, Jan 28, 2013 04:23 PM PST  THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) â€" The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix announced Monday that she is ending her reign after 33 years and passing the crown to her eldest son, who has long been groomed to be king but who will have to work hard to match his mother's popularity. Full Story | Top |
| Egypt army chief warns state could collapse Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 11:39 AM PST PORT SAID, Egypt (AP) â€" Thousands of mourners chanting for the downfall of Egypt's president marched in funerals again Tuesday in the restive city of Port Said as the army chief warned the state could collapse if the latest political crisis drags on. Full Story | Top |
| Funeral procession swings by Burger King to honor deceased Monday, Jan 28, 2013 02:31 PM PST David S. Kime Jr. was many things. World War II veteran. Purple Heart recipient. Father. Grandfather. Husband. And, it should be noted, Burger King enthusiast. The 88-year-old Kime died Jan. 20, and during his funeral procession a few days later, members of Kime's family took a detour to the Burger King drive-through. Linda Phiel, one [...] Full Story | Top |
| Dutch Queen Beatrix announces she is to abdicate Monday, Jan 28, 2013 03:05 PM PST THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) â€" The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix announced Monday that she is ending her reign after 33 years and passing the crown to her eldest son, who has long been groomed to be king but who will have to work hard to match his mother's popularity. Full Story | Top |
| Iran launches monkey into space, showing missile progress Monday, Jan 28, 2013 12:51 PM PST  DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it had launched a live monkey into space, seeking to show off missile systems that have alarmed the West because the technology could potentially be used to deliver a nuclear warhead. The Defense Ministry announced the launch as world powers sought to agree a date and venue with Iran for resuming talks to resolve a standoff with the West over Tehran's contested nuclear program before it degenerates into a new Middle East war. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sen. Heidi Heitkamp: The defiant democrat Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 03:59 AM PST Politics Confidential Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., defied the odds in November when she won the closest senate race in the country, and now that she's arrived in Washington, she's defiant as ever. But now, instead of defying the pollsters, she's defying the Democratic caucus by taking divergent opinions on issues central to the President Obama's [...] Full Story | Top |
| French seal off Mali's Timbuktu, rebels torch library Monday, Jan 28, 2013 01:03 PM PST  GAO, Mali (Reuters) - French and Malian troops retook control of Timbuktu, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on Monday after Islamist rebel occupiers fled the ancient Sahara trading town and torched several buildings, including a library holding priceless manuscripts. The United States and the European Union are backing a French-led intervention in Mali against al Qaeda-allied militants they fear could use the West African state's desert north as a springboard for international attacks. ... Full Story | Top |
| Congress passes $50.5B Superstorm Sandy aid bill Monday, Jan 28, 2013 05:42 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Three months after Superstorm Sandy ravaged coastal areas in much of the Northeast, Congress on Monday sent a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for storm victims to President Barack Obama for his signature. Full Story | Top |
| Report: States force jobless to pay needless fees Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 09:10 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Jobless Americans are paying millions in unnecessary fees to collect unemployment benefits because of state policies encouraging them to get the money through bank-issued payment cards, according to a new report from a consumer group. Full Story | Top |
| Senate panel approves Kerry nomination Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 10:34 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday swiftly and unanimously approved President Barack Obama's choice of Sen. John Kerry to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. Full Story | Top |
| Noting progress, Obama to lay out immigration reform vision Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 11:43 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will move cautiously into the debate over U.S. immigration reform on Tuesday, seeking to build momentum for a new bipartisan plan to offer a pathway to citizenship for the country's 11 million illegal immigrants. Reflecting the growing clout of Hispanic voters, Obama is traveling to Nevada little more than a week after his second inauguration to make the case for swift action by Congress to overhaul immigration laws. The trip comes a day after a group of influential Senate Democrats and Republicans laid out a broad plan of their own. ... Full Story | Top |
| Murdoch apologies for "offensive" Netanyahu cartoon Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 07:00 AM PST  LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch apologised on Monday for a "grotesque" cartoon in his London-based Sunday Times newspaper depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu building a bloody wall trapping the bodies of Palestinians, after complaints from Jewish groups. The image, which shows Netanyahu holding a trowel dripping blood, was published on Holocaust Memorial Day and carried the caption "Israeli elections. ... Full Story | Top |
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