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| Ebola reaches Guinea's capital; 8 cases confirmed Friday, Mar 28, 2014 12:17 PM PDT  CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Health officials in the West African nation of Guinea say they're now treating eight cases of Ebola in the capital. Full Story | Top |
| Syrian government denies 3.5 million people access to UN aid Friday, Mar 28, 2014 12:37 PM PDT  United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The Syrian government is denying 3.5 million civilians access to UN aid convoys in defiance of a Security Council resolution that has seen the crisis worsen, Western powers warned Friday. Britain and the United States told the United Nations that Damascus bears overwhelming responsibility for denying UN relief workers access to an escalating number of people in need. The Syrian government has allowed aid convoys to cross only one of eight border crossings identified by the United Nations as a priority, Western ambassadors said. Since February 22, 300 cases of sexual violence have been recorded in and around Damascus alone, and hundreds of thousands more Syrians had been newly displaced, Amos added. Full Story | Top |
| Tigers' Cabrera has 292 million reasons to smile for 10 years Friday, Mar 28, 2014 09:18 AM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera will earn a baseball-record $292 million over the next decade under a $248 million, eight-year deal with the Detroit Tigers through 2023. Full Story | Top |
| New Malaysia plane search area turns up objects Friday, Mar 28, 2014 06:52 AM PDT PERTH, Australia (AP) — The search area for the lost Malaysian jetliner moved 1,100 kilometers (680 miles) to the northeast on Friday, as Australian officials said a new analysis of radar data suggests the plane had flown faster and therefore ran out of fuel more quickly than previously estimated. Full Story | Top |
| Obama meets with Saudi king, weighs new Syria aid Friday, Mar 28, 2014 11:40 AM PDT  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — President Barack Obama is considering allowing shipments of new air defense systems to the Syrian opposition, a U.S. official said Friday, as Obama sought to reassure Saudi Arabia's king that the U.S. is not taking too soft a stance in Syria and other Mideast conflicts. Full Story | Top |
| At core of nuke cheating ring: 4 'librarians' Friday, Mar 28, 2014 06:51 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators dubbed them "the librarians," four Air Force nuclear missile launch officers at the center of a still-unfolding scandal over cheating on proficiency tests. Full Story | Top |
| Ousted Ukrainian leader urges referendum Friday, Mar 28, 2014 12:37 PM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine's fugitive leader pushed Friday for a vote to determine the status of each of the country's regions — a call serving the Kremlin's purpose of turning Ukraine into a loosely knit federation. Full Story | Top |
| Family plays key role in Colter's union push Friday, Mar 28, 2014 12:41 PM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — Kain Colter's grandmother often spoke about rights and equality, values she brought home from her job managing an office of a Colorado law firm. Full Story | Top |
| FBI sting shows San Francisco Chinatown underworld Friday, Mar 28, 2014 12:15 PM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Beneath the strings of red paper lanterns and narrow alleyways of the nation's oldest Chinatown lies a sinister underworld, according to an FBI criminal complaint that has stunned even those familiar with the neighborhood's history of gambling houses, opium dens and occasional gangland-style murders. Full Story | Top |
| Study: Married folks have fewer heart problems Friday, Mar 28, 2014 12:33 PM PDT  Love can sometimes break a heart but marriage seems to do it a lot of good. A study of more than 3.5 million Americans finds that married people are less likely than singles, divorced or widowed folks to suffer any type of heart or blood vessel problem. Full Story | Top |
| Poll: Obama health law fails to gain support Friday, Mar 28, 2014 12:07 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a late surge in sign-ups, support for President Barack Obama's health care law is languishing at its lowest level since passage of the landmark legislation four years ago, according to a new poll. Full Story | Top |
| Tigers' Cabrera gets record $292M, 10-year deal Friday, Mar 28, 2014 09:45 AM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera agreed Friday to a baseball-record $292 million, 10-year contract Friday with the Detroit Tigers. Full Story | Top |
| Defendant in Chinatown crime probe in court Friday, Mar 28, 2014 11:37 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The federal public defender's office says it cannot represent a key defendant in a criminal case that also includes corruption allegations against a California state senator because of potential conflicts of interest. Full Story | Top |
| Rogers, GOP hawk, quitting Congress for radio show Friday, Mar 28, 2014 12:52 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Mike Rogers, the brash-talking Republican security hawk who has criticized the Obama administration yet commanded uncommon bipartisan support as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Friday he was retiring from Congress next year. Full Story | Top |
| US Rep. Rogers of Michigan won't seek re-election Friday, Mar 28, 2014 08:26 AM PDT DETROIT (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, who has taken on an increasingly sharp profile in Washington as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee in a time of widening global security crises, has decided to give up his seat in Congress for a career in broadcasting. Full Story | Top |
| Italy bishops say they don't have to report abuse Friday, Mar 28, 2014 10:32 AM PDT ROME (AP) — Italy's bishops have adopted a Vatican-backed sex abuse policy that says they have no obligation to inform police if they suspect a child has been molested. Full Story | Top |
| 25 tons of unwanted peanut butter to be dumped in landfill Friday, Mar 28, 2014 10:04 AM PDT  Nearly a million jars of peanut butter are being dumped at a New Mexico landfill to expedite the sale of a bankrupt peanut-processing plant that was at the heart of a 2012 salmonella outbreak and nationwide ... Full Story | Top |
| Alleged sex abuse victim seeks justice 30 years later Friday, Mar 28, 2014 04:00 AM PDT  For years he masked the pain with drugs. Then came the countless hours of therapy. But now John Delaney says he's finally strong enough to deliver a message to the Catholic priest he says raped him as a young boy: "You tell him John Delaney's coming for him," he said in a thick Philly accent. "I'm not a little kid anymore. You can't do this to me. I'm going to fight back now." Full Story | Top |
| Planes race to new MH370 search zone Friday, Mar 28, 2014 12:49 PM PDT  The search area was moved nearly 700 miles to the northeast based on new radar analysis. Full Story | Top |
| Mudslide death toll expected to soar Friday, Mar 28, 2014 09:06 AM PDT  By Eric M. Johnson and Jonathan Kaminsky ARLINGTON, Wash./DARRINGTON, Washington (Reuters) - Rescue officials said the death toll from a catastrophic mudslide in Washington state is soon expected to climb far higher, as some residents voiced anger that they were prevented from helping in the initial disaster response six days ago. At least 26 people were known to have perished when a rain-soaked hillside collapsed without warning on Saturday, unleashing a deluge of mud that flattened dozens of homes in a river valley near the rural town of Oso, in Snohomish County, some 55 miles northeast of Seattle. Although the remains of 26 people killed by the landslide were known to have been found, local authorities for days have been counting only the first 16 victims recovered and examined by coroners for inclusion in the official death toll. Late Thursday night, Snohomish County officials said an infant whose body was recovered earlier in the day had also now been sent to the medical examiner's office. Full Story | Top |
| Latinos wary of Obamacare as deadline looms Friday, Mar 28, 2014 04:07 AM PDT  The deportation surge has made enrollment much harder than expected. Full Story | Top |
| Florida, Dayton advance to Elite Eight Friday, Mar 28, 2014 12:38 AM PDT  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Scottie "McBuckets" has Florida deep in the NCAA tournament once again. The Dayton Flyers are the latest mid-major upstart still in the bracket. Full Story | Top |
| Nuke commanders fired in cheating scandal Thursday, Mar 27, 2014 05:42 PM PDT  Air Force missile corps has been beset by security lapses, low morale and weak management. Full Story | Top |
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