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Arrest imminent in marathon bombing

Arrest imminent in marathon bombing


Arrest imminent in marathon bombing

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 10:54 AM PDT

Investigators comb through the post finish line area of the Boston Marathon at Boylston Street, two days after two bombs exploded just before the finish line, Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Boston. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Federal marshals will take the suspect into custody and then to court.


Ricin-laced letter sent to Obama

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:50 AM PDT

President Barack Obama finishes speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, about the Boston Marathon explosions.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)The mail field-tested positive for the poison, police officials say.


Background check bill faces likely Senate defeat

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 10:11 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 10, 2013 file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, and Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa. arrive for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to announce that they have reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers. Supporters try to salvage an expansion of background checks, the heart of Congress' struggling post-Newtown effort to restrict guns. Forty-one senators are potentially ready to oppose the measure _ enough to sink it unless gun control forces figure out a way to attract more votes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)


Evidence of nerve gas in Syria

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:08 AM PDT

A bus, used as cover from snipers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, blocks a street lined with damaged buildings in Aleppo's Salaheddine districtConfirmation that the weapons have been deployed could alter the course of war.


Iran upgrades its nuclear technology, diplomats say

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:52 AM PDT

TO GO WITH STORY IRAN NUCLEAR - FILE - In this April 8, 2008 file photo released by the Iranian President's Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, front center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran. Technicians upgrading Iran's main uranium enrichment facility have tripled partial or full installations of high-tech machines that could be used in a nuclear weapons program to more than 600 since starting their work three months ago, according to diplomats who demanded anonymity because they said they are not authorized to disclose the information, Wednesday April 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Iranian President's Office, file) NO SALESTechnicians triple installations of machines that could be used to make weapons.


Funeral held for diplomat killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:57 AM PDT

Rev. Kenneth Fischer begins the funeral service of U.S. diplomat Anne T. Smedinghoff at St. Luke Catholic Church Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in River Forest, Ill. Smedinghoff was killed by a bomb when she set out on foot for a one block trip to deliver books to a school in southern Afghanistan on April 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast-Pool)Hundreds of friends and family members pay their respects to Anne Smedinghoff.


Wife of ex-judge arrested in slain Texas DA case

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 07:35 AM PDT

File - This photo provided by the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office shows Eric Williams. Texas authorities have arrested the former justice of the peace's wife, Kim Lene Williams. Online jail records do not list charges against her and officials in Kaufman County wouldn't immediately comment on the reason for her arrest. A law enforcement official has said authorities are trying to build a case against Eric Lyle Williams in the deaths of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia. (AP Photo/Kaufman County Sheriff's Office, File)Officials are trying to build a case against her husband for two murders.


Did 'Gang of 8' tackle immigration's 'List of 4'?

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:36 AM PDT

The Weird Math of the Immigration BillThe Senate's bipartisan group finally showed a legislative summary of its proposal.


Photos: U.K.'s 'Iron Lady' remembered

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 07:51 AM PDT

Photos: U.K.'s 'Iron Lady' rememberedBritain's Queen Elizabeth (front L) and Mark Thatcher (R), son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, watch as her coffin arrives in St Paul's Cathedral for the funeral service, in London April 17, 2013. Thatcher, who was Conservative prime minister between 1979 and 1990, died on April 8 at the age of 87. REUTERS/Paul Edwards/Pool (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION OBITUARY SOCIETY ROYALS)

Rand Paul hints at presidential run in 2016

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 08:33 AM PDT

Rand Paul Hints at Presidential Run in 2016A Tea Party favorite, Paul is libertarian like his father-congressman.


Bird flu mystery deepens as some victims had no poultry contact

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 10:31 AM PDT

An employee works at a poultry farm on the outskirts of ShanghaiThe virus has killed 16 people to date in China.


Private rocket takes maiden flight from Virginia today

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 04:02 AM PDT

New Private Rocket Launching on Maiden Flight from Virginia TodayAntares is slated to lift off at 5 p.m. EDT in a test of future space station trips.


Harry Reid throws support behind assault weapons ban

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:58 AM PDT

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters following a Democratic strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Reid said he plans showdown vote on gun control on Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)The Democrat has a B rating from the NRA and has voted against past bans.


The gun lobby that senators and congressmen are really afraid of (hint: it’s not the NRA)

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:11 AM PDT

Power Players As the Senate moves to vote on expanding background checks for gun purchases, the Gun Owners of America lobby group has a warning for Republicans on Capitol Hill: vote against background checks or face a showdown with the GOA in the next election. "We'll be doubling down to make sure the House members [...]

Pressure cooker lid offers clues to bombing

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:11 AM PDT

This image from a Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security joint bulletin issued to law enforcement and obtained by The Associated Press, shows the remains of a pressure cooker that the FBI says was part of one of the bombs that exploded during the Boston Marathon. The FBI says it has evidence that indicates one of the bombs was contained in a pressure cooker with nails and ball bearings, and it was hidden in a backpack. (AP Photo/FBI)Authorities recover a piece of circuit board that may be a part of one of the explosive devices.


New Zealand lawmakers approve gay-marriage bill

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:37 AM PDT

New Zealand lawmaker Louisa Wall, who sponsored the gay marriage bill, stands on the steps of Parliament in Wellington before voting for the same-sex marriage Tuesday, April 16, 2013. New Zealand has become the 13th country in the world and the first in the Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage. Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advocates celebrated at New Zealand's Parliament today after lawmakers vote 77 to 44 in favor of the gay-marriage bill. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)The country became the 13th in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.


Two rockets from Egypt hit southern Israeli resort

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:59 AM PDT

Israeli police explosives experts walk near a rocket which was fired into the Red Sea resort city of EilatThe 'Iron Dome' defense system did not intercept the incoming missiles.


Joe Manchin pitches his gun amendment to conservatives

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 08:08 AM PDT

Senator Toomey and Senator Manchin hold news conference on firearms background checks on Capitol Hill in WashingtonThe Senator is making a last minute push to expand background checks.


Fox pulls 'Family Guy' episode following Boston bombings

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 05:28 AM PDT

This image released by Fox shows characters from the Fox animated series, "Family Guy." Fox is pulling from websites an episode of "Family Guy" that depicts mass deaths at the Boston Marathon and has no immediate plans to air it again. Fox spokeswoman Gaude Paez says the episode has been removed from Fox.com and Hulu.com. (AP Photo/Fox)Creator Seth MacFarlane slammed a mash-up that appeared on the Internet.


Hospital apologizes for leaving baby's body in dirty laundry

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 07:17 AM PDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota hospital is apologizing for mishandling a stillborn baby who was discovered at a laundry service.

NH legislator calls women 'vaginas' in House email

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:47 AM PDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Republican legislator is drawing ire for referring to women as "vaginas" in an email to his House colleagues during a debate over repealing a law allowing people to use deadly force to defend themselves.

Star Wars actor Richard LeParmentier dies at 66

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 08:19 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Actor Richard LeParmentier, best known as the commander in "Star Wars" who Darth Vader nearly choked to death for his "lack of faith" in the Force, has died aged 66, his family said. LeParmentier appeared in more than 50 films and TV shows but is remembered for playing Death Star commander Admiral Motti in the 1977 film "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" in which Darth Vader chokes him using the invisible "Force". ...

Pa. man's apparent suicide leaves 3 others dead

Posted: 17 Apr 2013 03:34 AM PDT

QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Friends and neighbors were stunned and saddened by the deaths of four family members who appear to have died of carbon monoxide fumes that resulted from the husband's apparent suicide.

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