| Google offers smellable search results Posted: 01 Apr 2013 09:57 AM PDT Search results you can smell, a crowdsourced hunt for pirate booty and paying for vowels on Twitter are some of this year's attempts at tech pranks. Few fooled anymore, but the annual tech ritual is still fun to watch.  |
| Fave pranks: Jeff Gordon test drive Posted: 01 Apr 2013 09:24 AM PDT NASCAR racer Jeff Gordon pranked a car salesman while out on a test drive. But was the prank real?  |
| Death penalty sought in theater killings Posted: 01 Apr 2013 11:12 AM PDT Prosecutors rejected James Holmes' offer to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding execution. "It is my determination and my intention that in this case for James Eagan Holmes, justice is death," the district attorney said. FULL STORY  |
| Pipeline leak a crude reality in Ark. Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:26 PM PDT Heavy crude oil flowing like a river through a central Arkansas neighborhood could keep residents away for several more days as crews work to clean it up.  |
| Dog tattoos cruel or prudent? Posted: 01 Apr 2013 10:56 AM PDT A North Carolina man's decision to put tattoos on his two dogs is drawing yelps of criticism and wagging tails of support across social media.  |
| Cute kid's potty mouth a viral hit Posted: 01 Apr 2013 01:36 PM PDT Look, it's a difficult word. Back off. Watch the original video at: http://www.youtube.com/user/aaronreynolds  |
| Man goes diving in his living room Posted: 01 Apr 2013 09:16 AM PDT A man in Bristol, Wisconsin, has the largest privately owned reef tank in North America, and it's in his living room.  |
| Radar platform going off coast Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:24 PM PDT The U.S. Navy is moving a massive radar platform closer to the North Korean coast to monitor that country's military moves, the Pentagon said today. FULL STORY  |
| S. Korea to North: Don't provoke us Posted: 01 Apr 2013 07:41 AM PDT South Korea's president today had a tough warning for the North: Any provocative moves will be met with "a strong response." The U.S. has sent F-22 Raptors to the region. FULL STORY  |
| How far can N. Korean missiles go? Posted: 28 Mar 2013 06:12 PM PDT Patricia Wu reviews North Korea's weapons and the distances they can travel.  |
| More visas for foreign-born workers Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:30 PM PDT Anxiety and stress are not typically associated with April 1, a day widely celebrated with practical jokes and tomfoolery. However, for thousands of people, April 1 is no joking matter -- it begins the official filing period for H-1B immigration petitions.  |
| NFL will welcome openly gay player Posted: 01 Apr 2013 09:39 AM PDT NFL punter Chris Kluwe says it isn't right that we can't accept people for who they are.  |
| Hillary Clinton, a mistake for 2016 Posted: 01 Apr 2013 06:16 AM PDT David Frum says Republicans have learned it's a mistake to let also-ran candidates inherit the nomination for president  |
| Generations X and Y start to rule Posted: 01 Apr 2013 04:41 AM PDT Julian Zelizer says two generations have come of political age and are reshaping the landscape of American politics on issues such as gay rights  |
| FBI swarms on District Attorney killings Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:36 PM PDT Dozens of FBI agents join the investigation into the weekend killing of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, whose death is suspected to be linked to that of another prosecutor in January.  |
| Victim's eerie talk of 'bad people' Posted: 01 Apr 2013 11:11 AM PDT Dozens of FBI agents are joining the investigation into the weekend killings of a Texas district attorney and his wife, murders suspected to be linked to that of another prosecutor in January.  |
| 'Buckwild' star Shain Gandee dead Posted: 01 Apr 2013 11:21 AM PDT Shain Gandee, one of the stars of the MTV reality show "Buckwild," has been found dead along with two other people in Kanawha County, West Virginia, authorities said Monday.  |
| Powerball winner must pay up for kid Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:35 PM PDT A New Jersey judge Monday ordered $338 million Powerball jackpot winner Pedro Quezada to pay $30,000 in back child support to the mother of three of his children.  |
| So far, forced spending cuts not so bad Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:48 PM PDT Forced government spending cuts, known in Washington jargon as sequestration, took effect a month ago amid doomsday predictions of freed criminals, weakened borders and a crippled military.  |
| Apple CEO apologizes to China Posted: 01 Apr 2013 10:16 AM PDT Apple has published a letter to Chinese customers -- signed by CEO Tim Cook -- that addresses the growing controversy over the company's warranty policies there.  |
| American a victim in Rio rape attack Posted: 01 Apr 2013 01:23 PM PDT A female foreign tourist was kidnapped, raped and robbed on a minibus in Rio de Janeiro, police said, highlighting security concerns in the Brazilian city that will host matches in the 2014 World Cup and will put on the Summer Olympics two years later.  |
| Inside a firefight with the Taliban Posted: 01 Apr 2013 04:08 AM PDT With U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan, CNN's Anna Coren reports on a Taliban firefight lasting more than 90 minutes.  |
| Arias' allure: Sex, lies and audiotape Posted: 01 Apr 2013 09:12 AM PDT See why these Jodi Arias trial watchers are so enthralled with the defendant.  |
| Beckham's 'daily agony' in Paris Posted: 01 Apr 2013 01:14 PM PDT He may be one of the most famous faces on the planet and earning in excess of US$46m a year, according to France Football magazine, but David Beckham admits he does not have it all.  |
| Watch bus aide scream at 5-year-old Posted: 01 Apr 2013 11:56 AM PDT A special needs student is allegedly verbally assaulted by a school bus aide and it's caught on camera.  |
| Distraction: Cat grabs leash, walks dog Posted: 01 Apr 2013 05:59 AM PDT Everything is wrong about this. The natural order of things has been disrupted. Run for the hills!  |
| Ouch! Bag snatcher meets glass door Posted: 01 Apr 2013 10:59 AM PDT A thief in Perth, Australia, tries to make a quick getaway but a glass door gets in his way.  |
| 'Game of Thrones' actor talks romance Posted: 01 Apr 2013 01:17 PM PDT With the third season of "Games of Thrones" under way on HBO, series star Kit Harington opens up to Glamour magazine about what to expect from his character, Jon Snow.  |
| Best eats at 20 busiest U.S. airports Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:41 AM PDT Airport eating is no longer a terminal situation. There's real food to be found in-between flights.  |
| A killer in the family Posted: 31 Mar 2013 02:04 PM PDT Family members of mass murderers say they feel humiliation, isolation and sadness. Some even question their identity. "It started to make me wonder if I was like my dad," says the daughter of one killer.  |
| Dr. Drew: Shooter's mom was in denial Posted: 31 Mar 2013 02:09 PM PDT Dr. Drew details the role Adam Lanza's mother may have played in helping buy firearms used in the Newtown shooting.  |
| Docs: Injury horrific, but fixable Posted: 01 Apr 2013 01:09 PM PDT As awful as Louisville guard Kevin Ware's leg injury appeared during Sunday night's Elite Eight game against Duke, Ware could be back on the court in six months to a year, an orthopedic surgeon says.  |
| Injury 'awful to look at' Posted: 01 Apr 2013 02:22 AM PDT University of Louisville spokesman Kenny Klein discusses Kevin Ware's gruesome leg injury during a tournament game.  |
| North Korea Posted: 01 Apr 2013 06:54 AM PDT The South Korean president on Monday warned North Korea that any provocative moves will be met with "a strong response" as the United States deployed stealth fighter jets in the tense region as part of joint military exercises.  |
| Prosecutor slayings Posted: 01 Apr 2013 09:05 AM PDT Frayed nerves and a palpable tension cloak this quiet Texas county where the FBI, the Texas Rangers and half a dozen other agencies are on the hunt for the killer or killers bent on taking out top criminal justice officials.  |
| Colorado theater massacre Posted: 01 Apr 2013 08:10 AM PDT Prosecutors will decide Monday whether they will accept a defense request to take the death penalty off the table if James Holmes pleads guilty.  |
| Powerball winner Posted: 01 Apr 2013 12:28 PM PDT A New Jersey judge Monday ordered $338 million Powerball jackpot winner Pedro Quezada to pay $30,000 in back child support to the mother of three of his children.  |