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Miss. man arrested in ricin letters case

Miss. man arrested in ricin letters case


Miss. man arrested in ricin letters case

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 09:48 AM PDT

Itawamba County Sheriff's Department deputies finish inspecting a home and property in the Ozark community, northeast of Tupelo, Miss., Thursday, April 25, 2013. The officers were looking for Everett Dutschke, a person of interest in connection with the investigation into the recent ricin-laced letters mailed to President Barack Obama and others. No charges have been filed against Dutschke and he hasn't been arrested. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)A Mississippi man whose home and business were searched as part of an investigation into poisoned letters sent to the president and others has been arrested in the case, according to the FBI.


FBI removes boat used by Boston bombing suspect

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 08:21 AM PDT

Members of the FBI Evidence Recovery Team inspect the boat where Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was hiding at 67 Franklin St. in Watertown, MassachusettsInvestigators have removed from its Watertown, Massachusetts, backyard the now-famous boat used as a hiding spot by one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, and have taken it to an evidence storage facility, the FBI said on Saturday. The boat was the scene of high drama when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a 19-year-old ethnic Chechen charged with the April 15 bombing that killed three people and wounded 264, was captured by authorities on April 19 after a tense day of searching in the Boston area. ...


NATO: 4 dead in Afghanistan plane crash

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 09:37 AM PDT

Afghan men surround a burned bus after it collided with the wreckage of a truck that was attacked by Taliban insurgents in Maiwand district, on the highway between Kandahar and Helmand, Afghanistan, Friday, April 26, 2013. Scores of people aboard the bus were killed in the fiery crash, officials said. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq Kandahari)NATO says a plane crash in southern Afghanistan has killed four international service members.


Bangladesh building collapse deaths near 350

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 06:45 AM PDT

A survivor is carried on a stretcher into a waiting ambulance after being evacuated from a garment factory building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, April 27, 2013. Police in Bangladesh took five people into custody in connection with the collapse of a shoddily-constructed building this week, as rescue workers pulled 19 survivors out of the rubble on Saturday and vowed to continue as long as necessary to find others despite fading hopes.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)Police in Bangladesh took five people into custody in connection with the collapse of a shoddily-constructed building that killed at least 348 people, as rescue workers admitted Saturday that voices of survivors are getting weaker after four days of being pinned under the increasingly unstable rubble.


Investigators push ahead in Boston bombing probe

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 08:04 AM PDT

FILE - This April 25, 2013 file photo shows the mother of the two Boston bombing suspects, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, left, speaking at a news conference in Makhachkala, the southern Russian province of Dagestan. Two government officials tell The Associated Press that U.S. intelligence agencies added the Boston bombing suspects' mother to a federal terrorism database about 18 months before the attack. At right is her sister-in-law Maryam. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev, File)With the Boston marathon bombing suspect in a prison hospital, investigators are pushing forward both in the U.S. and abroad to piece together the myriad details of a plot that killed three people and injured more than 260.


FBI director faces criticism of bureau again

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 05:24 AM PDT

FBI Director Mueller testifies at a security threat hearing on Capitol Hill in WashingtonAs he nears the end of a dozen years as director of the FBI, Robert Mueller finds himself defending the agency over its handling of two high-profile cases.


Obama: Flight delay fix a 'Band-Aid'

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 10:33 AM PDT

FILE - This April 23, 2013 file photo shows a United Airlines jet departing in view of the air traffic control tower at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. Congress easily approved legislation Friday ending furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed hundreds of flights daily, infuriating travelers and causing political headaches for lawmakers. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)President Barack Obama says the congressional fix for widespread flight delays is an irresponsible way to govern, but he's prepared to sign the legislation that lawmakers fast-tracked.


China reports new bird flu case in Hunan province

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 04:56 AM PDT

Health officers examine a pigeon for H7N9 at a poultry market in ChangshaChina on Saturday reported its first case of H7N9 bird flu in the southern province of Hunan, the latest sign the virus that has killed 23 people in the country is continuing to spread.


N. Korea: Verdict soon for American citizen

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:58 PM PDT

North Korean soldiers tour the park surrounding Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum where the bodies of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il lie embalmed, in Pyongyang on Thursday, April 25, 2013. North Korea on Thursday marked the 81st anniversary of the founding of its military, which began as an anti-Japanese militia and now has an estimated 1.2-million troops. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)North Korea says it will soon deliver a verdict in the case of a detained American is accuses of trying to overthrow the government, further complicating already fraught relations between Pyongyang and Washington.


Navajo the chosen one for new 'Star Wars' dub

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 08:24 AM PDT

This publicity film image provided by 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation shows, from left, Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia Organa and Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in a scene from the "Star Wars" movie released by 20th Century-Fox in 1977. The classic Star Wars film that launched a science fiction empire is being dubbed in the Navajo language, with casting calls scheduled Monday, April 29, 2013, in Burbank, Calif., and on May 3 and 4 at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock. Potential actors don't have to sound exactly like Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker or Han Solo, but should be able to deliver the lines with character. (AP Photo/20th Century-Fox Film Corporation)In the new translation of "Star Wars," Darth Vader is Luke's bizhe'e.


U.S. tries new aerial tools in Caribbean drug fight

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 08:57 AM PDT

A balloon-like craft known as an aerostat is shown attached to the back of the U.S. Navy high speed vessel Swift docked in Key West, Florida, Friday, April 26, 2013. The U.S. Navy on Friday began testing two new aerial tools, borrowed from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq, that officials say will make it easier to detect, track and videotape drug smugglers in action. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)Drug smugglers who race across the Caribbean in speedboats will typically jettison their cargo when spotted by surveillance aircraft, hoping any chance of prosecuting them will vanish with the drugs sinking to the bottom of the sea.


GOP faces Senate recruitment woes in key states

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 05:47 AM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2013, file photo, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad delivers the annual Condition of the State address before a joint session of the Iowa Legislature, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Republicans are struggling to recruit strong Senate candidates in states that present the party's best opportunities to reclaim the majority, a sign that the GOP's post-2012 soul searching may end up creeping into the midterm congressional elections. GOP top national Senate campaign strategists tried again, in vain it turns out, to persuade Branstad to run for Senate instead of seeking another gubernatorial term. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)Republicans are struggling to recruit strong U.S. Senate candidates in states where the party has the best chances to reclaim the majority in Washington.


Overseer of U.S. victim funds says work wrenching

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 07:35 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday April 23, 2013 file photo, Kenneth Feinberg, an attorney who managed the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, speaks at a news conference in Boston, as Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick listens at right. Feinberg will design and be administrator of a new fund to help people affected by the Boston Marathon bombing. Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino say the One Fund Boston is intended as a central place to gather donations for the Boston Marathon bombing victims. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)Massachusetts lawyer Kenneth Feinberg has been near the heart of some of the worst catastrophes, dealing with people who've faced profound loss after 9/1l, the BP oil spill, the Virginia Tech shootings, and the Colorado movie theater ambush.


Turkey's leader hits a nerve over country's 'national drink'

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 04:50 AM PDT

Turkey's PM Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during the Global Alcohol Policy Symposium in IstanbulIf you are looking for one sure way to split public opinion in Turkey, just bring up the word alcohol.


Official: 1 adult, 4 kids killed in Georgia fire

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 10:42 AM PDT

Sisters Brandy McCrary, left, and Breona Montgomery, who are cousins of the five fatal house fire victims, hug neighbors Bonita Beasley, center, and Jennifer Moss, right, in Newnan, Ga., Saturday, April 27, 2013. The fire killed Alonna T. McCrary, 27, as well as her 5-year-old daughter Eriel McCrary and 2-year-old daughter Nikia White, according to Glenn Allen, the Georgia state Insurance commissioner's spokesman. Two other children, Messiah White, 3, and McKenzie Florence, 2, also died. Allen said the two were sleeping over at the home. A fifth child, 11-year-old Nautica McCrary, escaped the burning home and was taken to a hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. (AP Photo/David Tulis)One adult and four young children have been killed in an early morning fire in a Georgia city about 30 miles southwest of Atlanta.


Ethiopian Airlines first to fly 787 Dreamliner since grounding

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 04:53 AM PDT

Ground crew personnel surround Ethiopian Airlines' 787 Dreamliner upon its arrival at Arlanda airport, north of StockholmEthiopian Airlines on Saturday became the world's first carrier to resume flying Boeing's 787 Dreamliner passenger jets since the global fleet was grounded three months ago.


New conservative lobbying push for gay marriage

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 07:33 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 18, 2013, file photo Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton tell hundreds who turned out to rally at the State Capitol, in St. Paul, Minn. in support of a bill to legalize gay marriage that he hoped legislators will pass this year. A spokesman for American Unity PAC tells The Associated Press that the group has established a lobbying operation and already spent more than $250,000 to lobby Republican lawmakers in Minnesota, with plans to spend more. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)A national group of prominent GOP donors that supports gay marriage is pouring new money into lobbying efforts to get Republican lawmakers to vote to make it legal.


Taliban vow suicide and 'insider' attacks in new spring offensive

Posted: 27 Apr 2013 02:26 AM PDT

Taliban fighters pose with weapons at an undisclosed location in southern AfghanistanThe Taliban in Afghanistan vowed a new campaign of mass suicide attacks on foreign military bases and diplomatic areas, as well as damaging "insider attacks."


Feds: SF man pretended to be African leader's son

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 11:09 PM PDT

A San Francisco man was in federal custody Friday on charges that he defrauded a Northern California real estate agent and his girlfriend out of $1.6 million by pretending to be the son of Congo's president.

Possible 9/11 plane landing gear part found in NYC

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 06:38 PM PDT

This Friday, April 26, 2013, photo provided by the New York City Police Department shows a piece of landing gear that authorities believe belongs to one of the airliners that crashed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, that was found wedged between a mosque and another building, in New York. Police say the medical examiner's office will complete a health and safety evaluation to determine whether to sift the soil around the buildings for possible human remains. (AP Photo/New York City Police Department)A rusted 5-foot-tall piece of landing gear has been discovered near the World Trade Center.


Suspect indicted in Las Vegas Strip carnage

Posted: 26 Apr 2013 08:29 PM PDT

FILE - This image provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Ammar Harris in a booking photo from a 2012 arrest in Las Vegas. Harris, a self-described pimp has been indicted on charges that could bring the death penalty in a fatal shooting and fiery crash that killed three people on the Las Vegas Strip. The Clark County District Court grand jury also handed up a surprise indictment Friday April 26, 2013, against 27-year-old Harris. It stems from a 2010 case and charges him with robbery and felony sex assault. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, File)A self-described pimp was indicted on charges that could bring the death penalty if he is convicted.


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