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House Judiciary Committee grills Holder

House Judiciary Committee grills Holder


House Judiciary Committee grills Holder

Posted: 15 May 2013 09:38 AM PDT

Holder to face questions over "grave national security leak"Members ask the AG about the IRS and AP phone record scandals.


Why the U.S. shouldn't intervene in Syria

Posted: 15 May 2013 06:47 AM PDT

A mosque after shelling in Aleppo, Syria, on May 13.Any action would have many of the same flaws as the Iraq war.


Obama honors 'tough compassionate' cop

Posted: 15 May 2013 07:31 AM PDT

U.S. President Obama speaks at Democratic Party fundraiser in New YorkThe president urges the country to honor police not "only in the wake of tragedy," but everyday.


Philadelphia abortion doctor gets third life sentence

Posted: 15 May 2013 09:56 AM PDT

FILE - In this undated photo provided by the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, Dr. Kermit Gosnell is shown. Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic agreed Tuesday May 14, 2013 to give up his right to an appeal and faces life in prison but will be spared a death sentence. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department via Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, File)Dr. Kermit Gosnell, convicted of killing three babies, will spend the rest of his life in prison.


Richter painting sells for $37 million in NYC

Posted: 15 May 2013 10:45 AM PDT

FILE - In this file photo of April 12, 2013, Sotheby's employees pose with Gerhard Richter's 1968 oil on canvas painting 'Domplatz, Mailand' in London. The piece, considered an outstanding example of Richter's 1960s photo-painting technique, depicts a shopping center facing Milan's cathedral. It sold for $37 million at Sotheby's in New York, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)The 20th-century masterpiece fetches a record sum for any living artist at auction.


Attorneys debate use of mental disorder manual in courtrooms

Posted: 15 May 2013 06:41 AM PDT

Behavioral addictions could be considered bona fide illnesses under the American Psychiatric Association's new manual for mental disorders, prompting criticism from some pundits. "You see, I'm addicted to bling, so I just had to knock over the jewelry store," quipped Kent Scheidegger on his Crime and Consequences blog as a possible excuse a suspect might [...]

Suspect in killing of W.Va. sheriff arraigned on murder charges

Posted: 15 May 2013 10:58 AM PDT

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A man accused of gunning down a county sheriff in West Virginia plans to ask a judge for bail.

O.J. Simpson testifies in bid to win freedom

Posted: 15 May 2013 09:41 AM PDT

This combination of Associated Press file photos shows from left, O.J. Simspon on Oct. 3, 1995, after the jury acquitted him in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles; Simpson, center, in court on the first day his trial for armed robbery and kidnapping, on Monday, Sept 15, 2008, in Las Vegas; and right, Simpson in Clark County District Court seeking a new trial, claiming that trial lawyer Yale Galanter had conflicted interests and shouldn't have handled Simpson's armed case on Monday, May 13, 2013, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo)The former football great seeks a new trial for his 2008 robbery-kidnapping conviction.


Blight, corruption, crime: Detroit Mayor gives up

Posted: 15 May 2013 06:05 AM PDT

Detroit Mayor Calls It InAfter inheriting a "hell hole," and a huge debt, David Bing has had enough.


Castro to plead not guilty

Posted: 15 May 2013 05:31 AM PDT

Más detalles de la casa de Ariel CastroThe Cleveland man kidnapped and raped three women over the past decade.


Columbia seeks to change ‘whites only’ scholarship

Posted: 15 May 2013 07:13 AM PDT

A man is dwarfed by the Columbia University Library as he sits outside the building, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012, in New York. The NYPD was revealed to be monitoring mosques in several cities and has kept files on Muslim student groups at colleges in Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York, including Columbia University. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)Launched in 1920, it can only be awarded to someone white from Iowa.


Palestinians mark their 1948 displacement

Posted: 15 May 2013 09:31 AM PDT

A masked Palestinian throws back a tear gas canister during clashes after a rally marking the Nakba Day outside the West Bank town of Hebron, Wednesday , May 15, 2013. Palestinians annually mark the "nakba," or "catastrophe" the term they use to describe their defeat and displacement in the war that followed Israel's founding in 1948. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)Every May 15, Palestinians commemorate the "nakba," or "catastrophe."


Hillary Clinton could lose the most in Obama scandals

Posted: 15 May 2013 06:43 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Clinton walks to a reception at the Indiana Teahouse at Cottesloe Beach, near PerthIf she runs for president, she would face the administration's legacy.


Russian media delight in U.S. spy case as leaders try to limit fallout

Posted: 15 May 2013 03:14 AM PDT

In this handout photo provided by the FSB, acronym for Russian Federal Security Service, a man claimed by FSB to be Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, is detained in Moscow, early Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Russia's security services say they have caught a U.S. diplomat who they claim is a CIA agent in a red-handed attempt to recruit a Russian agent. Ryan Fogle, a third secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, was carrying special technical equipment, disguises, written instructions and a large sum of money when he was detained overnight, the FSB said in a statement Tuesday. Fogle was handed over to U.S. embassy officials, the FSB, said. (AP Photo/FSB Public Relations Center)Both countries signaled they wanted to prevent the episode harming relations.


Prince Harry closes US visit with Conn. polo match

Posted: 15 May 2013 08:07 AM PDT

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry is wrapping up a weeklong visit to the United States in the affluent New York City suburb of Greenwich, Conn., where he is playing in a polo match at a club with a history of hosting royal visitors.

LA is worst city for dog attacks on mail carriers

Posted: 15 May 2013 07:29 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service says Los Angeles was the worst city in America for dog attacks on letter carriers last year, and it urged pet owners to help reduce the attacks.

Dems attack House members who support Obamacare repeal

Posted: 15 May 2013 04:33 AM PDT

House Democrats will begin making robocalls to voters in 10 congressional districts Wednesday that target Republican lawmakers who support a new effort to repeal the 2010 federal health care law. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is paying for the calls, which according to a script obtained by Yahoo News, will warn voters that Republicans support [...]

Texas paramedic expected to plead not guilty to bomb charge

Posted: 15 May 2013 04:03 AM PDT

The site of a fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas is pictured from the air as Obama assesses the damage from Marine OneHe was a responder to a plant explosion that killed 14 people.


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