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LaPierre: NRA will never surrender guns

LaPierre: NRA will never surrender guns


LaPierre: NRA will never surrender guns

Posted: 04 May 2013 10:01 AM PDT

NRA Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Wayne LaPierre speaks during the leadership forum at the National Rifle Association's annual meeting Friday, May 3, 2013 in Houston. (AP Photo/Steve Ueckert)The public face of the National Rifle Association says gun control will "destroy us and every ounce of our freedom."


Official: Israel bombs Hezbollah-bound missiles in Syria

Posted: 04 May 2013 08:01 AM PDT

An Israeli air force F15-E fighter jet takes off for a mission over the Gaza Strip, from the Tel Nof air base in central IsraelIsrael has carried out an air strike targeting a shipment of missiles in Syria bound for Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon, an Israeli official said on Saturday.


Calif. wildfire grows, but weather may aid fight

Posted: 04 May 2013 03:05 AM PDT

Firefighters from Riverside, Calif. work to extinguish a brush fire at Point Mugu, Calif., Friday, May 3, 2013. A Southern California wildfire carving a path to the sea grew to more than 15 square miles and crews prepared Friday for another bad day of gusting winds and searing weather. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)A wildfire tearing through a coastal region in Southern California nearly tripled in size as high temperatures fueled the flames, but an expected weekend change in the weather will likely give crews manning the fire lines much-needed assistance.


NATO: Five Americans killed in southern Afghanistan

Posted: 04 May 2013 08:03 AM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, May 4, 2013. Karzai says the director of the CIA assured him that regular funding his government receives from the agency will not be cut off. He says Afghanistan has been receiving such funding for more than 10 years and expressed hope at a Saturday news conference that it will not stop.(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)Five U.S. service members were killed on Saturday by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the latest deadly attack against international troops since the Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive this week.


All about immigration: Green cards? Citizenship?

Posted: 04 May 2013 09:05 AM PDT

President Barack Obama delivers a speech at the Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, Mexico, Friday, May 3, 2013. Obama said he is optimistic that the U.S. will change its patchwork of immigration laws. With about 6 million Mexicans illegally in the United States, the issue resonates deeply in Mexico, which also has seen deportations of its citizens from the U.S. rise dramatically under Obama. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)This may be the year Congress decides what to do about the millions of immigrants living illegally in the U.S. After years of gridlock, there are ideas whizzing all around Washington.


Bangladesh toll 547; search becomes more gruesome

Posted: 04 May 2013 06:38 AM PDT

A young lady wails over the phone as she tells her family that she had identified one of the many bodies at a morgue to be her relative, Saturday, May 4, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. In the aftermath of a building collapse that killed more than 530 people, Bangladesh's garment manufacturers may face a choice of reform or perish. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)Ten days after the horrifying collapse of a garment-factory building, life has become still more gruesome for crews working to recover bodies at the site. The death toll rose to 547 on Saturday and the stench of decaying flesh was sickening evidence that the work is not yet done.


Next Iran president likely to have gentler touch

Posted: 04 May 2013 09:43 AM PDT

In this Thursday, May 2, 2013 photo, Iran's former nuclear negotiator, Hasan Rohani, a potential front-runner in the presidential race, center right, is greeted by a supporter, in a campaign rally in Tehran, Iran. For eight years, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has played the role of global provocateur-in-chief: questioning the Holocaust, saying Israel should be erased from the map and painting U.N resolutions as worthless. Now, a race is beginning to choose his successor -- candidate registration starts Tuesday for a June 14 vote -- and it looks like an anti-Ahmadinejad referendum is shaping up. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)For eight years, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has played the role of global provocateur-in-chief: questioning the Holocaust, saying Israel should be erased from the map and painting U.N resolutions as worthless.


Bodies of two U.S. crew found at Kyrgyzstan crash site

Posted: 04 May 2013 05:13 AM PDT

A Kyrgyz policeman investigates a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker aircraft wreckage as a local citizen speaks to The Associated Press photographer on a field near the village of Chaldovar, about 100 miles (160 kms) west of the Kyrgyz capital Bishkek, Friday, May 3, 2013. The emergencies ministry in Kyrgyzstan says a US military plane has crashed in the country. Kyrgyzstan hosts a US base that is used for troops transiting into and out of Afghanistan and for C-135 tanker planes that refuel warplanes in flight. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)Search teams on Saturday found the bodies of two American crew members near where their military refueling plane crashed in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, while the third crew member was still missing.


For skywatchers, springtime is 'Big Bear' season

Posted: 04 May 2013 05:55 AM PDT

For Skywatchers, Springtime Is 'Big Bear' SeasonAround the area where I live, in a suburb to the north of New York City, we occasionally get reports of bear sightings — either a bear or bear cubs will wander aimlessly through local streets or perhaps rummage through neighborhood garbage cans looking for food. 


Solar plane lands in Ariz., 1st leg of major trip

Posted: 04 May 2013 03:39 AM PDT

The Solar Impulse plane takes off on a multi-city trip across the United States from Moffett Field NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, May 3, 2013. Solar Impulse, considered the world's most advanced solar-powered plane, will stop for seven to 10 days at major airports in each city, so the pilots can display and discuss the aircraft with reporters, students, engineers and aviation fans. It plans to reach New York's Kennedy Airport in early July — without using a drop of fuel, its creators said. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)A solar-powered airplane landed in Phoenix early Saturday morning after flight from California that included several hours in the air after sundown.


Preschoolers with ADHD often treated incorrectly

Posted: 04 May 2013 04:44 AM PDT

Doctors usually do not follow guidelines for treating very young children withattention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new study suggests.

Britain's Cameron warned: Shed the elitist image

Posted: 04 May 2013 04:52 AM PDT

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron listens during a meeting with scientists before opening the 'Li Ka-shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery' at Oxford University in OxfordBritish Prime Minister David Cameron must shed his elitist image and connect with ordinary voters, a senior party member said on Saturday.


China city quashes protest against petro plant

Posted: 04 May 2013 05:30 AM PDT

Chinese people wear face masks with "No to Kunming PX," paraxylene, written, chant slogans as they hold protest against a planned refinery project in downtown Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan province Saturday, May 4, 2013. After word spread about an environmental protest that was planned for Saturday in the central Chinese city of Chengdu, drugstores and printing shops were ordered to report anyone making certain purchases. Microbloggers say government fliers urged people not to demonstrate, and schools were told to stay open to keep students on campus. Meanwhile, hundreds of people - many wearing mouth masks - gathered in Kunming to protest a planned refinery project in the area. The demonstrators demanded information transparency and that public health be safeguarded. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAfter word spread about an environmental protest that was planned for Saturday in the central Chinese city of Chengdu, drugstores and printing shops were ordered to report anyone making certain purchases.


States fear loss of health care aid

Posted: 03 May 2013 11:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 30, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama answers questions during his new conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. State officials say thousands of people with medical problems are in danger of losing coverage as the Obama administration winds down one of the earliest programs in the federal health care overhaul. At risk is the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, a transition program that has turned into a lifeline for the so-called Thousands of people with serious medical problems are in danger of losing coverage under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul because of cost overruns, state officials say.


Newtown board mulls plans for Sandy Hook school

Posted: 03 May 2013 10:48 PM PDT

FILE - This Dec. 14, 2012 aerial file photo shows Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where a gunman shot 27 people dead, including 20 children. The Sandy Hook School Building Task Force meets Friday night, May 3, 2013, to debate whether to renovate or rebuild on the existing school site, or to construct a new school building on nearby property. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)Newtown officials struggled Friday night to move toward a decision on what to do with the elementary school.


Obama: Same-sex provision shouldn't derail immigration move

Posted: 03 May 2013 07:57 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Costa Rica's President Chinchilla after their meeting at Casa Amarilla in San JoseA proposal by Sen. Patrick Leahy has cast uncertainty into the process of reaching a compromise.


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