Live: Emotions high at Benghazi hearing

Live: Emotions high at Benghazi hearing
Castro had ropes, chains, padlocked doors inside house
Report: Hospitals charge vastly more for same care
Amanda Berry, daughter now at sister’s home
Tsarnaev relative a prominent Islamist In Dagestan
U.S. sending $100M to Syria for humanitarian aid
House Republicans plan another Obamacare repeal vote
Teen charged with homicide by assault in referee's death
Bangladesh garment disaster death toll crosses 800
Hawking snubs Israeli conference to back Palestinians
NRA blasted for 'ex-girlfriend’ target at convention
Puppy survives almost a month in locked car
Belgium says 31 detained in $50M diamond heist
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Posted: 08 May 2013 11:14 AM PDT

Gregory Hicks recalls the moment he heard of Ambassador Stevens' death.

Castro had ropes, chains, padlocked doors inside house

Posted: 08 May 2013 07:31 AM PDT

The suspect's son said he was not close with his father.

Report: Hospitals charge vastly more for same care

Posted: 08 May 2013 11:23 AM PDT

Government figures shed new light on just how high a hospital bill might go.

Amanda Berry, daughter now at sister’s home

Posted: 08 May 2013 09:26 AM PDT

The house is just a short distance where Berry was held captive for a decade.

Tsarnaev relative a prominent Islamist In Dagestan

Posted: 08 May 2013 10:10 AM PDT

Magomed Kartashov founded a group that campaigns for sharia law.

U.S. sending $100M to Syria for humanitarian aid

Posted: 08 May 2013 08:43 AM PDT

Total U.S. assistance in the two-year war will climb to $510 million.

House Republicans plan another Obamacare repeal vote

Posted: 08 May 2013 09:35 AM PDT

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., vowed Wednesday to schedule a vote next week to repeal "Obamacare"—a move that will likely amount to little more than political theater. From Cantor's Twitter account: The House will vote next week for a full repeal of #Obamacare. twitter.com/EricCantor/sta… — Eric Cantor (@EricCantor) May 8, 2013 Conservatives and other [...]

Teen charged with homicide by assault in referee's death

Posted: 08 May 2013 11:24 AM PDT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah teen accused of punching a soccer referee who later died was charged Wednesday with homicide by assault, a count issued when an attack unintentionally causes death.

Bangladesh garment disaster death toll crosses 800

Posted: 08 May 2013 10:03 AM PDT

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Dozens of bodies recovered Wednesday from a collapsed garment factory building were so decomposed they were being sent to a lab for DNA identification, police said, as the death toll from Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster topped 800.

Hawking snubs Israeli conference to back Palestinians

Posted: 08 May 2013 09:36 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The British cosmologist Stephen Hawking has pulled out of a prestigious Israeli conference as part of an academic boycott to protest against Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands, Cambridge University said on Wednesday. After conflicting explanations were given for Hawking's decision, a spokesman for the British university confirmed that the wheelchair-bound scientist was snubbing the annual event, organised by President Shimon Peres, as part of the boycott. ...

NRA blasted for 'ex-girlfriend’ target at convention

Posted: 08 May 2013 10:33 AM PDT

Glenn Beck's speech comparing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Hitler wasn't the only controversy to emerge from the National Rifle Association convention in Houston held May 3-5. Anti-violence groups are criticizing the NRA for allowing a vendor at its annual conference display "The Ex," a scantily-clad, blood-splattered female shooting-range target. According to Zombie [...]

Puppy survives almost a month in locked car

Posted: 08 May 2013 09:46 AM PDT

A 12-week-old puppy has miraculously overcome a harrowing ordeal and survived being locked inside an impounded car for nearly a month. The Kansas City, Mo., animal shelter now caring for the terrier and schnauzer mix they've named Kia said she survived by eating trash left in the car from a McDonald's restaurant. However, she apparently [...]

Belgium says 31 detained in $50M diamond heist

Posted: 08 May 2013 05:47 AM PDT

Three months ago, robbers pulled off a theft with clockwork precision.