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Senator: Obama should apologize for IRS targeting

Senator: Obama should apologize for IRS targeting


Senator: Obama should apologize for IRS targeting

Posted: 12 May 2013 08:43 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2012 file photo, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Oversight Committee. The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately flagged conservative political groups for additional reviews during the 2012 election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status, a top IRS official said Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)A Republican senator says she's disappointed that President Barack Obama hasn't personally condemned the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups during the 2012 election.


McCain continues call for investigation on Benghazi ‘cover-up’

Posted: 12 May 2013 07:33 AM PDT

Sen. John McCain Asserts Benghazi 'Cover-Up'Sen. John McCain continued his criticism of the White House's handling of the Sept. 11 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, calling for a select committee to investigate what he called the Obama administration's "cover-up." "Now, what you've got to look at this in the context of the times there," McCain told Martha Raddatz in an interview [...]


2 bodies found after NJ standoff; suspect killed

Posted: 12 May 2013 10:23 AM PDT

People react during a hostage situation in Trenton, New JerseyThe bodies of a woman and her 13-year-old son were found after a dayslong standoff, and her boyfriend was killed as officers stormed the home to rescue three other children he had been holding captive, authorities said Sunday.


Pedro Castro: ‘If I knew, I would have reported it—brother or no brother’

Posted: 12 May 2013 06:20 AM PDT

El FBI confirma que no localizó restos humanos en la vivienda de Ariel CastroThe brothers of accused kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro broken their public silence, giving CNN what's billed as an exclusive sit-down interview about the case.


Rescued women happy to be home, release first statements

Posted: 12 May 2013 10:59 AM PDT

This image provided by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's office shows the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center booking photo of Ariel Castro, 52, after he was ordered to be held on $8 million bail Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, a former school bus driver, is accused of imprisoning three young women and beating them repeatedly over a decade in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Cuyahoga County)Three women rescued from a house a decade after they disappeared said Sunday that they are happy to be home and pleaded for privacy so they can heal and reconnect with their family.


O.J. Simpson: Last chance at new trial starts Monday

Posted: 11 May 2013 09:50 PM PDT

O.J. Simpson Due in Las Vegas Court on MondayO.J. Simpson is expected to make the legal equivalent of a hail Mary pass on Monday in a Las Vegas courtroom, asking a judge to grant him a new trial on grounds his former attorney mishandled his case.


Despite bombings, Turkey says it won't be drawn into Syria conflict

Posted: 12 May 2013 09:15 AM PDT

Mourning relatives cry during the burial for one of the 46 victims killed in Saturday explosions in Reyhanli, near Turkey's border with Syria, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The bombings on Saturday marked the biggest incident of cross-border violence since the start of Syria's bloody civil war and has the raised fear of Turkey being pulled deeper into the conflict.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)Turkey's prime minister vowed Sunday his country won't be drawn into Syria's civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried out by a group of Turks with close ties to pro-government groups in Syria.


Will Disney's new Tonto be any better than past efforts?

Posted: 12 May 2013 09:54 AM PDT

This undated publicity photo from Disney/Bruckheimer Films, shows actors, Johnny Depp, left, as Tonto, a spirit warrior on a personal quest, who joins forces in a fight for justice with Armie Hammer, as John Reid, a lawman who has become a masked avenger in "The Lone Ranger." (AP Photo/Disney/Bruckheimer Films)The Hollywood image of Tonto once had the Lone Ranger's sidekick wearing a thin headband and lots of dangling fringes. The latest Disney version has a shirtless Johnny Depp adorned with feathers, a face painted white with black stripes, and a stuffed crow on his head.


Pope Francis gives church hundreds of new saints

Posted: 12 May 2013 06:15 AM PDT

Pope Francis, middle, kisses the altar as he arrives to celebrate his first canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 12, 2013. The pontiff will canonize Antonio Primaldo and his companions, also known as the Martyrs of Otranto, Laura di Santa Caterina da Siena Montoya of Colombia, and Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala of Mexico in a ceremony at the Vatican on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic Church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam, as he led his first canonization ceremony in a packed St. Peter's Square.


Sheriff: Body found, believed to be missing girl

Posted: 12 May 2013 05:38 AM PDT

This photo provided by The Kansas Department of Corrections shows Kyle Flack. Flack, a convicted felon, has been charged with capital murder, first-degree murder and other charges in the deaths of a woman and two men whose bodies were found at an eastern Kansas farm home, according to a criminal complaint released Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Kansas Department of Corrections)A body recovered amid an intensive search is believed to be that of a missing 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a Kansas farm days ago, authorities said Sunday.


Plans to export U.S. natural gas stir debate

Posted: 12 May 2013 04:47 AM PDT

FILE - This June 13, 2003 file photo shows pipelines running from the offshore docking station to four liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanks at the Dominion Resources Inc. Liquefied Natural Gas facility in Cove Point, Md. A domestic natural gas boom already has lowered U.S. energy prices while stoking fears of environmental disaster. Now U.S. producers are poised to ship vast quantities of gas overseas as energy companies seek permits for proposed export projects that could set off a renewed frenzy of fracking. (AP Photo/Matt Houston, File)Energy companies seek permits for proposed export projects that could set off a renewed frenzy of fracking.


Benghazi police bombed for second time in three days

Posted: 12 May 2013 06:33 AM PDT

(Blank Headline Received)BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Two more police stations were attacked in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi in the early hours of Sunday morning, the local council said, after two others were bombed on Friday. The attacks are the latest signs of insecurity in Libya's second city, birthplace of the uprising that toppled the dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Nearly two years after his fall, rebel groups that helped to overthrow him are still refusing to disband and remain a more visible presence on the streets than the state security forces. ...


Second French coronavirus case confirmed

Posted: 12 May 2013 05:48 AM PDT

French Social Affairs and Health Minister Marisol Touraine arrives at Roger Salengro hospital in LilleA second diagnosis of the new SARS-like coronavirus has been confirmed in France, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.


Brother arrested in fatal Calif. stabbing of girl

Posted: 12 May 2013 10:10 AM PDT

FILE - In this April 29, 2013 file photo, Calaveras County Sheriff's deputies and volunteers stand watch at Jenny Lind Elementary School, after the murder of one it's students over the weekend, in Valley Springs, Calif. Authorities on Saturday, May 11, 2013 arrested the 12-year-old brother of an 8-year-old girl who was mysteriously stabbed at her home in a quiet Northern California community last month. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)Authorities have arrested the 12-year-old brother of an 8-year-old girl who was mysteriously stabbed at her home in a rural Northern California community last month.


Israeli PM criticized for installing bed on plane

Posted: 12 May 2013 05:27 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, third from left, speaks to Chinese President Xi Jinping, unseen, during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Kim Kyung-Hoon, Pool)Officials close to Israel's prime minister says he will use alternate sleeping arrangements when traveling after receiving a sky-high bill for installing a customized bed on a recent flight to London.


Can banks in cyber heist get their money back?

Posted: 12 May 2013 06:49 AM PDT

Illustration file picture shows a man typing on a computer keyboard in WarsawBecause the sums were large and such attacks are relatively new, the banks face an uncertain path in trying to recover their losses.


U.S. astronaut mom savors Mother's Day before space travel

Posted: 12 May 2013 06:14 AM PDT

Astronaut Mom Savors Mother's Day Before Space TravelNASA astronaut Karen Nyberg is launching on a six-month mission to the International Space Station this month, so she's making sure to savor this Mother's Day with her 3-year-old son and her husband, who also happens to be an astronaut.


Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book

Posted: 12 May 2013 08:14 AM PDT

This photograph taken on Saturday, May 11, 2103, in Portland, Maine, shows the cover of former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe's new book, which is being released Tuesday. Snowe's book is a call to action to end what she calls excessive partisanship in Congress. (AP Photo/Clarke Canfield)Republican Olympia Snowe of Maine railed against obstructionist politics and partisanship in the Senate. Now she's continuing to work for civility and compromise from outside the Senate.


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