Teenagers, social media, and terrorism: a threat level hard to assess

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• Teenagers, social media, and terrorism: a threat level hard to assess
• Uncle arranging Boston bomb suspect's burial rites
• Forget Sanford and Colbert Busch, Glover rules SC's lowcountry
• New York’s Five Boro Bike Tour: Over 32,000 ‘ride for Boston’
• Israeli warplanes strike Syria in escalation
• Patrol: 5 women die in limo fire on Calif. bridge
• Venezuela rebuffs Obama, repeats case against U.S. 'spy'
• Frontier fort from Revolutionary War found in Ga.
• Are you a tax cheat if you shop online tax-free?
• Cooler weather aids fight against Calif. wildfire
• Syria: Israeli strikes aim to support terrorists
• Bangladesh building owner faces murder complaint over collapse
• Police: Utah soccer referee punched by player dies
• NYC cigarette tax fight hampered by low fines
• Libya passes law banning ex-Gaddafi officials from govt.
• Fertilizer plant blast: How lax security hints at regulatory gaps in Texas
• North Korea says no plan to use American as bargaining chip
• CNN's Kurtz apologizes for errors in Collins story
• Compulsive gambling funds off pace of new casinos

Teenagers, social media, and terrorism: a threat level hard to assess Posted: 05 May 2013 06:13 AM PDT The case of teenager Cameron Dambrosio might serve as an object lesson to young people everywhere about minding what you say online unless you are prepared to be arrested for terrorism.

Uncle arranging Boston bomb suspect's burial rites Posted: 05 May 2013 10:19 AM PDT WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — The uncle of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect killed in a gun battle with police arrived at a funeral home Sunday to arrange for his burial.

Forget Sanford and Colbert Busch, Glover rules SC's lowcountry Posted: 05 May 2013 10:00 AM PDT BEAUFORT, S.C. -- Campaign fever has swept the lower region of South Carolina's first congressional district, but the anticipation for next week's election has little to do with Mark Sanford or Elizabeth Colbert Busch. The true contender is Beaufort-born Candice Glover, a 23-year-old top finalist on the hit television show "American Idol." Over the weekend, [...]

New York’s Five Boro Bike Tour: Over 32,000 ‘ride for Boston’ Posted: 05 May 2013 09:06 AM PDT In another show of intercity solidarity, more than 32,000 riders were expected in New York City on Sunday for the Five Boro Bike Tour to help raise money for the Boston Marathon bombing victims. Security at the tour, the largest cycling event in America, was increased in the wake of the bombings. Backpacks, saddle bags [...]

Israeli warplanes strike Syria in escalation Posted: 05 May 2013 07:06 AM PDT Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital Sunday, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of Iranian-made guided missiles.

Patrol: 5 women die in limo fire on Calif. bridge Posted: 05 May 2013 10:26 AM PDT SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they won't be releasing until Monday the names of five women killed after a limousine burst into flames as it traveled over the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge.

Venezuela rebuffs Obama, repeats case against U.S. 'spy' Posted: 05 May 2013 08:52 AM PDT Venezuela brushed off criticism from U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday and maintained its accusation that an American detainee in Caracas is a spy pretending to be a filmmaker.

Frontier fort from Revolutionary War found in Ga. Posted: 05 May 2013 09:31 AM PDT SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Less than two months after British forces captured Savannah in December 1778, patriot militiamen scored a rare Revolutionary War victory in Georgia after a short but violent gunbattle forced British loyalists to abandon a small fort built on a frontiersman's cattle farm.

Are you a tax cheat if you shop online tax-free? Posted: 05 May 2013 06:00 AM PDT Buy anything on the Internet lately without paying sales tax? In all but a few states, you're probably a tax cheat.

Cooler weather aids fight against Calif. wildfire Posted: 05 May 2013 09:30 AM PDT CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Cool, moist air moving into Southern California on Sunday helped firefighters build containment lines around a huge wildfire burning through coastal mountains.

Syria: Israeli strikes aim to support terrorists Posted: 05 May 2013 05:39 AM PDT Syria has condemned the Israeli airstrikes against targets around Damascus, saying the attacks aim "to give direct military support to terrorist groups."

Bangladesh building owner faces murder complaint over collapse Posted: 05 May 2013 06:01 AM PDT The wife of a Bangladeshi garment worker who was killed when a building collapsed filed a murder charge against the building's owner on Sunday as the death toll from the country's worst industrial disaster climbed to 610.

Police: Utah soccer referee punched by player dies Posted: 05 May 2013 01:15 AM PDT A Utah soccer referee who slipped into a coma after being punched by a teenage player during a game a week ago died Saturday night, police said.

NYC cigarette tax fight hampered by low fines Posted: 05 May 2013 07:49 AM PDT High taxes have emerged as the No. 1 weapon in the war on smoking. The more cigarettes cost, research has shown, the fewer people buy them. That is one of the reasons six states are considering proposals ...

Libya passes law banning ex-Gaddafi officials from govt. Posted: 05 May 2013 08:12 AM PDT Libya's parliament passed a law on Sunday banning anyone who held a senior position during Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule from working for the new administration, a move that could force the prime minister to step down.

Fertilizer plant blast: How lax security hints at regulatory gaps in Texas Posted: 05 May 2013 05:26 AM PDT During testimony before a Texas House committee last week, state regulators did not disclose knowing that thieves had for years exploited lackadaisical security to infiltrate the chemical storage areas of the West Fertilizer Co., which vanished in a massive explosion on April 17.

North Korea says no plan to use American as bargaining chip Posted: 05 May 2013 01:15 AM PDT North Korea said on Sunday it had no intention of using an American it sentenced to hard labor for 15 years as a bargaining chip.

CNN's Kurtz apologizes for errors in Collins story Posted: 05 May 2013 10:14 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Media critic Howard Kurtz used his CNN show on Sunday to point a finger at himself, apologizing for a story on gay basketball player Jason Collins that he said was riddled with errors and shouldn't have been written in the first place.

Compulsive gambling funds off pace of new casinos Posted: 05 May 2013 08:04 AM PDT Tom Leksan lost nearly everything when gambling became an addiction with easy access to casinos. Once an Ohio lawyer, Leksan lost his job and marriage because of gambling, specifically blackjack. He had ...

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