| 5 ways to get a Tea Party challenge in 2014 Posted: 11 Aug 2013 08:08 AM PDT  Tea partiers are cropping up to challenge incumbent Democrats and Republicans in races across both houses of Congress.
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| Trump: Cruz 'perhaps not' eligible for White House 'if' born in Canada Posted: 11 Aug 2013 10:31 AM PDT  During an interview for "This Week," real estate mogul Donald Trump questioned whether Texas Sen. Ted Cruz would be eligible for the White House given his Canadian birth. "If he was born in Canada, perhaps not." Trump told ABC's Jonathan Karl. "I don't know the circumstances. I...
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| Netanyahu released from hospital after successful surgery Posted: 11 Aug 2013 08:17 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was released from hospital on Sunday hours after undergoing successful hernia surgery, but doctors said he would require several days' rest to make a full recovery. During the overnight procedure, which took around an hour and required general anesthetic, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon temporarily assumed the 63-year-old premier's powers, Netanyahu's office said in a statement. Yaalon was also slated to head a cabinet-level meeting on Sunday to select Palestinian security prisoners for release as part of U.S. ...
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| Malians return to polls for 2nd round of voting Posted: 11 Aug 2013 09:34 AM PDT  BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — From the ancient desert town of Timbuktu to refugee camps in neighboring countries, voters chose Sunday who should lead Mali out of the political upheaval that left the country's north in the hands of al-Qaida-linked militants for much of last year.
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| In Jamaica, transgender teen murdered by mob Posted: 11 Aug 2013 08:35 AM PDT  MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AP) — Dwayne Jones was relentlessly teased in high school for being effeminate until he dropped out. His father not only kicked him out of the house at the age of 14 but also helped jeering neighbors push the youngster from the rough Jamaican slum where he grew up.
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| Religious family abandons US, gets lost at sea Posted: 10 Aug 2013 06:33 PM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — A northern Arizona family that was lost at sea for weeks in an ill-fated attempt to leave the U.S. over what they consider government interference in religion will fly back home Sunday.
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| Firefighters make progress battling Calif wildfire Posted: 11 Aug 2013 10:41 AM PDT  BANNING, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters continued to make progress overnight battling Southern California's latest destructive wildfire, which burned 26 homes and threatened more than 500 others in the San Jacinto Mountains.
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| Cruz again raps Obama's health care law Posted: 10 Aug 2013 07:33 PM PDT  AMES, Iowa (AP) — Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday continued his call for cutting off funding for President Barack Obama's health care law and told conservative Christians that congressional lawmakers can't be counted on to do it.
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| Funeral held for Pa. boy who was parents' best man Posted: 10 Aug 2013 10:02 PM PDT  JEANETTE, Pa. (AP) — In his short life, the 2-year-old Pennsylvania boy who died days after he served as best man at his parents' wedding touched the hearts of many people.
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| Firefighters make progress battling CA wildfire Posted: 11 Aug 2013 01:44 AM PDT BANNING, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters made steady progress Saturday in battling Southern California's latest destructive wildfire, which burned 26 homes and threatened more than 500 others in the San Jacinto Mountains. |
| Teen found safe in Idaho; alleged abductor killed Posted: 11 Aug 2013 02:24 AM PDT  CASCADE, Idaho (AP) — A harrowing weeklong search for a missing California teenager ended Saturday when FBI agents rescued the girl and shot and killed her apparent kidnapper at a campsite deep in the Idaho wilderness.
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| Israel approves nearly 1,200 new settlement homes Posted: 11 Aug 2013 07:26 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's housing minister on Sunday gave final approval for building nearly 1,200 new settlement apartments on lands the Palestinians want for their state, just three days before U.S.-sponsored talks on the borders of such a state are to begin in Jerusalem.
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| Wave of bombings in Iraq during holiday kills 69 Posted: 10 Aug 2013 05:28 PM PDT  BAGHDAD (AP) — A wave of car bombings targeting those celebrating the end of Ramadan across Iraq killed 69 people Saturday, a bloody reminder of the inability of Iraqi authorities to stop violence threatening to spiral out of control.
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| Pilot in deadly Conn. wreck survived earlier crash Posted: 10 Aug 2013 08:58 PM PDT  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The plane accident that killed four people in a Connecticut neighborhood was not the first crash for the pilot, a former Microsoft executive who was taking his teenage son on a tour of East Coast colleges.
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| Furyk has lead heading to final round of PGA Posted: 10 Aug 2013 07:18 PM PDT  PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — The final moments Saturday at Oak Hill brought out more emotion as big putts kept falling in the PGA Championship, with one big difference.
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| Surveillance debate intrudes into Obama's agenda Posted: 10 Aug 2013 10:35 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Barack Obama, August was supposed to be the time when a major immigration bill landed on his desk.
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