| Could Biden beat Hillary in 2016? Posted: 12 Aug 2013 09:45 AM PDT  The vice president's trip to Iowa next month gives new life to political junkies' favorite parlor game.
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| Rescued teen returns to California with father Posted: 12 Aug 2013 10:10 AM PDT  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal authorities say the 16-year-old girl who was abducted last week and rescued in Idaho has returned to California with her father.
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| Tougher laws take aim at drunken boaters Posted: 12 Aug 2013 09:26 AM PDT  Marine officers in 38 states are now using a seated sobriety test to combat the problem of boating under the influence. Alcohol use has been the top contributing factor in fatal boating accidents for the past 15 years, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
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| 'Yarn bomb' dropped on Pittsburgh's Warhol Bridge Posted: 12 Aug 2013 09:20 AM PDT  PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than 1,800 knitters have covered Pittsburgh's Andy Warhol Bridge in 3,000 feet of colorful yarn.
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| Zimbabwe president: 'Enemy' tossed like 'garbage' Posted: 12 Aug 2013 09:56 AM PDT  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's longtime President Robert Mugabe said Monday his party will not yield its victory in disputed elections and proclaimed he has disposed of his main political rivals, with whom he had ruled in a tense coalition government, "like garbage."
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| Sinkhole causes resort villa to partially collapse Posted: 12 Aug 2013 10:18 AM PDT  CLERMONT, Fla. (AP) — As glass broke, the ground shook and lights went out, vacationers evacuated a central Florida resort building before a sinkhole caused a section of the structure to partially collapse early Monday.
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| Holder proposes changes in criminal justice system Posted: 12 Aug 2013 08:44 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — With the U.S. facing massive overcrowding in its prisons, Attorney General Eric Holder is calling for major changes to the nation's criminal justice system that would scale back the use of harsh sentences for certain drug-related crimes.
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| UK bars trash cans from tracking people with Wi-Fi Posted: 12 Aug 2013 08:38 AM PDT  LONDON (AP) — Officials demanded Monday that an advertising firm stop using a network of high-tech trash cans to track people walking through London's financial district.
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| Q&A on anti-gay legislation in Russia Posted: 12 Aug 2013 08:24 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — The law on "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations among minors" was signed into law by President Vladimir Putin on July 29. Originally titled the law on "homosexual propaganda," the bill criminalizes public expression of support for nontraditional relationships. Russian lawmakers say the law doesn't outlaw homosexuality but merely discourages discussion of it among people younger than 18. However, the law has outraged Russian liberals and some sectors of the international community just six months before the start of the Winter Olympic Games in the Russian city of Sochi.
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| Albuquerque hopes 'Breaking Bad' ending a start Posted: 12 Aug 2013 09:30 AM PDT  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It's been five years of meth addicts, deadly shootings, violent drug traffickers and hidden secrets of the desert.
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| Kerry trip to Brazil, Colombia could be chilly Posted: 12 Aug 2013 08:05 AM PDT  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Monday with Colombian officials negotiating with the nation's largest guerrilla army to find peace in the South American country for the first time since 1964.
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| Chance encounter in Idaho wilderness led to rescue Posted: 12 Aug 2013 07:18 AM PDT  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The highly publicized multistate search for a Southern California teenage girl probably would have taken longer if she and her abductor hadn't encountered a sharp-eyed retired sheriff and three others riding horseback in Idaho's rugged backcountry, authorities said.
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| Israel lists names of 26 Palestinians to be freed Posted: 12 Aug 2013 10:09 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Monday published the names of 26 Palestinian prisoners, most of them held for deadly attacks, who are to be released this week as part of a U.S.-brokered deal that led to a resumption of Mideast negotiations.
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| Dufner holds off Furyk at PGA for 1st major title Posted: 12 Aug 2013 12:11 AM PDT  PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Jason Dufner walked off the 18th green, after casually pumping his fists in what passed for a raucous celebration. There was a familiar face waiting for him.
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| Zimbabwe's president: No going back on poll result Posted: 12 Aug 2013 05:13 AM PDT HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's longtime President Robert Mugabe said Monday his party will not yield its victory in elections that, although disputed, were endorsed by African observers and conducted without the violence that marred previous polls. |
| Michele dedicates Teen Choice Award to Monteith Posted: 12 Aug 2013 01:07 AM PDT  Lea Michele made her first public appearance following the death of her co-star and real-life boyfriend Cory Monteith at the Teen Choice Awards.
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| Petition backs Manning for Nobel Peace Prize Posted: 12 Aug 2013 08:21 AM PDT  OSLO, Norway (AP) — Nobel Prize committee officials say they have received a petition claiming some 100,000 signatures that endorses awarding the peace prize to U.S. soldier Bradley Manning, who faces up to 90 years in prison for disclosing classified information through WikiLeaks.
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| Dutch Prince Friso dies following ski accident last year Posted: 12 Aug 2013 08:16 AM PDT  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Prince Johan Friso of the Netherlands, the brother of the new Dutch king, died on Monday in a royal palace in The Hague, 18 months after a skiing accident left him in a coma. Friso, 44, the middle son of the former queen Beatrix, never regained consciousness after being buried in an avalanche while skiing off-piste in Lech, Austria. His brain was starved of oxygen during the 25 minutes he spent trapped under the snow. ...
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| Bulger jury seeks clarity on charges Posted: 12 Aug 2013 10:38 AM PDT  The jury, in its fifth day of deliberations, must decide on a complex racketeering case.
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| NYPD's 'stop-and-frisk' practice is unconstitutional, judge rules Posted: 12 Aug 2013 10:04 AM PDT  The city police adopted a policy of "indirect racial profiling," a judge ruled.
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| Voters ashamed of Weiner as TV ads air Posted: 12 Aug 2013 05:08 AM PDT  The mayoral hopeful released his first television ad Monday in which he casts himself as the antiestablishment pick for City Hall.
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| Senator goes from writing bills to writing thriller novels Posted: 12 Aug 2013 04:03 AM PDT  Politics Confidential After 19 years in the Senate, Byron Dorgan was ready for a change. The North Dakota Democrat stopped writing legislation when he left Congress and took up writing books instead. Now out with his fourth book—a thriller novel—Dorgan jokes that there isn't much of a difference between writing bills and novels, telling "Politics [...]
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| Egypt police hold off on plan to disperse sit-in protesters Posted: 12 Aug 2013 07:50 AM PDT  Egyptian security forces held off on Monday from launching operations to disperse Islamist supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi.
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