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Is Japan building an irresistible terror target?

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Is Japan building an irresistible terror target?

Is Japan building an irresistible terror target?

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 09:08 AM PDT

RokkashoCenter for Public Integrity investigates Japan's new Rokkasho plutonium production plant.

CIA chief denies agency hacked Senate staff computers

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 09:26 AM PDT

Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan testifies on February 4, 2014 in WashingtonA senior US senator on Tuesday accused the Central Intelligence Agency of illegally searching computers of Senate staff members who were investigating a CIA interrogation program. Dianne Feinstein, the powerful chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, angrily denounced the actions of the CIA, accusing it of seeking to "intimidate" lawmakers from holding the spy agency accountable. "I have grave concerns that the CIA's search may well have violated the separation of powers principles embodied in the United States Constitution," Feinstein said in a dramatic speech on the Senate floor. Shortly after Feinstein's speech, CIA director John Brennan denied her allegations.

Obama sits 'Between Two Ferns' with Zach Galifianakis

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 07:29 AM PDT

President Obama appears on "Between Two Ferns"In a bid to get young people to sign up for health care, President Barack Obama became the first sitting president in U.S. history to appear on "Between Two Ferns," Funny or Die's intentionally awkward interview show hosted by comedian Zach Galifianakis.

Fukushima children face invisible enemy

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 07:36 AM PDT

A girl opens the door of a teacher's staff room at the Emporium kindergarten in Koriyama, west of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Fukushima prefectureFear of radiation has kept kids indoors for much of their short lives.

Ex-Christie aides want judge revoke subpoenas

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 08:47 AM PDT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's former Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Kelly, and her attorney Michael Critchley, right, arrive at court for a hearing Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Trenton, N.J. Attorneys for Kelly and two-time campaign manager Bill Stepien are in court to try to persuade a judge not to force them to turn over text messages and other private communications to New Jersey legislators investigating the political payback scandal ensnaring Christie's administration. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Lawyers for two key figures in a political payback scandal ensnaring Gov. Chris Christie's administration are trying to persuade a judge not to force them to turn over text messages and other private communications to New Jersey legislators investigating the matter.

Missing jet traced hundreds of miles off-course

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 10:35 AM PDT

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370Radar evidence shows the Boeing 777 was last detected off Malaysia's west coast.

Feinstein accuses CIA of improperly searching Senate computers

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 10:05 AM PDT

This video framegrab from Senate Television shows Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. speaking on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Feinstein said the CIA improperly searched a stand-alone computer network established for Congress as part of its investigation into allegations of CIA abuse in a Bush-era detention and interrogation program. (AP Photo/Senate Television)WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee accused the CIA Tuesday of criminal activity in improperly searching a computer network set up for lawmakers investigating allegations that the agency used torture in terror investigations during the Bush administration.

Malaysia military tracks plane to west coast

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 08:00 AM PDT

Malaysia's Department of Civil Aviation's Director General Azharuddin Abdul Rahman briefs reporters on search and recovery efforts within existing and new areas for missing Malaysia Airlines plane during a press conference, Monday, March 10, 2014 in Sepang, Malaysia. The search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 which has involved 34 aircraft and 40 ships from several countries covering a 50-nautical mile radius from the point the plane vanished from radar screens between Malaysia and Vietnam continues after its disappearance since Saturday. Experts say possible causes of the apparent crash include an explosion, catastrophic engine failure, terrorist attack, extreme turbulence, or pilot error or even suicide. (AP Photo/Daniel Chan)Radar indicates the airliner was far from where it last made contact.

Japan marks third anniversary of quake-tsunami disaster

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 03:32 AM PDT

An elderly couple looks at names of tsunami victims on a seaside monument in Arahama district, Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2014Namie (Japan) (AFP) - Japan observed a moment of silence Tuesday to mark the third anniversary of the quake-tsunami disaster which swept away thousands of victims, destroyed coastal communities, and sparked the nuclear emergency that forced a re-think on atomic power. Survivors bowed deeply and joined hands at remembrance ceremonies in towns and cities around the disaster zone and in Tokyo, where Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko led tributes to those who died in Japan's worst peace-time disaster. Giant waves also crashed into the Fukushima nuclear plant, sparking reactor meltdowns and explosions, and setting off the worst atomic crisis in a generation. As night fell, an event in a Fukushima park saw about 2,000 lit candles arranged to read "Fukushima 3/11".

Army general's defense seeks new plea deal in sex case

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 08:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this March 4, 2014, file photo, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, right, leaves the courthouse with his lawyers Richard Scheff, left, and Ellen C. Brotman, not pictured, following a day of motions at Fort Bragg, N.C. A military judge declined Monday, March 10, 2014, to dismiss sexual assault charges against Sinclair after reviewing what he said was evidence that political considerations influenced the military's handling of the case. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, James Robinson, File)FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Attorneys for an Army general charged with sexual assault said Tuesday that they have decided to try to renegotiate a plea bargain with a new set of military officials after the judge determined that the case may have been improperly influenced by political concerns.

Russia preparing counterproposals over Ukraine

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 07:49 PM PDT

Two girls wearing tops with a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin hold baloons in colors of Russian national flag stand in front of patriotic demonstrators gathered to support Russians in Crimea in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 10, 2014. In Ukraine's Crimean peninsula a referendum has been called to see whether the region should split off and seek to become part of Russia is expected to held on Sunday . (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said Monday it is drafting counterproposals to a U.S. plan for a negotiated solution to the Ukraine crisis, denouncing the new Western-backed government as an unacceptable "fait accompli" and claiming that Russian-leaning parts of the country have been plunged into lawlessness.

'Fatal Vision' author Joe McGinniss dies at age 71

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 08:01 AM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2010 file photo, author Joe McGinniss, who is working on a book on former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, poses for a photograph at the home he's renting next to Palin's home in Wasilla, Alaska. McGinniss, the adventurous and news-making author and reporter who skewered the marketing of Richard Nixon in "The Selling of the President 1968" and tracked his personal journey from sympathizer to scourge of convicted killer Jeffrey MacDonald in the blockbuster "Fatal Vision," died Monday, March 10, 2014, at age 71. McGinniss, who announced in 2013 that he had been diagnosed with inoperable prostate cancer, died from complications related to his disease. (AP Photo/Dan Joling, file)NEW YORK (AP) — Joe McGinniss wasn't one to let a story tell itself.

Friend: 'Mad' Pistorius shot gun out car sunroof

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 09:31 AM PDT

Oscar Pistorius, left, with unidentified man leaves the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder for the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius' friend testified Tuesday that the Olympian twice fired guns in public in the six months before he killed his girlfriend, once without warning through the sunroof of a moving car following an angry altercation with a policeman who had handled Pistorius' pistol.

Health care law gets 1st test in Florida election

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 10:07 AM PDT

FILE - This Nov. 23, 2013 file photo shows Florida Republican Congressional candidate David Jolly, right, speaking in Indian Rocks Beach, Fla. The special election in this stretch of coastal beach towns and retirement communities was expected to be a referendum on President Barack Obama's health care law. Instead, in the waning days of the spirited campaign to replace the late Rep. Bill Young, another issue has roared to the forefront. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius, File)PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is getting its first test ahead of the 2014 midterm elections Tuesday in a Tampa-area House district where Democrats and Republicans have spent millions of dollars trying out national strategies for the rest of the year.

Ancient masks go on display in Jerusalem

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 09:21 AM PDT

In this Monday, March 10, 2014 photo, 9,000 year-old masks are on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The exhibition called "Face To Face" shows eleven stone masks, said to have been discovered in the Judean desert and hills near Jerusalem, which date back 9,000 years and offer a rare glimpse at some of civilization's first communal rituals. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)JERUSALEM (AP) — The oldest known masks in the world went on display in Jerusalem on Tuesday in the largest-ever exhibit of the ghoulish faces, believed to have been created in the Holy Land thousands of years before the time of the Bible.

A bid of $1.8 billion suits Jos A Bank just fine

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 10:42 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The jacket finally fits: Men's Wearhouse is buying rival Jos. A. Bank for $1.8 billion.

Dallas Seavey wins his second Iditarod dog race

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 10:32 AM PDT

Dallas Seavey gets a kiss from one of his dogs after winning the 2014 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Nome, Alaska, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. (AP Photo/The Anchorage Daily News, Bob Hallinen) LOCAL TV OUT (KTUU-TV, KTVA-TV) LOCAL PRINT OUT (THE ANCHORAGE PRESS, THE ALASKA DISPATCH)NOME, Alaska (AP) — Two hours, 38 minutes.

Peverley's heart undergoing tests after collapse

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 10:21 AM PDT

Columbus Blue Jackets and Dallas Stars players rush to the bench in the first period of an NHL Hockey game Monday, March 10, 2014, in Dallas. Stars center Rich Peverly was transported to the hospital after play was suspended. (AP Photo/Sharon Ellman)DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Stars forward Rich Peverley is undergoing testing to determine what triggered his collapse during a game.

Ukraine's Crimea seeks to become independent state

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 08:02 AM PDT

A woman holds a banner that reads: "Putin is Occupier" during a rally against the breakup of the country in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. The Crimean parliament voted Tuesday that the Black Sea peninsula will declare itself an independent state if its residents agree to split off from Ukraine and join Russia in a referendum. Crimea's regional legislature on Tuesday adopted a "declaration of independence of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea." The document specified that Crimea will become an independent state if its residents vote on Sunday in favor of joining Russia in the referendum. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The Crimean parliament on Tuesday said it would declare itself independent if its residents approve a referendum to split off from Ukraine — an ambiguous legal maneuver that could offer a way of de-escalating the standoff between Russia and the West.

Men's Wearhouse buying Jos A Bank for $1.8 billion

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 09:25 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — It's time to suit up: Men's Wearhouse is buying Jos. A. Bank for $1.8 billion.

Friend: Pistorius shot gun out of car and at cafe

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 05:34 AM PDT

In this photo taken Monday March 10, 2014, Oscar Pistorius cries as he listens to cross questioning about the events surrounding the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in court during his trial in Pretoria, South Africa. Pistorius is charged with the shooting death of Steenkamp, on Valentines Day in 2013. (AP Photo/Bongiwe Mchunu, Pool)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A friend of Oscar Pistorius testified in the Olympian's murder trial Tuesday that the athlete twice fired guns for which the double-amputee is charged with firearms violations.

Democrats clock all-nighter with climate talk

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 08:22 AM PDT

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., talks with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., during a meeting of the Senate Climate Action Task Force prior to taking to the Senate Floor all night to urge action on climate change on Monday, March 10, 2014, in Washington. At left is Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators clocked an all-nighter, working in shifts into Tuesday morning to warn of devastation from climate change and the danger of inaction.

Stars' Peverley collapses; game with Columbus off

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 07:04 AM PDT

Columbus Blue Jackets and Dallas Stars players rush to the bench in the first period of an NHL Hockey game Monday, March 10, 2014, in Dallas. Stars center Rich Peverly was transported to the hospital after play was suspended. (AP Photo/Sharon Ellman)DALLAS (AP) — They frantically pounded their sticks on the boards, trying desperately to get the attention of officials.

Obama hams it up for health care on Funny or Die

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 06:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2013 file photo, actor Zach Galifianakis watches the Los Angeles Lakers play the Minnesota Timberwolves in their NBA basketball game in Los Angeles. President Barack Obama is hamming it up online to promote his health care plan. Obama joked Tuesday with Galifianakis, including poking fun at the poorly reviewed "Hangover Part III" during an interview on thhe website Funny or Die. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is hamming it up online to promote his health care plan.

'Burger King baby' seeks birth mom on Facebook

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 12:05 AM PDT

This March 2, 2014 photo provided by Katheryn Deprill that she posted on Facebook, shows her holding a sign that says she is seeking her birth mother. Deprill was abandoned in the bathroom of a Burger King restaurant in Allentown, Pa., when she was a few hours old. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Katheryn Deprill)In 1986, a newborn wrapped in a red sweater was found abandoned in the bathroom of a fast-food restaurant. Nearly three decades later, the baby is all grown up and looking for her biological mother, and tens of thousands of people are trying to help.

Passenger with stolen passport had no terror links

Posted: 11 Mar 2014 01:02 AM PDT

Airport staff move a white board plastered with messages of hope and encouragement to all involved with the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, MH370, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Sepang, Malaysia. Authorities hunting for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner expanded their search on land and sea Tuesday, reflecting the difficulties in locating traces of the plane more than three days after it vanished. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)Police identify one of two men on the missing Malaysian jet using a stolen passport.

Attorney general urges first responders to carry heroin overdose drug

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 05:19 PM PDT

An educational pamphlet and samples of naloxone, a drug used to counter the effects of opiate overdose, are displayed at a news conference at the fire station in Taunton, Mass., Monday, Feb. 24, 2014. A recent surge in heroin overdoses in Taunton has shed light on an epidemic that has plagued the state and nation. At the news conference, Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey outlined a three-pronged plan to address the opiate drug epidemic, calling for expansion of naloxone programs for first responders and bystanders, greater access to proven addiction treatments and modernizing America's addiction treatment system. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday called the increase in heroin-related deaths an "urgent and growing public health crisis" and said first responders should carry with them a drug that can reverse the effects of an overdose.

Colorado reports $2 million marijuana sales tax windfall

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 04:40 PM PDT

Why Banks Aren't High on Taking Marijuana MoneyReport on January sales taxes is world's first accounting of the recreational pot business.

Town gets one month to clean up its act, or it's off the map

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 07:02 AM PDT

City of Hampton, FloridaAfter a state audit revealed massive corruption, the Florida town of Hampton may be completely wiped off the map, if state lawmakers have their way, CNN reports.

CPAC after dark: Right-wingers can rage

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 11:57 AM PDT

CPAC SelfieA report from the party scene inside the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Judge: No unlawful influence in Army general's sex assault trial

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 12:05 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 4, 2014 file photo, Brig. Gen. Paul Wilson leaves the courthouse after testifying in pretrial motions in the case of Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair at Fort Bragg, N.C. Less than a month before Sinclair's trial on sexual assault charges, the lead prosecutor broke down in tears Tuesday as he told a superior he believed the primary accuser in the case had lied under oath. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, James Robinson)FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A military judge declined Monday to dismiss sexual assault charges against an Army general after reviewing what he said was evidence that political considerations influenced the military's handling of the case.

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