| Live blog: Ukrainian military cites new threat Posted:  Warships in Crimea reportedly told to surrender or face "real assault.'
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| Trial to offer rare window into claims against Kansas military school Posted: 03 Mar 2014 10:59 AM PST  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — For years, a Kansas military boarding school has quietly settled multiple lawsuits alleging cadet abuse outside of courtrooms.
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| 3D printer produces custom-fit pacemaker Posted: 03 Mar 2014 10:16 AM PST  Scientists have designed an artificial heart membrane that may one day revolutionize pacemakers. Using a 3D printer, high-resolution images and computer modeling, researchers at the University of Illinois and Washington University created a 3D replica of a rabbit's heart then used it as a template...
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| Cruz steering Texas Republicans further right in primary fights Posted: 03 Mar 2014 09:40 AM PST  By Jon Herskovitz and Marice Richter AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The longest shadow in Tuesday's primary election in Texas is being cast by a politician not even in the running, freshman U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican. Cruz, just two years into his first major elected office, has arguably become the most loved politician among Republicans in Texas, an incubator for national conservative policies where the party dominates the statehouse and has not lost a statewide race since 1994. Cruz has turned an already right-leaning Texas Republican Party even further to the right, analysts said. "Cruz scared the daylights out of center and center-right conservatives to the extent that they do not feel comfortable enough to run on their true positions and feel compelled to cater to the most conservative elements of the Texas Republican primary electorate," said Mark Jones, a political science professor at Rice University in Houston.
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| High court to consider cases on teeth-whitening, inmate's facial hair Posted: 03 Mar 2014 09:33 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Facial hair and teeth-whitening will be getting unusually prominent attention from the Supreme Court.
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| First lady plans visit to China Posted: 03 Mar 2014 08:08 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama plans a weeklong solo visit to China this month that includes meetings with China's first lady and high school and university students.
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| Walloped again: Another storm hits much of US Posted: 03 Mar 2014 10:51 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors.
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| Court skeptical of IQ scores in deciding execution Posted: 03 Mar 2014 10:07 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared likely Monday to say that states can't rely on intelligence test scores alone in borderline cases to determine that a death row inmate is mentally able and thus eligible to be executed.
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| Bin Laden's son-in-law goes on trial in NYC Posted: 03 Mar 2014 09:52 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Osama bin Laden's son-in-law was introduced to prospective jurors Monday at the start of his trial on charges that he conspired to kill Americans and support terrorists in his role as al-Qaida's spokesman after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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| Sunken Great Lakes oil pipeline raises spill fears Posted: 03 Mar 2014 09:26 AM PST  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A freshwater channel that separates Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas is a premier Midwestern tourist attraction and a photographer's delight, offering spectacular vistas of two Great Lakes, several islands and one of the world's longest suspension bridges.
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| Gates back on top of Forbes' billionaire rankings Posted: 03 Mar 2014 09:08 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is back on top of the list of the world's richest people after a four-year hiatus. |
| 4 women with new wombs are trying to get pregnant Posted: 03 Mar 2014 08:47 AM PST  LONDON (AP) — A Swedish doctor says four women who received transplanted wombs have had embryos transferred into them in an attempt to get pregnant.
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| Strong start for Oscar telecast in ratings Posted: 03 Mar 2014 09:38 AM PST  NEW YORK (AP) — Ratings for the Academy Awards telecast in the nation's biggest television markets are up 7 percent over last year.
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| Russian, Ukrainian militaries in tense standoff Posted: 03 Mar 2014 11:08 AM PST  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has effectively seized control of Ukraine's strategic Crimea peninsula without firing a shot, but many in Ukraine and elsewhere fear the Kremlin might follow up by sending troops into Russian-speaking regions of eastern Ukraine. Such a move could trigger open hostilities between the Russian and Ukrainian militaries. As this glance shows, Russia's forces are much more powerful.
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| A Cold War reprise as US seeks Moscow's isolation Posted: 03 Mar 2014 04:31 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sudden reprise of Cold War sensibilities, the U.S. and its allies are weighing sanctions on Moscow and whether to bolster defenses in Europe in response to Russia's military advances on Ukraine. Secretary of State John Kerry, soon on his way to Ukraine's capital, said world leaders "are prepared to go to the hilt in order to isolate Russia with respect to this invasion." |
| Suicide bombers kill 11 in Pakistani capital Posted: 03 Mar 2014 01:52 AM PST  ISLAMABAD (AP) — A group of armed men, including two suicide attackers, stormed a court complex in the Pakistani capital on Monday in a rare terror attack in the heart of Islamabad that killed 11 people and wounded dozens.
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| Snow predictions lowered as another storm hits US Posted: 03 Mar 2014 09:05 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — School is canceled, buses are halted and federal government workers are staying home as a storm dumped snow on the nation's capital and parts of the East Coast. |
| Diversity the big winner at the Academy Awards Posted: 03 Mar 2014 09:29 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Diversity was perhaps the biggest winner at the 86th annual Academy Awards.
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| Russia demands 2 Ukraine warships surrender Posted: 03 Mar 2014 08:59 AM PST  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pressed hard Monday for Ukrainian politicians to return to the Feb. 21 agreement that promised to create a new unity government which would rule until an early election no later than December.
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| Pistorius trial: Neighbor heard 'bloodcurdling screams' Posted: 03 Mar 2014 09:09 AM PST  South African Paralympian star Oscar Pistorius pleaded not guilty Monday to murdering his girlfriend as his trial opened with a neighbour's account of "bloodcurdling" screams before shots rang out on the night of the killing. Pistorius, whose trial is being broadcast live around the world, faces a life sentence if convicted of the fatal Valentine's Day shooting of model and reality television star Reeva Steenkamp a year ago. After a state prosecutor charged that Pistorius "unlawfully and intentionally did kill" Steenkamp, he entered a plea of "not guilty, my lady". Pistorius, 27, a double amputee sporting hero known as the "Blade Runner" for his carbon-fibre running blades, also pleaded not guilty to three unrelated gun charges.
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| Another week, another winter storm hits eastern U.S. Posted: 03 Mar 2014 08:07 AM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) — Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to Northeast reluctantly waited out another storm indoors.
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| '12 Years a Slave,' 'Gravity' top 2014 Oscars Posted:  The slavery drama takes home Best Picture, while the sci-fi epic wins seven awards.
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| Ukraine tensions soar as Russia 'issues Crimea ultimatum' Posted: 03 Mar 2014 10:46 AM PST  Europe and Washington appear to have limited options as Putin flexes his military muscle.
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| Pistorius murder trial begins, pleads not guilty Posted: 03 Mar 2014 01:51 AM PST PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius pleaded not guilty Monday to murdering his girlfriend on Valentine's Day last year, marking the start of the Olympian's murder trial that had South Africans watching live broadcasting of the proceedings against their country's most famous living citizen. |
| G7 leaders condemn Russia over Ukraine Posted: 02 Mar 2014 08:27 PM PST  The leaders of the world's top industrialized powers turned on fellow G8 member Russia for its "clear" violation of Ukraine's sovereignty, withdrawing from preparations for June's G8 summit in Sochi. Symbolically billing themselves as the "G7," the leaders said Russia's actions were incompatible with the Group of Eight Nations, which Moscow joined in 1997, and said they would stay out of the Black Sea resort summit until the G8 can return to "meaningful" dialogue. The leaders said they joined together to "condemn the Russian Federation's clear violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, in contravention of Russia's obligations under the UN Charter and its 1997 basing agreement with Ukraine." "We call on Russia to address any ongoing security or human rights concerns that it has with Ukraine through direct negotiations, and/or via international observation or mediation under the auspices of the UN or the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe."
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| Pistorius trial witness: 'bloodcurdling screams' then shots Posted: 03 Mar 2014 07:05 AM PST  By David Dolan PRETORIA (Reuters) - The first witness at Oscar Pistorius' murder trial told the court on Monday she heard "bloodcurdling screams" from a woman followed by shots, a dramatic opening to a case that could see one of global sport's most admired role models jailed for life. Taking the stand after the Paralympic and Olympic star pleaded not guilty to murdering his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine's Day last year, neighbor Michelle Burger testified that she was woken in the middle of the night by a woman shouting for help. "I was still sitting in the bed and I heard her screams," Burger, who lives 177 meters (194 yards) from Pistorius' home in an adjacent housing complex, told the Pretoria High Court. Thinking it was a violent break-in - a possibility in crime-ridden South Africa - Burger said her husband called the private security firm guarding their upmarket Pretoria housing estate before the pair heard more shouts.
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| 'On the brink of disaster' Posted: 02 Mar 2014 05:36 PM PST  Now Russia has invaded Ukraine's Crimea, what moves does the West have?
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| Huge storm system headed for Midwest, East Posted: 02 Mar 2014 12:28 PM PST  By Victoria Cavaliere NEW YORK (Reuters) - A massive winter storm system packing cold air, snow and freezing rain was pummeling the central United States on Sunday and headed for the East Coast, sending temperatures plummeting and causing major delays for weekend travelers. The storm "is going to be a real mess," said Bruce Sullivan, a senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Silver Spring, Maryland. "Ripple-effect flight delays and cancellations are likely to reach nationwide," said AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski. SNOW EMERGENCY Boston and New York City should see only light snowfall, but lingering freezing rain could complicate Monday morning's rush hour for commuters.
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