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Obama: Russian propaganda doesn't fool world

Obama: Russian propaganda doesn't fool world


Obama: Russian propaganda doesn't fool world

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 11:05 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a speech at Bozar concert hall in BrusselsIn Brussels, president says Putin must not be allowed to 'run roughshod' over neighbors.


When the president meets the pope

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:30 AM PDT

President John F. Kennedy and Pope Paul VIWhen President Barack Obama meets on Thursday at the Vatican with Pope Francis, it will be the 28th time that a sitting American president has met with the man who leads the Catholic Church and its estimated 1.2 billion faithful worldwide.


Video shows boy's dramatic rescue from Wash. mudslide

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:46 AM PDT

Video of boy's rescue in first hours after Washington mudslide is releasedAs the search for survivors in the Washington state mudslide enters its fifth day, dramatic video of a 4-year-old boy being pulled from the mud via helicopter has been released.


Prodigal son gets key role in Murdoch empire

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 11:41 AM PDT

Rupert Murdoch (C) and his son Lachlan (L) at The Television Academy's 23rd Hall Of Fame Induction Gala in Beverly Hills, California on March 11, 2014Rupert Murdoch's prodigal son Lachlan is back, with key roles in the family's media-entertainment empire in what appears to be a succession plan for the 83-year-old tycoon. Lachlan Murdoch, 42, was named Wednesday as non-executive chairman at News Corp. and 21st Century Fox, the companies created when his father's conglomerate was split into publishing and entertainment arms. Murdoch also promoted another of his sons, 41-year-old James, to be co-chief operating officer of 21st Century Fox. He is a member of the board of News Corp.


PETA: Elephant thought rescued by McCartney chained in shack

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:09 AM PDT

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Despite Paul McCartney 2012 campaign to save him – 14 yr. old elephant remains in chains


Okla. judge tosses state execution law

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:12 AM PDT

Execution Drug Oklahoma LawsuitRules for inmates seeking details on drugs to be used in their lethal injections.


TSA wants law enforcement at checkpoints

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:56 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Transportation Security Administration recommended Wednesday that airports post armed law enforcement officers at security checkpoints and ticket counters during peak hours.

Millions could get extra time for health sign-ups

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 11:16 AM PDT

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2014 file photo shows President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, speaking to the media before his Cabinet meeting, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Millions of Americans could get extra time to enroll for taxpayer-subsidized coverage this year under President Barack Obama's health care law, allowing the administration to boost sign-ups and the political fortunes of Democrats under attack over the program's troubles. The Health and Human Services department Wednesday posted two documents that detail WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans could get extra time to enroll for taxpayer-subsidized coverage this year under President Barack Obama's health care law, allowing the administration to boost sign-ups and the political fortunes of Democrats under attack over the program's troubles.


Obama plays up US-Europe bond amid Russia tension

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:58 AM PDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — President Barack Obama and European Union leaders presented a unified front Wednesday against Russia's annexation of Crimea, promoting trans-Atlantic trade as an antidote to Russia's influence in the region and a way to help Europe become less dependent on Moscow for energy.

Official on deadly mudslide: 'It haunts me'

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 11:20 AM PDT

A flag, put up by volunteers helping search the area, stands in the ruins of a home left at the end of a deadly mudslide from the now-barren hillside seen about a mile behind, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Oso, Wash. At least 14 people were killed in the 1-square-mile slide that hit in a rural area about 55 miles northeast of Seattle on Saturday. Several people also were critically injured, and homes were destroyed. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Search and cadaver dogs and rescuers using small bulldozers and their bare hands on Wednesday looked for victims and survivors of a deadly mudslide as local officials said they did everything they could to keep the rural community safe in the years before the catastrophe.


NTSB: Train operator asleep before Chicago crash

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:13 AM PDT

CHICAGO (AP) — The operator of a Chicago commuter train that crashed at O'Hare International Airport admitted she "dozed off" before the accident, waking only when the train jumped off the tracks and climbed an escalator, a federal official said Wednesday.

Newfound pink world lurks at solar system fringes

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 11:28 AM PDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peering into the far reaches of the solar system, astronomers have spied a pink frozen world 7½ billion miles from the sun.

Video shows rescue of worker from Houston fire

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:12 AM PDT

In this image taken from video provided by Karen Jones, a worker lowers himself from a fifth floor balcony before swinging down to the one below as firefighters battle a five-alarm fire at a construction site Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Houston. The cellphone video, shot by Karen Jones from her nearby office, shows the dramatic rescue of the worker from the burning apartment complex that was under construction. (AP Photo/Karen Jones) NO SALESHOUSTON (AP) — New video shows the dramatic rescue of a worker from a burning Houston apartment complex that was under construction.


Report: NY schools are most racially segregated

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:13 AM PDT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state has the most segregated public schools in the nation, with many black and Latino students attending schools with virtually no white classmates, according to a report released Wednesday.

Officials sort out number of missing from mudslide

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:09 AM PDT

A flag, put up by volunteers helping search the area, stands in the ruins of a home left at the end of a deadly mudslide from the now-barren hillside seen about a mile behind, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Oso, Wash. At least 14 people were killed in the 1-square-mile slide that hit in a rural area about 55 miles northeast of Seattle on Saturday. Several people also were critically injured, and homes were destroyed. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)ARLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say they expect to soon have an updated number of the people believed missing following a massive, deadly Washington state landslide.


Pope replaces German 'bling bishop' after inquiry

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:48 AM PDT

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2013 file photo the Bishop of Limburg Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst blesses a new Kindergarten in Frankfurt, Germany. Pope Francis on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 permanently removed a German bishop from his Limburg diocese after his 31 million-euro ($43-million) new residence complex caused an uproar among the faithful. Francis had temporarily expelled Monsignor Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst from Limburg in October pending a church inquiry into the affair. The Vatican said Wednesday that the inquiry found that Tebartz-van Elst could no longer exercise his ministry and that Francis had accepted his resignation, which was originally offered Oct. 20. A replacement, Monsignor Manfred Grothe, currently an auxiliary bishop in Paderborn, will take over, the Vatican said, citing a statement from the diocese. It said Tebartz-van Elst would get a new job VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday permanently removed a German bishop from his Limburg diocese after his 31 million-euro ($43-million) new residence complex caused an uproar among the faithful.


Kerry to meet with Palestinian leader in Jordan

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:36 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in Amman, Jordan on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Kerry arrived in Jordan in hopes of jump-starting foundering Mideast peace talks just as Arab leaders released a communique saying they will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Jordan on Wednesday in hopes of jump-starting foundering Mideast peace talks. But Arab leaders the same day released a communique saying they will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state, a key requirement for Israel.


HHS grants extra time to enroll for health care

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:08 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to avoid sending thousands away empty-handed, the Obama administration has announced that people who started applying for health insurance but aren't able to finish before the March 31 enrollment deadline will get extra time.

Satellite spots 122 objects in Malaysia jet search

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:55 AM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A French satellite scanning the Indian Ocean for remnants of a missing jetliner found a possible plane debris field containing 122 objects, a top Malaysian official said Wednesday, calling it "the most credible lead that we have."

Secret Service agent found drunk in hotel room

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 06:43 AM PDT

Members of the US Secret Service's Counter Assault Team, known in the agency as CAT, are seen before boarding helicopters at a landing zone in Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, March 24, 2014. The Secret Service sent three agents home from the Netherlands just before Obama's arrival after one agent was found inebriated in an Amsterdam hotel, the Secret Service said Tuesday. The three agents were benched for "disciplinary reasons," said Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan, declining to elaborate. Donovan said the incident was prior to Obama's arrival Monday in the country and did not compromise the president's security in any way.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — A Secret Service agent found drunk by staff at a Dutch hotel was recalled to the U.S. along with two of his colleagues, the day before President Barack Obama was set to arrive in the Netherlands.


Mudslide searchers press on with dogs, bare hands

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:14 AM PDT

Thick, oozing mud is cleared from Washington Highway 530 by workers using heavy equipment, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, on the western edge of the massive mudslide that struck the area Saturday, killing at least 14 people and leaving dozens missing, near Arlington, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool)The official death toll stands at 16, but searchers say they've located eight more bodies.


Bungling mars health care deadline in some states

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 04:24 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 13, 2014 file photo, Cover Oregon Executive Director Dr. Bruce Goldberg, right, speaks during a Cover Oregon board meeting in Portland, Ore., Thursday, March 13, 2014. A federal government report on Oregon's botched health insurance exchange faults the state's main information technology contractor for not providing key information to Cover Oregon and blames the exchange for lax management. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — As supporters of the federal health care reforms push for final signups, a handful of states are trying to press the reset button.


Obama: Russia is simply a 'regional power'

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 11:29 AM PDT

Obama Says Russia Is 'Regional Power,' Not America's Top Geopolitical FoeThe president takes a swing at Putin's status on the global stage.


'Burger King Baby' says she's found her birth mom

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 11:36 PM PDT

FILE - This March 2, 2014, file photo, provided by Katheryn Deprill that she posted on Facebook, shows Deprill 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. Deprill tells The Associated Press that she met her biological mother for the first time Monday, March 24, 2014, in an attorney's office. Deprill said Tuesday that she felt A woman who, as a newborn, was abandoned in the bathroom of a Pennsylvania fast-food restaurant said she has found her birth mother just three weeks after launching a search that garnered worldwide attention, and as her mother prepared to look for her.


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Emergency brake failed to stop Chicago train that ran up escalator

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 02:47 PM PDT

FILE - In this March 24, 2014 file photo, a Chicago Transit Authority train car rests on an escalator at the O'Hare Airport station after it derailed early in the morning, injuring more than 30 people, in Chicago. Had the crash occurred during the day, when the trains are often full and the escalator packed with luggage-carrying travelers, far more people likely would have been injured, some even killed, said Joseph Schwieterman, a transportation expert at DePaul University. (AP Photo/NBC Chicago, Kenneth Webster, File) MANDATORY CREDITCHICAGO (AP) — An emergency track-side braking system activated but failed to stop a Chicago commuter train from jumping the tracks and barreling to the top of an escalator at O'Hare International Airport, a federal investigator said Tuesday.


3 female justices skeptical in birth control case

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 10:46 AM PDT

Margot Riphagen of New Orleans, La., wears a birth control pills costume as she protests in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, March 25, 2014, as the court heard oral arguments in the challenges of President Barack Obama's health care law requirement that businesses provide their female employees with health insurance that includes access to contraceptives. Supreme Court justices are weighing whether corporations have religious rights that exempt them from part of the new health care law that requires coverage of birth control for employees at no extra charge. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Supreme Court hears Hobby Lobby's religious case against providing contraception to workers.


Five men held in connection with Houston 'stash house' discovery

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 02:17 PM PDT

People wait outside a house, Wednesday, March 19, 2014, in southeast Houston. A house overflowing with more than 100 people presumed to be in the United States illegally was uncovered just outside Houston on Wednesday, a police spokesman said. The suspected stash house was found during a search for a 24-year-old woman and her two children that were reported missing by relatives Tuesday after a man failed to meet them, said a spokesman for the Houston Police Department. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Cody Duty)HOUSTON (AP) — Five men, at least two of them from Mexico, are accused of using guns and threats to hold 115 people hostage in a small Houston house unless they paid ransom to continue their illegal entry into the United States.


America's most outstanding veterans honor civilian heroes

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 11:10 AM PDT

In this 2013 photo, Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia speaks to recipeints of the civilian medal of honor awards (U.S. Army/J.P. Leipold)Surviving recipients of the Medal of Honor decided to begin recognizing civilians for acts of heroism and service in their communities.


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