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Oil slicks found in hunt for missing Malaysia jet

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Oil slicks found in hunt for missing Malaysia jet

Oil slicks found in hunt for missing Malaysia jet

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 09:22 AM PST

Missing Malaysia Airlines jetKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Vietnamese air force planes on Saturday spotted two large oil slicks close to where a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 went missing earlier in the day, the first sign that the aircraft carrying 239 people had crashed.

Warning shots fired to turn monitors back from Crimea

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 08:05 AM PST

Uniformed men believed to be Russian servicemen walk around a Ukrainian military base near SevastopolThe mood darkened in Russian-occupied Crimea on Saturday after overnight confrontations between Russian troops and besieged Ukrainian soldiers raised tensions on the ground in the biggest East-West face-off since the Cold War.

Bachmann blasts Clinton as GOP summit ends

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 08:21 AM PST

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference annual meeting in National Harbor, Md., Saturday, March 8, 2014. Saturday marks the third and final day of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, which brings together prospective presidential candidates, conservative opinion leaders and tea party activists from coast to coast. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton "has a lot to explain" should she run for president, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann told the nation's largest gathering of conservative activists on Saturday, the final day of its annual meeting.

Domestic violence cases spark protests in Lebanon

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 10:26 AM PST

In this Tuesday, March 4, 2014 photo, Nada Sabbagh weeps in front of a picture of her daughter, Manal Assi, who was killed last month, as she recounts during an interview with The Associated Press how her son-in-law killed Manal in front of family members, south of Beirut, Lebanon. The killing of Sabbagh's daughter is one of three domestic violence slayings in Lebanon in recent months, drawing new attention to women's rights in this country of 4 million people. Although Lebanon appears very progressive on women rights compared to other countries in the Middle East, domestic violence remains an unspoken problem and the nation's parliament has yet to vote on a bill protecting women's rights nearly three years after it was approved by the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)BEIRUT (AP) — Nada Sabbagh received a brief, chilling telephone call from her son-in-law last month telling her: "Come to your daughter. I am going to kill her."

Stern Israeli airport security measures questioned

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 07:58 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010 file photo, passengers have their hand luggage screened by security personnel inside the Ben Gurion airport terminal near Tel Aviv, Israel. While standing in long lines, walking through scanners and removing belts and shoes are a fact of post 9/11 travel world-wide, Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport seems to stand alone with its security techniques, often leaving travelers dumbfounded by the treatment they have experienced. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — Jack Angelides was about to board a flight out of Israel's international airport when he was given a curious choice that baffles him to this day. Traveling with a laptop and a stack of printed reading material, he was told to part with one or the other, due to unspecified security concerns.

South Africa: Mandela comrade stays in the game

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 08:45 AM PST

FILE- In this file photo dated Wednesday Nov. 12, 2008, George Bizos, left, arrives for his 80th birthday party with former South African president Nelson Mandela, in Johannesburg. The 85-year old legal warhorse has tousled white hair, a soft, sometimes quavering voice, describes himself as JOHANNESBURG (AP) — One of Nelson Mandela's closest confidants is still challenging the powers that be, with plenty of guidance from his ancestors, the ancient Greeks.

Controversy marks Newsweek's comeback

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 05:35 AM PST

Dorian S. Nakamoto listens during an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, March 6, 2014 in Los Angeles. Nakamoto, the man that Newsweek claims is the founder of Bitcoin, denies he had anything to do with it and says he had never even heard of the digital currency until his son told him he had been contacted by a reporter three weeks ago. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)NEW YORK (AP) — A mystery man. A splashy reveal. A media frenzy. Newsweek staked its return from the dead on a story it knew would get attention. A cover story claiming it had uncovered "the face behind bitcoin," the world's most popular digital currency.

Plea for peace and Ukraine's independence in Sochi

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 10:40 AM PST

Biathlete Mykhaylo Tkachenko, representing Ukraine, enters the arena during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics at the Fisht Olympic stadium in Sochi, Russia, Friday, March 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — In the fading light in the mountains above Sochi, the athletes and flags from Russia and Ukraine appeared side by side Saturday, united by success on the opening day of action at the Paralympics as the discord between their nations deepens.

Pistorius trial grips viewers worldwide

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 05:14 AM PST

Oscar Pistorius, leaves the high court after the fifth day of his trial in Pretoria, South Africa, Friday, March 7, 2014. Pistorius is charged with murder in the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the pre-dawn hours of Valentine's Day 2013. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — During breaks in his murder trial, Oscar Pistorius sometimes confers intensely with his camp, murmuring in the ear of his chief defense lawyer. When witnesses testify, the double-amputee athlete takes notes or sits with hands clasped, occasionally covering his face, head bowed, as though troubled by the graphic accounts of how he fatally shot his girlfriend last year.

Daylight saving time: Set clocks ahead 1 hour

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 06:21 AM PST

Dave LeMote wipes down a post clock at Electric Time Company, Inc. in Medfield, Mass., Friday, March 7, 2014. Most Americans will set their clocks 60 minutes forward before heading to bed Saturday night, but daylight saving time officially starts Sunday at 2 a.m. local time (0700GMT). (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)WASHINGTON (AP) — Spring is closer than you think, and here's a sure sign: Daylight saving time arrives this weekend.

Ukraine's 1st medalist at Sochi appeals for peace

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 10:28 AM PST

Biathlete Mykhaylo Tkachenko, representing Ukraine, enters the arena during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics at the Fisht Olympic stadium in Sochi, Russia, Friday, March 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Ukraine's first medalist of the Sochi Paralympics dedicated her achievement Saturday to Ukrainian independence and appealed for peace with Russia.

Transgender woman sues CrossFit over competition

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 01:37 AM PST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A transgender woman in Northern California has sued the company behind the popular CrossFit workouts for refusing to let her compete in the female division of its annual fitness competitions.

Frustration in Afghan women's rights struggle

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 02:44 AM PST

In this Wednesday, March 5, 2014 photo, prominent Afghan women's rights activist Wazhma Frogh stands next to pictures of female Afghan police officers she trains, in her office in Kabul, Afghanistan. A gender and development specialist and human rights activist, Frogh says her experience characterizes the women's rights movement in her country- after 12 years, billions of dollars and countless words emanating from the West commiserating with Afghan women, the successes are fragile, the changes superficial and vulnerable. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In 2009, the United States gave Wazhma Frogh the International Woman of Courage award for her women's rights activism in Afghanistan. Prominently displayed in Frogh's office is a picture of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton granting her the award as First Lady Michelle Obama smiles, clapping by her side.

Russia, Ukraine feud over sniper carnage

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 11:53 PM PST

FILE- in this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 file photo, activists evacuate a wounded protester during clashes with police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine. As questions circulate about who was behind the lethal snipers that sowed death and terror in Ukraine's capital, doctors and others told the AP the similarity of bullets wounds suffered by opposition victims and police indicates the snipers were specifically trying to stoke tensions and spark a larger, angrier clash between opposition fighters and government security forces. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — One of the biggest mysteries hanging over the protest mayhem that drove Ukraine's president from power: Who was behind the snipers who sowed death and terror in Kiev?

4 nations urge US gas exports amid Ukraine crisis

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 09:59 AM PST

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk across the tarmac following their arrival on Marine One helicopter at Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Fla., to begin their weekend vacation. White House spokesman Josh Earnest defended Obama's trip to Key Largo, despite the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, arguing Obama would be able to monitor events from Florida. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Central European nations are urging the United States to boost natural gas exports to Europe as a hedge against the possibility that Russia could cut off its supply of gas to Ukraine.

Obama: It's time to give America a raise

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 03:03 AM PST

President Barack Obama greets people after speaking at Coral Reef High School, Friday, March 7, 2014 in Miami. Obama traveled to the Miami school to unveil a new initiative to ensure more students complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), a document required for most types of school financial aid such as Pell grants. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he's hearing from business owners across the country who are voluntarily paying their workers more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.

Malaysia Airlines has one of Asia's best safety records

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 02:14 AM PST

A woman, center, surrounded by media covers her mouth on her arrival at a hotel which is prepared for relatives or friends of passengers aboard a missing airline, in Beijing, China Saturday, March 8, 2014. A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people lost contact over the South China Sea early Saturday morning on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, and international aviation authorities still hadn't located the jetliner several hours later. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)The carrier has established a record as one of the Asia-Pacific's best full-service carriers in terms of safety and service despite some recent financial problems.

Pro-Russia forces mount pressure on Ukrainians

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 02:47 AM PST

A Ukrainian officer stands outside the gate of a military base at the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea, Ukraine, Saturday, March 8, 2014. A Ukrainian officer at the military base said that pro-Russia soldiers crashed a truck through its gates late on Friday in an attempt to take it over. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)SEVASTOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow mounted pressure on Ukraine Saturday, with Russia's foreign minister denouncing the new Ukrainian authorities as puppets of armed radicals and pro-Russia forces in Crimea trying to flush Ukrainian soldiers out of the few military bases still under their control.

China-bound Malaysian jet vanishes with 239 aboard

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 04:13 AM PST

A Chinese relative of passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane speaks to the media outside a holding room at a hotel in Beijing Saturday, March 8, 2014. Search teams across Southeast Asia scrambled on Saturday to find a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 with 239 people on board that disappeared from air traffic control screens over waters between Malaysia and Vietnam early that morning. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)Search teams across Southeast Asia using ships and planes scoured the seas between Malaysia and Vietnam on Saturday looking for traces of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777.

Malaysia minister warns against speculation on missing plane

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 10:55 PM PST

A Malaysia Airlines spokesman speaks to journalists regarding information about Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, during a news conference in BeijingTransport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein said there was no sign of any plane wreckage and denied Vietnamese state media reports that the plane had crashed south of an island off Vietnam.

Boeing 777: 1 of the most popular, safest jets

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 09:20 PM PST

This photo taken in April, 2013, shows a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER at Narita Airport in Narita, near Tokyo. A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people lost contact with air traffic control early Saturday morning, March 8, 2014 on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, and international aviation authorities still hadn't located the jetliner several hours later. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDITThe Boeing 777 flown by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared Saturday morning over the South China Sea is one of the world's most popular — and safest — jets.

State media: Malaysian plane crashed off Vietnam coast

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 11:00 AM PST

An Airbus A380, owned by Malaysia Airlines, lands ahead of the Farnborough Airshow 2012 in southern EnglandA Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew crashed in the South China Sea on Saturday, Vietnamese state media said, quoting a senior naval official.

Malaysia Airlines hunts for missing flight

Posted: 08 Mar 2014 08:52 AM PST

A relative of a passenger onboard Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 cries at the Beijing Capital International AirportBoeing 777 carrying 239 people to Beijing went missing about 2 hours after takeoff.

State media: Malaysian plane crashed off Vietnam coast

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 10:02 PM PST

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, reporters crowd at Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China Saturday, March 8, 2014 following a report that a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 lost contact on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Luo Xiaoguang) NO SALESA Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew crashed into the sea 153 miles off the coast of Vietnam's Tho Chu island on Saturday, according to a Vietnamese navy officer.

'Holy grail of guitars' is hitting the auction block

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 11:31 AM PST

Courtesy Guernsey's Auction HouseNEW YORK (AP) — The "holy grail of guitars" is among the hundreds of rare and vintage acoustic guitars going on the auction block in New York next month.

Is airplane turbulence becoming more dangerous?

Posted: 07 Mar 2014 08:56 AM PST

In this Friday, May 24, 2013 photo, a passenger reacts during turbulence as her flight approaches Lukla, Nepal. Carved out of the side of a mountain, the airport was built by Sir Edmund Hillary in 1965, and at an altitude of 2,843 meters (9,325 feet) it has earned the reputation of being one of the most extreme and dangerous airports in the world. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)Despite technological advances in detecting and avoiding turbulence, it remains a threat to anything that flies, including civil, military and commercial aircraft of any size, and some experts believe we'll be encountering more such episodes, thanks to the effects of climate change.

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