| Welcome to the new Cold War Posted: 06 Mar 2014 12:36 PM PST Russia looks set to slice off a part of Ukraine and keep it for itself.  |
| Is Putin Hitler? Posted: 06 Mar 2014 09:17 AM PST It's called Godwin's law. The longer a debate rages, the greater the likelihood that someone will compare someone else to Hitler.  |
| Katy Perry plays weather girl Posted: 06 Mar 2014 09:10 AM PST Cloudy with a chance of pop star. Katy Perry does the weather. Jeanne Moos reports it's raining celeb forecasters.  |
| Crimea votes to rejoin Russia Posted: 06 Mar 2014 11:23 AM PST Crimea's parliament wants to go back to Russia, but a Ukraine official calls it "an illegitimate decision."  |
| Russia TV anchor quits on air Posted: 06 Mar 2014 01:34 AM PST State-funded Russia Today "is not about the truth; it's about promoting a Putinist agenda," the American told CNN.  |
| 'After newscast, I'm resigning' Posted: 06 Mar 2014 07:16 AM PST CNN's Anderson Cooper speaks with Former Russia Today America anchor Liz Wahl about resigning on live television.  |
| U.N. envoy held at gunpoint Posted: 06 Mar 2014 01:24 AM PST Robert Serry says he hopes his experience "serves as a reminder to all how dangerous the situation has become."  |
| Opinion: GOP's hypocrisy hurts U.S. Posted: 06 Mar 2014 09:06 AM PST While hosting CNN's Crossfire this week, I said: "Republicans are practically cheering for Vladimir Putin today. He's given them a new excuse to bash President Obama."  |
| Medical weed: 20 states and growing Posted: 06 Mar 2014 08:52 AM PST With 20 U.S. states allowing medical marijuana, and others weighing its medicinal or recreational use, advocates of looser laws on weed appear to have the advantage.  |
| Military sex assault bill blocked Posted: 06 Mar 2014 01:01 PM PST The U.S. Senate on Thursday defeated an impassioned legislative push to reduce the growing problem of sex assault in the armed forces by overhauling the way the military prosecutes serious crimes.  |
| Pistorius trial gets grisly Posted: 06 Mar 2014 06:15 AM PST Track star Oscar Pistorius broke down in court Thursday, the fourth day of his murder trial, as a neighbor described the grisly scenes when he tried to save the athlete's mortally wounded girlfriend after a fatal shooting on Valentine's Day 2013.  |
| Pistorius cries, gags in court Posted: 06 Mar 2014 08:24 AM PST Oscar Pistorius gags and covers his ears during the graphic testimony of a witness describing Reeva Steenkamp's injuries.  |
| 'Upskirt' photos are legal, court rules Posted: 06 Mar 2014 07:03 AM PST Massachusetts' highest court ruled Wednesday that it is not illegal to secretly photograph underneath a person's clothing -- a practice known as "upskirting" -- prompting one prosecutor to call for a revision of state law.  |
| Mom drives van, 3 kids into waves Posted: 05 Mar 2014 07:30 PM PST The Florida mother who drove a minivan with her three children inside into the ocean off Daytona Beach was to be given a mental health evaluation, a spokesman for the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.  |
| Rescuer: Mom had blank stare Posted: 05 Mar 2014 07:59 PM PST Piers Morgan talks to Tim Tesseneer and Stacy Robinson about rescuing children from a van that drove into the ocean.  |
| Second baby possibly 'cured' of HIV Posted: 06 Mar 2014 07:58 AM PST Doctors in Boston say another child infected with the virus appears to be free of HIV nine months after birth.  |
| 'Frozen' Niagara Falls tricks tourists Posted: 06 Mar 2014 08:20 AM PST Tourists visiting Niagara Falls were disappointed to find the rapids were not completely frozen. WGRZ reports.  |
| 'L.A. Law': Where are they now? Posted: 06 Mar 2014 11:59 AM PST "L.A. Law" had buzz right from the moment it premiered in 1986.  |
| Boy sees fave team before going blind Posted: 06 Mar 2014 09:06 AM PST A boy travels halfway around the world to see his favorite basketball team before going blind due to an eye disease.  |
| 10 record-setting natural wonders Posted: 06 Mar 2014 07:54 AM PST The natural wonders of the United States are beckoning to us as the country thaws out. Here are 10 record-setting sites.  |
| Funny or Die: 'The Black Bachelor' Posted: 06 Mar 2014 03:43 AM PST This season of "The Bachelor" was over after one episode. See why. Watch more at http://www.funnyordie.com.  |
| Healthy junk-food fakes Posted: 06 Mar 2014 09:15 AM PST Like most people, I enjoy a love/hate relationship with junk food. I love it (in almost all forms), but it invariably hates me right back with a bunch of undesirable side effects, like tight jeans, lethargy and an overall feeling of ickiness. High-fat, high-calorie foods are okay as an occasional indulgence, but certainly shouldn't be the star of a daily diet. If you have a hankering for junk food, don't give in to the craving until you check out these cool, creative and low-cal recipes for everything from pizza to -- gasp -- hot dogs!  |
| African savannah as you've never seen it Posted: 06 Mar 2014 02:27 AM PST A photographer took to an ultra-light aircraft to capture Botswana's savannah from above. The results are amazing.  |
| Weed makes gains Posted: 06 Mar 2014 06:53 AM PST With 20 U.S. states allowing medical marijuana, and others weighing its medicinal or recreational use, advocates of looser laws on weed appear to have the advantage.  |
| Oscar Pistorius trial: Guns and shouting in focus Posted: 06 Mar 2014 05:12 AM PST Lawyers battling over whether world-famous track star Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend on purpose or by mistake returned Thursday to the fatal events of Valentine's Day 2013, when Pistorius fired four bullets through a closed bathroom door at Reeva Steenkamp.  |
| 'The parent of hundreds of kids' Posted: 06 Mar 2014 08:36 AM PST Chicago high school principal Liz Dozier has quelled regular gang fights, but there's still a risk that gang warfare could erupt.  |
| 7 things you need to know Posted: 06 Mar 2014 08:31 AM PST In the pilot episode of "Gilmore Girls," 16-year-old Rory meets her soon-to-be boyfriend, Dean, the new kid in town. Dean tells Rory that he has moved there from Chicago.  |
| Schoolkid takes on mayor Posted: 06 Mar 2014 08:38 AM PST 9-yr-old Asean Johnson speaks out against Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's school shutdown proposal. See Chicagoland on 3/6  |
| Fighting for a safer city Posted: 03 Mar 2014 10:15 PM PST Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy says the city's gun violence is bad but getting better. Watch 3/6 at 10p ET  |
| Ukraine Posted: 06 Mar 2014 12:17 AM PST Russia's foreign minister criticized the actions of NATO and a regional security bloc Thursday, as the diplomatic wrangling over how to end the tense standoff in Ukraine continues.  |
| Oscar Pistorius Posted: 06 Mar 2014 05:12 AM PST Lawyers battling over whether world-famous track star Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend on purpose or by mistake are set to return Thursday to the fatal events of Valentine's Day 2013, when Pistorius fired four bullets through a closed bathroom door at Reeva Steenkamp.  |
| Driving into ocean Posted: 06 Mar 2014 09:37 AM PST Tim Tesseneer was driving along Daytona Beach on Tuesday with his wife when they noticed the minivan driving through shallow water as it headed south.  |
| North Korea Posted: 06 Mar 2014 05:36 AM PST A Chinese passenger jet with more than 200 people on board flew through the trajectory of a North Korean rocket that had been fired minutes earlier, the South Korean government said.  |
| General Posted: 06 Mar 2014 05:37 AM PST Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair -- once one of the U.S. Army's top commanders in Afghanistan and accused of "sodomy ... by force" and other military crimes -- is to set to plead guilty Thursday to some charges but not the most serious levied against him, his lawyer said.  |
| Syria Posted: 06 Mar 2014 05:36 AM PST Two men claiming to be Los Angeles-area gang members have posted a video showing them firing rifles in Syria's civil war, apparently fighting on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad's regime.  |
| 'Upskirt' photos Posted: 06 Mar 2014 12:17 AM PST Massachusetts' highest court ruled Wednesday that it is not illegal to secretly photograph underneath a person's clothing -- a practice known as "upskirting" -- prompting one prosecutor to call for a revision of state law.  |