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Obama takes aim at equal pay for women

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Obama takes aim at equal pay for women

Obama takes aim at equal pay for women

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 10:55 AM PDT

President Barack Obama signs executive actions, with pending Senate legislation, aimed at closing a compensation gender gap that favors men, Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, during an event marking Equal Pay Day. Obama announced new executive actions to strengthen enforcement of equal pay laws for women. The president and his Democratic allies in Congress are making a concerted election-year push to draw attention to women's wages. Lilly Ledbetter, in green, watches at left. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Signs directives to boost workplace fairness, swipes at GOP for "gumming up the works" on issue.

Brawl breaks out among Ukraine lawmakers

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Meanwhile, separatists hold 60 hostages in Luhansk.

A war photographer's last testament

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 07:50 AM PDT

'Testament': New book documents the work of the late photojournalist Chris HondrosA new book features the photos and writings of a Getty Images photographer who lost his life covering the war in Libya in 2011.

16,000 tons of rock crash in Yosemite National Park

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:40 AM PDT

In this photo supplied by Yosemite National Park, a rockfall is seen on Monday, March 31, 2014. Officials at Yosemite National Park say a massive amount of rock has fallen from a cliff, closing a hiking trail. The National Park Service said nobody was hurt on March 31 when approximately 16,000 tons of rock fell 500 feet from a cliff near Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. Officials say the rock crashed down from a cliff east of Wapama Falls. Some 400 feet of the Rancheria Falls Trail were destroyed and park staff says it will remain closed for now. Park officials say hikers can still get to Wampama Falls starting at O'Shaughnessy Dam. (AP Photo/Yosemite National Park)YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Officials at Yosemite National Park say a massive amount of rock has fallen from a cliff, closing a hiking trail.

London lab grows ears, noses; part of plan to attract biotech firms

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:26 AM PDT

Dr Michelle Griffin, a plastic research fellow, poses for photographs with a synthetic polymer ear at her research facility in the Royal Free Hospital in London, Monday, March 31, 2014. In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in the laboratory in a bold attempt to make body parts using stem cells. It is among several labs around the world, including in the U.S., that are working on the futuristic idea of growing custom-made organs in the lab. While only a handful of patients have received the British lab-made organs so far— including tear ducts, blood vessels and windpipes — researchers hope they will soon be able to transplant more types of body parts into patients, including what would be the world's first nose made partly from stem cells. "It's like making a cake," said Alexander Seifalian at University College London, the scientist leading the effort. "We just use a different kind of oven." (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)LONDON (AP) — In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in a bold attempt to make body parts in the laboratory.

American imprisoned in Cuba begins hunger strike

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 08:38 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2012 file photo provided by U.S. lawyer James L. Berenthal, jailed American Alan Gross poses for a photo during a visit by Rabbi Elie Abadie and Berenthal at Finlay military hospital in Havana, Cuba. Gross, a U.S. government subcontractor imprisoned in Cuba, released a statement through his lawyer Tuesday, April 8, 2014, saying he began fasting to protest his treatment by the governments of Cuba and the United States. (AP Photo/James L. Berenthal, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — An American who has been imprisoned in Cuba for more than four years after illegally setting up Internet access on the island is on a hunger strike, according to a statement his lawyer released Tuesday.

Ellen, GoPro among nominees for Webby awards

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 07:57 AM PDT

Ellen's Oscar selfie crashes Twitter, breaks recordNEW YORK (AP) — This year's list of nominees for Webby awards celebrating Internet achievement range from celebrities such as Beyonce and Ellen DeGeneres to Google and GoPro, the maker of popular mountable video cameras.

In South Korea, draft dodgers go to prison, many for shared beliefs

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 06:10 AM PDT

South Korean army soldiers man a K-55 self-propelled howitzer during an exercise in Pocheon, near the border with North Korea, South Korea, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The two Koreas fired on Monday hundreds of artillery shells into each other's waters in a flare-up of animosity over a long-disputed sea boundary between the countries. No one was reported injured and all the shells splashed into the water. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Kim Ji-gwan has a succinct explanation for why he, his father, and two brothers all chose to go to jail rather than be drafted into the South Korean armed forces. In the past, the US and many other countries accepted religious beliefs as grounds for opting out of military service. The UN Human Rights Council reports that 669 of 723 conscientious objectors in jail worldwide as of last November are Korean. And almost all of these prisoners are Jehovah's Witnesses, an evangelical Christian sect whose members refuse to serve because, they say, the Bible teaches people to "love one another." Since the Korean War ended in 1953, an astonishing 17,549 Jehovah's Witnesses have gone to jail in South Korea for their beliefs.

Back on stand, Pistorius sobs as he recalls girlfriend's shooting

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 06:25 AM PDT

Oscar Pistorius attends his trial at the high court in PretoriaPRETORIA (Reuters) - South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius broke down and sobbed in the witness stand on Tuesday when he described the moment he realized he had shot dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, through a locked toilet door at his home. (Reporting by David Dolan; Writing by Ed Cropley; Editing by Pascal Fletcher)

Separatists holding 60 hostages in Luhansk

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:54 AM PDT

Pro-Russian activists in face masks stand near a barricade in front of an entrance of the Ukrainian regional office of the Security Service in Luhansk, 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of the Russian border, in Ukraine, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. A crowd of pro-Russian activists stormed the building on Sunday, April 6, 2014. Local media reported that demonstrators pelted the building with eggs, and then stones, a smoke grenade and finally a firebomb. The flames were reportedly quickly extinguished. (AP Photo/Igor Golovniov)The unidentified captives are being threatened with arms and explosives, Ukraine officials say.

Putin's reality check in Crimea

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:35 PM PDT

People walk under under a board listing foreign currency rates against the Russian ruble just outside an exchange office in central Moscow on February 14, 2014Russia lost a war on March 21 and virtually no one noticed.

Connecticut wins NCAA title, 60-54 over Kentucky

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 03:01 AM PDT

Connecticut wins NCAA title, 60-54 over KentuckyConnecticut players, including center Amida Brimah (35) and guard Lasan Kromah (20) celebrate as Kentucky guard James Young (1) leaves the court at the end the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game Monday, April 7, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. Connecticut won 60-54. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Lawmakers brawl in Ukraine

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 02:34 AM PDT

Raw: Brawl Erupts in Ukraine's ParliamentFists fly after a communist leader accuses nationalists of playing to Russia.

Ship hunting for more 'pings' in plane search

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 11:19 PM PDT

In this April 7, 2014 photo provided by the Australian Defense Force a fast response craft manned by members from the Australian Defense's ship Ocean Shield is deployed to scan the water for debris of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean. Up to 14 planes and as many ships were focusing on a single search area covering 77, 580 square kilometers (29,954 square miles) of ocean, 2,270 kilometers (1,400 miles) northwest of the Australian west coast city of Perth, Australia. (AP Photo/Australia Defense Force, LSIS Bradley Darvill) EDITORIAL USE ONLYSearch crews fail to relocate faint sounds heard deep in the Indian Ocean.

Japan drugmaker Takeda says will fight $6.0 bn US damages order

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 12:57 AM PDT

A pack of Actos diabetes medicine is photographed at a pharmacy in Lille, France in June 2011Japan's biggest drugs maker Takeda Pharmaceutical said Tuesday it would fight a huge $6.0 billion damages order imposed by a US jury following a trial over the safety of its Actos diabetes medicine. The company said it "respectfully disagrees" with the judgement awarded in the southern state of Louisiana on Monday, which also ordered the firm's co-defendant, US drugs firm Eli Lilly, to pay $3.0 billion in damages. The issue at the trial, which began in February, was whether the drug could be blamed for bladder cancer in a plaintiff who was taking the medicine, and whether the firm knew about those risks. "We believe the evidence did not support a finding that Actos caused (the plaintiff's) bladder cancer.

Russia warns of possible civil war in Ukraine

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:30 AM PDT

Pro-Russian activists who seized the main administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk hold a Russian flag and the flag of so called Donetsk Republic on April 7, 2014Moscow tells Kiev that any use of force in Ukraine's east could lead to a civil war.

Bryan Cranston: 'Terrifying' face helps me portray LBJ

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:49 AM PDT

Bryan Cranston on his terrifying faceKatie Couric interviews Bryan Cranston about LBJ.

Fort Hood shooter used car to prey on victims

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 03:05 PM PDT

Puerto Rico National Guard handout photo shows U.S. soldier SPC Lopez in the Sinai Peninsula during his service with the 295th Infantry of the PR National GuardOver 8 minutes, Ivan Lopez fired on soldiers he worked with and others on his path, investigators say.

Senate passes jobless bill, but chances slimmer in House

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 04:21 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2011, file photo, Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Capping a three-month struggle, the Senate closed in Monday on passage of election-year legislation to restore jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed that expired late last year. Approval would send the legislation to a hostile reception in the House, where majority Republicans generally oppose it. Even before the Senate vote, Heller, R-Nev., Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the bill's leading supporters, said they were willing to consider changes in hopes of securing passage in a highly reluctant House. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted 59-38 Monday to resurrect federal jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, and a small band of Republican supporters swiftly appealed to a reluctant Speaker John Boehner to permit election-year action in the House as well.

Woman raises $91,000 to help mom who left kids in hot car

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 07:24 PM PDT

This photo provided by Scottsdale police, Shanesha Taylor is shown. Taylor, 35, had an important job interview last month at an insurance company across town in Scottsdale. But she couldn't find a babysitter for her 2-year-old son and 6-month old baby. She made the decision to leave her children in her Dodge Durango outside the office where she was interviewing with the key still in the ignition. That ill-fated decision landed the mother of two in Maricopa County Superior Court Monday, April 7, 2014, where she was arraigned on two charges of child abuse. Neither Taylor nor her court-appointed attorney has responded to requests for comment. (AP Photo/Scottsdale police)PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix woman arrested after leaving her two kids in a hot vehicle during a job interview is fighting to clear her name in court, with the support of a New Jersey woman who has raised more than $91,000 to help her effort.

End of Windows XP support spells trouble for some

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 02:48 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2001 file photo, then Microsoft chairman Bill Gates speaks during the product launch of the new Windows XP operating system in New York. Gates touted the software as the harbinger of a new era in more Internet-centric computing. On Tuesday, April 8, 2014, Microsoft will end support for its still popular Windows XP. With an estimated 30 percent of businesses and consumers still using the 12-year-old operating system, the move could put everything from the data of major financial institutions to the identities of everyday people in danger if they don't find a way to upgrade soon. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)NEW YORK (AP) — Microsoft will end support for the persistently popular Windows XP on Tuesday, and the move could put everything from the operations of heavy industry to the identities of everyday people in danger.

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