For artist, homeless signs are works of art

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• For artist, homeless signs are works of art
• White House dusts off old playbook to handle new Benghazi panel
• Violent protests in Turkey following coal mine catastrophe
• Vigilantes kill rebels near Boko Haram base
• Heart-wrenching artifacts fill new Sept. 11 museum
• Factories burned, looted as China-Vietnam tensions grow
• Suspect in Md. TV station attack faces attempted murder
• U.S. experts urge focus on ethics in brain research
• FBI: Pals of marathon suspect had to be questioned
• Pakistan police arrest teacher for gang rape
• 238 dead in Turkish mine disaster
• MERS isn't an emergency, WHO says
• Samsung apologizes to sickened chip workers
• San Diego wildfires have grow calm, authorities say
• Pentagon seeks transfer, gender treatment for Chelsea Manning
• Vietnam mobs set fire to foreign factories in anti-China riots
• Pistorius to undergo psychiatric tests
• Obama to ask Congress for cash for roads, bridges
• Biden touts St. Louis Arch renovation project
• Pentagon OKs Manning transfer for gender treatment
• Violent protest in Turkish town where miners died
• What makes mining in Turkey so dangerous?
• Ukraine launches talks but its foes are missing
• Ex-tabloid royal editor: I hacked Kate 155 times
• Secret lists, deaths: Claims roil Veterans Affairs
• Sept. 11 museum is called a monument to unity
• Jacqueline Kennedy letters reveal her private side
• UN photo archive tells story of Palestinian exodus
• All 20,000 evacuation orders off in San Diego fire
• Death sentence in murder tied to Obama assassination plot
• Medal of Honor hero thinks of friends lost in 'ambush alley' every day
• Court halts Texas execution over mental health claims
• Official: Suspect in Maryland TV station crash in custody
• At least 70 dead in Turkish coal mine blast
• Hundreds come forward about pedophile teacher, FBI reports
• 17 dead, hundreds trapped in Turkish coal mine
• Md. police hunt driver who rammed TV station
• Two Fla. health workers sick after treating Middle East virus patient

For artist, homeless signs are works of art Posted: 14 May 2014 08:53 AM PDT Collector aims to buy more signs and raise awareness on cross-country journey.

White House dusts off old playbook to handle new Benghazi panel Posted: 14 May 2014 09:30 AM PDT The House of Representative's select committee on Benghazi has had a rough rollout. When it's finally up and running, here's how the White House plans to respond.

Violent protests in Turkey following coal mine catastrophe Posted: 14 May 2014 10:42 AM PDT At least 245 coal miners died in a mine explosion in Soma, Turkey, officials said. Nearly 450 other miners were rescued.

Vigilantes kill rebels near Boko Haram base Posted: 14 May 2014 08:32 AM PDT Nigerian official: Villagers killed, detained militants suspected of forging a new attack.

Heart-wrenching artifacts fill new Sept. 11 museum Posted: 14 May 2014 05:26 AM PDT The structure, a monument to how that day shaped history, is set to be dedicated Thursday.

Factories burned, looted as China-Vietnam tensions grow Posted: 14 May 2014 07:59 AM PDT Mobs burned and looted scores of foreign-owned factories in Vietnam following a large protest by workers against China's recent placement of an oil rig in disputed Southeast Asian waters, officials said Wednesday.

Suspect in Md. TV station attack faces attempted murder Posted: 14 May 2014 07:59 AM PDT Baltimore police say Vladimir Baptiste slammed a stolen truck into a TV station on Tuesday.

U.S. experts urge focus on ethics in brain research Posted: 14 May 2014 08:12 AM PDT Ethics must be considered early and often as the field of modern neuroscience forges ahead, to avoid repeating a dark period in history when lobotomies were common, experts said Wednesday. President Barack Obama sought the recommendations of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, as part of his $100 million Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative announced last year. It is "absolutely critical... to integrate ethics from the get-go into neuroscience research," and not "for the first time after something has gone wrong," said Amy Gutmann, Bioethics Commission Chair. Instead, it called for institutions and individuals engaged in neuroscience research, as well as government agencies and other funders, to integrate ethics early in research.

FBI: Pals of marathon suspect had to be questioned Posted: 14 May 2014 08:04 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — An FBI agent says that two friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) would have been arrested if they did not come to a police station voluntarily.

Pakistan police arrest teacher for gang rape Posted: 14 May 2014 06:48 AM PDT MANSEHRA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police arrested a teacher at a Quranic school and his two friends on charges of gang raping a college student in the country's northwest, alleging he filmed the attack and may have blackmailed other victims, authorities said Wednesday.

238 dead in Turkish mine disaster Posted: 14 May 2014 07:02 AM PDT Rescuers raced to reach more than 100 others who remained trapped on Wednesday.

MERS isn't an emergency, WHO says Posted: 14 May 2014 06:14 AM PDT The spread of a puzzling respiratory virus in the Middle East and beyond is not a global health emergency despite a recent spike in cases, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

Samsung apologizes to sickened chip workers Posted: 14 May 2014 05:26 AM PDT Samsung Electronics Co. apologized and promised compensation to chip factory workers who suffered cancers linked to chemical exposure, a rare win for families and activists seven years after the death ...

San Diego wildfires have grow calm, authorities say Posted: 14 May 2014 05:26 AM PDT A pair of wildfires flared and thousands of residents fled amid drought conditions and spiking heat in California, but both blazes had calmed as night fell and the winds that had whipped them diminished.

Pentagon seeks transfer, gender treatment for Chelsea Manning Posted: 14 May 2014 07:25 AM PDT In an unprecedented move, the Pentagon is trying to transfer convicted national security leaker Pvt. Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison so she can get treatment for her gender disorder, defense officials said.

Vietnam mobs set fire to foreign factories in anti-China riots Posted: 14 May 2014 07:39 AM PDT By Ho Binh Minh and Manuel Mogato HANOI/MANILA (Reuters) - Thousands of Vietnamese set fire to foreign factories and rampaged in industrial zones in the south of the country in an angry reaction to Chinese oil drilling in a part of the South China Sea claimed by Vietnam, officials said on Wednesday. The brunt of Tuesday's violence, one of the worst breakdowns in Sino-Vietnamese relations since the neighbors fought a brief border war in 1979, appears to have been borne by Taiwanese firms in the zones in Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces that were mistaken for Chinese-owned companies. A police official in Binh Duong province, speaking by telephone, said about 200 people had been arrested. Some Taiwanese firms had spray-painted messages on the road and across their gates saying \"We Support Vietnam\" in an effort to distinguish themselves from Chinese enterprises.

Pistorius to undergo psychiatric tests Posted: 14 May 2014 04:13 AM PDT Oscar Pistorius was ordered by a judge on Wednesday to undergo psychiatric tests, meaning that the double-amputee athlete's murder trial will be interrupted, possibly for two months.

Obama to ask Congress for cash for roads, bridges Posted: 14 May 2014 07:17 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — America's roads, bridges and ports are falling apart, and the federal government is running out of money to fix them. So President Barack Obama is heading to a crumbling bridge outside New York City to try to pressure Congress into giving the nation's infrastructure an infusion of cash.

Biden touts St. Louis Arch renovation project Posted: 14 May 2014 04:11 AM PDT Vice President Joe Biden made a rain-shortened appearance beneath the Gateway Arch to tout the economic benefits of a massive renovation project at the iconic tourist attraction. The Democratic vice president ...

Pentagon OKs Manning transfer for gender treatment Posted: 14 May 2014 02:19 AM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — In an unprecedented move, the Pentagon is trying to transfer convicted national security leaker Pvt. Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison so she can get treatment for her gender disorder, defense officials said.

Violent protest in Turkish town where miners died Posted: 14 May 2014 10:42 AM PDT SOMA, Turkey (AP) — Anger and grief boiled over into a violent protest Wednesday in the western Turkish town of Soma, where officials said at least 245 miners died in a coal mine explosion and fire.

What makes mining in Turkey so dangerous? Posted: 14 May 2014 09:56 AM PDT The mining disaster that killed more than 200 workers in Turkey has underscored the health and safety problems in the country's mining sector.

Ukraine launches talks but its foes are missing Posted: 14 May 2014 09:23 AM PDT KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's government launched talks Wednesday on decentralizing power as part of a European-backed peace plan but didn't invite its main foes, the pro-Russia insurgents who have declared independence in the east.

Ex-tabloid royal editor: I hacked Kate 155 times Posted: 14 May 2014 09:21 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — The former royal editor of the News of the World said Wednesday that he repeatedly hacked the voicemails of Prince William, Prince Harry and Kate Middleton in the months before he was arrested for illegal eavesdropping in 2006.

Secret lists, deaths: Claims roil Veterans Affairs Posted: 14 May 2014 10:24 AM PDT PHOENIX (AP) — A team of federal investigators swept into Phoenix last month amid allegations of a disturbing cover-up at the veterans hospital.

Sept. 11 museum is called a monument to unity Posted: 14 May 2014 08:54 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Leaders of the soon-to-open Sept. 11 museum portrayed it as a monument to unity and resilience ahead of its dedication Thursday, saying that the struggles to build it and conflicts over its content would be trumped by its tribute to both loss and survival.

Jacqueline Kennedy letters reveal her private side Posted: 14 May 2014 09:45 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — Jacqueline Kennedy's letters to an Irish priest written over a 14-year correspondence have revealed new details about the closely guarded thoughts of the fiercely private former first lady, including her questions of faith following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

UN photo archive tells story of Palestinian exodus Posted: 14 May 2014 10:17 AM PDT RAFAH REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) — A 1975 photo shows Palestinian refugee Fathiyeh Sattari, her eyes wide with worry, as she presents her malnourished baby boy to a doctor at a clinic run by a U.N. aid agency.

All 20,000 evacuation orders off in San Diego fire Posted: 13 May 2014 10:54 PM PDT SAN DIEGO (AP) — A wildfire that surged amid high heat and dry winds in drought conditions brought evacuation orders for more than 20,000 homes in and around San Diego, but all residents were told they could return home Tuesday night just a few hours later as cooler, calmer darkness fell.

Death sentence in murder tied to Obama assassination plot Posted: 13 May 2014 04:33 PM PDT SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota judge formally sentenced a man to death for killing a woman as part of what he said was a plot to assassinate President Barack Obama.

Medal of Honor hero thinks of friends lost in 'ambush alley' every day Posted: 13 May 2014 03:46 PM PDT And that, President Obama said in a White House ceremony Tuesday, was what Sgt. Kyle White did in Afghanistan in November 2007. For his "acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty," Sergeant White was awarded the Medal of Honor Tuesday, becoming the seventh living recipient of that honor for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. That story began when White and his fellow paratroopers from Chosen Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade, were returning to their base in eastern Afghanistan, along a narrow ridge line known as "ambush alley" when they came under attack. Bullets were coming from "what seemed like every direction," Sergeant White recalled, and the attack was so fierce that he had resigned himself to death, Mr. Obama told an audience that included White's family, members of his company, and the families of the fallen.

Court halts Texas execution over mental health claims Posted: 13 May 2014 02:52 PM PDT HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court has halted the scheduled execution of a convicted killer in Texas so his attorneys can pursue appeals arguing he's mentally impaired and ineligible for the death penalty.

Official: Suspect in Maryland TV station crash in custody Posted: 13 May 2014 02:51 PM PDT Man suspected of ramming truck through Baltimore-area television station found inside building.

At least 70 dead in Turkish coal mine blast Posted: 13 May 2014 03:27 PM PDT Unclear how many more miners are believed still trapped after accident.

Hundreds come forward about pedophile teacher, FBI reports Posted: 13 May 2014 01:50 PM PDT Hundreds of people have contacted the FBI about a teacher suspected of drugging and molesting boys during a four-decade career at international schools on four continents, greatly expanding the potential number of suspected victims.

17 dead, hundreds trapped in Turkish coal mine Posted: 13 May 2014 02:04 PM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An explosion and a fire Tuesday killed at least 17 workers at a coal mine in western Turkey and trapped another 200 or more underground, the country's disaster agency said as it launched a massive rescue operation.

Md. police hunt driver who rammed TV station Posted: 13 May 2014 01:37 PM PDT Baltimore-area station believes everyone is safe after attack by man claiming to be God.

Two Fla. health workers sick after treating Middle East virus patient Posted: 13 May 2014 03:27 PM PDT By Julie Steenhuysen and Barbara Liston (Reuters) - Two health workers at a Florida hospital exposed to a patient with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome have begun showing flu-like symptoms, raising concerns about the ability of global health authorities to contain the mysterious and deadly virus. The World Health Organization convened an emergency meeting in Geneva on Tuesday to decide whether the rising rate of confirmed cases, most of them in Saudi Arabia, constitutes a "public health emergency of international concern. ...

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