| How Reid can help McConnell in November face-off Posted: 21 May 2014 04:07 AM PDT  The race to fend off Alison Lundergan Grimes is shaping up with some familiar dynamics.
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| Airstrikes kill 60 militants in Pakistan Posted: 21 May 2014 09:03 AM PDT  Pakistani warplanes and helicopters pounded militant hideouts near the Afghan border, killing 60 fighters, the army said.
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| 70 charged in NYC area in child porn investigation Posted: 21 May 2014 10:21 AM PDT  A five-week investigation has resulted in charges against at least 70 men and one woman in the New York City area in what officials called one of the largest-ever roundups locally of people who anonymously trade child porn over the Internet.
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| 48 killed in new attacks by Nigerian militants Posted: 21 May 2014 09:13 AM PDT  Boko Haram militants have attacked three villages in Nigeria, killing 48 people. One village is near the town of Chibok, where more than 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped last month.
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| 111-year-old is named world's oldest man Posted: 21 May 2014 08:15 AM PDT  At 111 years old, Dr. Alexander Imich of New York City has been crowned the new world's oldest living man, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The world's oldest living person and oldest woman, Misao Okawa of Osaka, Japan is 116 years old; Imich, who says he owes his longevity to good genes and a moderate and healthy lifestyle, was born in in present-day Cz?stochowa, Poland, on Feb. 4, 1903. This latest oldest-man record was verified after the passing of the prior record holder, Arturo Licata of Italy on April 24.
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| Did Cooper Stock really have to die? Posted: 21 May 2014 04:14 AM PDT  Different traffic laws could have saved 9-year-old's life, lives of thousands of others.
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| California bus crash kills 4, injures many Posted: 21 May 2014 07:18 AM PDT  Authorities say at least four people were killed and several more suffered serious injuries when a passenger bus overturned on Interstate 10 in Southern California near the Arizona border.
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| eBay hacked, urges password changes Posted:  Database containing encrypted passwords has been breached, company says.
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| 2 killed in gunfire, explosions in Libyan capital Posted: 21 May 2014 06:10 AM PDT  By Ahmed Elumami and Feras Bosalum TRIPOLI (Reuters) - At least two people were killed when heavy fighting erupted near the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Wednesday, two days after gunmen stormed parliament in some of the city's worst violence since the 2011 war. Residents reported several loud explosions near the al-Yarmouk barracks in the Salaheddin district. "We're hearing really loud explosions and gunshots near the camp, but we don't know who is shooting," a Tajoura resident said. In addition, Libya's top naval commander, General Hasssan Abu Shanaq, survived an assassination attempt by unknown gunmen as he was travelling to work, a spokesman for the chief of staff said.
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| Watch live: Obama addresses Veterans Affairs troubles Posted: 21 May 2014 06:45 AM PDT  The White House moved Wednesday to address the growing furor over allegations of misconduct at the Department of Veterans Affairs, summoning VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to an Oval Office meeting, hours before the House was scheduled to vote on a bill that would grant the secretary more authority to fire or demote senior executives.
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| Balkans flood recovery will take billions Posted: 21 May 2014 04:38 AM PDT  As floodwaters recede in Bosnia and Serbia, local officials realize costly impact.
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| Search continues for victims of Nigerian car bombs Posted: 21 May 2014 04:32 AM PDT JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Police anti-bomb squad officers on Wednesday dug into a crater left by one of two bombs that exploded in a bustling marketplace and bus station in a central Nigerian city as people searched for missing loved ones after the horrific attack that left at least 118 people dead. |
| Mainstream Republicans face down tea party tests Posted: 20 May 2014 08:40 PM PDT  Mainstream Republicans led by Senate leader Mitch McConnell survive primary challenges.
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| Egypt's ousted leader Mubarak gets three years in jail Posted: 21 May 2014 08:18 AM PDT  By Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) - Deposed former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in prison for embezzling millions in public funds for lavish renovations to family properties. The verdict may please some Egyptians who lived through three decades of autocracy under Mubarak before a 2011 uprising toppled him. Mubarak's two sons were sentenced to four years in jail on the same charges of stealing state funds that had been earmarked for the renovation of presidential palaces but were instead diverted to sprucing up family residences. The Cairo court also fined Mubarak and his sons 21.197 million Egyptian pounds ($2.98 million) and ordered them to repay about 125 million Egyptian pounds of funds they were accused of siphoning off.
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| Gazprom: China, Russia sign 30-year gas deal Posted: 21 May 2014 05:27 AM PDT  SHANGHAI (AP) — China signed a landmark deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth about $400 billion, giving a boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin and expanding Moscow's ties with Asia.
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| Supreme Court justice suspends Missouri execution Posted: 20 May 2014 09:32 PM PDT  BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued an order late Tuesday suspending the planned execution of a Missouri inmate with a little more than an hour to spare before the inmate's scheduled lethal injection.
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| Gay couples rush for licenses in Pennsylvania Posted: 21 May 2014 03:04 AM PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Same-sex couples in Pennsylvania clamored for marriage licenses after a judge ruled to allow the state to join the rest of the Northeast in legalizing gay weddings, with Philadelphia offices staying open late to handle a rush of applications. |
| Sources: DOJ to reveal drone memo on killing U.S. citizens Posted: 20 May 2014 05:03 PM PDT  Facing Senate vote and court order, White House signals it will make legal case public.
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| China signs 30-year deal for Russian natural gas Posted: 21 May 2014 06:34 AM PDT  SHANGHAI (AP) — China signed a landmark deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth about $400 billion, giving a boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin and expanding Moscow's ties with Asia.
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| With martial law, Thai government nearly powerless Posted: 21 May 2014 10:10 AM PDT  BANGKOK (AP) — The question to Thailand's army chief was a basic one: After he declared martial law this week, would he be consulting the government? His response encapsulated the increasingly surreal nature of this Southeast Asian country's political crisis.
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| Obama: Any misconduct at VA will be punished Posted: 21 May 2014 10:04 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to head off a growing furor over veterans' health care, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that allegations of misconduct at VA hospitals are "dishonorable" and will be not be tolerated by his administration.
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| Nigeria militants attack again, as Jos counts dead Posted: 21 May 2014 10:48 AM PDT  JOS, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram assaulted three villages in northern Nigeria, killing 48 people, residents said Wednesday, hours after twin bombings claimed at least 118 lives in this central city in an attack the government blamed on the Islamic extremists.
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| Cleaner air could mean higher electric bills Posted: 21 May 2014 10:51 AM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Electricity prices are probably on their way up across much of the U.S. as coal-fired plants, the dominant source of cheap power, shut down in response to environmental regulations and economic forces. |
| Egypt's Mubarak convicted of graft, gets 3 years Posted: 21 May 2014 07:54 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — A Cairo court on Wednesday convicted ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of embezzlement, sentencing him to three years in prison.
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| Gov't: Airlines should disclose bag, seat fees Posted: 21 May 2014 09:04 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Going to bat for confused passengers, the government is proposing that airlines be required to disclose fees for basic items like checked bags, assigned seats and carry-on bags so consumers know the true cost of flying.
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| Libya's rogue general gains stream of new allies Posted: 21 May 2014 07:20 AM PDT  TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya's Interior Ministry, along with the country's the U.N. ambassador and the commander of the air force, backed a renegade general's offensive against Islamist lawmakers and extremist militias, further building support Wednesday for a campaign the government has described as a coup.
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| Tissues, counselors help ease pain at 9/11 museum Posted: 21 May 2014 10:55 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — There are prominent videos of the twin towers collapsing, photos of people falling from them, portraits of nearly 3,000 victims and voicemail messages from people in hijacked planes.
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| AP NewsBreak: WNBA to market to LGBT community Posted: 21 May 2014 09:04 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA is launching a campaign to market specifically to the LGBT community, a move that makes it the first pro league to specifically recruit gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered fans to its games.
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| Pennsylvania's gay marriage ban is struck down Posted: 20 May 2014 05:17 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage was overturned by a federal judge Tuesday in a decision that legalized the practice throughout the Northeast and sent couples racing to pick up licenses. |
| N.M. officials: 500 barrels of nuke waste packed with suspect kitty litter Posted: 20 May 2014 06:40 PM PDT  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico environment officials say more than 500 barrels of waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory was packed with the kitty litter suspected of causing a chemical reaction and radiation release at the nation's underground nuclear waste dump.
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| Brazil tries to calm tourists on unfinished airports Posted: 20 May 2014 05:21 PM PDT  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil is trying to assure World Cup tourists that they won't face problems at airports even though not all upgrades will be complete.
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| Texas teen faces life in prison over hash brownies Posted: 20 May 2014 08:08 AM PDT  A Texas teenager is facing five years to life in prison for allegedly baking and selling pot brownies.
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| Pennsylvania gay marriage ban overturned Posted: 20 May 2014 03:55 PM PDT  If decision stands, same-sex marriage will be legal throughout the Northeast.
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| Agency: 118 killed in Nigeria attack Posted: 20 May 2014 01:27 PM PDT  Explosive devices hidden inside vehicles go off within 20 minutes of each other.
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| Twin bombings add to death toll in Nigeria terror campaign Posted: 20 May 2014 12:01 PM PDT  Twin car bombings on Tuesday killed at least 46 in central Nigeria in the latest in a series of deadly blasts that will stoke fears about security despite international help in the fight against Boko Haram Islamists. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan swiftly condemned the attack in the central city of Jos, calling it a "tragic assault on human freedom" and condemning the perpetrators as "cruel and evil". Most of the victims were women, Pam Ayuba, spokesman for Plateau state governor Jonah Jang, said, while the emergency services said their workers were caught up in the second blast as they attended victims from the first. Plateau, of which Jos is the capital, falls in Nigeria's so-called Middle Belt, where the mainly Christian south meets the Muslim-majority north.
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| Stolen cell phones put on display after crackdown in Spain Posted: 20 May 2014 11:44 AM PDT  Spanish police said Tuesday they are putting on display scores of stolen mobile telephones so their owners can claim them, after a crackdown on thefts in Madrid's underground train network. "The national police is looking for the owners of 109 mobile telephones recovered in the Madrid underground," it said in a statement with a photo of the phones and several e-book readers. The loot will be on display for several weeks in a police station on the Puerta del Sol square in the central tourist district of Madrid, it said.
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| Federal judge strikes down Pennsylvania's gay marriage ban Posted: 20 May 2014 12:57 PM PDT By David DeKok HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage was struck down by a federal judge on Tuesday in the latest court decision in the United States confirming gay couples' rights to wed. Finding Pennsylvania's 1996 Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, U.S. District Court Judge John Jones III wrote: "By virtue of this ruling, same-sex couples who seek to marry in Pennsylvania may do so, and already married same-sex couples will be recognized as such in the Commonwealth." The ruling makes Pennsylvania the 19th U.S. state where gay marriage is allowed, a movement that has gained momentum since the Supreme Court ruled last June that legally married same-sex couples are eligible for federal benefits. Most recent court rulings allowing gay marriage have included a stay pending appeal, but Jones' ruling does not. There is, however, a three-day waiting period for all weddings in Pennsylvania. |
