| Kids reunite with locked-up moms Posted: 09 May 2014 11:01 AM PDT  Calif. program allows children to visit incarcerated mothers around Mother's Day.
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| Satanic 'black mass' re-enactment plans anger Boston Catholics Posted: 09 May 2014 10:18 AM PDT  By Daniel Lovering CAMBRIDGE Mass. (Reuters) - A Harvard University student group plans to hold a re-enactment of a satanic ritual on the school's historic campus, drawing criticism from local Roman Catholic officials, who expressed \"deep sadness and strong opposition\" to the plan. The Harvard Extension Cultural Studies Club said in a statement posted online that it plans to host \"a historical re-enactment of a black mass ceremony that has a narrator providing historical context and background.\" It said the event was intended to be educational and would be preceded by a lecture on the history and origins of the black mass, a ritual that parodies the Catholic mass, in which bread and wine are consecrated and consumed. The re-enactment will be performed by the Satanic Temple, a Satanist group that attracted attention earlier this year after it proposed the placement of a 7-foot (2.1-meter) tall statue of Satan next to an existing Ten Commandments monument in Oklahoma. \"Our purpose is not to denigrate any religion or faith, which would be repugnant to our educational purposes, but instead to learn and experience the history of different cultural practices,\" the club said. The Archdiocese of Boston has voiced sharp criticism of the planned re-enactment, calling on its faithful to pray for those involved and on Harvard to disassociate itself from the event.
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| Photo of 'firenado' sets the Web ablaze Posted: 09 May 2014 09:18 AM PDT  An incredible image of a 'firenado,' a combination of (you guessed it) a fire and a tornado, was posted to the Web this week and quickly inspired many to wonder if it could possibly be real.
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| Putin marks Victory Day in Crimea as Ukraine violence flares Posted: 09 May 2014 08:56 AM PDT  President Vladimir Putin flew in to Crimea on Friday, marking the Soviet victory in World War Two and proclaiming the success of the peninsula's seizure from a Ukraine that Russia says has been taken over by fascists. In east Ukraine, where pro-Moscow rebels plan a referendum on Sunday to follow Crimea in breaking from Kiev, between three and 20 people were reported killed in the port of Mariupol, one of the biggest clashes yet between Ukrainian forces and separatists.
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| Scientists still working to ID victims from 9/11 Posted: 09 May 2014 09:35 AM PDT  Thousands of vacuum-sealed plastic pouches filled with bits of bone rest in a Manhattan laboratory. These are the last unidentified fragments of the people who died in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
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| Pelosi says House Dems divided on Benghazi probe Posted: 09 May 2014 09:29 AM PDT  House Democrats stand deeply divided over whether to participate in a Republican-led investigation of the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, with party leader Nancy Pelosi calling the newest probe a "political stunt."
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| Amnesty Int'l: Nigeria ignored Boko Haram warnings Posted: 09 May 2014 08:15 AM PDT  The nation could not assemble the troops needed to stop the attack, the group reports.
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| Judge denies N.Y. murder suspect's plea to ban rap lyric evidence Posted: 09 May 2014 08:57 AM PDT A New York City murder suspect has lost his bid to have boastful rap lyrics he wrote about being in a violent street gang excluded as evidence at his trial. |
| British, U.S. experts arrive to help Nigeria search Posted: 09 May 2014 09:25 AM PDT  British experts arrived in the Nigerian capital on Friday to help find at least 276 girls being held by Islamic militants in northeastern Nigeria as an international effort began taking hold.
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| Pope demands redistribution of wealth, end to 'economy of exclusion' Posted: 09 May 2014 05:51 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis called Friday for governments to redistribute wealth to the poor in a new spirit of generosity to help curb the "economy of exclusion" that is taking hold today.
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| Ellen's not going to like this: Colleges say no to graduation selfies Posted: 09 May 2014 06:55 AM PDT  Ellen DeGeneres snapped \"selfies\" at the Oscars and President Barack Obama posed for one at Nelson Mandela's funeral, but some U.S. colleges have asked students to keep their cell phones tucked away during graduation season this month when they walk on stage for their diplomas. Officials at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island, one of several colleges trying to limit the spontaneous self-portraits that proliferate social media sites, said they asked graduates to preserve decorum at its May 17 commencement. A handful of students drew laughs - and caught administrators by surprise - when they whipped out their smartphones for selfies on stage at last year's graduation, said university relations director Elizabeth O'Neil. With 758 students due to graduate this month, the school decided to take action before things got carried away.
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| Live: Crisis in Nigeria—#BringBackOurGirls Posted: 09 May 2014 08:24 AM PDT  Katie Couric interviews Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and other experts.
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| Live: Crisis in Nigeria—#BringBackOurGirls Posted: Katie Couric interviews Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and other experts. |
| British, U.S. teams join search for kidnapped girls in Nigeria Posted: 09 May 2014 06:44 AM PDT BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — British experts arrived in the Nigerian capital on Friday to help find at least 276 girls being held by Islamic militants in northeastern Nigeria as an international effort began taking hold. |
| House Democrats weigh role in new Benghazi probe Posted: 09 May 2014 07:54 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats said Friday that before deciding whether to participate in a new investigation on the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost at Benghazi, Libya, they want assurances from Speaker John Boehner that the Republican-run probe will be bipartisan and not a political spectacle.
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| Johnny Cleveland: Browns halt Manziel's fall Posted:  Cleveland traded up to No. 22 to get Texas A&M star Johnny Manziel, hoping to end the team's QB woes.
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| The 'essential skills' needed to be an Obama 'ambassadonor' Posted: 08 May 2014 02:33 PM PDT  They might not speak a relevant foreign language or have any diplomatic experience, but big donors to President Obama's re-election campaign have "essential skills" qualifying them for ambassador jobs, according to State Department documents obtained by Yahoo News.
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| Russia displays its might amid Ukraine crisis Posted: 09 May 2014 03:09 AM PDT  Russia shows off its military muscle at the annual Victory Day parade in Red Square.
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| Attorney: Shelly Sterling wants to keep Clippers Posted: 08 May 2014 05:42 PM PDT  The estranged wife of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling will fight to retain her 50 percent ownership stake in the team, her lawyer said Thursday, adding an unwanted twist to the NBA's plan to force new ownership on the franchise.
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| S. Korean families turned away from palace Posted: 08 May 2014 02:43 PM PDT  Parents of teens killed aboard ferry demand presidential meeting over handling of disaster.
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| 'Hitler album' of art looted during WWII given to National Archive Posted: 08 May 2014 04:35 PM PDT |
| Top official subpoenaed over VA hospital deaths Posted: 08 May 2014 01:16 PM PDT  By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Veterans Administration Secretary Eric Shinseki rejected calls for his resignation as a congressional committee voted to subpoena him on Thursday over charges his department caused deadly delays for veterans' healthcare at some of its hospitals. The American Legion veterans group and two Republican U.S. senators have called for Shinseki to step down following reports on whistleblowers' claims that up to 40 veterans died while waiting for appointments or specialist care at the VA hospital in Phoenix. The House Veterans Affairs Committee in a voice vote approved the subpoena ordering Shinseki and other top VA officials to produce all emails and written correspondence sent between April 9 and May 8 related to the disappearance or destruction of a secret patient wait list at the Phoenix hospital. "The last few weeks have been a model of VA stonewalling, which precipitated the need for a subpoena," said the committee's chairman, Republican Representative Jeff Miller.
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| Dems pounce on GOP over new Benghazi probe Posted: 08 May 2014 12:39 PM PDT  Democrats say Republicans are using the attacks as a political ploy before the elections.
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| Vt. enacts nation's first GMO food-labeling law Posted: 08 May 2014 12:15 PM PDT  Advocates say there's no scientific consensus on safety of genetically engineered crops.
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| Battle over inmate's sex-change surgery lands back in court Posted: 08 May 2014 01:59 PM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts prison officials on Thursday made another push to overturn a court ruling that would force them to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation to a murder convict with gender-identity disorder.
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| 'Jarring job crisis' seen in Arab Spring countries Posted: 08 May 2014 10:49 AM PDT  IMF chief Christine Lagarde praised Arab Spring countries Thursday for making economic progress but warned that they are still facing a "jarring job crisis." Speaking in Morocco, the director general of the International Monetary Fund said youth unemployment in those countries are among the highest in the world. Since 2011, uprisings have swept over Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, forcing out veteran strongmen, and protests calling for change have also shaken Bahrain. Lagarde said that despite the bleak political situation of what she termed the "Arab transition countries" and its effect on other regional nations, there is some good news.
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