Obama's Cuba moves reflect Florida political shift

Obama's Cuba moves reflect Florida political shift
Air Force admits nuke flaws, but will fixes work?
Texas ranchers seeking alternative incomes
N. Korea says did not hack Sony, wants joint probe with U.S.
U.S. sends 4 Afghans back home from Guantanamo
Human rights in spotlight after U.S.-Cuba deal
Stephen Collins to '7th Heaven' Fans: 'I'm very sorry'
CIA unlikely to punish staff over Senate computer search: NYT
Video seems to show football's Rice, future wife kiss after brawl
Guy Harvey, marine artist and environmentalist, fishes for growth
Obama vows U.S. response to North Korea
Ferguson prosecutor: Some witnesses lied, including woman who didn’t see shooting
New Ray Rice video shows couple kissing after elevator punch
Tour agents: N. Korea may soon lift Ebola restrictions
Barbara Scrivner’s long journey to clemency
Lawmaker wants investigation of St. Louis prosecutor

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 10:57 AM PST

For decades, the politics of Cuba in Florida were simple: anything less than a hard line stance against Fidel Castro was a sure way to lose a race for office.

Air Force admits nuke flaws, but will fixes work?

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 06:39 AM PST

Faced with one of its biggest challenges in years — repairing a troubled nuclear missile corps — the Air Force has taken an important first step by admitting, after years of denial, that its problems run deep and wide.

Texas ranchers seeking alternative incomes

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 07:48 AM PST

The Muleshoe Ranch's profits were chopped in half when the drought withered pastures, dried up stock tanks and forced the owner to move most of his cattle out of state.

N. Korea says did not hack Sony, wants joint probe with U.S.

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 10:40 AM PST

A spokesman of the North's foreign ministry said there would be "grave consequences" if the U.S. refused to cooperate.

U.S. sends 4 Afghans back home from Guantanamo

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 08:50 AM PST

U.S. officials say the transfer from the detention center is a sign of their confidence in new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

Human rights in spotlight after U.S.-Cuba deal

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 05:45 AM PST

HAVANA (AP) — To many exiles and their allies, President Raul Castro is a brutal dictator who locks up dissenters in gulag-like jails, snuffs out political discourse and condemns his people to socialist poverty.

Stephen Collins to '7th Heaven' Fans: 'I'm very sorry'

Posted: 19 Dec 2014 02:42 PM PST

In an exclusive interview with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric, embattled actor Stephen Collins admits to sexual misconduct with underage girls and talks about his time starring on the hit show '7th Heaven.'

CIA unlikely to punish staff over Senate computer search: NYT

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 08:17 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A panel investigating the CIA's search of a computer network used by U.S. Senate staff will not recommend disciplining the agency officials involved in the incident, according to the New York Times. The review panel is looking into the search by agency officials of staffers from the Senate Intelligence Committee who were investigating the CIA's use of torture in interrogations of detainees after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. ...

Video seems to show football's Rice, future wife kiss after brawl

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 08:50 AM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Newly released video footage appears to show professional football's Ray Rice and his future wife kissing while handcuffed in a casino elevator following the couple's fight that cost Rice his job with the Baltimore Ravens. The brawl in which Rice, 27, knocked out and dragged an unconscious Janay Palmer, 26, at an Atlantic City casino in February inflamed debate over domestic violence and professional football. ...

Guy Harvey, marine artist and environmentalist, fishes for growth

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 10:18 AM PST

By Letitia Stein ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - Guy Harvey stared at a mural of his marine paintings - images that are reproduced on 2 million T-shirts a year - and frowned at a butterfly fish. The Pacific species didn't belong among the Florida wildlife depicted at a beach resort restaurant bearing his name. "That one escaped me," said the 59-year-old artist and environmentalist, who said it can be difficult to control a brand in which he licenses his name and artwork. Harvey's colorful, meticulously detailed renditions of popular game fish are embedded in U.S. ...

Obama vows U.S. response to North Korea

Posted: 19 Dec 2014 03:52 PM PST

President Barack Obama vowed that the United States will respond to the devastating cyber attack on Sony Pictures blamed on the North Korean government. Obama said the cyber attack "caused a lot of damage" to Sony but that he believed the company made a mistake in canceling the release of "The Interview," a comedy portraying the assassination of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un. "We will respond," Obama told an end-of-year news conference. ...

Ferguson prosecutor: Some witnesses lied, including woman who didn’t see shooting

Posted: 19 Dec 2014 04:06 PM PST

A woman who swore she saw teenager Michael Brown pummel Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson and charge him "like a football player," was lying about being at the scene of the controversial police shooting, St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said Friday.

New Ray Rice video shows couple kissing after elevator punch

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Tour agents: N. Korea may soon lift Ebola restrictions

Posted: 20 Dec 2014 02:36 AM PST

TOKYO (AP) — North Korea, never a country to take the threat of foreign invasion lightly, has been under virtual lockdown since October to keep the Ebola virus from crossing its borders. But two leading travel agencies that specialize in the small but growing North Korea market say they have confirmed that the North may be ready to open up its doors again soon.

Barbara Scrivner’s long journey to clemency

Posted: 19 Dec 2014 12:24 PM PST

Twenty years into her three-decade sentence for selling small amounts of meth, President Barack Obama had decided to let Scrivner out of prison, her lawyer told her in a brief and emotional phone call. She started to cry.

Lawmaker wants investigation of St. Louis prosecutor

Posted: 19 Dec 2014 03:44 PM PST

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis County prosecutor who convened the grand jury that investigated the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown says some witnesses before the panel obviously lied under oath.