Divers retrieve more AirAsia bodies, raising total to 100

Divers retrieve more AirAsia bodies, raising total to 100
Ukraine president presses for quick cease-fire
Islamic State hostage's family hopeful she's still alive
At least 34 killed in three bombings in Baghdad
Can Greece's new government keep its promises?
John Whitehead, former leader of Goldman Sachs, dies at 92
New York man sentenced to 30 years in Home Depot bomb plot
Powerball players eye jackpot estimated at $380 million
Anthem: Hackers tried to breach system as early as Dec. 10
NBC launches internal probe on Brian Williams claims
Study: Medical marijuana may do more harm than good for kids
In Boston Marathon bombing case, jury selection is an ongoing struggle
U.S. economy creates 1 million jobs in 3 months

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 05:20 AM PST

Indonesian divers have recovered several more bodies from December's AirAsia crash, including one from the jet's cockpit, bringing the total number of victims retrieved to 100, an official said Saturday.

Ukraine president presses for quick cease-fire

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 09:26 AM PST

MUNICH (AP) — Ukraine's president pushed Saturday for a quick cease-fire in his country's troubled east, insisting that the conflict must be resolved and not "frozen," and pressed Kiev's case to be supplied with defensive weapons.

Islamic State hostage's family hopeful she's still alive

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 11:07 AM PST

Parents of aid worker Kayla Jean Mueller, who Islamic State extremists say has been killed in an airstrike, express their concern.

At least 34 killed in three bombings in Baghdad

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 08:26 AM PST

At least 34 people were killed in three bombings around Baghdad on Saturday, police said, hours before the government was due to lift a long-standing night-time curfew on the capital. In the first attack, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt inside a restaurant in the Shi'ite neighborhood of New Baghdad, leaving 22 dead, police told Reuters. In a third attack, a bomb killed two and wounded another seven in the Shi'ite section of Abu Sheir in Baghdad's Dura neighborhood, police said. The Iraqi government announced on Thursday that the decade-old curfew in the capital would end on Saturday at midnight and that four neighborhoods would be "demilitarized".

Can Greece's new government keep its promises?

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 01:43 AM PST

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's new prime minister came to power two weeks ago riding a wave of hope for change. But his pledge to rewrite the bailout agreement that has kept the country afloat for nearly five years doesn't depend on him alone.

John Whitehead, former leader of Goldman Sachs, dies at 92

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 10:36 AM PST

By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Whitehead, a former senior partner and co-chairman of Goldman Sachs who helped make it a top-tier Wall Street firm and led its international expansion, has died, the investment bank said on Saturday. Whitehead joined Goldman Sachs in 1947 and worked his way to the highest rung of its corporate ladder before leaving after 38 years to become a deputy secretary of state under U.S. President Ronald Reagan. He was a chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a member of the board of the New York Stock Exchange. "We grieve the loss of John Whitehead and honor his achievements and contributions in service to his country and Goldman Sachs," Goldman chief executive Lloyd Blankfein said in a statement.

New York man sentenced to 30 years in Home Depot bomb plot

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 09:22 AM PST

A former Home Depot employee was sentenced to more than 30 years in federal prison for threatening to set off pipe bombs in some of the chain's suburban New York stores in an attempt to extort money from the retailer, his trial attorney said on Saturday. Daniel Sheehan, 52, of Deer Park, New York was convicted in 2013 of threatening to explode the bombs on the day after Thanksgiving Day the previous year, according to his trial attorney Leonard Lato. Prosecutors said Sheehan tried to extort $2 million from The Home Depot by planting a pipe bomb in its Huntington, New York store and threatening to plant three more in other stores, forcing them to close, if the money was not paid. U.S. District Judge Denis Hurley in Central Islip, New York sentenced Sheehan to 30 years and one month in prison on Friday, Lato said.

Powerball players eye jackpot estimated at $380 million

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 05:42 AM PST

One of the richest Powerball jackpots ever offered is up for grabs on Saturday, with the multi-state lottery's grand prize reaching an estimated $380 million after the previous drawing failed to produce a winner. Powerball jackpots start at $40 million and grow until at least one player comes up with the winning number at a drawing. The jackpot winners receive either payments over 29 years or a smaller cash lump sum. The cash option for the jackpot was about $257 million.

Anthem: Hackers tried to breach system as early as Dec. 10

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:27 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The hackers who stole millions of health insurance records from Anthem Inc. commandeered the credentials of five different employees while seeking to penetrate the company's computer network — and they may have been inside the system since December.

NBC launches internal probe on Brian Williams claims

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:18 PM PST

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News has assigned the head of its own investigative unit to look into statements that anchor Brian Williams made about his reporting in Iraq a dozen years ago, an episode that's ballooned into a full-blown credibility crisis for the network.

Study: Medical marijuana may do more harm than good for kids

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 05:08 PM PST

A new report quells suggestions that medical marijuana could ease behavioral disorders.

In Boston Marathon bombing case, jury selection is an ongoing struggle

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 12:03 PM PST

In the slow process of trying to seat a jury impartial enough to fairly judge Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the Boston Marathon bombing case, the defense attorneys have argued that their client can't get a fair trial in Boston — though their motions to move the case out of the city have been repeatedly denied.

U.S. economy creates 1 million jobs in 3 months

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 02:15 PM PST

The Labor Department's January employment report released Friday also showed a modest gain in wages, and while the unemployment rate edged up to 5.7 percent from 5.6 percent, analysts said that related more to a jump in returnees to the labor force -- a positive sign. With the economy marking the 11th straight month of 200,000-plus jobs added, "This was another incredibly strong employment report for the US," said Harm Bandholz of UniCredit. Most economists said the fresh data showed real signs of the economy gaining traction after a bumpy 2014 during which it grew a modest 2.4 percent.