| 142 dead in Yemen mosque bombings claimed by IS Posted: 20 Mar 2015 10:45 AM PDT  Multiple suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 142 people Friday at Shiite mosques in Yemen's capital -- one of the strife-torn country's deadliest ever jihadist attacks. The killings were the first claimed by IS in Yemen and represent a strong show of force by the group in a country where rival Al-Qaeda is the most prominent jihadist organisation. Charred bodies and pools of blood were seen at the scene of the blasts, which targeted supporters of the Huthi Shiite militia that has seized control of the capital Sanaa. One suicide bomber struck inside Badr mosque in southern Sanaa while another targeted worshippers as they fled outside, witnesses said.
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| U.S. opens criminal inquiry of resigning GOP Rep. Schock Posted: 20 Mar 2015 11:02 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating the congressional expenses and business deals of Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock, and FBI agents have begun issuing subpoenas to witnesses, a person familiar with the case told The Associated Press on Friday.
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| Stargazers share stunning images of solar eclipse Posted: 20 Mar 2015 08:22 AM PDT  People across Europe shot stunning footage of the solar eclipse that turned the morning sky dark.
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| Obama administration tightens rules on fracking disclosure Posted: 20 Mar 2015 10:49 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Friday it is requiring companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, a controversial drilling technique that has sparked an ongoing boom in natural gas production across the country.
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| Indian train accident kills at least 30, leaves 50 injured Posted: 20 Mar 2015 06:26 AM PDT  By Sharat Pradhan Bachhrawan, India (Reuters) - At least 30 people were killed and 50 injured when an express train overshot a railway signal and some carriages went off the rails in a northern Indian state on Friday, officials said. India's creaking railway system is the world's fourth largest, ferrying more than 20 million people each day, but it has a poor safety record, with thousands of people dying in accidents every year. Friday's accident occurred at Bachhrawan railway station, about 45 km (28 miles) from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, one of India's most populous states."Dead bodies after dead bodies were being pulled out," said Gyaneshwari, a 43-year-old passenger, who uses only one name. Blood was splattered in and around the wreckage.The accident happened when the train driver "overshot the signal ... causing derailment of the tail engine and two coaches," Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu told parliament.
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| Day 1 of NCAA tourney: 12 hours of nonstop drama Posted:  t'll be difficult for the NCAA tournament to top the last-possession magic of Thursday's 16 games.
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| Secret Service chief insists no crash at White House Posted: 19 Mar 2015 03:47 PM PDT  Joseph Clancy says reports of a crash by potentially intoxicated agents "are inaccurate."
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| Bail set at $25 million for Suge Knight in fatal hit-and-run case Posted: 20 Mar 2015 10:50 AM PDT  By Michael Fleeman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge set bail on Friday at $25 million for Suge Knight in a murder case, agreeing on the amount requested by prosecutors who had described the rap mogul in court papers as being "incapable of stopping his violent criminal behavior." Knight, 49, is accused of running down two men with a pickup truck at a Los Angeles area burger stand on Jan. 29, killing one of them, following an argument on the set of a commercial for the film "Straight Outta Compton. ...
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| Many U.S. boards lack vision, just tick boxes in search for women directors Posted: 20 Mar 2015 09:17 AM PDT  By Nadia Damouni NEW YORK (Reuters) - Linda Hudson, former CEO of the U.S. arm of British defense company BAE Systems Plc, is among the women that boards call on when they are looking for a female director. The demand for the 64-year-old Hudson underscores an issue women directors are noticing: companies may be talking about how they want to have more diverse boards but a lot aren't putting in the effort needed to make it happen. "You often don't get the enlightened thinking of reaching beyond the obvious candidates," said Hudson, who sits on the boards of Bank of America Corp and utility Southern Co., and is thinking of joining a third. Of the 478 new directors appointed to Fortune 500 boards in 2014, only 27 percent were women, according to research firm BoardEx.
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| Spring arrives in winter-weary U.S. Northeast but more snow forecast Posted: 20 Mar 2015 09:42 AM PDT  By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spring arrives in the winter-weary U.S. Northeast on Friday but the weather forecast was for more of the same: another half-foot of snow for parts of the region, prompting widespread flight cancellations and early school dismissals. After blanketing the Washington, D.C., region, the snowstorm headed north to the New York City metropolitan area, which was expected to get up to 6 inches (15 cm) of the wet, heavy winter souvenir, said National Weather Service meteorologist Frank Pereira. The fierce winter drained snow removal and road safety budgets in towns and cities throughout the Northeast. As the storm took aim at New York, it left behind the deepest snow in the western Maryland town of Cascade, which recorded 4 inches on Friday.
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| Total solar eclipse: How to watch it live online Posted: 19 Mar 2015 07:41 AM PDT  Editor's Note for March 20 at 7:24 a.m. EDT: The total solar eclipse is over, but you can see amazing images of the cosmic event now. Even though most people around the world won't be able to see Friday's total solar eclipse in person, anyone with an Internet connection can watch it live online thanks to two webcasts featuring the cosmic event. The March 20 total solar eclipse — the first since November 2013 — will make the daytime sky go dark for people in the Faroe Islands and parts of the North Atlantic. You can watch the 2.5-hour-long solar eclipse webcast through the Slooh website starting at 4:30 a.m. EDT (0830 GMT) on March 20.
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| Exclusive: Despite Hillary Clinton promise, charity did not disclose donors Posted: 19 Mar 2015 02:40 PM PDT  By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - In 2008, Hillary Clinton promised Barack Obama, the president-elect, there would be no mystery about who was giving money to her family's globe-circling charities. She made a pledge to publish all the donors on an annual basis to ease concerns that as secretary of state she could be vulnerable to accusations of foreign influence. At the outset, the Clinton Foundation did indeed publish what they said was a complete list of the names of more than 200,000 donors and has continued to update it. In response to questions from Reuters, officials at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) and the foundation confirmed no complete list of donors to the Clintons' charities has been published since 2010.
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| Jeb Bush live-streams Atlanta speech using Meerkat Posted: 19 Mar 2015 05:08 PM PDT  Jeb Bush delivered a speech via Meerkat, the live-streaming app that's been predicted to change the 2016 election.
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| Israeli leader backtracks from Palestinian state opposition Posted: 19 Mar 2015 02:18 PM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — Days after winning re-election, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday backtracked from hard-line statements against the establishment of a Palestinian state in the face of a diplomatic backlash.
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| Judge won't release grand jury testimony in Eric Garner death Posted: 19 Mar 2015 12:16 PM PDT  The judge argued there wasn't a good enough reason to release the secret information.
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