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Friend of Boston bombers had confessed to 2011 triple murders claims FBI

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:03:51 -0400

NEW YORK A Chechen acquaintance of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has confessed to slashing the throats of three people in a 2011 gruesome triple murder, federal law enforcement officials have said. Ibragim Todashev, who made the confession, was killed early Wednesday during a confrontation with the FBI and Massachusetts State Police in Orlando, Florida, a federal law ...

Drone strikes are legal and extend to US citizens as well, says Obama

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:41:57 -0400

WASHINGTON - In a major counter-terrorism speech, President Barack Obama Thursday defended the covert US drone program and stressed that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save lives. He also said the use of lethal force extends to U.S. citizens as well. This disclosure comes a day after his administration acknowledged publicly for the first time that four US ...

Kerry holds talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:37:23 -0400

JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday separately began meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials but appeared doubtful about his success on getting the two warring sides back to peace negotiations. This is Kerry's fourth trip to the Middle East in as many months of his assuming the office of the top US diplomat. He was been trying to revive a peace process that has been ...

Worlds largest Star Wars Lego model unveiled in NYC

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:50:02 -0400

A massive Lego model of the Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter was unveiled in Times Square, New York City on Thursday. Made out of a whopping 5.3 million Lego pieces, the craft weighs in at nearly 46,000lbs and is 43 feet (13.1 metres) long. Its wingspan measures 44 feet (13.44 metres) across, and is the largest Lego model ever built, Sky News reported. The ship is the work of 32 master Lego ...

Mexican woman gets first transplant of ovaries in Latin America

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:20:01 -0400

A Mexican woman received Latin America's first transplant of ovaries in a hospital in the western city of Guadalajara, the director of the Mexican Infertility Institute, Luis Arturo Ruvalcaba, announced. Ruvalcaba told EFE by telephone that the patient is a 32-year-old women who had developed cervical and uterine cancer that was detected and treated in France. "The ethics committee of the ...

Shinde reviews cooperation with U.S

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:10:02 -0400

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History maker Sri Srinivasans feat hailed widely

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0400

History-making Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan's unanimous Senate confirmation as the first South Asian judge on the powerful appeals court for the American capital has been widely hailed. Senate Judiciary Committee's Democratic Chairman Patrick Leahy, welcomed Srinivasan's confirmation, but criticised "Republican efforts to delay a floor vote of the highly qualified ...

Trailblazer Sri Srinivasan creates history as top US judge

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:20:02 -0400

Chandigarh-born "trailblazer" Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan has made history with the US Senate unanimously confirming him as the first South Asian judge on the powerful appeals court for the American capital. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US, was Thursday confirmed by the Senate by a 97 to 0 vote, as a judge on the US Court of ...

Senate confirms Chandigarh-born as top US judge

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:40:01 -0400

Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan made history Thursday as the US Senate confirmed his nomination as a top US judge in a 97 to 0 vote. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US, would be the first judge of South Asian descent on the powerful appeals court for the American capital, often called the nation's second-highest court. ...

Chidambaram says U.S. Federal Reserves statement misunderstood calls for calm

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:00:01 -0400

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday sought to calm stock markets in India after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested bond purchases could be scaled back if the U.S. economy improves. Addressing a news conference here, Chidambaram said fears that the Federal Reserve would start reversing its U.S. monetary stimulus programme were being misunderstood in stock market and investor ...

Over 7 in 10 Americans favour more moral policing in US Gallup Poll

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:00:03 -0400

A whopping 72 percent of Americans or more than seven in ten, believe the country needs more moral policing as the state of the union is 'getting worse'. According to a Gallup Poll, these percentages are slightly more optimistic than 2006-2008, when more than 80 percent of Americans thought moral values were getting worse and only 11 percent thought they were getting better. According to the ...

US officials say hypersonic weapons likely to hit battlefield by 2025

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:00:03 -0400

US military officials say high-tech weapons may be flying through the skies at five times the speed of sound by the middle of the next decade. According to military officials, it depends on continued research into hypersonic vehicles like the Air Force's X-51A Waverider, which completed its final test flight earlier this month, reports Fox News. Charlie Brink, X-51A program manager for the Air ...

Lydia Davis pips Indian writer U.R. Ananthamurthy to win Booker International Prize 2013

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:00:02 -0400

American short story writer Lydia Davis, whose works can be as brief as a single sentence, has won the fifth Man Booker International Prize topling other authors including an Indian named U.R. Ananthamurthy. The influential American writer accepted the 60,000 pounds honour, which is presented every two years to a living, non-UK author for a body of work published in English, at a ceremony held ...

Self-regulation skills better in American girls than boys

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:30:04 -0400

A new study has shown that there is a gender gap when it comes to behavior and self-control in American young children - one that does not appear to exist in children in Asia. In the United States, girls had higher levels of self-regulation than boys. Self-regulation is defined as children's ability to control their behavior and impulses, follow directions, and persist on a task. It has been ...

Sharp decline in US drone strikes in Pakistan

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:30:03 -0400

Islamabad, May 23: (ANI): Drone strikes in Pakistan have fallen sharply since their peak in 2010, perhaps in response to increasing scrutiny of the programme by the US Congress and the American public, according to a media report. This comes just ahead of President Barack Obama's long-awaited address on drones at Washington's National Defence University on Thursday. Bruce Riedel, a former CIA ...

New York sheriffs voice opposition to strict gun law seek to join lawsuit

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:05:40 -0400

ALBANY, N.Y. – County sheriffs have asked to join the federal lawsuit challenging New York's tough new gun restrictions, calling some provisions vague and impossible to enforce fairly. The New York State Sheriffs' Association and five individual sheriffs are asking U.S. District Judge William Skretny to add their position to the record. They support gun rights advocates seeking ...

3 Injured After Bridge Collapse Sends Cars Into Water

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:00:59 -0400

A portion of the Interstate 5 bridge is submerged after it collapsed into the Skagit River dumping vehicles and people into the water in Mount Vernon, Wash., Thursday, May 23, ...

Americans exit the housing crisis with new appreciation for renting

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:55:45 -0400

Six years of crisis have changed forever the way Americans think about housing. It's good news for rental housing and not so good news for the home ownership industry, according to a massive new study conducted by Hart Research for the MacArthur ...

Martin Luther King unmoved by death threats - from the archive 24 May 1961

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:15:29 -0400

United States that the Negroes' leader in Montgomery, Alabama, during the present crisis is a scholarly Baptist minister whose hero is Mahatma Gandhi. He might well have been a black Huey Long or some such political boss of the kind who tries to hold hate-the-white demonstrations in Harlem (and - luckily again - finds little support there). That he is the ...

Sharks On Brink Of Elimination Lose To Kings In Shutout

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:09:31 -0400

Jonathan Quick #32 of the Los Angeles Kings makes a save in front of T.J. Galiardi #21 of the San Jose Sharks during the first period in Game Five of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Staples Center on May 23, 2013 in Los Angeles. (Harry How/Getty ...

5.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Northern California

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:33:59 -0400

A preliminary 5.7 earthquake struck in Northern California on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The epicenter of the quake was centered 6 miles west northwest of Greenville, and 26 miles southwest of Susanville.Initial reports said the quake, which struck at 8:47 p.m., was a magnitude 5.9. A 5.7 magnitude quake is considered moderate, but has the potential to cause considerable ...

August Wilson Center for African American Culture needs to play ball

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:24:01 -0400

The Downtown facility recently laid off half its staff and is behind on payments on a $7 million loan. Foundations that have been the center's lifeblood are skittish about providing more money because the center hasn't completed a required audit or submitted a recent business ...

Fear of art sale sparked by Detroit emergency manager asking for appraisal

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:23:32 -0400

DETROIT (Reuters) - As part of his efforts to solve Detroit's financial crisis, the city's emergency manager Kevyn Orr has asked for an appraisal of the collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts, sparking fears in artistic and philanthropic circles that he means to auction off the city's artistic ...

GameDay Should The Strike Zone Be Automated

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:18:03 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — So I'm listening to the Giants game the other day and the broadcasters were remarking about the umpire's strike zone. "He likes the low strike," was the comment. The conversation evolved into the different strike zones of various umpires, some high, some low, some outside, some inside. Really? Is that what they refer to as the "human ...

In IRS Benghazi and AP scandals answers elusive Your Say Interactive

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:41:03 -0400

The Obama administration is juggling three controversies at once. The IRS is being scrutinized for targeting conservative groups. The Justice Department seized journalists' phone records. And the attack in Benghazi that left Americans dead is still be investigated. How much do the scandals matter? Here's how the public sees ...

Taking the Fifth blocks search for truth tellusatoday

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:41:01 -0400

We asked Twitter followers for thoughts on Lois Lerner citing her right against self-incrimination. The IRS official was placed on administrative leave Thursday. Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:Two statements that are incompatible: I did nothing wrong, and I'm taking the Fifth.-- @RandyCole13She is hiding something or protecting someone. The buck stopped with her as head of the ...

Does Anthony Weiner deserve a second chance Your Say

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:40:59 -0400

Anthony Weiner announced this week that he would be running for New York City mayor. He resigned from the U.S. House after a sexting scandal in 2011. Comments from Facebook and Twitter:Stay out of the spotlightI miss the good old days when the politicians got caught doing something stupid, humiliating or embarrassing, then resigned and slipped away to live out their lives in obscurity.-- Mike ...

Readers take issue with Jolie coverage Objections

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:40:57 -0400

Cancer patient: Angelina Jolie isn't the brave one ."Are we as a society being socialized to believe that we're in such an archaic competition with each other that we must even battle over which of us is the bravest? Bravery and responsibility are not mutually exclusive. Angelina Jolie put her entire career on the line to selflessly provide support to other people struggling with ...

5.7-magnitude earthquake shakes Northern Calif

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:34:43 -0400

Rafael Abreau, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Center, says the temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centered six miles west northwest of Greenville, and 26 miles southwest of ...

U.S. admits drones killed four Americans

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:28:55 -0400

The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the ';main culprit'; for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...

New York tour operator cancels Bronx ghetto tours

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:28:26 -0400

NEW YORK, NY - A New York company offering tours of Bronx neighborhoods has shut down after officials objected to its advertising that claimed to give visitors "a ride through a real New York City 'ghetto'," according to a statement from Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. The tour's controversial description states that when thinking of the Bronx, people envision ...

Watch Bridge Collapses in Washington State

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:25:17 -0400

This is a live picture from a helicopter our sister station KO MO. And Seattle Washington this is about two hours north of Seattle portion of the bridge on I five -- -- -- -- root river. Collapse ...

Delays Revealed In Rescuing Longshoreman At Port Of Oakland

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:23:39 -0400

OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — Nearly a week after a longshoreman’s body was found inside his sunken pickup at the Port of Oakland, authorities reveal there were numerous delays in the efforts to rescue him. The longshoreman was in his truck when ...

2 full-time rangers added to patrol Capitol Hill Pioneer Square parks

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:46:42 -0400

Three violent assaults at Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill this month have prompted the city to add two full-time park rangers, who will patrol there and at Occidental Square in Pioneer Square. Additionally, Seattle police will step up summer-emphasis patrols to ensure public safety as warm weather and long days draw more people to the city’s parks. "The rangers are a force ...

Protester finds sympathetic ear in President on Guantanamo drones

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:45:31 -0400

Rachel Maddow reports on the message of Code Pink and President Obama's reaction to having his major counterterrorism speech interrupted by one of its ...

Obama to take on GOP anew over Guantanamo closure

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:45:30 -0400

Rachel Maddow reports on how much political will there was for closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, including from leading Republicans like President Bush and then-presidential candidate John McCain, and how that all disappeared once Barack Obama became ...

The Republican ‘ignorance-fueled war’ on the IRS

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:45:29 -0400

Republicans continue their ignorance-fueled war on the IRS. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell discusses the real IRS scandal with MSNBC's Chris Hayes and Alex ...

Obama ‘America does not take strikes to punish individuals’

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:45:28 -0400

america does not take strikes when we have the ability to capture individual terrorists. our preference is always to detain, interrogate and ...

Sen. Ted Cruz vs. The Republican Party

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:45:27 -0400

On the Senate floor, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz announced that he doesn't trust Republicans. MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell discusses this new era of in-fighting with fellow MSNBC host, Steve ...

Man survives kidnap ordeal in New York

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:40:31 -0400

Police have rescued a businessman from a New York City warehouse where he had been held captive for a month by kidnappers who demanded a $3-million ransom from his family in ...

Part of Washington state freeway span collapses into river dispatcher

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:34:56 -0400

(Reuters) - Part of a freeway bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles falling into the water below, an emergency dispatcher ...

Boy Scouts of America Lifts Ban on Gay Youth 61 Percent Voted for Resolution

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:34:18 -0400

May 23, 2013 7:04 pm After a contentious challenge to their membership policy, 1,400 delegates of the 103-year-old Boy Scouts of America youth organization voted overwhelmingly to adopt an amendment that effectively lifts the ban on homosexual youth in the organization on Thursday.The ban on gay adult scout leaders will remain.Sixty-one percent of the delegates voted in favor of the resolution ...

How young American fell victim to drone strike

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:59:44 -0400

Jude Kenan Mohammad, who was born in Florida and raised in Raleigh, N.C., is the least known of the four U.S. citizens whom the Obama administration acknowledged it had killed in drone attacks overseas since ...

Boehner Committee Can Decide Whether to Subpoena Communications Between IRS and White House

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:57:44 -0400

- Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he will let the House Ways and Means Committee determine whether to subpoena crucial documents from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the White House that would reveal what the administration knew about the agency's targeting of conservative groups. The ...

Bloomberg accused of threatening to destroy New Yorks taxi industry

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:52:42 -0400

USA New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has found himself at the center of unwanted media attention after allegedly unleashing a profanity-laced tirade against the CEO of a large taxi fleet company over his opposition to the city's "Taxi of Tomorrow" plan. The altercation, which is said to have occurred last Thursday during a basketball game at Madison Square Garden's private ...

Obama drone policy strikes balance Our view

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:52:26 -0400

A Navy drone launches off the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia. It will help develop other unmanned, carrier-based ...

Drones weaken USAs moral might Opposing view

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:52:24 -0400

There are more effective ways of winning hearts and minds and creating livelihoods worth living, not sacrificing. Armed drones, at first blush, are a boon to America's military toolkit, as President Obama reinforced in his counterterrorism speech on Thursday. Drones, in the short run at least, could mean fewer U.S. troops deployed and fewer American lives lost. OUR ...

Boy Scouts march half-step forward Our view

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:52:21 -0400

Thursday's vote might well make it easier to fight prejudice in a new generation of Scouts. Sometimes progress comes in unsatisfying increments. That was true Thursday, when the Boy Scouts of America approved a half-measure that will allow openly gay Scouts into the organization for the first time, effective Jan. 1. Cheers should surely be muted because the Scouts couldn't bring ...

National men’s team prop Andrew Tiedemann returns to Edmonton for Saturday test against Americans at Ellerslie Rugby Park

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:50:38 -0400

EDMONTON - Andrew Tiedemann's sport of choice doesn't provide many homecomings, so when Rugby Canada's national men's squad comes to Edmonton, the St. Albert native is all too happy to make the most of it.The Canadians will kick off a busy summer of competition this Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Ellerslie Rugby Park when they host the United States in the opener of the five-team ...

2 Dead in Drugstore Shootings in Tennessee

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:35:31 -0400

An East Tennessee pharmacy owner and a customer have been killed during a robbery that left a pharmacy tech and another employee wounded. District Attorney Jimmy Dunn said a former police officer in Bean Station was taken into custody shortly after the shooting and robbery Thursday at the Down Home Pharmacy. Dunn said the former officer, 37-year-old Jason B. Holt, took "a large ...

Obama gives robust defense of targeted killing program

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:54:22 -0400

the president made no defense of the other three american citizens who have been killed including abd al awlaki, the 16-year-old of anwar awlaki. despite claims from previous administration officials to the contrary. ...

Why Obama gave this counterterrorism speech now

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:54:20 -0400

Chris Hayes talks with Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison, Spencer Ackerman of Wired Magazine, and The Huffington Post's Howard Fineman about the President Obama's speech and what it means for policy going ...

Obama acknowledges protester is worth paying attention to

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:54:20 -0400

During a major speech on counterterrorism, touching on drones and Guantanamo Bay, President Obama was heckled by a protester with a history of interrupting speeches in both the Bush and the Obama ...

President Obama makes case for end of the war on terror

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:54:18 -0400

Chris Hayes highlights the president's big policy speech on drone strikes, closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, and ending the war on terror. He's joined by Congressman Keith Ellison, Democrat of ...

Obama in heated exchanges with Code Pink anti-war protester

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:47:23 -0400

1 of 2. Protester Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the Code Pink activist group, interrupts U.S. President Barack Obama as he speaks about his administration's counter-terrorism policy at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, May 23, ...

Feds to review policy on media leaks

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:41:53 -0400

WASHINGTON -- President Obama said on Thursday that the Justice Department will review the policy under which it obtains journalists' records in investigations of the leak of government ...

10 Things to Know for Friday

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:37:57 -0400

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: 1. HOW OBAMA IS DEFENDING DRONE STRIKES The attacks are legal, effective and necessary as threats evolve, he says in a speech outlining America's post-war counterterror policies. 2. BOY SCOUTS END BAN ON GAY YOUTHS The decision is unlikely to end a bitter debate over the ...

Antioch Hospital Patient Who Jumped Into Canal Identified

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:36:28 -0400

ANTIOCH (CBS SF) — A man whose body was discovered in the Contra Costa Canal nearly two days after he left a local emergency room and jumped into the waterway has been identified. A Contra Costa County coroner’s deputy said 48-year-old Brentwood man Saul Hernandez was found in the canal on Wednesday during an ongoing search of the ...

UPDATE 1-Pentagon sees doubled cost for rocket launch program

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:27:49 -0400

Thu May 23, 2013 9:27pm EDT By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON May 23 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Thursday told Congress that a recent restructuring of its heavy rocket launch program to add 60 more launches and extend the schedule for a decade would more than double the program's projected cost to $70.7 billion. The Defense Department's annual report to Congress on major arms programs ...

US Senate approves first India-born senior judge

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:02:26 -0400

The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved Srikanth Srinivasan as the most senior US judge of South Asian descent, amid speculation that he may one day be tapped for the Supreme ...

Obama’s prom photos emerge

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:57:05 -0400

The two previously unpublished pictures were given to Time magazine by the girl who was escorted by Barak Obama's best friend. NBC's Ann Curry ...

Republican minority outreach hits more road bumps

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:56:56 -0400

New comments from Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett on the lack of latinos in his cabinet, combined with South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley's decision to hire an accused white supremacist probably won't help the GOP with their minority outreach ...

Row between U.S. agencies over Texas plant explosion deepens

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:45:21 -0400

(Reuters) - A dispute between government agencies over the investigation into the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant intensified on Thursday when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives hit back after being criticized by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board ...

Arizona jury deadlocks over Jodi Arias sentencing

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:45:20 -0400

Jodi Arias addresses the jury during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 21, ...

Watch Jodi Arias Jury Cannot Decide on Life or Death Sentence

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:41:27 -0400

The clerk will read -- -- -- State of Arizona vs -- and areas sentencing verdict. We the jury duly impaneled and sworn and above entitled action upon our -- Yunnan has unanimously find ...

ConsumerWatch Startup Lets SFO Travelers Rent Out Cars While On Vacation

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:39:51 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) – Car sharing has arrived at San Francisco International Airport, and so far more than 650 travelers have tried it out. Flightcar started up operations a few months ago in a large parking lot in Millbrae, a few miles from S.F.O. The start-up helps car owners rent out their vehicles when they go on vacation. Prices for rentals range from $20 to $40 a day; car owners ...

Firefighters Contain Brush Fire Near San Jose’s Coyote Creek

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:39:49 -0400

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Firefighters contained a fire in heavy brush near Coyote Creek Thursday afternoon, a fire captain said. The fire near Brokaw Road and Interstate 880 was first reported at 2:45 p.m., Capt. Cleo Doss said. Crews arrived at 2:51 p.m. and quickly called a second-alarm response after finding about an acre and a half of brush burning. Heavy smoke was coming from the area and ...

San Jose City College Student Wins $2.3 Million In Powerball Drawing

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:39:49 -0400

SAN JOSE (KCBS) – A San Jose City College student who matched five of the six winning numbers in last week's Powerball drawing has claimed his millions. Michael Garcia recounted the unbelievable moment he checked the numbers against nine tickets he had bought on whim: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52. "Oh, wow, I got all five," he said. "What about the Powerball? What about the ...

Man From Palo Alto Suspected Of Killing Family In Czech Republic

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:39:48 -0400

20-year-old Kevin Dahlgren of Palo Alto is suspected of killing four people in Brno, Czech Republic on May 23, 2013. (Handout photo by Czech Police/isifa/Getty ...

Dwight Howard Considers Joining Warriors

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:39:47 -0400

OAKLAND (Bleacher Report) — It was not too long ago that Dwight Howard turned down the thought of playing for the lowly Golden State Warriors. It was also not long ago that Howard received an elbow in the face from Warriors forward David Lee and responded with "I will ...

Warriors’ David Lee Named To All-NBA 3rd Team

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:39:47 -0400

David Lee #10 of the Golden State Warriors reacts after the Warriors made a basket against the Los Angeles Clippers at Oracle Arena on January 2, 2013 in Oakland, (Ezra Shaw/Getty ...

US military fears taking on Assads troops in drawn-out Syrian war says Bob Carr

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:39:04 -0400

Foreign Minister Bob Carr has told a group of Syrian refugees in Lebanon that the United States military does not want to risk a drawn-out war with the Syrian army. Senator Carr spoke with the refugees during a visit to their camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, on the border with Syria. The refugees urged Senator Carr to back military intervention to bring the civil war in Syria to an end. ...

NOAA forecasts active or extremely active 2013 hurricane season

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:35:43 -0400

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration issued a forecast Thursday for an active or extremely active 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, in its hurricane season outlook, forecast a 70 percent likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher) -- of which seven to 11 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including ...

Coburn My bogus dilemma on aid

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:31:24 -0400

>Editor's note: Tom Coburn, a Republican, is a US senator from Oklahoma and the ranking member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency.(CNN) -- Millions of Americans have been shocked by the devastation caused by the tornadoes in Oklahoma. Having toured the area, it's impossible to put the scope of the damage in ...

RI education board approves arming university cops

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:05:15 -0400

The proposal would leave it to URI officials to decide whether to arm the university's police force. Right now, Rhode Island is the only state that prohibits public higher education police officers from carrying ...

Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:47 -0400

Jodi Arias stands as the jury enters the courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...

Parking deck collapses at Md. mall 1 killed

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:45 -0400

BETHESDA, Md. -; A parking garage partially collapsed Thursday outside a shopping mall in suburban Maryland, and officials said one construction worker died after being trapped under a concrete ...

IRS replaces official in tea party controversy

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:42 -0400

In this May 22, 2013, photo, Lois Lerner listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lerner has been replaced as director the Internal Revenue Service division that oversaw agents who targeted tea party groups. Danny Werfel, the agency's new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email Thursday, May 23, 2013, that he ...

Three taxes fizzle for now

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:40 -0400

The Senate Appropriations Committee suspended consideration of the tax proposals amid its review of scores of bills to meet a legislative deadline. The levy on cigarettes could be heard later this year while the authors of the soda and oil severance taxes expect to have to wait until ...

Warrant for rapper Tim Dog despite death reports

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:57:20 -0400

JACKSON, Miss. -- Lack of a death certificate or of a burial site and sparse obituary information led to talk in hip-hop circles that rapper Tim Dog, who owes thousands of dollars to women he was convicted of swindling, faked his own death in February.The 46-year-old, whose real name is Timothy Blair, is best known for a 1990s song "F-- Compton" that criticized West Coast ...

Fossil area closed after 2 boys die in Minn. park

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:57:19 -0400

Authorities on Thursday recovered the body of a second child killed when a rockslide hit a group of fourth-graders in a St. Paul park a day earlier, and announced that the popular fossil-hunting area would be closed ...

Invest In American Manufacturing Five Charts For Your Business Decision

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:53:29 -0400

Is manufacturing a good bet in America these days? The talk about reshoring, in which companies return to the United States those operations that they had previously located in a foreign country, is spurring renewed interest in factories here. Let's roll through five key points about the outlook for ...

Report calls for diversification in Latin American economic ties

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:51:04 -0400

/enpproperty--> China should diversify its economic relationship with Latin America and the Caribbean and drop its previous model of relying more on trade, according to a "yellow book" by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences released on Thursday. Cooperation with the region would not only boost trade but also promote more investment and financial ties, said the Annual ...

Sharpton on his sleep schedule and why he supports the president

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:45:05 -0400

Rev. Sharpton answers viewers questions on how he maintains his active lifestyle, how to get in touch with Congress, and why he has the president's ...

Obama refines counterterrorism strategy

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:45:04 -0400

Saying America has reached a "crossroads," President Obama laid out clearer, more narrow guidelines for deadly drone strikes. NBC's Peter Alexander ...

Matthews Obama spoke authentically about protecting US

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:45:03 -0400

John Podesta from the Center for American Progress and Mother Jones' David Corn join Chris Matthews for a look at Obama's counterterrorism speech and the way the president handled the woman who kept calling him ...

In deeply religious Oklahoma prayer brings solace after tornado

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:34:25 -0400

Justin Stephan (L) shows his son Timothy, 3, his tornado-destroyed home for the first time since the storm on 6th Avenue in Moore, Oklahoma May 23, ...

Lawsuits seek more than U.S. acknowledgement of drone killings

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:34:24 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a point about his administration's counter-terrorism policy at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, May 23, ...

Crabtree Starts Healing After Surgery Vows To Be Back

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:28:44 -0400

CBS Sports ) — Michael Crabtree is promising to be back. And San Francisco 49er fans are hoping that means back this season. Crabtree tore his Achilles tendon and underwent surgery ...

Bill Would Protect California Reporters’ Phone Records

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:28:43 -0400

SACRAMENTO (CBS / AP) — State agencies would be required to give journalists five days’ notice before they issue subpoenas to a third-party company for telephone records under legislation announced Thursday by a state senator. Democratic state Sen. Ted Lieu, of Torrance, said he would seek the measure to give greater protection for newsgathering operations. He acted after it was ...

Sharks Kings Series Heats Up With Diving Accusations

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:28:43 -0400

Goalkeeper Jonathan Quick #32 blocks a shot, defending the net against Tommy Wingels #57 of the San Jose Sharks in the second period in Game Three of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at HP Pavilion on May 18, 2013 in San Jose. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ...

Obama Repeatedly Heckled By Bay Area Activist During Security Speech

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:28:43 -0400

Medea Benjamin, an activist from the organization called Code Pink, shouts at U.S. President Barack Obama while he speaks at the National Defense University May 23, 2013 in Washington, DC. Obama used the speech to outline and justify his administration’s counterterrorism policy, including increased cooperation with Congress on matters of national security, added transparency regarding the ...

Alleged Gang Members Arrested After Richmond Shooting

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:28:42 -0400

RICHMOND (CBS SF) – Two alleged gang members were arrested Wednesday afternoon after two plainclothes Richmond detectives witnessed one of them firing a gun, a police spokeswoman said Thursday. The detectives were patrolling the streets looking for known gang members as part of the city's Ceasefire program when the shooting occurred at about 3:50 p.m., Detective Nicole Abetkov said. ...

NYPD Merchant held for ransom tortured for month

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:42 -0400

NEW YORK -; A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid as he was held for a $3 million ransom his family back in Ecuador did not have, authorities ...

Rep. Jo Bonner resigning to take Ala. college post

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:42 -0400

MOBILE, Ala. -; U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner says he is resigning from Congress effective in August to take a post with the University of Alabama ...

Obama sees narrower terror threat defends drones

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:40 -0400

President Barack Obama continues to speaks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, as CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin of Code Pink shouted at him from the back of the auditorium. (AP Photo/Carolyn ...

NJ students to help Michelle Obama harvest garden

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:39 -0400

WASHINGTON -; Schoolchildren from New Jersey shore communities battered by Superstorm Sandy will join Michelle Obama for a garden harvest next ...

Tea party vs. old guard in Senate GOP rift

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:38 -0400

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2013, file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, questions Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The committee's ranking Republican Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. listens at left. A long-simmering feud in the Senate between establishment Republicans and tea ...

AP others fight for details in Maine girls death

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:38 -0400

BANGOR, Maine -; News organizations are challenging a judge's decision to keep the public from seeing details of how and why police believe a 15-year-old girl from Maine was killed by a 20-year-old ...

IRS replaces official who oversaw targeting

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:37 -0400

IRS official Lois Lerner is sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, before the House Oversight Committee hearing to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (AP ...

Ohio kidnap case hero gets year of free McDonalds

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:35 -0400

FILE - This May 6, 2013 file photo shows neighbor Charles Ramsey speaking to media near the home where missing women Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight were rescued in Cleveland. Ramsey, the man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown. Ramsey has been promised free ...

Manson disciples tapes being analyzed by LAPD

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:35 -0400

LOS ANGELES -; Los Angeles police have obtained the decades-old taped conversations between a Manson family disciple and his attorney, officials confirmed ...

Obama increases fed share of Sandy relief for NY

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:34 -0400

WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama is providing more Hurricane Sandy disaster relief to New York, increasing the share of public assistance that the government will pay from 75 percent to 90 percent of the ...

Obamas drone policy at a glance

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:33 -0400

President Barack Obama defended the United States' use of drone attacks as an important part of the U.S. counterterrorism policy on Thursday but signed new presidential policy guidelines to spell out for Congress and the public the standards that the U.S. will use before carrying out drone ...

New rules for labeling meat go into effect in US

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:32 -0400

But the rules that went into effect for meat on Thursday provide more detailed information. Instead of seeing a label that says, "Product of the U.S.A. and Canada," shoppers might find one that says "Born in Canada, raised and slaughtered in the United ...

WWII historian taking on American Revolution

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:48:32 -0400

FILE - This April 6, 2003 file photo shows Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and reporter Rick Atkinson in Karbala, Iraq. Henry Holt and Company announced Thursday, May 23, 2013, that Atkinson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and reporter, plans an American Revolution trilogy covering the years 1775-1781. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Sgt. Jason L. Austin, ...

Girl injured in Boston bombings begins rehab

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:58 -0400

WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) Police converged early Friday on a neighborhood outside Boston where there were reports of explosives being detonated and police are telling reporters to turn off their ...

NH woman convicted of child porn gets 40 years

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:55 -0400

The star witness in the state of Florida's case against a woman accused of killing foster child Rilya Wilson has walked out of state ...

Investigator Missing Iowa girls blood found

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:49 -0400

A 15-year-old central Iowa girl who was abducted after getting off her school bus was still missing Tuesday, and authorities said a massive search was underway. Meanwhile, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said the man who is suspected of taking her and another girl committed ...

Foreign Service officer made millions in visa-for-money scam feds charge

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:32 -0400

WASHINGTON - A State Department official “received several million dollars in bribes” from Vietnamese residents seeking visas, according to newly public court documents. In a previously undisclosed criminal complaint, Foreign Service officer Michael T. Sestak faces charges of conspiracy to commit visa fraud and bribery in an alleged scheme that investigators say spanned several ...

Feds cut off funding for counter-terrorism efforts in Las Vegas

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:44:22 -0400

Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV), right, takes a tour of the Southern Nevada Counter-Terrorism Center, also known as the Fusion Center, with Jim Owens, left, deputy chief of Metro’s homeland security division, and Capt. Al Salinas, center director, at Metro Police Headquarters Thursday, May 2, 2013. Officials at the center are concerned that budget cuts that might negatively affect its ...

Former American soccer players talk about big game

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:43:58 -0400

Pre-game pep rally at Kiener Plaza NewsChannel 5's Frank Cusumano spoke with ESPN analyst, former St. Louisan and retired American soccer player Taylor Twellman and retired American soccer player Alexi Lalas about the big game. Click the video player above to hear what they had to say. ...

CBRE will join Colliers in American Century tower

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:40:48 -0400

American Century Investments is at 4500 Main St. in Kansas City. Kansas City's close-knit commercial real estate brokerage community is about to get even closer. The Kansas City office of CBRE Inc. has executed a 10-year lease for 10,000 square feet on the sixth floor of American Century Tower II, 4520 Main St. home of the 10th-floor, Kansas City offices of Colliers International. The CBRE ...

IRS official Lerner placed on leave

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:32:53 -0400

By Kelly O'Donnell and Michael O'Brien, NBC News Lois Lerner, the IRS official who oversees the agency’s division in charge of tax-exempt organizations, has been placed on administrative leave, a source told NBC News on Thursday. The IRS has selected Ken Corbin as acting director during Lerner's ...

Prince Edward presents Edinburghs awards in Tenn.

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:27:35 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward, is visiting Tennessee to promote one of the British royal family's charities, the Duke of Edinburgh's ...

Judge wont let Orleans out of police reform pact

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:27:27 -0400

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal judge has refused to let the city of New Orleans out of a potentially expensive agreement to reform its troubled police ...

A white paper on the controversy over homosexuals in the Boy Scouts of America

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:27:06 -0400

NARTH offers the following synopsis of scientific research on homosexuality that may be helpful to the national council of the Boy Scouts of America as it deliberates a change in policy that would allow homosexually-identified youth as members.[1] The development of homosexuality is influenced by environment. Homosexuality is not an unchangeable biologically determined trait like ...

Obama orders review of guidelines for probing journalists

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:26:49 -0400

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON | Thu May 23, 2013 6:26pm EDT WASHINGTON May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he directed Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a review of Department of Justice guidelines for investigations that involve journalists and report back by early July. Obama has come under criticism for his administration's pursuit of journalists who have ...

California reveals prices for health insurance under Obamacare

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:26:02 -0400

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California unveiled prices on Thursday that consumers will pay for a selection of health plans offered through the state under the Affordable Care Act, providing a glimpse into how health care reform may look as it is rolled out across the ...

Local lawyer named to corruption fighting Chicago prosecutor job

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:06 -0400

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has nominated Chicago attorney Zachary Fardon to be the U.S. prosecutor in Chicago, which has seen the indictments of many top local politicians and mob figures, the two U.S. senators from Illinois announced on ...

Parents sue Pittsburgh Zoo over toddlers mauling death

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:06 -0400

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The parents of a 2-year-old boy mauled to death by African wild dogs at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the zoo of failing to protect visitors from dangerous ...

Catholic order to pay $16.5 million to more than 400 claiming sex abuse

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:05 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - An order of the Roman Catholic Church has agreed to pay $16.5 million to more than 400 adults who said they were sexually abused as children by religious leaders, the parties announced on Thursday in separate ...

Egyptian-American Pastor Michael Youssef Preaches to 15000 in Largest Muslim Country

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:21:33 -0400

Egyptian-American Pastor Michael Youssef, president of Leading the Way global radio ministry, will be preaching at a massive three-day event in the world's largest Muslim country, Indonesia, ...

Cop Shot in Evil Evan Manhunt Returning

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:17:58 -0400

27-year-old Montague County Sheriff's Deputy James Boyd was gunned down during a routine road block on March 21 in Bowie, Texas. After months of recovery, Boyd plans to return to work on Sunday. "I'm ready to go back," Boyd told ABCNews.com today. "I'm kind of nervous about it but I know I can do the job, so I'm ready to go back to it." Boyd was ...

Caltrans Prepares For Massive Repair Job On Cracked Seismic Bolts

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:16:30 -0400

OAKLAND (KCBS) – Caltrans is preparing to test the integrity of seismic sheer bolts on the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge as crews prepare for a massive repair job ...

Pandora Stock Rises On Strong Earnings Report

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:16:29 -0400

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange walk wear an insignia for Pandora Media Inc., the online-radio company, on its first day of trading as a public company on June 15, 2011 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty ...

Man Pleads No Contest To 2010 Murder Of Teen At Millbrae School

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:16:29 -0400

REDWOOD CITY (CBS) -A man charged with the stabbing death of a teenager at a Millbrae high school in August 2010 pleaded no contest to the murder in San Mateo County Superior Court on Wednesday, prosecutors said. Laungatasi Ahio, 23, of Millbrae, surrendered the day after 19-year-old Jared Afu was found dead of multiple stab wounds to his face and neck near the tennis courts at Mills High School ...

Boy 12 first to find pirate treasure in New York scavenger hunt

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:12:31 -0400

A New York 12-year-old won $10,000 worth of actual pirate treasure in a scavenger hunt organized to promote a Discovery Times Square exhibit. Sebastian Bekkaoui was one of 700 participants to receive the first clue Friday, and he and his mother, Sheila Doherty, 45, followed the clues to city locations where people in pirate garb handed out fresh clues. Bekkaoui and Doherty were the first to ...

Feds keep Prebles mouse on threatened list

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:10:53 -0400

CHEYENNE, Wyo.-The federal government will continue to protect as a threatened species a mouse that lives in Wyoming and Colorado. The state of Wyoming and the group Coloradoans for Water Conservation had long-standing petitions to remove the Preble's meadow jumping mouse from Endangered Species Act protection. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Thursday that following a review, ...

Yemen welcomes Obama decision on Gitmo transfers

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:19 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) — Yemen is welcoming President Barack Obama's decision to lift his ban on the transfer of Yemeni prisoners from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.In a statement released Thursday shortly after Obama announced the step, the Yemeni Embassy said it appreciated the switch. It said Yemen would work with the U.S. to ensure the safe return of Yemeni detainees ...

The Fastest-Growing Cities in America

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:38:30 -0400

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and the state's cities seem to have taken it to heart. The Census Bureau on Thursday released estimates of the fastest-growing cities in America, and the Lone Star State claims 8 of the 15 cities that posted the fastest population growth from 2011 to ...

Coffee Leaf Rust Plant Disease Threatens Central American Crops

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:37:35 -0400

Zoom in on the Indian Ocean for our Geo Quiz. We’re looking for an island nation. Its neighbors to the southwest are the Maldives. The island we’re in search of offers an interesting example of how plants changed the world. Back when it was under Dutch control, there were valuable cinnamon plantations across the island we want you to name. In the 19th century the economy shifted ...

Why have North American indexes defied the sell in May strategy

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:37:00 -0400

The media remains fascinated with the expression "sell in May and go away." Media expectations are that North American equity markets will move lower from the beginning of May to the end of October.Their fascination has been triggered by weakness in North American equity markets from May to July during the past three years. From its peak in late April to its low in July, the S&P 500 ...

Weiner gets started stumping in NYC mayoral race

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:19 -0400

New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner discusses his policies with a passerby while greeting commuters during a campaign event outside a Harlem subway station, Thursday, May 23, 2013 in New York. Weiner, who ran for mayor in 2005 and nearly did in 2009, is getting into the race to succeed three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg about two years after a series of tawdry tweets, and obfuscating ...

Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:18 -0400

WASHINGTON -; President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen in his renewed effort to close the ...

Smooth confirmation hearing for Pritzker

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:17 -0400

Chicago billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker, President Obama's pick for Commerce Secretary, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013, before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on her nomination. A longtime Obama friend who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for both of his presidential campaigns, Pritzker is facing scrutiny at a Senate confirmation ...

2 charged in slayings of 6 on Tenn.-Ala. border

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:16 -0400

FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. -; Authorities say two men have been charged in six killings, including a toddler and unborn baby, near the Tennessee-Alabama border last fall during a dispute over drug ...

Christian Brothers reach deal in US abuse claims

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:15 -0400

NEW YORK -; The Christian Brothers have agreed to pay more than $16 million to people who were molested as children by members of the U.S. religious ...

Dallas man gets death for drowning 2 sons in creek

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:14 -0400

DALLAS -; A father who told two of his sons to pretend they were swimming as he drowned them in a Dallas-area creek was sentenced to death on ...

House immigration group resolves dispute

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:13 -0400

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens to a reporter's question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles ...

Pa. woman convicted in fiances wedding day death

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:11 -0400

Prosecutors say Franklin and 36-year-old Billy Brewster got into an argument early in the morning on Aug. 11, the day they were to be ...

US criticized over response to Indonesia attacks

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:11 -0400

WASHINGTON -; The U.S. is expressing concern over increased attacks on religious minorities in Indonesia, but human rights groups accuse Washington of downplaying the problem as it looks to forge stronger relations with ...

Obama sketches more targeted anti-terror plan

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:10 -0400

Out with the "global war on terror." In with more narrowly targeted counterterrorism policies that persistently zero in on violent extremists at home and ...

OKC police correct damage estimate to 12K homes

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:10 -0400

Monty Montgomery surveys the scene as he prepares to clean up a friend's tornado-ravaged home Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues three days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie ...

GOP Ariz. rep. who supports Medicaid is threatened

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:09 -0400

PHOENIX -; A Republican member of the Arizona House says she received an obscene and threatening voicemail at her office because she supports Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand ...

Pilots in fatal Alaska crash on different signals

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:07 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -; The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilots involved in a midair collision in Alaska that killed a family of four apparently were communicating on different radio frequencies before the ...

Senator Questions White Houses Handling Of Drone Program

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:32:23 -0400

Robert Siegel speaks with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon about the Obama administration's shift on drone policy. Wyden was part of a group of senators who demanded that the administration turn over secret documents related to the operation against Amwar al-Awlaki, a US citizen killed in Yemen in a drone ...

Feds Career drug dealer admits steroids distribution on LI

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:32:12 -0400

More coverage: 4 killed in Medford drug store shooting A Florida man, who authorities said was making $1 million-a-year distributing drugs on Long Island and in New York City, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Central Islip to conspiracy to illegally distribute steroids and distributing steroids, according to officials.When Gregory Kovar, 48, of Miami Beach, was arrested last June, ...

US Lock up ex-Michigan justice for bank fraud

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:31:22 -0400

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Federal prosecutors are urging a judge to send a former Michigan Supreme Court justice to prison for bank fraud.The U.S. government filed a sentencing memo in the case against Diane Hathaway ahead of a hearing next Tuesday in Ann Arbor federal court.Prosecutors say her crime was "coordinated" and "methodical." They're seeking a prison sentence of a ...

Driver in Ill. van wreck had license suspension

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:31:17 -0400

Emergency personnel gather at the scene near Vandalia, Ill., Monday, May 20,2 013, where a van veered off a southern Illinois highway and overturned several times, killing five people and sending six others to hospitals. Details about what caused the crash or who owned the white 2002 Dodge van, which had no decals or displayed markings, were not immediately ...

Americans Sour on IRS Rate CDC and FBI Most Positively

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:27:03 -0400

PRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup poll finds Americans' views of the job the Internal Revenue Service is doing skewing much more negative than in the past, with 42% saying the IRS is doing a poor job, up from 20% in 2009 and 15% in 2003. Meanwhile, positive ratings of the IRS have declined 14 points since 2009, from 40% to ...

Bruins Live Blog B’s Looking To Sweep Rangers In New York

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:21:48 -0400

5 p.m.: It’s hard to believe it, but tonight, the Bruins will be playing for the sweep. There is no way to track down every prediction for this series, but it is safe to assume that the people who called for a Boston sweep account for less than 1 percent of the prognosticators. With two teams seemingly so evenly matched, a six-game series seemed to be the shortest route possible to the ...

Obama defends drones renews pledge to close Gitmo in counterterror speech

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:19:00 -0400

NBC News' Kristen Welker reports on the president's counterterrorism speech, in which he reaffirmed his use of drones and reasserted wishes to close Guantanemo Bay; then Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer and Roger Cressey discuss "imminent threats" to U.S. national security and what the president's words mean for our foreign ...

American Horror Story Star Joins X-Men Days of Future Past

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:41 -0400

Twitter breaking the news that the young actor will portray Quicksilver in the upcoming Fox movie, which combines two X-Men franchises. "Before he was ...

Cannes Sundance Selects Nabs North American Rights to Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:37 -0400

with the backing of British Film Institute and Film4, made its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Sundance Selects/IFC Films ...

New York mayoral candidate Weiner uses Pittsburgh as backdrop

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:21 -0400

New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner, a former U.S. House member and tweeter of lewd selfies, inexplicably splashed a photograph of Pittsburgh's Downtown across his campaign ...