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Cigarette smuggling ring with terror links busted in New York

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:38:55 -0400

NEW YORK - Authorities in New York are claiming to have busted a multi-million cigarette smuggling ring and arrested at least 16 Palestinian immigrants having alleged links with known terror organisations. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and NYPD Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly Thursday said that the 16 members of the criminal ring in New York City, Albany County and Schenectady County ...

Obama turns table on Republicans, seeks more money for security at embassies

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:34:14 -0400

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has called for more security at American embassies around the world, urging Congress to help him "as a partner" to fully fund the State Department in this regard. By seeking Congress support for stepping up the security at embassies, Obama has turned the tables on Republicans amid criticism that the government's response to Benghazi attack on a US ...

Boston suspect scribbled note in boat while hidding from police

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:44:22 -0400

NEW YORK - Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev scribbled a note in a boat he hid in while the manhunt was on, saying the attacks were retribution for U.S. military action in Afghanistan and Iraq, and described the victims as "collateral damage". Tsarnaev wrote the note with a marker in the boat, describing the Boston victims "collateral damage" in the same way Muslims have been ...

Mariah Careys rep slams American Idol lip-synching rumors

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:40:02 -0400

Mariah Carey's spokesperson has vehemently denied rumours that the singer was lip-synching during her performance on American Idol on Thursday night. The Idol judge, who took the stage during the reality TV show's big finale, treated fans to a number of her greatest hits, including 'Hero', 'Vision of Love', 'We Belong Together 'and 'Make it Happen'. But many viewers took to Twitter, to question ...

US First Lady laments culture of African Americans aspiring to be baller or rapper

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:20:03 -0400

Michelle Obama urged graduates of Bowie State University to encourage more young African Americans to follow in their footsteps and focus on education. On Friday, she asked the graduates at commencement ceremonies held at the nearby University of Maryland, College Park, campus, just north of Washington to become an example of excellence to the next generation. The First Lady said that more ...

NYT website attacked by unknown hackers

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:40:02 -0400

The New York Times has revealed that its website was hacked earlier this week, preventing access to a small number of users. The newspaper claimed that earlier Chinese hackers had attacked the website for months, but did not mention the sources for the latest round of attacks. The Chinese hacking led the paper to turn to an outside security firm to block future attacks. A Huffington Post report ...

Hurdler Merritt gears up for new Diamond League season

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:40:01 -0400

American hurdler Aries Merritt, who won his first Olympic gold in London and set a world record in the men's 110m hurdles last year, has geared up for the 2013 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League Shanghai leg. "I will try to start the season in my best form and hopefully I'll be in my best so I won't disappoint the fans that come to watch the competition," ...

America Ferrera graduates 10 years after starting college

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:20:02 -0400

Actress America Ferrera graduated from the University of Southern California, 10 years after beginning her International Relations course. "Graduation day! Congratulations to everyone in the Class of 2013!" she said Friday on Twitter. Ferrera tweeted the joy of her achievement this week: "At last it's happening! It's taken me 10 years, but I feel great." Born in Los Angeles of Honduran ...

60 hurt as US trains collide New York-Boston corridor closed

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:30:02 -0400

Two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour in southwestern Connecticut, injuring 60 people, five of them critically, and closing the key corridor between New York and Boston. A Metro-North train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m. Friday, hitting the other train in Bridgeport, Connecticut, about 60 miles northeast of New York City ...

Iranian Wrestlers Abruptly Leave US Early

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:15:07 -0400

The U.S. State Department has denied Iranian media reports that the United States deported the Iranian wrestling team ahead of a Sunday meet in Los Angeles. A State Department official tells VOA's Persian News Network that U.S. authorities had nothing to do with their departure. The wrestlers abruptly returned home after beating the American team in an exhibition Wednesday at Grand ...

US Russian Missile Shipments to Syria Very Unfortunate

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:15:01 -0400

The top U.S. military officer says Russian missile shipments to Syria are "ill-timed" and "very unfortunate." The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, said Friday the missiles will embolden President Bashar al-Assad and prolong the suffering in Syria. He said Mr. Assad could think the missiles somehow will make him safer and more prone to a miscalculation. The ...

Witnesses Car drives into crowd at Va. parade

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:58 -0400

Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate ...

Suspect identified in fatal Hofstra home invasion

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:37:58 -0400

Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her ...

Feds Drive-through Sanford bank robbers said All will die in note

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:23:34 -0400

Robert Gordon Shaw and Matthew Anthony Cosimini had money problems. So, according to Shaw, the two devised a plan to rob a Regions bank in Sanford. They made a fake bomb , stole a pickup truck at Seminole Towne Center, and wrote a demand ...

America Ferrera Eyes TV Comeback On ABC

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:20:17 -0400

America Ferrera may return to ABC. The former "Ugly Betty" actress' telenovela project "Pedro & Maria" is in development at the broadcast network as a potential limited series. Originally developed at MTV three years ago, "Pedro & Maria" is a modern day twist on "Romeo and Juliet." The project is from executive producer Ben Silverman ...

Newark Homeowner Reports Suspicious Woman Posing As PGE Worker

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:15:25 -0400

NEWARK (CBS SF) — A Newark resident reported a suspicious person posing as a PG&E employee knocked on her door Thursday, according to police. A resident on Marguerite Drive reported that around 3:30 p.m. a woman knocked on her door, claiming to be a PG&E employee, according to Newark police. The person, who had a PG&E logo card hanging from a lanyard but no uniform or company ...

17 Bodies Removed From Modesto Funeral Home After Complaints

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:15:25 -0400

MODESTO (CBS/AP) — Officials say 17 bodies have been removed from a Modesto funeral home after complaints the home was taking too long to cremate the bodies. Stanislaus County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Anthony Bejaran says the removal of the bodies on Friday from McGuire Cremation & Funeral Service comes as the department investigates what he termed ';potential criminal and ...

Man Arrested For ‘Sexting’ Scotts Valley High School Girl

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:15:24 -0400

SCOTTS VALLEY (CBS SF) — A man was arrested in Scotts Valley Friday after allegedly sending sexually explicit text messages to a high school student, according to police. Officers learned Wednesday that a suspicious man had been spotted at Scotts Valley High, police said. When confronted by a school employee, the man said he was hoping to hand a bag of baked goods to two students he knew, ...

Obamas Morehouse visit shines spotlight on HBCUs

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:36 -0400

ATLANTA -- When President Barack Obama addresses graduates at Morehouse College on Sunday, he'll also be speaking to the broader community of historically black colleges and universities - a proud corner of higher education that has struggled more than most during the last few years of economic distress.The so-called HBCUs educate a hugely disproportionate share of low-income students, and ...

NY pol accused of serial sex harassment to resign

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:35 -0400

Investigative reports show Miami-Dade Schools cleared a former police chief of sexual harassment allegations, and portray for the first time his side of the ...

Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:34 -0400

After weeks of rolling without a winner, the Powerball jackpot has once again ballooned in time for its Wednesday drawing, an estimated $360 million jackpot considered the third largest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest jackpot in ...

FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:32 -0400

A letter addressed to President Obama containing a "suspicious substance" was intercepted on Tuesday at a remote Secret Service mail screening facility, the presidential protective agency ...

US unaware of Russian missile shipments to Syria – State Department

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:31:21 -0400

USA Washington has distanced itself from US media speculation about alleged Russian sales of Yakhont missiles to the Syrian government. A US State Department spokesperson stated they have no "new" information of Russian missiles shipments to Damascus. According to State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki, the alleged arms deliveries reported in a New York Times article on Thursday ...

Will current scandals affect the 2014 midterms

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:30:00 -0400

Agenda killer? MSNBC Host Karen Finney and Former Press Secretary under George W. Bush, Tony Fratto, discuss President Obama's second term agenda. Both Finney and Fratto predict the outcomes of the 2014 election season and how the current scandals could influence the results. They both discuss the GOP's strategy on winning upcoming elections and halting President Obama's ...

Russia-US relations strained amid spying scandal

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:29:59 -0400

The Cold War may have ended but, evidently, the spying did not. Peter Earnest, executive director of the International Spy Museum and former CIA agent, speaks with MSNBC's Alex Witt about the American allegedly arrested by Russian ...

How IRS controversy could shape Obamas legacy

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:29:59 -0400

White House Reporter for the Washington Post David Nakamura, and Political Reporter for U.S. News and World Report Lauren Fox join MSNBC's Alex Witt to talk about the latest in politics. They begin with commenting on the IRS hearings and the questioning of outgoing IRS Commissioner Steve Miller. The reporters discuss the IRS controversy and its impact on the Obama administration's ...

Europe and the US should heed Latin America on drugs

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:22:05 -0400

drugs . There is a growing belief that the current punitive-based approach has failed. It has visited a savage level of violence on Latin America as narco cartels, moving cocaine and cannabis into the US, have butchered and bribed their way through the continent. The killing and corrupting of public officials - judges, police, politicians - threatened, and still threatens, to demolish the ...

Chicago commuter headache as L train line shut for five months

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:21:15 -0400

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago will shut down part of its "L" elevated rail system's busiest line for five months starting on Sunday, forcing thousands of commuters to seek other routes and creating the biggest such U.S. transit disruption in two ...

2 Men Hurt In Separate Shootings In Oakland

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:17:05 -0400

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Two men were hospitalized in separate shootings in Oakland Friday, a police officer said. The first shooting was reported at about 3:55 p.m. in the area of Dowling Street and 83rd Avenue, Officer R. Bowden said. Responding officers found a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound, Bowden said. He was transported to a hospital and is in stable condition, she ...

Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:46:02 -0400

NEW YORK -; Police say a gunman used anti-gay slurs before fatally shooting a 32-year-old man in New York City's Greenwich (GREN'-ich) ...

Ex-Pa. officer once hailed as hero faces charges

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:42:59 -0400

PHILADELPHIA -- A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes.Authorities allege that former officer Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two females early Thursday and took them to another location, where they allege that he produced a handgun and ...

Will Americans New Boarding Process Work It Failed at Virgin America.

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:39:36 -0400

Give American Airlines credit for trying a new method to board passengers more quickly. Airlines constantly tinker with the boarding process, and this time American says it has found a way to cut an average of two minutes from the 40 minutes to 45 minutes that it takes to board a narrowbody aircraft. American narrow bodies take off about 3,000 times a day, so two minutes per flight is a lot of ...

Takeaways from the IRS hearings

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:32:44 -0400

White House Correspondent for The Hill, Amie Parnes, and Washington Post Reporter, Ed O'Keefe, join MSNBC's Alex Witt to discuss yesterday's heated IRS hearings and the role, if any, partisanship played in the ...

Previewing Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:32:22 -0400

The Pacers are scoring 12 fewer points per 100 possessions with George Hill off the floor. (David E. Klutho/SI) On Saturday night, Indiana will have its second straight opportunity — after taking a 3-1 lead — to close out its series against New York and advance to the Eastern Conference finals. Yet this particular series has taken some interesting turns of late, which may afford the ...

US Airways plane makes unusual belly landing at Newark airport

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:31:21 -0400

(Fotolia) NEWARK, N.J. - A US Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International Airport early on Saturday after the plane’s landing gear failed to deploy, but no one was injured, airline and government officials said. Piedmont Airlines flight 4560, operating for US Airways from Philadelphia with 34 passengers and three crew members, landed safely at 1 ...

UAE Host UN High-Level Thematic Debate on Energy-Water Nexus in New York

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:12:29 -0400

WAM NEW YORK: May 18th, 2013 (WAM): The United Arab Emirates (UAE) partnered with the President of the 67th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to host a high-level, thematic debate titled "Sustainable Development and Climate Change: Practical Solutions in the Energy-Water Nexus" on 16 May 2013 at the UN Headquarters in New York. Government leaders and a diverse range ...

UPDATE 1-Investigators seek cause of New York commuter train crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:05:55 -0400

Sat May 18, 2013 2:05pm EDT (Updates with car safety, ridership numbers) By Karen Brooks May 18 (Reuters) - Federal investigators on Saturday searched for the cause of a rush-hour train crash in Connecticut that injured dozens of people commuting home from New York City, three of them critically. More than 60 people were hospitalized Friday night after an eastbound commuter train derailed and ...

US Military Officials Call Sex Abuse In Ranks Serious Problem

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:50:53 -0400

Top U.S. military officials have vowed to root out sexual abuse, a persistent problem in all branches of the armed forces. The victims of sexual battery, harassment and stalking are mostly female members of the military, but gay men and others also have reported assaults. In some cases, the perpetrators turned out to be officers tasked with preventing abuse. Sexual misconduct in the ranks ...

Dems Senate campaigns marked by internal battles

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:47:22 -0400

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., stands with supporters as he waits to do a television interview at an election-night party in Augusta, Ga. Barrow and former Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin in South Dakota, two top-tier Democratic prospects, recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota, decisions that highlighted both divisions within the ...

Money tangle The IRS and its tea party tempest

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:47:16 -0400

Ousted IRS chief Steven Miller is sworn in on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the extra scrutiny the IRS gave Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. (AP Photo/J. Scott ...

Boston police city to review bombings response

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:47:08 -0400

LOWELL, Mass. -; Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis says his department and Mayor Thomas Menino's office will conduct two separate investigations into the Boston Marathon bombings ...

Feds launch probe into Connecticut train crash that injured dozens

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:40:40 -0400

Dozens were injured after two commuter trains collided near Fairfield, Conn., during the evening rush hour on May 17, 2013. (Rob Oliver via ...

Orlando woman lied about military service to avoid paying mortgage feds say

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:28:27 -0400

No lie was too small to tell for an Orlando woman who wanted a new home in Pensacola, but didn't want to pay the mortgage for her Orlando home, federal officials said. Chantal M. Lanton, 37, of Orlando is accused of falsely claiming to be an officer in ...

Saturday morning nutpick if this is post-racial America...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:23:13 -0400

Marco Rubio on Thursday morning, saying he just can't understand why Big Bad Obama won't call for a DOJ investigation into the IRS: MARTHA MacCALLUM: If you really want to make a statement as ...

N. Luzon fiesta maker to market former US military property

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:19:30 -0400

SAN FERNANDO CITY--In the past, a provincial fiesta was held based on the need to honor a Catholic saint's feast day. But then came the Baguio Flower Festival, or Panagbenga in 1995, which changed the rules by becoming the first secular fiesta, after Bacolod's popular Masskara, during the month of February. Occurring simultaneously in February is the Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, which has ...

Kansas City museum raising cash to fly Connie

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:45:10 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -; The National Airline History Museum is trying to raise $3.2 million to restore its Lockheed Constellation propeller-driven aircraft and recreate multimillionaire aviator Howard Hughes' record-setting cross-country flight in the plane that transformed commercial air ...

Ore. timber country ponders future with fewer logs

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:45:10 -0400

O'BRIEN, Ore. -; Jennifer Phillippi's grandparents started producing lumber in this corner of Oregon timber country in 1922, when a man could set up a mill, log the trees within range of a team of horses and move the mill to a new stand when those trees ran ...

QA Kree Harrison on Being American Idol Season 12 Runner-Up

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:44:14 -0400

champ. Still, the title of runner-up certainly isn’t anything to scoff at. The 23-year-old Texan, known for her country roots and pleasant personality, effortlessly sang songs by Patty Griffin, Rascal Flatts ...

Obama administration reels from controversy

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:31:21 -0400

president obama and what democrats stand for. the problem, the base isn't wide enough. they need to bring more people in, and there is a question as to whether they go so aggressively, they impede their party in a way that makes it more appealing to more ...

Soccer-Vilanova needs more cancer treatment in New York

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:31:09 -0400

At 16 years old, Jack Andraka is already a superstar in the field of science. Earlier this year, he won Intel's prestigious Gordon E. Moore Award, when he created a groundbreaking testing method that can detect pancreatic cancer in its earliest stages. His work is expected to save thousands of ...

Watch Powerball Jackpot Spending $600 Million in Beverly Hills

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:19:01 -0400

Beverly Hills is synonymous with wealth. Prestige and exclusivity. Some of -- -- thanks to the powerball. Tourists here to check out the lives of the rich and the famous are now thinking about ...

Watch Search for Missing Woman in San Bernardino Mountains

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:19:00 -0400

The search for Karen Tillman took on increasing urgency with search and rescue crews looking for the 59 year old -- -- And on foot and on horseback. -- son Dan -- also joined the search effort ...

Women sad angry over sale of nonprofit Ohio home

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:42:10 -0400

An insurance company has bought out a nonprofit home for struggling women in Cincinnati in a deal announced Monday, ending a bitter two-year court battle over the historic property in a picturesque downtown ...

Heights transports you to New York neighborhood

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:39:59 -0400

May 18--BOSTON -- SpeakEasy Stage Company's "In the Heights" so convincingly envelops the audience in a corner of a not-so-long-ago Washington Heights neighborhood in New York City that it might take a minute to get your bearings when you leave Boston Center for the Arts and find yourself in the South End. The sense of elsewhere is due in part to Jenna McFarland Lord's scenic ...

Exercise or religion Yoga is for everyone Column

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:32:04 -0400

But many scholars of yoga and religion say it is a non-sectarian practice. Millions of people of varying religious beliefs practice yoga and find that it enhances their spiritual life. Millions of others view it strictly as physical exercise and an aid to mindfulness.Most of them would be baffled at the notion that yoga has anything to do with religion. "People come to our studios to get ...

Media not unscathed by weeks scandal frenzy

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:31:40 -0400

David Axelrod, former senior adviser to President Obama, now director of the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago, talks with Rachel Maddow about how the Obama administration handles the stress of scandal (real or otherwise) and whether members of the Obama campaign and/or administration are exposed by new details of higher level awareness of the IRS identifying tea party ...

Tea party hero Cuccinelli is Va. GOP gov nominee

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:27:07 -0400

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Virginia's activist conservative attorney general beloved by the tea party for his aggressive challenges to federal mandates has won the Republican Party's gubernatorial nomination by ...

Majority of number combos picked for Powerball pot

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:58 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Powerball is a game of numbers, and lottery officials say the majority of possible combinations have already been purchased ahead of Saturday night's near-historic $600 million ...

Feds accuse two Sanford brothers of scam involving U.S. Army equipment

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:47 -0400

U.S. Army and plotted to rip off the government for military equipment, including armor-piecing ammunition, federal officials say.Husein Kermali, 37, and Sikandar Kermali, 33, are suspected of purchasing the power tools from a soldier stationed with the Army Active Guard Reserve in Orlando, Sebastian Stewart Oyegun II.In June, Oyegun signed a plea agreement admitting guilt to a count of theft of ...

Native American actress proud to walk Cannes red carpet

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:25:35 -0400

Candice Glover, a soul singer from rural South Carolina, was named "American Idol", becoming the first female singer to win the television singing competition since ...

First Rentals Native New York Style

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:24:38 -0400

Back to New York for Julio Gomez, 22, center, means an address not in his boyhood Bronx, but in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. For Harris Meyers, 21, left, it's the old parental abode in Gramercy Park. For Floy Salembier, 22, it's Peter Cooper Village, many blocks south of her childhood ...

Yoshitomo Nara Exhibit Surveys His Unique Brand Of Kute Kulture In New York

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:23:10 -0400

On the surface, [Nara's works are] pretty damn cute. But Nara has stepped outside that world in a big way, " Byrne wrote in the catalogue essay for Nara's newest exhibition in New York. "The kids and dogs in his pictures and bronzes are defiant, angry, annoyed, and pissed off. They have rebelled against their roots, and their big eyes are cold." The exhibit, on view now ...

American Idol Who is the shows greatest discovery

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:22:21 -0400

"American Idol." Now new victor Candice Glover can start competing with all the contestants who came before her. Her first single, "I Am Beautiful," suggests she is off to a strong start. And the blessing of Aretha Franklin, given on national television, should encourage any young singer. Who are the show's greatest winners? I'd ...

American engineers death suicide or cyber-espionage

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:20:52 -0400

(CBS News) The death of an American computer engineer, Shane Todd, in Singapore has created quite a stir. His parents contend he was murdered, but authorities say it was suicide. The mystery seems to have links to the dark world of cyber-spying and could possibly involve China. Rick and Mary Todd traveled from Montana to Singapore to prove that their son was actually the victim of a web of ...

Canada uneasy about oil-sands byproduct accumulation

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:14:23 -0400

A member of the Canadian Parliament said he wants an investigation with the United States into a three-story mound of coke piling up at a refinery in Ontario. The coke is a by-product of the refining of oil sands and has been piling up quickly at the Marathon refinery in Windsor along the Detroit River. "Here's a little bit of Alberta," said Brian Masse, one of Windsor's ...

Parking fees at California state beaches heat up

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:48:37 -0400

In search of new revenue, the state parks system is eyeing parking fees for parts of the Northern California shoreline where none existed before. It's also mulling hiking rates at popular beaches south of Los Angeles during peak ...

Native American tale Jimmy P comes to Cannes with international pedigree

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:45:11 -0400

CANNES, France - It took an international production starring a Puerto Rican and a Frenchman to bring the Native American tale "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" to the big screen. The film, an English language one from French director Arnaud Desplechin, made its premiere Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival, where it's among 20 movies competing for the prestigious ...

Victims Marines failed to safeguard water supply

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:44:49 -0400

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -; A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing ...

Cops investigating after Long Island college student killed

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:43:35 -0400

By Frank Eltman Associated Press UNIONDALE, N.Y. - Last Sunday Andrea Rebello, a 21-year-old Hofstra University junior studying public relations, posted a recipe for how to prepare July 4-themed strawberries covered in sparkling sugars on her blog. Less than a week later, Nassau County police announced that Rebello, who was with her twin sister Jessica and several other college students inside ...

The Future of American Health Care

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:43:00 -0400

Most Americans will soon begin to see major changes in health care delivery. The changes will likely be mostly negative for the vast majority, but not for everyone. For example, those without health care insurance or with pre-existing conditions should see improvements. But I would bet that many of the young and healthy who have previously chosen not to buy health insurance might not like ...

After nearly 30 years Camp Lejeune coming clean

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:40 -0400

A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing ...

Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth Vote is imminent

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:40 -0400

Minnesota appears poised to legalize gay marriage, as the Democratic speaker of the state House said Tuesday that a gay marriage bill endorsed by the governor and likely to pass in the state Senate also now has enough backing in his ...

New Orleans says gunfire wont end second lines

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:40 -0400

Two brothers with a history of drug arrests and suspected ties to a neighborhood gang each face 20 counts of attempted second-degree murder in a shooting spree that brought a sudden bloody end to a Mother's Day parade in a New Orleans ...

Marine daughter seeks dignity for `Devil Dog pups

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:39 -0400

Federal health officials have determined that water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune exceeded safe levels as far back as August 1953, four years earlier than previous ...

A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:33:46 -0400

The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in ...

No peace pipe Native American tribes on warpath over Keystone XL pipeline

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:31:27 -0400

USA Leaders from 11 Native American tribes stormed out of a meeting with US federal officials in Rapid City, South Dakota, to protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which they say will lead to 'environmental genocide.' Native Americans are opposed to the 1,179-mile (1,897km) Keystone XL project, a system to transport tar sands oil from Canada and the northern United States to ...

Marine who dumped toxins felt illness was payback

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:30:43 -0400

Camp Lejeune in the mid-1970s, the Massachusetts man figured he'd dumped hundreds of gallons of toxic solvents onto the ground. It would be decades before he realized that he had unknowingly contributed to the worst drinking water contamination in the country's history -- and, perhaps, to his own premature death. "It's just a terrible thing," the 58-year-old veteran told ...

Police Boy 6 kicked by pony on Pa. farm dies

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:26:13 -0400

Lt. Jonathan Heisse said the boy approached a pony from behind and the animal became startled and kicked him in the throat, causing him to be unable to ...

Marine Daughter Seeks Dignity for Devil Dog Pups

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:18:16 -0400

As she flipped through the cemetery register, Mary Blakely's eyes filled with tears. On line after line, the entry read simply "Baby Boy" or "Baby Girl," followed by a surname and a burial date. Like Blakely, many of those buried in this lonely section of Onslow Memorial Park known as "Babyland" were the children of Marines stationed down the road at Camp ...

Human Rights Watch finds evidence of torture in Syrian prisons

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:13:40 -0400

Members of the Free Syrian Army perform prayers in Damascus in August 13, 2012 after government forces shelled a number of areas in northern Syria part of efforts by the regime to target rebel strongholds. ...

Commuter rail snarled after Connecticut trains derail

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:13:40 -0400

It could take weeks to get commuter rail service in Connecticut back to normal following the derailment of two trains Friday, the mayor of Bridgeport said. The evening rush-hour derailment between Bridgeport and South Norwalk caused about 70 injuries and tore up the tracks, which Mayor Bill Finch said would need extensive repairs that would greatly complicate transportation into the New York ...

IRS probe ignored most influential groups

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:27:50 -0400

conservative groups . The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status. But the IRS largely maintained a hands-off policy with the much larger, ...

Conn. NTSB officials to tour train crash site

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:37:01 -0400

Turkish officials said Monday that a missing fighter jet crashed and its fuselage and debris have been found in a mountainous area close to the border with ...

Christians arent being persecuted in American schools | TF Charlton

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:17:37 -0400

90% of Congress , and 100% of presidents thus far. But to hear some conservative Christians tell it, they are a persecuted minority. Newt Gingrich recently claimed that LGBT rights have caused Catholic adoption services to be ...

Pat Robertsons Worst Gaffes

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:11:03 -0400

Televangelist Pat Robertson's advice this week to a viewer asking how to forgive her husband for cheating spread quickly across the Internet, as did condemnation for a comment many saw as blaming the victim. "We have gone to counseling, but I just can't seem to forgive, nor can I trust. How do you let go of the anger? How do you trust again?" asked a viewer of ...

Obama talks jobs says politics misplace focus

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:36:00 -0400

President Barack Obama attends a roundtable at the Center for Urban Families (CFUF) in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". CFUF is a Baltimore non-profit whose mission is to strengthen urban communities by helping fathers and families achieve stability and economic success. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn ...

Russia Seeks New Arms Deals on Growing Latin American Market

Sat, 18 May 2013 06:20:55 -0400

MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will actively seek new deals on the Latin American arms market, which it expects to reach a value of $50 billion in the next ten years, the head of a Russian Technologies (Rostec) high-tech state corporation delegation said on Saturday. "According to our expert estimates, the volume of the Latin American arms market will reach about $50 billion in ...

Powerball jackpot closing in on another record

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:21:40 -0400

(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki). Cathy Raymond, of Oklahoma City, displays the Powerball Lottery tickets she purchased in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, ...

Landing gear issue leads to planes belly landing

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:27:08 -0400

NEWARK, N.J -- An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.US Airways spokesman Davien Anderson tells The Associated Press that a turboprop plane that left Philadelphia shortly before 11 p.m. Friday landed safely at Newark with its landing ...

Most Americans Have Smoke-Free Rules For Home And Car

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:53 -0400

A national survey finds that a large majority of adults in the US voluntarily apply smoke-free rules in their homes or vehicles. Yet despite this, millions of Americans, many of them children, continue to be exposed to secondhand smoke in these environments, say researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who write about their findings in a study published online in ...

Internal wrangling marks Dems Senate campaigns

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:42 -0400

ATLANTA - Republicans aren't the only ones roiled by internal jostling and recruiting hiccups ahead of next year's midterm elections.Two top-tier Democratic prospects recently bypassed running for Senate seats in Georgia and South Dakota, highlighting both divisions within the party and its challenge of finding candidates whose ideologies line up with voters in Republican-leaning ...

America Ferrera returning to TV

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:17:56 -0400

Ugly Betty star America Ferrera gets hitched America Ferrera is reportedly planning a return to TV. The End Of Watch actress - who shot to fame on TV show Ugly Betty - is said to be preparing to star in telenovela project 'Pedro & Maria, a contemporary adaptation of hakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The series synopsis states: "Pedro and Maria are two opposites cut from the same ...

2 fires north of LA persist after long fire week

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:15:50 -0400

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) -- A pair of tamed but persistent wildfires still burned in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 after a wild week of burning brush in the area north ...

Five people critically injured and sixty hospitalized after two New York commuter trains collide in Connecticut

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:15:14 -0400

Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy ...

Heading for America Prepare for the longest US immigration queues ever

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:12:10 -0400

Welcome to America: now stand in line for three hours. Millions of British holidaymakers and business travellers heading for the US this summer face longer waits than ever to be processed by ...

Albert Seedman Former Chief of Detectives in New York Dies at 94

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:08:50 -0400

New York Police Department 's chief of detectives in the early 1970s who became something of a celebrity as the savvy, cigar-chomping personification of the tough-guy cop while modernizing a tradition-bound force, died on Friday in Delray Beach, Fla. He was ...

Trains collide in America

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:05:56 -0400

Two trains have collided in Connecticut injuring over sixty people, five critically, and closing the line between Boston and New York. It appears a New Haven-bound train derailed and was then hit by another train. About 250 people were on board at the time of the rush-hour crash. At the moment no cause of the crash is being ...

Obama Agenda Seems to Be Weathering Controversies

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:02:46 -0400

Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office. "Absolutely not," Steven Miller, the recently resigned acting head of the Internal Revenue ...

Growing Popularity Of Private Drones Concern California Privacy Groups

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:01:36 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) - No longer exclusively used by the military, drones are increasingly being used by groups and private individuals. As drones become even more popular, and with very few rules regarding their use, privacy experts are worried. With a homeowner’s permission, KPIX 5 launched our drone, and shot video from their backyard. While we didn’t get close to the fence ...

Saratoga Teen’s Research Takes Science World By Storm

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:01:36 -0400

18-year-old Eesha Khare (left), a senior at Lynbrook High School, is one of two runners up at the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix. ...

Quotations of the day

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:23:10 -0400

Quotations of the day "Listening to the nightly news, this appears to be just the latest example of a culture of cover-ups and political intimidation in this administration. It seems like the truth is hidden from the American people just long enough to make it through an election." - Republican Dave Camp, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, speaking about the IRS scandal and ...

Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:21:34 -0400

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to Connecticut hospitals, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast ...

Navy pilot earns masters degree in engineering while in combat zone

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:57:13 -0400

The Navy lieutenant needed armed guards and an armored car to get to an exam site, in Kabul, Afghanistan. A deadly bomb attack also caused him to his miss classes — transmitted live via the Internet — but he ...

White House scandals could Obama lose his mojo

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:47:20 -0400

A tsunami of scandals threatens to distract Barack Obama from his second-term agenda as U.S. media and Republicans turn up the heat on the embattled U.S. president. "The recent rash of scandals does complicate the life of the administration. It takes them off-message and distracts from the broader narrative of an improving economy,"Darrell West, a senior fellow at the Washington-based ...

Feds to investigate Conn. train crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:26:30 -0400

>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Federal transportation investigators will work to determine what caused two passenger trains to collide during rush hour in Connecticut, sending dozens to the hospital. Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board will be at the site of the crash this morning, the agency said. The two Metro-North passenger trains, ...

Giants Unable To Overcome Miscues Lose To Rockies

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:52:14 -0400

Starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner #40 of the San Francisco Giants delivers to home plate during the first inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on May 17, 2013 in Denver. (Justin Edmonds/Getty ...

Late Homer By Rosales Lifts A’s Over Royals

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:52:14 -0400

Adam Rosales #17 of the Oakland Athletics is congratulated by third base coach Mike Gallego #2 after Rosales hit a solo home run against the Kansas City Royals in the eighth inning at O.co Coliseum on May 17, 2013 in Oakland. The home run put the Athletics ahead in the game 2-1. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty ...

Pentagon tells US Senate wars will continue for decades

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:43 -0400

Testifying before the US Senate Committee on Armed Services on Thursday, Pentagon officials claimed that "war on terror" legislation gives them sweeping powers to wage war anywhere in the world, including inside the United States, without Congressional authorization. Assistant Defense Secretary Michael Sheehan argued that the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), ...

Pew report shows decline in retirement security for most Americans

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:41 -0400

On Thursday, the Economic Mobility Project of the Pew Charitable Trusts released a new report documenting an important aspect of the growing social crisis in the United States. The study, titled "Retirement Security Across Generations: Are Americans Prepared for Their Golden Years?" provides a glimpse into the precarious situation facing those who are approaching retirement age. Among ...

Federal judge rejects lawsuit opposing Washington DC school closures

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:36 -0400

A proposed injunction to halt the closure of one in ten public schools in the District of Columbia has been denied in federal court. The injunction, part of a lawsuit filed in March by community groups and parents affected by the closures, was intended to halt the closures of the schools announced at the beginning of the year by DC education chancellor Kaya Henderson. The complaint had ...

Notorious dictator Videla dies in prison

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:10:49 -0400

Michael Warren Buenos Aires - 18 May 2013 Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens, has died in his sleep while serving life in prison for crimes against ...

Internet star is charged with murder of lawyer

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:10:48 -0400

Tim Walker Los Angeles - 18 May 2013 An internet celebrity known as "Kai the hatchet-wielding hitcher" has been charged with murder, after he allegedly bludgeoned a 73-year-old man to ...

France to buy American drones for Mali operation

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:03:26 -0400

War Two of America's medium-altitude Reaper drones will be sold to France as backup for the country's operations against Islamist rebels in Mali. The news comes from the 'Air et Cosmos' specialist magazine, which reported online that a deal had been reached between France and the United States for the sale of two non-armed MQ-9 units. The French air force had already ...

Watch New York Mega Millions Drawing

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:49:00 -0400

Across America. Evening America I'm Brian hooker it's Friday may seventeenth the night mega million jackpot -- an estimated in the ninety million dollars. Our first quite well tonight. 43 and a ...

Watch 60 Injured in Connecticut Train Collision

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:49:00 -0400

So far sixty people -- several critically injured and one of those patients extremely critical here's what happened in the eastbound train derailed. And then hit -- passing westbound train ...

South Bay Teacher Arrested In Sex Sting

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:47:52 -0400

Grant Blair, a teacher at Old Orchard School in Campbell, was arrested on suspicion of illegally meeting a minor to engage in lewd or lascivious behavior on May 15, 2013. (San Jose Police ...

Liga MX Wrap Monterrey share spoils with America

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:46:25 -0400

Aldo de Nigris has scored a crucial equaliser for Monterrey to salvage a 2-2 draw against America in their Liga MX semi-final first leg.Ecuadorian striker Christian Benitez struck two vital away goals for America to put the visitors ahead in the second half at Monterrey's Estadio Tecnologico but the hosts recovered soon after through de Nigris to stay alive in the two-legged semi-final.While ...

Ingalls President We are Americas Shipyard

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:15:07 -0400

PASCAGOULA, MS (WLOX) - "We are America's Shipyard." Ingalls Shipbuilding delivered that message at keel laying ceremony for a United States Coast Guard security cutter on Friday. Ingalls officials took the opportunity to let the world know the Pascagoula shipyard is ready go up against any competition. Charlene Benoit is proud a Coast Guard cutter will carry the legacy of her ...

Plea offer in Delaware waterboarding case

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:07:45 -0400

DOVER, Del. -- A woman who lived with a Delaware pediatrician accused of waterboarding her 11-year-old daughter has agreed to plead guilty to child endangerment charges and testify against him.In accepting a plea offer from prosecutors, Pauline Morse agreed Friday to plead guilty to three misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child and to cooperate with prosecutors and testify ...

Actual good news Foreclosure solutions

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:56:17 -0400

After describing one of the most egregious stories of foreclosure madness ever, Chris Hayes details a program that is the right way to handle the threat of foreclosure, and its creator, and a homeowner who was helped by the program, join ...

Death by foreclosure This weeks real scandal

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:56:15 -0400

wells fargo the bank that owned his mortgage for wrongful death. he died in december in a courtroom during a hearing challenging his foreclosure ...

Hayes Liberals listen up

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:56:15 -0400

president forever . after him there will be others. it is a core function of democracy in the first amendment. we have an oppositional press trying to find out things that the government doesn't want to know and we can't allow them to have the power to destroy the press's ability to do that. on twitter and facebook, i've seen a fir number of liberals and democrats come to ...

Obama to deliver speech on drones Gitmo

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:56:14 -0400

Newsweek's Daniel Klaidman is reporting that President Obama is getting ready to deliver a big speech on drones, Guantanamo, counterterrorism and the administration's national security agenda. Chris Hayes talks with Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California, the only member of either house who voted against the Authorization to Use Military ...

Scandal-gate gives Republicans cover on immigration reform

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:56:11 -0400

The House 'Gang of Eight' have come to an agreement on comprehensive immigration reform. Chris Hayes talks the framework with Robert Costa and Marielena ...

Warriors Fans Fatally Shot On I-880 In Oakland Identified

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:41:32 -0400

shot and killed on Interstate 880 in Oakland while apparently coming from a Golden State Warriors game Thursday night have been identified by the Alameda County coroner’s bureau. Christopher Beardon, 30, of Pittsburg and Terrance Marks, 28, of Richmond were traveling north on Highway 880 in the slow lane near the Jackson Street exit when someone in a dark-colored SUV fired several shots ...

Conn. commuter trains collide 60 go to hospitals

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:09:51 -0400

FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday's evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five critically injured and one very critically injured, Gov. Dannel Malloy said. There were no reports of ...

Stop Persecution Solemn Peaceful Protest in New York

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:06:19 -0400

Falun Dafa practitioners protest peacefully in front of the Chinese Consulate General in New York on May 17, calling for an end to the persecution of the practice in China. (Edward Dai/The Epoch ...

Possible tornado surprises north Alabama city

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:01:19 -0400

Residents whose homes were torn apart or blown away by a North Texas deadly tornado can soon return to retrieve what belongings may be left and start cleaning up, authorities said ...

Luna Rossa calls for safer Americas Cup

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:51:02 -0400

video The head of the Italian sailing team in the America's Cup called today for lowering limits on wind speeds and other safety measures to make the regatta less dangerous following a deadly accident last week. Prada fashion house co-founder Patrizio Bertelli said if the other three participants cannot agree on ways to improve safety, his team Luna Rossa Challenge could withdraw from ...

The newest scandal UmbrellaGate

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:48:57 -0400

sarah palin tweeted, mr. president, when it rains it pours but most americans hold their own umbrellas. she think this is is a scandal, too. well, miss half governor, i hate to rain on your parade but lots of politicians don't hold their own umbrellas, including a certain half governor from ...

Benghazi smears attacks warrant an apology

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:48:57 -0400

we have news tonight on how republicans doctored benghazi e-mails in order to smear the obama administration. cbs news reports that last week republican sources claimed ...

Michelle Obama says bye bye to bangs

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:48:57 -0400

michelle obama nearly stole the show. it was the day we found out about the bangs. for her 49th birthday, she tweeted this picture, revealing her new look, and it instantly was anything that anyone was talking about. it was fodder for washington. it was fodder for the talk shows. the first lady joked about what inspired her to make the ...

GOP obstructionism lather rinse repeal

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:48:56 -0400

Fresh off the heels of his 37th vote to repeal Obamacare, Speaker Boehner says repealing Obamacare is his key focus moving forward, and that means more time ...

Republicans talk scandal instead of jobs

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:48:56 -0400

instead of jobs. republicans are on a mission to make a scandal out of anything. but at a factory in baltimore today, the president made it clear that he's not using controversy to play politics. instead, he's trying to try to fight for jobs in ...

Obama seeks to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:42:35 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday trimmed his funding request for the war in Afghanistan and other overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that ...

Colorado sheriffs sue to block new gun-control laws

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:42:17 -0400

DENVER (Reuters) - A group of Colorado county sheriffs, angry over two new state gun control laws passed in the wake of last year's mass shootings in Connecticut and Colorado, filed a federal lawsuit on Friday seeking to block the laws from going into ...

American Idol 2013 And the winner is ...

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:38:29 -0400

Candice Glover, an R&B dynamo from St. Helena Island, S.C., was crowned the Season 12 winner of "American Idol" Thursday night.Glover, 23, who consistently blew away the judges and fans with dramatic power ballads and impressive vocal gymnastics, defeated Kree Harrison, a 22-year-old country singing specialist from Woodville, Texas. She became the show's first female champion ...

U.N. panel Sanctions delaying NKorea nuke program

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:37:05 -0400

UNITED NATIONS A U.N. expert panel's report says North Korea is still trying to import and export nuclear and ballistic missile-related material but financial and trade sanctions are slowing progress on their prohibited weapons programs. Key parts of the report, obtained Friday by the Associated Press, provide further information on North Korea's attempts to evade four rounds of ...

Reyes rejoins Jays in New York rehab of sprained ankle progressing well

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:58:22 -0400

Toronto Blue Jays Jose Reyes, who twisted his left ankle during a Friday game, watches from the dugout during the second inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday, April 13, 2013. (Orlin ...

Buggy hordes of cicadas sighted in Virginia ... but New York Not yet

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:53:31 -0400

The first of the Brood II cicadas, which only mature every 17 years, are being spotted in some southern states including Virginia. NBC's Brian Williams ...

Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:53:13 -0400

ATLANTA -- A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands.Aimee Copeland, 25, is returning from Hilliard, Ohio, where she was fitted with a pair of hands with 24 programmable functions that will improve her dexterity, her father, Andy, told the Associated ...

UPDATE 1-Americas Cup team calls for changes to make regatta safer

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:32:10 -0400

Fri May 17, 2013 9:32pm EDT By Noel Randewich and Ronnie Cohen ALAMEDA, California May 17 (Reuters) - The head of the Italian sailing team in the America's Cup called on Friday for lowering limits on wind speeds and other safety measures to make the regatta less dangerous following a deadly accident last week. Prada fashion house co-founder Patrizio Bertelli said if the other three ...

Hackers Target New York Times Website

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:30:54 -0400

E! Online Twitter Account Hacked A company spokesperson was quoted by the paper as saying that "a small number of users" were unable to access the website and that ...

Texas tornado leaves Habitat for Humanity neighborhood in ruins

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:30:27 -0400

Rescue workers go through the debris of a house left flattened by a tornado in this aerial photograph taken over Granbury, Texas on May 16, ...

Nearly 50 hurt as two trains collide in Connecticut

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:30:26 -0400

1 of 4. Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Connecticut causing one to derail injuring numerous passengers, May 17, 2013. Some 20 to 25 people were injured on Friday in a train accident near Fairfield, Connecticut, a Fairfield Police spokesman said on ...

As White House visit nears Myanmar leader has mixed record in carrying out reform pledges

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:29:09 -0400

WASHINGTON - Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action for action" by deepening ties in response to democratic reforms. But in the six months since Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to visit Myanmar, the Southeast Asian nation ...

American Airlines flight diverted to Aruba because of mechanical problem

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:29:01 -0400

ORANJESTAD, Aruba - An American Airlines flight that was headed to Miami from Brazil has made an emergency landing in Aruba because of a mechanical problem. Spokeswoman Dori Alvarez said Friday that maintenance crews checked the plane once it landed and fixed the problem. She said the plane would depart Friday night for Miami. Flight 234 was carrying 218 passengers and 14 crew members. Alvarez ...

Van Garderen Extends Lead As Tour Of California Reaches San Jose

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:25:31 -0400

SAN JOSE (CBS / AP) — Tejay van Garderen raced to a dominating individual time trial victory Friday in the Tour of California to extend his overall lead over Australian Michael Rogers. Van Garderen, the 24-year-old BMC rider who grew up in Bozeman, Mont., completed the 19.6-mile route in 48 minutes, 52 seconds. He was the last of 112 riders on the hilly and technical course in the sixth ...

ConsumerWatch Innovative Products Making Life Easier For New Parents

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:25:29 -0400

(KPIX 5) – From snot suckers to teething necklaces, consumers are singing the praises of cool new baby products that make the early years easier. Products their mothers wish they'd had! Teething jewelry is one of the latest trends. "I don't wear jewelry because I didn't want [my child] to eat it, so it's kind of nice they make this stuff that she can chew ...

20 injured when commuter train derails in Connecticut

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:22:17 -0400

More than 20 people were injured Friday when a commuter train in Connecticut derailed and struck a train moving in the opposite direction, officials said. Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said the westbound 4:41 p.m. Metro-North commuter train out of New Haven derailed near the Fairfield station at 6:10 p.m., hitting the side of an eastbound train on the adjacent ...

South America contraception up to 79 Middle Africa 19

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:22:11 -0400

Between 2003 and 2012, the total number of women worldwide wanting to avoid pregnancy and in need of contraception increased from 716 million to 867 million, with growth concentrated among women in the 69 poorest countries where modern method use was already very low. A young Chinese boy walks past a neighborhood 'sex shop', full of contraceptive suggestions, in central Beijing. (UPI ...

Priest on Road to Canonization Given Highest US Military Honor

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:20:09 -0400

Editor of Biography Reflects on What Fr. Kapaun Has to Teach UsBy Kathleen NaabWASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Thursday in the White House, President Barack Obama bestowed on Fr. Emil Kapaun the nation's highest military recognition, the Medal of Honor.The priest, who died in a prisoner of war camp during the Korean war, is also being considered for canonization.The life that ...

Yachting Changes wanted to Americas Cup

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:19:01 -0400

A panel of investigators assembled by organisers to look into the Artemis accident has asked the teams to hold off sailing until May 23. Patrizio Bertelli, the owner of the Italian entry in the America's Cup said his boat will compete in this summer's races, but he suggested a new precaution. Speculation has swirled over whether Luna Rossa Challenge would pull out of sailing's most prestigious ...

STXNEWS LATAM-CSN still considering purchase of Thyssens Steel America unit

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:04:22 -0400

RIO DE JANEIRO | Fri May 17, 2013 9:04pm EDT RIO DE JANEIRO May 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian steelmaker CSN, or Cia Siderrgica Nacional SA, is still evaluating the possible purchase of the Steel Americas unit of ThyssenKrupp AG, the company said in a regulatory filing late Friday. CSN has made no binding bids or agreements regarding the possible purchase, the company added. Earlier this ...

White House Sharpens Focus on Path Forward After Troubles

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:00:22 -0400

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Opinion Scandal about donors not tax

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:53:30 -0400

>Editor's note: Roger Colinvaux is associate professor of law at Catholic University of America. He was counsel to the US Joint Committee on Taxation from 2001 to 2008 on tax-exempt organization issues and recently testified before the House and Senate on tax reform and 501(c)(3) organizations. (CNN) -- The outrage over the IRS's conduct in targeting certain tax-exempt groups is based on a ...