Police name suspect in Vegas shooting
Police have identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of an aspiring rapper as he drove on the Las Vegas Strip in a Maserati before dawn on Thursday, sparking a fiery crash that also killed a cab driver and his passenger. Ammar Asim Faruq Harris, described as armed and dangerous, was still at large on Saturday, but the black Range Rover from which he is suspected of opening fire had been impounded, Las Vegas police said. Authorities said a gunman in a Range Rover opened fire early on Thursday on the silver Maserati being driven by 27-year-old Kenneth Wayne Cherry Jr. ...
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White House directs open access for government research
The White House has moved to make the results of federally funded research available to the public for free within a year.
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Governors press for alternative to impending spending cuts
They want Congress and Obama to give states more say in bringing down federal debt.
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New England storm may pack less punch than feared
A weather system threatening New England with a third straight weekend of winter storms appeared to be weakening Saturday.
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Sources: Half-inch crack blamed for F-35 grounding
An engine blade crack prompted the U.S. military to ground all 51 F-35 jets.
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Rare baby crocs released into wild
Nineteen baby Siamese crocodiles are being let loose in the wetlands of Laos.
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Italians head to polls in crucial vote for euro zone
Italians vote on Sunday in one of the most closely watched elections in years.
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Banksy street murals pulled from Miami auction after controversy
Two spray-paint murals by the elusive street artist Banksy, including one that vanished last week from a North London wall, were pulled in the 11th hour from a Miami auction on Saturday. Who owns the London mural remains a mystery, as does how it ended up in a Miami auction house shortly after going missing. Frederic Thut, owner of Fine Art Auctions Miami, which had been due to sell the piece, has said his firm did "all necessary due diligence" to establish the ownership of the work. But the London piece and another Banksy mural were pulled nevertheless. ...
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Radioactive waste leaking from tanks at Washington state nuclear site
World's smallest space telescopes launching Monday
Two tiny satellites will launch into orbit Monday on a mission to study the brightest stars in the night sky.
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Vatican blasts media for influencing election with 'false' reports
Powerball winners live modestly, give back to town
Some lottery winners fritter away fortunes or meet tragic ends, but not the Hills.
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Spiral of Karachi killings widens Pakistan's sectarian divide
Members of Pakistan's Shi'ite minority are braced for a new chapter of persecution after a series of bombings.
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Hawaii governor: Sequestration will make Pearl Harbor less secure
Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii warns against a failure to avoid across-the-board sequestration budget cuts.
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Don't just blame cats: Dogs disrupt wildlife, too
Though they seem so natural in our homes, cats and dogs are natural predators, too. Most will attack birds, lizards and smaller mammals when given the chance, and scientists have demonstrated how their explosive populations can upset ecosystems.
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Report: Chile's Pinochet wanted anti-vote violence
Obama to argue for gay marriage in Supreme Court case
The Obama administration has taken another important step in its advocacy of same-sex marriage, weighing in on an important case to be heard in the US Supreme Court next month.
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How dinosaurs grew the world's longest necks
How did the largest of all dinosaurs evolve necks longer than any other creature that has ever lived? One secret: mostly hollow neck bones, researchers say.
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Authorities: Report of gunman at MIT was a hoax
Authorities say a report of a gunman on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus was a hoax and there is no threat to public safety.
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Iran says it has captured a foreign 'enemy drone' TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said Saturday that it had captured a foreign unmanned aircraft during a military exercise in southern Iran. Read More ...
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