Governors seek flexibility in sequestration
"We believe in what we call flexible federalism," Markell of Delaware said.Read More ...
Second blizzard bearing down on Plains region
A second major winter storm was bearing down on the central Plains Sunday, forcing cancellations and sending public works crews scrambling for salt and sand supplies less than a week after another system dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of the region.Read More ...
Movies for the masses, straight to the Web
The Oscars still ignore Internet video. Don’t let that stop you from watching, or making, Sunday’s Best Vine.Read More ...
House Intel chair: Chinese cyber attacks 'unprecedented'
Mike Rogers, R-Mich., said “we are losing” the war to prevent the attacks.Read More ...
Egypt's Morsi calls for dialogue on elections
The Islamist president wants forces to join to ensure "integrity and transparency."Read More ...
Chinese company reveals 'fastest smartphone in the world'
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Cuban leader Raul Castro announces he will retire in 2018
He named a 52-year-old rising star to become his first vice president and most visible successor.Read More ...
Gibbs: I was told not to acknowledge existence of drone program
Obama's former press secretary called the proposition "inherently crazy."Read More ...
South Korea's new president demands North drop nuclear ambitions
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's new president Park Geun-hye urged North Korea on Monday to abandon its nuclear ambitions, and to stop wasting its scarce resources on arms development, less than two weeks after the country carried out its third nuclear test. Park, 61, the daughter of South Korea's former military ruler Park Chung-hee, is the first female president of prosperous South Korea and one of her campaign promises was to engage with the North if it halted its nuclear weapons plans. ...Read More ...
Survey shows China manufacturing at 4-month low
A survey shows China's manufacturing activity this month has declined to a four-month low in a reminder of possible threats to its shaky economic recovery.HSBC Corp. said Monday the preliminary version ...
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Lawmakers dispute records for private gun sales
WASHINGTON (AP) — A dispute over whether to require record keeping for private gun sales is holding up a compromise between Republican and Democratic senators over expanding background checks for firearms transactions, one of President Barack Obama's top gun control priorities, people familiar with the private talks said Sunday.
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Afghanistan: U.S. special forces must leave province
Afghanistan's president on Sunday ordered all U.S. special forces to leave a strategically important eastern province within two weeks because of allegations that Afghans working with them are torturing and abusing other Afghans.Read More ...
Pistorius' brother facing charge in traffic death
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- The murder case involving Olympic star Oscar Pistorius took another unexpected turn Sunday with the news that his older brother, Carl, is himself facing charges for the death of a woman in a traffic accident.Read More ...
Apple signals emerging-market rethink with India push
NEW DELHI/BANGALORE (Reuters) - As BlackBerry launches the first smartphone from its make-or-break BB10 line in India, one of its most loyal markets, the company faces new competition from a formidable rival that has long had a minimal presence in the country. More than four years after it started selling iPhones in India, Apple Inc is now aggressively pushing the iconic device through installment payment plans that make it more affordable, a new distribution model and heavy marketing blitz. ...Read More ...
McCain: Obama should have Camp David budget summit
Sen. John McCain says President Barack Obama should invite lawmakers to Camp David or the White House to hammer out a last-minute deal to avert deep budget cuts set to start taking effect at week's end.The ...Read More ...
On Sunday talk shows, automatic budget cuts find few fans
The automatic budget cuts set to take hold this week were roundly condemned Sunday as governors, lawmakers and administration officials hoped for a deal to stave off the $85 billion reduction in government ...Read More ...
Cruz's tactics boil Washington, but impress Texas
Ted Cruz glanced at his black cowboy boots, beneath a silver Texas belt buckle, waiting for the admirers to stop clapping.Read More ...
In South Carolina, disgraced former governor seeks a resurrection
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The appearance by a candidate for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District here last week was delayed. The event's co-host, an undertaker, had been detained at his funeral home by an unexpected "delivery." A couple of people in the audience laughed as they realized what sort of delivery a funeral home receives. Questions of life and death seemed oddly appropriate because the afternoon's guest of honor was a man who is trying to undergo a political resurrection: former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford. ...Read More ...
Prime suspect in Vegas shooting, crash is named, but remains at-large
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 26-year-old man was being sought Sunday as the prime suspect in a pre-dawn shooting on the Las Vegas Strip last week which led to a fiery crash that left three people dead and several others injured.Read More ...
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