Lion kills worker at California animal park
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Man held without bail in deadly hit-and-run
A man suspected of fleeing the scene of a grisly New York crash that killed a pregnant woman and her husband was arrested at a Pennsylvania convenience store on Wednesday after a friend arranged his surrender, and he was ordered held without bail.Read More ...
'I'm the poorest sultan in the world'
Sultan Jamalul Kiram III's kingdom sits in a rundown two-story house in a poor Islamic community in Manila.Read More ...
Greyhounds at risk as UK racing industry wanes
The popularity of watching dogs run around a track is declining in Britain.Read More ...
Report: Facebook to launch revamped news feeds
There's one for images, and another allowing people to share what they are listening to.Read More ...
Physicists close to confirming 'God particle'
They need to eliminate one possibility before concluding they found the Higgs boson.Read More ...
Wash. radioactive waste may be shipped to N.M.
Moving 3 million gallons may help in dealing with leaking tanks at Hanford Nuclear.Read More ...
Obama picks up tab for swanky dinner with senators
President Barack Obama and Republican senators may need to loosen their belts, not tighten them, after their peacemaking dinner at superswank "Plume" restaurant on Wednesday.Read More ...
Small airports upset at removal of new scanners
Federal officials are hauling the more modern full-body device to larger hubs.Read More ...
Armored cars added to money-laundering fight
Financial regulators are cracking down on deliveries of large sums of cash to banks.Read More ...
Sharks, by the thousands, swimming off Florida coast
About 15,000 of them are migrating north using the currents of the Atlantic.Read More ...
No charges after home's refusal to give CPR
Police said Wednesday that no criminal charges will be filed after a care worker's attention-grabbing refusal to perform CPR on a resident of a Central California independent-living facility.
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Photos of the Day
The flag-draped coffin containing the body of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez is taken from the hospital where he died, to a military academy, where it will remain until his funeral in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. Seven days of mourning were declared, all schools were suspended for the week and friendly heads of state were expected for an elaborate funeral Friday. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)Read More ...
Gabrielle Giffords returns to site of shooting
In her first public event since the rampage, the former representative urged gun control.Read More ...
Five facts about the daylight saving time change
Here's everything you wanted to know about the time change this weekend. When is it? The time change begins on Sunday, March 10, at 2 a.m., when clocks are moved forward by one hour. Why 2 a.m.? The time change is set for 2 a.m. because it was decided to be the least disruptive time [...]
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Lion kills person at private animal sanctuary
A lion killed a person on Wednesday at a private wild animal sanctuary in Central California, authorities said.
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Capitol tours to continue despite budget cuts
If your public tour of the White House has now been canceled, House Speaker John Boehner says come visit the Capitol instead.
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Those opposed to Redskins name take case to judges
Native Americans will go before trademark judges in an effort to ban the name.
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Ex-drug task force members in Texas indicted
A federal grand jury indicted three more former South Texas law enforcement officers on drug conspiracy charges Wednesday, bringing to seven the number of members of a now-disbanded drug task force to face charges.
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NASA puts Curiosity into sleep mode on Mars
It's a precautionary measure for the rover, as a solar blast races toward the planet.Read More ...
Study: States with the most laws had lower gun death rate
States with the most gun control laws have the fewest gun-related deaths, according to a study that suggests sheer quantity of measures might make a difference.Read More ...
TSA change enrages 9/11 victims' families
Air travelers soon will be able to carry small pocket knives.Read More ...
Syrian rebels seize U.N. peacekeepers
The captives will be held until Assad's forces pull back, the captors say.Read More ...
N.Y. congressman to step into boxing ring
The 68-year-old Republican is known for his bare-knuckle politics.Read More ...
House OKs bill to avoid government shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved legislation to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month and give the Pentagon some relief from a cash crunch that's harming military readiness.Read More ...
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U.S. sees no ‘unusual threat’ to Americans after Chavez dies
Six months after the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, U.S. officials said on Wednesday that they remain “very vigilant” for possible violence against Americans and American personnel in Venezuela after Hugo Chavez’s death, but see no “unusual threat.” “Cooperation with the Venezuelan security services has been excellent, and we have no reason to think there [...]
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Rand Paul filibusters Brennan nomination over drone policy
As Washington, D.C., sat frozen on Wednesday by a promised snowstorm that failed to show, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul ground Congress to a halt in a rare show of congressional protest made famous by Jimmy Stewart in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." The Republican lawmaker on Wednesday made good on his promise to conduct an [...]
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Ark. House overrides veto of nation's most restrictive abortion law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas House on Wednesday voted to override Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe's veto of a bill that would ban most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy onward, giving the state the country's most restrictive abortion laws and setting the stage for a certain court challenge.
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Starbucks balks at NYC sugary drink ban amid confusion over law’s enforcement
The coffee giant Starbucks says it won’t immediately comply with the ban on large sugary drinks set to go in effect next week in New York City, citing ongoing legal attempts to overturn the regulation and the company’s belief that most of its products are not subject to the ban. The coffee chain’s announcement comes [...]
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Planned Parenthood trashes NYC’s ‘Cost of Teen Pregnancy’ PSAs
Planned Parenthood denounced a new ad campaign aimed at sexually active teens, unveiled by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week, for shaming current and expectant teen parents and their children. “The latest NYC ad campaign creates stigma, hostility and negative public opinions about teen pregnancy and parenthood rather than offering alternative aspirations for [...]
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Mythical Viking sunstone may have existed after all
It sounds like something out of an "Indiana Jones" movie: the quest for a crystal that once helped sailors navigate the seas. But now researchers say the mythical Viking “sunstone” may actually have existed. According to the Independent, their clue was a crystal found on an English shipwreck off the Channel Islands. The ship sank [...]
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Legos spill snarls traffic on West Va. interstate
It's "Bricks on the Asphalt!" An epic Legos spill on Interstate 79 in West Virginia on Sunday resulted in an hour's worth of badly mucked-up traffic and one sad little kid. CNET reported that firefighter Eric McClain took a photo while helping with the cleanup, which he then posted on Facebook. The photo shows thousands [...]
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In Yahoo News interview, Queen Noor presses U.S. to reduce nuclear stockpile
Insisting "every nuclear weapon is a catastrophe waiting to happen," Queen Noor of Jordan told Yahoo News on Tuesday that President Barack Obama must make good on a pledge he made in Prague in April 2009 to reduce the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. The queen said it was incumbent on the United States to work [...]
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