Ukraine: Special forces sent to eastern city
Pro-Russian activists fire on approaching troops, a government official claims.Read More ...
Missing plane's black box batteries may have died
PERTH,
Australia (AP) — Following four strong underwater signals in the past
week, all has gone quiet in the hunt for the missing Malaysian airline,
meaning the batteries on the all-important black boxes may have finally
died.Read More ...
Pacquiao beats Bradley by decision in rematch
LAS
VEGAS (AP) — Nearly two years later, Manny Pacquiao finally got the
decision most people thought he deserved the first time against Timothy
Bradley.Read More ...
FedEx semi didn't brake before California crash
Federal
safety investigators say the driver of a Fedex tractor-trailer that
struck a bus carrying high school students didn't appear to brake before
a fiery collision that left 10 dead.Read More ...
Biden to travel to Ukraine amid growing unrest
Vice
President Joe Biden will travel to Ukraine on April 22 to stress US
support for Kiev and steps to improve its energy security amid a crisis
with neighboring Russia. During his meetings with government leaders and
civil society groups, Biden will "underscore the United States' strong
support for a united, democratic Ukraine that makes its own choices
about its future path," a White House statement said Saturday. The
announcement came just a day after Washington unveiled sanctions against
six of Crimea's breakaway leaders, including the official who signed
the deal with Moscow to split the peninsula from Ukraine. A first wave
of US sanctions unveiled in March had blacklisted officials and
businesspeople close to Russian President Vladimir Putin to protest
Moscow's takeover of Crimea.Read More ...
US warns Russia of 'additional consequences' over Ukraine
Slavyansk
(Ukraine) (AFP) - US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Russia of
"additional consequences" if it fails to pull its troops back from the
Ukraine border, as Kiev accused Moscow of aggression in its restive
east. During a telephone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov, Kerry "made clear that if Russia did not take steps to
de-escalate in eastern Ukraine and move its troops back from Ukraine's
border, there would be additional consequences", a senior State
Department official said. A first wave of US sanctions unveiled in March
blacklisted officials and businesspeople close to Russian President
Vladimir Putin to protest at Moscow's takeover of Crimea.Read More ...
With no new signals, Aussie PM sees long jet hunt
PERTH,
Australia (AP) — A day after expressing optimism about the hunt for the
missing Malaysian jet, Australia's leader warned Saturday that the
massive search would likely continue "for a long time."Read More ...
'Obamacare' under attack at conservative gathering
MANCHESTER,
N.H. (AP) — President Barack Obama's health care overhaul is coming
under renewed attack as some of the nation's leading conservatives
gather in New Hampshire for a summit that some consider the unofficial
kickoff for the state's 2016 presidential selection process.Read More ...
NTSB examines claim truck was on fire before crash
RED
BLUFF, Calif. (AP) — Federal investigators are looking into a driver's
claim that a FedEx tractor-trailer was already on fire when it careened
out-of-control across a freeway median and slammed into a bus taking
high school students on a college tour, killing 10 people in a fiery
wreck.Read More ...
Feds: Safety concerns led to Nevada cow release
Federal land managers say "escalating tensions" led them to release all 400 or so head of cattle rounded up on public land in southern Nevada from a rancher who has refused to recognize their authority.
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Climate panel warns emissions rising, blurs reason
BERLIN
(AP) — The U.N.'s expert panel on climate change on Sunday highlighted
the disconnect between international goals to fight global warming and
what is being done to attain them.Read More ...
Pope leads Palm Sunday procession at Vatican
VATICAN
CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of Romans, tourists and pilgrims have
joined Pope Francis in a solemn Palm Sunday service in St. Peter's
Square.Read More ...
4 dead in Chile forest fire; 500 homes destroyed
SANTIAGO,
Chile (AP) — A large forest fire raging in the Chilean port city of
Valparaiso has killed at least four people and destroyed 500 homes,
officials said Sunday. Thousands of people have been evacuated,
including more than 200 female inmates at a prison.Read More ...
Finance ministers: Economy stronger but fragile
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The world's top financial officials say they believe the global
economy is strengthening but growth remains fragile and open to risks of
new geopolitical strife, as in Ukraine.Read More ...
Jennifer Lopez, Laverne Cox win GLAAD Media Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Lopez has added a couple of more trophies to her block.Read More ...
Iran says has no plans to substitute UN envoy pick
TEHRAN,
Iran (AP) — Iran has no plans to name a new diplomat to the United
Nations, its Foreign Ministry said Saturday, after the United States
blocked its pick in a rare rebuke that could stir fresh animosity at a
time when the two countries have been seeking a thaw in relations.Read More ...
Obama: Our right to vote is under threat
President blasts GOP in fiery speech at Al Sharpton's National Action Network conference.Read More ...
Space station computer outage may force spacewalk
CAPE
CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A computer outage at the International Space
Station may require a spacewalk by astronauts and threatens to delay
next week's launch of a commercial supply ship for NASA.Read More ...
Dreams dashed in fatal Calif. crash
Bus in deadly freeway collision carried young, low-income, motivated students.Read More ...
Woman accused of tossing shoe at Clinton released
LAS
VEGAS (AP) — A Phoenix woman accused of throwing a shoe some 60 feet
toward Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared aware during questioning by U.S.
Secret Service agents of the allegation against her, authorities said
Friday.Read More ...
Rare T.rex sets off on road trip to Smithsonian
The
rare and nearly intact skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex that roamed the
earth 65 million years ago set off from Montana on Friday on a
cross-country road trip, its first, bound for the Smithsonian
Institution in Washington D.C. The fossil of the 38-foot-long carnivore,
found on federal lands in Montana in 1988, has played a starring role
in scientific research at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman since its
excavation by paleontologists led by curator Jack Horner. The seven-ton
skeleton of a dinosaur that may have been an opportunistic eater rather
than a stone-cold killer is to be mounted at the Smithsonian
Institution in an exhibit that will open in 2019 and is expected to
attract 8 million visitors a year, Horner said. The dinosaur is on loan
to the Smithsonian for 50 years. The so-called Wankel T.rex - named
after Kathy Wankel who discovered it - was about 18-years-old when it
died and is considered second for extensiveness and preservation only to
"Sue," the famed T.rex at The Field Museum in Chicago, he said.Read More ...
The ultimate love shack? Living large inside 150 square feet
Visit a tiny house community making a big statement in the nation’s capitalRead More ...
New quake shakes Nicaragua; nation on alert
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A magnitude-6.6 earthquake shook Nicaragua on Friday afternoon, sending people running frightened into the streets less than 24 hours after a magnitude-6.1 quake rattled the Central American country.
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Attention all passengers: Frequent flyer miles are on the descent
New airline programs make miles less valuable.Read More ...
U.S. will block Iranian diplomat from United Nations
Rare rebuke comes amid controversy over role in 1979 hostage-taking at embassy.Read More ...
Bloomberg: NSA exploited Heartbleed for years
Sources say government agency used flaw to collect intelligence on Web surfers.Read More ...
Pope: Please forgive us our sins
Francis makes first public plea for forgiveness of "evil" committed by abuser priests. Victims groups say it's not enough.Read More ...
Nation on red alert as aftershocks rattle Nicaragua
MANAGUA,
Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua's president placed his government on the
highest alert level as aftershocks continued to rattle the country on
Friday, a day after a magnitude-6.1 earthquake.Read More ...
Ford Mustang turns 50: How a car caused a global sensation
Next
week's 50th anniversary of the first Ford Mustang evokes a long-ago day
when new cars could generate as much excitement, at least in America,
as new iPads. Instead it was simply a smartly styled body mounted atop
the underpinnings of a pedestrian compact car, the Ford Falcon. One Ford
executive boasted, in the idiom of the day, that it was like "turning a
librarian into a sexpot." Yet with room for four, the Mustang was
surprisingly practical. That price was for the basic six-cylinder
engine, but buyers could add extra-cost (and handsomely profitable)
options, including an automatic transmission, air conditioning,
convertible top and a 289-cubic-inch V8 engine.Read More ...
Obama nominates Burwell to lead HHS
After accepting Sebelius’s resignation, the president taps his budget director to succeed her.Read More ...
Woman to appeal sentence in new husband's death
A
Montana woman who pleaded guilty to pushing her new husband off a cliff
in Glacier National Park last summer plans to appeal her 30-year prison
sentence for his death.Read More ...
Armstrong provides names in written testimony
Lance
Armstrong says several people knew about his performance-enhancing drug
use and insists he didn't pay anyone to keep his doping secret.Read More ...
White House: No visa for Iran's UN envoy pick
In rare rebuke, ex-member of group behind embassy hostage crisis denied access to US soil.Read More ...
California college visit turns tragic
Ten deaths confirmed in crash involving tractor-trailer and bus carrying students.Read More ...
Feds issue warning: Hackers trying to exploit 'Heartbleed' bug
Hackers are targeting vulnerable networks in an attempt to exploit the "Heartbleed" bug, the U.S. Government warned on Friday.Read More ...
Suspect in deadly Fla. day care crash to remain in jail
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man who authorities say drove an SUV that crashed into another vehicle, sending it spinning into a daycare center where a girl was killed and 14 people were injured, was ordered Friday to stay in jail until a judge can determine whether he is a flight risk.
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Australian PM confident sounds are from Flight 370
PERTH,
Australia (AP) — Authorities are confident that signals detected deep
in the Indian Ocean are from the missing Malaysian jet's black boxes,
Australia's prime minister said Friday, raising hopes they are close to
solving one of aviation's most perplexing mysteries.Read More ...
Pistorius, prosecutor in heated exchange over girlfriend's screams
PRETORIA,
South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius was accused by a prosecutor Friday
of shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door as the couple talked
and argued in the early hours of Valentine's Day last year. The dramatic
courtroom exchange ended the world-famous athlete's first week
testifying at his murder trial.Read More ...
Kathleen Sebelius, a lightning rod for critics, resigns
WASHINGTON
(AP) — For five years, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen
Sebelius has been a lightning rod for critics of President Barack
Obama's health care law. But with sign-ups exceeding expectations and a
new face soon to be in charge at HHS, the White House is eager to see if
the poisonous atmosphere might give way to more pragmatic efforts aimed
at fixing problems with the nation's newest social program.Read More ...
Energy co. offers $250,000 reward in startling Silicon Valley grid attack
SAN
FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. offered a $250,000
reward Thursday for information leading to an arrest and conviction in a
startling attack mounted nearly a year ago on telephone lines and the
power grid in Silicon Valley.Read More ...
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