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'No response' as ferry crew asked for orders to abandon ship
The
crew of a South Korean ferry that sank with hundreds of people on board
repeatedly asked officers on the bridge whether or not to give the
order to abandon ship, but there was no response, a crew member has
said. The captain of the ship, Lee Joon-seok, 69, and other crew members
have been arrested on negligence charges. Several crew members,
including the captain, left the ferry as it was sinking before many of
the passengers, witnesses have said, after passengers were told to stay
in their cabins. President Park Geun-hye said on Monday that instruction
was tantamount to an "act of murder".Read More ...
US: Russia has 'days, not weeks' to follow accord
KIEV,
Ukraine (AP) — Russia has "days, not weeks" to abide by an
international accord aimed at stemming the crisis in Ukraine, the top
U.S. diplomat in Kiev warned Monday as Vice President Joe Biden launched
a high-profile show of support for the pro-Western Ukrainian
government. Russia in turn accused authorities in Kiev of flagrantly
violating the pact and declared their actions would not stand.Read More ...
Stowaway teen forces review of airport security
SAN
JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy found his way onto an airport's
tarmac and climbed into a jetliner's wheel well, then flew for five
freezing hours to Hawaii — a misadventure that forced authorities to
take a hard look at the security system that protects the nation's
airline fleet.Read More ...
Death count in ferry sinking tops 100
JINDO,
South Korea (AP) — One by one, coast guard officers carried the newly
arrived bodies covered in white sheets from a boat to a tent on the dock
of this island, the first step in identifying a sharply rising number
of corpses from a South Korean ferry that sank nearly a week ago.Read More ...
APNewsBreak: US weighs curbing deportations
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is weighing limiting
deportations of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who don't have
serious criminal records, according to two people with knowledge of his
deliberations.Read More ...
Affordable Care Act only chips away at a core goal
SACRAMENTO,
Calif. (AP) — Swan Lockett had high hopes that President Barack Obama's
health overhaul would lead her family to an affordable insurance plan,
but that hasn't happened.Read More ...
Seabed hunt for Malaysia jet stretches beyond week
SYDNEY
(AP) — An air search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was
suspended for a day due to stormy weather on Tuesday as the
painstakingly slow sonar scanning of the targeted patch of seabed
continued.Read More ...
Mexico bids goodbye to 'Gabo,' famed adopted son
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In show of defiance, 32,000 run Boston Marathon
BOSTON
(AP) — Some ran to honor the dead and wounded. Others were out to prove
something to the world about their sport, the city or their country.
And some wanted to prove something to themselves.Read More ...
As Army shrinks, young officers being pushed out
FORT
BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — After the 9/11 attacks, tens of thousands of young
men and women joined the military, heading for the rugged mountains of
Afghanistan and dusty deserts of Iraq.Read More ...
Okla. Supreme Court stays executions of 2 challenging drug secrecy
OKLAHOMA
CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has stayed the execution of two
death row inmates who have challenged the state's secrecy protocol
surrounding the source of lethal injection drugs.Read More ...
Man dies after being shot at federal courthouse
SALT
LAKE CITY (AP) — Defendant Siale Angilau was listening to a witness
describe gang initiation rituals on Monday when authorities said he
grabbed a pen, rushed toward the witness and lunged at him.Read More ...
Boy Scouts shut down troop for standing by gay scoutmaster
The
Boy Scouts of America, one of the country’s largest and oldest youth
organizations, has shut down a Seattle troop and pack for refusing to
remove an openly homosexual scoutmaster.Read More ...
Sherpas call for boycott of Everest climbs
Guides seek more protections and victim compensation from Nepal after 13 die in avalanche.Read More ...
Biden visits Ukraine as talk of civil war grows
Vice president's aides suggest sanctions against Russia could come as early as this week.Read More ...
Obama plans clemency for hundreds of drug offenders
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Scrivner, time has crawled, it’s dawdled, and on bad days, it’s felt
like it’s stood completely still. She was 27 years old when she started
serving a 30-year sentence in federal prison for selling a few ounces of
methamphetamine. Now, 20 years later, she feels like she’s still living
in the early 90s—she’s never seen or touched a cell phone, she still
listens to her favorite band The Scorpions, and she carefully coats her
eyelids in electric blue eyeshadow in the morning.Read More ...
American wins Boston Marathon men's race for first time in 3 decades
Meb Keflezighi becomes the first U.S. male to break the tape in three decades.Read More ...
U.S. examining use of toxic chemical in Syria
State Department probing signs of government involvement in possible chlorine attack on rebel-held area.Read More ...
Biden offers Ukraine U.S. help on energy, aid allocation
By
Jeff Mason KIEV (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will announce
a package of technical assistance focused on energy and economic aid
distribution during a two-day visit to Ukraine that began on Monday, a
senior administration official said. Biden is the highest ranking U.S.
official to visit the country since the crisis with Russia erupted
months ago. A U.S. team was also in Ukraine to help deal with the issue
of securing gas flows from EU countries such as Slovakia and Hungary in
the event that Russia cuts off Ukraine's supply, the official said. Kiev
gets about half of its gas from Moscow and a large proportion of
Europe's gas is pumped from Russia via Ukraine.Read More ...
U.S. must disclose doc that justifies drone attacks, appeals court says
By
Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ordered
the U.S. Department of Justice to turn over key portions of a memorandum
justifying the government's targeted killing of people linked to
terrorism, including Americans. In a case pitting executive power
against the public's right to know what its government does, the 2nd
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling preserving
the secrecy of the legal rationale for the killings, such as the death
of U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki in a 2011 drone strike in Yemen. Ruling
for the New York Times, a unanimous three-judge panel said the
government waived its right to secrecy by making repeated public
statements justifying targeted killings. These included a Justice
Department "white paper," as well as speeches or statements by officials
like Attorney General Eric Holder and former Obama administration
counterterrorism adviser John Brennan, endorsing the practice.Read More ...
Experts have doubts about Hawaii-bound teen stowaway's story
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Obamas host Easter Egg Roll under sunny skies
WASHINGTON (AP) — First Lady Michelle Obama applied a healthy-eating theme to this year's Easter Egg Roll, as she and President Barack Obama lead the annual festivities Monday on the South Lawn of the White House.
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'We're taking back our race'
Boston Marathon organizers expect 35,755 athletes—the race's second-largest field ever.Read More ...
American wins 2014 Boston Marathon
Meb Keflezighi becomes the first American man since Greg Meyer in 1983 to break the tape.Read More ...
Parents say 234 girls kidnapped from Nigeria school
The
school was attacked last week by Islamic extremists, and the number of
kidnapped victims is up significantly from the 85 reported by education
officials.Read More ...
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