NBA investigating alleged recording of L.A. Clippers owner
A man identified as Donald Sterling tells his girlfriend not to bring blacks 'to my games.'Read More ...
Study: Nearly half of all homeless men suffered brain injury
The study's results align with recent research on brain injuries and prison inmatesRead More ...
More renounce US citizenship but deny stereotype
Inside
the long-awaited package, six pages of government paperwork dryly
affirmed Carol Tapanila's anxious request. But when Tapanila slipped the
contents from the brown envelope, she saw there was something more.Read More ...
SKorean PM offers to resign over ferry sinking
JINDO,
South Korea (AP) — South Korea's prime minister offered to resign
Sunday over the government's handling of a deadly ferry sinking, blaming
"deep-rooted evils" and societal irregularities for a tragedy that has
left more than 300 people dead or missing and led to widespread shame,
fury and finger-pointing.Read More ...
St. Peter's overflows for historic day of 4 popes
VATICAN
CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of people filled St. Peter's Square on
Sunday for a historic day of four popes, with Francis and Benedict XVI
honoring their predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II and declaring
them saints in the first ever canonization of two pontiffs.Read More ...
In Asia, Obama carefully calibrates China message
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — President Barack Obama is hopscotching through China's neighborhood with a carefully calibrated message for Beijing, trying both to counter and court.
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Sanctions loom as observers held in east Ukraine
SLOVYANSK,
Ukraine (AP) — As Western governments vowed to impose more sanctions
against Russia and its supporters in eastern Ukraine, a group of foreign
military observers remained in captivity Saturday accused of being NATO
spies by a pro-Russian insurgency.Read More ...
Robot sub to extend search area for missing plane
CANBERRA,
Australia (AP) — A robotic submarine scanning the Indian Ocean floor
for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet will extend the area of its
current search, which will end soon with no clues of the Boeing 777
found yet, authorities said Sunday.Read More ...
Central US bracing for possible severe weather
OKLAHOMA
CITY (AP) — The threat of severe weather across a section of the
Midwest was diminishing Saturday, but forecasters were warning about
more threats for Sunday.Read More ...
School stabbing suspect is under psych evaluation
HARTFORD,
Conn. (AP) — A teenager charged with stabbing a fellow high school
student to death on the day of their junior prom is being held in a
hospital under psychiatric evaluation where he will likely remain for
two weeks, one of his attorneys said Saturday.Read More ...
Willie Nelson inducted in Austin City Limits Hall
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — In this town, Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey takes a backseat to Willie Nelson.Read More ...
Thunder beat Grizzlies 92-89 in OT, tie up series
MEMPHIS,
Tenn. (AP) — Reserve Reggie Jackson scored a personal playoff-best 32
points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Memphis Grizzlies 92-89
in overtime Saturday night, tying up their first-round Western
Conference series at two apiece.Read More ...
U.S. concerned by 'provocative' Russian troop movements
US
Secretary of State John Kerry expressed concern to Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov Saturday about "provocative" Russian troop
movements along Ukraine's border, a US official said. In a morning call
with his counterpart, Kerry also urged full Moscow support for efforts
to free a mission from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe held hostage by pro-Moscow militants in the flashpoint eastern
Ukrainian city of Slavyansk. The top US diplomat "expressed continued
concern that Russia's provocative troop movements on Ukraine's border,
its support for separatists and its inflammatory rhetoric are
undermining stability, security and unity in Ukraine," the senior State
Department official said.Read More ...
Afghan election appears headed for June runoff
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's presidential elections are headed for a runoff after full preliminary results released Saturday showed the front-runners failed to win to a majority and avoid a second round of voting.
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Ukraine separatists open to swap for OSCE release
SLOVYANSK, Ukraine (AP) — A leader for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine said Saturday that a group of foreign military observers who have been detained as suspected "NATO spies" could be released in exchange for jailed pro-Russian activists.
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G-7 nations agree to more sanctions on Russia
The penalties are expected to target wealthy individuals close to Vladimir Putin.Read More ...
Obama warns North Korea over fourth nuke test
President speaks in South Korea amid signs North could be prepping underground explosion.Read More ...
Tech founder apologizes for wife who stole marathon bib number
Boston Marathon Runner Complained That Someone Used Her Bib Number, Had Photos TakenRead More ...
Tax refund thieves believed to be targeting doctors
By
Jim Finkle and Mark Hosenball BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.
Secret Service and Internal Revenue Service are investigating widespread
reports that identity thieves are stealing the tax refunds of
physicians, a U.S. senator said on Friday, as doctors fear a database
containing their personal information has been breached. Senator Jean
Shaheen, a Democrat from New Hampshire, contacted the agencies this week
after more than 100 physicians and other healthcare workers in her
state became victims of tax fraud. The American Medical Association has
received reports of tax fraud from state medical groups in Connecticut,
Indiana, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.Read More ...
Stowaway's mom says teen had been told she was dead
SAN
JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The mother of a California teen who stowed away on a
flight to Hawaii tells Voice of America that her son had recently
learned that she was alive after being told by his father she had died.Read More ...
Significant tornado threat seen this weekend
Strong storm system is expected to develop in north central Texas and move through Plains states.Read More ...
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