Two 2016 candidates, two faces of fear
Two
top Republican senators aired their grievances against the Obama
administration’s approach to foreign policy and surveillance.Read More ...
David Letterman signs off as late-night host
NEW
YORK (AP) — David Letterman was ushered into retirement Wednesday by
four presidents declaring "our long national nightmare is over" and a
succession of stars delivering a final Top Ten list of things they
always wanted to say to the late-night host.Read More ...
Police identify suspect in slaying of wealthy DC family
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Police identified a suspect late Wednesday in the mysterious
slayings of a wealthy Washington family and their housekeeper inside
their multimillion-dollar home.Read More ...
Innovative technologies under development for cleaning up oil spills
As
California struggles to deal with Tuesday’s huge oil spill, scientists
are working on more efficient technologies to aid in future cleanups.Read More ...
About 120 guns found at scene of deadly Texas gang fight
By
Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - About 120 guns and 160 knives
were recovered from the scene of a deadly Sunday battle between rival
motorcycle gangs in the Texas city of Waco that left nine people dead,
police said on Wednesday as they sharply dropped their tally of weapons
found. Gang members hid weapons in sacks of flour and bags of chips at
the Twin Peaks restaurant, where they attacked each other in a fight
that was likely set off by a smoldering turf battle, Waco Police said.
Waco Police Sergeant Patrick Swanton told cable channel CNN: "These were
vicious gang members that were in our city Sunday." The two main
adversaries were motorcycle gangs the Bandidos, seen as the
long-standing dominant gang in Texas and called a criminal organization
by the U.S. Justice Department, and the Cossacks, which have been
challenging them for power in the state, according to experts on the
gangs.Read More ...
Bin Laden fixated on attacking U.S. interests: documents
By
Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden was fixated on
attacking U.S. targets and pressured al Qaeda groups to heal local
rivalries and focus on that cause, according to documents the United
States says were seized in his hideout in Pakistan and released on
Wednesday. The documents published by U.S. intelligence also contained
details of purported negotiations between al Qaeda, its allies in the
Pakistani Taliban and representatives of Pakistani intelligence, and
what seemed to be an al Qaeda job application.Read More ...
Crews work to clean California beach fouled by oil pipeline spill
By
Alan Devall GOLETA, Calif. (Reuters) - Cleanup crews fanned out across
an oil-fouled California beach on Wednesday to scoop up gobs of
petroleum spewed from a burst pipeline in what may be the biggest oil
spill to hit the pristine but energy-rich Santa Barbara coastline in 46
years. As much as 2,500 barrels (105,000 gallons) of crude oil was
released in Tuesday's rupture, according to a "worst-case scenario"
presented by the pipeline company, five times more than was initially
estimated. Plains All American Pipeline said it calculated that up to a
fifth of the total spill had reached the ocean.Read More ...
Bin Laden bent on spectacular U.S. attack until the end: files
Hunkered
down in his Pakistani compound, Osama bin Laden pleaded with his
followers to stay focused on attacking the United States instead of
being dragged into Muslim infighting. Documents that were declassified
on Wednesday shed new light on the mindset of Al-Qaeda's founder, his
debates over tactics, his anxiety over Western spying and his fixation
with the group's media image. "The focus should be on killing and
fighting the American people and their representatives," the late
Al-Qaeda figurehead wrote.Read More ...
Oil slicks off California span 9 miles; cleanup underway
An
oil spill that fouled beaches and threatened wildlife along a scenic
stretch of the California coast spread across 9 miles of ocean Wednesday
as cleanup efforts began and federal regulators investigated ...Read More ...
Nebraska lawmakers vote to abolish death penalty
LINCOLN,
Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers gave final approval on Wednesday to a
bill abolishing the death penalty that would make it the first
conservative state to do so since 1973 if the measure becomes law.Read More ...
Waitresses chronicle Texas biker bloodshed, uncertain futures
Some ran, others cowered in a walk-in freezer to escape the deadly biker brawl.Read More ...
Banks fined $2.5 billion, to plead guilty to market rigging
Four
big banks will pay $2.5 billion in fines and plead guilty to criminally
manipulating global currency market going back to 2007. JPMorgan Chase,
Citigroup, Barclays and The Royal Bank of Scotland conspired ...Read More ...
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